The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-12 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1826.

MURDER.

(From the Carlisle Patriot of Saturday.)
A great sensation was excited in Carlisle yesterday after-
noon, by a report that a woman had been murdered in a
field at St. Nicholas, just outside the southern suburb of the
city. The rumour was too correct. Many persons hastened
to the spot, and there they found, weltering in her blood,
mortally wounded, a woman named Mary Brown. The
perpetrator of the critne is Philip
Tinncley, amen who has
usually had a stall in Carlisle market, and sold cotton balls
and other small wares. It appears 'that Brown was a woman
of loose character. Her husband,
Henry Brown, is a white-
smith at Whitehaven; and it is said, cohabits with another
woman. -He lately resided at Penrith; but is a native of
Wetheral, near Carlisle. He and his Wife had lived sepa-
rately for some time past, originating, we are informed, in
her unchaste and disorderly conduct. Thus left to herself,
she pursued the path' of vice,- tuid4lL in with Tinneley,
With whom she indulged In iMptoper intercourse; never-
theless, they often quarrelled. At length, on Wednesday
last, it would appear, Tinneley induced her to accompany
him into the field spoken of, where he inflicted several
mortal wounds upon her head with a hammer. The poor
woman fell tinder the blows, apparently dead; and Tinneley
stood over her, with an intention of burying the body : but
she at this moment opened her eyes, and looked upon him
so reproachingly,. that he shrunk from his purpose, and
quitted the field. He then went 14 or 15 miles into Scot-
land; but conscience-stung, returned, and on Thursday
afternoon repaired to the spot where he had left his victim,
and was horror-struck at finding her still living. He hastily
retired from the scene of block!, and went to the houses of
some of his acquaintance, to whom he confessed the deed
that he had done. The unfortunate woman was removed
to her former lodging, where she died this morning at three
o'clock. Tinneley was taken into custody on Thursday
evening, and is now in gaol.
. Soon after ten this forenoon (Friday), Richard Lowry,
Esq. Co r, held an inquest, on view of the body, at the
house of -llra. Nancy Irving, sign of the Jovial Butcher,
Botchergate. The age of the deceased was 26 years.
Ann Irving, of Botchergate, innkeeper, sworn.—A man
with a white hat (who is now in custody) came into my
house about fouro'clock yesterday afternoon, and sat down,
and asked me if I had heard of the woman that was mur-
dered in Botchergate. I said " No." lie then said there
was one murdered, and he was the man who did it; he ob-
served he had been fourteen miles into Scotland, and had
come back to, give himself up. I inquired who the mur-
dered Wonsan was, where she lived, and what was her name !
he said they' called her Brown, and that , she was a bad
*omen. The man then said nothing more, bat got up and
went out towards the old workhouse. I thought he was
deranged, and turned frightened at him. He had nothing
to drink ; but had been in my house several times before.
He was quite collected in his appearance. He took out a
handkerchief and began to cry. I desired an Irish girl,
named Sally Jones, to go after him to the old workhouse,.
to see if he confessed any thing there respecting the murder.
She returned in a few minutes, and said it was true; the'
man had confessed, and the woman had not been at home
all night. I sent the girl to the old workhouse (the place
where the deceased lodged) because the man went in
there. He said he rettsined ihnn Scotland " beeanie Ise
could not bide it."

Ruth Williamson.--I live under where the deceased
lodged. I heard that the prisoner and the deceased bad
gone off together; and when I saw him on Thursday, I
asked him if he had returned. He said, "Returned!
Where have I been ?" The prisoner had visited the
deceased for six or eight weeks, occasionally. They call
him Philip Tinneley ; but I never knew his name before
yesterday. The deceased and prisoner always appeared to
he on terms of intimacy until Sunday week, when he,
struck,her, and followed her dOwn stairs in a great rage,
Sowing vengeance against her; but he had no weapon in
his hands. He made use of several wicked expressions to
the deceased. I told him I thought he had little to do to
come lf3 or 20 miles to fight with women-folk. He made
no further search, and returned me no answer. I went into
my house, and locked myself in. The deceased had hid
berself from him under a neighbour's bed, in a room ad-
joining to mine, and prisoner went away. I said to the
deceased, if She submitted to such like folk, she was right
served. She replied; it was Sunday, and she did not like to
make any disturbance. The' deceased was not a woman of
good character. I saw the.prisoner on Wednesday (the day
of the murder;) but did not see them go out together.
I saw the priSoner when he came in yesterday, about
ten minutes past four : he said " Where's Mary
Brown; have you heard any thing of her ?" I said, " I
have heard nothing: -where is she ?" He then said, "I've
killed her ; I've hammered her brains out." I fainted
from fear, but as soon as I recovered my strength, I left the
house and him sitting in it. When I was running out of
the room, ho ordered inc to stop, and said he would take
me to the place where the deceased was. I ran into a
house in which there was a young man named Story, whom
requested to go into my room, as there was a man who
had murdered Mary Brown. I then gave information to
other persons in a weaving shop, when one of them named
Edward M'Bride, went to our house, locked the door, and
found the prisoner in Richard Story's honse. I then fol-
lowed with a number of others, and asked the, prisoner
what Mary said to him when he was Murdering her.—
He said he would tell me afterwards ; but he never
did. Prisoner told me afterwards, on the same day,
that he went away for the purpose of leaving her ;
but that he had turned back determined, he said, to
see the far end of her; and he just went and killed
her, because he wished to die for her sake; as she would
not live with him. I accompanied the prisoner and a crowd
of people to the spot where the deceased was lying, which
was a field near Botchergate. I knew the deceased; she
but state;
saw that the she was
breathing.wa Botentlidelidy
notdea ,dea,ambtittneinhera
hddeyaing;
fore finger of her right hand was cut and broken. The •
right side of the deceased's head and face were very bloody.
I saw the deceased when they brought her home ; it
might be about two hours after; and she died about three
o'clock this morning. Prisoner said that her finger was
broken by the second blow- on account of the deceased
holding up her hand to defind herself; he did it with a
hammer, which he afterwards threw away, but said he did
not know wheie he threw it.

Other witnesses c-orroborated this testimony.
Felix Rock, constable of Boteheilate.--I took the Fri-
loner in Custody on Thursday afternoon about five o'clock,
in consequence of information I received from • the witness
Thursby, that a woman was lying murdered in a field be-
longing to Mr. Studholme, and that the man was there
who had done it. The deoeased was lying on her back,
about three yards from the prisoner, whom I took to the
Clerk of the Peace's office; but there being no magistrates
present, I conveyed him to gaol without examination. When
I took the prisoner first in custody he said_..' I air, the
man who has done it, and I -hope I shall suffer for it."
In the Clerk of the Peace's Office the prisoner 'confessed
hour beteeredre htheeddideceased ; and also said that he
it, that he intended to flair-
dttohelardt her,illieehad
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and that he saw sonic gentlemen shooting in: a,
field, whom he thought would be coming that way and"prevent him,' hut they did not come, and so he murdered

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