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¦ ¦ * THE HORRIBLE MURDERS AT STANFIELD HALL.
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¦ ¦ * The Horrible Murders At Stanfield Hall.
¦ ¦ * THE HORRIBLE MURDERS AT STANFIELD HALL .
In Our Lut Number, We Btated That A Most...
In our lut number , we Btated that a most horrible assassination took plaoe on Toe-day , the 28 th nit , Befors giving the particulars of this horrible affair , it will be necessary to Btate the construction of Stanfield Hall . It is a large building in the Norman style of arehiteeture , with a moat before it , and an extensive park round it . Of late years a wing has baen added , comprising the servants' apartments . Io front of the main building there is a poreh entrance , leading into a _spaoious hall , from whioh there ia a passage to the dining and drawing roomB on the left . To the right of the porch there is an entrance and
passage for the servants , leading into their compartment of tha building . This passage and the preceding one ran front to back . A _pasiage runs from left to right across the centre of the building , intersecting the servants' passage and leading to the dining ahd drawing rooms . Mr Jermy , Mr Jermy , jun ., and Urs Jenny dined together on Tuesday evening , The bntler , two female servants , and a man Bervant were on the premises . Two female servants had gone to Wymondham , and had returned to the park , bat were not in the hall before eight o ' clock . About hsif-past eight o ' clock , Mr Jermy , Ben ., left the din . ing room , aad walked through the hall to the front of the building . On returning , just as he entered the porch , a man wrapped op in a cloak , and wearing a
mask , fired a pistol at him , aad the _ehit lodged in the upper part of his left breast , close to _theshoulder . He fell down and instantly expired . The assassin went to ths servants' entrance to the right , passed through the passage from the front , tamed to the left into the passage across the building , and met the bntler . With a pistol in each hand , he beckoned the butler to go baok . Being greatly alarmed , the butler retired into hiB pantry . The assassin proceeded onwards to the turn ot the passage , where there waa a dark recess and a d * or opening intoanother passage , leading to tha back of tha premises . He appear * to have arrived in the recess jntt as Hr Jenny , jnn ., alarmed at the report of a pistol , left the dining room . Theyonng gentleman went to the door opening int *
the back passage , and there the man fired at him and shot him through the right breast . He instantly fell down dead . Mrs Jermy , hearing a noise , went ts the same place , and while standing over the lifeless body of her husband , the same diabolical _Miuiin fired a pistol at her . The shot shivered one of her arms and wounded her in the breast . Her maid went to the same _rp _3 t to see what wai the matter , and while supporting her mistress , the murderer dis charged a pistol at her and severely wonnded her in the thigh . The female servants , thinking they shonld be all murdered , hid themselves . The man
servant , who was then in the stables , hearing all this firing , and supposing tbat the honse was _attacked by a number of ruffians , Bwam across tbe moat and aet off to Wymondham , where be gave the alarm whioh _caussda telegraphic message to be sent to Norwich police station . The murderer bad , therefore , no difficulty in making his escape . The two women servants who hid gone to _Wymendham returned with two young men , and while they stood outeide of the moat talking they heard the report of a pistol and saw the flash . They thought Mr Jermy . jnn ., was trying to frighten them , and they went to the ledge .
Constable Font and the city police remained in the hall for some time , and fonnd the ramrod of a pistol . About two o'clock in the morning all the police went to wateh the . house of Mr Rush , at Hethel . They remained all night watohing the _preaisis . Abont five o ' clock , they saw Mr Rush strike a light , and heard him ring for his servant . They then entered the premises , and took Mr Rusk into custody- Tke house was searched , and a cloak , quite damp , was fonnd upon Mr Rush ' s bed . Constable Mortar took the eloak into his possession , and Pont took oharge of a pair of Mr Roth ' s boots , which were quite wet . The pqliee also toek charge of a couple of loaded fowling-pieces , and two powder-flasks , Mr Ruth , who is a farmer and auctioneer , was brought before Mr ? Cann , the magistrate , examined , and remanded to Wymondham Bridewell I SECOND _IXU-I-UTIOS Of IHB FBISONIB BUSH . Oa Thursday , Not . 30 th , at the Bridewell , Wy . mondham , the Hon . and _Rbt . R . Wilson , Sir J . P . * Beileau , Bart ., W- R . Cans , Em ., Sir Thomas
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Beevor , Bart ., and J . Soott , Esq , held an inquiry ; and Mr Rush was brought before them . Tne inquiry lasted the whole day , and was intended to be strictly private . Mr Rush was accommodated with a seat at the table , also with pen , ink , and paper , and he cross-examined all the witnesses at groat length . Elizi Cooper , a dress-maker , residing at East Carleton , was the first witness examined ; and she stated , that , on the previous Tuesday afternoon , about five o ' olock , as she wu returning from Stanfield Hall , Mr Ruth followed her , and called out to her , _aiking * her whether she had been at the _hsll , and she replied that Bhe had . He then asked her whether Mr Jermy and his son were at home , and Bhe answered in tne affirmative ; after some further
conversation , he went through a gap into a meadow . This meadow was not far from _StanSeid gate . Emily James deposed , that she lived with Mr Rush , bnt not as a servant ; Bhe had gone to live with him as his housekeeper , but that arrangements had not yet been made . On Tuesday evening , Mr Rush came home to tea abont six o ' clook , and remained at home till nine o ' olock ; he then went out for about ten minutes , when he returned , and did not go | put any more _that evening . This witness was questioned very minutely as to tha exact time of Rush ' s leaving the house , and returning , bat did not appear to be very sure about it . She was reading
