Brutal murder in Gloucestershire hamlet of Morton near Thornbury 1887
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brutal murder in Gloucestershire hamlet of Morton near Thornbury 1887 Image by href =”http://www.flickr.com/photos/20654194@N07/5089826312″> brizzle born and grew up Richard Rugman puzzles It seems that Gloucestershire a “particularly dangerous place to live in the 1880s, when” local newspapers was to be believed. Under “brutal murder near Thornbury,” he announced that the county already been “committing awareness of another murder equal audacity and brutality almost beyond one or two more attacks that took place in the last 18 months.” This particular crime found in a small hamlet called Morton and the victim was a man of 80, under the name Richard Rugman. Her governess, Miss Eliza Smith, who was 76, was beaten within an inch of its life.The day in April 1887 just before the Easter weekend, was the usual kind of Thursday with a neighbor, Mrs. Brown, who for the end of the afternoon a chat, so about 6 hours to come home. Another neighbor, James French, called shortly after and remained talking with them until shortly after 07 heures.M. Was Rugman in his usual place sit the kitchen fire, and Miss Smith was on a settle sitting nearby when she heard the latch of the kitchen door click and a man came into the room, hanging over Mr. Rugman and his sophisticated hand over 5 pounds. Miss Smith said at this point by saying: “My good man, we have no money you have, we can not afford” to tell the husband of Miss Smith later than total strangers. They were very aggressive and started attacking Mr. Rugman his words with a big stick, he turned to her and suggested ainsi.L attack seemed less hectic and the elderly couple were left lying the ground, where they remained in an unconscious state until Next morning, when Miss Smith has taken enough strength to crawl out the front door and into the garden, where they discovered a little after nine clock was George Trayburn, dealer Thornbury called them control over viande.Avec with a man called the Horsman working nearby take Trayburn successfully completed disfigured woman in the house where Mr. Rugman found lying on the floor, was head under the deal, still unconscious and had lost a lot of blood. Someone went a doctor, the police and everything was done to help the poor Mr. Rugman, but the prospect of survival do not look good hope that his injuries were appalling. There were five or six long head injuries and a terrible cut over his left eye and his whole face was covered with bruises. His arm, with which he had tried to protect her head was broken above the wrist. ‘S hat, which he always wore, was completely smashed, the blows that broke during the crown and the front part of the wing were curious cleanly cut away what police to wonder if the crescent found in front of the house used in the attack been but a heavy stick around clearly had the most coups.Eliza Smith addressed also lucky to survive. It had the force directed to the left side of his body and his face was almost unrecognizable closed with the right black eye and beaten butter and a wound on the top of his head. In the room were traces of blood on the body of the clock has bellows and fireplace.The terrible incident shocked the local population base. Rugman and Eliza had always lived in the area and saw everything for miles around. many years ago, they were both servants, but had decided to improve their lot and two of them had set aside a portion of their salary every week until it almost 40 years Rugman had rented a small farm, Eliza that his savings in the adventure as well. Over time, both want to have all survivant.Après have 29 years to leave the company and they decided to remove as Rugman had bought a few years ago, chalets, while still remaining in service, and a man named George Ball took over the farm . Apparently Richard Rugman was a gay and popular man and was loved by all the children of the neighborhood always ran to greet him, when he had passed through many chronic rheumatism prevents a lot lately and he could only walk with the help of crutches. He had family living in the neighborhood, three brothers and one sister, one 90 years.After attack was made a bed for him in the kitchen and he was able to accommodate the many people who came to see including a niece who lived close enough to recognize. It muttered several times, I’m very good, I’m going to die “and would faint On Saturday afternoon, an old friend of his, named Howell, was by his bed when he suddenly said.” William was a man came and hit me with a stick? I think I wanted. His friend tried to determine the attacker but as Rugman, who was a little deaf, could not be answered and soon lost consciousness, saw them again. He eventually died mardi.La police had is very difficult to recover any type of event. Accounts were confused and not Rugman Eliza Smith was able to