The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-05 00:00:00

FRATRICIDE NEAR BARNSLEY.

About midnight on Saturday a brutal fratricide was
perpetrated at the thriving manufacturing village of Clay-
ton West, which is situated about five miles from Barns-
ley, on the Barnsley and Huddersfield-road. The hor-
rid deed was committed by a man named James Wha-
ram, 29 years old, who is now in custody on the charge
of wilful murder, and who was employed as a worsted
dyer, at the factory of Messrs. J. Norton and Son, of
Clayton West. His brother, a quiet, inoffensive man,
named Jeremiah Wharam, aged 3G, was also in the employ
of Messrs. Norton as a stuff presser. It appears that fur
some time past the brothers had not regarded each other
with the moat friendly feeling, and on previous occaliens
the prisoner had been heard to threaten to stab his bro-
ther. On Saturday night the deceased went to the Com-
mercial Inn, Clayton West, where he had four glasses of
ale. James Wharam came into the house a little after
11 o'clock, but had nothing to drink, and walked about
from one room to another. A little before 12 o'clock, the
decased left the house, and passed the prisoner, who was
at the yard end, and who after they had got about 15
yards from him, called out, "Go home, Shoddy." The
deceased then said to a man named Horsfall, " That
word's enough to go back for," and he turned round and
went back immediately. A scuffle ensued between the
brothers, and in it the prisoner drew a knife and stabbed
the deceased in ten different places. Horstall and
others, on hearing the scuffle, went up to the parties
and pulled the prisoner away, when the deceased, after
uttering the words, "I am stuck in many places ; I am
a dead man," dropped upon the road. He was lifted up
and he never spoke afterwards, but expired as he was
being carried home. Mr. Rowley, surgeon, was im-
mediately called in ; but on his arrival, the deceased
was quite dead. On examining the body he found no
fewer than nine incised and punctured wounds on the
left side of the chest ; one of which wounds, passing
between the eighth and ninth ribs into the left auricle
of the heart was sufficient to eause death. The mur-
derer, after perpetrating this fratricide, went home to
bed, where he was apprehended a short time after-
wards by Superintendent Shepley, and Mr. Bedford,
one of the constable 3 of the district. He was then
apparently asleep, and expressed the greatest unconcern
at his situation. He was safely lodged in custody.
The inquest was held yesterday (Monday, before Mr. T.
Taylor, coroner, at tha Duke William Inn. After
several witnesses had been examined, and had detailed
the facts stated, the jury retired ; and after an absence
of about an hour, they returned a verdict of wilful
murder against James Wharam.—Mancltester Guardian,

A LUCKY CONVICT.—About 29 years ago two men
were transported from Cambridge for a highway rob-
bery, committed about a mile from this town. The rob-
bers lay in wait for a farmer coming home from market,
who they knew had received a large sum of money, but
by mistake stopped the wrong person. One of the
robbers died while under transportation, the other by
good conduct obtained a ticket of leave, and went to the
diggings, were ho amassed considerable wealth. On
Saturday week he unexpectedly returned to his native
village, Chesterton, were he found his father, mother,
and most of his relations were dead, but learnt that one
brother still survived, and was residing in Huntingdon-
shire, and thither he has gone to allow of his brother
participating in his good fortune.—Cambridge Chronicle.
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