The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-31 00:00:00

THE ELTHA.V MURDER.

At the C mind Clrinsintl Ccort, on Thum lay (before
Lord Cdtridsel, John ltety 'al, lel:sourer, was charted
open an indtam .0, and giro bye coroner's investigatloo,
with the wilful murder of hi. trif.., Eliasheth Hunr_. Mr.
Poland and Mr. Moatsgu William, prosecuted firthe the
Treasury. The priooner was defended by MA Gill i
The cirzonsesen em under which this 0490 was Pre- '
ferred lay in • very nil row oompaw. The p, fierier wets I
n.vvy, employed in the sewage work* that ern it wewust I
being curled on at E them. The deceased we, the wife 1
of tLe prisoner, r. 04 a'aut the wisco i.e.. he yr.'s, ant it
appeal if taat un the dreoir.g .4" NI ,r 14 the pile user,
who hied a dog in his arm', was seen reotina s'tor the
d,celas d on • piece of wasite. land, he being at the time
very much the worse for liquor. A quarrel seemed to have
t 'ken place between the parties shortly before on aerue,oi
•f the deceased hoeing hilted the dog. and %hen the
primes": got up to the d. c •as3d he knock. 4 or pushed her
down. While ehe eras on t• e er,usid he give her • violent
ki:k in the halt a the hesu he neck, the decease I ex ne
elnyut istinsetiiidly. When the finsoirer we, fold whit
kid h moaned he at first etid ;hit. it "or re 4 hCr rghl ,
liu there arm no doubt that at this time he Po. v,ilP
drunk •; Who* he rex...feted His Hamm ' les rapreie•ri
, grsat sorrow for whetted a...vorred, awl esid that he and
hut wife hal had e g.oi4 id.uy trial:nes on tweet U.
occ iiiMne, bie, had mivrbo one so adil MI 114 thj, U.
wg ild erillitAy suffer 15 yea.'. fir her Li have her a,le,.
addn. The'plsoner, it *pima:ed, had been married to
thtl deceased for seven year,. end they alne)'si app !aired
to have lived on the melt edtrt.onso • Ideals, be blteins
the reputation of b. jog a liintdbearted; gsod•tenspered,
induitrious use°.
The defeo.-4 that was set up for the pri.otor we that
the iket rikiiinolted by Ilion was quite unproina bated, and
Do thl, ground the jury ware &skill to 14.04 the pri•oner
of the ropre serious ctisithes,
The Pier. eller delihirstint fop • shut time, fount the
prisoner guilty of inanslnught,e, but recommended him
airmail: to to •rcy on account of the a m
l scsinu,to „um in
whicim the parties bed preirioosly lived together,
lord (.7 derides sent need tite p,ilOlier km SIX weeks' hard
lohottr,

In one of Vol Gila* romano .e the cynical poet represents
a w d ,w, in the depth of her rlieconsol &tenses, vowing she
will ney,r marry *Cala "ii long at the river II we by the
as le of the hill" A few months go by. The widow,
bethinking herself that thereat II are g sod flab in the ma,
grows more cheerful, and takes counsel with • el.sur en.
gineer. H. sets to work : the nvor is diverted from its
courts: it no tumor flies by the side of the hill, and the
lady exchanges her weeds for a bridal veil.—A fialopien
pedah clerk seeing • woman crossing the churchyard with
• bundle and a wateringman, followed her, curioos to know
what her intention might be, and disc,vered that she was
la widow of • few month. standieg. aquiriNg what she
vas. going to do with that watering.pan, she informed him
that she had begged' ',me grass yoeca to sow upon her
hushantra ..... , and had brought a little wet r to make it
spring up quickly.' The clerk told her there wasMooccasion
for her to take that tr3uble—tbe grave'would bp groan lu
good taus. that may be, was the frank reply
my poor husband m,ds ma. promsse not to parry
again until the_ grasp Itatro °Tin' grlivel:A4
having • gnod offer. don t wish to brmak ir
or keep as I ain longer than I can lairip?—Clienrioses
Journal.