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Leader (1850-1860), 9th August 1851, Edition Town of 2, Page 749, Untitled Article

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      j have given her four inches more of it , and he hoped he had finished her and she would die . The poor girl survived but a very few hours . The point of the stiletto had entered the cavity of the stomach to the I extent of four or five inches , dividing all the vital parts . . . On Monday , John Miekleburgh underwent an examination at the Townhall , before the Reverend T . I T . OO Kfon s ) Tt ntt * 4 a ¦ ft » 11 lian g >\\ n 4 ? . « ~< Ti . . j _ . i I ^ * iv cwju juii 1 / cjhil

      HOERIBLE MURDER . A deliberate and revolting murder has been perpetrated near Eye . The perpetrator of the atrocious deed is a farmer named John Miekleburgh , who j occupies about fifty acres of land in his own right in the neighbourhood of Thraudeston , a scattered village , 1 and parish in the Hartismere Hundred , three miles I and a half north-west of Eye , He is a married tnree tne eldest ol

      _ n . y " < -u «* . ^ ui 4 » gi » usies , on tne charge of murder . He was wretchedly dejected , and fainted during the course of the proceedings . The principal witnesses examined were the young [ man William Boatman , Mr . and Mrs . French , and some other persons ; but the only additional fact that J came out in their statements was , that Miekleburgh went into one of the outhouses after he had first entered the room of the nublichouse and had spp ™

      man ana nas ennaren , whom , a girl , is fourteen years of age . The unhappy creature who perished was a single woman named Mary Baker , who for two years and a half had been in the service of Mickleburgh , as a general domestic servant . Although he was married , and his wife and family lived with him under the same roof , it was evident tha ^ he had formed a strong attachment for the girl ,

      Mary Baker , and deliberately opened the knife . As before observed , he returned to the apartment , and plunged it into the unfortunate girl . The shawl , gown , and stays which she wore at the time were produced , and they bore holes in them corresponding i in size with the blade of the knife . I William Sayer , a licensed hawker , proved selling ] the knife to TVTir . lclphiiverVi kctmasn „ : « , , ~_ j _ . I i

      ana representations it would seem that an improper intimacy had existed between them . The j girl , however , was generally considered a well conducted person , and nothing was ever seen up to the j period of the tragical affair that would tend to show j that she gave him any encouragement . On Thursday J week , a large cattle-fair , with shows and booths , was I held in the village , and Mary Baker obtained permission from her mistress to attend it , it being a I oi oujuijig uumeBLiuB iu

      o clock on the evening of the murder . He believed [ he was sober at the time . Mr . Miller , surgeon of Eye , stated that he had made a post mortem examination of Mary Baker . He found a punctured wound about half an inch long , and j between four and five inches in depth , at the lower part of the the left side of the chest , between the eighth and ninth ribs . It passed into the spleen , and into the mesentprv Tt r . onoo / 1 A ^ n * -u

      gtuci uiuxuaj' me iiiai pare 01 the country . She first visited her sister , a married woman named French , who , in the course of the afternoon , accompanied her to the fair . A young man I named Boatman joined them , and was considered to be the deceased ' s sweetheart . Mickleburgh having learned where she had gone , also visited the fair . He found her and followed her about , and seemed incensed

      L ,, ? f » a police-officer , stationed at Men- I dlesham , deposed that he was at the fair . About eight o clocic in the evening he was informed that a I young woman had been stabbed . Went to Barrett ' s house , and found Mickleburgh seated by the side of John French . He told him that he was charged with S ^ . _ u arLSak ^ took , ™ ^ to custody . ^^ ! Mtu

      jngmy at ner talking with , the young man Boatman . Wishing , however , to conceal his feeling from Boatman , he invited him with the deceased into a booth , kept by a person named Eastaugh , where he treated them to brandy and water and wine ; while there , the deceased ' s sister , Mrs . French , and ' I

