"Paul Phillips, the dog's owner, expressed his fascination with the bottle, stating, 'I thought it was a really interesting and beautiful thing when I cleaned it up and just remembered something about the murder.'"
"Phillips noted that Stanley repeatedly returned to the same spot in the garden, saying, 'Despite regularly repairing the damage, Stanley would come back time and again.'"
"Research revealed the bottle to be a blue poison bottle that appeared in the mid-19th century, which Phillips connected to the murder case of Mary Ann Ashford."
"Accounts suggest Mary Ann Ashford was involved in an affair and plotted to kill her husband for his inheritance, leading to her conviction for arsenic poisoning."
A man in Devon believes his dog discovered a significant piece of evidence related to a Victorian murder case. The dog, Stanley, found a blue glass bottle inscribed with 'Not to be taken' in the garden. This discovery reminded the owner of the murder of William Ashford by his wife, Mary Ann, in 1865. Research indicated that the couple may have lived nearby. Mary Ann was executed in Exeter, and her case influenced public sentiment against executions. The bottle's purpose and its burial location remain a mystery.
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