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BOIiNB-DH HOW. I FATAL RAZOR SLASH I 5ENGHEN YDD MURDER CHARGE I j Story of a Carousal 1 1 I 1 SHOCKING SCENES DESCRIBED Tragedy follows upon tragedy at the Gla- morganshire Assizes. To-day (before Mr. Justice Bray) Davia Morgan (68); collier, look- ing- particularly spick and span, with grey hair and beard, was charged with the murder of Ed-ward Williams, familiarly known as New, a-t Seni,g-iic-nydd, on Boxing nIgh last year. The circumstances are of a sensational character. Early this morning: prisoner was briefly interviewed in his cell by his solicitor, :VIr. Herbert Samuel, Cardiff, who instructed Mr. St. John Franois-Wil.lia.ms for the dexence. According to Mr. Samuel, primmer was highly ratlfied at the efforts made in his behalf, and was sana-mire that the court would take a lenient view of his caee. In view, however, of a PoE6ible convection he urg?d UPQn Mr. Samuel to exert his influence to obtain an interview with his family—;t somewhat mime- rous progeny, for he 11a. been married twice and has had twenty-one children, of whom I fifteen are living. Accused when anaig-ned in court pieaded, not guilty tiid he looked int&n=€Jv nervous aid ill at ease a?d appre- hensive in demeanoair. CASE FJ'i THE PROSECUTION I Opt?h)? the cose, Mr. H. WilUa?.s, M.P., I ?ho with ?r. EUdym Kcr'?t't (nMtr'j<;t?d by Messrs. Don a M Ma?aT) and Hand cock, appeared f0r the pro&eoution. said this was one of those numerous eases with which they were, anha-ppily. too familiar, in which nrinit and seif-indulgrncs plajred a part. Prisoner and deeeaeed were in a public-house on Christmas Eve, drinking and quarrelling, and jhe altercation W08 renewed oil Boxing Lay, resulting in the infliction of a wound in the ,.hroat Irom which Williams died on Decem- Mr 27 Deceased !odgeJ at prisoner's hOUi"' 9. Brvphyfrvd-teri?ce. and t.h?re w?To two -t,her lcdff-ers. David Thomas and Williami idmuiids. The disputation between the two I £ en was as to whether deceased or the I Prisoner had beon I The Batter Fighter I n days when they were younger and more active, and, although they quarrelled in this ,ay, they did not actually fight, but dicker- ing and nagging went on, with drinking, ill the time. On Boxing Day they had In the house a nine-gallon cask and a. rv bottle of whisky. In the afternoon mother element was introduced. Deceased, taking hold of prisoner's wife's hand, eaici, 'You are a goood wife, and you (meaning accused) ourht to be proud of her." There was no suggestion about ivirp. Morgan, but whether the dead man said soEcUrog still further to inflame the prisoner's anger was a. matter for the jury to determine. It was rather siguiflcant that one of the lodgers (Edmundej say, prisoner go to a drawer in the middle kitchen and take out a razor, which he put in his right-hand trousers pocket. About five o'clock in the afternoon Fdmunds went out, and did not return uiitu after the tragedy had occurred. The other lodger (Thomas), who was present all the time, would tell them that after tka priso-ne-r continually put his rigftt hand in the pooket where Edmunds had seen him seocrete the razor. Edmunds expostulated with prisoner about the possess!oil of the wea.pon, and made an effort to take it from him when prisoner s-id, "You go from here or you will have it." Coming to the actual occurrence of the crime, learned counsel said there were several people assembled—Ethel (prisoner s daughter), next to her Thomas (one of the lodgerc), prisoner's wife, and prisoner him- self, who was adjacent to the deceased The two kept "nagging" at each other, still re- calling their old fighting days. Three times "Williams pushed prisoner off his oh air, and it was in prisoner's favour that Willia.ms ":3.5 T>rovocative all the evening. The last time he was pushed off the chair prisoner paid to Williams, "If you hit me you shall have this" {meaning the razor). -Williams was sitting on the edge of the table, when prisoner suddenly jumped up. and, 0 Pulling Out the Razor slashed it a .cross the dead man's throat, inflicting injuries which resulted in death. De-eased caught hold of a shawl and made an effort to staunch the flow of blood, a.nd a doctor was sent for. Prisoner, who seemed to be in a state of frenzy, continued to brandish the razor. Thomas, becoming afraid, pushed Mrs. Morgan and her daughter out of the room, and