Dog digs up possible link to notorious 19th-century Devon murder case
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A man in Clyst Honiton, Devon, believes his dog unearthed a potential piece of evidence linked to the 1865 murder of William Ashford by his wife, Mary Ann Ashford. The dog, Stanley, discovered a blue glass bottle labeled "Not to be taken" in the garden of Paul Phillips. Phillips researched the murder and found the Ashfords may have lived next door to his property. Mary Ann Ashford was convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic and hanged in Exeter. Phillips believes the bottle could be connected to the crime, as the couple lived nearby and such bottles were used for poison in the mid-19th century. He also found reports that Mary Ann Ashford had been having an affair and was accused of plotting to kill her husband for his inheritance.
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AI-ExtractedPaul Phillips' labrador, Stanley, recovered a blue glass bottle with the words “Not to be taken” written on the side.
Mary Ann Ashford was reportedly hanged in Exeter in 1865 for the murder by poisoning of her husband, William Ashford.
Mary Ann Ashford's trial is said to have taken place at Devon Lent Assizes on the 16 March 1866.
Phillips believes the bottle could be related to the Mary Ann Ashford murder case.
Phillips believes that he lives next door to the property resided by William and Mary Ann Ashford in 1865.
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