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CASE OF ABDUCTION AT LIVERPOOL . [ fcsthes pabucdxabs . ] This extraordinary case Tras further investigated at Liverpool , on Friday week : the Court opened at two o'clock . The examination was taken before Mi . Rashton , the police magistrate The first -witness called was John Rogers , gate-keeper ftt Roby . Recollected five persons coming to embark on the Railway train on the 19 th of March . Miss Crellin * Mrs . Clayton , M'Gill , Jones , and Quick , were amongst the cumber . Miss Crellin . appeared to be intoxicated . It 'was five minutes before ten in the morning . Asked Quick what was to do with the lady ? He said it was a fanny way she had . He asked the
gentleman to put them in a carriage by themselves , -which be did . Miss Crellin -was assisted Into the carriage by Jonas and M'QUL Saw Quick the Sunday but one following , in the evening . He came to the Roby Station to book for Liverpool . He said , " I think I shall " want yon this -week . " " What for ? " -was asked 11 Concerning the party "who -went from here the other day , " was the reply . He also said the parties -who ¦ w ere friends to Miss Crellin , seemed to say they eon--reyefi her away in the night , and he wished him to state the contrary . Witness said he must give him notice , as he must put a man in his place .- He said he Would send a note , and give him £ 2 Tor his trouble . As 3 oon as this witness was examined ,
Mr . Grocott , attorney for the prisoners , addressing Mr . B ^ snton , said this was a strange mode of proofing . The parties for the prosecution caving finished their casa on Wednesday , he wished to know whether he i Mr . Rushton ) sat there as attorney , magistrate , or embiro prosecutor . He thought it was a very singular proceeding . It "was very unseemly taking the pait of an examiner , and putting leading qnesrioBS to the witnesses . Mr . Snowball said he appeared on behalf of the proseeutrix only . He had advised her as to the . course she should pursue , and he apprehended that the witnessbs he had already cailed were sufficient to cemmit the prisoners . There were some of the -witnesses about to De called "whom he mnld have no objection to examine , bnt there -were others that he would object to , and Le wished to hsve an opportunity of cross-examining them .
Mr . Rushton said he would place no obstacle in Mr . Sno-B-bal . ' s way as to tbe cross-txamining the witnesses He -was not , sitting there , about to complain , or make any observations upon reiaaita tbat might-be directed against h-im , whatever might b * bis private opinions of the f Airness or the spirit which dictated them ; he ¦ wou . ll not enter into any conversation on the subject . When they applied to him to close the case , and to commit the prisoners at once , there was absolutely at that time no evidence of the felony , the -taking away ¦ wfcetfecr for the purpose of marriage er violation . * In the discharge of his duty , he thought fit to cause the present evidence to be collected , as the only way in which they eonld have all the evidence . "Whatever course the attorney for the prosecution , or for the prisoners , mitht pursue , he ( Mr . Rusaton ) should pursue
the course ¦ which he thought best calculated te investigate the trutk , and he expected , in the discharge of that duty , not to be met by accusations such as he had heard that day . Whether the attorney for the prosecution should choose to pursue his duty , that was his business , not his ( Mr . Rushton ' s . ) He ( Mr . Roshton ) would take that course which would bring the whole transaction btfore the public . In this town there was a pnt-lic officer , calJed the commissioner of police , and in all cases that officer ' s duty -was , when directed by the magistrates , to inquire into cases , gather all the evidence , and examine witnesses : he declined to discus ? . If they objected to his proceedings , they must iubmit such to tbe authority above him ; he would take ho notice oi them . The case then proeee-ied .
Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—Could swear to j Jones being the man- - j Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Had known Quick ' some time before . He married H&dgkinson ' s daughter . ; Mr . Hodgkinson resides about five hundred or six feun- { dred yards from the station . The gentleman let go of \ -ftTics Crellin . - _ . . ! Matthew Eckersley , porter at P&iiside station on the J Manchester and Liverpool railway , remembered the train on arriving on tbe morning of tte lS : h March , » bon ; five minutes to eleven . Saw Quick , Jones ; Mrs j Ciajtun , and Miss Creliin walk down to the North ] Union itition . They sat down in witness ' s place for
nearly half an hour . Miss Crellin appeared to be rather in s oruaken state . He -tras sinekiEi » bis pipe , and she asked him to give hei a pipe . He said to her , " 0 yes , by all means . " He gave her a pipe , and she smolUd it for ten minutes or a quarter cf in hour , and became rather faint . The man she called Jones , and the doctor walked out with her for a little pure air . They walked down about forty yards . The train was coming then , and it was getting time for them to go . Hie man tney called doctor wished him to eee if there ¦ was- an empty body in the carriage , and the train stirted immediately . The fare was paid by Qaick . llr . Black made the entries of their names in the
book . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—An hour elapsed before the train came up after the party arrived . The lady seemed to enjoy ber pipe very much . There -was Tery little trouble in getting Miss Crellin into the carriage . She seemed to be very cheerful—the Bame as drunken people are . Cress-examined by 3 Ir . DATeuporfc—The party had brandy with them , and seme of them drank it . C- > rneIiens Whittaker , porter at Pirksido station , remembers the party arriving . Miss Crellin was tipsy . Jones prodnced drink in a dark glass bottle . Tasted it , and btiieved it to be brandy .
