The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

THE WAY OF DEATH.

MTSTERIOUSI DIAAPPEARANCIS or A MILITIA OrricKß.
A very painful ionisation has been created in Sunder-
land and its neighbourhood by the mysterious iliasn-
peantnee of Uinta's' W. M. Gales, of the South lEurhaus
Militia, who is supposeal to have met with foul play,
while on his way home from a hunting party, no far
back as the 15th November last. On the morning of
that day Captain Gales left home at Hylton Cottage,
near Sunderland, accompanied by another gentleman,
in order to be present, by invitation of Mr. Hawks, at
• hunt with a pack of beagles belonging to the dint
Regiment. The place of meeting was the village of
Washington, three miles from Captain Gale's residence.
He and his friend arrived at their destination abont
balf-p•st ten o'clock, when the hounds were cast off,
and after running for some time they returned to the
village about three in the afternoon. Tie whole party
then proceeded to Mr. Ilawka's house, where they par-
took of refreshments. Many of them took their leave
a little before nine o'clock. Captain Galen left alone,
with the avowed intention of proceeding to the Cox-
green Station of the North Eastern Railway, on the op-
posite bank of the river Wear, distant about two wiles
from Mr. Hawks', house. From the time he left
'Washington Captain Gales has been neither seen nor
heard of. It was at first feared that he might hate
fallen into the river at the Coggreen terry; but inqui-
ries made of the keeper of the ferry 'bowed that he
had never made his appearance tin re: The river has
been dragged from day to day, and all the deep hole* in
the country side have been examined, hut no Owe of
Captain Gales has been discovered. The horrible stri-
picion liu at length arisen that he was robbed and mur-
dered. and his body afterwards thrown into one of the
furnaces with which the district abounds.

MURDER OF A PCLICILI(AN.-4 humble murder has
been committed at Adieu, OP Monday evening William
Davey, a policeman, stopped two men who were carry-
ing some planks and required them to give an
account of bow they came into their possession. The
account was not satisfactory, and he sought to take the
man into custody, but throwing down the planks they
made their escape. Davey reported the affair to the
sergeant on duty, and it was arranged that they should
look further into the affair. Before doing no, however,
the sergeant sent the policeman home to get him supper.
He and his wife were taking care of an unoccupied
house called Petherton Villa, and he had reached this
place, and was about entering the back room, when •
knock it the door was beard. His wife went and opened
the door and some one asked for her husband. He
came forward at once, and DO sooner had got fairly
into the passage than a gun loaded with shot was fired
at him. The charge took effect in his head, blowing
the upper part of it off, scattering the brains about, and
of course causing instantdeath. Information was at ones
conveyed to the sergeant, and later two men, named
Joseph and Isaac Brooks, were apprehended on sus-
picion of being the murderers. They were both taken
out of their beds, and in that of Joseph a gun was found
which had been recently discharged. The two men
were brought up at Hammersmith, and remanded.