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to the bottom of the cellar, be then meat cruelly attacked
her again with his bledgeon, with which be gave her must
violent and repealed .bhiere on her head and other parts of
her body, till her eatteeties for merry became exhausted,
nail she became westing; the cruel wietch thee !opposing
her to be dead, was about to leave her ; however, on her
mourtug her head • little, he resumed his Whereat& treat.
airull toward* her, and cove her • annibet moire violent
, blows us her head with his beedgesse, from which soil the
other wooada gives is the former attack, dee bled asset pro-
fusely, noel he then left her welteeieg in her blood, tin doubt
considering if he had not killed her that she could slit Wag sur-
vive ; e« his leaving the cellar, he tied the lekb of the door
with a siring to • guishl•-•. which he screwed into the dour.
post, which sot beliniging to Mr. Impey. era doubt bat the
villain took it with lons to assist in his deperidatiosia is the
Louse. There is ev. rs reason to believe the villain had •
companion, as after Is.. had fartetied her into the cellar, astil
she tweovered leer tossers little, she heard two voim.4 Is the
home, woe of them she bed no doubt was Hie mien's voice
who hod so ill treated her; howevers they rensalned bat •
short tone, and tarried ar but little booty,ooly, airily silver and
halfpence. Them is no doubt but they were alarmed, nod
made • precipitate retreat, as It was discovered that the
'others bad began to breakers Mr. lopey's bargee, but
had nut completed it.
shortly after the robbers had left the boom, a taw of the
name of Joseph Hatch, who is employed al Mr. 11atF047.8
happening to go to am house, he lknocked at the dour
• loonier of hoses whee the door riot heimgopesiest, and nu
answer given, be get in at the beck part el hbilace where
he could sot clod any peelers. hat men mei the celiac
dupe tiorteeed with a einibkl se above deuce and heard
• groaning which proceeded from the cellar, hick isedireed
him to venture down the stairs, Bra hewn,' orhi a can-
dle, where he discovered Mrs. hooey in asbust grievous
state, with scarcely antileieut strength remidelog to 'titbits
what had happened.
Holub was so extremely frighteeed at obit he had teen
end heard, that he ran rid, all possible speed to Bethilleseh
stead, and alarmed the arilgregilliall at MIS alma fed at
the Quakers monies, sod the alarm became themillelb
eat the town gad seighbeerheerd. A.* pAttiort4
to aimed Mrs. Impey, sea every other peosilla ems
afforded her. The surgeon prtiouneted bee mown& to bh
very dangerous ; end we are sorry to my they cootinued la
that stale up to flaterday, when *be had • considerable
leer upon her, and the 'regret, was nut able to prononnce
her out of danger. Leery pool/lib's exertion was made on
the Sunday to trace est the villain, and the only suspicions
character that could be Axed wpm' was a man who had beta
seen iu Berkhainstead, on Sunday toorniug, begging. It
was asterisked that lie had kit ilw lowa abort the time
the robbery haul been committed. He was in COIII4 peewee
pursued, °vertebra, and brought beck to fleilchninstrad
to Custody. On Monday lie wail examined befuie the Ma-
gistrates of the district, but within( appeared to crimiuste
Mr Henry Hese, the principal milder of the Bank of
Englaridond other highly respectable gentlemen who reside
it. that uriglihourbood, became greatly alarmed that such a
dining and atrocious offence should have Men committed,
and the perpetrator of the istin-id deed remain still at large,
nook appiication to Mr. Bernie, the Magistrate at the
Public Other, Buw.street, un Tonality, for an °dicer to he
sent to Berkhubstrad to discover the robber. The Mat*.
trite 1.1 coosegnence scot off Bishop with all possible speed.
Soon after his arrival at Beekbasomeed the beggar was
discharged, he having ascertained that a man of guile • dif.
Tenet description hail Bern sago coming mot of Mr. lapry's
house betweru (dents turd terries o'clock ou floadey, a boy
of the 113111 C ef Joseph Bone was discovered by Bishop, who
had seen the 111811 come out of Mr. lispefs house, be gave the
tithe. r to ender stend lie knew who the emu was that he had
sea u In coral out of Mr. leopey's house, hal refuted to tell
whit I,e N u., and he peraisting in that reserved (viaduct, the
officer took him before the Magistrate, where he persisted
io the same conduct, neither threats. DOC promisee had any ef.
rect, as he would tint betray the max he ;mew, when the Magis-
trate. being uhuut to commit bias as an accessary to the
robk,ry, he exclaimed, be would mot get himself into
trouble to art eta another, and then told who the man was,
add be proved to be theme of a respectable botcher is that
neighbourhood, and, its consequence, he was apprehended by
8.A..p. He underwent two very long examivations tin
Thmeday and Friday, before the Rev. David Jenks mod the
lti r. James Hormone's, Magistrates fur the county, sad sever
sal Grotleineu of the imiglibeerheod : es the termer day
they were engaged ten hours, and ea the latter dog they
weir eugaged !tyro hours is the investigation, after which
be was committed fur further examination.
Mr. Steele, the surgesia, attends Mrs. lnipey.