The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

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testeldav meeniag au ingidskien era held.
fit. %ll*, (;.rider for Harvey, at the siga of the
611.64
Eagle, Kesaingtow4awes ea the body of mt.
Mad Dodd, Mt elderly "radius's, who put a period
twldn'ettisteace on Thursday last by hanging lahoosit
Mr. John Hatch, a coal-merchant, deposed, wt
shout half-past eight o'clock on the morning in
thin, he areas passing White Hart-row, when Ito sow
three persons standing at the door of Mr. Dodd's sta.
hie or granary, and heard one of them say that the
deceased bad hung himself. Witness asked ohms
and was informed in the loft. He then proceeded to
the spot, and found him hanging to a beam, with his
feet near the ground. (The rope wu here produced;
it was very thick, but old, and In one place warty
worn sway.) Witness then felt his hand which was
quite cold. Dr. Green was then sent for, and on his
arrival pronounced him quite dead. Witness hi
known the deceased for many years, and it was at,
a free days before that be conversed with bite t he then
appeared very low and dejected. The deceased, tiad,
foe a coosiderable time, been *dieted with the put
and St. Anthony's fire. .
Peter Hart stated that he had bees occasionally*.
ployed by the deceased for five years. Ou flearsdal
last, about six o'clock in the nsoroing, be went as
usual to open the shop, after which he placed some
hay and straw, from the granary, in front of the shop,
and then returned home. About eight u'clock. Jam
Dodd, the niece of the deceased came to Clans, sad
said she had been into her uncle's bell-roomy t,, ask
him to breakfast, but that he was not there. Witness
returned with her to the shop, when Mr. Dodd re-
quested be would seek for her husband. He then
went to the stable, and on looking into the granary
saw him suspended from the beam. The • eeened was
not quite dressed, having no coat or stockings w.,
He appeared to witness for Lime slays past in a low de-
sponding way.
Another witness was then called, who deposed that
he had seen the deceased at au early hour walking his
rsonn, and throwing his arms about as if io &deranged
state.
The Jury then returned the following verdict:—
•' That the deceased cams by his death by hat.gi:g
himself in a tit of insanity."

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Dienareocn, APRIL 17.--410VPIRRRAIIING, Tarn,
AND EXTREDIF BARRARITY.--011 the tuurniug of Sa.
tarday last, the stable of Mr. John Dunlop, of tiles,
in this neighbourhood, was found to have Iren broke'
,pen, and a fine mare, on which Mr. Dunlop um aty
Attended drill as one of the yeomanry of his district.
was taken out, conducted to a little glen about 2011
yards beyond the house, and there killed, it appears
with a hatchet. A reward of one hundred and thirty
guineas is ()Awed for a discovery of the penetrator..
3IELANCHOLT Sticinc—Sunday night, about Azle
o'clock, a young man of respectable appearance, trot
observed walking backwards and forwards in a veer
agitated state on Waterloo-bridge. At kook he
suddenly sprang upon the parapet nearly over the
centre arch. A gentleman near the spot ran 'manic
him, is order to prevent him jampiag Ado before
he could possibly arrive thither, the milidlauste
,young ma* precipitated himself from the bridge late
the water. An alarm was instantly gives, and mom
waternren succeeded in rescuing the body, and this
serried it to Waterloo House, at the Sauey tide of
the bridge. Medical aid was procured, and every
effort was made to restore the young man, bet all
proved ineffectual. A dreadful injury was discovered
on one side, which must have proceeded from his fall-
ing on the base of one of the pillars attached to the
bridge. In the course of the day he was owned; it
turned out that his mime was Whitten, a coal met•
chant, near Bankside. The cease assigned for him
having committed this rash at is, that a abort time
previous to the last eeecution at the Old Bailey, tier
deceased visited one of the ealprits with whom What
recently been acquainted, and it had inch au deer
upon his. mind. that ever since a degree of metes-
choly had attached to him, and his rondiv-t at intro
vials bordered on maduess. He was between 20 eel
$0 years of age. He has left a wife and three tbib
dress to lament his unhappy fate.
A most daring robbery was committed so Wiliam
day evening the leth instant, at the house of a Mr.
Butcher, au aged and infirm man, who keeps a small
grocer's shop on Iturunier Oran, Langley. Abut
eight o'clock that eveuilig Mrs. Betts, who resides
close by, went to the shop to purchase Fame articlo.
and was followed by two men with black crape over
their faces, and pistols In their hands, who fastened
the door Mitts dreadful imprecations, demanded of
Mr. B. his money and keys, threatening to warier
him if he made the bast noise. The old oien Mine
unable to make any resistance, gave up vita era*
petty he had about him ; but the thieves were not
satisfied with this, remarking that they knew he had
more money up stairs, which they would have. One
of them was then appointed to keep guard ome the
did man and Mrs. Betts, the former of whew tbeY'
tied down in the. chair, while the other Alia% assn
pelkd Mrs. Butcher, who is also far advanced is jars
to light him to the room above, where was derided
the sum of Pt, 301. of which was silver, which Mr.
B. was coming to Maidstone with, on the followtog
day, to pay his grocer; this the robber took sad
then joined his conspioion below, and they both sbert.l!
afterwards left the Neese, hacking the inmates IL
The house is situated bat a few yards from the labile
road, and there are several houses near. The
thieves were all Well acquainted with the premise%
and knew the buteen where the money was depoote.d.
It Is straitly suspected, from the similarity of me-
nellistances, thet the, thieves were the same ss
effected the rubbery at Mr. Dowd's house, at Pene
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