Eliza Askin was brutally murdered by John Simpson in her mother's cottage at Ballyfrenis around midday on the 3rd of June 1875. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had been paying court to Eliza but when she ultimately did not wish to go forward with the marriage he killed her in a rage.
"On Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, a hearse arrived at Ballyfrenis, and at that hour the funeral procession set out for Templepatrick, between Millisle and Donaghadee, where there is a small but ancient and very romantic looking graveyard, situated on the immediate borders of the Belfast Lough, between the highroad and the sea. At comparatively early hour in the morning, and long before the time appointed for the "lifting of the corpse," large crowds had assembled in the vicinity Mrs. Kelly's house. The people came from Millisle, Carrowdore, Donaghadee, Greyabbey, Newtownards, and Ballywalter, the number of fully six hundred, most of them being attracted by motives of curiosity. The Rev. James Kennedy Elliott, A. B., of Carrowdore officiated at the grave. Eliza Askin was a member of his congregation." [Belfast Telegraph - Monday 07 June 1875, p.3]
"On Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, a hearse arrived at Ballyfrenis, and at that hour the funeral procession set out for Templepatrick, between Millisle and Donaghadee, where there is a small but ancient and very romantic looking graveyard, situated on the immediate borders of the Belfast Lough, between the highroad and the sea. At comparatively early hour in the morning, and long before the time appointed for the "lifting of the corpse," large crowds had assembled in the vicinity Mrs. Kelly's house. The people came from Millisle, Carrowdore, Donaghadee, Greyabbey, Newtownards, and Ballywalter, the number of fully six hundred, most of them being attracted by motives of curiosity. The Rev. James Kennedy Elliott, A. B., of Carrowdore officiated at the grave. Eliza Askin was a member of his congregation." [Belfast Telegraph - Monday 07 June 1875, p.3]
Eliza Askin was brutally murdered by John Simpson in her mother's cottage at Ballyfrenis around midday on the 3rd of June 1875. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had been paying court to Eliza but when she ultimately did not wish to go forward with the marriage he killed her in a rage.
"On Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, a hearse arrived at Ballyfrenis, and at that hour the funeral procession set out for Templepatrick, between Millisle and Donaghadee, where there is a small but ancient and very romantic looking graveyard, situated on the immediate borders of the Belfast Lough, between the highroad and the sea. At comparatively early hour in the morning, and long before the time appointed for the "lifting of the corpse," large crowds had assembled in the vicinity Mrs. Kelly's house. The people came from Millisle, Carrowdore, Donaghadee, Greyabbey, Newtownards, and Ballywalter, the number of fully six hundred, most of them being attracted by motives of curiosity. The Rev. James Kennedy Elliott, A. B., of Carrowdore officiated at the grave. Eliza Askin was a member of his congregation." [Belfast Telegraph - Monday 07 June 1875, p.3]
"On Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, a hearse arrived at Ballyfrenis, and at that hour the funeral procession set out for Templepatrick, between Millisle and Donaghadee, where there is a small but ancient and very romantic looking graveyard, situated on the immediate borders of the Belfast Lough, between the highroad and the sea. At comparatively early hour in the morning, and long before the time appointed for the "lifting of the corpse," large crowds had assembled in the vicinity Mrs. Kelly's house. The people came from Millisle, Carrowdore, Donaghadee, Greyabbey, Newtownards, and Ballywalter, the number of fully six hundred, most of them being attracted by motives of curiosity. The Rev. James Kennedy Elliott, A. B., of Carrowdore officiated at the grave. Eliza Askin was a member of his congregation." [Belfast Telegraph - Monday 07 June 1875, p.3]
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