The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-02 00:00:00

DOUBLE MURDER IN BERMONDSEY.

EX TRAOHDLNAY SWINE AT GUY'S HOSPITAL.
Euly on Sunday morning • dreadful tragedy
occurred in Bermondsey. A dealer in old metals,
named William Edward Taylor, X.. 1 years of age, a
drunken and violent eriaraoter, murdered • woman and
child. Us hu • wife and five children, but be treated
her so bmlly, that some years ago she left him taking
with her one of their ehildren. Then • woman named
Sasanneh Liebdu, 33 years of age, went to live with
bun. Five you, ago she bore him •daugliter, Frames.
Tae man and his paramour qoarreiled dresafaily. Lint
Moudity he was fined 6.. for wing drunk. font even.
log the wointa iodated Mai to remain at home watt
her cud toe nee children erotic ens reed three chapters
of the little to tassel On Saturday kleblen
three had-plots of ram, and WWI nu flumes furious.
During the eight the neighbourhood binume
and at one o'clock oa Studley morning loud earasans
were beard issuing 110111 the 1191141, 1/1•.1 • 'Joy's Tube
WM heard t 3 ary out, "On, dent tether, don't ; you
have nearly killed as airway." The airy was followed
by to. sound of dull. heavy blows. In • few minutes
all the oriels erased, sad the street door opened, nod
Taylor ran up Li a pallimeten. Use throat •111 out to
a frightful manner, sad 01901 was Sowing trona is.
He pointed towards the hos., and the policeman end
961191.1101. man entered It. in the boom room on the brat
lioor was toe woman Hebron, partly undressed, and
covered with blood, with which the bed was saturated.
'ra• top of her skull and both sides of her forehead had
been &oaten in. like was not dead, bat was rialto in.
seasinle, and died In twenty minutes. fit the foot of
the ems bed ley Guard body of the girl Franoes. The
whole of the top of Mr skull hed been beaten in, and
her brain* were lyiag about her facie and on the bed.
Sae wee • pretty faleltalred child, with bias eyes. la
a earner of tile room and close to the window lay
James Taylor, • boy aged 13 years. He was fearfully
injared about the bead, mid his skull wat freetared,
and pert of his brides were protruding. Ils we. takes
lathe infirmary of St. Oblllll.ll workhouse, where it was
on Sunday reported that he was dying. The pollee
found two weapons, on. • bar of iron ten inches in
'catgut, and 111Urd that four pound. in weight, and
smeared with blood and brains, and • clasp knife
stained with blood, with whtoh apparently we man
bed cut his own throat, Taylor had eat his own wind-
pipe oomoletely through and some of the small arteries
In such • manner that he could not speak, and be Is
not expeitel to live. He wu conveyed to Gay's
Hospital. Dr. Caolehan was of opinion the girl must
hays reoeived the injuries on tae top of her skull while
she was sitting up to bed. On the floor near the bed
and in • pool of Need lay an open Bible. The table
and choirs had bees upset, and toe room presented an
appearanee ss if a fearful struggle had bikes plate. At
the buret il Taylor made egos for writing materials,
and on being *applied with slate and ;ousel, wrote his
name "William Taylor," and other rather sasioa•
meted senteases, among waith ware, "Another
man," "A military Ras," "Kill me." Anew his
wounds were dressed he was pat to bed and
watched, but he suddenly sprang out of bed, and
meting • bolt, darted right throes. the window,whieh
was fortutuely only oes story Inge. Here he ran
aloag one of tree ootaiders, an took off the weights of
the Menu, threatealag by attitude to do for anyone
who same near kb& de than ran into one of the
women's warda, and seising bold of the tenge,floariesed
them in each • feerfaliminer that for some time every
one we. sired to go sear him. Daring the whole of
this time he wee trying to speak, but the gurgling from
the wound prevented Sloe, Toe blood wee now .gain
streaming troca lila throat, and he then smeared Ms
Segero wi.h at, and mete on the wall wito his blood,
▪ Poison ins. Kdl me. Pat in, Out of in, misery."
Several of the assendsalls who endeevoured to grapple
wilt him armed themeless with broomsticks to ward
off the Mows he made with the tong, and in the
south, a fearful wens took pleat, the aids/Innate Elsa
etrieiug tree stiolu with Ito great violence as to shiver
them to pieces. He was eventually soured, and again
Placed in bed midst:moped down, sad now Itee in • very
erecerions state. The moo, front aratmente mode by
the other children, an far as they could be relied on,
had returned home early, sod his wife had, shortly
before the imarreese took place, isommensed reeding
ton Hado to btu Be told her to desist, and as far as
OW be aseereased • quarrel arose, and Taylor com-
menced • marderus assault %%pm the shddren an d
then at..aak.l his wife Was, he had dealt them
several murderous blows he deliberately cat hls own
throat and raahed out of the hoes*.