The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

So merisetiStire.

SHOCKING MURDER AT FROME.

Faomg, Monday:

This neighborhood, which during the past twelve I
months has bens so fraught with deeds of bloody is :
again the scene of a murder of a cold.blooded, delibe-
rate, and determined character. The deed was cora-
mitted late on Saturday night, butit was far in the day
yesterday before particulars became generally known.
We believe the following details will be found correct in
Coe main :
About a weekagothree labourers named Byard Green-
land, Uriah Greenland, mid William Millgrove, left
their home in the rural village of Buckland Dinhani,
about three miles from Frouie, with the purpose of
seeking work in Wiltshire during the corn harvest.
They found employment in the neighbourhood of
Warminster and there they stayed until Saturday last,
when all three started for their homes. They reaches!
Frome in the evening, and visited two or three public
houses before they resumed their homeward walk. Soon
after II o'clock they left the town—all being sober,
and appal ently quite friendly. They had not proceeded
far on the road to Ruckland when a slight dispute
commenced about the division of the money • Byard
Greenland, as leader, of the company, having been paid
the whole of the sum for their work. His companions
were somewhat displeased at his delaying a settlement
—hence the origin of the altercation which, however,
Was of no very unfriendly character. Byard said Uriah
had damaged a gun of his, and he should deduct
eighteenpence from his share. Uriah said that., however
that might be, it was no reason that Millgrove ahould
not be paid his share. Upon this all three laid down
their scythes upon the road, being about half-a-mile
from the town. Millgrove, who has furnished these
particulars, 'apposed the scythes were laid down for
the purpose of then and there dividing the money. It
would appear, however, that this was not the intention
of Byard Greenland, for be at once ruse his arm and
, directly afterwards Uriah fell, exclaiming, " Oh, Bill !
he iIAY hit his knife into I." Millgrove immediately as-
sist..si the fallen man, and when carrying him to the
bank on the roadside, said to Byard. ' Thee haat done
'on." Byarl said, "Thee can't swear that, Bill."
lilillgrove replied, "I can." When Millgrove bad
placed the fallen man on the bank, both he and Byard
went forward to the turnpike gate, which wos only
about a hundred yards in front of them. Millgrove
told Gene, the gatekeeper, of what had occurred, and
Gine recommended him to run into the town and procure
' medical assistance. Millgruve did so. Byard mean-
while, told Gene that Uriali had run against his scythe,
i and that it was in that way he got hurt. He at the
same time told Gene to take possession of the scythe
• and see if there was blood upon it. He then proceeded
on the Backhand-road, ad it was afterwards ascertained
, that he went into the cottage of his nephew, to !whose
wife he repeated the story he had told the gatekeeper,
and afterwards at another house lie wade the same state•
' nowt. . . . .

In about half an hour Mr. Millgrove returned with
Mr. Mallon, a surgeon, but upon their arrival. the un-
fortunate man wax quite dead. Mr. Mallam on finding
this, it snatched 3dillgrove back to Frome to inform the
police, and also prevailed on another man who happened
to be passing at the time to rile to Buckland, and give
information to Ilillward, the police officer etationed
there, and to request him to secure the person of Byard
Greenland.
Mr. Mallatn at length procured assistance, and the
body of the ill-fated man was conveyed tb a neighbour-
ing beerhouse, and upon examination, Mr. Mallon
found that a wound had been indicted on the left breast, '
above the sixth rib, and that the heart had been pene-
trated. Death must have been almost instantaneous.
In consequence of the information police-constable
Ward received from Mr. Mattatu's messenger, he pro-
ceeded to Byard Greenland's house, and found him
there changing his clothes, evidentally with the
intention of escaping. lie was taken into custody, but
the examination of his clothes showed little or no
trace of the bloody deed he had perpetrated.
The Oreasnds are distantly related, and the motive
for this moat deliberate crime appears to be that Uriab
had procured a warrant against Byard, and that the
latter became aware of the circumstance. There is
°Thiene° to prove that he has frequently threatened to
stab the deceased.
The prisoner is • very giant in height and strength.
He has • wife and eight children. The deceased leaves
. .

e widow who is eacetate. and one child.
The prisoner was brouight up for examination on
Monday, and remanded tall Saturday.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

The inquiry into the circumstances attending Use
death of Urieti Greenland was held on Monday and
resumed on Wednesday morning, before Mr. Fry, the
coroner. . _

In opening the proceedinp, the coroner said his en-
deavours to procure the presence of the prisoner had
been ineffectual.

