Atrocious Murders in England.

Evening Star, Issue 8267, 12 July 1890, Page 4

Atrocious Murders in England.

A terrible murder was committed at Stockton-on-Tocs early on May 11, the murderer being c-iugiit red-handed, though not in time to anvo his victim'u life. The criminal l* a young man Darned Frederick Terry, ag<:d twenty.one, who, till a few weoka ago, was employed under his father, who is km manager at Croft, near Darlington. On the previous night Terry and a young woman named Sarah Merryweather •iook lodgings ia Stockton under the representation that they were man and wife. JVerry weather, whose parents live at Northallerton, had been in domestic uervice at Stockton until a few weeks ago. Early in the morning loud acrcamn from the room where the two had passed the night aroused the neighbors. A man named Lockwood rußhod into the apartment and found Terry slashing furiously at the girl's throat. Without waiting to investigate tho terrible affair, Lockwood dragged Merryweather from the room, locked the door on Jerry, aud ran with ail speed for the police. On returning with the oflicer it was found that Terry had made no attempt to escape. The young woman was dead. She had been slashed in a demoniacal manner, her throat, cheßt, breasts, cheeks, and the lower part of her face being scored with deep cuts. The room presented the appearance of a slaughter-house from the quantity of blood that had flowed from the victim's wounds. Terry was of course placed under arrest,

lint, he exhibits the coolest indifference with regard to hia awful crime. Karly on May 13 a brutal murder was oomivitted at Bradford, the viotim being a woman about thirty years of age, named Annie Harrison, residing in Lord street and her husband James Harrison, a man well known to the police, was the person who committed the deed. It appears that shortly after five o'clock Harrison went up to his wife'j bedroom, and without saying a word to her, dragged her out of bed and stabbed her witli a large carving knifo. He then seized her by the hair, and afterwards dragged her downstairs into the kitchen, beating in her skull with a poker. The horrible deed waa perpetrated in the presence of the murderer's three children. Home of the neighbors hearing their screams, broke into the house, but Mrs Harrison was then lying dead on the floor, and presented a fearful appearance. The murderer seemed perfectly indifferent to what had taken place, and when the police arrived on the scene he calmly gavo himself up. As he passed along the streets ho coolly bade his acquaintances good morning. It is stated that tho two people have led a very unhappy life, and that he has upon many occasions threatened to kill his wife. His reputation for violence was such that none of the neighbors dared to interfere. HarriJ son lias been employed as a dyer, but he j was discharged two months ago for drunkenj ness. Since then he has lived on his wife, j who, by working at a mill, has supported ! him and three little children. lie had got ! another place, and was to have resumed work the morning he committed the murder, J but seems to have taken umbrage when she j roused him, and when ho had dressed deI libemtely fetched a knife from downstairs, I and commenced liis terrible attack upon her.