Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-02
From tate Eagbsh Paeers.


ElRRl ID MURDERS IN EDiNBURG, FOR
kaG PURPOSE OBJ SELLING TIE Bo-
DIES.
One Of the most sppalilng instances of hn.
a depravity contained IN he records OF time
b. Just been brought TO light at EdinoutgR.--
bso wretches. named WiIksm Burke aud
Been McDougsl, were tried before the Aigh
[ourt of Judiciary on Wednesday last, charg-
d with the murder of three different lndlFid-
ais, in coid blood, for ths mere purpose OF
king tue bodies to the surgeons for dissec-
Doe, So unnatural and incredible did tie
|&sse seem, that we believe it has scarcely
aiaed credit IN Eng land, and IT has been de-
AIRED in some ot the newspapers to be mere
pise FAVOR the introduction of a bin ter sup.
$pjmg the surgeons with subjects IN some ie-
zesi way. The TRIAL, however exhibits all The
facts Of this horrible trade in bloed as to ST.
Renee and sppal The NEST lncreduious.
WIN. Is rke and n len acDaugsI, who lived
|sogether ~ edinburgh, as man aud wife, were
3ndicted for the murders vi Mary Patterson or
Nilchel j.mes Wilson, known by the name Of
fD4it ia me- and Mary CamoeH or D1che ~,
BY strang'ng them. The last three cases was
|faken hfs, sad The following are the facts
proved BY the Witnesses:
Mari Camb Il or Docherty. Of middle age,
|bnd IN gaod heal h, came TO Ed,hburgh in Oc-
Robr last. ia search OF her son She saw him,
pad her lodgings paid for by him for day or
Ekwo and seems that after thus satisfying the
|EearnIngs OF natural affection, TO have resoiy
|kd on returning to Glasgow; bar, as she and
Der son were both poer this vas 10 be done
|&y means o. begging. On The morning before
&iaIiowe'en, he was asking charity IN gro-
Ipr in he tai atIbt pf he In
Ehere she was seen by William Burke, who
represented to this unsuspecting Creature, hat
hs mother was ID 'cherty--a rela,ion--and
1&h this ground he offered her bre2kias', and
afterwards other meats, with nights odging.
phe was also supphed literally with whlskey;
pc Burke, woman, Helen 0cDougsi, with
Erhom he lived as bis wife, and Van Hare and
ls wife, young carter. and other young men
nd women spent the carrier part of the even
Fhg AS merry making, With liquor, dance and
fo"s; he stranger guest acting the part OF
''' iAn wh,ie the rest, at least those named,
we're 'nt'y aware that she was doomed, as they
sl"~e OF her among themselve freely as be
ng-'G shot for Ms Docf0r's'- which as they
pref on Their osrhs, means person IN
S'ued 10 ne murdered anu sold for dissec-
H. Accordingly in the latter part OF the
mig, alter a real or pretended scutfle be
Seen burke and Hare, during which their
~ I'M endeasOred to psrste them, the poor
'uaed wcetch was pushed over, and Burke,
me presence of the parties before named,
new hmselt upon her and extingushed life
J5n''v' by thfottling or strangulation. The
- was perpetra,ed in the most deliberate
scientific manner by Burke; who took
~" Ten to fifteen minutes o make, sure OF
work Haze sitting coolly by, and the two
IA y" o. on hearing the first suffocation screech
y ,s OUT INTO the passage, either from an
4L'Fe horror of blood, or, what is not less
from design 10 prevent any one
- eh'sring TIL the murder was completed.
was 80 the body was Immediately
h. - nT&ed, and. beng doubled up was
Eg-o,a1 uei some straw which lay on the
AZ We ioot ot an open ned These facts
Il de- 10 ot Hare, who tanned Kings evi.
Is :. - a"u were fuly confirmed by several
Nj q, 49, "ho saw the murdered pc rson well
NJ is su,~. muse one evening aud the next. IL
NJ qlarraiDF aus grocer, that he heard
@snt l.g III burk's beiwixt eleven & twelve
Mus, 49,, tA'terson, the keeper of d.. Knox,
81 u be %" s"esfs, that on going home abou,
y ed RI "e request ut the latter. sccompani.
sta,. bs uis house, where pointing to the
Il Fauers,,, SaG he had goi something. oy which
q tor. 1h understood dead bod, for The Doc
81 tpn wos,' Was IN the presence two men and
81 nrrder y. and beng so immediately after The
por,sucs elrcums Dsnce Oliver, great inn.
Co.'S. ps " aotOorses many pa,n(nl inf, rem.
s'.d be-, .e'Soh sent Tor Burke nex, morning
Hare VII =, WE'VE and ,w O he saw Bu,ke
has ss,.''. Ut Anox, and DR.. looes. one q,
~ vas then srrsnged that the