The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-10-12 00:00:00

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FRIGHTFUL MURDER OF A WOMAN AND
111,X FA KAMOUIL

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A shocking ease 14 double murder t0...k place in, Mon-
day eveuiegui the suburb of Wood-green, near Loudon.
A youeg teen named I red,. ick lilitson, shout ;Myears
of age, a 01.rperithl. Imo for some 'mos cohabited with it
lade. formerly a goveruu.s, named Aherne Death, and
shy n://1 the mother of two ebiluree by Ihneen. They
bad melded in Turo-road during the last seven or eight
yeses, and hied to all appearanee hue! !peppily together.
At Elder Cottage, • short diatom* hum Elineen'a Meade,
emitted a gentleman nestled Boyd, said to be a merchant
in the City, recently ret unaid free, Japan. This gentle-
men, who is seperstal from his wife, mid wit it was '
rumoured, was about to Ilmutute an action for divorce,
had, it would seem, Lemuel on illicit maitedutauce with
the woman Death. On Monday morniug, Uinsou
intimated to Dosth that be had • job at Illeuden, which
would keep him item home till Wednesday. He left
In the morning in hie usual spirits, and so far its the
unfortunate woman believe I, bad departed On his
Journey. She was mioakeit, he spent the day in neigh.
souring public-homes. Soon after he had left hem.,
his wife started by train for London. In the uf temoon
Hinson returned to hie cottage, and fleeting her absent,
inquired of his children where she had gone. He waa
told the had gone to Loudon. This was between ball-
past three and four o'clock. At half-past four Hinson
was obeerved at the wood-green Station watching with
apparent anxiety the errivala from town. From the
train due at the station at twenty-three minutes past
five alighted Mr. Boyd, accompenied by the uefortumate
worm), aud two street musicians who had been hired
by Boyd for the day. Hinson was furious mid began
to upbraid them. They had not got more than sixty
yardn from the station when Hinson knocked Boyd
down, and Death ran bask to the station in greet fear,
and appealed to several gentlemen for proteetiog. She
exelaimed, "I'm afnudoi my ;do protect me, "bet no
oue interfered. Hine n followed her ; whde Boyd,getting
up from the ground, walked quietly away towards his
own bonze. The poor wotnan for seine time refused to
leave the station, but ultimately walked unwillingly
with Ilium in the direction of their hams. He was
heard to aay to her, "Well, come and see the children,
at any rate. As they walked he held her tthtly by the
arm, and for some distance partly pulled her along.
They had to walk some distance before restaging Truro-
road ; and they were heard quarrelling the whole distance
—he accusing, she denying. At length they reached the
garden, and them who were watching stopped in the
roadway. She walked up tho garden with him, bat
would not enter the house, loitering about the window
as though looking for her children. But Hinson went
into the place, and in • moment there was • flash, •
report, and Death fell among some bushes in the garden.
}hewn had taken an old fowling-piece, which was loaded
with shot, thrust it through a pane of glass, and shot
the unhappy woman through the heart. limeon was
seen to come out of the cottage, and, standing over the
prostrate body, to deal it • fearful blow with the butt-
end of the rifie. So savage was this blow, that the stock
was shattered, and the woman's skull was fractured.
Leaving her body, be walked down the garden, holding
the barrel of the gun in hie hand. No one attempted to
arrest hint, and passing along to Boyd's house, he
knocked at the door. No one answered the summons,
and without delay he buret open the door, and meeting
the housekeeper, deinandal, "Where is he ?" The
woman made Ito answer, and, after marching the rooms,
he went through the garden to the stable, whore he
found Boyd and the two musicians. Sealing Boyd, ha
flung hint through the doorway with auth violence as
to cause him to fall to the ground. The musioians
looked on with emasement, and, turning to them while
Boyd still lay upon the ground, and swinging the gun-
barrel around his bead, he bade them get out of Iles
way. Both men fled at once, leaping over the pales
fences in their hurry to Neaps. The next instant Hines.