give a clear picture of the events due to the severity of their injuries. Flight was the reason évident.Richard Rugman, the Bank was in Thornbury on that day and it was in the neighborhood, which had stressed convenient for his age in the ans.Toutefois, this kind of knowledge provided known someone in the neighborhood with the company and the habits of Rugman and no evidence supports this theory supported. The best memory of Eliza had been the only intruder in the house for about 10 minutes and she did not think he went upstairs to his bedroom, where £ 15 was in sight on the left side a table.Ni reminded the search bags Rugman although they were found vides.On thought the man, frightened by its own force, fled the scene empty-handed. On Sunday the word Sergeant Eyles reached man had left the city with two others, and the sleeves of his shirt was stained sang.Prendre a case and accompanied by gendarmes Hemmings and Pledger, he went in pursuit and caught the Berkeley group. Man, when landed, seemed excited, perhaps understandable if his shirt and examined the notes turned out to be red. He was a painter by profession, and said he had Bristol night précédente.La belief that the attacker was a man from the region accelerated the left. It was assumed that a stranger would not know that anyone but the most humble cottagers can live in housing Rugman, because there were no outward signs that wealth and inevitably aroused suspicion and give the show some people in the community and fingers. In last week Richard Rugman was dead and that the police were no closer to solving the crime. Eliza Smith was made to take the broken investigation, wrapped in blankets and seemed to be extremely low, but was able to answer questions put to him in an intelligible way. It was from the coroner, Dr. EM Grace (brother of the famous WG Grace), who asked her if she would testify warned. She replied: “I have not and I do not know who has done” After taking the oath, they gave an account Thursday and visits mentioned Ms. Brown and Mr. French .. She said she heard someone at the door 8:00 to 9:00 and Rugman as they sat opposite each other on fire. She rose from her chair to meet the strike, but before she could reach the door opened and a man inside and shut behind him. She could not see his face, he turned his back and walked around the block and stood before demanding Rugman £ 5. she realized he had a stick in his hand, but not really the hit Rugman because, she says, “was so scared. then turned on her and began to deal the same way. At this point, she thought she had to to go outside. everything they could remember this man that he was tall and wore a black cloak. When she regained consciousness, she found Rugman on the floor and tried to lift her, but without success. they spent the night in the kitchen and remembers little of these hours, and was not sure if it renew the fire, although it points out that it does not go in his room and let Rugman on your own. Due to his disability, he always slept in the kitchen. reminded you to leave the house in the morning, but that time, his face was so swollen she could barely see. Exit remembered the birds and falling out and she thought someone was performed boucher.Elle acknowledged that it is usually kept locked and could not imagine why they did not this occasion.Interrogé on the murder weapon, she doubted that she would recognize him done, although they still a white cane with a noticed some “crust” is unstuck in the hand of man, when he entered the chambre.On told him he was the one who was in the garden of the house and picked up by the intruder from entering the house. Susan Brown, who had previously visited the couple on the fateful Thursday was then interviewed said they had Eliza asked occasionally if Rugman and never quarreled or other attacked and remember Eliza say at the time of the attack, “they were on good terms, as they were at any time in their lives and those thoughts came into their heads. “Apparently Ms. Brown helped Eliza after the incident, to fetch water for them because they are too weak to make it or pour it into the bucket was good. did not want to believe that Rugman and Eliza never combattu.Pendant time a suspect, Francis Frederick Ponting had been arrested and the murder of Rugman after he made a statement of his involvement fault, but it turned out that it was a waste of time and far from the crime scene on the night in question. A week later, the survey was repeated and Dr. Taylor, who examined the couple was called after the attack and resistance testing. was asked how he thought the injuries were produced Eliza and gave his opinion on its head, the collarbone, neck and shoulders were caused by a blunt instrument, “as the stick occurred. Then he asked if he thought one of them might been caused by a fall, and he said that the horizontal head injury was most likely caused by a fall, but the scope of the collarbone