The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-11-13 00:00:00

TIIE CHILD MURDER AT ROAD.

A re -investigation of this mysterious crime was
commenced at Road on Saturday. Mr. Sounders said
he was there for the purpose of meeting publicly all
and every information that could be adduced in eluci-
dation of the civic. Mr. Saunders read a written state-
ment which Fricker stated was the substance of his
statement. In addition to what was previously given
there was • statement to the following effect :-Ox
the Saturday after the day of the murder IWU t
for to examine the pipes of the water closet, mid on
going to the kitchen after • candle to do so I saw the
nursemaid. who asked me what I required • candle
for. I said to look under the roof over the cistern Se
see if I could find anything there. She said the was
sure I should find nothing there. In reply to Mr.
Saunders, nicker said that what had been read was.
correct.-Ann Stokes was then called. She said: On the:
day when Elizabeth Gough was examinedhere, the 14th.
of July-she was in our house before she was called in,
the magistrates having Lone up to Mr. Kent's. ire.
marked to Inspector Pitney and the nurse that there
was aoniething found out. Mr. Pitney went outride,
and when he„csine back he said he thought so toe_
Upon this the nurse became very excited. She walked
to and fro the room, and, pressing her hands to he
side, sad she felt as if the blood had gone from one
side to the other. She also said that she could not
hold out much longer, and that elle would not have
held out so long but that Mrs. Kent had asked her
to do so for her sake. Some time after she remarked
that she had since the murder pulled out two or throe
grey hairs from her head, nothing which she bad ever
done before ; that no one knew bow she suffered, aid
that if something else occurred she thought she should
die. Mr. Saunders then adjourned the inquiry till
Monday.
SECoND DAY.—Tbe extraordinary and extrajudicial
inquiry, commenced by Mr. T. B. Saunders, equity and
conveyancing barrister of London, and magistrate for
the county of Wilts, was mounted. The Temperance.
hall only contained a scanty company, which did not
half fill the small apartment of which the building
consists. The majority of the company present con•
sided of women and children, and curiosity was evi.
dently the motive which had caused all, or nearly all,
to be present. The remarks indulged in before the
proceedings commenced plainly indicated that but little
reliance was placed on this investigation as tending to
elucidate the mystery which still hangs over the unir.
iler.-Mr. Saunders fetid he hail despatched a message
requesting thou presence of • magistrate, who was also
in the commission for Seineriet ; but had not yet
received a reply. He had also expected some other
gentlemen, who, however, had not cume. He then
said he wished to see • person named Mrs. Orchard..
Mr. Pitney went for her. and after some time returned,
with the information that Mrs. Orchard had gone front
! I Mrs Silleox was called, and answered Some
questions, hut her information was of no importance. Mr.
A. limier, • local reporter, was invited to make a state-
ment. He said he had heanl from Mr. G. W. SUIIIMOSS,
formerly superintendent of police at From, that lase
(Summers) had noticed on the wall, near the fresh
door, spots or siuvars of blood. Mr. Grater further
stated that lie was at Road Hill-house on the Monday.
after the murder, and when at the foot of the stairs.
lie saw a young lady on the lauding. whom lie believed
to be Miss Cow:lance Kent. He mentioned this
because if it was her it would further tend to her
exculpation, as it was about the time when it had.
been said the housemaid was sent for • glass of water.
Mr. Groser made scene further suggestions, but WU
informed by Mr. Wolfe tied they had all been at-
tended to.--Mr. Foley said that lie minutely examined
every step of the house from the nursery to the closet
-through the hall and the front door-but had found
no multi of blood.- Adjourned. - - .

THIRD DAY.—Mr. Saunders again attended at the
Temperance Hall, hut no other magistrate was present,
the chid constable and Superintendents Foley and
Wolfe also being absent.—John Alloway stated that the
cook sent him with the lantern to Mr. Fricker, re-

questing him to state that Mr. Kent wanted it repaired
at once. It was the cook and housemaid who sent him
for it so many times. Mr. Kent knew nothing about
it, for he was not at home at the time. The remainder
of the proceedings, which occupied three hours, were
of no importance.
For tan DAT. On Wednesday Mr. Saunders re-
sumed the extraordinary proceedings, and, as on
former occasions, some tittle-tattle was repeated in
answer to Mr. Saunders's appeals for somebody te
say something on the subject, but no fact transpired
to throw light upon it.—Mr. Saunders explained that
with reference to the young lady mentioned to
Saturday as having been seen by himself and Inspec-
tor Pitney going in the direction of Road-bill.house,
he was satisfied that she was not the same person that.
had been subsequently observed at one of the windows,
and be was exceedingly sorry if the observations which
had been made had given that young lady any pain.
FIFTH DAT.—Some more witnesses were examined,
but what they stated was of no iniportisnee.—Urela the
constable, said: I was present when *meant Watts
found a woman's nightshift in the builerhole in the
front kitchen. It was put in as if to light the fire. It
was dry, but very dirty, as if it had been worn a long
time—lt had some marks upon it.--The witness was
questioned closely, and unnecessarily, upon this point,
fur it appeared that it had already been fully investi-
gated, and was not at all connected with the murder
id the child.--Mr. Stapleton, surgeon, of Trowbridge,
had given a satisfactory. explanation.--Mr. Supt.
Foley produced a letter received from Sergeant
So 11111 l ers, denying that he bad ever stated to Mr.
GroAes that there were marks of blood on the front door
of head-hill house. %%IA he said was, that there were
marks of blood on the water-closet door.—Adjuurned.

or During the tinte the ANALYTICAL SANITARY
Wad in Session, the oisty Green Tea qf
C/iima growth which they found free from the venal
Iduieh powdered cutout-a was obtained, by Mena, from
lloriiiinan k Co.'s Import." lying at the Londolq
Darks.—See the " Couuninsioners' Official Report,"
(page 319), pnblisheal by Longman'.
"ALWAYS GOOD ALIKE."
HORNIMAN'S PURE TEA,

THE LEAF NOT COVERED WITH coma
ITRONG RICH FULL-FLAVORED TEA,
t... 1 "always good alike, "—the emiy
thtained by HORN In AN ok CO. hiving itrn this pure ante-
oared stale; fur by ilkallowing the usual powlirred
Awn on all they import,. the Chimes, cannot pmablY
lisyaise and pass of to than any brown withered leans
without rerfoui detection.

br. HASSALL Writing " On the General Teas of Cow
tree" remarks, " When at the O,ks, 1 obtained Tess
rout niany Cargoes, and found loth the Blacks and
I; I CCU! frOllll HlorNimialeS and Co,'. Imports to be ix
firtly genuine mid of good guafely, the Greens bsd
Ale of the 41 weish faring found on other Teas. ther
• doll olive kw, and being tbaspere IT Pet'
fee!' whokaoiNe."
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