Northern Times. — 1859-08-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

IAPTER OF ITORRORS  AN OLD MAN BARBAROUSLY MURDERED NEAR LEEDS.— Mr. Richard Broughton, an old man sixty-seven years of age, resided in Rose Cottage Yard, Roundhay, near Leeds. He was formerly the office-keeper to Messrs. Payne, Eddison and Ford, solicitors, Leeds, but has recently ‘been living on his means at the above address. On Saturday evening, about five o'clock, he started for Leeds, and he had then a florin in his pocket, and his silver watch. He  WAS passing► Lane. to Ha  portion of the path called was attacked by ,a couple  en, one of whom was - . timed with a heavy bludgeon, A heavy blow from this iveapon laid him insensible on the ground, and he was then the easy prey of his Murderous assailants. It would appear, however; .that even after the poor old man was incapacitated from resisting them, their brutal attack .was cal tinned, for, . when , found, Mr. Broughton was discovered o:have five serious wounds, one of them being on the left temple, and the other; all on the head. Whether the ruffians were disturbed in their work cannot now be ascertained, but they appear to have made' off with Mr. Broughton's wateh„leaving his "florin untouched. . He was insensible when, discovered, and was conveyed. to his home. On the way Mr. Broughton made a sign to shoWhe was aware that his assailants-had not got his money, but was unable to give further information with respeet to them than that they were two in number, one of whom was armed with a bludgeon. Ile subsequently relapsed into insensibility. He was immediately attended by Mr. W. Hey, surgeon, of Leeds, who dresaed his. wounds, but these were of so serious a character that Broughton only survived until Sunday afternoon, dying at half-past two o'clock. The place where the murderous attack was committed was a -perfect pool of .blood, and is not far distant from the residence of Darnton Lupton, Esq„ one of the Leeds borough magistrates. On Sunday She Mayor (Sir P: Fairbairn). and Mr. Darnton Lupton de tern:tined to' issue a proclarnation, offering £5O reward for  such information as should lead to.the detection of the mut nd Mr. English, the active commissioner of the sing every exertion to bring the men .to  )olice, is  )n al,Particolars.)—We now subjoin some -material facts in the case, from which it will be seen that the attack was as atrocious` and barbarous as it `was sudden and mysterious. Froth Mr.'l3ronglitort'i houie, ih Rose •Cottage Yard,. Roundhay, a footpath extends in a westerly direction to the. York-road, Leeds. 'lt is route from Seacroft—near which township dc south by day labourers who reside in and about the Yorli-road, Leeds, but whose usual employment is in the Seacroft and Roundhaydistricts. The path is a gentle ac'clivity from Seacroft to Harehills House, the residence of D. Lupton, Esq., one of the Leeds borough, magistrates; at this latter point the prospect is very -fine, the pedestrian being able to glimpse Views of Rennhay, Seacroft, Whitkirk, and the whole of  the eastern portions of Leeds, Harehills House being immediatelyfinlronkef him, and.thb hamlet of Coldcotes in the dip of the; valley to the left. On this piece of table land the murder was committed. Deceased, who was short in  but who dressed, respectably, and carried a. stick, had arrived m half-way up the' hill when he observed a an walking before him. Broughton was then in,afield of oats, and hman was nearing the stile 'at the western extremity of the field, the next field to which the , path extended being what is eallod the ox pasture." On the other side the hedge, and Within  C. ...V IV new 11av 4N31111.1.6 .1/ Luc 1[411,1'. noon. Mr. Bickerdike's farm was within the same distance, and the house at Harehills was about a quarter of a mile away. At this point, also, it might have been imagined that. any outrage would have been immediately observed or heard from liarehills. Park, inasmuch as the grounds are scarcely ever clear of visitors or residents. Mr. Broughton, however, appears to have reached the stile