Transcribed by Barb Baker. Geo. THE WHITEHAVEN GAZETTE & CUMBERLAND ADVERTISER, Monday, December 2, 1822 / MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY _________________________________________________________ MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY. On the 9th ult., THOMAS HAGUE was committed from the jail at Manchester, to Lancaster, on a charge of bigamy; but other circumstances of a mysterious nature have tended to make this person's case extremely awful. On the 4th ult., he being in custody for arrears of bastardy money, a charge of bigamy was preferred against him by a woman who stated herself to be his second wife. She was desired to prove his marriage with his first wife, and also that she was alive at the time of the second marriage; for which information she, together with her friends, proceeded to the neighbourhood of Chorley, where the first wife had lived, and discovered that, on the 26th of September, HAGUE had fetched her away, and that she had not since been heard of, though her friends supposed she was in Manchester, where her husband said he was taking her. The second wife, knowing that he had been living with her ever since that time, told the relatives of the first, who, being alarmed, went over to Manchester, and there learned that on the 28th of September, a woman was found drowned in the canal in Oldfield, Salford; that a large wound appeared on the back of her head; that no one was able to identify her at the Coroner's Inquest, and that the verdict was "Found drowned". They also learned that the clothes of this woman had been kept at the Work-house; and, on being permitted to examine them, they were satisfied they were those worn by the first wife of HAGUE. The grave has since been opened for the observation of her relatives, and they recognised her by a particular scar under the ear. These circumstances, however, were not deemed sufficient to warrant his commitment for the greater crime; but he is in safe custody for the minor offence; and it is hoped that by the period of his trial the whole truth will be discovered. The above we condensed from a Liverpool paper. We since observe that circumstances have transpired before the magistrates which caused HAGUE's commitment for the murder. ====================================================