The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1862-07-01 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

BARBAROUS MORDI:I4-011 Saturday morning a totr.ble warder was committed in the village of Waterloo, which lies about seven unite to the north of Portsmouth. The murderer is a young man named Lee, aged twenty-sit years, and the victim wee his wife, a young woman, a4ed twenty.four. Lee travell,d in a COIIOIOII ginsies' van, which had been stopping in a yerd at the rear of the Wellington Tavern, Waterloo. On Friday night the prisoner asked Mrs. Si'rester to take Ilia wife some wine and water, stating that she would not take anything from him, and they appeared to be on unfriendly tens.. Lee having charged his wile with immoral conduct while at Ascot Bikers. The wife strongly denied the hmintation. ftlie was expecting to be confined shor.ly. Lee and bin wife left Mr. Silvester's, and called at the Wattaloo Inn, win re his conduct is described as being very strange. They left for Odihain on Saturday inorninx about nine o'clock, being accompanied by a little boy name Wyat, the deoessars nephew, and they had !warmly left the villege half ap hour when • rumour won cimulated that l-e bad murdered his wife in the most savage manner. A policeman of the Hants' County Constabnlary home. di aely went after the van, and to his horror dismovered that a murder of the moat brntel character MO been annulated. About MO yards from the van, and lying on the grass, he saw Lee, who exclaimed "I am glad you have come, for I have out my wife's throat." lie afterwards said, "She slept with my nephew at Ascot." Tim leilioemoniitable went towards the van, and perceive,' a deep track of blood for about fifteen yards, and on coming to the cart he perceived the body of deceased lying in the road, directly under the horses' heel.. flier throat was cut from ear to ear, so that death must have been almost instantaneous. Prisoner, then add, " Have you found the razor that I did it with ?" to which question the constable replied, "Yes' I found it four or live yards from the %an, in the road.' ' Prisoner then said, "I did it to die." The body was placed in a tart, and on being conveyed hack to Water. 100 was pieced in &store at the rear of the principal tavern, where it now remains awaiting • cloroner's inquest. Lee vas brought before one of the county justices at Havant ma 8 tnittay aft.-rnoon, when the above facts were deposed to by witnesses. On the murderer being asked if he wished to put any questions, lie reidied, "No, I confess it," at the same time putting up his hawk prayerfollv, and miring. "I wilfnllr mnrdeted her." He was remanded to Winchester Gaol until Thine lay. Lee belong% to a tribe of gipsiea whn encamp at Connor. near Portanionth, and attend fairs held within • considerable circuit Arnaud.  A young woman named Ann Wykl, a domestic servant at °Whelp, attempted to commit suicide by drowning on Thursday night. A man And promised that be would t..lre her for better osi worse but the promise had been ny.de in jest or he hail Omitted. his mind, as he infortned.her thst be dmnll root fulfil Smliromise. Aftrer he get into the yrkter she Seems to have thought better of it, end cried nutter help. A rope *as thrown to her. which she caught, umlauting at the sane time that she did not went to be rescued. She permitted herself to be dragged out from hos b.ith, however, sod before the iusghtrstes on esturdaysbe proinife-d to be • good girl for the future. and not use the bydropathic system to cure lore.  _ A VEITSRASIX LGTHAR/o.—The pretty village of Radford was lately thrown into oats% of commotion by the mysterious disappearance of • gardener. The circumatance caoned the greatest anxiety to his wife and friends, who had the lanais, 'rondo, and sormtinding woods earched for his body, hitt to no purpose. One night last week, however, one of his friends was passing • homiest Pau%too, and looking in at • window was surpriaed to aee the miming gardener yowling a news. paper to a certain damsel who was by his ewe. His wife was made acquainted with his whereabouts, sod soon Manned him to heat a retreat towards ishowe. The truant who has caused Co much anxiety and alarm has opals Sixty summer,. A WISOLFSALS BIGAMIST —A t the Oxford City Court? on Friday, John Arihford, slut George Smith and John 11;its, was charged with marrying Eliza Salt, his former wife, Ellis . beth Perrier, being Mill alive. Thepartienlare of this case, pa eliown in evidence, were of a erre extraordinary nature. The prisoner, who is a tailor by trade, appears to have been traveling shout the country for some years entrapping young girls, and in one inatance a widow, into marriage, and suddenly laving t,.ein after possessing himself id all the money and proierty he could ...btain. In 1853 the prisoner obtained employment aa a tailor In Bath, and took lodgings at the house of Mrs. Perrier, who kept a greengrocer'4 shop in that city. After being there a few weeks he matte the lmillathr an offer of marriage. which she socepted, and the riereoinny win soletnniaed st Trinity Church on ths 7th of Anquat, 1853. Th. Parties continued to live together shout • month or _ . . . _  ins week*, when Mn Pemer WAN taken ill, and the prisonrr then pretended flat lie had !waived a letter. which there a on doubt was a forgery, to the effect titst he and his two brothers had become entitled to a legacy of MOO each in conrequence of the death of a- rsla,ive, and requesting his presence iti London. To order to raise money foe his journey he (Browsed of all the furniture and Miter nroperty which he Inwl inspired by his wife, and then left Baths and nothing more was heard of hid whenwhoutai until five years ago, wham he appears to have settled down for a time in the mall town of Wantage. While I,stlog at Wan4ago he be, sine aa quainter! with respertahle 'errant giil named Belt. to whom he oabi hitt aidteows.algi vettioi ha aVulla married in the 1110110 or Qoarao