The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-22 00:00:00

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.

OSWESTRY, Nov. 19.—During the last few days this
usually quiet little town has been disturbed by the commis-
sion of an outrage, for which, in some of its revolting de-
tails, it were difficult to find a parallel. An aged woman,
named Susannah Ryder, late a pauper in the Ellesmere
Union Workhouse, had gone to reside with her son, a
labourer, who, with his sister, occupied a cottage near
Lianymynech. The mother, who is presumed to be subject
to mental aberration, was at such times wholly ungovern-
able, and even desperate when contradicted. She had a
predilection to wander from home ; and it was the pro-
vince of the daughter, a sickly young woman, to prevent
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her leaving the cottage when under the influence of this
malady. On Friday morning, the son having gone to his
employment, the eld woman got up to go out, which the
daughter resisted, but finding expostulation useless, she
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on the floor, and, whilst in a state of total insensibihty, pro-
ceeded with savage ferocity to inflict several wont on her
head and body ; but her rage did not stop there. Having
dragged the body of her apparently dead child into an
adjoining apartment, the wirletechiendmaintesanioafc panroceadedj
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taken place. In the inner apartment the body of the
daughter was discovered, from which a stream of blood had
flowed to the threshold of the door. The outer room was
also strewn with clots of blood, and human hair torn off in
the struggle. The wretched old woman, who was disco-
vered huddled up in the corner of the room, was imme-
diately secured. A broom handle (the last weapon used)
lay near her, -one end clotted with gore. Mr. Owen, a me-
dical gentleman, was called in, and restoratives having been
copiously administered, the poor sufferer showed signs of
lite. her wounds having been dressed, she was placed in
bed, and on the following day was sufficiently recovered to
be able to explain the origin of the conflict. The miserable
mother has been taken before Mr. R. Aubrey, one of the Ma-
gistrates of the Oswestry Bench, for a preliminary examina-
tion. Mr. Owen, the surgeon, stated that the partial reco-
very of the girl was solely attributable to the powerful sti-
mulants administered, but he entertains na hope of saving
her life. The old woman, who was remanded for further
examination, betrayed a wildness of demeanour throughout
the inquiry, but exhibited at the same time a degree of cun-
ning in answering the questions put to her, carefully abstain-
ing admission that might criminate herself.
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THE PRISONS AT DARTMOOn.—It is not generally
known to our readers that these inhospitable prisons are
kept up at a great expense to the country. Any one visiting
them and not asking questions would suppose that the 01
veteran who exhibits them is the only person who derives
any emolument from them, but we hear that they cost about
500/. a-year to keep them in repair, and there is WO/. a-yelar
more paid to the chaplain for doing duty there.—Plymouth
Journal.