The Sun. — 1856-03-17 (London, England)

QUARRY-BANK, NEAR STOURBRIDGE.  A dreadful affair took place at Quarry-bank, in the neigh* bourbood of Brierley-hill, on the evening of Sunday last. A. man named David Taylor, a nailer, 21 years of age, met with his death under circumstances which threaten a lead to the most serious consequences—three men, father and sons, being now in custody on a charge of committing the murder. The names of the prisoners are Josiah Chivers, aged 59. and Joseph Chivers, aged 30, and Josiah Chivers, aged 20, the two sons of the first-mentioned. The elder Chivers was a watchman in the service of the New British Iron Company, at Cra,dley-heath ; his son Joseph was a collier, and his son Josiah was also a collier, in the employment of the same company. Joseph Chivers is married, and resided near the scene of the catastrophe, and it would appear that on Sunday last, his wife having recently been confined with her fourth child, his father and. brother (Josiah and Josiah, jun.), who resided at Rowley, paid him a visit with a view to celebrate the event. They arrived in a light spring cart, which, after unharnessing the horse, they placed near the door of Joseph Chiver's residence. At about 12 o'clock at night some person took the liberty of removing The cart, and then running it against the howe-door, when the Chiverses lel the house and a quarrel commenced. A person named Joseph Morris, a fergeman in the service of Messrs. Swindell, at eraley-heath, was going home at the time with his wife and daughter. On arriving near to the New Inn, Quarry Bank, he heard a scuffle, and saw Joseph Chivers, whom he heard charging four or five young men with running the cart against his door, and thereupon he (Joseph Chivers) laid hold of one by the collar and threatened him. A general fight ensued, in the course of which the two Josiah Chiverses went up. Some women went up at the same moment, and exclaimed to the two young Timers, "D—n'usa, ge"um some more." The three prisoners then followed the party of young men, among whom the man Morris saw the deceased David Taylor, and in a moment afterwards he (Morris) saw Joseph Chivers run at Taylor, (the deceased) and knock him down. Joseph Chivers fell upon the deceased, and remained upon him fer four or five minutes, exclaiming, while upon him, " D—n him, I'll murder him." Morris saw Joseph Chivers strike the deceased while the former was upon him, but he could not see whether there was anything in his hand. The deceased orid " Murder," when Joseph Chivers, immediately after getting up from him, said, "I'll stop the b-- hooting murder." Joseph Chivers then walked up the road towards his own house with the women and the two other prisoners. Tho man Morris did net see any one strike the deceased but Joseph Chime; but he said the two other Chiverses were running about the road while the steno just described was going on. Strange to say, nobody took any notice of the deceased, who was left lying upon the ground. But about four o'clock on Monday morning a person saw police-constable Millington on duty, and told him that he had found a man who had been murdered lying in the middle of the turnpike-road in the locality referred to, and over whom he had like to have stumbled. Millington went to the spot described, which is about a mile and a half from Brierley-hill. He there found the murdered man.