then, turning to prisoner, he (Thomas) said, "You won't kill me, will you, David?" Accused tsaid. "Stand back," waved waved the razor in the air. and advanced towards Thomas. The latter, fearful of attack, picked up a chair, and with it knocked down the prisoner. The weapon fell cn the floor, where it remained for some time, until Albert Morgan, a son of the prisoner, came in and threw it under the grate. Prisoner said to Thomas, "I did not mean to do it." That, said learned counsel, was a matter for the jury, and he thought  there wm evidence of premeditation, or why shouJd prisoner have put the razor in hiysi pocket? I II THE EVIDENCE I N David John Thomas (haulier), the lodger to whom reference has been rmade. repeated the lurid details. He said the deceased was aged 38. and wad a lot bigger than prisoner On i Christmas Day Williams s?aid he could beat twenty men of prisoner's sort. When decea.sed made the allusion to prisoner s wife, prisoner said, "You can take her." lir. St. John Francia-Williams (to. witness): When prisoner said that he didn't mean to do it, did he also add that something came .>ver him?—Yes. When YOU struck him with the ohaar he began kissing and hugging you?-Yes. Williams did his best too aggravate and an n<)Y?-Yes. aTWhen h-e flourished the razor he looked wild?—Yee. Beside himself with passion.0 Deceased had a considerable reputation as a fighter?-Yee. And if they had fought this man (prisoner) would have been badly Witness, in reply to further questions, eaad that when deceased ma.de the remark about fais wife, prisoD-er told the woauaii to go out of the loom. William Edmunds, labourer, also a lodgei-, gave similar evidence, Baying there had been no quarrel between prisoner and his wife, When witness tried to take the knue from prisoner's pocket the, latter said, "Watoh yourself and get out." Williams could not see what prisoner was doing when he took the razor from the drawer. Ethel Morgan, pri&onors daughtor. oorro- borated as to the "wrangle" and its tragic climax. All the men were drunk and brag- ging about past f, She twice saw deceased push her father off his chair. Wil- liams hall received notice to vuit for her mother because when in drink he was quarrelsome. Her fatli-ei- shaved himself, and usually carried his razor with Ilim Witness thougfct de-ceased was going to "make for" her father before the latter used the mm r M MEDICAL EVIDENCE!. Dr. Phillip James, Sengnenydd, sain on getting to the house on Boxing Night he saw I Williams lying in a pool of blood, with a curved wound on the left side of his neck 7:!m. long, 21in. deep in the deepest plaee, and lin. in its 9hallowee,t.. In the opinion of witness, it was a wound likely to have been caused by a razor and with the exercise of considerable violence. Witness put MYen stitches in the wound, and remained from 11.30 p.m. to two a.m. He called again in the middle of the day, when Williams was rational and said he felt better a little. At this time he lay on a table in the front room with apillow under his head, but on witness coming again just before two p.m. he lay on the floor. Death took place shortly after from exhaustion, following hemorrha-ge. Mr. Williams: You said at the inquest he had bled considerably by falling from the t.aMe?—No, I said he had bled considerably, ,14?r 'fr t. h C. but whether it was due to his falling off the table I could not say. The fall might have hastened his death. Do you remember signing at the police- oourt your evidence that he had bled con- oiderably by falling off the ta,ble?- I did not mean that. Do you think his arrival on the floor from the table would ea-use any bleeding?—I think it is possible it may. It is qnite possible that but for this fall be might have recovered ?-Ye-s. Witness added that he had (W <scd put on the table in order to examine him. He formed the opinion that there had been hemorrhage. This had produced a convul- sion, and in the c-onvulsio-n deceased had rolled off the table The Judge: You said it was possible but for this fall he might have recovered. What do you say about the probability? I thinlr it had some effect. A witness named Humphreys, who wit- nessed the fall from the table, said deceased was lying quiet till he asked him for a drink ??t of w a.ter. H? got the water, and then Wil- ?????N N liams rolled  ()in.a',)

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