The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-14 00:00:00

HORRIBLE MURDER.

On Tuesday mornirg the greatest consternation was ocessioned
at beaMethead and its neighbourhood by the discovery oldie murder
ci! two old people Ettiog on the borders of Fetcham Common, an
old mat named Julio A tkhurtt, aged 94, and his homekeeper.
Eltzabtth Hanes, aged 71. They inhabited a cottage in the midst
of a small orchard, a plait ir it at mile from any other habitation.
It was rumoured that the old man was witsessed of some property,
the house, and some scree of land adjoining it were in his pos.
'elision. The murder was first discovered by a latl named Brown,
who was employed by the deceased to gather in his crop of antes.
This lad earne to the cottage on Friday morning, and called out the
name of Elizabeth Haines, and not receiving no answer, he ap-
proached nearer the house, and observed the mow, as well as one
of the windows, wide open. Ile eatedly called the inmates by
their names, and received no answer. Ile hastened to inform MI
parents of the eireuntrance. I is trot her re:timed with him ; era her
entrance seeing no one below. the went tap stairs; at the heed of the
staircase the was shocked on beholding the lifeless corpse of Eliza-
beth Haines. Mr. Gibbs was sent for, who, on witnessing me bodies
of the two old pi opl?, despatched messengers to the different county
Magistra-es resident in the neighbourhood and soon after the Rev.
Mr. Rolland, the rector of Fetchain, Ilankey. Esq.. and the
Rev. Mr. I-liberties, attended. Information wilt despatched to
Union-hall pollee office, requesting two of the officers to he imme-
diately sent down. air. Hall, the chief constable. together with
Wehard Pople, soon art iced at the cottage. Tire offilirs proceeded
to examine the premises, and discovered that the house had been
entered by the window that le.l into the ansh-lionte. None'l
of the property appeared to trace been touched. On entering'
the room up stairs the woman was observed lying on her back.
The back part of her head was fractured. There were black
marks on her neck as if an a'tenipt had been made to strangle
her ; and one of her hands was bruised. To the right of the door
the body of the old man lay on the bed, to which he had ben con.
lined for the last few yenta. It presented u shocking sp.clacle ;
bath of the hands were raised up over his head, as if defending it
from the blt.ws of the murderer. Tire bed clothes were streaming
wilt gore. As soon as the officers had examined each of the bodies,
they pmceedett to search the room. but nothing was found to throw
the slightest putotihle light on the discovery of the perpetrators.
The will atom old man. beitsesthirm Iris eottatm and ground to
Iris daughter, was untouched. Ntr. withstanding the vigilance of
the Magistrates, nothing yet has transpired to throw any light or,
this horrible afrair. We understand ;hat about three years ago, the
old petit le had been robbed by a man, who wtts sulostquently tried
and
,convicted for the offence. Since the murder, a rumour has
gone abroad that this iodividual was seen in the ntiterbonthond of
Epsom, a few days prior to the tragkal event. As yet the chief
circumstances of the murder still remain involyad in mystery.
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TOE MURDER OF MR. TIIONIAR PUICF.—A discovery
was made on Tuesday morning, in the warehouse occupied
by this unfortunate gentleman at the tine of his decease,
which may possibly be the means of lading to the detec-
tion of his inhuman murderer. On removing a board
which was placed over a cupboard,' and enclosing the apace
between it and the ceiling, in the room adjoining that in
which his body was discovered, a small pistol was found,
together with come powder, which had been evidently put
there for concealment. The pistol was unloaded, and the
hammer was down ; but, judzing from the evidence Riven
at the iilquest, it is not probable that the deceased received
his death from this instrument.--ifanelotster Herald.
Siinc K IN,: A CCIDENT.—Yt Ptculay morning Henry
Batterol, in the employment of Messrs. Fish and Co.,
tobacconists. St. Jahn-street. S•rithlield, having occasien
to attend a large but of boiling fluid, was suddenly
seized
with an epileptic flt, fell back into the boiler, and was in-
stantly scald,pl to death.