a book , sue said , wbien interested her very muoh , _andBhedidnotkeepaveryaoourate account ofthe time . Solomon Savory , a youth in Mr Rush ' s employment , said , that he lived in the house , and was in thehabitof _oleaningMr Rash ' s boots , and he sometimes cleaned them with a wet cloth , whieh accounted for the pair fonnd being damp . In answer to questions from Mr Rush , he stated particulars as to the aitnation and construction of the home and premises , with a view to Bhow that the prisoner could not have got the pair of boots , found-by the police , without some parties in tbe house being aware of it ; he cleaned those boots at six o ' olock on tbe previous
evening . Mr Standley , merchant , Wymondham , said , that he went to Stanfield Hall Boon after the intelligence ofthe occurrence had arrived at Wymondham . He rode to the hall , aad when'he arrived in front ofit he found the doors closed ; he obtained admission by stating who he wag ; He found tbat the servants were vwy much alarmed , and heard of certaia papers having been found , whioh were shown him . He believed those produoed were the same . lie understood that the servants had beea reading these
papers ; The purport of tbem was , to threaten the servants that if they did not keep quiet they would _beihot . —He was cross-examined at some length by Mr Rmh , as to the reason why the doors were barred and closed , in order to ascertain whether he considered tbat they were so closed in consequence of those papers being found ; bnt he did not admit that it waa so . He , with the assistance of another , had removed the body of Mr Jermy , Ben ., from the porch to the dining room . He believed there were three or fonr females in the hall at the time .
Mra Bailey , who keeps the Stanfield gate , saw Mr RuBh . on the Taesday evening , at half-past five o ' olock . He asked whether her son was at home , He went away , and followed a young woman , Elizx Cooper , down the road . Mrs Jenny ' s nurse was oalled . She had been at Wymondham on the evening in _qupstiw ? . She returned to the hall after eight o ' olock , in company with tha cook . She went np-stairs to her mistress , who called out , 'Oh , nurse , I am shot , lam shot ' She went _belowatairs for some hot water , and was alarmed by seeing a man , like Mr Rush , in the passage . Mr Jenny ' s cook waa next examined ; and she stated , that she had been at Wymondham on the
Tuesday evening , and when she returned , while standing outside the moat , sbe heard the report of a pistol , bnt did aot thea know the occasion ofit . When she entered the hall , she saw a short thick-set man in a cloak , and Bhe believed the man was Mr Rush . [ The magistrates ordered the oloak to be brought into the room , and Mr Rush put it on . ] She did not think the oloak was bo long on the man that she saw ; but perhaps he might have held np bis arms , which would have made it appear shorter . The man had either a Bhort gun or a long pistol in his hand _. She was Very much afraid , and got into the servants ' hall as soon at Bhe coald , fearing that she should be shot .
Constable Mortar produced the oloak , which he had found at Mr Ruth ' s house . There were Beveral others ofthe oity police in waiting , bat they were not oalled . Several ether witnesses wera examined , whose evidence was not material . While tbe examination was going on , Mr Rush , jun ., came into the room , and bad some conversation with hia father ; who told him to take care of the property and the business , till he should" be set at liberty . The yonngman appeared vety muoh affected by the situation of his fatber . The magistrates , finding that they could not hear
all the witnesses on that day , thought it would be best to _adjoura tbe inquiry . Mr Rush objected to that , as it would detain bim in custody , and he considered there wis no evidence againBt bim ; as what had been adduced against him that day was very contradictory . The magistrates assured him , that they had made up their minds to commit him on the capital charge , theugh then they might further remand bin . He expressed great surprise at tbi * decision , and requested that he should be allowed t ) have his own bed and bedding from his own house . This request was granted , and the inquiry waa adjourned tlil Saturday .
THB THIRD BXIMIHATIOK 0 ? IHB PBISOKBR . _Wtuomshu * , Saturday , Dec . 2 —The magistrates met this morning at the Bridewell , and further examinations were taken , bnt with closed doors . It is generally ramonred , however , tbat Emily JameB , Mr Rush ' * . housekeeper at the Potash Farm , has made some important disclosures , contradictory of her former statement , as to the absence of her master on the _eveninf of the murder , stating that he hdd been out tbe greater part of the evening . When he came home he appeared to be in a state of great agitation , and rushed into the house saying he was very ill . He went into his own room , and Bhht the door . She looked through the keyhole , and saw him take a covering from off his faee . She stated that he frequently went ont in _di-guise , and on Tuesday night he cursed tke _poaohers , pretending to go out alter them .
Mr Bacon , tke sheriff's officer , gave evidence as to certain expressions of Mr Rush , showing revengeful feeling towards Mr Jermy . - The magistrates today refused admission to even magistrate * snd police , except tbose specially engaged in the inquiry . They sat till a late hour , not having adjourned till half-past nine o ' clock , There were many reports as to the statements given in evidence , and of discoveries made ; the principal we have noted above . One rumour asserted with great positi _veness is , that , on Rush being' asked whether he had any questions to put to the woman James , he replied , ' No ; she has said enough to hang me already . ' About ten o ' elock tbe prisoner was remanded to Norwich Castle- He was fettered and placed in a carriage to be conveyed to Norwich , a crowd standing round to see him taken away . He bad previously taken leave of two of hia children in a very affectionate manner .
