The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1877-01-19 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

BIRMINGHAM.  4 murder of a most terrible nature wee oommitted at Aston, Birmingham, at an early hour on Tuesday mom log. The victim was Diary Saunders a woman thing. four years of age or thereabouts. She was the wide* of a man who was formerly landlord of the Bag Horse, Ashted row, but at his death she gave up tla business, and for three months past blue been living silt Frederick Baker, • man about the same age as herself, and a barman by occupation, occupying • small boas opposite the Victoria Inn, Lichfield road, Alden. The deceased is said to have been " • bit wild," ad her companion was jealous of her. She came home at twelve o'clock on Monday night in • cab, and hail two men with her. Baker opened the door is her, but, curing the men, he commenced a row, and tumid the men away. The woman then entered the house with him, and thereupon the disturbance was renewed. ne man, apparently in a violent passion, stormed at go woman, and appeared exoeedingly annoyed at her In. haviour. The young girl employed in the house us servant had not then gone to bed, but at two o'clock be sent her, together with the woman's two children, up stairs. Soon after that all became quiet. The servant girl came downstairs at nine on Tuesday morning The stun are somewhat dark. and when she reached the bottom she put her foot on something which rolled aside, and she fell dorm. Immediately she discovered she had stepped upon the head of her mistress, upon whose body she bad fallen. There wee a fearful small in the throat, and blood had ilowed copiously down the drew and lay las pool on the door. The girl fainted for • time. Oa combs to she called in some neighbours, and they in their turn seat for a doctor. Dr. Hoare attended, tat found that the woman had been dead for several hours. Marks of blood led from the plasm where the woman lay Into the book room, where • large pool of blood wu found. The man Baker was nowhere to be found. and op to the time of writing had not been heard of. It b said he had a loaded revolver with him. No knife a razor has been found in the premises bearing blood stains. Baker was see. by Mr. Melons, of the Victoria Inn, at eleven °Week on Monday night, sod he than ap reared to be perfectly sober. All the surrounding circumstances point to the fast that the murder matt have been premeditated and cold-blooded. No my waa heard by the servant girl, and the children above were not disturbed by any noise. The deceased was known to many people who lived Is the neighbourhood of sighted. Her Me has been eons what romantic. Early in her life she wee married el St. Michael's Church, in Coventry, to a Mr. Cambridge, she them having paused under her maiden mow a "Fully Asphalt " On leaving the church some friend' interfered, and after an hournsoquaintance the hubud and wife were separated, and later on adocros of divorce was obtained. After that time Baker, who seta is assistant barman, offered the woman marriage. She refused him, and after the. it appears that they tare iiontiortally quarrelling. The servant girl has repestallr beard Baker say that he would "do" for the deceued, end that between his oonvietion and the time he weal to the gallow• he would have time to repent.