FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 240, 19 March 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

A FATAL KISS.

LKAI'TY.

" BY EILEEN."

■ " Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and value to women for publication or reference in this column.

DRAMA OK JFALOISY OX RAILWAY PLATFf lint. On till- platform of the Uroat Northern Kail way at Doneustcr, was enacted a terrible tragedy, believed to ha ve been the onk-ome of jealousy. The uetim was a i>re-|>osau*i>ing woman, 'i hir/a .Ja'u* ]'hiib[is ( -i2), uf North Koad t who succumbed at Done-aster Uoyai I nilimary to wounds in the neck, bieast, and buck, alleged to have been inilieted by her husband, Thomas Phillies i.v;), a miner, who was arrested '•it ehnr: e <»f murder. When prisoner, a powerfully-built man, was brought before the Magistrates, ho stepped onietly to the front of the dock without di-jiiaying any and calmly l-dciK'd 1*» the evidence.—Serjeant \Ve>(n!aeott said that there were clots o,' blood on prisoner's hands when be was arrested. To the charge of murdering his wile, be replied: "I re-en e my defence."— Prisoner asked no f|Uestions and was formally remanded. A vivid story of the tragedy was told at the The coroner said that the eouplc were married in September last, but from the commencement their lite together was most unhappy. About six weeks :;-o the wife went -to live with Iter sMrr at Adwiclv-le-strent- Tier husband apnrared to have been awav from t l?c» neighborhood for some time, fbi the day of the trairedy, in to a te!r::ram purporting to be signed by a man n: : ?ned Robson, an ar-;in;rn-taivi' of Mix Phillips. she and In r went to Slieflieb!, where they n;e( ['liillips. Mrs Phillips and her sister declined to travel to in companv with Phillips, but they saw him on Doncarter platform. Receded and her sister entered the refreshment room and h"' b had-a boUle of st<mt. They went in a second time for a similar drink. While they were there, ihev met two soldiers who were returning to York. They bad a eonversat ion with them, and went to Pee them off to York. Rcfore potfini: into the train one of the soldiers bi-'-ed Tr> Phillips. Almost immediately' aflerwards. prisoner came irp behind her. and v.itliout. any warning produced ii knife. tiio Ida do of which was about six inclios lone, and stabbed lior about seven time in flip nook and shoulders. She died in the infirmary about II o'clock dial night. pulcio New>ome. deceased's sister paid dereased had commenced proceedagainst her liusliand for maintenance and do-d roving her clothing. The telegram received on the day of flic tragedy was addressed "New-some, Ad-wiek-le-Stroet," and read as follows:

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, Where meet—Nottingham or T.eeih j - over until .Tanrarv 1. Piob.-on P.O r Sheffield. l Witness knew Kobson was a friend o her sister-', who used to live in Finland and was now in Canada. When her sis tor saw the name she said:—"Oh. fioh son must be in England.'' ft was a pre nard telegram, and witness sent the fol lowing reply: Meet fi 37 train Sheffield station Jennie coming—love—Jennie. When they met prisoner outside Shef field station, he said: "I had XOWTTERE TO LAY MY HEAD last night." Witness replied: ''That, i not my fault. Von should have lookei j after your home when you had one. 1 As they walked away, prisoner slioutei ; out that "his solicitor had advised Inn ; that wherever she went he could go un , til she got a separation." Witness toh I him that if he did not go, she would cal : for the police, and she spoke to a police ; oflicer, who advised them to lose him il j they could, adding that if they create, 1 n disturbance they would lock him up l When they were in the refreshment room'at Doncaster for the first time j prisoner and another man entered. Pris- ■ oner took two telegrams out of his pocI ket, and remarked to his friend: "They ! thought they were going to meet some- ! body else, but I've mugged them this I time." When they left the room, ho followed them, ami tliev returned in order to get out of his way, but he still . followed them. Describing what liap- , pened when they departed from the soll diers, witness denied that she kissed j either of them, and she did not see her j sister do so. Witness, who was much affected, added: "The next I saw 1 j thought he (prisoner) was thumping , h,-r. My sister said: 'l'm sure he's kill- | ed me. T'm dying."' She was assisted ion to a barrow. The husband came and 1 spoke to her, and. added witness, "I boxed his ears and told him to go away." He had a, knife in his right ! hand. Pressed us to whether deceased | was intemperate, witness said: "f can- | not say. f know they have made it as ' Mack as they could.' T know her hus- ; hand used to drink Mr Allen (on beI half of the husband): I put it to vou : that he had cause to he jealous ' of . herS-Xot while she lived with him,— i Bat af(ei-vards?-l:ofh you and the de- ; n ' : '~ed were kissed by the soldiers?— j N'». T don't allow any man to kiss mc ! but the one in my own home.—When Indues saw prisoner at She (held, she fa 111 to deceased: "We have been hoaxed. doliu WHiam Barr, ticket collector. f a "' f Ult w,u ' u the husband was seized lie said: Vou nee,! not trouble. T shan't run away r him- g-uic a, f., r | .ivitl, her. and T hope T bavo done '* i'l'd will swing f,,r her. Producing two telegrams. 1,,, said:Bead these nircs. These will show you the game she ha.- been playing. 1 icket-eollector Thomas Barker said he saw two soldiers talking to the woInen at the carriage door, and one soll;,"r deceased, but her sister re'""'■l <" l"t _l.i.ii kiss her, .-ayin-v; 1 , : ' m a marred woman, and I am"n„t lo allow y,„| to kiss inc." ]|,. ■•aw (lie bn-band strike deceased two "" 1 "uht shoulder as hard ''""M. n »d witness cried out- „>"'«■ ?.;ve,ehuck it." (Lamditeri. Ihe Mule was a new o„e. The woman ■-i <[U,,e sober. Medica I evidence show.-l that three of (]„. wounds were 1 .i"r. v returiied a verdict of "wilful murder ' agamst Phillips.

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