The Maryport Advertiser March 31, 1882 The Workington Murder | The Workington Murder |
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| The Maryport Advertiser - March 31, 1882 | |
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Page 8 of 9 THE WORKINGTON MURDER MURDER ___ EXAMINATION OF HARRISON YESTERDAY. Part Eight. Continuing Jane SHANNON being deposed... There was nothing more that I can remember. CRANNIE was with us. I met her that night about seven o'clock, and told her Lucy was missing. She seemed surprised when i told her. I met CRANNIE and LAWSON in Pow-street that night at seven o'clock, and we went over to the North-side to see if we could see anything of Lucy. We neither saw or heard anything of Lucy. We went as far as the Brick row. We spoke to James CRAWFORD and Bobby CARRUTHERS and and told them our errand. After we came over again we went straight to "Cheap John's." HARRISON came in about five or ten minutes afterwards. LAWSON was there. I think I told HARRISON when he came in that we had been over to the North-side to see if we could see anything of Lucy. I asked him if he had seen her since she left the garden. As soon as HARRISON came into "Cheap John's" he came up and joined us. I think he spoke first. He asked what we were doing there, and asked me if I would go with him. The Clerk: You said before the Coroner that he was leaving the tent, and you said to CRANNIE, 'Let us go and tell him." Is what you have just said now untrue? Witness: Yes. The Clerk: Did you invent it? Witness: No. The Clerk: Why are you telling these untruths? Can you tell me? This is twice we have found you out. Are you prepared to speak the truth? Witness: Yes. The Chairman: What made you alter the statement? Witness: I could not think of it. Margaret CRANNIE asked him what he had done with Lucy SANDS as she hadn't been at home. He said he hadn't seen her since she left the garden. The Clerk: Did you tell the Coroner that? Witness: I don't know. After leaving the tent Maynard and I went down the street and turned into Vulcan's lane. Margaret CRANNIE left us at the top of Vulcan's-lane, and we went down the lonning leading to the Central Station. On coming down the street Margaret CRANNIE said it was a queer thing that he had got Lucy, and hARRISON said it was. I won't swear that we dropped the subject. The Clerk: What did you tell CRANNIE when you got back about Lucy? Would youlike to go out and think it over? Witness: Yes. The Clerk (to Inspector SMITH): take this girl out to think over what she said. Inspector SMITH then showed the witness to the garden. Mr. PAISLEY: The Bench ought to provide for her being alone. The Chairman: Yes. Margaret CRANNIE deposed: I live in Christian-street with my mother. Remember the night of the 1st December. It was on a Thursday. I went down Pow-street, and met Jane SHANNON between seven and eight o'clock, and then Lucy SANDS came up. Cannot remember anything that was said when Lucy came up. I think it was Lucy that proposed to go to the North-side. Cannot remember Mary LAWSON being there that night. We set off to go to the North-side, and saw Maynard HARRISON a little nearer Workington than his father's door. I think he was coming in the direction of Workington. After joining HARRISON a few yards this side of his father's house on the first of December, we stood a few minutes, and then went inside of the garden. I believe it was I who said, "Let us see your garden." We had a walk round the garden and when we came round to the garden door Lucy, Janey, and myself sat down on a seat. Do not remember HARRISON sitting down. Cannot say how long we sat on the seat. After we had sat a few minutes, Lucy got up, and Maynard HARRISON swung her round once. The Clerk: What will you swear? What else was said? Witness: I don't remember anything else that was said. We stopped in the field beside Bowling-green about a quarter of an hour. Nothing was said in the field about Lucy that I can remember. The Clerk: In that lane leading to Bowling-green had you any conversation about Lucy? Witness: I cannot remember. When we came out of the other end of the lane CRANNIE was not there. HARRISON left me at the gate and I went in to "Cheap John's" and saw CRANNIE. ~To be continued... |
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