      . cumg , u , jcou may take me and do what you like with me . I have done what I intended to do , and I hope I have done it effectually ; had mv arm been a little stronger , I would , have given her w rv ( . - Ches more of iU I have always done what I liked with her since she has lived with me "

      her husband , with whom he was also acquainted , came in , and he called for more wine to treat them . He solicited the young man Boatman to drink more freely than he did , apparently with a view of rendering him intoxicated and so obtaining possession of the girl . Boatman , however , resisted his entreaties , and between six and seven o ' clock 5 £ * ® S ? . ™ . ™ P ™ y ^ ith the deceased . , ^ iuiv uutin

      JonnjiaJcer believed he was tipsy at the time . When «« if J ' 0 * S 0 ther officer ' came U P » MLckleburgh . said , "Ah ! Sillett , you may take me . " He repeated the wish about the strength of his arm , and said « I mean for revenge . " He stated that he went to a stall in the fair , and purchased the knife ; he gave 2 s . for it . He added , that he then went to Barrett ' s , and when I f he got into the house Mary Baker said , " Ah ! Master

      <~ ^ g , rmcKieourgn asked the deceased what time her mistress expected her homo . She replied , About half-past nine o ' clock ; " and , after they had gone , Mrs . French followed them , leaving j her husband drinking with Mickleburgh . Some time having elapsed , and French not coming home , his wife returned to the booth , where she waited until th ™

      u i u ' r miCKleour g 1 answered , "Ah , you shan ' t be long before you have this piece of steel . " He then i went into the back-house and opened the knife When it was open it was like a dagger . He also said , " If I have not killed her now , I hope she will die 11 she dont come to my proposals , I have got the best brace of pistols the world can nroduco . " TTn .-wT , ; ,,, t

      f . T ! , ! - Mickl « burgh then addressed her saying , lellMary ( meaning the deceased ) to get home by nine o clock . I will be in the meadow ( alluding to one adjacent to his farm ) just before nine , as I want to see her . " He appeared much exeitcd , and she understood that if the deceased girl did nqt meet him j lie would be revenired . He Darted AvirVi flw . m n ** ri

      S ? ° l \ Wednes ^ ay "ight before his wile went to Dibs , Mary slept with him . Mickleburgh ' s wifo came J to « ee him at the station-house about six o ' clock in the morning . Ife said to her , " Now you know all about it ; if you had died a year or two ago , this would not have occurred " John Baker searched him , and i found a large elaspknife . Mkilclohnrirh r » ni ; , i .. W-... knif 0 did ifc withifc

      went in another direction of the fair , while Mrs . j French and her husband proceeded to a public-house * kept by a man named Barrett , where the deceased and her sweetheart ( Boatman ) were regalin <» themhcIvos . Within a short time of Mickleburgh " partin- / With the Frennho < 4 Jic wont »* ?] , „ ,, f ,, ii „»¦ _ { i *

      I zxt !"* ; " ^ 5 l , im r ° ° ? fc losi » S . the bench fully committed lam for trial at the next assizes . The coroner ' s iurv came to a similar determination , and returns ! t verdict of " Wilful Murder . " turned a

      , in the fair and purchased n stiletto knife , with a blade I some four or five inches in length and protected by a spring back . In the course of the next , half-hour he United the house where the deceased was Thorp » » i oi irouc

      ? « . » . village K oin on , and all were enfnt " th . f William Boatman , I 1 ' Whoiu f h ! l ( » bocn keeping comnnnv . a . ul ™

      , Ih ( " l ? u , ' T T CHin ° "'* ly ' U (> r ( li ( 1 l » J »«« 'rve anyi « mnU . li !? 1 ! nailI r Jrlooxci l . | lla " - ¦«« ^ -tth , ! room will ,,,,,,. y . *' llul "itiirnoel in about two minutes , and »» t f < ti t J !\ T ljlr " klult ! 1 Ml ° Ir | y "" i * - * - J * i « i ' Now m " ntl 1 h <> < iiow tlu - kui < t ! <) llt . wli « m he said , in i .: ' , > 1 < lry . you have it now . ' I saw t ! 1 ( . lc »; iv .

