The Sun. — 1819-09-08 (London, England)

MURD'ER OP MRS. DORNIIIR.  FURTHRK P4FITICUt,AtiS..—..On Monday we menCloned the death of MI-9::.D6t4ner, aged about 50, the wife of a. respectable farmer, residing at the Ltial-hOuse, ASltoti. At the time 'our Vesper went to press, we bad heard several vague reports, which we did not feel am-selves. justified to puttlishinit. The following pat'ticul Ira of this inhuman atfair, ch have since transpired-, we now pre.eot to our readers Sunday evening, Aug. 2g, about half-past five,• Me, and Mrs. Doruser, and family, and two or three frleods, drank tea together ; soon after tea, tie son, three da4ghtera, and a .yoong man named- Hinde, went a walk; and between six and seven o'clock, Mr. Donnet and his visitors also went out, and left' Mrs. Dorn er and the servant (Ann lleytrey) at home. About 7 o'clock the son and daughters returned, %vitro ti:ey sac, she tervaot standing by the door leadiok to the kitchen, apparently very much evitated,and in a violerrt perspirat ion. Eliz.Dormer, the eldest daughter, observing somehlood upon the floor of the passage, bade the girl clean it up, which she did. Marv, anodic; daughter, then asked be gat I, !‘ Where's my mother, Nancy ?" to which she replied, She is just gone a walk." Harriet, the.third (laughter, in a few minutes afterwards, asked where her mother was : she then said, !` Aboot ten minutes ago she'went into the garden to get some eucumbers." Elizabeth and Mary went up stairs together, end the former heat d chic latter (who went into her mother's room) give a dreadful scream ; she immediately ran to see what was the matter, when, dreadful to relate, the lifeless body at their murdered mother lay drenched in got e before them, with the throat cut from ear to ear. Elizabeth called " Mother " several times, but received no answer : she thee attempted to raise the body up, but could not. The son, Joseph Dormer, on hearing the scream of his sis• ter, ;au up stairs, and was followed by Ann Heytrey : he irninedia, cly accos-ed the girl with, the 'slimier, which she &Died, and npon being asked if any oor had hero at the house, she replied " No." The girl was, however, taken iotts custody on suspicion ; and on Monday aftermots, we are informed, she confessed to the constable . of Kenilworth, that she committed the murder. She stated that she went into the pi otry, and began to cut souse cucumbers and onions for supper while site wit doing this, it came into her head to murder her mistress. She immediately kit the cuctmiberr, and 'went ma at the back door to the wood-pile, and then into the lane, She ret toned again ,nto the hinter, went into the best kitchen, where her mistress was sitting., and knocked her out of her chair with her fist. As her misttess tell *he gate a scrrama she lay for about a minute, and she stood looking at her. Her mistress then got up, ran out of the kitchen, along the passage, and up stairs. She fullowed her out of the kitchen, went into the pantry and took a knife, and then followed bet mistiest upstairs, whom site found lying down. She stooped down and esti her mistress once or twice, when her mistress candied at the knife with her bands, and made a slight noise. Site then laid the knife upon her mistress's bosom, with the handle towards her band, in to der that it might be supposed she committed suicide. Ott the body bring examined by a surgeon, we nutlet stand he found the throat cut violently, so as to divide all the parts of the spine; there were two deep cuts on the left jaw, one of which extended into the mouth ; several small scratchy. on the left tide of the face ; a violent bruise on the nose ; one front tooth knocked out fronf the upper jaw, and one opposite to it knocked out of the lower jaw ;_several bruises on various parts of the body ; the middle finger of the right hand cut deeply acres. in two or three places; with other cuts on the fingers of both hands. An lutplisi:ion was held on the body on Tuesday, when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against Ann Herrey, who was accordingly committeil to Warwick• gaol. The prisoner is about '23 years of age, and is a very stout middle-sized person.—(Coventry Mercury.)