A NEWSTEAD SCANDAL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2017, 22 June 1875, Page 2

A NEWSTEAD SCANDAL.

Tho extremely quiet district of Newstead- has- had- its serenity- seriously -disturbed, and the lovers of scandal had a bail to roll, which no doubt will increase in intensity the further it proceeds. vt 8c far as can be made out, the facts of the case —of course; without embellishmentappear to be somewhat as follows:— A man named Grant owns' a piece of/land somewhere in the' neighbourhood of the pleasant village ;of Newstead,. rand had a tenant of the name of Butterworth residing in a house he had built on the said land The tenant is a' married 1 man; and kept a comfortable-home, which proved . attractive' to Grant, ; the landlord; who is a bachelor. Some, little time* back' Butterworth was sued by his landlord for arrears -of rent; -and a verdict was -given against him; some months of so pretious to this the tenant had observed something . at-home which did not exactly suit his book—he did not believe in there being " two Kichmonds in the field." 'He gave his lodger notice -to quit, but he would not go. 'Matters went on in this way for a little time longer, till at last Butterworth '■" determined ,to put 'suspicion - beYbifd doubt, and a few days since he left his home in the morning to attend to hit work. In the evening when he came home, instead of knocking at the,door as was his wont, he quiatly drew back the bolt of the window, and, throwing it open suddenly jumped into the bedroom, and there saw confirmation strong of his suspicion. Grant bolted out of;- the house tn puris naturalibus, closely followed by the enraged husband, who had picked up an iron bar to avenge honor, .and.with this ho meant to kill his rival. In this, however, he failed, as Grant was too fleet of foot, and concealed himselt behind spme „ bushes. The following morning the gay Lothario, nothing abashed, again ap- v peared at the house.of his inamorata, armed with a loaded double-barreled gun, and calling out Grant tried his best to lodge a ball in his bosom, but being pro- , bably unnerved by the previous nignt's exposure, missed his mark, and was rewarded with the observation that he was not a very good shot. The aggrieved husband made his way to. the police office, and inquired what he was to do in the matter. He was informed that he should swear an information, on which a warrnafe would .be issued- for tho apprehension of the offending party ; to this he objected. What he wanted was a brace of pistols to shoot Graat, but this, of course, c»uld.not bo granted, and he went away thoroughly disgusted.' The next' day* however, .he came back, and the necessary documents ' were drawn up and signed, and the police put on the track of Grant. .■; The habitue's of the police court will have an early op. porlunity of hearing the whole affair shortly.—M.A.. Mail.