Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1878-07-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

FIVE FEESON3 BRUTAI.LY MURDERED. With mg.rd to t. .obeleata.v., g terrible tregedy Onnorred on Wedneeday morn. awl all that, your lordship all remember we had all ins. at Llangibby, a village near telt (Mon ) Inn this in evidence front thete people nefore, and your mole., In a lo.ly part on the high road.lired WM. lordship held it w. not true. Welkin, a farm labourer, and howiM sod thme Ito Lordship : That may ho. but I think, arth 0hm,0.„ mm, ojeo..m, end too,. A 60, soot to the nemmlf '4 the there 007 be ..bee the boort...W.6:ms 414 to.t come to work as urns], improvement.. and 00.1 k. rosti'n dead tudy in the garden with that Mr W. Pearson said that formerli It was set op of his wife. Roth had their throats RIT, Watkins that there had been ropvoernents that although having ale. severe bruises on the forelvad. Amist•nce ther. bed ....Md... the imgmyetestd. ee.m'd ...obtained whet. it was dimorered that tbe boom then. bar his Loolehip distinctly negatived that, mm „o ,n two p, o,„.teire and lound that they hwt not. tbe cbiidren Isere tom d dead, stahbed, end also r Mr DicAii.on mid lie was not aware of any verely burnt. Ellimd woe bespet,reit over the (root movement: since tbe lith of Jon, Th . tragic had T„,,„rea.on b!i,",hot the Emt7 eO.OO 005 11.11.0 to eeel* family yeas foully murdered. A hedgmtoke besmeared d'n'o. no.l the e',t'en."" thnt the' On none' with blond wan 1..5 04 Ihr hoo.o. The idea of Mr. Petite. ssid It was a mstter e direly for ht. -credo, His lordship had before him improbable. He is ep.S ti of • quiet and lad... suicide sod murder on the part of Medd. Is very lord.hip's di et the trial of the oetion all the evideisce and hold- tooeo 00*0 100 that the use of them engines was a dangerous Further particulars rropi•cting the Llangibby nui.ance to die public, grouted the injunction. Mere mooi,„ oho. the em,m, 10 hese Imen five M oets. wed now no averment that any insproventent had too—Williana .Watkin, • worlsman, thirty.fiee years been nude in the engine.. °^IY th.)l-n-To med ul age; hid vote about the same ago, a daughter, more fvlamil In em . , ail... ta mttem,_'-e ! agedmeen ; and two other children. %buy and •giri, `moth"- k mm" be tee his M `ef ebetar aged five sod four. Tim himband and wife on., lying he would take tha meconosibility of ellovrine that to eeer the !fate or the garden, in front of the cottage, go on during the lone vacation. . In a.poolof blood ander sot. which partly • '  &leafed them from .iew from the road. Two Of the children .ere lying on their bole, rith their thronts Cot, and drealfu I. cheered, and the youngest child, &leo burnt...th it thnsat not. Bing under. The hotly of Ilre. Watkins wee Snit thwovered by a lad lea•mi Jame, who. at about eevres o'clock, went to liel be Weskit. to come to work. fie arousal the mlikbasis. who went to GA tor the pol,ce. When !Wedgies was found he had no eh.* on,and they have •RN AMP been found. •Ithough • rigid ...arch bee bon =Me. A couple of tramps in blooms were wen Wog ender • hedge on Tueeday evening in the neigh' bourbood. and It is surmise-0 that Watkins and hi. I. site were at wooer tat.eso nine and ten et night , when dusturbed try the murderers. Two cope halt empty were found on the table, and norm slices of %woo were found in the fr,ing.pen. The bonne appears to have heed embanked. and the room Art no fire. Broken furniture, apperent:y destroyed in • scuff., ens lying in all directions.