The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-09-24 00:00:00

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT HON roN.

At halfpast two o'clock On Monday afternoon another
shocking tragedy took place at Notion, within 50 yards
of the hones where Mn,. Fguire and Err daoshter were
Do recently murdered- It should appear that • young
woman of rather preposeeming appearance. aged about
22, lodging at No. 9, Northport•street, Morton, who
had been in the habit of tree:ring visite from gentle-
men, wee visited on Sunday by an old sweetheart.
named Augustus Elliott, who came up from Gravesend
purposely to pee her. They appeared to be on friendly
terms, and retired to bed about half.past II o'clock.
About 9 o'clock to the morning they were supplied in
bed with Borne hr. 'Mast, and afterwards they partook
of some bitter boor, awl nothing mere WU heard of
them until about half-past 2 in the afternoon, at which
time the landlady was with her family bowies dinner,
when the was alarmed by hearing the report of firearms
four distinot times, and then • hoary fall. She at once
hastened upetairs to the back periour, which the young
woman °coupled as a bed room, when she frond her
'ling upon the floor near the door bleeding from the
face. At Die time, mine neighbonrs, hearing the re-
port, burst open dm street door and rushed in, when
they disoovered the young man lying upon the he', his
lane and forehead being covered with blood. They were
both partially dressed. A messenger warn at once
despatched for Dr. Griffith, the divisional sarrson of
police, but upon meeting Dr. Simpson, of Hoxton.ntivet,
he returned with h'm to the I online, when, upon the
dodger making an examination of the wounded perrons,
be found that the young man hail been shot between the
frontal bone and the brain. The young woman had
revolved • wound in the cheek, and sleo over the left
eye, which saddest' y must destroy her eight. 'They
were both in such a dangerone state that it was not
considered desirable to try to extract the balls, which
had been fired front a revolver. The sufferers were at
ones removal to St. Bartho'omow's hospital. They
were both mosible. The young woman then said to the
inspector, " Oas did it." The intpeut-r Lased how it
happened, and he said that ho shot her first and him-
self afterwards ; idling that the revely,r, wh,th was •
alx-cbamber one, he had brought from Gravesend, and
the inspector would find it under the table. Ou the
weapon bnirg exaniinue, it OM fonc.l that tour barrels
had ream:it!, been dltcharcred, ant to, chamber. were
still loaded. The revolver, which was of • superior
make, •preered to be quite new. The motive tor tang
mime is suopmed to be jealousy. A laroe crowd of per.
sons surrounded the house in which the affair tonic r.'ac..
The mme of the man is said to be Aansustus Illiott.
lie resides at Gravesend, and has a mother. bui no
father, living. Ten days ago be bought the revolver,
and left Graveeend far the purpose of going to kinetics,
when, on wining to London, he met the young woman,
Ellen Moors, whom he had known for four years. Thirty.
four shillings in money WU found in his possession.
Inspector Ramsay *eked him for his address, PO that he
might telegraph to his friends, but on refused to give
it, stating that they would know all about in by the
papers in the morning. Both the wounded persons Ile
In • very dangerous state, esieolaly the woman, there
being hardly stay hope of her recovery.