The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

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THI CHILD MORDER AT WIILIAI.—IO the new of the
bodies of the two children which were fonod hi a bor.
neer the Somerset County Asylum, with merits which
led to the belief that they had been murdered, the
Secretary of state hes offered • reward of £5O for lbw
detection of the offenders.

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A &multi's PAPOT. —At Wark,during the past week a
lady has had two tombston a engraved and erected
on the lawn in front of her vil'a, in memory of her
deceased father and mother who died abnut twelve
ye.rs ago; also of her sister, who died shoat three
since. All the deceased ace interred in the village
churchyard. Since the death of the latter the lady kes,
it is ~id, kept in her drawing-room a large table neatly
spread and richly laden with cake and •ine of tho
choicest descriptmns waiting her sister's return, the
the living lady fancying that her elder is not dead but
sleeping.

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MENDIP STMTS.—The monad
crompetition for the 3rd Somerset Battalion prises wee
appointed to take piece at the Mendip Butts on
Timidity. The Bring at the 3013 yards' range bad little
more than began when two of the marksmen observed
eomething miss at the mantelet where the third marker
was marking, and immediately pat out the danger flags
and proceeded to the spot, where they found Mr. Hale,
• pensioner and blacksmith, of Well., and deputy.
markeman to the Wells corpa, lying dead, having been
shot by Private Dennis. consenter, of Wookey-bole, of
the 10th Somerset. The ball penetrated his heart and
found it. way to the throat, and immediate death must
have been the corumonence. A messenger was sent to
Shepton Mallet for a doctor. The cause of this shosking
catastrophe was soon discovered. The unfortunate mass
must, during a slight pause in the firing, have locked
out on the left side of the sinntelet to assert•in the
cause, and no met with the shot in his left side, fired
from the rifle of Private Dennis. The mantelet wee
two feet from the target, and • slight west wind wise
peeling acmes the target at the time, so that the fat•l
shot was a very innate:unite one. Th. body of the
decreased was removed to the Downside inn, and in the
afternoon an inquest was held by Dr. Wybrants, coroner.
and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned. It is
strange to state that Hale and Private Dennis walked
from Wells together in the morning, and that the
former seemed disinclined to go to &lepton. The poor
fellow leaves • wife and six young children to lenient
their lose. The whole of the volunteers present weie
agreed that not the slightest blame wrie attached to Mr,
, Leonia At the inquest a verdict of accidental death.
was returned.

ELOPIIIIPV FILM BRIDGRATEL—An eatraordiaarr
ease mum before the county jestioes at BZwiatar otv
Friday. Angus IFDeartnid was charged stealing'
two gold watches, • gold chide, and • gold keeper ring,
the property of Thos. Williams, formerly residing at
Cardiff, but more recently at Spaxton, near Bridgwater.
It appeared that some time last month Williams weed to
Cardiff, end on his retant, from Information he be
received, be accused his wife of having gone to Bristol,
and proved unfaithful to him during his absentee. Slag
went away from hint then, and did not return. At his
house he saw an envelope addressed to the prisoner at
the blardyke Hotel, notwell-road, Bristol. He pro-
ceeded to Bristol, and saw his wife and the prisoner in
company together at King William IV. Inn, in Hotwell-
road. He remonstrated with his wife, bet the prieomn
said he would not leave her, and that site was his wile.
Prisoner got behind him (Prosecutor) sad held his arms,.
telling Mrs. Williams "to cut," which .he did, and
prosecutor did not see her again until the 26th ciS
October, when be found her in a shop in Stephen-street,.
Bristol. He subsequently found that hie wife's chain,
had been pledged to a pawnshop in Bristol by the
ptisoner ; that his own watch had been pledged by hie
wife, who had handed the pawntieket to the primmer,
and the latter when appreheneled in Bristol by FA:,
Dawes, of the city police force, was found in possession
of tke other watch. It was proved that the prisoner
had obtained • loan of El 15e. upm prosecutor's watch.
from Mr. Cole's, • publican ir. Bodgerater. When
apprehended, the prisoner told the constable that he had
worn the gold keeper ring, bat bad lost it. The most
extraordinary part of the caw was that, for the defence
tie wife of the prosecutor wis called. She admitted
that previous to her marriage with the prosecutor (whose
first wife was her aunt) she had lived with prisoner se
his wife for two years at Cardiff. The prisoner went to
sea, and on his return be wanted to marry her, but she
had then born married to the prosecutor a few dsys
only. She alleged that her husband had given her per-
mission to pawn his watch and sell the ticket, and that
she received Ell 10s. from the prisoner for it. The
other watch was her own. She possessed it previous to
her marriage, and let the prisoner wear it. The prisoner
was committed for trial at the amiss.