      I «>« tiitu I " , " u W ! lH » "t'n « b y my Hide all I " y- 'K'lf ii , \ v , i r V 1 lll '<; t "" thing more tmtil [ found I » " ¦ ' » ' , , ; UirH " l 1 ) tJtI - l H »«« iiml y declare there has I l )||| 1 Kh " M Ii "I " ° 1 >« t hetween me and Mr . M ' iuklo-I Ilu' "i-nirr ... Hl ° ! . "" ' » " -rH 1 > I 1 H >» thn room ivimosHod I " () t tin . sli . r 'I ''"" . ll V wl "» "Nt' »» tlyH < 'i / . ed . Hooirorod I t ! ««» Uoi , ' f ; iNtl "( ' "" i ^ nor < lidh < , evince tlie luiwt I """' thatloi !!; ° jV ' M ! t ho htul «<»»»» "tt . « l . Ho I W ! lH that hi- , , i i rt : "Bo , and all h 0 regretted I l » w aim had not been stronger , as ho would

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      ¦ to the court . They , however , by no means mended appearances , as they were not put in livery , and each man , with a regard only to his individual taste , or to the copiousness of his wardrobe , chose to appear in that dress which he thought most fit , and thus the two paraded before the carriage , one in a black suit and the other in colours , in most melancholy dinginess , down Grey-street . "

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      f COMBINATIONS AMONG WORKMEN II T Vn AT -AMONG KMl'LOYEHS LlflCJAt , ! J ° AL Combinations amnmr w <»» . irrvw ,., +.. „ .-. _ .

      illegal ; but combing ^^ « ei to ^^ S a rise are perfectl y legal . A trial of . several w k men for « conspiracy " to raise their waRe ? J " h I took place on the 28 th ultimo , at « taff < , nl ^ lus 7 rutc . « tins unequal state of the law < ltlf )

      In I or illV ., ; . lV '""""' aeturer , « t Wolverlm ,,,,,-^ ySSES-l rj& ^^^ . ^ sds lu

      | < T ues . ^ nate . l a , » persons " hy « Mr ' iuii \ j ^^ : t ° ! - d ^ r «»» . ^ hi <' xiHten <;< , ofa , ' 1 ^ . . f »» t "wan , of the I w « -re none whaleve " ' "" thllt » ln i ( Uif ' th (; ™ "H « Wu . t « W he wo ,,, a soou kuow that . The tiaplate J

      I ff ^ -s ^^ i S ^ ^ ? cr h . thr r ^ to a manuscript book which had Ur ?" l ^ 8 a"entlon sideration . It had been sent to hf . ^ '? * ^ °° 2 forwarded to London , where L then St ? W left it behind . Rowland ,, who was theTecre ^ y S Jhe society of tmplate workers in Wolverhamntor ? -a u would send another book . They aid rt ^ ad lar w funds at command , raiseil at . riiffArcr * ^ Ji " / ^

      , they had power to array the operatives of the United Kingdom against any master they chose . He felt a little alarmed , and told them he would consider of it That terminated the meeting . From April to July " had several meetings with the delegates Peel and Green , who I appeared to be itinerating . " In the mean time , Mr . Perry had contrived to engage several workmen in his service by contracts ¦ and when Via TiarJ anhiavarl ty >! a Vi « oi <^ jn . i « x _ u ^\ '

      delegates he would have nothing more to do with them . " He alloAved no third parties to interfere in his business . " To this Peel courteously replied that he was « exceedingly sorry , " but things must take [ their course . He soon felt the effects of that course . Before the 24 th of July several men , not under any engagement , left the manufactory . Then suspicious-N j ctuuuLluu

      » *' 'i ' - * nuc accn . manuiactory , peeping round one corner of the street and the other , and " it appeared as though spies were continually watching . " " He could never go out but he saw somebody watching . " The result | was , that between July and December about fifty men altogether left his employ . He was almost " brought to a stand still , " could not "keep his japanners going , " and lost between £ 2000 and uiulcu 1

      ~ - ~ «*** . ** w ^ a XUUUC IUUI Ilieil WBTQ wanted , and in opposition the men'issued placards I stating that Perry paid his men from twenty to thirty per cent , under other masters . Such were the allegations of Mr . Perry . Under cross-examination he admitted that in 1825 he had altered his book of prices , and it had been agreed to . He generally asserted that he did not pay less than other masters , Uiat fl

