The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-22 00:00:00

MU!WER AT. KRITH,

The Leather Bottle Tea Gardens, • place of resort at
Belvedere, in the parish of Beth, was the scene of a shock.
lug occurrence on Tuesday A carpenter named Thomas
Berry having there fallen in with Caroline Adams, •
young woman of his previous acquaintance. stabbed her to
&eh with • chisel, which he is said to have whetted and
carried about with him for the purpose The afternoon
was rainy, and the gardens were almost deserted, but the
deceased ems sitting in one of the arbours with leer siste,.
when the occurrence took place. The man is • widower.
with two child-en about ten years of age, and he lived in
one of a row of houses at Belvedere, overlooking the rail.
way and the river Thames. The sister of the deceased had
for • short Huse resided in the same heels and taken ears
of his children, and the deceased herself had formerly
occupied the same dwelling. Shah, said to be • married
woman, the wife of • sea caPtein from whom she has
been separated, end she is described as a well-favoured
person of about 111 years After the deed was committed
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that he was pursued, he threw the chisel into the wood as
be rum& lie was ultimately = and handed over
to the police, by whom he w to Beth police.
station and locked up. He was afterwards brought up for
examination baton Mr. Helen?, et woavich polio.
eegamart" pod, a glister of therideoseeed neaten. stated : I was
with
my
sister
wins eke deed was done. We had been
Into the Lather Bog& Tavern, sad took some bread and
chew to the sunnearhoses under the walnut.tree. he
PriSODIE was in the house when we were there, and had
spoken to my deter, but she would not sneerer him, and
we left the house to avoid him. My sister had been his
housekeeper for about two years, but left him about neen
weeks ago. When we were in the summer-home about
two minutes the prisoner cense up and mid to her. "Will
you do eel ash your sad she retied that she did not
want to speak to him. Hs said, You won't r and she
answered, " No." Than he took hold of her by the neck
and dress sad stabbed her repsatedif In the breast and
heart Shia bee got nine stabs in the chest. I west to
help her and laid hold of the prisoner's cost, but he said
that he would serve math. same if I did not 'newsy. and
I then went to the tavern for assistance. When I got
beck to nay ester she was lying in her blood on the green,
quite ate& and the prisoner had gone awe/.
The prisoner turning to witness angrily seemed her of
being the cause of his troubles, saltql that if she had
kept away from him he would not have found himself in
his careeeet position.
Ihe!ltn7 remanded him until alter the opening of
iaq
The prisoner, who is about years 01 see, inched le
and samosas. It will be stated in evidence that he
sharpened the eldest on sae dashSiottaw".'"'""
and carried it about with v-v —T at
intended megesece, and it was Inman in ens amaill
ibid he was exceedingly jealous of any attention baits
paid to the amessed woman b other men Atter his
snostrhe was taken back to the Leather Bottle, and And.
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