We have been informed that in Mr Rush ' s bed three cag ~ er < were foand , and that a _discuise for the faoe waa also found in a box . We have great donbt of the accuracy of there ramoare . Our reporter WAS informed that no mask was found . _MrYarrHL-tonctme over to Wymondham in the afternoon , an-i in the room he stated that the woman who bad given information respecting two masks having beeu sold , then pretended to know nothing abont it . Wr Rash has engaged Mr _tYurr , of London , to oondaot his defence , who arrived in Wymondham on Thursday .
Accounts from Stanfield Hall state Mrs Jermy to be recovering . A general rumour has prevailed that the shattered arm had been amputated . Such , however , we are authorised to state , is not the case . The lady ' s maid has rallied considerably , but it is difficult to say what will be the result of her injuries . The fire arms employed by the assassin have not aa yet been discovered . It is supposed that they will be found in the moat , whioh has not yet been completely drained . _rerjRiH bxamihaiio . i of the _pbisonir , _Wiuosdhui , Monday , Deo . 4—James _Blomfiold Rush underwent another examination before the Hon . and Rev . M . Williams and other justices , but like the preceding magisterial investigations , the _proceedinga were gone through in private at Norwich Castle The prisoner heard en Thu , BdaV ? hIt he magistrates had determined to commit him for tn al atthea » _i _™ . bu _^ leted _depo-itions to be properly com *
OOBONKt ' _s INQUMT . _Wymokdham , Thursday , Nov . 30 , — At twelve _Ojlcekatnrjon . thiiday . Mr Edward Press , one of the coroners for the county of Norfolk , held an inquest upon the bodies of Mr Isaac Jermy and hiB ' ??• • _M ry c _^ wed of the yeomanry and other inhabitants of the district . It waB Btated that in the early part of the day the coroner forwarded to the accused [( Rush ) a list of the jury summoned to attend , with a view of ascertaining if he objected to any of them . Tho lut was returned with four names _ Y _ % _&_ The ' deoeased gentleman , Mr Isaac Jermy , was _de-Boribedasiixty-nine years of age , and his _gon , Mr _JjaaoJsrmy , jun ., as thirty . ' The jury , having been Bworn , prooeeded to viaw
the remains of the unfortunate deoeased , which lay in the drawing-room of _Stanfield-hall , and presented a melanoholy Bight . Botu bodies were stretched on the carpet in the apartment , and death apparently with both of them had been _initatrtaneeuB . Mr Jermy , sen ., had _bsen _^ shot by the assassin in the left side , the ball passing through the heart . The run received the ball in his right aide , whence it passed through his body . The coroner and jary were _ehota by the domestics the mode and place in which the murders had been committed .
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Tbe only evidence gone into before the jury waa tbat relating to the identity oi the deceased . The investigation was then adjourned until Friday . A vast number of labourers are employed emptying the moat whioh surrounds the mansion , in the hope of detecting the fire arms of the murderer . TBI ADJOURNED UQUEST . Frio it , Deo . 1 . — The second day ' s inquest wai held on Friday , at the King ' s Head , when Mr Press , the coroner , stated that he should take the evidenoe in each caw perfectly distinct from the other , as it would be necessary , and would facilitate
business _. The first case proceeded in was that of Mr Isaac Jermy , when tbe following evidence was given : — Mr W . P , ' Nichols , surgeon , of Norwich , upon being sworn , stated—On removing the dress 1 found a large wound , situated about two inches above the nipple of the left breast . The wound passed through the skin , three ef the ribs—the fourth , fifth , and sixth—directly backwards , destroying _theestirebody acd apex of the heart , thence through the posterior part of the left spine , where there wore several portions of singular shaped pieoes ef lead lodged . They
were lodged in the _musouiar mass behind the tubercles of the fifth and Bixth ribs on the left Bide , both of which were destroyed . In tbe substance of the lungs I found a foreign body , whioh I will produce to the jury . I believe tbat substance to be the covering of a cartridge , ( The substance was exhibited to the jury , who minutely inspected it . ) Mr Tunaley assisted me in the examination , and will produce the pieces of lead . 1 toek themoutandgavethemtoMr Tunaley , The Coroner . —Can you state the cause of death .
