The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-05-20 00:00:00

AN AnociouA CRIME.

At ManiasMs, near Hartley, New South Wales, a man
named Patrick M'Avemey has been recently unordered
in an strogloas mintier. recording to the story told
by hie wife, the how., bad b-en broken into by bvh•
rumors, who had killed her hatband. Condo No's
which were colloid pointed to the &menet as an inspro-
lieble one, sad it was presently dimov..red to be • pure
fabrioetlon The wretched women bed herself cam
mitted the wader for mums which se gives la the
following omfaselon, which she solooribed in presence
tithe polies :—" I, Ann M'Aveeney, voluntarily of my
own free will, and withoot protease or threat, make the
following statement :—I got dorgasted with my hue.
band for the cool way in whieh he treated me. I
thought I would show him the way in which he ought
te treat • wife. He used always to treat am 000lly. I
erameameed to arrange meters with him on Friday
night week, February 28. I killed Patriek M'Aveeney
with a tomahawk. I streak him with • tomahawk
amiss the head In bed while he wee sleeping. I stoma
hiss two blows whilst In bed. The bleoketo were
round his head. After striking him with the tomahawk
I west ant of the house. When I rotor:had I found
him dittos on a chair by the Am I struck him again
and sgain Ave or six blow, I put all the outs in his
heed with the tomahawk. I struck him with
aWM no the head. After killing my hasbend,
I sat down by the Are ants' I wee sure he was
dead. I then west to the little room and
eat on the sMa. I unmeant again, and looked at him,
end found he was deed. I got • blanket sod seem
maim and covered him over. I went rated the table
sod laid my hand on his foot. I then knew he was
dead. I washed the tomahawk with which I killed
him, and threw it down in the weeda I was very
aiatige@ that no blood should sport on me. I have
"got no Mother with blood on them. My brown dregs
sad apron I bad on ma whoa I killed my husband. I
took no money from blot. I then began to *Mk what
meld do to make it appear that robbers had been to
the house, whew 1 tworooted the story which I reported
to the pol*, that two men with blackened farm had
robbed and mar hired my husband. I went to the box
and threw the olothm about the house, and also the
mistakes and boiler TM meson that I killed my Mis-
hima Wig on aooount of his general unkindness and
datreetrount of me whilst in a sickly state of health,
sad resting me as his wife. I told him about
three weeks before the murder that I would not treat •
dog ash. treated me. [Signed] Anne M'Avessey, her
I mark. Witnessed by W. t.rrophiu, detective;
Bdward Bookish constable; John M'Aveeney. Tete&
We 10th day of MarM, before Thomas Brown, J P."
The woman was brought before the magi.tratae, and
several witnesses having been examined, she has been
eammltted for tidal on the charge of murder.

THE DEVASTATION.

Oa Thursday eflieratedi the Devottation loft Portland
Beads shout fire o'clock ; the tried blew strongly from
li. outward, being fair for her westerly oourae. She
is said to have felt the weather cif the Mort, water
cooking over her quarter. She ads a very Rood
and anchored hails the wesMra red of
rl7:r.utia Break water at five on Friday morning.
At I 25 on Friday ofternoon the sector was 'skilled,
and the ship started sonibwar'. The weather on her
port side. Her speed was soon get up to her nominal
erorklug etandord, cheat ten or twelve knota, for the
speed attalood in bey measured mile performance will
not Resterelly be rivallecij as everyone well known.
The bow ware was thus in distil not so high as on the
previous fine weather trial, the agitoted Art' of the
when seeminely alto treading to keep it down, and the
slight pitch still further aided in lie release. It was
grated, however, to mu the armee Nurse away fro.'
the ship's weather aide, just u waves surge away in
their fury from a rooky shore; the spray fleeted high
over her bows, went get tie.rs even the foremst of
lb* burritos' disk; and the WM*. alto g the ship's
Ades was in a date el turmoil, wonderful and beautiful
&mood description, ocossionally striking with a toed
report widest the armour ledge. A brilliant rainbow
ley esaeteatir on the forecastle disk, and now sad
than the top of a wave overran the etejn cleaner.
The ship moved mojeetkolly, with solemn steedieerk
OM amount of owallatioa being in the looritadual
ilinettott, not more thaa one or onirood•a-half degree.
The strong wind heeled her war 5 little, some two or
three cravats, but she did cot roil, her **gibes work-
ing easotay at from 68 to 70 revelations. As she
meat further oet she encountered beerier neat, but
moss at them disturbed her equanimity. WWI tried
iced to the seem the sway drenched the dock on both
gee: tor two thirds the knoll of the vomit see ett
akg tattle /Mead, which priamenced et 3 36,
mese uw.,veinv &MIN over the Mom. but Felleuelly
&hew et the testel es** into more sheltered water.
She as.honsdw ars Mee foex under the Washer of
the breaks"... A,me %o, imam g.tunLiy the liermat j
Mu started tor Q
mob the wind was light, sad
o m
Ina not rough. Bhe made atellorel Pimags "
heete se
No :
Q•esestosu, Relatigaiag • spn funs
boar wick • win& asotarly wind. wells ern seii to
Plymouth occupied 211 hours. The tut.
have waited sadistsetozily la shoielal• amen.
kip.