The Sun. — 1860-10-02 (London, England)

ITILE 2?ECENT FIGHT BETWEEN MACE AID JIRETTLE.  NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Monday. Information has reached this town of a very frightful murder, which was perpetrated at IJrpeth Corn-mill, in the county of Durham, and about seven miles from Gateshead, on Saturday night. The victim is a bailiff in the employ of the Bankruptcy Court in this town, named Thomas Harrison, formerly a polico inspector here; the murderer, Milner Lockey, a pitman, working at Leazingthorne Colliery, near Bishop Auckland. It seems that about three weeks ago Lockey was separated from his wife on account of his brutal conduct. Harrison has recently been put into possession of some crops belonging to one Bell, a bankrupt, and he lodged with Mrs. Lockey in a cottage closely adjoining Urpeth•mill. On Saturday night between eight and nine o clock, Saturday being pay day, Lockey had come across from Leazingthorne, a distance of 16 miles, and entered the wife's cottage. At the time Harrison was ill in bed. When Lockey came into the house  he said to his wife,—" How is thou ?" And from his manner his wife became afraid. Lockey then observed to her,—" Thou'll not be long here," and immediately drew a knife out his pocket and struck  his wife a blow with it on the chest. The bone in her stays caused the blow, however, to glance off. He struck her again with the same effect ; then lowering his hand, he made a blow at the bowels ; but the knife entered the thigh, inflicting a wound an inch deep, which penetrated to the bone. The wound, however, is not likely to prove fatal. Harrison observing Lockey stabbing his wife, rose up in bed and remonstrated with him, begging him not to kill her. Lockey immediately on inflicting the last stab in his wife, turned round, and with an oath, plunged the knife into Harrison's left breast. He inflicted a wound six inches in depth, and while the knife was in the wound he turned it in all directions. Harrison fell back dead. When Lockey entered the house and attacked his wife, his two children ran out and alarmed the neighbours. Two farm labourers came, and they reached just as Mrs. Lockey was running from it; she having wrested the knife from her husband. She passed the labourers, followed by her husband, and though he was unarmed they appear to have made no effort to stop him. He chased her up a hill, but she got among some uncut barley, and he lost her. Lockey then made off. The country-side was alarmed, and a messenger was sent off to the County Police Station, at Chester-le-Street. Sergeant Robinson and some other officers arrived during the night. They immediately began to beat about the woods in search of Lockey, and kept on all night. At half-past 9 on Sunday morning Lockey was captured in a pig stye, closely bordering a large wood. He had been out under a holly tree during the whole of the fearfully wet night. The murderer is 50 years of age. The deceased man, who was in delicate health, was 46 years of age. The murderer and his wife have each been twic3 married, and there is little doubt have lived on most unhappy terms some time. The murder is causing considerable excitement in this town, where the deceased was well known.