MRS DONATTY.
The remains of this unfortunate woman Were interred in St. Andrew’s Church-yard, Holborn, on Monday morning. At nine o’clock , two mutes were placed at the door the house in Robert street; and in consequence a considerable crowd was attracted the spot. Among those who were present and who accompanied the corpse to its last home, were David Donatty, the elder brother to Michael; David Donatty, the younger, the toll-keeper in Fleet-street; Mr. Field, the Solicitor of Clifford’s Inn, the trustee under Michael’s will; a Mrs. Tomkins, who claimed to be sister the deceased, her daughter, and a person of the name of Harvey, friend of the deceased. Previous the coffin’s being screwed down, the lid was removed, and all the parties above-mentioned approached the body. David, the younger, came first, and touched the face and hands. Mrs. Tomkins followed, and then David the elder, came forward from the door, where he had been in conversation. He also touched the face, saying, I have no objection to touch the poor creature, for I never did her any harm. His countenance did not betray any particular agitation. The girl, Mary Young, who had lived with the deceased at the time of her murder, was placed by the side of the coffin, but she was perfectly unmoved. The countenance of the deceased was perfectly placid. There was the mark of a severe contusion on her right cheek, as if produced by a violent blow, and there was a small scar on the knuckle of the fore finger of the right hand, occasioned, no doubt, by her resistance to the murderer’s intention. A gentleman who was present, and who was one of those who first entered the house with the watchman and patrole, said, that when he first saw the body, it looked to him as if the head had been held on the ground in the same position as a butcher would hold a sheep while killing it, and the character of the wound confirmed this supposition. On a further inspection of the premises on Monday morning, it was evident from the window on the first landing-place being open when the murder was discovered, and there being a scrape down the bricks on the outside, that the inhuman perpetrator escaped that way, and not through the back door as was at first believed. Mr. Taylor, the vestry clerk, was present and took an active part in examining every thing calculated to throw light on the subject. At ten o’clock the procession moved off. It consisted of a hearse and pair, and a single mourning-coach. It was followed by an immense crowd to the church.
(Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Friday 22 March 1822)
The remains of this unfortunate woman Were interred in St. Andrew’s Church-yard, Holborn, on Monday morning. At nine o’clock , two mutes were placed at the door the house in Robert street; and in consequence a considerable crowd was attracted the spot. Among those who were present and who accompanied the corpse to its last home, were David Donatty, the elder brother to Michael; David Donatty, the younger, the toll-keeper in Fleet-street; Mr. Field, the Solicitor of Clifford’s Inn, the trustee under Michael’s will; a Mrs. Tomkins, who claimed to be sister the deceased, her daughter, and a person of the name of Harvey, friend of the deceased. Previous the coffin’s being screwed down, the lid was removed, and all the parties above-mentioned approached the body. David, the younger, came first, and touched the face and hands. Mrs. Tomkins followed, and then David the elder, came forward from the door, where he had been in conversation. He also touched the face, saying, I have no objection to touch the poor creature, for I never did her any harm. His countenance did not betray any particular agitation. The girl, Mary Young, who had lived with the deceased at the time of her murder, was placed by the side of the coffin, but she was perfectly unmoved. The countenance of the deceased was perfectly placid. There was the mark of a severe contusion on her right cheek, as if produced by a violent blow, and there was a small scar on the knuckle of the fore finger of the right hand, occasioned, no doubt, by her resistance to the murderer’s intention. A gentleman who was present, and who was one of those who first entered the house with the watchman and patrole, said, that when he first saw the body, it looked to him as if the head had been held on the ground in the same position as a butcher would hold a sheep while killing it, and the character of the wound confirmed this supposition. On a further inspection of the premises on Monday morning, it was evident from the window on the first landing-place being open when the murder was discovered, and there being a scrape down the bricks on the outside, that the inhuman perpetrator escaped that way, and not through the back door as was at first believed. Mr. Taylor, the vestry clerk, was present and took an active part in examining every thing calculated to throw light on the subject. At ten o’clock the procession moved off. It consisted of a hearse and pair, and a single mourning-coach. It was followed by an immense crowd to the church.
(Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Friday 22 March 1822)
MRS DONATTY.
