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THE MURDER AT LLANRWST. -eg®--, ^1 ™urder. accompanied by circumstances of almost unparal-InH c f f1? and horror has just come to light in this remote rmi l P-Srt 0f the principality. About two months ago b* 'ld(w, na™ed Margaret Davies, ostensibly actingine amuftL “f Jones’ a husbal!dry labourer, hold-ad mlp nfrLi r ‘ the ,raou!!t3in Mod Trefriew, within a Sir I various conie^tIIrr?10n, tllis pansll» vas suddenly missed, and n- lu however v^v IT f0?T 38 t0 t!,e causa °f absen^ Lte ! awav but still no^irfn^f6? from the true one* Weeks rolledsi sBSSted the deed of bloed E?aj y.s?PP0Se(1» after having commit-aaSsrSfrSstench arising from its decomposition attracted to the fht dogs of the neighbourhood. This aDnear* tn hivl P of annoyance to the assasin; for further to concellhim ^7° undertook the revolting task of exhuming the body and in putrid state conveyed it to the distance already named where ft was discovered accidentally by tracing a ring thither Who ,?ad been repeatedly seen resorting to the spot to feast upon the dead Nothing, as yet, lias transpired to throw light upon the cause which led to the perpetration of the deed. The supposed murderer was immediately taken into custody by the police in ordJr*7“ *.esul* °? au inquest upon the mutilated’remainsOn Monday, the 3d inst., the coroner for the county held an in-quest upon the body, when the following facts were proved :— l°™Sr 1 sistei* lo tile deceased, had seen her on the 9th of May last in Llanwrst, when it was arranged that on the 25th of the m01Jrii (Ascension day) they should go together to Capel wwi ^ay wi;ness caIIed at the prisoner’s house,®aW- pns0?lr s who informed her thatdeceased SK 111 the Pr,lsonf, and he did not know where she had gone.On the 9lt;?h nf vf her.retur.n’ *** “° one t^n in the house. On the 29th of May she again called and saw the prisoner whonot°knnf hf tlla| !e feceasea ,lalt;t Ieft him- anthat he didthntlt;5.• * \e ,she.had Sone to though he had heard her say 5? *he intended going to Holywell. At that time the prfione? Wh « say that the deceased meant to return to her service.® expressed her fear that the deceased was without monej, the prisoner observed that he knew she had SI. and more. S a!^.said riiat he intended goingto Holywell in search of her. Ill fW hi°i ?i?We ?n his way home called on witness to , r ther-e’ but that deceased could not be found, le ter ‘r? Prisoner ^ called, witness had received aname Sf t Llannvs1t Post-office, signed with the prisoner’s dSSSsi?forming her •that sihe was to send for the clothes of the All SaStw i Prisoner and would not return until All baints, but that he expected to be paid 30s. he had lent theannoimed obsei7ed at this interview, that she was disappointed at finding the letter came from the prisoner and not from the deceased as she had at first imagined? upon which the o5e°rn^pr«ntmf J16 JLent ber a,,y Ietter- or authorised any shoes whth J° d^S0' TtXe, are at Prisoner’s house a pair of shoes which were deceased’s best pair, but her common pair areT nes® identified the corpse as her deceased sister’s.2d of -8 gle Iim’ Llanrwst* proved that on thefi“fule last the prisoner came to him to ask him to write thewitnLe ref6-ried J?’ Whi(? ht dM- The Pri30ner a^d last witness only reside distant faom each other about two milesWitness asked the prisoner his reason for not calling or sending there, when his reply was, that he (prisoner) “ would rather send l - D?,o dayS. after. Prisoner came to witness and askednun wnether his (prisoners) name was put to the letter? Wit-™1^D?1*?i!tjVaSJt.upon 'vh.ich the Prisoner remarked that he Wished it had not been. Prisoner then asked witness not to tell any one that he had written the letter for him. Last Monday he again called upon witness and asked him what he should do pfople_?. Witness inquired what people? He answered ' the people. They talk of doing me some harm about the old woman you wrote the letter about.” Witness asked him where Ke* £ gone . * and he said she mentioned, before starting Was g°tl-g t0 Holywe11- but that he had been there, and could hear nothing of her. — John Jones, of Brynrhug, Capel fl25n0?* ^ePbevr t0 the prisoner, proved finding the body in a i ! I, ,about a quarter of a mile from prisoner’s residence. Dogs ; had been mangling the body. It was taken up, and brought to the prisoner’s residence.-Richard Kenrick Nicholls, .uperin-tenaent m the Denbighshire police force, apprehended the prisoner on suspicion of murder, upon the body being found. On Saturday last lie, with Mr John Denman, the chief constable, and Mr. Henry Hughes, of the Cottage, Llanrwst, went up with deceased s sister, in order that she might, if possible, identify the Do«y. Mr. Denman’s dog, immediately on getting into the prisoners yard, ran towards a mound ofturf-fence, the boundary of the nela adjoining the prisoner’s house, and in his holding, from which circumstance, and having been told that dogs had frequently been seen there scratching up the earth, the mound was caused to be spread and opened. The marks of a spade were soon discovered in the heart of the mound, and it had the appearance of navmg been opened before ; proceeding with the digging, they came to two-toe-nails of a human being, with flesh attached thereto. In the mound there was a great stench as of a dead body.—Mr. Henry Williams, surgeon, of Llanrwst, made a post mortem examination of the body; could find no marks of violence or symptoms of disease. There was considerable venous blood in the lungs. Was of opinion that the deceased might have met with her death by suftoeation. The two toe-nails were those of a human being, and these were two missing from the corpse. They corresponded. Nails would come off by the body lying in damp earth.'—Other witnesses were examined, and the jury brought in a verdict of “ Wilful Murder against the prisoner, and he was committed to Ruthin-gaol, to take his trial at the next Denbighshire assizes.—Carnarvon Herald.
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Sun, Jul 16, 1843
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