he thought supported by directe.Il violence then asked as to speculate Eliza was so excited about the deceased with a crutch struck while sitting in front of him into the fire, and the doctor admitted that it was possible, adding: “. I would not say it’s impossible,” He was then asked about the mental state of Eliza and said he believed that his memory is affected by the strikes and said, “I should not put any importance on the statements that has a view on what happened shortly after the blessures . surintendant Critchley, who had taken charge of the case, made a survey of the number of strokes suffered and Dr. Taylor thought at least six or seven years. He was then asked by a juror if he thought Eliza would an attack on Richard Rugman after suffering the injury have launched, and he said that he thought that she then asked coroner pouvait.Le the question: “Do you think that Richard may have Rugman inflicted wounds to her injuries before he received from Dr . Taylor said he thought he would be strong enough before it hurt?. If Eliza could have been the attack on Rugman before she was injured, the doctor. said: “I do not think she was a neighbor of Lower Morton Ada Howell was then called She described how she went to the house around 9:00 in the morning of Good Friday and found two Rugman and Eliza Smith lying on the floor and. George Trayburn là.Il told him he had done in Eliza and its place in a chair, but she fainted, hit the table and slid to the floor., you noticed that Eliza’s hands were covered with blood. Someone referred to the . fact that the soap was stained sang.Sergent Eyles then told his story to be called at home and listening to Eliza Smith’s account of the intruder in the room in which it was found, he said: There was a desk but no drawers were disturbed while the keys were in the upper part and he searched the room and found nothing disturbed. PC Hemming, who had been called to the scene, that it had found a bag containing 13 sovereigns and there were two half-sovereigns, a half-crown and sixpence in another bag. He named the deceased, he said, every day until the day of his death, but he never heard Rugman said something about a man who goes into the house and attack. between April 8 and the May 2 Eliza Smith said she had met some of his “accidents” that. outside the home. She said she remembered very well fall twice and injured shoulders and head and she remembered “a little run down her face Superintendent Critchley said that when he went into the house and saw Eliza Smith was the thick blood on the back of his right hand, and there were two or three gray hairs on elle.Le back of the left hand was stained with blood, but the palms seemed washed out and referred Sgt Eyles therefore He mentioned that Eliza said. . “Oh, I do not know” Apparently, she fell at the time and he does not call into question his good he received the information, it was clear that the intruder does not go into the room where the office was, or upwards. Coroner then summarized, noting that injuries apparently led to the death of Richard Rugman were not self-inflicted and they had reason, this guide for those who go home to two people, want to consider âgées.Il must be a reason – either theft or revenge, and if that were the case, it was likely they would have without carrying a weapon made with them, and it has already been established stick was used was the one who had been in the garden Rugman.Il , asked the jury considering the amount of food and see if it was possible a man to stand up and deliver hits like Eliza décrites.Ils must either accept his testimony or to ignore it completely. He stressed that Mr. Taylor had said Eliza had not the strength to manage the recordings, but she had to wonder if they make when he was on the floor, have. If the jury finds that an intruder had the hut and the crime listed, then the verdict must be premeditated murder, but if they Rugman and Eliza had argued decided then the load would be manslaughter because they are not ordinary as one that Eliza Smith with the stick would be able to kill Richard Rugman.La room at 8:45 was deleted so that the jury reached its decision and consider an hour later, they returned a “deliberate murder against a person or persons unknown.” So Eliza was given the benefit of the doubt. But what really happens is that lit the fire the night before Good Friday 1887 Kitchen? The old couple had a heated argument that led to such a vicious conclusion that one of them died? Eliza did concoct his story to cover the facts, or is it a passing stranger, perhaps someone who had kept an eye on the house and thought he would chance his luck, come on, his business and then an attack by frustration encounter resistance an elderly couple who refused to hand over their hard earned money some seductive Alas, after all these years, we will never know the truth.
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