The Sun. — 1860-04-12 (London, England)

RRIBLE MURDER AT FERRITE.  Another horrible murder has been committed in this county. The peaceable town of Penrith was disturbed on Tuesday by the intelligence that a wounded man had been found in a field at the end of Gilwilley-lane, by Mr. Richardson's servant. The man, who was a German, though much injured about the head, :till breathed. Dr. Pearson was immediately sent for, but before ho arrived the poorfellow had ceased to breathe. His body was conveyed to the Penrith Union Workhouse 'lt appears il at the murdered man had been in Pe' Penrith for a day or two previous to his death, and that he had lodged at a common lodging-house, kept by a person named. Swales, above the Old Brewery. On the night previous to his death he left Swales's house, and took lodgings at another lodging-house at the Townhead, kept by a person named Horsley. About six o'clock he went into the Grey Bull Inn, kept by Mr. Thomas Hyslop, where he had some ale. After staying some time there, he went out. He told Mr. Hyslop he was a gardener. He had been in the shop of Mr. Ded.. low, watchmaker, where he gave the same account of himself, and said that he had left a wife and three children in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He spoke German they o'clockecl. sat Ahs some mmweaants nama time little together. e dwith ease. He returned to the Grey Bull in the evening, and had some run? anoaduntaallelmhei Thom a s WhenGi•ey chae.ml left f tina b, the worse. for. drink. He told Mr. Hyslop that he had with. him a £5 note and some gold, but Mr. hta two iolfvsiahi sei Townhead, ani nsggs to on hiss silver. ve . Hyslop did not. see any money ho had, except about wentbouut th he esaidwent lodgingslirrhtoenS hV ea 1 eS'S going to Robertshaw's. He was last seen at the: between 11 and 12 o'clock on Monday night, and was found at about S o'clock on Tuesday morning at the place above mentioned. It would seem that the murderer had accompanied his victim from the Townhead across two fields, in which cattle sleep on straw by night. It is probable they stayed for a while in this ont-house, and on issuing forth early in the morning, had gone about 50 yarj ds in the direction of the Townhead, when, judging from some marks of blood on the wall, a violent blow with some instrument had been dealt out to the unfortunate man ; and a few yards further from the wall with o trh six blood, yards.as are r ntihe tiio earth on the spot where the man's head had laid was 02turated with blood. It appears lie had then been dragged across to another eesotlrooiol n es( res , ins the• at es atwaraoniicilneador.ef nO' aboutmarked kefidv v stone had some hair upon it, as if it had been used over the head. The place where the poor man was found is one of the most lonely and unfrequented, by night. About 2s. was found in his pocket. The police immediately commenced a vigilant search, and on 'Tuesday afternoon Thomas Sowerby, alias Gray, a servant in the employment of Mr. lletherington, of the Black Bull Inn, Penrith, was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder. He had been sent to Patterdale by his master with a lead of straw early in the morning. Mr. Superintendent Carson, on becoming acquainted with the circumstances which appeared to connect Sowerby with the offence, immediate y went off in pursuit, and succeeded in, apprehending him in the taproom at Mr. Gelderd s hotel, at Patterdale. He was brought to Penrith, where he re; mans in close custody.