The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

THE WAY OF DEATH.

FATAL GAROITTNO.—On Thursday morning, between
twelve and one o'clock, Mr. George Leader, a theatri-
cal employee, was proceeding to his residence at Pad-
dington, when, in passing through • narrow thorough-
fare called Manor-lane, he was accosted by a fetnale,who
importuned him for drink. Mr. Leader plowed on, the
woman following up behind, when on reaching the end
of the lane he WM suddenly confronted by a man wear-
ing a white smock frock, and was at the same time
Reined round the throat frorn behind and thrown to the
ground, the woman kneeling upon his throat while the
man rifled bin pockets, and they then gave him a blow
on the head, which stunned him. On recovering be
managed to crawl to the pollee-station, and several
officers went in pursuit of his assailants, but they eluded
them. It was near this same spot that Mr. Wielders,
the comedian, was garotted, froze the effects of which
he died. On Thursday morning also, Michael Garritty,
residing in Webber-street, Lambeth, expired from the
effects of iujuries inflicted upon him by garotters in
the St. George's-road, Southwark, on Saturday night.
The garotters now attack females as well as men, and •
young woman named Jane Stokes; living in Belvedere-
road, has just expired from injuries thus sustained in
passing through Stamford-street. The gentleman who
was attacked last week in St. Paul's Churchyard has
died from the injuries then inflicted. In the Beigh-
bourboods of Battersea, Wandsworth, and Wimbledon,
numerous persons have been garotted and plundered,
and great alarm prevails in these localities.
MUHDIER AT CHTATERTIELD.—On Wednesday an in-
quest VIM held at the St. Helen's Inn, Chesterfield, on
the body of George Cooper. It appeared from the
evidence that deceased left his home, in Stonegravel,
at about ten o'clock on Monday night, to accompany
Mary Ann Holt, his sweetheart, to her residence in Spa
Lane. They had proceeded about half-s-mile, and were
turning into Station Road, which is close to the parish
church, when'Ahey were met by two Irishmen. The
tallest pushtd rudely against the young woman, and
the deceased very naturally inquired what he meant by
pushing against her in that manner. Without saying
a word the Irishman raised a life.preserver, or some
instrument of that description, and struck him a fear-
ful blow on the right temple. Poor Cooper was
knocked down snd partly stunned by the force of the
blow, and the villains at once decamped, and, turning
round a corner, were lost sight of. The unfortunate
man was raised by the young woman, end he accom-
panied her home (a distance of about 200 yards), but
never spoke a word, and apreared like a person walk-
ing in a dream. Be left her at her door and went
home, but must have taken about double the time to
return that was consumed in going. He reached home
a little before twelve, and complained that his head
was very bad. In a short time he became stupid, and
made no reply to questions addressed to him. During
that night and oa the following day he remained in a
state of insensibility, his general condition indicating
an effusion of blood on the brain. About eleven
o'clock on Tuesday night he expired. The inquest was
adjourned till Friday for a post-mortem examination.
This is the result of a long series of breaches of the
peace by the Irish, which commenced with some riots
that took place on the occasion of some anti-popery
lectures by "Baron de Canini." It will be retneinbered
that a serious riot took plate on that emotion, and
unce then there has been a deal of ill-feeling between
the lower class of Irish and Protestants. On Sunday
a serious affray took place in one of the principal streets,
and two policemen were seriously wounded by the
Irish, who used pokers, loaded shillelatut, and other for-
midable weapons. The two men connected with the
murder are still at large.
TWO MURDERS IN LIVERPOOL.—On Thursday morn-
ing a shocking murder was perpetrated in Liverpool,
the victim being the wife of a tinker, named Read. It
appears that Read, his wife, and a son about eleven
years of age, resided in the caller of a house in Myrtle-
street, and that on Thursday morning • police-officer
was accosted by a young woman, who informed him
that a woman had been stabbed in No. 7, Lower Myrtle-
street. The constable at once went to the house, where
he found the deceased, Ann Read, lying on the floor,
bleeding from • wound under the left arm. Every
effort was made to revive the poor woman and stop
the bleeding, but without avail, and she died imme-
diately after the arrival of the doctors. Persons in the
immediate neighbourhood state that they heard a cry
of "Murder" early in the morning, and thst they
believe it must have come from the house occupied by
the deceased. Read and hi. son have absconded. The
victim of the second murder is also • woman. Her
name was Labelle Tongue, and she cohabited with a
man named Thomas Edward, • butcher, who, however,
instead of making • living by following his trade,
supported himself on the earnings of his parainour'a
prostitution. While Edwards, the deceased, Jane
Wilson, and a man named Thomas Sullivan, a ticket-
of-leave man, *ere sitting round the tire, in a house in
Nerburrstreet, Edwards seized a butcher's knife. and
I rushed at Tongue, whom he stabbed in nineteen places.
'The unfortunate woman never rallied, but died on
I Tharestay morning, An inquest was held, when a
vertifeb of wilful murder VIM returned against Edwards,
who, bilked of appearing affected with his position,
said that ho was very glad that he had done for her,
that he had made his peace with God, and didn't care
a d—n whealsar he was hanged or not; be intended
to kill her, and was glad that she was dead.