Star.
London, England, 1830-11-18 00:00:00

SHOCKING MURDER OF. A CHILD IN HAMPSHIRE.

Tuseday morning an Inquest wu held at the Red Lion, at Mortimer,
ea the amain of the child, Charlotte Dallimme. aged eight years, who
wumilenti at a play ca/led Mortimer West End, about nine miles
from
Bliabeibilanard, a woodman's wife, said the deceased was an '
pi, *SI is lath of her parents, had lloed with her by direetfoo of
tliseimgyiltht of the perish.. About nine o'clock en Monday morning,
thedeemmd Ist home for school. taking with bar, as was her inlaid
:=I Ina basket, containing ber food for the day, as she seldom
Anew in the alkernoon. . .
In maw to questions pm upon cross.examinstion by the Coroner
nod she soli *hi bad no eic.loll of any Pen.°l) holpg eau.sea'
the child's death. A man named omm Miles, who * been ene.
peered, wan hsr husband's nephew; he wee at her (witness's) liouae
until fear o'clock la the afternoon of Monday (the same du the' de.,
chased wee Missed), end left at that hour. • 'ilie had then a kntlfe Ms
peoppeles, width be Sharpened. on a ride of whetting stick, just berori
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cheese were lying close to the body; the witness declared that himself
and Turner were greatly alarmed on witnessing the spectacle, and ha,.
toned to procure assistance.
Ann Taylor said, that about half-pest four on Monday afternoon
she observed the deceased and two other children, named slow'
coming up Colesitill towards Ford's house ; Mrs. &mom called 1,:;
children in doors, and the deceased went up the bill ; she had a snail
marketluket on her arm, and seemed in high spirits; she ran up the
hill towards Ford's house, and witness did not see her again ; she
no person lurking about at the time, nor has she any suspicion again,,
any one in or about the itle.
Jane Ballimore, the mother of the child, also saw the deceased
ascend the hill, at whi time she saw no persons about : she added that
there hod been a number of gipsies in the village on the preceding sat„.
day, it being Mortimer fair-day.
Several witnesses were then examined, and said that when they passed
down the hill on Monday afternoon, they heard the screams a child
proceeding from the place where the fir trees are situated, but they too
no particular notice of it.
Mr. Wall, of Mortimer, surgeon, was then examined.—lie said
that he was sent for when the remains of the child were discovered .
be dipeovered the scalp bad been taken off by a circular incision, from
the left temple over the forehead to the beck part of the head ; tht
scalp was turned back, the front skin tuned ever the eyes, exposing a
pardon of the frontal bone, the upper portion of which, with the pa.
rietal bones and the greatest part of the evelpilai bones, bad ben
removed in pieces ; nearly the whole of the brains had bet,
taken oat, and scattered with the bones. Near the back of
the heed towards the right side was a cut of an inch Lang
through the scalp, but the features of the deceased;were lefticom.
pletely uninjured. An incision bad been made in the chin to the
lower part of the abdomen in a direct line, dividing the interne.
dime integuments end muscles; the sternum was cut through it,
whole length ; the cavity of the thorax was uninjured; the intestines
had been removed, and the stomach taken out. At the upper, and
also at the lower, orifice the small Intestines were dividedfrom the
ones; the liver was considerably lacerated. From minute ex.
aminatloo, be could not say previous violation had been effected.
The right foot had been taken off tbs small of the kg, and the
muscles and bones were broken; the right thigh was also cut of
above the knee-joint, and the bah at the extremity of the stump
appeared to have been gnawed by some small animal; the left arm
was terribly fractured.
Mr. Wade gave it as his opinion, that the murderer must have bet
accustomed to slaughtering animals, and that the work had been skil.
fully pertained. He thought a sharp instrument had been used in th,
operation, and that the pieces of skull had been removed by forceps
or pincers.
The Commit then summed up the case, and the Jury returned a
, verdict of "Wilful Murder" against some person or persons unknown.
' A reward of 1001. has been offered tor the apprehension of the
' murderer.