The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-21 00:00:00

HORRID MURDER.

(PROM A. GERMAN PARER)
There lately happened in the neighbourhOo3 0f
Frankfort upon-the-Oder, an event, wnicti is Or
sidered as an infliCtion of the Divine v t no-eance
A woman, conceiving that her I-nisei:lid, was;a,
soldier in the Prussian service, hi,d been kited '1-
the battle of Jena, in 1806, mart ied anoth: r 1113°,:
It turned out that her husband had been 01
wounded
.and taken priioner by tire Frencn• '
care was soon effected, and the soldier, on recover'
ing, joined one of the Prussian regiments wh'cli at,
that period entered into the pay of France. Aftc7
serving upwards of three years in Spain, tie was ills.'
charged, and returned suddenly to his native e°°I;o:
try. On reaching his old habitation he appearrd
be greatly rejoiced to find his wife alive. She
ceived him, according to the statement 01 s''ye-ild
young personS who were at the door when the c! 5
soldier arrived, with every mark of affection Nstbicd
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so long an 'absence" might naturally be siii;P°%,
to produce. It is probable that she did not ay°
the new matrimonial connection she had fort -
'ed. After partaking of sortie refreshment, and 05..
ing a short account of his adventures and e,c4':
be complained of being gunte overcome
.witb, .(), 4
tigue. His wife advisedr him to retire to re-t,w°1,...
he did. She immediately conceived the horrid V, ie
pose of instigating her new husband to dispatch .a-
unwelcome visitor in his sleep, After a short :lc,
teival passed in devising the means and provid.lll,
against deteaion, they accomplished' _their olleoa
by strangling the poor man, and put his body, i"11
sack. About midnight, in conveying it to the °Li ,4
the weight of the corpse burk the sack, and 0%,
tire legs was protruded. The woman set about gieo,
nd ing up the rent, ain her hurry arid cont°'lo,..
sewed in at the saute time the skirts of bet'
plice's coat. Having reached the bank of the "`,l-D,
and Making a great:et-Ibn to precipitate his V Byer
far into the stream- as possible, he was dragged '
the elevated ground be had choSen, into 101.04
with the corpse. He contrived, partly by' sloe?
ming, and partly by treading • the bottom, to po
his head above water, for several minutes. 5 10
woman not considering how important it v3„,itli
keep silent at this critical moment, filled the 3114-0
her cries, and brought to the spot several Pe3;ted
who, at the hazard of their own lives, eSirli,beit
the drowning man from his perilous situation•l'd to
surprize at finding so large a substance atutcetied
him, was great, but much. greater when they t°
that it was a dead body. On inspection there sif
peared such marks of vinlence about the thr°3:ie
not to leave any doubt that the man had beet' 1.01
doted, The man and woman on being chjjaj
with the crime, made a, full a foil confessio°
were consigned to the officers of justice. •
03
INDLING.-A man of genteel appearailLoos
insinuening address, has been practising delire"-cor
on the town for about a fortnight, to a vol eats
siderable extent, by assuming ditrnient cbara fig,
and titles. He first made his appearance 3t
C. lood
mily hotel, under the feigned name of °„011,
Smith, and obtained considerable articles 'tl
ery, &c. He took a house in Coiiain-street'ord
called himself the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, and nrccii
, f
expensive furniture of ditic.rent upholsterer", `rs 0
whom he hasdefrauded. He is about 35 Ye3,,,,0t
age, and near six feet in height, 4ILI wears po"
in his clerical disguises. He is supposed to be i , ai°
wl
ing contributions at the East end ut the to"

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\V inibledona Common; between Mre
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and a Veterinary Surgeon lately returned frcw'
toga!, whose name we understand to be Lever: g 'Ol
dispute Was occasioned by Mr. Robe persjsti;loo:
trespassing. with his dog and gun-over the.sf-i,er
of his antagonist near • Kingston, after having
warned ofF;' but the immediate challenge
in consevenee,of the tbrMer having inetlac',,,,lP:
latter with. his . The parties fired tvvice'l
Mr. Robe was wontided in his%,hand, %chic° pir
dressed at Battersea Bridge on his return to
don, and, he is in ,a, fair way of doing well. (0
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A singular instance of the attachment t-
occurred a few days back: A Mr, Ciar;"ll-it'ef;
working jeweller, of Petty-Fiance, Web"ilifore
having some' articles -which he had firrishe" poi l;
lady in the neighbourhood Of Oxford road, ,g
deliver thern,-and took with. him young-':plar
the Newfouneiland breed: When he had r'ot
the lady's residence, he thought it unglit 111 it 1.61"
prudent on his part to introduce the arlir°ll !v;
the house; in consequence of which, hefl'ritie
a trieridot his who lodged in a second o°°:,fifd,
house in Oxford-street, and asked pertuis3,-00,4
leave his•dog for a tew minutes, which was g,;0(111;ii
The windows fronting the street being
animal finding himself shut in, and perceiC,lilAi
master crossing the road, jumped from tJY
into the street; .fortunatelV, the poor
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no bones broken by the tall, but he collw
accross the loins.