The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-08-11 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ACCIDIST AT TAUSTON.-0a Wards, analog, as Mr. ',arrant, surgeon, we. riding with the Ileum Bond, in Orchard Great Field, and whilst at a gallop. the girth slackened, and Mr. Farrant was thrown violently to the ground, and at • furious pace the horse ran home to Taunton, a distance of nearly two miles, I without • single accident. Mr. Fervent souped uninjured, and the horse only cut himself in • few places. DITZSIIISID SUICIDE'. Dr. Wybrants held an Inquest on Monday,on the body of Peter Cottle, a brushmaker, late of Bristol, who was found drowned in Berry. man's Hole, near Wells. The deceased had been 'triage in his manner since hearing from Bristol the death of hie son. Hiked tied his toes together and also his wrists,and then put his head under tbe rope and strained it tight, rolling himself in the shape of • bell. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." WORDS/11UL Emhart —On Friday morning, at Shirehampton, • led named William Neat*, in the employ of Mr. Farr, 'btu proprietor, had been to • well on Mr. Farr's prerniees to procure • bucket of water. Re had no sooner brought the bucket to tee top of the wall than in reaching across to land if his toot 'lipped and he fell into the well, which was thirty fist deep end eonWood seven feet of water. A child of Mr. Parts, four years of age, saw him falloind went and told his mother. Mrs. Farr went to the well and lowered the rope, and. strange to my. the lad was drawn up without having received the slightest injury. " • • • • • •  - P.C. Duke, whilst on his beat, observed • man, dressed as ZLpet it.d it Well'. AbouLu—t two woohiltAoaki"d oorleflontiehas been onrniPrn called the " Camp." A man named William Sisgrove, anavvy, lying on his back in • pool of blood in • field*. of Wookey, near Wells, was on one knee leaning over. him. The cmstable went to them, and found the navvy' Iring on bin back in • large pool of blood, with hi,• head and skull completely battered in and smashed, ths ear being beaten right into his bead, and his brains protruding, presenting a most horrible and sickening appearanoe. On the constable questioning Sis,grove as to, what he bad been doing to be by the side of the man, ha stated that he was lying down near the masa, having bad too much to drink, and whilst lying there he e" s. tall "navvy" get over the stile with a big stone as his head, whisk he Sang on the mas's head three times, and then threw the stone at him (Siegrove), striking him on the leg. and after that he tossed it over the badge into the stream. Tb• constable detained the man and sent for Sergeant Tucker, who sest immediately for • medical man; but the wounded man died in • few minutes after the arrival of the sergeant. The polies made a minute search for the stone, and after some time they found • stone weighing nearly 40Ib. covered with gore and human hair. On inquiries being made P.S. Tucker discovered that the rourdeied man's same was Commie, lodging with his wife at the Full Moon inn, Soutbover, Wells, and that on the previous evening (Sunday) be was the worse for liquor, but went to bed, and is the middle of the night he jumped out of the window of the house and went across the road to the field in which be was discovered, not • hundred yards from the public•heam. Has wit* states that this was not an unusual thing for him to do. as he bad done it on previous occasions. Sbe herself went to sleep on the window-sill waiting for him uctil five o'clock, and never heard any sound to disturb her. From what has transpired Sergeant Tacker lias apprehended a man named Sweet and • prostitute that was with him, who were heard quarrelling at the stile of the Said in whisk the murdered man was at about one o'clock in the morning, and who have not given very satisfactory mhos. He has also apprehended another " navvy" named George Millard, with whom deo-iced quarrelled on the previous evening, when both stripped to fight in consequence of remarks made in reterence to the murdered manhi wife, but were peparMsd. Friday Millard was discharged.