The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-12 00:00:00

MURDER IVEAI2 PRESTON.

A diabolical murder has just been perpetrated at
Ribchester, a small village a few miles from Pres-
ton. The victim of the outrage is an old woman
80 years of age, named Ann Walne. She was a
widow, and kept a beer-house, called the Joiners'
Arms, in Fleet-street-lane, Ribehester. Ordinarily
she resided by herself. Beyond keeping the beer-
house she was the owner of a few cows, which were

attended by a labouring man in the neighbourhood.
The impression in the locality was that the old
woman had a good sum of money. She was of care-
ful habits, did a very fair trade, and although four-
score years of age, managed to serve in the bar and
superintend her affairs with remarkable facility.
On Monday night she shut up the house and re-
tired to bed in good health. At seven o'clock yes-
terday morning the cowkeeper came to the place,
and, as usual, knocked at the front door in order to
get some cans, &c., out of the house. He knocked
for some time--longer than usual—but no one came
to the door. He then went to the back door and
knocked there, still there was no response from
within, and he began to suspect that there was some-
thing wrong. His idea was that the old woman was
dead. On looking on one side he found that one of
the back windows was open. This circumstance
alarnaedhim, and he went for one or two of the neigh-
bours. On returning the door was broken open,
and they went up stairs, where they found Mrs.
Walne in bed with her hands tied to the higher
bed-posts, and two shawls over her face. On
removing the shawls they saw that she was
quite dead. Her face was black, her eyes were
swollen up, and blood was oozing from both her
ears. She had evidently been suffocated ; first tied
down, and than gagged with shawls and smothered.
The news speedily spread throughout the neigh-
bourhood, and one or two policemen were quickly
on the spot.
There is no direct clue to any one as to the com-
mission of the murder, but it is supposed that the
guilty parties reside in or about Ribehester, that
they know the circumstances of the old woman, and
that their object was money. It is not known yet
what or whether anything has been stolen.
The village is greatly excited, and the police are
busy making an investigation into the tragedy.

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the lowest night
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