A Murderer's Callousness.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3357, 9 November 1889, Page 3

A Murderer's Callousness.

The travelling showman, Robert West, who is charged with the nmrder of his wife ins cntavanatHandHwortb, "Woodhotwe, ne&r iiheilield, exhibited & eaoai h&rdenod demeanour when in tho dock tit Sheffield. He at Just created it moat extraordinary scene in Court by his cross-examination yf tins of the murdered woman. The /yWiibss got terribly excited, and in a ' toad voice exotaitued, " You b*d, bad bad mun, you murderer, you villain." *| Tbft prisoner : You oan tulk, but you «r» as bad as everyone of thurov Witness: Am f, you bad villain, vou murderer ot my poor daughter, Hib prisoner: I ,sm very glnd I did it, and 1 am only sorry I did not do both of them. All I want in to die sow, and the sooner the better. I shall then be ositoftbe wny. I toM lier I should do it, and I urn glad I did it, I wish I'd done the other the other one as well. Sergeant Ford, ■who effected the apprehension of We'et, said that on the way to the police station the prisoner said: "Thi4 thing has been brewing, it will be «wal*B . month* nevt Sunday. Whea we waa here at the feuat last jesr I began to find out oE her tricks. There's another I intended to do fiwt ' diss ,'iteicester Jack,' and then her, I bat be iept oat of the way, else J L abculd have done him first. I should ; - Jfl&ve pat ibis light out first." The \ ' jJrisHiner was committed to the Leeds assises on tba charge of wilful murder, «ttd oalearing tbe doct he exclaimed, "Good bye, all of you."