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 . the Hey. E. Forbes, vicar of the parish, was foreman. ** lrst * ewed the hody, which presented a very sad e ‘ P asb penetrating almost to the spine, and dec ” fr ‘ ml the of tlie to tne w^Da P – The ease was a fine, handsome little fellow, and the features , calm and peaceful aspect in death, • t-. or oner, opening the proceedings, said they bad to quire into very shocking and painful affair, but the cir r .Instances appeared very clear, and be would entreat them j.. ” c guided only by the “evidence which was submitted to lem , and not be influenced any rumours which they have heard. the following evidence was then adduced : £ Miss Mary Emma Macdonald, of Camp Farm, Steeple don, stated that deceased, Bruce Dunlop Logan, had been under ber care since September last. He went to bed about o’clock on Wednesday evening, and was then well, Y hi™ while his nurse, Catherine Muir, was undressand ‘. also twice afterwards—once when he was awake, tjjj a a, n when he was sleeping, about half-past nine. She see l,ntil arter tne murder. Catherine year , been with tlle children about four years—three thpj S efore tft came to witness. She was entraged by Went en t – S ‘ thenl m Devonshire before they * was generally kind to the children, and Los-, i rst Came witness thought her good nurse. Mrs. nes • every in ber, and never cautioned witin any way about her, but said she was good servant ‘ Wl tness could depend upon. Mrs. Logan had since, * ettera, spoken very highly of the nurse. Witness had reason to think, however, that she had not been very j to the children lately. Monday week witness beard er slap the child for spilling some water. She did not re- P imand the nurse for it, but wrote and told tbe boy’s mother, °t considering that such trifling act on the child’s part eserved punishment. Mrs. Logan would not have allowed ne children to be struck all. The nurse was under witess’s control, and she had authority to reprimand her if ne considered it necessary, but Muir having been with the for so long a time, thought she knew best how to the children. to be continued……
Northampton Mercury – Saturday 20 May 1871