      "au e was not aware of any dissatisfaction . One portion of his statement is too important to omit : — r " lf . as at a meeting of masters in the month of April , and did not propose they should enter into a bond ; never aid anvthinsr of the sort : nnrl novor ir , tOn , in , i ti « «« n « j

      the meeting at the Swan , and took the chair . It was for the purpose of talking with the other members of the trade Six houses attended . Mr . Walton and Messrs bhoolbred were there . He stated no views . He did not make any proposition , nor did any one else . He never proposed to discharge certain men . He spoke of Duf-[ held , and Mr . Walton said he was a very useful man He said he was a rough fellow , and if he were in his ' ( Jrerrv s ) emnlnv ho wnnlfl < lia ^ iiai- rr /» k ;« , rr « u £ ^ iiiowuui ^^ linn . XX \ Z

      I - ' J -- * -.. » . . > VLIIltt 4 swear he did not ask Mr . Walton to discharge him . He [ did not say it would be a very good thing if the manufacturers could agree as to whom they should discharge He knew Duffield had been in the same employment twenty-five years ; Woodnorth had , he believed , so been for twenty-nine years , but he could not recollect the time just now . Gaunt had been a trood number of vr « r «

      m the same employment , JJ 0 claimed protection from f the mayor for his men , himself , and his property . " A meeting of the men and their employer was called at the suggestion of the mayor , the delegates from the . National Association were present , and allowed to speak by the mayor under protest from Mr . Perrv Af trim > . ww , < :.,.. iv / r .. t > i .. _ _ "J " ^ „„ ., ... i ^ .,,. i aLl

      ( B , . x erry venernently obiected to the interference of the mayor , would not consent to the dispute being referred to the mayor and the two previous mayors , and behaved generally in a verv high-handed fashion . The meeting ended fruitlessly He further explained that he had called the meeting it

      mo a wan immediatel y on receipt of the letter beiore mentioned , from the National Association At that meeting the employers are represented as using the following phrase : . saiu

      « ... - "uuu M would not he dictated to . Mr I'carncombe said he would not be dictated to . Mr " I « -rry h brother said he would not bo dictated to , and Mr " I Perry would not he dictated to . " Moveml witnesses were examined to provo that secret meetings of workmen were called » t which subscriptions were collected , and that men were sent away to various parts of the kingdom » .., l u ... » . i : ' .. i

      with , noney by unknown a-ent * . Some WxuLhv . h hw ( „» they had been made drunk and spirited away to distant parts oi tho country l , eforo tliey knew what they were d « m One witness only . spoky to u threat I uvin been used to bun , and that threat wan merely that it would be worse for him if he did not g «> ; ivvay . la Humming up Mr . TiiHtiee Erie said : — "Nothing coul . ll ,,. „ , <„ ( ' . rlculycnUMiHhc . l tlntn llmt wt

      ™ ( ( n > ™ . ' '" HMty , whilo frr ,. froin vn ai > em , mH , i . o enrer or not . into employment u » H . cy plcaHf . l , and liiid . i ngut to a rco uiiiouk IhomsclvcH to Miiy , ' V ^ will not go into any employment iuiIchh we . getCci ( uiu wu ^ vh . ' ( 'mi woikiiiiiii , jx'cfectly frvu from < 'H a !<< -mci . t « , mi ^ ht »<» y , 1 will not go into f > mploy uiiIcksj I huvc n certain rate of wiitfCH ; ' or all mu-. h wo . kux-u nn >/ a » grc « - that , an al > l «; bodicd workmen , thry would not take employ-I "lent unless tlio employer gave a oerfniu nit "; t'nf it would be lno . st duiigerouH if lli' y were to extend that doctrine to that which wan charged i" tli ik * iuilicl uunt , or if they were to tuippoHo that workmen who thought that , a certain rate of wagen wna not su / licient had aright

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      A ug . 9 , 1 « 5 L ] & ' %$ ^ Ltahet .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1851, page 749, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1895/page/9/