The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-07-15 00:00:00

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MUSTIIIOIIB MOW= LW GLAIIIIOW.—Between the
"'"aing Sntnning Mid Nam* a murder of alinoet
unexampled ferocity was perpetrated in the west esd
"fib. 011 Y of al.ww, tie circumstances of wild* wag
at praising shrouded in obsourity. The victim la a ,
woman ; but the site, so fir as ham been amerlidoild,
do not point to any .molive whih. eciakl havouriedi
the oommittal of ea* aagitnedowdwed. num of
the wessaa ia4solia Moorhens'. ; shut wow beware WI
and 4A yeses et age, ineisoriedi and employed ria O.]
domndin wryest by Mr. John Fleming, sooonnteat, I
17, gandifora-place. * two-storey house, with limit at
the block of building lI which it is situate running
'rest from Fideralie Street. The oeoupanta of the
houne are, betides other members of the fatuity,Mr.'
John Fleming, with his son, Mr. John Fleming, and
his hither. Mr. James Fleming. The family have a
house M Thanoon, and it was the custom for Mr. John
Fleming, with his soo, to go to the coast ea Friday
afternoons, remaining generally till Moodily. On
Friday they proceeded thither as areal, Miming in Moe
house Mr. James Flemiag. who is 87 loan of age, sad
the deceaed s. About half-part nine in the even ng Mr.
Flensing went to bed, at which time the servant was hi
the scullery; and about four o'clock on the folkiwing
inonliag—as he learned by a casual reference to his
eatoh—the old man states that he was aroused by
hearing two or three screams, which seemed to
from tte lower part of his house, in whieh the trtoT:idi and the bedroom of the deemed are satiated. He
paid so attention to the eirmaidanee, however; think-
ing that she bad perhaps brought in a female friend to
sleep with bee MS SUSINI Wire so few people in the
how*, Vivtli VW arise might have been ooeisiosed
In some WaN This opinion he e4Bl bid *llea

no the following morning he arose abeut ten o'clock and
found her bedremin door shit, the idea then recurring
to him that elm might have gone out with her friend, es
the front door was a little on the cheek. At all events
he did not seek to investigate the matter further, but
after waking and partaking of breakfaat quitted the
houso; end in the evening he again retired to rest, her
apparent absence from home still nuaccounteel for. On
Sunday lie went twice to church—the day and night
panted, but still there were no tidinge of the missing
woman. His eon mei grandson came home about four
o'clock on Monday aftertmoon to dinner, and to them
her disappearance was roads known. They wont down-
Main to the sunk flat, but found the bedroom door
locked, and time key miming. The key of the pantry,
however, secured ingress, and on entering the room the
body of the murdered women was found lying on the
floor, face downwards, and in a state of alinost absolute
nudity, with three fearful wounds in the head, which
had seemingly been inflicted with a heavy and .harp
instrument—end abbvii- the right air, and no large as
almost to nehuit of the finger being inserted, another
across the forehead, and the third over the bridge of the
nose, while one of the jaws was enmeshed in several
plums. The clothes of the murdered woman were
strewn about the room covered with blood, and time
bed-sheet, also red-stained, was found wrapped up and
',lama behind the door. Leading from this room to
the kitchen streaks of blood were also descried, and on
close examination the conclusion was come to that here
the murder had been committed After the deed
was oonsummated, the body bad apparently been
drugged through the lobby to the bedroom, there placed
on the bed, undressed, and left on the floor in the
position in which it was afterwards found. The
kitehen appeared to have been partially washed after
the murder was committed. On Saturday morning the
door opening on the beck part of the house was found
looked, mid the front door, the only way in which
egress could have been obtained, was found on the
cheek. No definite opinion can be formed as to the mode
in which ingress to the house was obtained, and It is
equally a matter of uncertainty as to whether one or
more persons were eoneerned in the deed. Nothing
was removed from the house. An inquiry into the
w murder has resulted in the apprehension of
Glasgow
Fleming, son., the old man who was in the
house during the night on which it is believed the
CAMS WAS perpetrated. The examination of the prisoner
took place on Thursday, before Mr. Sheriff Strathern.
and lasted for about four hours. Although the accused
says that he ix 87 years of age, his appearance is stated
to be that of a person not so far advanced in life. The
pollee are actively engaged in trging to solve the
mystery which atill envelopes this atrocious and lamen-
table affair.