The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-28 00:00:00

ANOTHER TRAGIC DEED AT BROADOAL

The report of another painful deed at Broadook.
IlYmoudeburY, *tweed throughout the town on Monday
night with rapidity. A statement was circulabd to
the effect that Mr.. Eliza Henley, who, as our readers
will remember, was, with her husband and daughter,
besieged by adi vied mob on the sth November last.
had committed suicide by *bootleg herself. The report
10011 proved to be menet in all its details. Isappsar.d
that id:. John Healey, who carries on Nee businese of
carpenter, wheelwright, &a, at Broadosk, left hi
house, a lonely one, during the morning of Monday
last, leaving his wife there. He retsina from New-
house Farm, where be bad been busbies
about the purchase of some timber, to Lie home,
between one and two o'clock, mid-day. On miming
the kitchen a horrible eight met his view. By the side
of the deed body of his web was a discharged Pie, the
apartment being literally "trews with portion' of
brain and skull from the head of the unfortunate
woman. Henley rushed out of the bons" and, meet-
ing his workman, Pomeroy, owning towards it, ex-
clllools
wasennaetdo—Do•" My
tWfioire, and". Iseiereimmedilmwatelf.; rerPereede.
above facts to the district coroner. No &obi a eerie
of painful event@ led to this dreadful sot of eelf-destroo-
tion. It will be reroatnbered that Henry Thomas
Spencer, eon-in- aw to rimmed, beetled OIIIU i• •
closet on Monday, the Loth of October. Met yew.
An inquest was held on the remains, and at the
adjourned inquest Mr. and Mi. Ibalree were ',Vera,
censured by the coroner and jury es to tie mums Is
which they had treated the bookend elhd &heir daughter.
Lt ImPrald SIAM a Wig dlissilui am to

high in the district as to lead to the disastrous sad
foolish attack upon the house of the H•111.,011 ',a the
Diehl .4 the 5.-ti November laid, by • mob of 90 or 30
men and youths le disguise. An action tem entered
'<ain't Sc. hidisiduals allrg.d t have taken pert in
the ri it, and attempting to firs the house. On the day
of the hea-bag at the Briciport County P dice-oourt, the
daughter ,4 Mr. sad JIM Henley, the wife of Henry
Thomas Spencer. Asp teed -he had received personal
Injury at to. h .nde of as es b. The five men were
onsnmitted for trial at the Dorset Quarter Sessions, and
bail was refused by the magetratee at 'hi, court. The
meet were coeveyed to Dorchester, but before the
essidons an application to a superior a tint riPulted In
the men What adm toed to bail. &ties the Quarter
Besslona, Mrs. speu.er died. She was the principal
witness in the cam. Rash defendant warn ordered to
eater Into his own reveal:mem to keep the peace for
a year, lied thee ended the trial. Byer since the 5.6
November, 14'4 year, the Henley. be I reg.,lariy kept
a gun loaded with small shot, hs, ising ore, the fire-
place, no doubt 941 a terror to Mee who might
contemplate another attack upon the premises. It
was this weapon which the deers's., need ti take her
own life. It is stated she ha. been in very depressed
Bindie ever since the death of her daughter.
The District Coroner, N. M. Loren, Raq., held an
Inquest on the nunabis at lb. residence .4 Mr. F. 1411
Rill. It on Tuesday efternom. The Joey were Messrs.
Robert Hedditch (f..reniao) John Cnubb, Thomas
Pearce, Arthur finshrod, r eau Elliott, George
a Hingham, George Weleh, William Moores, George
Miller, John Broomfield, John Watts, and John
Pile.

