The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1886-02-26 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SUPPOSED MURDER IN WARWICK SHIRE.  Police-constable Hine, a member of the Warwickshire Ct.nsttbulary, has disappeared under circumstanees which point to the perpetration of a brutal murder. Hine was last seen on duty at ten o'clock on Monday night at Fenny Compton, a secluded Warwickshire hamlet. About eleven o'clock the same night a Mrs. Emmett, who lives near the spot where the murder is supposed to have been committed, distinctly heard loud cries for assistanc The following day Hine was missed, and on Wedivsday a search was instituted, which brought to light circumstances which only too conclusively show the committal of a murder. In a field adjoining the notin road was found the policeman's helmet battered in and lying in a pool of blood. The tick which he usually carried was found lying in another field blood-stained, and troces of blood were visible for s.nne distance. The spot near where the helmet was found bore signs of a severe struggle havin‘ taken place. The canal and the pools in the neighbourhood have been dragged, but so far all efforts fied the body have proved futile. The complete disapperance of the body is the most perplexing circumstances in connection with the affair. Various hypotheses have been formed as to the motive for the crime, and the wildest conjecture is rife as to the disposal of the body. A trap was heard to pass through the village shortly after the time at which cries were heard, and it is supposed by some that the murderers utilised it to carry away the ghastly evidence of their crime. The blood has been collected, and will be sent to Birmingham for analysis. The advisability of employing blood hounds in the search for the body has been discussed, and if the body is not shortly found the service of these animals will be enlisted. Hine, who was only 30 years of age, leaves a widow and four children,  A singular story comes from Waterford. A soldier on furlough was entertained by a party of agricultural labourers, one of whom asked him to change clothes with him, so that he might visit his sweetheart and surprise, her by appearing in ii iii itary uniform. The soldier consented, :Lad the lover departed after donning the uniform, and had an interview with his sweetheart. He subsequently returned to resume civilian garb, but the soldier could not be found. The sou of Mars had taken advanta ,e of the opportunity to desert, and has not sitice been seen. Mr. Edward Schonberg. an Exhibitioner of Exeter College, was drowned at Oxford on Thursday, whilst boating on the Upper River. He was in a small boat with Mr. E. Glover, also a member of the college, and it is supposed that in changing seats it capsized. Mr. Glover was rescued in an exhausted state by a member of Corpus College, but his companion unfortum.tely quickly sank. The body was recovered and taken to the college. In December, 1881, Mr. Schonberg gained a Classical Exhibition. ALLEi:ED Ntuunan.--At Sonthampton, on Monday, a seaman named James Whelan was remanded on a charge of the wilful murder of George Richardson, on the high seas, on the 15th of November. The deceased was mate of the brigantine Emma Shaw, the prisoner being a seaman on board. A dispute arose between them, and the prisoner swore that be would kill the mate. The next night Whelan struck the mate on the head with an iron belaying-pin, and then pushed him overboard, and the unfortunate man was not seen again,