The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-15 00:00:00

HORRIBLE WIFE MURDER AT WORTON,
NEAR DEVIZIOL

A labouring man named Thomas Dean. about 60 years
of age, living at Cuekold's-green, near Worton. murdered
his wife on Thursday morning in a horrible manner. It
apemen that Dean has for some time past harboured
feelings of jealousy Meanie his wife. On Whit-Monday,
it is dated, they had • quarrel, and on Met Dean return-
ing from a club meeting at Potterne, Dean struck her
several thee. She then left him, and went to her son-in.
law's at Devizes, where sho remained the whole of the
week. She was, however, induced to return to him, and
they appear to have lived pretty peaceably together
until this jorning although it is said that the poor
woman own the morosenms and
slyness of ricistsculi.a"Utonlfir morning, between
five and six o'clock, the wife got up and lit the fire am
usual, and • few minutes after snui followed downetaire
by her budded- What transpired before the couple got
up, or what took edam downstairs previous to the murder,
is not known. All that we can gather is that the only
other person living in the house, a daughter about 14 yew.
old, upon hearing angry words between her
_wants,
lumped out of bed, and on getting to • little landing on
the staircase was horrified to see her mother lying in •
pool of blood near the bottom of the stairs, and her father
steXking her shout the head with a billhook. The state of '
mind of the little girl can well he imaginM. She was
unable to do anything but to shout " murder ! This
rouged the neighbours, and on a woman living next door
entering the house Mrs. Dean was found icuenaible on the
floor lying inhaicgoca of blood, with three frightful pubes in
the head. A' the woman who first new the body de-
scribes as being completely smashed. Death, of course,
occurred immediately after. The murderer was stand.
log in the room, and on being remonstrated with, eat
qWetly down in a chair and there remained until •
policeman arrived and took him to Derizea A Bible was
found lying open by his bedside, and, from the conversa-
tion that took place afterwards, there can be little doubt
that he was mitering from religious mania.
The neighbours have noticed a strangeness about him,
and he appears to ham been tinder the delusion that his
wife weetog to poison him, for in XVliteun week, after
she left him, he carried • bottle of tea which his .if. had
made for him into Devises to the police, stating that she
had left him. A policeman was then sent home with him,
and it was partly under his advice that Mrs. Dean
returned to her home.
. . .

The body Ilea at the houie awaiting an inquest.
The murdered woman, whoa uanie was Siaaan. was 50
rears of age. and leaves seven children, nearly all of whom
are grown up.

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•
THE WEST OF ENGLAND BANIC—The ten ilays gnica
allowed for payment of the second moiety of the call
of LW per share expired Friday. The amount reoeived
is nearly LllO.OOO, making, with the first moiety.
C 300,000 oil ClOO,OOO short of the estimated deficiency.
so that another call will he neoceierY•
TIIR TRIAL of Catherine Webster, on the charge of
lumina wilfully murdered Mr a Julia Martha Thomaa at
Richmond early in March leer., was resumed at the
Central Criminal Court on Saturday, before Mr. Justice
Denman. The entire sitting was taken up with •
continuation of the evidence for the prosecution, which it
Is expected will be concluded to-day. no Cm", Prince
ofSweden and Norway occupied • rat woo the beech
duties e Out of the gootteedlnie

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La Corms Aux Liona—Mrs. Ponaonby de Tomkyns
tar Was into her husband's smoking-room).—" Pumas-
Qillek II Pan. Ink, and paper ! !—and writs
Instoadiatoly ! ! Kr. Pocumby di Tomkyna. "What
Ii it now. my Mrs r mn. Pousceby de Tomky us "Why,
Mosisistir di Paris is cocaine over with his family to visit
loaland. Writs and swum them for Thursday weak. We
shall hays crowds—sill London I" Mr. Poosonby do
Toinkyns, •• my boo. Him Royal Malmo, will mover
?aim to the Illow of us I" Mrs. IPonsooby do Tomkyna.
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Ideo de Paris! It's Mosirinw
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I tell you r [Poosonby did as he was told.
AU Landau cams to Mrs. Ponsonby de Tot:Arnie, Thom-
flay afternorm--bnt Monsieur de Paris didn t. He took
his wife and shlldren to Madams Tuutand's Instead to los
the
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