planted his foot upon the breast of his prostrate victim,
and beat out his brains with furious blows. So fearfully
sudden were the blows that them who afterwards saw
the body state that the murdered man had tints only to
raise his bands before he was dead. Having perpetrated
this second murder. Hinson quietly returned to his own
garden. He then found the dross of Death on fire;
and, still holding the gun-barrel in one hand, he Was
putting out the fire with the other hand when Police.
sergeants Neill and Searle arrived. Saris laid hold of
him and was knocked down instantly. Neil, who
knew the man, spoke a few words to soothe Lim, and he
replied, "What did be interfere with me for; let use
put out this fire." Then he stooped again, and, as-
sisted by Neill, the fire was extinguished, which bed
been slowly spreading over the drys* of the murdered
woman; and Neill afterwards seised the gun-buret,
before Hinson was aware. Both officers than laid hold
of bite, end eheree.lilltinnal Circe ern. ed. The prieolier
elm even then secured with difficulty, but at last he was
handcuffed, and strapped to the stirrip of a mounted
officer. Serrounded with poloemen, he was thee led
ewey to the police-station. On striving there, as soon
to he wan liberated from the otrirrup, another fit of
pmeien seized him with auperhuman strength he Ming
the etfieers from hint, kivelneg mole of them Mom,
I and &twine an open knife from hie pocket, which
I had li, ii unobserved, I.e »tabbed himself in the
I left MO of his neek. The wound, however, WM vary
I slight, and he wan quickly disarmed, lie mode no
I secret of his crime, and pleaded guilty to the (*barge as
anon as it was rout over to him. The prisouer is about
live feet eleven inches in height, and this, MD exceed-
ingly impeder, and he ObOlns to have been noted for a
strong determination of character. The deceased
woman is mid to be shout eigntand-twenty, and very
handsome, while Boyd 1-1 said to be about forty years of
lago. Maria Death is said to be en orphan.
The circumstances in connection with this tragedy
leavee little doubt that Hinson hul prearrangeil the
whole affair. lie had for sow time past had reason to
I Insp.ict Boyd of making improper overtures to the
Iwoman Death. Ile bad been working for some time
I past at lieodon, and epee more Wan one occasion
I while be was at his work Death and Lloyd had been
MOO Loreto Loam together. Hinson. it is said, was
informed of this, and when so infonued he was heard
to say he would "soon stop that game.' Ho had pre-
viously charged Death with a want of fidelity towards
Ibhp. but she always protested her itinocenoo, and the
last leorde she uttered on Monday eeeuieg, Ii answer to
1 his monsations, were. "1 1111/onr I have nave, wronged
you." "You have," was hit reply,' and I will do for
you cow.'

TUB ItrianisT.
On Tuesday night Mr. John Humphreys, held In.
quests at the ktan&agh Arms, Wood-green, relative to
the murders of Mr. Wilhatu Douglas Boyd, aged 3.
years, and Maria 'bath, aged 2r, years.
The proceedings excited great interest in the district.
Thomas Hinson. • carpenter, living in eominease.roae,
Wood-green, delersed : My lON Fiederick Hinson, live I
with the young woman, Maria Death, for seven yeirs
port. lie had tw, or three obildten by he", one of wiisi
in now living. She wee a geverue. in • gentleinen's
family when he :int knew her. She was very woll
educated, and her family was highly respectable. 1
never saw auy reason to complain of her conduct. My
son dodo,' on her, and said there was not another woman
like her in the cionntry. lie drank at times, but for
three mouths past he was a teetotaller. Last night he
told me at the polies-station that he had drunk rum
during the day. Ile was married, but his wife left him
eight years ago with an infant, which 1 took and reared.
The children generally came to my house, and they
came es usual on Monday. I saw my sou on Saturday.
He spoke of going to live elsewhere, but made no coin.
plaint about Maria Death.
Mr. Henry Allen 22 Durham-road, Seven Sisters'
road, said: The deceased man, Wm. Douglas Boyd,
was married to my eater at Yokohama new years ago.
She was martial there from General Grey's family
Ile turned hoc out hut Christmas nearly in a state of
nudity. He said he had married her to get an English
girl, and now he was tired of her and sho might go.
