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Show TRAGEDIES ON TOMBSTONES. English Churchyards and Their Deeply Graven Accusations of Murder. In the churchyards of Britain several tombstones exist with the accusations of murder deeply engraved upon them. A Btone over the grave of three children in Merriugton (Durham) churchyard bears the following inscription: Sleeping we were slain, Aud here we sleep till we most rise again. In Sandridge churchyard, Surrey, od the tombstone of a custom house officer who was shot in an encounter with smugglers is the following: Thou'&halt do no murder, nor &halt thou steal Are the commands Jehovah did reveal. But thou, O wretch, without fear or dread Of thy tremeudous Maker, shot me dead. On a stone in Cadoxton churchyard, Glamorganshire, is inscribed the most fearful accusation of murder td fee found on any tomb in Great Britain: !,TO RECORD MURDER. ' "This stone was erected over the body of Margaret Williams, aged 26, living in service in this parish, who was found dead with marks of violence upon her in a ditch on a marsh below this church yard on the morning of Sunday, the 14th July, 1822. "Although the savage murderer es caped for a season the detection ot man, yet God hath set his mark npon him either for time or eternity, and the cry of blood will assuredly pursue him to certain and terrible but righteous judgment" A tombstone 6tood in Dulverton churchyard a few years ago on which was inscribed: Poisoned by the doctor, neglectd by the nurse. The brother robbed the widow, which made the mat er worse. An accuf ttion of murder appears on the tomb of Edwin, the Irish comedian, who was buried in St Werburgh's churchyard Dublin, and also on tomba to be found in Acton churchyard, Gloucestershire; Glou-cestershire; Hoo, near Rochester; Little Btukeley, and Mytton, near Clitheroa Lancashire. London Tit-Bits. |