The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDERS.

(From the Manchester Journal.)
' A dreadful murder was perpetrated on Monday
night, at a small village called Winton, between Pa-
tricroft and Warsley, five miles from Manchester.
About half-past six o'clock, two men entered the
public-house, " The Jolly Carter," kept by Jos. Blears,
and called for liquor. They had not sat long before
they urged the landlord to join, upon. whom they
pressed glass after glass, till he became intoxicated.
They inquired whether they could be accommodated
With a bed, when an answer was returned in the af-
firmative. About half-past eleven o'clock they signi-
fied their intention to retire, and were shown to an
upper chamber by the servant girl. Immediately on
reaching the door of the room, one of them turned
upon the female, and aimed -a blow at her with a knife.
In the struggle, and with a view to defend herself, she
held up her hands, and the fingers of one of them
were nearly cut off. They next made a dreadful stroke
at the throat, and nearly severed the head from the
body. • A boy who was sleeping in the same room,
and in such a situation as to • see what was going for-
ward, leaped out of bed, and, in his terror, threw
• himself over the rails of the staircase, and flew out at
the door. One of the men instantly followed him, and
in running down stairs met the mistress of the house,
who had heard the noise, and was on her way to in-
quire into its cause. The man who held the knife,
which was still reeking with human blood, struck at het
with all his strength ; added to which was the weight
of his own person, on his rapid descent down the stairs.
The instrument entered the bone below the check,
penetrated above the upper jaw, and lodged in the
back part of her mouth, where it was left by the vil-
lain, who, with his companion, pursued the boy who
had escaped. The poor lad fortunately succeeded in
concealing himself in a sough, near the place. The
murderers, probably fearing that he had given the
alarm, fled. The landlord was unable to render any
assistance ; and there is little doubt, from the circum-
stance of their having reduced him to• a state of help-
lessness, that they had- contemplated the murder of
the whole family. The servant girl was murdered on
the spot ; and tote landlady, though living, is in a very
dangerous state, the knife having been struck with
Such violence into the bone, that the blade was com-
pletely curved, and it took considerable force to ex-
tract it.

Pursuit after the murderers is making in every di-
rection ; and, as they are known, there is little doubt
but they will soon fall into the hands of Justice. They
are two travelling hawkers (Scotchmen), named
Alexander and Michael APKean (or keand), bro=
thers. A reward of 501. is offered for their appre-
hension. The poor girl who was so inhumanly mur-
dered is named Elizabeth Bates. The Inquest will
be held this day (Wednesday).

Early on Friday night last, an atrocious murder was
committed, in the nighbourhood of Bedele, on the
body of a respectable farmer: The perpetrators of this
diabolical act, we are sorry to say, remain as vet un-
discovered. It appears that two men who wore blue
coats, passed in the direction of Boroughbridge,
through a toll-bar, called Butcher House Bar, on the
Leeming Lane road, about 5 o'cloCk in the moitiink
of Saturday. It has since been ascertained that on
the same day two men with blue coats, and trowsers
full at the top, were seen at Beroughbridge, where*,,
at a coach-office, they were enquiring for the earliest
conveyance to Leeds. They took no places, but went
by the Pilot coach. One
,Arian was Jailer ..than his
companion. On the Friday three men of suspicious
appearance had been seen together, in the vicinity of
where the foul act was perpetrated, and had
the place
been very insolent to the inhabitants of some farm-
houses; it is supposed that if the
,murder. were' com-
mitted by this party, one of the men might have de-
parted for Leeds, by one of the coaches on the Lee-
ming Lane road,
It is believed that the unfortunate man, at the time
he was murdered, had some money upon his peraon.
On Friday he had received -at the Leyburn Bank a
bill for 261. dated London, March 9, and drawn by
11-„agar and Co. upon J. aml, A, Vincent, Little S.
Thomas Apostle-street, London; and in addition to
this, i; is thought that he was possessed of !some of
the notes of either the Richmond or Leyburn Bank
of Messrs. Hutton, Other, and Co.
The Rev. T. W. Morley, of kirklington,.near Bo-
roughbridge, has been most active in tus endeavours
to and out the wretches who have been guilty of this
murder. The Mayor of this Borough received infor-
mation of the affair on Sunday, since which time
Mr. Read, our Chief Constable, has- been diligent in
his search after the villains.. -It' seems that two men
did arrive in Leeds on Saturdatnight by the-Pilot
Coach, but they. departed without exciting! any-a 0"
picions- as to thew character.--,Leeds Independent.