The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-02 00:00:00

f.A.DISUL LJADLItS.

We are sarry to annoinice that a horrid murder.
was on Wednesday committed 'on- JANIEs
Mwx-
17oCit, a shopkeeper at Langrig, a small village
near Millburn. '1 he following are reported to be
the circumstances :—This poor man was, weun-
derstand}, visited about eight days-ago by an old
acquaintance,. of the s'atue trione, !who was,a sttl-
d:er, and lately tilseharged. This person bad been :
hoi-pitahly entertained by the deceased, who kept
house by himself in that lonely•part of, the Conn-
try. The neighbouis were surprised that the shop
was not opened on-WetinesdayiTis usual, and in
the afternoon several of them assembled and forced
open the door, when, to their astonishment, they
found the visitor and pretended friend, of whom
they inquired what was become of the deceased,
and were answered, that he had gone to IVhit•
htirn, whence he would rcturn in the evening.—
This answer only raised their suspicion. They
rushed forward, when tleey were presented with
the awful spectacle of the murdered boil) The
titan immediately attempted to Make his escape,
but was quickly overtaken and secured. The
weapon with which this hatbarous act. wits
tTatut, teas, it, is said, a catpenter's:adze., which
nearly divided the head of the deceased}.—The
man when taken into ctoimly had the watch of
the deceased,
and somc bank -001CN Concralcil, lit
his clothes, and sonic silver in his stockings. lie
was immediately conveyed to Linlithgow jail,
whence he was brought last night,. Olt. a warrant
front the Court of Justiciary; under the•eitarge of a -
nnicer -of that . Court, and ._•:erjeant-,Major
of the Edinburgh Police Establiihthent, and lodged
in the tolhooth of this city. It is thought he trill
be indicted this day to stand his trial.---(L diatiurgh
Courant, Jon. S'.) , .
NEwa-Y, JAN. 2(i.-At tent o'clock on the night
of the 211 d inst. James; Warnock, a soldier, in the
Tyron4 regiment of Militia, and Elizabetb \Vat.-
'Dock, his w tie, passing tfirottgii Itavensdale-park,
Mrs. Warnock Was a few yards advanced before
her husband, when she heard, the horrible cry,
0 Murder !" She turuedround instantaneoutly,
and almost in the same noment was "seized by sohte
• assassins, and her }read covere with- her cloak.
She was then thrown down, and kept in that. -si-
tuation for about ten minutes, during whiclf ..time
a man presied her to the earth with his knees. Pre-
Nious.to herfall, shellac!' seen (when she turned sud-
denly round) her husband prostrate on the ground,
whilst three. persons were violently striking at his
'head. Eliz. struggled much, and after some great
effotts, succeeded in extricating herself from the
ruffian who bad held her down. She then ran to
her husband and threw herself on his body, to
'protect hint front the blows of the nitirderous
sailmits. While lying on Vtlarnock's body, she
was repeatedly struck and menaced. with death, if
she would not leave him to his fate. At length she
succeeded inraising him up in her arms, in which
situation he was struck on the head with a stone,
and thrown, together with his wife, into a drain.
Here the villains seized the woman by the hair of
-the, head, tore her from the body of her husband,
and proceeded to finish the work of -murder with
stones, which they hurled on the unhappy man.—
Haying, as they conceived,. coirst,nntnated , the-
;bloody deed, they then left Wainock apparently
,lifeless. When 'they, were spine time gone, a
groan indicated;(4 his, wife that he still lived, , lie
spoke—declared that be was on the briule of deathi
andjcquested her-to go for her father. She obey-
ed—but when her friends had arrived:at, the spot,
the unfortunate man was dead.
"1:11c woman has received so much injury, that
it is supposed s.he.cannot long survive her husband.
4. Coroner's ',::quest has been held : Verdict-
-.f"rhat the deceased James Warnock came to his
death in Raveusdale Park, in ronsequence of his
I having received'several nesperiite wounds in his
bead by persons unknon."—,-(Dubin ju.

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