The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-04 00:00:00

HORRIBLE MURDER IN JERSEY

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Carleton, a pensioner's wife. The murder was not
discovered until about eleven o'clock on Sunday
morning. It appears that the husband of the deceased
woman left his house about nine o'clock on Sunday
morning, and locked the door after him, when some
of the neighbours, finding that the house was not
opened as usual, forced open the shutters of the lower
room, where, horrible to relate, the unfortunate woman
was seen through the window lying upon her back,
with her legs crossed, and weltering in her blood. An
alarm was immediately given, and the woman's bus •
band, upon whom suspicion seems to have fallen, and
who, there is no reason to doubt, was the murderer,
was arrested and lodged in gaol. It appears, from
what we can learn up to the present time, that the
unfortunate man and his deceased wife were in the
habit of living in constant discord together, so that
even had their next door neighbours beard any noise
it would not have been noticed. It seems that the
unfortunate woman had returned from market on
Saturday evening with her little supplies for the Sun,
day's dinner, consisting of a pig's head, vegetables,
&c. It is supposed that they were both in a state of
intoxication, and a quarrel ensued which terminated
in the horrible murder of the unfortunate woman.
At six o'clock on Sunday evening the coroner and
jury went to view the body of the deceased. We
had by a
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were admitted into the room, on entering which a
most painful sight presented itself, viz , the muti-
lated body of the murdered woman. She was on her
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devoured by vermin. The flesh of the right eye,
above and below, was completely scarified; and un-
der the left side of the neck a wound had been in-
flicted large enough to admit a man's four fingers. It
appears that the instrument with which the natal deed
was committed was a rusty knife without a handle,
found in the room. The unfortunate deceased has
left a family of six children behind her—two sons in
the army, two daughters in service, and two in the
island. The husband denies having had any know»
ledge of the murder. lie states that he heard a noise
in the house, and upon going to see what was the
matter he found his wife lying upon the floor in the
dreadful situation described above. Up to the time
and
their verdict had not beenB.
given.—Jersey Sun, Oct. Oct.
of our going to press the jury were still sitting,

A NOTION FOR 1851.—For a genuine novelty
commend us, by all that is ingenious, to our trans Atlantic
cousins. We saw an American rat- trap once, in which the
first rat that was caught, in trying to make his escape, reset
the trap for the benefit of his fellow rats, and we thought the
idea a good one. But it must yield the palm to another re-
cently patented, which is thus described by the inventor, who,
we imagine, will produce something that will be a caution
to us Britishers in 1851 :—"Dly invention consists in a trap
constructed in such a manner that the rat who looks at the
bait shall see his own image reflected by a mirror in such a
position as will lead him to believe that a second rat is en-
deavouring to get before him in seizing the bait ; and when
the first rat has been caught his image will also be reflected
by a mirror, so that the next rat who shall look at the bait
shallsee two rats apparently striving to seize it, thus de-
coying him upon the turning floor, which yields to his
weight, and precipitates him into the body of the trap."—.
The Artizan.