The remains of this unfortunate woman Were interred in St. Andrew’s Church-yard, Holborn, on Monday morning. At nine o’clock , two mutes were placed at the door the house in Robert street; and in consequence a considerable crowd was attracted the spot. Among those who were present and who accompanied the corpse to its last home, were David Donatty, the elder brother to Michael; David Donatty, the younger, the toll-keeper in Fleet-street; Mr. Field, the Solicitor of Clifford’s Inn, the trustee under Michael’s will; a Mrs. Tomkins, who claimed to be sister the deceased, her daughter, and a person of the name of Harvey, friend of the deceased. Previous the coffin’s being screwed down, the lid was removed, and all the parties above-mentioned approached the body. David, the younger, came first, and touched the face and hands. Mrs. Tomkins followed, and then David the elder, came forward from the door, where he had been in conversation. He also touched the face, saying, I have no objection to touch the poor creature, for I never did her any harm. His countenance did not betray any particular agitation. The girl, Mary Young, who had lived with the deceased at the time of her murder, was placed by the side of the coffin, but she was perfectly unmoved. The countenance of the deceased was perfectly placid. There was the mark of a severe contusion on her right cheek, as if produced by a violent blow, and there was a small scar on the knuckle of the fore finger of the right hand, occasioned, no doubt, by her resistance to the murderer’s intention. A gentleman who was present, and who was one of those who first entered the house with the watchman and patrole, said, that when he first saw the body, it looked to him as if the head had been held on the ground in the same position as a butcher would hold a sheep while killing it, and the character of the wound confirmed this supposition. On a further inspection of the premises on Monday morning, it was evident from the window on the first landing-place being open when the murder was discovered, and there being a scrape down the bricks on the outside, that the inhuman perpetrator escaped that way, and not through the back door as was at first believed. Mr. Taylor, the vestry clerk, was present and took an active part in examining every thing calculated to throw light on the subject. At ten o’clock the procession moved off. It consisted of a hearse and pair, and a single mourning-coach. It was followed by an immense crowd to the church.
(Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Friday 22 March 1822)
The remains of this unfortunate woman Were interred in St. Andrew’s Church-yard, Holborn, on Monday morning. At nine o’clock , two mutes were placed at the door the house in Robert street; and in consequence a considerable crowd was attracted the spot. Among those who were present and who accompanied the corpse to its last home, were David Donatty, the elder brother to Michael; David Donatty, the younger, the toll-keeper in Fleet-street; Mr. Field, the Solicitor of Clifford’s Inn, the trustee under Michael’s will; a Mrs. Tomkins, who claimed to be sister the deceased, her daughter, and a person of the name of Harvey, friend of the deceased. Previous the coffin’s being screwed down, the lid was removed, and all the parties above-mentioned approached the body. David, the younger, came first, and touched the face and hands. Mrs. Tomkins followed, and then David the elder, came forward from the door, where he had been in conversation. He also touched the face, saying, I have no objection to touch the poor creature, for I never did her any harm. His countenance did not betray any particular agitation. The girl, Mary Young, who had lived with the deceased at the time of her murder, was placed by the side of the coffin, but she was perfectly unmoved. The countenance of the deceased was perfectly placid. There was the mark of a severe contusion on her right cheek, as if produced by a violent blow, and there was a small scar on the knuckle of the fore finger of the right hand, occasioned, no doubt, by her resistance to the murderer’s intention. A gentleman who was present, and who was one of those who first entered the house with the watchman and patrole, said, that when he first saw the body, it looked to him as if the head had been held on the ground in the same position as a butcher would hold a sheep while killing it, and the character of the wound confirmed this supposition. On a further inspection of the premises on Monday morning, it was evident from the window on the first landing-place being open when the murder was discovered, and there being a scrape down the bricks on the outside, that the inhuman perpetrator escaped that way, and not through the back door as was at first believed. Mr. Taylor, the vestry clerk, was present and took an active part in examining every thing calculated to throw light on the subject. At ten o’clock the procession moved off. It consisted of a hearse and pair, and a single mourning-coach. It was followed by an immense crowd to the church.
(Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Friday 22 March 1822)
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