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The evidence of Elizabeth Greenland, widow of the ,
deceased, was taken. and she made statements of • ;
highly important nature. She raid —I know the pri•
softer well. He quarrelled with my deceased husband ,
three times sine our marriage, which took place two
years and two months ago. The first time was about
the prisoner having attempted in my house to take
indecent liberties with me, and when I resisted he said
it was no harm es I was his niece. I was afraid to tell
my husband at the time, but I told him afterwards. I
feared they would fight. and that my husband would
get the worst of it, es I had hi ard that the prisoner
would pull out his knife in company. I told the pri-
soner at the time lie assaulted me that if he did not
stop I would scream and call the police. The second
, time they quarrelled was about work, and the third time
the prisoner .rock the deceased at his own door, and
, used in..tilting language towattls me. Ile called we a
a vile Inoue. I believe the prisoner had a spite against
the deceased. hecau.c my husband had awarraut against
him We lived about twenty yards from the prisoner.
When my husband left logo reaping I begged him not
to work with Byer!, as if he did the Lord would surely
take his strength from him ; because my husband had
said that if lie ever worked with Ityarti again lie hoped
his arm would drop from him. My husband told me
when they quarrelled the second time tlat the prisoner
drew a kmfe and told him, " I'll make thee feel this."
My husband said to the prisoner. " Throw your knife
over into tl.at field, and I'll fight you manfully." lisard
refused to do that.
The knife handle w:is then produced, and the witness
said—l have not seen that in the prisoner's hand, but I
have seen that (another knife which had been found in
prisoner's house.) On the morning after the third
qiisrrel my husband went for Police-coustrible Ilillward,
He Came down to see Byard, who had a bayonet in his
hand and was thrusting it into the wall. The prisoner
was intoxicated at the time. Hillward said, " What
are you about to dor 'Hie prisoner said," I shall not
injure you." Millwxrd said, " Nor anyone elae whilst I
am lure ." Millward saw him safe home, and the pri-
soner's wife locked the door. After Millward left the
prisoner came out again. I liesrd him say he would be
—if he would not go and find him—ineaning, as
believed, my husband. I followed the prisoner, and
met my husband in the street. They then shook hand".
I believe that my husband was angry with the prisoner
for attempting to take liberties with toe, and that the
prisoner was angry with any husband for knowing thet
he had done so.
After some further evidence,'
The Coroner summed up, and, after a brief delibera-
tion, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder
against Byard Greenland."

The unfortunate occurrence at Notting-hill of the
death of a youth named Charles ltoutledge, while
engaged in an altercation with his father, has been
inquired into by the coroner, when the evidence
addneed led the jury to return a verdict of death from
apoplexy. On Wednesday the father was brought
again before Mr. Inghaw,at lisinmenniith Police-court,
when the magistrate requiring the attendance of
certain witnesses, lie was further remanded, and the
same bail accepted for his appearance.
Au.toen POISONING IN A WOILIEHOOSS.—On Wed-
nesday Mr. Faniell, one of the Assistant Poor Law
Cominimioners, resumed the inquiry into the alleged
Atempt on the part of some of the officials of the work-
house at Kensington, belonging to St. Margaret's and
St. John's Westininater, to poison Mrs. Bernell, the
schoolmaster's wife. Mrs. Bernell was lirst examined.
She raid that on the 6th of November. 1860, she took
her place at the common dinner table. She was
the third person served. Noticing on her plate a white
powder. she asked what it was. It being evidently
neither salt nor pepper, she took an envelope from her
pocket and pet the powder into it. As she did so she
noticed that the inatn4bename very pale, and suspected
an attempt had been to poison her. She believed that
the matron had placed it on her plate with the
purpose of killing her, or at least of seriously injuring
her. Dr. Taylor was next examined. He stated that
he had analyaed the powder sent him in the packet,
which had been sealed up, and found it to be pure
arsenic. Dr. Maitin, the medical attendant of Mr.
Bernell, sad Mr. Bernell were then examined reprdiag
the health and sanity of Mn. 811111011, II boa of chymicals
kept by her kusbaied, and the introduction of improper
works by the latter mous the girls of the workhouse,
after which the pros:oodles, were adjourned.