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William Broomfield, of Newhouse Farm, Symonds.
bury, said be lad saw the 'eceased at her mitten Slow
day about 1.20 p.m. She took ems white-lead of him
which he b d brought from B. idpote She had been
dep sired in spirits since lier daughter's death, and was
much the same as usual when he sane her last.
Charles Pomeroy, a workman in the employ of Mr.
Henley, said deceased CAM- into the shop with his
coffee about one n'clo k on Mon. ay. saying, ' ('h
it I. one o'clock." Wit,,..., ufterwards went down the
village, but saw deceased at the window, her arms
folded, watching him away. He came hack about
1 40, and heard two women say, "You ought not to
have gone away ; ste has been and bl wi. her loWns
out." He went in and saw her lying dead. He heard
no report of a gun, hut saw a gun by her side in front
of the fire. Deceased was well before the rub Novem-
ber lam, but had been very low lately. On S durday
last he noticed the deceased co i t.i the do r with the
iron in her hand. She pissed the muzzle cl as to
witness ; the gen was at half.° ok, and loaded. He
told her she ought not to meddle with It. hnt she
palled the trigger; the cap was usel• s, and did not
snap, ri deemed mwd have put on a fredi c.p
Deceased held • cloth in her other band, and to d
witness she hari ..nly taken down the gun to dust it,
and begged him to say nothing of it t her Inialiand.
Witness said nothing to his miter about it. Ye.ter•
day, the day of her death, he saw her run into the
garden for some greens, and run b.ck soda; never
saw her run like that before, and he a. her c
tinually dinning the window., and n3utterint to law •
wit. On the previous morning It went int.. he house
for routs 'crews, and deces-ed c 11.1 out to him from
a sidwroom to take hem himself from 'he cupboard.
Elbe did not *how hereof, and he did not notice
whether the via was then hangin.: in its place.
John Henley, husband .4 dec.dd, who appeared
much affec'ed. .aid he last raw hi. wife alive when he
left h rn. at 11 a.m. f r Newhon.' to haul ta one 0. me
limb r. He mt Br o u 6.-11 on the way hack, a. d
retorted with him to the hon.., and unloaded the
tinher. H., the,, whet lir onafiel I to have come
• r, a• 'elem..' w.n ti. to the hus • hes.. dr....a...4
lying ..y th • fir.. Ihe work (Atli. gun w.sat her feet,
an' the be rel b •nea bhr holy. There w-re bi.ck
mark. 'noun I her to ooh. Deceas d was f d
v-ry in .o'. .n the Lith 'a or. tuber wds el-I' the basing
her d .ughter eion rafter. Nothing hat arisen la•ely
account for the deed. They had ...dear. lived com-
fort ,hly ithorther, sod there had been no quarrel with
t.,e n.ighbou L
PO. ..u.• 'op .14 receiving a cornmenication from
r and cc t t tt-e e of \lr. Henley nt
▪ qua•,...r t.. four ID. ..eam-wi .13 th fir, on
b. rri ht side. Her bral a and skill 'lt red 101
nv. r the phoo, and It. g4her,l th mop. He b.l.ev d
▪ .h t her•elf io the r, rth, th. re mark,
th•re. 1 here a cal rg.. It.. at th.• ha, of th- h- a
Vii ri-es ia er.tch..i ice ,A 1.49 for •orn. dole eve•v
night .iaoll th. sth Novenaher .d recewly he vi.d.ed
It about wire a•• de He how dece.sed was queer,
bu th urht -h. w.s lately mewling.
Tt is wise .11 • It- r.vid ad after 'rimming it nn
br.-fi.. tl • f.).roner • 1. ree el hi. •ymnathy w.th %fr,
ll.' iev. oh . he -aid, hal iota y a eery trying
taw. cif L.. He believe ihe wa. &quiet sari re pectable
mu

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The jury connuerod in thi. ma•emeot, and at moo
reftvaed a verdict .4 Committed sold i e wbdat
temp.mily inams."
TM) m.foritmate woutes was stated to he 63 yeses
of me.

