The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-21 00:00:00

ROSS-SHIRE.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF A-WIFE BY HER
HUSBAND.

On Friday morning, 10th April, the body of a female
was found in a ruined hut or bothy in the plantation on the
heights of Kilcoy, near the road to Dingwall. It was ap-
parently that of a married woman about forty years of
age, and bore such marks of violence as left no doubt that
the deceased had been cruelly murdered. The body was
discovered accidentally by some young persons engaged in
planting fir-trees close by the spot in which it lay. They
first found a glove, and afterwards saw part of a black veil,
and a shoe rising out from a covering of feal or turf which
was spread over the corpse. An alarm was instantly given,
and the body was taken up. A large stone was laid on the
head, which exhibited several dreadful wounds and frac-
tures, inflicted apparently with a blunt instrument. The
deceased was respectably, dressed, having on a purple co-
loured gown, a black silk bonnet and veil, and wore a plain
marriage ring marked " Gold." The body linen was
marked with the initials "I. 8.," and in the pocket was a
small pill-box, labelled " J. Mackenzie, Chemist and Drug-
gist, Forres." There were no circumstances to lead to the
discovery of the name or residence of the deceased : the
fresh appearance of the body rendered it evident that the
barbarous deed could not have been perpetrated many days.
On Sunday afternoon, two women waited on Mr. Macbean,
Messenger, Inverness, and informed him that a person an-
swering the description had lived for three weeks in the
house of Hector Mackintosh, Chapel-street, and had
quitted Inverness on Thursday evening in company with
her husband, to go to Dingwall. These women went with
Mr. Macbean and identified the body as that of the person
they had alluded to, a Mrs. Adams. Early next morning
Macbean apprehended the accused in his bed at Ding-
wall. He had lived there, as a common labourer, under
the name of John Anderson, for about a twelvemonth, and
had another wife, a young English woman, whom he had
brought with him to this country. He described himself as
having been an agricultural overseer in the south, but, losing
his situation, he had travelled on northwards in quest of
employment. His conduct was uniformly irreproachable,
and he was considered a steady inoffensive man. The un-
fortunate woman so barbarously murdered, was a native of
Montrose, was married to Anderson some years since, and
deserted by him. She had amassed, as a housekeeper, or
received as a legacy, about 100/. ; and last winter Anderson
went to Montrose, lived with her some weeks, and per-
suaded her to come north with him. She at last complied
with the request, bringing with her a considerable quantity
of furniture and money. She remained in Inverness for
about three weeks ; her husband called on her occasionally,
but said he had not got his house ready to receive her. The
furniture was forwarded to Dingwall shortly after her arrival
here. At length, on Thursday last—the day of her death
—he said his arrangements were completed, and the un-
happy woman and her husband left Inverness, crossed the
ferry at Kessock, and walked on in the moonlight towards
Dingwall. The spot where the deed was perpetrated is
about five miles from the ferry, and two hundred yards
from a small change-house by the roadside. After his ap-
prehension on Monday, Anderson was taken to see the
body ; he did not betray much emotion, but large drops of
sweat stood on his forehead : he simply remarked that he
had not been accustomed to see such awful sights ! A
sum of 751. in bank notes was found under his pillow, and
there was also some female linen discovered in the house
marked the same as that on the body of the deceased. He
denied all knowledge of the crime, and declared he knew
nothing of the murdered woman. When confronted with
the persons who had seen him often with his late wife in
Inverness, and knew him intimately in consequence of his
repeated visits, he still persisted in his denial. The money
and linen had, he said, been left him by an aunt in Mon-
trose. He is a tall handsome young man, about thirty
years of age, and has exhibited considerable shrewdness and
knowledge of the world in the course of his examination.—
Inverness Courier.

The brain generally weighs, according to Soemmer-
ring, from 21b. sioz. to 31b. 3ioz. Professor Dewhurst has
weighed several at 51b. The brain of the late Lord Byron,
without its membranes, weighed 61b., and contained more me-
dullary substance than ordinary, as also did that of Oliver
Cromwell. That of Dr. Gall weighed according to M. Be-
rord, 31b. 13 -oz. and, according to M. Rosseau, 31b. 14oz.
4drs. A horse's brain weighs only lib. 4oz. and that of an
ox is one-fourth the dimensions of the human brain.

EXECUTION OF EDWIN JEFFERY FOR THE
MURDER OF THE LATE MR. RENS, AT STOW.-011 Wednes-
day morning the sentence of the law was executed on this un-
happy man in front of our county prison. His latter moments
were witnessed by a numerous concourse of spectators. He
addressed the multitude for a considerable time, warning them
to avoid the course which led him thus early to the commission
of a crime, which could be atoned for only by the forfeiture of
his life—he particularly cautioned them against frequenting
beer-houses, and against the breach of the Sabbath-day, by
which offences he had imbibed that indifference to religion,
and that hardness of soul, which prevented him from revolting
even at the dreadful crime of murder. His confession is al-
ready before the public, and on being anxiously urged to ac-
knowledge whether he had any accomplice in the deed, he
expressed a desire not to be pressed on the subject. We ear-
nestly hope that the example now held out by his untimely
fate (for he was scarcely twenty-one years of age) will operate
as a serious check against the indulgence of bad passions. We
understand that Henry Nurden, now under sentence of death
for shooting Mr. Young, with intent to kill, will suffer on
Saturday next. He has roads a full confession of his guilt,
and appears extremely penitent.— Gloucestershire Chronicle.
CAPTURE OF A WHALE.—Some days ago a large
whale was observed in the channel that divides the island of
Seil from the main land of Argyllshire. It approached the
sequestered spot occupied by the piper of Lorn—allured
thither, as some will have it, by the syren strains of his pibro`ch.
Be this as it may, the monster, unconscious of danger, was pro-
ceeding slowly in his course, when the channel at last proved
too shallow, and the huge animal evidently became alarmed,
turned about, and lashed and struggled in order to effect a re-
treat ; but, instead of taking his former route, he went into
another channel, between a small island and the shore, and took
the ground. The tide was ebbing, so that in a few minutes
the " mighty monarch of the deep" became an easy prey.
Several persons, who were spectators of the scene, immediately
launched their boats ; but instead of exercising the rites of
Highland hospitality towards the unfortunate stranger from the
Polar regions, they began to assail him furiously with grapes,
sithes, hatchets, and every implement they could lay hold on,
that seemed best adapted to the woik of destruction. Several
gashing wounds were speedily inflicted, and the blood gushed
out in copious streams, colouring the water to a considerable
distance around. The struggles of the whale, in the agonies
of death, in his own climate, with plenty of sea room, must
indeed be an imposing sight, when so dreadful in the present
instance. He struggled long and strongly—lashing the sea
with his ponderous tail with amazing force; but at length the
life-blood had flown, and he gradually became exhausted, and
soon breathed his last. The whale measured about 80 feet
from troth extremities.—Stirling Journal,

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