Mr Nichols—I have no doubt that death ensued from the result of either gun or pistol shot . Mr Robert James Tunaley , surgeon , of Wymondham , confirmed this evidence . The following evidence was given with reference to the death of Mr Jermy Jermy : — Mr Nichols spoke to being called tothe hall as in the previous case . Upon examining the body * f Mr Jermy Jermy , I observed a small hole in the waistcoat covering the right Bide of the _ohest . I yesterday , with Mr Tunaley , made a post mortem examination of the body . In removing the dress I fonnd a small wound , about an inch above and to the inner tide of the right nipple ofthe breast . The wound I found went backwards between the third and fourth ribs ,
throogh the base of the heart , a portion of the right lung , destroying the body of the _sixthtfpraal vertebra into the mass of _muso _' e situated behind the spine . At the back ofthe spine were deposited several portions of lead of irregular shape , which I gave to Mr Tunaley . Ie was those pieces whioh caused the wound 1 bavejristdescribed . The wound was produced by a gun or pistol shot , whioh must have been fired very dose to the deoeased . At a subsequent state of the inquiry , it having been requested by the jurors that the lead should be weighed , it was stated that the two pieces of lead taken from the body of Mr Isaac Jermy weighed , the ene thirteen grains and the other eleven . The five pieces taken from the body of Mr Jenny weighed two thirteen grains , and the others eleven each . James Watson stated—I am butler at Stanfield Hall . About a quarter past eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening I was in my pantry , when I . heard the
discharge of a gun er pistol shot at tbe front of the house . The pantry is in front of the house , and nearly adjoins the porch . I left my pantry _immediacy after hearing the report , and wben I got to tbe corner of the passage , not more than five or six feet from the pantry door , I saw a man walking past from the back passage towards the staircase hall , He was turning the ooiner . Immediately fronting the kitchen passage was a _Bmall lamp . The man was not _paBt the lamp at the time I first saw him . His face was towards me , with something over it , apparently a mask . He had a oloak on . It had a cape to it . I do not know whether it was long or Bhort ; I do not know whether it was above or below bis knees , HiB head was covered with ' _somefchin- * , bnt I do not know wbat . He was a short man , and stout . It was a dark oloak . The man wss carrying a pistol in each band . They were large pistols , but I cannot say the size of them or the length of tbe barrel .
By the Coroner—At the time I saw the man pasting the corner it occurred to me thatit was tbe person oi Mr Rush , whom I had often Been at Stanfield Hail lately . The last time 1 saw him there was on Sunday , the 26 th of November , when he came in at the door . It was about four o ' clock in the afternoon when he came to tbe servants' hall . He atked me if he could apeak to Mr Jermy , therefore I knew Mr Rush perfeotly well . The man I saw was like Mr RuBh in ess ? , height , and ia his walk . The man was passing me quiokly towards the door leading to tbe _staircase hall . th <* door of whioh was opened by Mr Isaac Jermy Jermy at the instant of time that the man that I suppose to be Mr Rush reacned it . I saw the man fire a pistol , and Mr J . Jermy instantly
fell baok . I Baw it pointed at Mr J . Jermy . Mr Jermy fell backwards into the hall . I went baok into my pantry . As Boon as I was there I heard two other reports . I then came out , and went towards the hall staircase . When in the passage Mrs Jermy rushed passed me towards . the back staircase . I went on , and opposite the door into the hall staircase I saw Elizv Chestney lying screaming . She said , ' Oh t take me up or I shall die . ' I did take ber np , and took her towards the baok _stairoase . The nursery bell rang for some water . I went to get some . I then went to the stable-yard aid saw the groom . I told him not to take the horse , hut to go the hackiray . I went to Mr Gower ' s , and he and his two Bons came soon after . I and Mr
Gower afterwards went to the frontof the house , when by the light from a gig whioh had driven up we saw the body of Mr Isaac Jermy lying in the porch , It was about half an hour after I saw Eliza Chestney to the time I saw the body of Mr Jermy . The body of Mr Jermy was lying on the face , with the head towards the doer . The body waa removed into the drawing room . I saw some persons removing it . The elaBs door of which I bave spoken , and through whieh Rush entered on the Sunday , was never locked until about nine o ' olock , Mr Rush wag in the habit of coming into the house by that door , without knocking or ringing . I never saw Mr Rnsh come in at any other door , except he had seen Mr Jermy on the premises , Mr Rush was in the habit of coming to that door late
at night . All persons , except oompany , who went to the porch door , entered the houae by that aide door . I never saw Mr Rush dressed with a cloak except on that oooasion . In the servants' hall passage I picked up a paper , whieh I threw down again withont reading it . I am unable to say whether the pistols I have mentioned were double or single barrelled . The witness was then sworn relative to tbe death of Mr Jermy , Jan ., and gave precisely the ssme evidenoe , except as regards the finding of the body of Mr Isaac Jermy . Margaret Read , cook at Stanfield Hall , itated : — On _Tuesday evening , the 28 th of _November , about a quarter paBt eight o ' clock , I heard the report of a pistol , proceeding from the front ofthe house , the _norob . or from that direction . After hearing the
report , the young person who waB sitting with me in the servants' hall ran out . The window is in the front of the servants' hall . 1 did not leave the servants' hall . I then heard a second report , a third rop 6 rt , and then a fourth report . The reports followed eaoh other very quiokly . After I heard the last report I went to the door of the servants' hall , leading to the passage of the staircase hall . I then saw Miss Isabella Jermy within a few yards of the door , running along the passage towards the _servants ' _s ball . When she reached the place where I was standing , I saw a man coming _tetrards me down the passage . He was near the foot of the baok stairs . I remained at tbe servants' hall door . There was a light there , but it did not Bhow any light on his face , as the greater light was at his baok at the top of the passage . Miss Jermy
was near to me , and 1 had a better opportunity of observing her than I had the man . I ean _desoribs the appearance of tke man . There was quit ? sufficient light for me to observe and describe his general appearance and his dress . I did not tee his face . The m > ment I saw bim it struck me it was Mr Rush , who had very frequently within the last five months been at the hall . The man was dressed in a loose garment . I cannot say whether it was a oloak or not . It had a small cape . Bis right hand was down by his side , and had rather a long pistol or a short gun in it . I did not observe the position of hia left hand . The nan was short and stout . He held hiB head a little en one Bide , just in the way Mr _Ruah always carried it , and had apparently a very short neok . It struck me , the moment I saw him , from Ms form and his carriage , that it waB Mr Rush . _ __
The witness was then sworn in the case of Mr Jermy Jermy , whioh was of course precisely the same as the above . Maria Blancbflower , nurse te Mrs Isaac Jermy Jermy , stated , on the evening of Tuesday , the 28 th alt ., she heard the report of fonr shots , one after eaoh other . She did not know exactly what time it was , bat it was abont eight o ' clock , she was in the nursery . The nursery is at the end ot the house , looking towards the servants' hall . When I got to the servants' hall door , having heard a footstep , I turned round and saw a man coming in the aame direotion as I bad beeii , between the foot of the stairs and the pasiage leading towards the side entrance , I did not see either Mim Jermy or the cook . I ran as fast as I oould . The man who followed me was a low stout man I do net know whether I ever saw the man before . '
. ., , ... The inquest waB then adjourned until ten o ' clock on Saturday morning . ADJOTJRtfBD _IKQtfBST . Saturday , Deo . 2 . —On Saturday morning , at ten o'olook , thejury re-assembled in the large room of the King ' s Head Ion . The Coroner ealled for tbe constable in attendance , and when he appeared he asked fer the iu « _perintendent . The Coroner sent the constable to Potash Farm . to bring Emily JameB snd Solomon Savory from thence .
