The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

ANOTHER DREADFUL MURDER.

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For a week past the water in the well t,'
Duke of York public-house, at Bromptoo, P-roe'
had been affected with so nauseous a taste
smell; that it became unfit for use. The aet"Ne
when drawing,, found something hindered !ee
co
bucket from filling ; the impediment was suPP;ti-
ed to be the lid of the well,•which had Wien
1.
and which was also thought to have COMO°
cated the offensive qualities to the water. i„
The girl, however, lately thought that she Psili
ceived something like a body, and on moving Pt
rope backward and forwards to fill the bockei:
she found pieces of skin and animal sebstance 'lllO
tiering to it when it was drawn up ; end Ivit be
the last few days the smell at the mouth of t
well had become so exceedingly offensive that n
one would go near it.
On Saturday morning the circumstancemo 106
nll
so
become a matter of conversation ang
soldiers who were drinking at the Duke est. Y°ri
:,
one of them offered for a trifling reward t° alto
down the well, which is of great depth, and deaf
it of its impurity. He was accordingly loo' way.
down, but before he arrived at the bottom he lvfici
almost overpowered by the foetid effluvia' n-
called out to the men who were lowering tit°l td
stop Having waited a fetseseconds and recoeeta„e,
himself, lie proceeded till the bucket touched 1114;
water, %viten, leaning over its side, he, with .„inoe
nice horror and dismay, discovered a naked "'Ole
body floating on its back. To be certain, he Intel
.hold of the hair, when the body rolled over, so
the hair and scalp became detached from the skus,'
and remained in his hand. Tel►ritied the rot
treme, and almost reduced to insensibility at of
horrid sight, lie called to the men on the brie°
the well to draw him up.
One of his comrades then went down
sheet, and having folded it round the dead °4.
it was drawn up ; the soldier, however, neat!, by'
a sacrifice to his exertions ; he was so affected
the foul air, that he lost his senses just as lie c",,et
within the reach of the by-stauders, who e"ard.
hold of him, and prevented him from falling helot
long into the well. The body proved to helve
of a woman about 37 years of age, nareedrtro
nelly, the wife of a soldier lately discharge{'d
the 98th Regiment. She was far advanc,e
pregnancy, and being completely naked,
,/iu,.beelt:
immediately suspected that the woman ha
murdered.
dap ire.
A Coroner's Jury was summoned, an
quisition taken at 12 o'clock on r
Saturdaioe.
which continued investigating this ills° orsv
affair until seven at night, when the evidenc..peog
read by the Coroner, and the Jury not agl'ooolf.
unanimously in their verdict, an adjournaien.lie'oo
place till one o'clock on Monday ; freak eglioete
having been obtained, they continued then,ith'efoll
tigatioo till five o'clock in the evening. "
lowing particulars came out : iNv
In -.lle. early part of September, the 96It'ed
went, to which the husband of the deeenlig
longed, arrived from Halifax. nonnetrog,s
then quartered at the Duke of York, ata,ifesi7
ton; he came there accompanied by his 01►,t
two children, and was lodged in a r°°':o•o
back of the house the window of which 'cog,
,
five feet from the well in which the decesosombail
son was found. The unfortunate womea 'cc/ 01
12 years older than Donelly ; she was vie os' )"
attached to him ; but was extremelyiessookeAtlP
frequently evinced that passion when he gtly recta
another female ; their quarrels consertne°,
frequent, and at times particularly violenb'et th%
On the night of the 17th of Septeni,„ededt..
quarrelled, and front violent words prose: IPa't,
blows ; their conduct became desperate;thiea4
nelly forced his wife towards the well, attubrot
cued to thlow her into it ; her screens rcep',„
persons to her assistance, and sire was ids h'":
'tom his violent efforts to force her t°W4is
well's mouth. she P',•••
The whole of that night, however, " b(.11
the open air, with her head resting 01' tasiotei
leading into the public-house,where she
svi.vitecle
next morning with her clothes wet Oro 10000
and rain. She was advised Cogs) toberapertilifieol
change her apparel, which she did after atecoril'o
and in the course of time day she becanle r ley fligyi
to her husband. On the followieg Sat": sirotit
she was at the club-room at the Doke °'
ige
apparent health and ; after thatutsie.
was not seen alive by any one in the Detiotoe
-On Sunday morning, the 20th SeP.,t'sot
Came down from his apartment, auu_ithatit
tap-room with his two children, but 7.sd he
her, a"ort s VITA
wife ; inquiries were made after
that she had gone the preceding nig° lc o°,
to her friends ; he did not know wi°° s2hec eh%
eefraY se
return ; but she had taken 31. to id that
)lenses, &c. To other inquiries, he said 'foe
was gone off with another man• A, v offer poi
went into his apartment on the ntaa.t. she faiiiei
nelly's wife disappeared, stated, t° ,restesertel,
every thing about the room in illev;rg ice" rei
'order ; the clothes of the deceased bserved ntisleit
about in all directions, ands h! ° with ell tvice
of blood upon the bed-linen. Net' with the o'o'
strong evidences of
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lent conduct towards the delgenitselo)(eirGialsil'iektovlel
day preceding, no suspicion aPV,3 saterdaimoo
his
entertained ot the murder until wag for '7 •
after the body held been lying ill rime 'Pet
roti‘ •
titan a month. ke nil 0 fart
Donnelly remained at the Do
re than blot
the deceased was missing for ro°,oo
se
night, and frequently conversed aPr
wife without the least .ernotinil (i)if with Abet:ths‘
the time. He said she was
and would not trouble hiamdiaoguar:llfeebree::::::l:et
period he has cohabited with anniu_videece:.l,ooo
The Coroner summed up tile ',cause, cedi
ed, • 00 ZrOt
Jury ; be was glad they
evidence of great importance hads, on koifts
„ d
let
they would be able to come to a
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elusion upon die subject. retort° poone
The Jury, without besitatinthwoort rot
of " Wilful murder against
_ndet
the husband of the deceased,"'"ensiorm.
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