Western Mail Tuesday May 6th 1924.
On of the best known commercial travellers in South Wales, Mr John Baker WALLACE, (of
Messrs. Hancock), died at his residence, 11. Ruthin-gardens, Cathays, on Monday. Mr
WALLACE who was 75 years of age , had been in failing health for some months, and since
Christmas had not been able to attend to his duties regularly. A native of Kirkpatrick,
Scotland, he was the son of the late Mr William WALLACE, draper, Charles-street, and came
to Cardiff with his parents at the age of fifteen. He took an active interest in the
affairs of the Caledonian Society, of which he was an old member. His wife predeceased
him, and he is survived by one son Mr William WALLACE, (Messrs. Curran and Co., Cardiff)
and one daughter, Miss C.J. WALLACE, and a grand-daughter, Dulcie. The funeral takes place
on Thursday at Twelve o'clock.
The death is announced of Mr Leonard JONES, recently retired postmaster of Plymouth. Mr
JONES will be remembered as the assistant-postmaster at Cardiff for a period of fourteen
years ending February,1904, when he was appointed postmaster at Shrewsbury. Three years
later he was promoted to Swansea, and after a few years there became postmaster of
Plymouth, which post he held until his retirement. Mr JONES had an extremely arduous task
at the latter town during the war, at the final stages of which his health became
impaired. He is survived by his widow, one son, and two daughters.
William EDWARDS, of Argoed Farm, Cynonville, near Port Talbot, and his wife Laura Mavinia,
charged at Aberavon County Police-court on Monday with the manslaughter of their five
months' old child Elwyn David EDWARDS, were found not guilty, and discharged. Mr Dan
PERKINS defended. The story for the police, which was presented by Superintendent Ben
EVANS, was that EDWARDS left the house for his work between eight and nine a.m., followed
at nine to 9.30 a.m. by his wife, who delivered milk. The baby was left at home with only
a child of six to look after it. When the father returned home about one o'clock he
saw the child upstairs, and thought it was asleep, but on her return about two
o'clock, the mother picked it up she found it was dead. A doctor said the child had
been dead about three hours of suffocation. Had EDWARDS taken the precaution to examine
the child, said the officer, the probability was that the child would be alive today. Mr
PERKINS
submitted that he had no case to answer, and the magistrates decided that there was no
prima facie case for committal.
In the Divorce Court on monday mr Justice HORRIDGE granted a decree nisi to Mr. Henry
BARNES, Wedmore-street, Cardiff, because of the misconduct of his wife, Kathleen BARNES.
There was no defence. Petitioner said that he married the respondent in August, 1913, at
the Register-office, Cardiff, After they lived at Comton-street and elsewhere in Cardiff
until January 1915, when the petitioner joined the Army. In December, 1915 he went to
France. In 1916 he heard reports about his wife and stopped her allowance. Then in 1918 he
heard that the respondent had committed bigamy, and in April, 1918, he was present at the
Old Bailey where the respondent was convicted and sentenced. After that he lost sight of
her. Evidence was given of respondent's misconduct at a house in London.
Soon after six o'clock in the evening Police-constable MAY, footballer and boxer, of
the Cardiff Force, hearing a suspicious noise at the rear of a house in St.
Michael's-road, Llandaff, climbed a wall and saw a man apparently trying to open a
window. As the constable was about to drop down into the garden the man heard him, and
immediately dashed away, but after a sprint of about 100 yards, the officer caught him and
took him to the police-station. The window at which the man had been standing bore traces
of somone having endeavoured to cut one of the panes of glass, and lying in the garden was
found a diamond glass-cutter. This was the story told at the Cardiff Police-court on
Monday, (before Alderman C.F. SANDERS and Mr Samuel BENNETT) when Thomas HAINES, 28, was
remanded in custody charged with having attemted to break into and enter Gate House, St.
Michael's-road, Llandaff, occupied by Mr Langley BEVAN, for the purpose of committing
a felony.
Mr Henry KAY, of 9, Archer-road, Penarth, has received news that his son, Mr Jack KAY,
who, as previously reported, was one of the engineers injured in a fire on the British
steamer, City of Singapore at Port Adelaide, is now out of danger. Three people it will be
recollected were killed and a large number seriously injured as a result of the fire. Mr
Jack KAY was trapped in the blazing hold with an injured back.
There have been found on the banks of the River Usk at St. Julien's near Newport, the
jacket and vest of a Customs uniform and a pair of brown boots. In one of the pockets was
found a book bearing the name Frank Llewellyn LEWIS, of 54, Caerleon-road, Newport. Mrs
REED, of 54, Caerleon-road, said that LEWIS had been a lodger at her house, and she had
lent him sums amounting to £98. He had been engaged as a messenger at the Newport Customs
House. The last amount-£48-was handed to him last Friday. He had been heard to remark that
he intended going abroad. A few years ago at Cwmbran he was adjudged the father of the
child of a single girl, whom he had courted as a single man, although he was married, and
an order for payment of 7s.a week was made against him.
A young Barry Dock man, Daniel CAREY, entered strong denials at the local court on Monday
to charges of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting the police on Saturday night.
Police-constable JORGENSON said defendant struck him in the face and chest and kicked him
on the leg. CAREY declared that he was thrown on the ground and dragged about a dozen
yards. Defendant against whom previous offences were recorded, was fined 20s. for being
drunk and disorderly and 40s. in each case of assault, or one month's imprisonment.
John Patrick