Diss Family History Group

THE SUFFOLK MURDER MYSTERY.

The funeral of Rose Harsent, the domestic servant, who was mysteriously murdered in the kitchen of her master’s house at Peasenhall, Suffolk, took place yesterday, the whole village being in mourning. Earlier in the day William Gardiner, a carpenter, of Peasenhall, who is accused of murdering her, was brought before the Saxmundham magistrates. The courthouse was crowded by the general public, who manifested keen interest in the proceedings. The prisoner, who was neatly dressed in a jacket of blue serge and tweed trousers, seemed to feel acutely the gravity of his position. The proceedings were purely formal, the police stating that they were not at present prepared to go on with the case, as it had been placed in the hands of the Public Prosecutor. The prisoner was remanded for a week.