The Express. — 1855-08-11 (London, England)

THE MURDER AND SUICIDE NEAR BOLTON.  The Manchester Guardian gives some additional , particulars respecting this distressing affair. The decessid man, Jolly, who, after cutting the throat of one of his glade's, and dangerously wounding the other, terminated his own ':esteem, has, it appears, been for years a constant , tippler, spiading half his time, or more, drinking at bonus. Since last Monday week he had been on the spree," drinking first at one public, hones and then at another; and the only interpretation which all the circumstances of the case seem to admit of is that Jolly had rashly determined to end his own earthly misery without leaving his chhdrea, of both of whom he was ;iessionately food, to ben burden to others. His wife died in child birth some four or Ave months ago. His relatives had talked with him, sad endeavoured to lead him to reform kis isondint, and it mesas that a conversation a brother had with him about a mouth ago produced a slight effect upon him, for over the mantelpiece in his workroom then was a antieats of his having signed the temperance pledge &adjoined the " Bolton Temperance Progression Society " on the 7th Of July, his age being therein stated to be 31. His appetite !or drink, however, appean to have heel too strong far him; and the anticipaaions of hts neighbours that in his drunk's' finny he would one day do "something dreadful" Lye been more than realised by the circumstances attendlag Ids shocking end. Oa examining Jolly, Mr. Coveters*, the soybean, toned his throat cut down to the upon the fore part of which he could lay his m, a. Great indeed must have been the detenniaatien required by a man to inflict such a wound tapes himself. The throat of the little girl was cut in a similar manger, Sad her death must have been almost instantaneosa. Owing to the critical position of the bey, who up to Thursday noon had survived, very little information had been obtained from MEL He had, however, stated that,se his father was taking kiln and his sister up stain, she asked if they were going to bed then. The father replied, "I am taking you to your everlasting bed we will all be buried together. The little girl unneeded, "What! with mammy?' aad whether anything further was said is not known. However, when they got isto the room, Jolly took the girl and held her so that the boy could net see her ; and, slt.rwards, when her father laid her on the bed, and thus displayed the fatal wound on Mr seek, the boy asked, " What have you dons that for 1" is reply to which the father again said something about *hair being buried together. From this it is supposed that, whilst the boy was between the room door and one aide of the bed, his father took the little girl to the other ado of the bed, and, leasing moon it, cut her throat, for these was blood mt the wall at that side of the bed, and also apes the portion of the ciumerpane which overhung the bed on that aide. Then hi had seised the little boy sad attempted to take his life in a similar manner ; but the two wounds OS the left side of his neck and the cats upon hie Amgen indicate that he had Aired all the nsinance in his power to the murderous attack of his father. In all probability, the , severe wound was inflicted whilst the little fellow was ea the bed, just at the time a neighbour sabered the house to marsh for him and the little girl to go to action, and the mobs she board would be caused, she thinks, by the boy fallutg off the bed to the plume where he was afterwards m , from wheats be could see what was subsequently done by his father, which he doubtless did, as the poor little fellow means fully cosettiews of the feet that his father is no more.