The Constable having returned , said that Emily James was it the Bridewell , and he oonld not serve the war-rant ; he , however , brought Solomon Savory , who , being sworn , stated—I am in the service of James _Blomfield Rush , I went into bin _serrioe just
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after harvest . I li ? ed in the house . Mr Rush did not reside tbere . He _pometimes stays at this farm _, and sometimes at his other fatm at ielmingham . He came to the Potash farm about a week or fortnight since . He haB not b _£ _* n away for a week . _ He went to Norwich on Saturday , came home at night _, snd did set go out afterwards . I eaw him _lastTueB . day afternoon . He was about the _ittm m the afternoon till about half-past five , when he oame home , He went into the honse . 1 saw bim in the baok kitchen about half-past six o ' clock . He spoke to me in the kitchen . I saw b im again between seven and half-past seven o ' olook . He oame to the door , and spoke to me _. and went in again . 1 never saw him after tbat . He had his in-door dreu on . He pulled
eff his boots when he came home , and put hia Blip shoes en , It was his usual habit tode so when he came home . I cleaned his two pair of boots that night between five and six o ' olock , the same boots he had worn on that day . I put them to the fire to dry . Mr James Rush and his wife left the house last Monday , and Susan Merley , one of the servants , went to her mother . The other servant , named Howes , went away ill . about a week before last Monday . Mr ahd Mra James Rush and Susan _Morley left between four and five o ' clock in the afternoon . I never knew Mr Rush to be at the PotaBh Farm before when Mr and Mrs James Rush acd all the female servants were away . A female lives with Mr Rush that I have not before mentioned . She
has lived at the Potash Farm about a month , and , to the best of my knowledge , she sleeps in a room adjoining Mr Rush ' s room . She oame to the town after me . She is oalled Widow James . I bave never seen her with Mr and Mrs James Rash , nor with Mr Riish . I got up on-Wednesday morning between five ahd six o ' olock . I was called up by the team man , who told me that the police were there , Bnd they wanted to see Mr Rush . I went down and spoke to the police ; I then went to call Mr Rush np . After I knocked I said , ' I want to speak to you . ' I called out two or tbree times . He knocked once or twice when I ealled him , bnt he did not speak . I
then went to the front of the houte , and rung the bell . Ho opened the window and said , ' What do you want V I said , ' Mr Pont has oome , and told me to tell you that there was a very seriouB thing took place at Stanfield Hall and Mr Caun wished Mr Pont to let yoa know . ' lie answered , ' 1 will be down diteotly . ' He then shot the window , and he oame down filmoit direotly . I wag in tke baok kitchen , when he came into the kitchen and eaid , ' Whatii the matter ? ' I said , 'I do not know . ' He opened the outer deor . The police itood against the door , and he said , ' Walk in . ' I went out . When I have , oalled Mr Rash before , he used to answer me with a knock .
The witness was sworn in respeot to the death of Isaac Jermy Jermy , and eaid , that what he had stated was trne . To the beet of his knowledge , Mr James Rush was at _Felmingham on the Tuesday evening . Mr Bailey was called , and she repeated the statement she had made before tbe magistrates , that on Tuesday afternoon Mr Rash spoke to her at theKetteringbam Lodge gate , and then left her abruptly to speak to a young woman . Eliza Cooper repeated the evidence Bhe gave before the magistrates on Tuesday afternoen .
