The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER AT CARLISLE.

On Wednesday evening last much excitement
was created in Carlisle by a rumour that an old
woman named Jane Thwaites, wife of J. Thwaites,
aged 70, had been murdered by her husband. On
the police proceeding to the house, the rumour was
partly confirmed, as she was found to be quite dead,
and to bear marks of ill-usage. Her husband, who
is a hawker, is addicted to drinking, and when
tipsy generally struck and abused his wife. He had
olton turned her undressed into the streets, and
had sometimes compelled her to sit for hours on
the stairs, while almost in a state of nudity. He
had twice broken her arm, once with a poker, and
another time by throwing her down stairs. The
deceased was a quiet woman, and never requested
the neighbours to interfere ; but she was in the
habit of drinking. On Tuesday night Thwaites got
drunk, when he took a strap, and beat his wife
unmercifully about the head. The next morning
the neighbours observed that the deceased had a
black eye. On Wednesday Thwaites was found
drunk on a footpath, and taken home by a police-
man. The death of his wife happened shortly after.
Au inquest was held on the body on Thursday
afternoon.

Catherine M‘Hard, a neighbour, stated that she
heard the deceased and her husband some time
about half-past lon Wednesday. They both went
upstairs into their room. Thwaites spoke to de-
ceased at the stair foot, and told her in abusive
words to be gone. She made no answer, but turned
round to see if he was coming, and he went right
up after her. Nothing more was said till they got
into the room. She heard a noise proceeding from
their room shortly after two, when deceased came
out of the room and went down stairs, leaving him
inside. She did not hear her re:urn, nor did she
hear any noise in the room after that time.
M ary Lancaster stated that she lived in a house
opposite to that of Thwaites, and was well acquain'ed
with the deceased. She ssw her on Wednesday,
when she came home with her husband. She bad
a black eye, and as she passed she put her hand over
it to bide it from the neighbours. Her husband
used to abuse her as badly as he could. On Wednes-
day evening Thwaites came to her house with a
neighbour named Hannah Purdham, and said,
" Oh, Mary, come upstairs, for I believe my old
woman's dead." Purdham and she went up, and
found her lying on the floor, near the window, on
her right side, with her right arm under her. Bloody
matter was running from her mouth and nose, but
not from any other part of the body. She had her
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whether she had been out. Deceaed had twice bad
her arm broken, and had told witness the injuries
had been caused by her husband.
Other witnesses gave corroborative evidence.
Dr. Ilendrie said that the deceased appeared to
have died from a fit of apoplexy, but the body
must be opened before he could ascertain whether
it was from injury to the head.
After some discussion, the inquest was adjourned
till Thursday next, to allow Dr. Hendrie to make a
post mortem examination. —Manchester Guardian.

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