The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-03 00:00:00

MURDER AT IMAGE, DERBYSHIRE.

Mwth excitement has existed in Helper end Heage
and the surrounding neighbourhood, during the last few
days, in elation to the death of Mr. W. Taylor, a respect-
able tradesman of 11.Iper.
On receiving information of the murder, Mr. Wearr, the
superin.endent of the Wiper district of police, and Mr.
M-Iler, an active emehthe e Helper, proceeded to investi-
gate tee eft sir, and to field out tha man 'hat committed it.
tAsir to ark was lung aid tedious, nobody hung able to
lye sty information en to who had done the violence.. All
the euilie houses in Colour, Epley, and whir places were
searched, it be ing the leeet at the former place. At bee they
-ever did in getting such information as to go to a house at
Kielty. kept by a men nemed Granter, a bricklayer by
trale ; and on prude lug up stair,' ahr y found his eine Tem-
kin. el Granger, in Is el, and apprehended him on the charge.
tle is sheet twenty-five year* at age. Au inquest was held
on the body, in the tewc.hip of Hear, cn W. (Wesley the
I.t lariat, n the foilowirg evidence was adduced :
B. Holland, blacksmith, steted :—I have known deceased,
Willi .m Taylor, ter several months. He was 65 years of
age, and WWI a man of genteel good health. Was a nail-
make rby trade, and k. pc a shop in Helfer. Oa Sunday
monde, list, July the 29 h, about 10 o'clock, deceased and
his deustiter, G ace Taylor, came to my house to Morley
Park. and we all amt off tg. thee to walk to Codnor Pa-k. It
was the feast there. We got there about 12 o'clock, and
went to bullet D dieter, a son-in-law of deceased. We dined
Mire, scud etc uff lee* again about half-put ehrht o'cl xk in
the eveeieg. Aoout 29 minutes seer we stored, we called
at the Crewn Int., in the Golden le alley, and hard a pint of
ale, of welch dimmed drank not more than a third. We
etsycd a few minutes there, and then Daniel Butler, who
had walked with deceased, Grace Taylor, sod myself, so far
0.1 our way back, left us, and we c. 'dinned our walk hone.
When w, had woe about t all a mile from the Crown Inn, and
when it was about 9 o'clock, we Faxed a mite whom I never
saw before, but whom I wow known be Tenikinun Granger,
..tanding by the toad-side. N .ne or us spoke to lam, nor did
he 'Teak to us in pres.ne. It we, raining at the time, end
deceased welted first by himself with an acv bream, and his
&twister and myself, about three yards behind him, with
and her. By the time we had got fifty or six y yards past
the place where Granger had been standing, he um* run-
nine up behind UP shouting, and went up tod. cones', butted
with has right shoulder at deceased under his left shoulder,
and sent him with great violence toward, the hedge. De-
' erred was perfectly sober at the time. and had been so all
day. Gr weer appeared to have had drink, but I should say
ke knew perfectly well what he was about. fleeing deceased
se i;1 used by Gracxer. I went up to his asdatance, and then
Granger reined and ',rusk me. Deceased tried, bathe mild-
est langoege, tan induce Granger to let me alone; and thin
he turned main on deceased, and with his right band struck
deceased a heavy blow on the seek and kno. ked him down.
D ceased, who was a heavy man, fell with great violence on
his breast and stomach. I then went firwar,l with the in-
tention re lifting deceased up, but Granger would not give
me tine, but struck me several times, as I believe, with a
stone in his hand, and stunned me, and I wee insensible for
some time. The wound on my right temple, the jury now
se, was iuffisted then. It was very much smelled for some
rime atter. When I came tomy,elf I saw deceased still
Wog on tt,e7ground, and his daughter by his eiee. Granger
himself at ne greet distance, standing still and seemingly out
of breath. I then got my umbrella, and succeeded in
driving him away. He ran away a short distance, and then
tumid round and shouted, "Come forward, I can do ter
yen, ard I will yet." I returned then to decease.,
who was standing, supported by his daughter,
and appeared to be in very great pain. Grace Taylor
and I assisted deceased homewards for about a mile further,
and then we awn tall in with Grainger, who had gone on
before us. This time he was in company with two other
parsers, but he did net molest deceased, his daughter, or my-
self. A young most of the name of Painter had joined us a
short time teeter. we tell in the second time with Granger;
and at my request, and for our prot crime continued with
us. Painter appeared to have keewn Granger before, for
he want up to nine and begged him not to interfere with us,
and in lect Lock held of him and prevented him doing so.
We did not reach my house till about half.past 11 o'clock ;
and wren we get tnere deceased said he could go no further.
Dee teed all the way cnnplained of being in very great pain,
whine, be said, got worse as he went on. Wh nhe get to
rey tense he appeared perfectly exhausted end in great pain.
Mr Alien, surgeon, *strived elute. five o'clock on Monday
morning, and continued with deceased till a short time
before hi; death, which took place about nine o'clock that
morning. Deces-ed was ahsible up to within five minutes of
his death. He kept gradually sinking from the time he got
to my hew* tell his death. Den suet was ie.-fleetly well up eel
he time of the assault on bin by Grinner, and acesild
ehe riot and in stead spirits; immediately after it he com-
plain. d of great pail., and never seemed free from it till his
eeeth. Sucehp'ained of pain principally in his chest, and
een ids sh ndderr.
beGhireaced bsT:ylor, ef Belper, widow, deposed that the state-
ment et Ii errand Holleeed was perfectly correct, there being
only one eireametance she had to add, and that occurred
when Reiland was insensible for a short time from blows in-
t! etas! by Ortityr reshape f abut! two minutes. After
e;
, had stueued Holland, Granger doubled his fist in wit-
wince' few, stud afterwards ern* her bonnet with it. Ha
thin turned to deceased, and struck him with great vio-