John Mortar deposed—I am a oity constable . On Tuesday night , November 28 th , there was some information sent to our _statlen-hooie at Norwich . Myself and seven other policemen were sent by Mr Hudson , the magistrate , to Stanfield Ball . On arriving there I received instructions from Inspector Amiss ; and about two o ' clook I accompanied him and eight others to a plaoe called Potash Farm . We got to this farm , and we surrounded the house . About a quarter after eix in the morning I taw Bush oome to the door . After hearing the bar slip 1 opened the door and went in , and seized him by the arm , saying , 'You are my prisoner . ' _Inspeotor
Amiss , Font , and several others , entered the house ; and Pont _handcuffed him . While doing so , he said 1 The two Messrs Jermy have beea shot , and you are suspected of doing it . ' Mr Rush then eaid , ' Great God , I hope they do not suspect me . ' Pont , Amiss , and myself went with Mr Rush into his bed-room . We asked to go to his bed-room , And he Bhowed m to it . I oommenoed searching , and on the bed I found the oloak which I now produce . It was ipread out on the bed where I found it . ( The witness , by request , put the cloak on , and tbe jury examined , it . ) Inthe course of the search , Mr RuBh Baid to me , ' I understand it was done a little after eight o'clock . ' I Baid , 'From whom , sir , did you understand that V
The Coroner said—You had no right to ask that question . Witness . —I asked him that because I am sure he had not heard it . He said , ' I should have been there last night about that time , had I not understood tbat young Mr Jermy waa at home . The young man is a great enemy of mine , bat the old gentleman and me have been better friends than we were . ' Thomas Osborne , of the oity police , deposed' -1 went with Inspeotor Amiss and others to the hall ; I was ordered to go with others to Mr Rush ' s house . After he was taken prisoner , and after the search , Mr Rush was left in my oharge by Inspeotor Amiss . When Mr Rush was getting his breakfast thera was
a woman , dressed as a widow , who made the tea , He said to the woman , ' 1 am acoused of murdering Mr Jermy but that scoundrel Clarke haa dene this . It is he that has done this . It is he that bas caused me to be suspected ; bnt you and Savory can dear me , as Savory washed my boots at half-past five , and you know I did not go— . ' He paused and then said to the woman , 'Did they ask you any questions V She said , ' They asked me if you went out in the evening . ' He said , * They had no right to ask Buch questions . ' He Baid , ' What did you tell them 1 ' She answered , ' I Baid you were out _between eight and nine for a quarter of an hour . ' He said' I was not out ten minutes . '
, To a Juror ;—He did net speak harshly . He was not at all agitated . By the Coroner . — -He aaid , ' You know I had my slip shoe * on . ' James said , 'I do cot know if you had or not . I did not see you put your boots on . ' He then said to me , ' Whioh one below stairs was it that named the time the murder was done ? ' I replied , tbat not a word was mentioned . Ruah also said , ' I have no doubt but that I shall be suspected , beoause we have lived ou suoh bad terms , but latterly the old one and me have been more friendly . The young one was my greatest enemy . ' He asked about his cloak , and said , ' What is the reason tbey
will not allow me to have it ? I want to put it on . ' He asked , 'Do you know what " they have against me ? ' I said , ' No . We are sent by Mr Cann to apprehend you ; and that is all tbat I know of the affair . ' I made notes of this conversation as soen as I was by myself . I have now repeated it from memory . After breakfast I delivered Rush into Poet ' s custody . Stephen Amiss , inspector of the Norwich pence , confirmed the last evidenc ? . Robert Thompson , inspector ofthe Norwich police force , corroborated the evidenoe of the other police officers .
Mr Standley , jun ,, was then called , bnt hiB evidence was not taken . He produced the paper picked up in the passage in Stanfield Hall by one of the servants , as stated in hia evidence before the magistrate . The following ia a copy : —> Tbere ere seven of as . Tbree of as outside and four inside the hall . All armed as you see ui two . If any of yoa servants offer to leave tha premises , or to follow , you will he shot dead . Therefore all of yon keep inside the servants' ball , and you , nor any one else will take any arms , for we are oaly coma to take possession of _Stanfiuld . Hall property . Thojub Jhmi , the Owner . There were no more witnesses present ; and the coroner tent the parish constable to the Bridewell to ask the magistrates , whether they wonld _alloweither the constable Pont , or tjhe housekeeper , to oome and give evidence ?—On _blaneetuto , he stated tbat they were beth under examination and could not attend .
The inquest was adjourned to Tuesday ;* the coroner issuing his warrant for the apprehension of Rush ' s housekeeper .
_AWJUHNKD INOUBST . _WruonuEsu , Tuesday night . —The proceedings before Mr Coroner Press , adjourned from Satarday tat , was resumed this morning at ten o ' clook , in the petty sessions of the King ' s Head _Iin , in this town . On the jnry re-assembling , the coroner oommenoed the business by remarking that since his arrival that morning he had reoeived a communication from the magistrate , stating that a witness for whom he had issued a summons , Emily James , was at present in tho Bridewell , for safe custody , aid it appearing to them ( the magistrates ) very essential that he ? evidence should be placed before tha coroner ' s jury , they suggested that the coroner aud jury Bhould adjourn
to the Bridewell for thst purpose . From the peculiar nature of the case it waa deemed advisable that no one should be admitted to the inquiry but the coroner and the jury , and he ( the coroner ) therefore hoped the gentlemen of the press would not consider him as exeroising any undue power , or wishing to interfere with the right they claimed ai representative ! of the press to attend any publio inquiry , by not permitting them to be present . He , howev » , should be happy to afford them all necessary information as to the general purport of the inquiry , and he trusted that they would not press their right to be present , nor think they were excluded from any improper motive . £ .
