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go again, as he had not killed him ; 

 she said he must kill him. Then 

 he went again and struck hinn in 

 the dark three or four times, with 

 the axe; he thinks he only hit him 

 once with the head of it, and then 

 he ran out of tiie parlour. His 

 mistress met him in the house- 

 place, and opaning a sheath, took 

 out a razor, which she put into his 

 hand, saying he must go and kill 

 him out: he must cut his throat. 

 He refused, but she gave him a bit 

 of a push, and said he roust go. 

 She then went first, and he fal- 

 lowed her with the razor in his 

 hand. She flung the out-door of 

 the house open, and then went 

 into the room where the ser- 

 vant-girl slept, and shut the 

 door after her, and he (Lomas) 

 went into the parlour. His 

 master was coming off the bed 

 backwards, and he touched him, 

 on which his master rose up, and 

 catched at him by the breast, and 

 by his riglit hand that he had the 

 razor in. He (Lomas) sprung out 

 of his arms, and then laid hold of 

 liim by the head, as he was upon 

 his knees, and cut his throat twice. 

 He loosed him and ran, and his 

 master fell to the floor, and he 

 went up stairs and got into bed. 

 After a while, the servant girl, 

 Hannah Evans, came up to him to 

 shout him up. She came and 

 shook him, and he desired her to 

 go down stairs again, and to leave 

 the candle. He had the bloody 

 shirt on, and he did not put his 

 arm out of bed; he was afraid of 

 her seeing it. He then got up, 

 and put his coat on ever his bloody 

 shirt. He dried his bloody Lands 

 upon his waistcoat : he also 

 put his smock-frock on, and went 

 down stairs. When he came 



down stairs, the servant-girl said, 

 somebody had murdered her mas- 

 ter, and he was desired to go in 

 and see if he was dead. He went 

 to the parlour door and just 

 peeped in, and said he thought 

 he was. 



Leeds, 13. — The following ac- 

 count of the affair at Mr. Cart- 

 wright's mill, at Ilawfolds, between 

 Cleckheaton and Littletown, may 

 be depended upon as correct: — 



About 20 or 30 minutes after 

 twelve o'clock on Saturday night, 

 this gig-mill was attacked by the 

 Luddites, or Snappers; and the win- 

 dows and door of the mill were 

 assailed by a furious mob, who 

 commenced their attack by the 

 firing of arms and the beating of 

 hammers and hatchets. The guard 

 in the mill instantly repelled the 

 assault by a steady, firm, and well- 

 directed discharge of musketry 

 from within. A regular engage- 

 ment succeeded, which continued 

 from 15 to 20 minutes, during 

 which time, not fewer than 140 

 shot were discharged from within. 

 The assailants were foiled in their 

 attempt to force the windows or 

 doors, and did no other damage 

 than break the glass windows of 

 the mill. The deluded mob did 

 not escape unhurt. Two of the 

 unhappy men were left wounded 

 upon the spot, and there is great 

 reason to believe that several more 

 received the contents of the de- 

 fenders' muskets, as traces of blood 

 have been observed. The two 

 wounded men were put under the 

 care of surgeons as soon as could 

 be done ; one of them, John Booth, 

 a tinner's apprentice, at Hudders- 

 field, died after having his leg 

 amputated. Samuel Hartley, a 

 cropper, of Huddersfield, who 



worked 



