The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-18 00:00:00

LATE MURDERS AT FETCHAM.

In the account which uppe.tred in Me Sum of yesterdliy
relative to the murders eonunitted near Leatherhead, it
was stated that throe officers belonging to Po-
had been deepatched into the country in differ-
ent directions, on receipt of tbe Rev. Mr.' BoHand's letter,
for the .purpose of treeing the route of May A.yre,. (the
grand-daughter of the deceased John Akehurst), and her
paramour; both of whom, it will be remembered, together
with two other perilous, were seen in the immediate neigh.
bourhood where the murders were perpetrated, on the en-
suing morning at an early hour. From the testimony of
some labouring men, who gave intimation of the eircem,
stances to the Rev. Mr. Bolland, it appeared that the be-
fore-mentioned persons were seen driving donkies towards
Esher. in Surrey. Agreeably to this information, it was
decided that the Chief Constable should proceed, without
delay, to Brentwood, in Easex, as the Fair hail commen-
ced on *bat day, and us the suspected persons were knoWn
to be in the habit of frequenting them. Hall soon arrived
at his destination,' and immediately commenced a search
through the fair, and throughout the town ; the whole of
the lodging-houses resorted to by the lower classes. Were
minutely examined, but he could not gain the slightest
intelligence of the persons whom he wanted. The Chief
Constable then crossed tbe country, and visited another
village, at whico a wake was bolding, but be bad as ;title
success here as at .Brentwood; and after having distributed
handbills, describing the murders, through the whole line
of country which he passed, he returned to LOW it yesterday
about two o'clock, and quitted it again almost, immediately,
for the purpose of proceeding in unother, direction, with
great hopes of succeeding in the uppretensieit of the sus-
pected persona.
Pople, the officer, who also s-,it out on the same day
with the Chief constable, proceeded with all haste to
Farningham, In Kent, where a fair had then commenced.
He, also; thoroughly °rained the fair, and he could dia.
cover no persons there answering the description of those
for whom he was loOking, although he saw a greatlnitri.
her of trarapers" (Mary Ayres and- her paramour are
trampers), who had crossed the country to Farninghain
from Leutlitehead, for the purpose of attending
was
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cluehilftttr
by
the former plate. Po*, finding them
which he could trace them in that direction, returned to
town yesterday morning, when, he related that a robbery
had been committed in the Lion public-house, at Priming-
ITure,
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blirioskequiritteorstfhoer thhoeuti:iegh:it
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ed lodgers
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Id'lollplelg's arrival in town, be was'
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shortlytiscustoinifitee7
tics-
patched in another direction, after the persons who are suspected of having been implicated in the dreadful Seefle
diet occurred at Pete]
- Orassm ith alsohaving left
town on the receipt of the Rev. Mr. nemetreletter, foe
the purpose of
proceeding to the neighbourhood where
the suspected persons were seen iennediately subsequent
to the murders, has not yet returnerd to town. Sanguine.
expectations tire entertained that Ayres, and the MU
with whom she cohabits will shortly be in custody.

Mrs. Mad .......___. ,
f* Cl wely had the misfortune to rose
ge, o • , ~
her husband, who was drowned in a Veiksol WhiCh was
lost in a gale a win after leaving Bede, harbour. Her
three sons were also drowned...two .of them in her
presence, before her own home. Her brother, who
was c sputin of a vessel at Biddefbrd, was drowned on
was drowned, ilea daughter died,
a p
And lately, her son.bk.law, Cap.
ail on board perished, tier brother's son, a Captain
„fa vessel from Pad stow, was driven On shore in a
teeng I
leaving
Pfliwtawuti:nd,iis'oafitdir:e Hazard, was drowned at the quay
at Biddeford, leaving three children, the youngest,
Alnut ton dap a,--York giros.*
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