The coroner and jury then proceeded to the Bridewell , where the inquest was resumed , but the inquiry being conducted privately , and the representatives of the press being excluded , it fellows that the sketches of the evidenoe given must ba based on hearsay information . Suoh being the oase , and feeling assured that any nnauthentioated accounts ofthe evidence must greatly prejudice the case of the unfortunate individual whose life is at stake , we forbear from giving at any length the information received , and we caution the public to receive with caution the outline whioh we publish of the statements made beforce tke coroner at the Bridewell . Mrs James , on thejury assembling in the boardroom ofthe Bridewell , was brought in by the matron , and haying beea _Mcmnedated irith ft wat ( being _w-
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ceinte _\ was examined nearly as _lollowa ;— 'My name ia Emily _Jsmes , aad I bave been living at Potash farm as Mr Rush's housekeeper . I have soled in tbat capacity for the last three weeks . On Tuesday even ing , the 28 ih alt ., Rush agreed with me to go to * Madame _Dulcken ' a concert at Norwich ( seven miles distant ) , and ordered an early tea . I got _Qyeel _* dressed to accompany bim , when about five o ' clock he oame home and said , ' I don't think 1 Bhall g o to Norwich now , for I don't feel very well . Do mind going , because , it you particularly wUh it we'll go . ' I said , 1 had no wish to go , ' and a t ' some further conversation it was agreed we should remain at home . The tea was prepared about six and we delayed over it nntil eight o _' _cteek . when
Rush got up and laid , ' I want to go out for a short time ; ' and as he was _leaviag the room I said , Tou had better not , as you'll increase your cold . ' _(_ made no answer , and went to the back kitchen , a & d thence up stairs to his bedroom ; and after remaining some few minutes he came down and went out . Tag door not fastening properly he said , ' 'Emily come and fasten this door . ' I went and dosed it . I did not see how he was dressed , I did not see him at all , as he held the door ouU side so clo _« e _ aa to prevent me seeing him . I am not positive as te the exact time he went oat ' but it was somewhere about eight o ' clock . I retired * to the sitting-room , and as sooa as I cleared away the things I commenced reading a novel , and about
nine o ' clook I heard Rush return to the door . It was fastened . He knocked wiih his knuckles , and I went and unfastened it . He paused outside for a moment or so . I Baid , 'Itis undone . ' He made some _reoly . I returned to the sitting room , and after remaining atthe door probably a minute he oame in and went direct up stairs to his bedroom _wying as he passed the door of the room , You had better go . to bed . ' He went up stairs in the dark and I htard him immediately look his door . ( A * juror inquired if he was in the habit ef locking his bedroom door , but the Coroner declined receiving the answer , it not being evidence . ) Not having a light when I unfastened the door , I could not see how he was dressed . I did not see himforas I
, , walked into the sitting room , he followed behind , and proceeded hastily up to his room . He kept patent wax tapers in hia room , and coald procure a light at his pleasure . In abent five minutes he came down stairs in hiaahirt sleeves , having his coat off . He looked in at the sitting room doer , and said , ' What a large fire you have got ; take the head off and put it put . ' I saw he wai agitated , and looked very pale . I remarked to him , _« Is there anything the matter with you ? ' He said , « Nothing , ' and turned hia face away . After a pause he eaid , * If aay one asks you about me , say I was not out more tban ten minutes . ' He then went up stairs to his bedroom , and I having quenched the fire with a can of water , also went to my own
bedroom , which adjoins Rush ' s . When I was about half _undressed , I heard Rush unlock hiB door and go down stairs withont his shees . He went very quietly and I oould hear him as if he was feeling hii way down . I don't know whether he took a light with him , or for what purpose he went down . He might have been down two or tbree minutes . I heard him come back and go into his room again . I oannot say if he went out . I don't know if he opened the frontdoor . I did not hear it opened . I heard nothing mere until the following morning . About six o ' olock I heard a bell ring , a rather unusual circumstance . Heard Savorv say , ' Master , come tn tba
window . ' Rash opened the window , and said something I could not hear . Afterwards he said , I'll be down directly . ' I opened the door , and called down stairs , 'What ' s the matter ? ' He said , 'There ' s something up at Stanfield Hall . ' I got np , dressed myself , and went down stairs . Saw the poliee had Rush in custody . He said . ' They suspect me for the murders of the two Mr Jennys . * He was handcuffed ; and looking down at the handcuffs he said , ' I don't like these . ' I asked Rash if the charwoman had come . Heraplied , 'No . ' Sooa afUrwarda the police took him away . He waB not in the habit of wearing a oloak . Never saw masks or pistols in the
house . At about two o ' olook tho coroner and jury returned from the Bridewell to the inquest room , and proceeded with the open inquiry . William Bacon , sheriff ' a _offiijer , living at Norwich was then called and examined . Tha witnen proceeded to detail ssme faots he knew about _Rusb _, wben he was in possession of Potash Farm , in Oct ., 1847 . He had not spoken to iiim since that period . The coroner Btopped bim and said he thought tha transaction had no bearing upon the oase . The witness knew nothing immediately concerning the murders , and he withdrew . George Pant , a constable in the county force , No . 67 , was next oalled , his evidence being a recapitulation of what has already appeared .
