Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-05-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SHOCKING MURDER AT STOCKTON,  SENSATIONAL CRIME.  A NORTHALLERTON GIRL BUTCHERED.  ARREST OF THE MURDERER.  On Banday morning Stockton was the scene of a sensational tragedy, a poor " unfortunate " having been foully killed by a man with whom she had a slight acquaintance. It seems that about eleven o'clock on Saturday night a young woman named Sarah Ann Inns, or Merryweather, but who is locally known by the cogno•  men of "Annie,' went to n house kept  by a Mrs MacDonald, in No. 1, Alberto-street, and asked for lodgings for the night. She was accompanied by a young man who was a total stranger to Mrs MacDonald, but who was introduced by the girl as her husband. His name was afterwards found to be Frederick Terry. Mrs MacDonald having had " Annie " under her roof on former occasions, gave her permission to stay, and she was allowed to occupy the front apartment down stairs.  BOTH THE PARTIES WERE SORER at the time, and seemed to be on excellent terms with each other. Nothing further is known respecting them until five o'clock on Sunday morning, when a lodger named Thomas Lockwood was aroused by hearing screams of " Help !"" Murder!" proceeding from the room which the pair were occupying. Lockwood at once jumped out of bed, and rushed down to the room, where he found Terry fiercely a:tacking the girl and slashing at her throat with a razor, while she was making frantic efforts to escape from his clutches. Lockwood at once seized the man, and threw him to one side, while he picked up the girl and half carried, half dragged her into the kitchen, which was on the opposite side of the passage, where he laid her down upon the floor. Lockwood, on going back to the front parlour, found  TERRY STILL STANDING IN A DAZED CONDITION with the razor in his hand. Nearing that he might escape, Lockwood at once locked bim in the room, and proceeded iu quest of a policeman. He got out into Oxford-street (into whtch Alberto' street runet, and thence into Norton-road, and when near the Central Buildings he met with Sergeant Morrison, who was on duty. The officer on ascertaining that some tragic incident had taken place at once accompanied him to the house, where he secured Terry, who had made no attempt to escape from the house. He was sitting quietly and unconcernedly in the room, evidently not in the least put about by the tragedy which had just taken place. He was fully dressed, as, in fact, he was at the time of the outrage, and his hands and face were  HISSPATTXRXD WITH BLOOD, while some parts of his clothing were saturated with it. The sergeant at once handcuffed him, and then went to look at the unfortunate woman, who by this time bad breathed her last on the floor of the kitchen. Her throat had been cut in it fearful manner, being nearly severed from ear to ear, while her face and chest also bore evidence of contact with the razor. The underclothing which she wore WM completely saturated with blood, little pools of which were standing on the floor of both rooms and the passage. Seeing that there was no chance of assisting the victim, Sergeant Morrison proceeded to escort the prisoner to the Police Station, which he had no difficulty in doing, the prisoner being apparently indifferent to his fate. Superintendent Dell, the chief of the police force in the Stockton Petty Sessional Division, was at once apprised of the murder, and, along with Inspector Gould, he went to the house where the tragedy had taken place, calling for Dr. Wilson, at 6, North-terrace, on his way. The trio having arrived at Mrs MacDonald's house,  ~./.•;n: i 11 Aliii 1 1 l'-=.1--:"----I II I. I \ IRA , • • ,!,,, _ ),,i ; ! lif tip, .-..., —• _ _ : _ -_, • -,--- I ---.— -....-- L ---.. _ _ .., // . ...::. L:.•.- . --..---- = - • •2/ ,' -.4.--..--, • -- i' - --.1.-Z• /0 - • . : . ---'----- --4* '