The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-24 00:00:00

ANOTHER ATROCIOUS MURDER.

t be°
For the last few days the greatest excitetnen-f ttlg
prevailed is Wells, Somersetshire, in, consequence chAOO
death of a respectable married woman, named
,101,
Parker, who was brutally murdered by her 'WW'
Josiah Parker, carrying on business as a butcher in
street, Wells. At the inquest held to enquire iotooate
circumstances connected with the death of the unforte
woman, the evidence taken on the two days' silt AO
elicited the following facts :—lt appeared that deceaselo
her husband had been married some years, and the
had a family of five children living. The husband badt .0
01
,:yet
time ago, been labouring under aberration of intellselfeeo
was so violent at one time that he was obliged to be irect
under restraint. He had, however, sufficiently re archers
to be enabled to carry on his business as a boisto
When these attacks were not on him, he was s „s4orP
inoffensive man, and much respected by his neigh eIS
Something. however, had induced him to believe thilf tht
wife was not constant to him, and on the evening 1 soo
10th inst., he came home, when he appeared exciteeie ,01.0,-A
charged his wife with infidelity to him. This she o feli
and he struck her with a butcher's cleaver. gh,, Der
down, and her screams brought some neighbours wslll
assistance. The husband was about to strike her 710
with the deadly weapon, when it was *rested ff°,,,—,3 sly
hand. He rushed into the shop, seized a steals 701?
claiming, " You are the last meat I shall stick,
rivnced stabbing the poor creature in the head and or,
the most fearful manner. He then again seized the 01e her
and before any one could prevent him, he dealt the
another violent blow on the bead. He then thre"sigel
cleaver down, and walked out of the house, going eV to,
to the police office, and surrendered himself up to il9tbs!
The officers repaired to the house, where they folio' aOO,
the poor woman had been conveyed, bleedlos Dad
insensible, to bed, attended by a medical man, villa° tore
dressed the wounds, and done all in his power to let
her, but from the first her case was considered o,frrneds;
11-1
She continued in a state of great suffering until f tee
night last, when she expired. On the first day "t. the
inquest, the surgeon gave a detailed description °which
fearful fractures and lacerations of the head, aftermatiel
it was adjourned, in order that a post mortem exams ths;;
might be made. At the adjourned inquest he sts',cosll,l"
having opened the body, he found nothing else te,.--eesu;
for death, but the wounds he had described on the n aloft
The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and
address to the jury, pointed out the bearings of '"ou the
on the case, and commenting at the same ti,,eleiel-arstiS
atrocious nature of the case. The jury having. le;-,josi:it
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Nee.;
Parker. The prisoner was taken before the Pea fen
magistrates on Wednesday, when he appeared ini„g rte
weak state, and was obliged to remain seated dur'n-rseer,',
examination. The facts, as adduced by the e-risooel
were recapitulated, and the chairman asked the tiocte`;
if he wished to say anything. Prisoner (in Aug
tone) :I am guilty of the act, and God knows assi%'0
then fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing
at Taunton.

br

14
0i
11

will be
of the
vent 0f
ill 110
'odors('
TT, .Fa
)1 5111 V

is IOW!
lay 10"
not,
ic
el:00

one
loWa
gh
3u to
)B 78'

l'rnitte/
ovent,
of the
manage'

of St'
0
h bu
",,,i ea°

MOse
ri
•haPs
crust))
,ut Jan).
aturolif6neSd
f
, to

of
ening .0
Ily,
rid, an
will 11
at 10'
iet dowli
opened
urs,

3E°'