The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-30 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

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SEDUCTION, MURDER, AND SMUTDII.—The Hamp-
shire Advertiser of Saturday, reeords a lamentable ease:
llellioent Balch Maguire, whine mother is a widow, residing
in Southampton, in an evil hour left her house (having pre-
viously had • child, which woonspenied her), under the pro-
tection of Capt. Themes Bement, of the Nagel Infantry,
with whom she lived as his wife for about a year and a half,
of the time in Landon, and latterly at Owelebury Cot-
tage, near Whit:heater. Some time slate the captain left
her to go to Dorchester, and coatinued to carrespoad with
her for some time upon ordiaary topes, whin at length she
received a letter containing the latellimmee that he was gen
to India to hie wife. The unhappy woman wail frantic at
this unanticipated blow. On Sunday lest she destroyed her-
mit and her child in the fellevetag mama!, the facts
being elicited at the Inquiet, UM on WedneedaY,
at Owslebtuy. The chief facts were proved by
Jess Alexander, who mid : I lived with Capt. Resent as
mom at Palm-hall from the lot April last, and came with
Nun to Owsleburymtlage. My wife was SIN in his service.
The deceased lived with him as his wits, and always told us
she was his wife, and they lived comfortably together. About
two months ego he went to In:Mater, and took souse of his
slogs with him, se he said, to train them. He was very fond
of coursing, and returned at the end of a month, but remained
only one day, and retuned as he said to Dorchester, and has
never been back since, but continually kept writing to the
demised. In soma of his letters he talked of leaving her
and living with his wife in lad* which much distressed
the deceased. She mid she did not know what she should
do, but witness and his wife advised her to go and live
with her mother and friends, but she always refused. About
three weeks since mimeses wife noticed she was very low
in spirits, end looked sharp after her, putting everything
rut of the way with which she was likely to do herselt
harm ; but she did not show any symptoms of insanity, as
she always appeared to know what she was doing. About
that time the deoessed was men looking into the well at the
back of the house. After that the lid of the well was kept
fastened with a lurk and chain till after demand had left the
house, which was on Wednesday last, in Mr. Leviegton's
RC:, with the furniture, to go to Southampton, No. 6,
terrace. Witness and his wife went with her and
saw the goods put in. The deceased took her little boy
with her. She and the child cried much, and had very
little money, only the remainder of 41., which witness
changed the Saturday before, and she talked of taking
lodgers. Did not honor see anything other West Sunday
morning, when she came in a fly from Winchester. She
brought the child with her; se we were not expecting
her great surprise was expressed. She was in high
spirits ; she said she was come to see them . ties
before she left, as she was about to embark for
Australia ; and on being asked if she had heard
of the captain, she said, ' I have seen him." That she
had gone to Winchester in a fly, and thence to London by
train, and there she had seen him just come from the play,
and said it was on Friday, and that he was skald of her for
Gar she should do him some injury. That he wanted to
settle something ea her, bat she would not assent to it ; and
that she raised to embark with him to Australia ; and
that on awake she returned to Winchester, and
remained there t night at the George Hotel ; that the
next morning she went up and paid for the apartments they
occupied; and from thence returned to the Bomsey Inn
and requested the landlord to obtain the fly in which she
came to Owslebury. There was a strangeness in her man-
ner, but witness was satisfied she was trying to deceive
him about going to London and seeing Captain Besant
there, as he was then in Dorchester. Sreakfeet was got
for her about eleven o'clock, although she mid she had
already breakfasted in Winchester she ate two ellen of
toast and drank three large cups of tea, and seemed to
enjoy it very mach, end to In vereerfal and collected.
ed The child seem agitated and frightened, and clung to
the fly, and aid not wish to get oat it ; bat he enjoyed his
breakket, and went to play in the back kitchen se he used to
do. After breakfast she wished witness to go for the letters
she wrote witness on Friday night. Witness said he was
gong to shave, but she wished for him to pat and. He
laid he would, bat only went to the end of the lawn in front
of the cottage, expecting a boy to bring them is usual, and
had not been pee out of the house more than a minute or
so when he heard the scream of a child, and something
splash. Witnem thought the child had broken something,
but it was the fell of the well lid. He Win hie wife what
was the matter ? She said, " That wretched lama* is gone
down the well and taken that deer baby with her ;" sad that
she had just left the kitchen with the child, asking him to
go and seek for apples. Witram went to the well
and lifted up the fed, and saw the water moving,
end something struggling in it. M> wife was taken
very ill, and I was obliged to Wend to her. There
was no one else cm the premises, se I ark her up to Mr.
Lavington's, and told him what
theimlealaned. who trims-
ately sent for the pellestrho rr ea eposd grapples
and got up the two bodies, ben oat the well. They
had been in it half an hoer, mad there woe sheet twenty feet
of water in the well. After the melba lie eat Dorchester
the second time, a letter came to May pap b. 3d., which
was sent on to kiss at Dordisiter the use djkt ; the do-
omed did not open it, but a mentheeetiee setawarm the
deceased received a letter from the eeptik, which as soon as
she had read she began to wring bee heads, and said Me
captain was goiag tolsave her and p is India. She was
quite frantic, and said she should p te him. She then
caught up a penknife, and said she wield make away with
herself, but witness's wife held her eisa nag peevested ker.
She then flew to a gun in the rem Reid in
both barrels, but it was taken away lam has.
Same day witness went with her to Wisiseles he
go by train to Dorchester. Saw her into a carriage at the
station, where he left them. From that day we have had
no rostra to suspect she would injure hunk; but were
never free from suspicion long together, m the was a vary
different person from that day, and esephiee dimemess
was kept out of her way ; had no doubt is wlifelly taw
her child and self into the well. Whilst males the bodice
out of the well, a letter by poet, addressee to -wilmises
(No. 2), in the handwriting of the 16111111011k101111 111/1/IW/L
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was a very Sem man, and the witameitrille Ka net dere to
speak te him slob the child. The eavener Liebe sassed
up the evidises, the jury after • sheet ilidDlSb67ll re-
sumed es thrk verdicts-Ist. That the said Keillosat Balch
Kagekes met having the fear of God before her eyes, bat
either ewe mike wilfully and ftlosiemly, with an Wive
to cases her death, threw herself into a well, and that she
was there sailmated and drowned : and second, that *era
Keftheat Batik Kepis, the mother of the deceased Henry
Dooley, nall haft the fear of God before her eyes,
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moved no raed by the instigations of the due,
did Peek the said Henry Dunlop and throw
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sad that thembyis wee guilty of wilful murder. The m-
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