Beverley and East Riding Telegraph. — 1895-06-22 (Beverley, Humberside, England)

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. DOUBLE MURDER NEAR THIRSK. 1 NOTABILITIES OF TIIIE DAY.  VICTIMS BI7RIED ON THE MOORS.  On Saturday morning Helmsley was thrown into a state of great excitement by the discovery that a Mrs. Hudson and her child had been murdered and buried on the moors four miles north of the town. It appears that three weeks ago, Robert Hudson, a native of the locality, came to Helmsley with his wife and child and took lodgings with Mrs. Holmes, of liondgate. During a fortnight they lived there apparently on friendly terms, and went for long drives, ostensibly with the object of seeing the country. Mr. Hudson, however, complained that the places visited were lonely. On Saturday, June 8, Hudson, and his wife and child, left their lodgings early in the morning, Hudson returning alone and stating that his wife and child were staying with an aunt at Hovingham. Hudson further declared they would return on the following Monday, when Mrs. Holn.es should accompany them for a drive on the moors. The visitors to Helmsley did not return, but Mrs. Holmes received a note written in the name of Mrs. Hudson in lead pencil, asking that her clothes might be forwarded to Darlington. The clothes were duly sent. Last Friday Mrs. Hudson's sister came to Helmsley. from Sheffield with a second letter, also written in lead pencil, this being from Hudson, stating that his wjfe 41ad gone away and "he was jealous, she had taken off with a Helmsley man." Suspicion was then for the first time aroused, and relatives of the deceased made inquiries, finding that no visit had been made to Hovington. A search was made on the moors, which was futile for a long time, but finally a hole was found to have been recently dug under a clump of trees, 12 yards distant from the moor road. The bodies of Mrs. Hudson and her child were there discovered, the soil covering them being only three inches deep. Both the victim were found to have had their throats deeply cut, and a large carving-knife was discovered on the breast of the woman. Mrs. Hudson's clothing was badly torn. The bodies were conveyed to the mortuary at Helmsley to await the inquest. Robert Hudson is about 23 rears of age and Mrs. Hudson was 25, the child being just a rear old. It is statea that Hudson has lived the greater part of his life in Darlington. He is described as steady, sober, and industrious. He served an apprenticeship in the town as a cabinet maker, but left four years ago, and subsequently married. Last Easter he brought his wife and children on a visit to his father and stepmother, and on leaving he said he had got a good job to go to. His friends supposed all was well until his wife's sister came to Darlington on Saturday to make inquiries. Discovering that her inquiries were fruitless, she left Darlington for Helmsley on Saturday, and on Sunday sent this telegram :—" Kitty and the child have been found dead. Police and detectives on the alert." Prior to this Hudson's father went to the police station and reported that his son's wife had taken off with a man. He wanted advice how to recover the child, but did not care about the wife. Hudson's wife and child each received a legacy of £l7O a few weeks ago. Hudson's father left on Sunday night for York and the South, presumably to meet his son, who is known to be in a manufacturing town in the Midlands.