Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-10 00:00:00

A pI:IAPTER OF ITORRORS

AN OLD MAN BARBAROUSLY MURDERED NEAR LEEDS.—
Mr. Richard Broughton, an old man sixty-seven years of
age, resided in Rose Cottage Yard, Roundhay, near Leeds.
He was formerly the office-keeper to Messrs. Payne, Eddison
and Ford, solicitors, Leeds, but has recently ‘been living
on his means at the above address. On Saturday evening,
about five o'clock, he started for Leeds, and he had
then a florin in his pocket, and his silver watch. He

WAS passing►
Lane. to Ha

portion of the path called
was attacked by ,a couple

en, one of whom was
- .
timed with a heavy bludgeon, A heavy blow from this
iveapon laid him insensible on the ground, and he was then
the easy prey of his Murderous assailants. It would appear,
however; .that even after the poor old man was incapa-
citated from resisting them, their brutal attack .was cal-

tinned, for, . when , found, Mr. Broughton was discovered
o:have five serious wounds, one of them being on
the left temple, and the other; all on the head. Whether
the ruffians were disturbed in their work cannot now be
ascertained, but they appear to have made' off with Mr.
Broughton's wateh„leaving his "florin untouched. . He was
insensible when, discovered, and was conveyed. to his home.
On the way Mr. Broughton made a sign to shoWhe was aware
that his assailants-had not got his money, but was unable
to give further information with respeet to them than that
they were two in number, one of whom was armed with a
bludgeon. Ile subsequently relapsed into insensibility. He
was immediately attended by Mr. W. Hey, surgeon, of
Leeds, who dresaed his. wounds, but these were of so serious
a character that Broughton only survived until Sunday after-
noon, dying at half-past two o'clock. The place where the
murderous attack was committed was a -perfect pool of .blood,
and is not far distant from the residence of Darnton Lupton,
Esq„ one of the Leeds borough magistrates. On Sunday
She Mayor (Sir P: Fairbairn). and Mr. Darnton Lupton de-

tern:tined to' issue a proclarnation, offering £5O reward for

such information as should lead to.the detection of the mut-

nd Mr. English, the active commissioner of the
sing every exertion to bring the men
.to

)olice, is

)n
al,Particolars.)—We now subjoin some
-material facts in the case, from which it will be seen
that the attack was as atrocious` and barbarous as it `was
sudden and mysterious. Froth Mr.'l3ronglitort'i houie, ih
Rose •Cottage Yard,. Roundhay, a footpath extends in a
westerly direction to the. York-road, Leeds. 'lt is
route from Seacroft—near which township dc-

south-

by day labourers who reside in and about the Yorli-road,
Leeds, but whose usual employment is in the Seacroft and
Roundhaydistricts. The path is a gentle ac'clivity from Sea-
croft to Harehills House, the residence of D. Lupton, Esq.,
one of the Leeds borough, magistrates; at this latter point
the prospect is very -fine, the pedestrian being able to glimpse
Views of Rennhay, Seacroft, Whitkirk, and the whole of

the eastern portions of Leeds, Harehills House being imme-
diatelyfinlronkef him, and.thb hamlet of Coldcotes in the
dip of the; valley to the left. On this piece of table land the
murder was committed. Deceased, who was short in

but who dressed, respectably, and carried a. stick, had arrived
m half-way up the' hill when he observed a an walking before
him. Broughton was then in,afield of oats, and hman was
nearing the stile 'at the western extremity of the field, the
next field to which the , path extended being what is eallod
the ox pasture." On the other side the hedge, and Within

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noon. Mr. Bickerdike's farm was within the same
distance, and the house at Harehills was about a quarter
of a mile away. At this point, also, it might have been
imagined that. any outrage would have been immediately
observed or heard from liarehills. Park, inasmuch as the
grounds are scarcely ever clear of visitors or residents. Mr.
Broughton, however, appears to have reached the stile