He was a merchant in Japan, where he had been store-
keeper. lie lost 1."3.000 in Yokohama. He mune
home in November Ise% and he said he had £l,OOO.
Lacteal), he was In pecuniary difficulties ; he earned
nothing in England. Within the last fortnight he
ore removed to the pawn-office some of m sister's trunks,
and also • carpet-big with six revolvers. Hu father
was a minister in Matyport, lhamberland, and his
brother is bailie of that town. The deoeseed was •
moat licentious men, and tweeted every nose wife and
daughter.
A Juror: Did not Mrs. Boyd leave her husband of
her lowa sword, because she caught him with a
Japanese woman?— : I know nothing of a
Japanese, but my "deter came to me with only a
wrapper on her. When Boyd wished her to go bask
I would not let her, she was treated so badly.
Margaret Robertson, a young Scotch girl, said that
See months ago she was in the eerries of a lady in the
Truro-road. Mr. Boyd met ber end told her be was •
widower, and in tea days he got her to go and live
with him l as his wife.
Isabella Repeol, an elderly woman, said :I was house-
keeper to Mr. Boyd. I never saw Mrs. Hinson with him,
or in the parlour. She used to come occasionally to
speak to we. Mr. Boyd went out yesterday to go to
London. He same back in the evening with two street
murk:data and pawed through to the atoble. Shortly
afterwards, illinsou broke in the front door, and said,
"Where is he?" I said, "In the stable ;" and he went
through. He had • gun-barrel on hie shoulder. He
threw Loy master backward.' out of the stable, said then
put his foot on his sheet, said fine struck his hat and
then his head four times iu sueoeasiou with the gun-
barrel. Jty master was killed instantly. Ile sever
spoke or moved. Hinson then Geme up the gerderi. and
1 said, " What is ell this" tie nail. " is the
fruits of taking another isails wife away." I Gannet say
jibe was sober.
Mrs. Eli. Allen. Landlady of the Ilunsona, said Mre.
llimion was u very intellecteal young parson, and
witness often ounitored why she buaioal herself as .ho
did :ilia was very well conducted, and gave Mr. Boyd
a wide berth on aasouat of his halide. There was no
protonce for ogling that was intonate with him. On
Monday she burrowal • pair of gloves from witness to
wow while going up to town to buy some *loth to make
tunas, for the children. In the evening she returned
with Hiusun atuvin.ara3, which was unusual, except
when ho was the worst for drink. Shortly afterwards
there was the report of a gun, but witness did not heed
It, for Hinson kept • gun, which his who always gave
Lim to fire when ho was in liquor. Mrs. llinson used
sometimes only to get.frem Hinson seven shillings to
support bared? and the two children. He used to
drink very much. When Hinson had shot the woman,
he said, as he was leaving the garden to go to Mr
Beyd's, " When • woman dcoeirei ilia. I deceive her.'
Thom. Searle, 112 V, seLtod the prisoner. At the
station be said, "I inn sorry, for the sake of my
children, for they will have, to say, when they are grown,
'My father was a munlerer.'" He asked ior a drink
of water, and witness gave It hini, looasersi his
baud In o :noinent he had • knife at his throat. mod
tried to indict • wound, lint witness seized him before
much mischief was dune.
Neale, 173 V. said that Hinson showed him how he
bud shot the woman. He said, "I put the gun through
Ur. window and shot her, and then 1 broke the gun t,VCT
her." Ile said also, "1 have done for him end for her
too, and I am not curry for it I am only sorry for my
dear cluld rm.."
The pro:trading.' wore adjourned.
On Wednesday the ineuest was resumed, and the jury
found a verdict of wilful murder against Frederick
Hansel' for killing William Dough Lia Boyd and Maria
Death.
l'he children of the premier awl tho deeisseed woman
Death were removed on Tuesday to the hour of tie it
grandfether by younger brother of Hinson. Thu
eldwt child, • hey, was heard to say to has motile,
" bather haa shot mother ?' to 'whir* the peer lad,
teeing to conceal the sad affair, replied, "No ; be has
luilr shot a bird."