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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 26, 28 January 1876, Page 2

... •'■ ' ' ' , ■' - i i- 1 ii, y At tbo Newcastle sessions, Charles Fox, barman. ,:was convicted of . ing Tjhotnas Bell, telegi-aph messenger, to disclose the contents of certain messages." About October last year Fox accosted Bell in the street, and as a /dpnsequence' of his 5 r solidtatidns, ? Fox -/ was twice and thribe" a week, from July to October^ supplied; /by Jßelt, with; early; intelligence of -result of the races> '.t,o? which he had access as a messenger in the Press Associationand Central Ifews Department. Bell generally receiyeilla ' shilling or sixpence, r/and , occasionally ;._.■ beer. It was proved ''that: other m'es-; sengers had given similar intelligencer Fox was sentenced to eighteen months' , hard labor. .-...,-,.. „, ._,. „.,-.-, „.- . of the saddos'i/ e^veMs which have ever pecurred in Boston (U.S.) happened in Haydeii Rowe street. Mrs Ryan, a widow lady;, '■ whose husband died during the -, war, jbad, six : children,,, one of tHem a boy named Miorris,' being* 16 years old.. The other day be caught a catj whicht He was g6iiig to- shoot/ arid r taking the cat tin on'e ; arrii and'k'lbaded !v .gun in the other, T he. sorted to go down the stairs. tp sKoot'ifc 1 ,' | Just as he bpgan descending '.tbe stairs, a : sister na^ed ''- Mary, 15, years -pld,J who ; ; did^ nptwiaiil' him to- kill,' the .cat,; /caught him ; by the shoulder and pulled- him back. The gun drb^ped'/frpm >his ; hand} falling ..^on-g the stairs sind sliding down them. The muzzle was pointing up the stairs, wheie r the boy r and his^sister were standing ; with -the two sisters, and tlie charge-,-: which was of large shot, -took deadly effect among them. The eldest sister was struck in the' face and instantly killed, her features being fearfully mangled. A younger sifter was struck in tho temple and also 1 : killbd;,' • while other shots took effect 'in the leg of the boy Morris,; and the .armjof third* 'sister. ' Morris was' terably frightened, and wounded as he was^ rushed into the .street crying, "T Havekilled my sister !" His 6rieß attracted public .. attention to. the spdtj and; surgical aid- was. at once summoned, but the; .twp--. girls who had been struck -in the head, were far beyond the reach of help. The. "wounds of the other two were attended to, and they are : doing, well.y The affair, made a ig^s..i sensation, but it was plainly, accidenital, ' and the remorse and sorrow of the boy, * himself badly wounded, are >keener> than thefeelings pf any one else, 'f . . . "" ,_. , ., Fran kie (aged', fbur)^'VMamma, J a r ltdy at school kisfed ihe • to-doy." : Mirama^ Ul t)id sheideiir ? T hope you -kissed her back." Frankie (indignantly)—" ! KiB Bed8 ed her'^ back t', Nb^ ? I 'dida^V J;k;iflße.d hercheekr' ',' .. ■„.?.■ .f.

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