An maid g inci let t reaches me from the other end
the tow., A • -odor of milk, laden sri' han • mp'y
'ell, wee retureind one trgh. to his -on b... reui
• ith just a de tti much s'ohol in-id. of hi n.
Bra c'dog off f. in the bulb owl through • field, the
gait of the unf rion.te m Ikman became in re ad
nose une'sady, ',not. a. • n.tudal c maermyncs, hie
.liy brilbant ideas hecasne mgr. and in ,re con, eed.
At last cause the denouement. Our inebriate collided,
pail and .11, with the pr jecti-n a Stone all.
Just bey .nrl th- angle of th- stone work sto a risme
bank eppeariug to be—to the demonslised vie' on of
our milky tiiend—a human bemg. '' Why don't you
get up? What 'he (hic) .re you doh; here at this
time .4 the sight ?" r.v d kfr. Nfilkin an to the -all,
and qualifying Isle inquiry with a .ush at the imaginary
inoisldualbythebaseof hlepa I. There beindno anseer
to his very natural in,errogation, the milkman vowed
vengeance, threatened sanibilaton, and "went 1.,"
an, her smash against the wall, and yet another. By
Ibis time the poor pail was bru,sed an battered into a
shapeless mean, and just as our herd bad stopped •
morne,t I. cmtemplate the damage, • constable, who
fan. ied he heard • battering-ram in action arrow. the
field, hurried from the highroad, and found our
unfortunate milkman in misery and dirgost. "Look
hers, gov'nr ; see what s faler bta and done I
to my milk can; see here !" The compawi.,nate
guardian • f the night turned on his bull's-eye,
and saw the circumstan,e at • glance. He saw
a milk-pail buttered out of recognition, • set of
knn kiwi the w.rue fr th- fray, and gleaming particles
of tin • heriog to the surface .4 the stone-wail. The
nocturnal watit gave the milkman& sympathetic look,
kindly saw him pert of the 1..7 home, imprts.ing him
with the necessity in the future .4 making • minutes:emination bef re mistaking the "human form dialog "
1.. r the somewhat irregular linsamenta of • block of
121,11601117.

A year or more era it was decided to commence
some much•needel Improvements at the Railway
Station, and at IS-t it appears enT11•013111 has authorised
the commeorement of the work there. The lengthen- ,
ing of the goods-shed and platform, and other'
improvements to the latter, are now in progress; hut
where is the bringing of the terminus to the Eat
Bridge, or the exien-lon to the Merhour 7 If Mr.
Watton would, r rather could, only hea • subecrip-
tint list wi h such an end in view, perhaps a move
might be made in this direction; or, perhaps, Mr.
Warton would moist as in f oinding • nob e inatituti .n
or asylum where th.,se barclerwired horses could
spend their declining years. after dragging out the
cream of thole grimace over interminable lin-a of
rails. SOOO, thew poor animals will be no longer hell
up to the ridicule of the casual shifter to the town,
who in vela iris to suppress a smile at seeing threw
worthy iusdrupeds dragging our r ling stock into the
station. Mr. Warton, try to found an asylum for
them !

Apropos of Mr. Weirton, I see that the Law Times'
of March 18th inst., 'peaks of this distinguiehed
and extraordinary barrister in the following compli.. '
mentary terms ' Mr. Warton's elk in the Houm of
Commons le • singular one. He oppress lezal measures
wi. hoot underst .nding them. Mr. Monles bill to en-
able ji.igmenta obtained in C 'on?), Courts in England
and Irelan I, and Sheriff.' CAl.t• in Scotland, to he
otereti.e by regietration thr elenut the Un:t
Kingd.m, in obvionsly an exr-lleut meaaare. Mr.
tVerton, failing to appreciate it, apprehend* a legal
',volution The Bill bad been rea I a second tima.
In the same spirit this • comoli.be I laeyer attacks
the judge", who, be sayr, are always framing ides we.
pealing all sorts of Acts of Parliament. P .seibly he
thinks they d so es macro more, and not nnier the
sanction of the legislature. Any rule made by the
Odor. lies o the 'able of tbe House for forty days,
ant is ..pen to rejection or m dificatt nat the instance
of Mr. Warton or any abet compat.int critic."