The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

XHIPECTED CHILD MURDER AT
BROADMAYNL

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, before GUN
Illpsoods, Esq., touching the death of a new-born male
And
' which had been found In a pit, a abort &stencil
fromEroadmayne, on the Dorchester road.
James Trevett, a lad of Broadmayne, spoke to finding
Um body, wrapped up in a handkerchief with two
atones, in a pond nearly dry, In a field adjoining the
Dorekeeter road lest Saturday morning.
P.D. Hutchings received It.
'Supt. Hare took the handkerchief to make inquiries.
He apprehended Mary Elisabeth Bushrod on the Ith
April on suspicion. She mld "I doe% know whether
the child breathed or not, but I don't think it did."
Edwin Bushrod, brother of Mary Bushrod. identified
the handkerchief as his, In which be had taken to nis
mother's some clothes to be washed. He bad several
times scouted his muter of being In the family way bet
she denied it.

Thomas Cox, • youth of Etroadmayne, spoke to seeing
Mary Bushrod coming from the field in which the body
lees found ehertly hnlnrn it ••rn , no arra let
William Busitred, a boy of 11, said that on the night
preeedieg the lit of April he slept in the B&030 room
es Mary. Bushrod. He and his grandmother occupied
ewe bed, and Mary and her little girl the other. About
12 o'clock Mary complained of • pals and was sick.
The grandmother got a light. Mary continued in pain
till 15 when he left. His grandmother told her to
get up and go to the union, and that she ought to have
gone there before to have her baby.
Mr. John Good, surgeon, aeid he knew Mary
Elisabeth Bushreel, who was now in custody on
remand at Dorchester police station. He made
an examination of her on the Bth April and
was of opinion that she had ;been oonfined within
▪ week or tan days. His examination satisfied
lint that she had given birthjto • matured child,sen4
be told her no. She denied that she had been delivered
of • child at all, and said she had had a miscarriage
after three months. She told him she wrapped it in •
white cloth, and threw it into the brook at Came
bridge. She did not know whether it was a bey or •
girl, but it was white like another chill. Had men her
several times subsequently in the Dorset County Prison.
On Saturday last he made a post warren examination
of • male child handed to him by P.C. Hutchings
(the one found no narrated), ht the Coronet-1
order. The body was that of a full-grown child, well
nourished, and weighing about 'ix pounds. Dr
composition had net in all over the body,
more pertieularly on the left side of the face and
elbow: The ordinary signs of development at maturity
Were visible. There wore external inalks of bruises,
particularly on the left side of the under jaw, with •
sessiderable swelling there, ands comminuted fracture
of the jaw bone. On proceeding to exsonine the head
be found a oonsidelable extravasation of blood under-
most she scalp and over both temple hence, lie also
found • short fracture on the left aide of the upper
pert 01 the head—the perietal bone, and a much more
extensive fracture on the corresponding bone of the
opposite side. There were no other marks of external
injury. AU the other bones were perfectly firm, that
bang orereloorative evidence of maturity. There was no
tram of the umbilical fiord having bees out, his
bnpreesion was that it bad not been tied, but this could
sot be ascertained with certainty because of the deeorn•
position. He then proceeded to examine the sheet.
He found the lunge so distended as completely to fill the
me* of the chest. The diaphram TIM standing at the
sixth rib, indicating that there had been breathing or
• alephr&M would not have been in that position.
Tho leap had an in.ulated marbled appearance, a sign
of inflation. On cutting any portion of the lungs frothy
micas issued, which llal a further proof of their
haring been Inflated by respiration. On removing the 1
whole of the lanes iii y f1.t,l most readily in water,
end eepported the heart as well. The stomach was
perfectly healthy and transparent, showing that the child
had Bever been fed. Front these •ppearances he was of
opinion that the child was born slice, and had fully
reepired;that the injuries he had described were inflicted
during the life of the child, the extoavasstion of blood
airing coeclasive evidence of that fact ; sod Mist such
injuries mused the death of the child. Direct •iolence
must have been used to inflict the injuries. He was
of opinion that the child had been immersed about a
foiceight : being in water up to a eertsin time would
tend to reserve it, but exposure afterwards caused
rapid decompointios. He had examined • bed in the
mid from the appearances he was satisfied that
thhoeuresalted been • confinement there recently, or that •
had gone there immediately after delivery.
wo,/.7,.7ccrrocier laid the facto of the clam in • lucid
pee il,,fore the jury.
oe consideration they returned • verdict
lt wtel Baehr.' was the mother of the child, and
wdeal'i it. birth, and that it lees murdered, but by
era
„or store was no evidence to show.
IrTice Coroner said this amounted to a verdictof wilful
by mos person or persous unknowo. He would
=alder' rec,ni their verdict, but it went to this—that
of course
handed r child over to sonic one else to be
abe
ouren".•• will be taken before the magistrates to-
The w°16.1
Tneeday)cherged with wilfelinurder.
day (

A AOll.O egplosion occurred On Wednesday night at
the Cbeirical Works, Waningt.m. Two men
wee.
seven injured. four. it i• feared, fatally.
killed and
vier BOTTearoiw.— Whmi the news of his
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e eununnuiretiel to the convict, hr. pot his
reprieve we
hands over hie head and exclaimed, "Thank Goo !"
two or three ti La,. me&
moss
sewed bail died at a small town in
A
eiwkehho from the effects of injuries received in a
L
fight
midi a eompen,on th
on Monday. The men had
been drinking,lreell during e day.
• Easter charities were distributed on
TU ga"nWhiteball Chapel to lifty-oee aged men
..dTko . nnnid
goal i; women, the number, agreeably to the
oorresOutring with the age of her
iiisuiue.tym :"Tbe 'Bishop of mchester. as the Lord Hies
Almotier, ofieildea'
Tzmussm pp or G•NBLiiia —Within the last fort-
os of gambling has &reared three fresh
night the dem
victim., Al actor. formerly .neaged at the Italian
blew oct his brains, after bevies bet
hTrZtriefra..t o atthe play table Last week a rained
abroat, and two days afterwards
pimeell in consequence of bis losses.
7i;:m.•
`"`est::,` :take. eve egged to have °tented only •
momentary ;Wpm, and in no way °hocked the pro-
gram of the ploy Or the of the players.
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candidate., wm. swim Blanaltsid was one of the
fortunate candidat,s. and his daughter suddenly
sitsossats it to wish's,' be was so overjoyed that he
died. Another ems, WM° Will"'Ryan,on been(
informed that he had wee toloaded to reroive an out.
peost,set, gat so iliiked that hi WO died.