Village History
On Thursday week,
the little girl, Mary, told witness that the nurse often whipped her Jim Bruce. The youngest boy, Ross McGregor, was Muir’s tavourite. Witness did not tell her she had written to only’ , f i M uir W&B woman of viole, temper. It was she indnlll i efor neBB an y eason to believe ~ f”*’ Sbe I,ad before until Wednesday ‘m'” “”f* , be seem strange ClavdonT&’v™u™ ‘ ■ aunt, came witness gave ag0 ‘ after rl,c left Tuesday should leave on 8 Ranged she charge her from morning. Witness did not discould not have her tW SCrvice »t told her she never leave the Witness told her she would reman • 0n ot she could hear from India L °gan’s service on Wednesday evening while ” Urse s . eeraeJ strar, e inventory of the children* to India’ and see r clotlies ‘ She said she would he ‘ again i , he father mother. Witness saw th next ii T•,’ she wished to leave t they m- ‘ the children were breakfast, WkoT 5 no .t kn she was croing away, adding that Should le-nVni U ‘! would ,etch imr, and she to the P- m – – Witness en- hortl f . , r about half-past eight the next morning, “nrsery wards witness saw her sitting down before the th <ii her 0n defender and ber back to beer n_ c dld not r supper, but drank all her merset esda y evening Mrs. Somerset, wife of Mr. and said ‘] on > came to the house about half-past nine, the surgery fiH.™ been »» a little laudanum at tba n W a n J°„ her side, and it was stronger ence’sheh«i d V dru ber husband, whose ‘ahelled ‘ V,?. PVen ,fc to wished to have it d tiie lan I™” 1 86 g the bottle down which conatld then ” Somer « ” Poison,” J nurse un ,l °.i , tneßS ‘ wdio went the nursery with P ,er was about hMor P t landanum, which for 1°” °” ? B P° n * ‘. she often had , he was ‘V?. – Witness said she hoped *hed, and hal,,t f ** laudanum, when she of W ‘ ber life 3’et. She had * ever before I re ‘ but recently, and witness tne ss came – ° »- Thursday morning «semaid Ann half-paes eight, and sent the se nd the ,a ‘ t0 the nursery to tell the nurse ). and to ,»„°T t0 ? rayorH ( tbo being already nce she wa, 1 that witness would see tbe nurse at nurriedly, The girl came down stairs again Wer c »n bed ..I i * here was no one there, that the boys rushed upstaiV, he room smelt of brandy. Witness atb dark ° ,Uld Rossie up in bed; the room* ai Nanny (the «„ “r ta, ns not being drawn back. Rossie that Brneie’s and Brucie were very sick. yp be continue………..
Northampton Mercury – Saturday 20 May 1871
