The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-30 00:00:00

TT;r. LATE DREADFUL 'MURDER.

The following additional particulars have sitlce
been elicited respecting the shocking murder near
Snydal, an account of which we gave in our
columns last week :

It appears that Longthorne had been a post-
boy, at Barmby-moor inn, near Pocklington,
for five years, and ha.l left his situation three
weeks ago. He left his father's house, who
lives in the neighbourhood of PoclZlington, on
Tuesday week, in search of another place. On
Thursday week, on his road from Leede to
Wakefield, he met with Mosey, and they walked
together to Wakefield. Mossy finding he was
going to remain the night there, recommended
him to a lodging-house, six doors from his
mother's house. Mosey got up early on Friday
morning, and told his mother he was going to sea ;
he called on Longthorne at six o'clock, and agreed
.to walk with him on the road ; they were
met about two miles from Wakefield by a per-
son whom the murderer spoke to, and said it
was a fine morning; they were afterwards met by
'a miller, who saw them on the road together.
On arriving at the stile which adjoins the high
road, about four hundred yards from Nnydal,
where there is afoot road to Acton and Feather-
stone, they proceeded down the field, at the bot-
tom of which there is a beck, about a yard in
width, and half a yard in depth—over which
there is a large flag—a quantity of willow trees
are growing en the bank. It is supposed, on
Longthorne stepping on this flag, he was seized
by Mosey, who it appears had struck him DU the
head with some weapon, as there is a lump on
the side of his head, and threw him into the
beck. He then got out of the beck, and was
making his escape from the murderer ; but the
latter, about twenty yards from it, seized hold of
his victim again, got him down, took a razor out
of his pocket, and cut his throat in a most bar-
barous manner, within an inch of each ear. He
then took from hint the articles mentioned in
our last, and dragged him by the feet, face
downwards, to the beck side, and threw him in
there was a channel of blood from the 'place
where lie cut his throat to the beck side It ap-
pears that at this time he was disturbed
.by some
children, who were going to school, as the de-
ceased had on his person a one-pound note, a
guates, note, and eight shillings more in silver,
which the murderer had not taken. The mur-
derer then took the road to Acton, leaving the.
young man in the beck, apparently lifeless...—.
Longthorne, however, managed to' get out of
the beck, and made the best of
_his way, in: a
nearer direction, to Sni-dal, crossing the hedges
at the lower end of the fields. When lie shires
at the third hedge, which adjoins the back doin
of the Cross Keys public-houss, at Snydal, the
poor fellow fell down, through loss of blood,
and a little girl of the landlord's having occasion
to go to the hack door saw him bleeding, and '
went Lack and told her mother. In the meantim(
a man, who lives at the house adjoining, came
out, and saw him ; he called to him and them
got up again, and came to the hedge near to tlu
road, but could not speak ; he assisted him ii
getting over, and procured him tome pieces of
cloth, and wrapped them round his neck, which.
was cut in such a dreadful manner, that it %voil.
admit of the hand being introduced into the in-
Thsv got tint) into the public-house
and Dr. tuebanan, of Loscoe, and Mr. Thomp,
son, of Pontefract, attended; and sewed up the
would. They got him pen and ink, but he vral.
so ext weak; that he could not hold it—
they ac-:sr a short time got him a slate and pencil,
when lie wrote his name and where he came from,
and the above particulars ; he
also wrote,
that when Mosey had him down,
he had
his right hand fast, and in holding up
his left hand to defend his throat, the
two fore-fingers and the thumb were dread-
fully cut. The place where the murder
was committed is in a fog field, abut 200 yards
from the cart road leading from Snydal to Ac-
ton, which is about one mile distant, and in the
field afijoining there was a man ploughing at
the sasse time, who neither saw nor heard any
thing of the transaction. Farm houses surround
the place in every direction, and two little girls
who were in the field adjoining, saw the mur-
derer walking up the hill towards
Acton. The
children going to school, saw the young man
bleeding at the beck side, were frightened and
ran back and said the foot-pad was running after
them.

The razor case was found immediately after
the murder was committed, in the hedge bottom
adjoining the beck, on Sunday morning, about
half-past ten, in an adjoining field, twenty yards
from the place where Mosey cut the throat of
his victim ; it is a black-hafted razor, with a
figure of 2 in white metal, let in the middle of
the haft, and had two spots of blood, very fresh,
on the blade, and -was spotted with blood on the
handle.
William Longthorne (the deceased) is not
'eighteen years of age, and is the oldest of eight
children—his distracted father was presentfound,
Tohiei
Sunday morning, when the razor was
Coroner's Inquest was held on Tuesday, and a
verdict of Wilful Murder was returned.
. It was reported at York,
on - Friday, that
Mosey had been apprehended at Howden ; the
rumour, however, turned out to be unfounded.—
Mull Packet.

The Following is the extract of a letter, dated
Oporto, October 16, which was received at Liverpool on
Tuesday by the Oporto, from that city--" We are all
quiet here, but fear we shall have another row, as it is re-
ported there is a large party in arms in Tras-es-Montes, in
favour of Don Nano.