Mr _Hubbusty , a superintendent in the Norfolk constabulary , said—In consequence of information I received I searched Potash Farm on the morning following the murder . In a chair in Mr _Rush ' _i bed-room I found a fur cap and wig , ( It was a large blaok long-haired wig . The officer put it on , and it could be so arranged as to add much to the concealment of the face . Coroner—Did yon find these things at the bottom of the box ? _Witaesa—The wig I found nearly at the top . It appeared as if it had been rudely shoved in . The cap was lower down by the side . I do not know whether the box had been previously searched . It was not locked . The box stood in a dark closet iu the bed . room . The Coroner , after giving thejury a short adjourn _, ment to procure refreshment , resumed the examinatton . *—
The other witnesses examined were Jehn Stubbi , a labourer , who resided at Wymondham Lodge , had been in the employ of the deceased aBd of Rush , who deposed to Rush ' s differences with the deceased . Watson , the butler to the deceased , was examined as to the cloak and wig eaid to have been worn by Rush , and upon other points . _Msrgaret Read , ths cook , was the last witness examined . The inquiry was then adjourned tor a week , and the jurymen _were bound over in the usual form .
Mra Jermy And Her Maid, Elizabeth Chestn...
Mra Jermy and her maid , Elizabeth Chestney , are proceeding favourably at Stanfield Hall . Funeral of tub _Dsoeasbd . —Oa Tuesday the remains of the murdered gentlemen were buried in a newly-formed vault on tbe south side of Wymondham ohuroh . In the early part of the day all the shops in the town were closed , the blinds of all the private _dwellings were down , and many of the inhabitants were attired in mourning . The vioinity ofthe ohurch was greatly crowded . Amongst the chief mourners were Mr Thomas Preston ( brother of Mr Jermy ) , Sir Thomas Beevor , Bart . ( bro _» _her-in-law ) , Mr T . Beevor , Mr Foster , Mr Chevalier , Mr Jepson , Mr Chambers , and others . Mr Press , the _coronar , and
the whole of the jury ( who . to attend , had adjourned their private sitting in the Bridewell for a short time ) also took part in the mournful ceremony . . In the course of Monday the polioo _. in consequence of a communication the * ' received from tha Widow James , again made a striot aearoh at Potash Farm , and , in a pile of papers , discovered a _domino ( halt mask , black ) . The police think , however , it was not the one worn by the disguised assassin . From cir « cumstanoes that have come iato their possession it is not believed that the murderer wore a mask . The one found would have to be held to the face by tie hand , and as the assassin is sworn to have a piatol in eaoh hand , the diffioulty in wearing the domino is
obvious . The _Pri-onsb Rush . —A looal paper _sayB : ' Jamea Bloomfield Rush has long baen kuown in that part ef the country , having been for many years a farmer and land agent , to whioh he added , till within the last fonr or five years , the business of an _auctioneer He was a natural son , his reputed father being a gentleman near Wymondham ; and hit mother subsequently married Mr Rush , of Felmingham , who was found dead in his _kitohen , his gun being near him , " and a coroner ' s inquest returned a verdiot of Accidental Death , or _felode-se , we cannot " remember whioh . James Bloomfield , after hiB mother ' s marriage always went by the name of Rush . He married early ia life of
a lady Aylsham , and ocoupied a farm in that parish under Mr Pitman . From thence he removed to Wood Dallwg , where he rented a farm _beleneing , we believe , to Sir Richard Paul Joddrell . A fire took place on this farm during his occupation , which he was _saspeeted of having caused . He was tried for arson and acquitted . From Wood Dallfne he removed to Wymondham , where he farmed nearly 500 _aoroi under Mr Jermy , who had so muohoonfidence in him thathe appomsed him his bailiff or steward . He alio ocoupied a farm at Felmingham , the property of Mr Jermy , and the ' Potash / farm at Hethef , wbioh is his own property , but was mortgaged to Mr _«^ _^ _J ? _^ " _" _y °° mfortably , till Oot , o . a , 1847 , when distreiBes were put the farms ¦¦«¦* ' ¦ iin 11
on ; --. 3 —la . ' a •*¦ —V - * uu mo » U < I » _K ! _LflilPri "? - _^ r Jer > - _* - ' . obtained _posaesaion ofthe Stanfield Hall Farm ; and also , in an action against Rush for breaoh of covenant , obtained a verdiot , the damajie and costs amounting te £ 477 lOVlOd . Rush ' s lease ofthe farm at Felmingham expired at _Miohaelmw , 1848 , and he ought to havegiven it up . but he refused , and a distress was issued . He resisted it , but ultimately paid the money . Rush had been _twiee married ; both his wives are dead , but he hss a large family , it is said , of nine children . One of hw sons lives atthe « Potash Farm , ' bat ho and his brothers and sisters were not at home on the nigh *
tne murders were committed . The Norwich _Mshcubv . has the following :- ' For some time past there have been legal differences between him and the late Mr Jermy . Rush was not'long Bince the tenant of a farm now in the _occupation of Mr Colman , and there became bankrupt . A mortgage of £ 5 000 , due to the deceased gentleman , onght to have been paid eff on Thunday , the 3 vth of November , on the _lacond day after these atrocities took place . We learn tbat on Sunday last , in the afternoon , the prisoner oame to Stanfield Hall , and saw the late Mr Jermy , and that his objeot was to _indnse the ill-fated gentleman to allow the mortgage to remain for three years morethat this request was refined , and that very high _wwdjjeMHed . *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09121848/page/2/
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