The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

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Ids conduct throughout. The great aim of the chaplain
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and tone of cenveniation, however, were those of a guilty
man. He wrote two or duce letters to his wife, inviting
the whole of the (entity to visit bun. His wife and
mother have lied two interviews with him ; upon the
latter (MCIIIIIOII they were aecompanieci by his three
children. This interview was moat agonising, both upon
the ;art of the unfortunate man and the afflicted family.
He was visited on Monday by three men from Walker-
inghani, with whom he conversed for some minutes on
various topics. At lialfinst 7 this ttttt ruing, the wretched
HUM, after partaking of a slight breakfast, was removed
Irma the condemned cell to the robing-ris,nt of the
county hall, where the executioner pinioned him in pre-
sence of the chaplain and governor of the gaol. Prayers
suitable to the occasion were read by the chaplain.
Fenton took leave of the chaplain and governor of the
gaol. He then moved with a fine step to the scaffold.
Ile advanced firmly with a steady step On to the trap-
door, placing himself, without amistanee, immediately
under the roof • then, without appearing to glance at
the people at all, who at this moment were solemnly
silent, Ile gazed upwards at the sky, as if in prayer, and
bis eyelids quivered faintly. The hangman immediately
advanced to do his office, and at once drew the white sap
over his face. While his legs were being tied, the pri-
soner trembled slightly; the chaplain then advanced and
wliicperedparting words in the dying man's year.
The executioner slipped the fatal noose over the
prisoner's head, and the. next instant the drop fell. A.
few shrieks from the crowd, a quivering of the wretched
culprit's legs, and all was user; he scarcely seemed to
live half •in loute after the drop fell. The crowd whisk
during the wbole of the execution could not be termed
disorderly then dispersed.

TRAGEDY IN WALWORTII.

lIWODER OVA MOTllit, TWO BOOTUEWS, JANDA TOM%

TICIILLE.

A constable on duty --(David Lack, 133 P), about sit
o'clock on Tuesday morning, just prior to his leaving his
beat, was called to No. 16, Manorplace, walworth.road
by the landlord of the house, Mr. Bevan, who infortneci
the officer that a child had been niunlered. The consta-
ble at once out to the chief station for a superior officer,
and inspector Dann, accompanied by police constable
Varney, proceeded to the house. en the officers' going
up-stairs to the landing of the second floor, a eight at
once awful, sickening, and harrowing presented itself.
The whole of the floor of the landing was saturated with
blood, which had scarcely coagulated, and lying in
the midst of it were three human bodies, fearfully
mutilated. The first was found to be that of a
child la boy), about six years of age, lying on his back
with his head towards the stairs. The next body was
that of is young female in her nightdress ; lying on her
right side and partially resting upon her, was the body
of an elderly female. Mr. Inspector Dann was then in-
formed that a young man, the son of the elderly female,
waa on that story, and, on stepping over the bodies, be
saw • man about twenty-five years of age, standing per-
fectly calm and apparently quite indifferent to the horri-
ble scene around him. Inspector Dann told him he
most take him into custody, when the young man made
the following remarks :- ." I was in bed with my
brother, when mother canie up to the bedside with •
knife, and killed iny brother who was sleeping with me,
and she made • stab at me, and I wrested the knife
from her and killed her in self defence." The young
man was then taken into custody, and Inspector Dann
proceeded into the back room on the same landing, and
discovered • fourth body, that of a boy about 11 years
of age, lying in bed weltering in blood. The prisoner
was then removed to the chief police station.
The evidence having been taken, the prisoner cross-
examined the witnesses, and asked if he did not call
murder several times, which was denied. Mr. Elliott
cautioned the prisoner, and he was remanded for a
week.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN ILIVERPOOL.-Bbortly before 1
o'clock on Wednesday night smoke was discovored
issuing from one of the top windows at the east end of
the extensive pile of warehouses situated on the north
side of Stanley Docks. An alarm wee immediately given,
awl the Liverpool Fire Brigade, together with the-West
of England Insurance Company's flre-engine,vras speedily
on the spot. The whole range of warehouses in which
the fire was situated was completely filled with produce,
most of it of • highly infiainumble character, a large
leirtion being cotton, and before the Fire Brigade could
get it, apparatus into play the fire had made very con-
siderable head, the flames piercing high and thick
through the roof of that part of the bumbling in which
the burning had commenced. At this particular
juncture, and for fully an hour after the conflagration
hod burst out, its appearance was grand and imposing,
as sell as most threat.. ll iaa g. The whole of the upper
floor (the sixth) of the east end of the edifice was densely
packed with cotton bales piled above each other as high
as the roof would allow, and closely jammed between
the walls from back to front, and thisvast WWI of cotton
was speedily enveloped in flames, the roof being pierced
by the fire in many places. The heat, which was intense
acting upon the closely compressed cotton, expanded it
b 0 much as to thrust out the walls both back and front,
and these fell with • terrific crash, followed by bales of
burning cotton, about 11 o'clock. Fortunately, no ono
was hurt, by tl.is rather unexpected event, which
cleared a way for the wind to sweep through
the avenues of burning cotton, and rendered
all attempts at saving the roof, or any portion
of the contents of the c.enpartment in which the fire WM
raging, entirely hopeless. The efforts of the firemen
were therefore concentrated on endeavours to prevent
the spread of the fire to the contiguous compartments,
and also to save the shipping which was moored in the
duck. In both respects the exertions used were happily
successful. The warehouses, which are the property of
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, are compara-
tively new, and they have been built on the principle of
' being entirely fireproof, the different floors bring covered
by arched ceilings composed of brick, bound by large iron
girders, and supported on cast-iron columns. The bene-
fit. derived how this mode of construction were clearly
denioustrated in the conflagration of Wednesday night.
Through the in,irunientality of the arrangements alluded
to and the sl.:!ful and brave exertions of the firemen,
aided by a copious supply of water, the lames were con-
fined to that portion of the edifice, and its contents, in
which the fire originated, and by a little
past one o'clock on Thursday morning the
tire was so completely metered as to remove all
ground for uneasiness with respect to the rest of
the building, and before two o'clock it was com-
pletely subdued. Great anxiety was caused at different
times by the extensive showers of burning cotton
which from time to time burst from the burning bales,
and floated to a great distance Among the neighbouring
properties. At an early hour the shippiug most nearly
contiguous to the burning warehouse appeared to be
in ' • t danger, and it was promptly hauled out
into the contiguous dock for safety. Notwithstanding
every exertion which was made to save property, the
loss was very considerable, amounting, it is estimated,
between produce consumed and destroyed, and injury
to the building, to about £10.01.10 or £12,000, the whole
of which is said to be covered by insurances, distributed
anions the different insurance companies. The damage
t.m the building is stated to be about £1,51.10, as reported
by the engineer to the Dock Board.