The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

The inclemency of the weather—June being close
at hand—led to the postponement of the review
yesterday, and to a crop of rumours respecting cer-
tain serious causes which., it was ailegvd, bad in-
duced the authorities to disappoint the citizens of
the promised day's amusement. A piercing north-
westerly wind and heavy showers of rain notwith-
standing, crowds of well-dressed people journeyed
to the park, and back again as quickly a they
went.

SHOCKING MURDER 4. ATTEIII.IIED SUICIDE.

A shocking murder took place at Washington
(Sussex) on Monday evening, Mr. Samuel Rowland,
landlord of the Star Inn at Ashington, and who
was well known and much respected in the sur-
rounding locality, having been shot dead by Peter
Dudeney, a man who rented a cottage and some
land at Washington, Immediately after commit-
ting the horrid act the murderer attempted to hang
himself in a plantation which adjoins his house;
but he was discovered and cut down before life was
extinct, and was taken to the lock-up at Steyning.
It appears that the cause which incited the mur-
derer to the dreadful act is not very apparent.
Dudeney is a married man, and has a family of
two children ; but his wife, who is described as
being a powerful woman, has for the last three
years been afflicted with insanity. This seems to
have preyed upon Dudeney's mind, and also to
have considerably straitened his circumstances,
as his wife being at times very violent
had to be constantly watched, and he had
to employ assistance for this purpose in order that
he might be enabled to follow his usual employ-
ment. This, with other expenses, which were ne-
cessitated in consequence of his wife's malady,
caused him to be a good deal behind in paying the
rent of his cottage, which belonged to his father-in-
law, Mr. Peter Wells. Dudeney also rented a piece
of meadow land adjoining the cottage, and on this
he kept two cows. For sonic time past the friends
of his wife have helped him , a great deal, but we
hear there has been much unpleasantness amongst
the relatives; particularly between Dudeney and
his father-in-law. The latter, so report says, wished
to get possession of the cottage and premises; and'
we hear that on Monday most of the parties con-
cerned had been to Storrington, where an arrange-
ment was come to that Dudeney should give up the
cottage, garden, and meadow at once, that Mr.
Wells should take his two cows in liquidation of all
claim against him, Mr. Wells undertaking, as we
also hear, to provide another house for Dadeney,
and to pay the rent of it so long as his wife lived.
Mr. Rowland, the unfortunate deceased, had, it ap-
pears, been at Storrington with the parties, and,
with a bricklayer, named Tidey, had assisted in
concluding the arrangement. After all had been
arranged these two persons seem to have proceeded
.to liudeney's cottage to see about the removal of
the cows, and it is supposed that while they were
there Mr. Rowland must have used some expression
to exasperate Dudeney, who shot him dead upon
the spot. It is thought, in consequence of the
wrangling which has taken place and some threats
which Dudeney has been heard to make, that he
has kept the gun loaded in his cottage for some
time past. It has been remarked of late that his
conduct has been rather strange.
On the following afternoon an inquest was held
at the Frankland Arms, Washington, before R.
Blagden, Esq., the coroner for West Sussex, when
the jury promptly returned a verdict of wilful
murder. As may naturally be supposed, the sad af-
fair has caused the greatest sensation in Ashington
and Washington. Rowland was a man generally
respected, what is termed "a good-hearted pleasant
fellow." He was about 37 years of age, and leaves
a wife and one child, only about three years of age.
Doubtless his friendship with Wells, the father-in-
law, and his presence on the spot, very much ex-
cited Dudeney, who, until lately, had been looked
upon as a quiet, inoffensive man, but whose threats
against more than the deceased the day previous,
show a wicked disposition. The wife was removed
on Tuesday morning to a lunatic asylum, and it is
believed that the children of the prisoner will be
provided for by the grandfather.
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