Village Life

Village Life

SAD ACCIDENT— On Tuesday last, Captain Verncy, R.N., eldest son of Sir Harry Verney, M.P. for Buckingham, met with a...

Village History

Village History

EXTRAORDINARY MURDER AT STEEPLE CLAYDON Child murder of peculiarly shocking and extraordinary character was perpetrated at the above quiet and...

Village History

Village History

Shortly afterwards, the housemaid was sent, upstairs fetch the children down, but she returned a fright, saying that the children...

Village History

Village History

INQUEST WAS HELD ON Friday afternoon, L’p School-room, Steeple Clavdon, before Mr. «. P”t.v-coroner, and a highly respectable jury, of...

Village History

Village History

On Thursday week, the little girl, Mary, told witness that the nurse often whipped her Jim Bruce. The youngest boy,...

Village History

Village History

Witness and called her LSS covered with blood, and ran out °nee, and they w ‘ – Plumptre, who came...

Village History

Village History

Superintendent Shepherd and Mr. SonS’ blood bloodgained ln the room until they came. He did not ‘Tt st ‘ rse...

Village History

Village History

8 the Miss and herself being hung, which bad been spoken the superintendent. Mrs. had informed him the Tuesday before...

Village History

Village History

On Tuesday last prisoner, Catherine Muir, was taken before magistrates at Steeple Claydon, charged with tbe wilful murder of Bruce...

Village History

Village History

through Superintendent Shepherd, asked the latter whether she (prisoner) did not ask ber to draw her some beer on iue_sday,...