Bloody news from Devonshire being a true though lamentable relation of four barbarous and horrid murders, committed by an inhuman father upon the bodies of his son and three daughters, at a village near Combe in the county of Devon, on the 30th of March, 1694 ... : also, the deplorable condition his wife is in, whom he pursued with an intent to murder : together with his confession before a justice of peace, and commitment to Exon jayl / as it was communicated by a letter from an eminent dealer in Combe, to a worthy citizen in London.

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Bloody news from Devonshire being a true though lamentable relation of four barbarous and horrid murders, committed by an inhuman father upon the bodies of his son and three daughters, at a village near Combe in the county of Devon, on the 30th of March, 1694 ... : also, the deplorable condition his wife is in, whom he pursued with an intent to murder : together with his confession before a justice of peace, and commitment to Exon jayl / as it was communicated by a letter from an eminent dealer in Combe, to a worthy citizen in London.

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London :: Printed, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor ...,

1694.

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Murder -- England -- Devonshire.

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• Bloody News from Devonshire: Being a True though Lamentable Relation of Four Barbarous and Horrid Murders, commit∣ted by an Inhuman Father upon the Bodies of his Son and Three Daughters, at a Village near Combe in the County of Devon, on the 30th. of March, 1694. by beating out their Brains with a Mattock, whilst they were on their knees beg∣ing for their Lives; And how afterward thro' Remorse and Reluctancy of Mind, he attempted to Hang himself, but was prevented by the time∣ly coming in of some Neighbours: Also the de∣plorable Condition his Wife is in, whom he pur∣sued with an intent to Murder. Together with his Confession before a Justice of Peace, and Com∣mitment to Exon Jayl, as it was Communicated by a Letter from an Eminent Dealer in Combe, to a Worthy Citizen in London.
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