The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-03-10 00:00:00

THE WAY OP MATH.

FATRAORDISIST FULFILIIIKOr or A DORAW.—Alsout
des week. ago Mr. John [trough. of 'kith,. in the
North Hiding, suddenly disappeared, and all efforts to
nod him proved unavailing. A to. nights ago, it
Poems, a Mr. Smelled, • neighbour of the unasing an.
dreamed that Ida dead body was lying in a quarry about
three miles distant. He mentioned his strange dream
to many, bat all were unwilling to seconipany him to
the plane; but the circumstances were ao deeply
angravon on his uleinory that he ultimately resolved to
wit off alone. He, howeeer, took his dog with him,
which on nearing the place ran forwent, but iinickly
returned, as if in alarm. On reaching the place Mr.
Smalls. found the body of Mr. Brough with the
teed alined severed, and considerably decomposed. It
is inferred the deceased committed suicide fully Ave
weeks ago.
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MOIOUggi SHIIEWSBORT.—A shocking
murder ham just been discoverel et • place called
Baseherek midway between Oewestbury and Shrews.
bury. It appears that a man named Cooper, • labourer
in employ and living in the house of Mr. Irwin,
fanner, i.e ividower,and had lien children—a girl of aix,
and • toy between eight and nine, • poor humpbacked
cripple. The girl he placed hot Much In the rate of •
woinan named Jon., residing at the World's End,
Little Nees ; and the boy until recently lived with a
labourer, at Frankton, near Ellesmere. in the month
of Deriember loot Cooper look his son to the house of
Sarah Jonea, and asked her to mind him tor a few days,
promising to come for him and take him to the house of
an uncle at Hansmod. She did ao, and on the follow.
hg Wednesday—the boy having shown symptoms f a
disease—the husband of Mrs. Jones took him to his
father. Cooper refused to take Ikeda:ld, and threatened
that if Jams did not take him beck be would hang
himself and his son. Jones eventually took the boy
I back, having first obtained • promise from Cooper that
be would mine for him the next day. He failed to do
this, however, and donna sent the child beak to the
father. The boy was afterwards placed in the 'talent"
over one of Mr. Lewis's stables, where be was asci•
aently dimovered, and food ores sent up to hini every
day by Mns. Lewis. Os the Sandsy following Cooper
took the boy to Ilanwood, and when he returned be toll
Mrs. Lewis that he had met with a cousin, who had
taken his child to Manchester. Shortly after this
Cooper left the neighbourhood, and suspicious rumours
were speedily afloat. He was apprehended by the
polic., and, on being brought before the magistrate, he
said that be had sold the child to • tramp for half•a•
cnown.*The officers then made • diligent search along
the line of eountry traversed by Cooper—between Sea-
weed and Baschurch—and at a place called Ash
Coppice, near • cottage, where it WY ascertained he bad
borrowed • spade, they found the body of the poor
cripple buried in • hole which had evidently been lately
dug, and covered up with fmh earth. An inquest was
held on Saterday, when evidence in accordance with
the above facts having been adduced, the jury returned
• verdict of " Wilfal murder."

WILFUL Muaoge..—On Monday. at Bradley. near
Wolverhampton. • coroner's jury returned • verdict
of wilful murder againat • young man, named John
Jeryous. who had been arrested on the charge of having
eati.yd the deaths of three colliers on the morning of
the 30th of January licit, by cutting the rope li,' which
they were desaydimi to work in the pit of which
Jervous WAS the engine-tender. Servo.. bad been pre-
viously committed for trial for wilful murder, on the
moue chirp, by the magistrates of Bilston, in whose
division the offence occurred. The evidence egainrt the
;limner was *lnclusive that he had given espression to
Ids determination to wreak vengeance upon tbe badly,
or contractor of the Mt, because be complained of him
to Ma employer, Mr, Wright. Somewhat eimilar threat.
had been uttered rrepeedng one of the deceased. who
I was a brother to the betty. Happily. however, for they
batty himself, be did not descend into the pit with the
Ink company, which was composed of the decermedL
Tb• mustard was shown to have Seen on the colliery
until • late hour on the night of the 'fflth of January.
and he brought DO evidetoe to rebut the statements that
had been given in evidence against him. The principal
leetimony given againat the &muted on Monday was to
the effect that, after Mr. Wright had complained to him
of not having done his ditty on an occasion 1,0010 days
before the murder, be further threatened the butty, and
added. " ill know when I am going to leave, I trill do
the On being risked whom he invent, be said.
"The batty." The coroner called the &Heald° of the
jury to the etrengeircumstantiel evidence that had been
given against Jervous, and to the feet of his not baying
caUed any evidence to rebut it. After consulting about
40 minutes, the jury found that the rope had been
maliciously cut by derma., and the coroner entered
the verdict as one of wilful murder against the nun
named.