Mra Penelope Kichol , wife of the agent at Parkside . station ; spofce to Miss Crellin coming into the house ; and , -jn being asked if she were going by the Birmingham irain , said first yes , then no , and it did not matter She said she should have gone to Birmingham that day . tut it did not matter ; she could go another day . il'Gi 1 came and asked for two ladies . She told them they said they were not going to Birmingham that day . They -went away by the train . Miss Crellin appeared tipsy , and very nmch agitated . Her face -was very much swollen .
James Baines , coachman of the Korth Bnton , which runs from Lancaster to Shap , took a party with him on tbe l 3 -h of March . They were Quick , M'Gill , Jonts , Mrs . Clayton , and Misa Crellin . Quick took the places in tht ; name of Thompson . He paid for three inside and two out to Carlisle . Jones , Mrs . Clayton , and Miss CrePin rode inside . They dined at the King ' s Arm ' s where they went from the Railway . At the coach office Mis 3 Crellin was swearing and making a great noise , and Quick said to M'Gill , " Get inside and quieten the old b—h . " M'Gill then went inside and rode to Cornforth . The doctor -went into the house , and the -waiter brought Bome brandy to those in the coach . They -went on toBuxton , where they had glasses again . M'GiU then got outaiae . Looked into the coach and saw Miss Crellin ' a bead on Jones's shoulder . She appeared to be asleep . Heard no names given to any of the parties . Had three glasses of ale with them and
some brandy . The doctor said to M'Gill " Bring out the bottle and let us all have a drink . " M'Gill said Miss Crellin had drunk it all . Asked the doctor if they were taking the lady to a lnaatic asylum ? •» yo , " said the doctor , " You would not -think tbe old lady was worth aC 60 , 000 . " This was at Borrough ' s Green . Quick said they were doctors in the army , and were on leave of absence ; they had come over to Liverpool to » e the steeple chase . The doctor called and paid for all on the road except once . Miss Crellin and Mrs . Clayton got oni at a place called Enck , seven miles from Snap . Assisted nei cut She appeared to be very tipsy , and could not wait hereelf . Jones assis ' ted her out of the coach . Her face was much blotehed and swollen . He assisted ber into the coach ; she had to walk between two . Left the coach at Shap . Drink was sent for . The doctor wanted a pint of brandy , but the landlady said there was not time to wait
Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : Tae lady called it Lancaster for tbe doctor . She had frn-o glasses at Bucks , one np Etaira and the other below , the doctor ordered them . John Wilson , who drove tbe coach on to Carlisle , took the coach when lost witness left it . Had a party of five on the coach—four inside , and Quick rode on the > ox with him . Saw Jones at Carlisle . There were two ladies and two gentlemen inside , and one gen-1-mau outside . Pulled up first at Ackthrbpe , Wflt-re they changed horses . The doctor gave him a glass , and handed glasses into the coach ; he believed they were glasses of brandy . There was a noise inside the coach . Saw all in a room at Carlisle , but could not speak to them . Saw toem next day and recognised the doctor . They started in a double seated carriage from the Bush .
Joseph Hodgson , waiter at the Bnsh Inn , Carlisle , remembered the passangers by tbe North Briton coach stopping at the house on the 18 th of March . He recognised the five'before named . They arrived at eleven . Miss CreUin appeared insensible . He thought they were going to take her to an asylum . Formed that opinion from her manner and conversation- They had tea for feur , and the doctor , during the time , had a glass of brandy . They slept at the Bush . The doctor ordered two glasses of brandy , one of which he gave to the lady . Ho took the other himself . The Iady" 3 conduct was not quiet She seemed to hate Jones and M'Gill , and appeared to scold them . After that the men took three glasses of ale before going to bed . They were making a noise ; one ^ f the other
• waiters -went in , and raid , - " The could not allow tbat Boise so late . " M'&dl shoved him out of the room Qaick told witness that the old lady had . plenty of money ; that they were only servants , and he was travelling with her . They were going to Armm . Waited upon them in the morning ; they had enly breakfast for three . The ladles had none ; they were in s dxfi % nent zoom . Sirs . Clajton came down to the doctor , and asked for a glass of brandy for Miss Crellin . The doctor refused it , saying she would only kick up another row . The doctor asked for a glass of brandy aad two of ale . The night before , tbe lady asked where she was ? and the doctor said five miles from Warrington , and they would go there in the morning , after sleeping in that houss all night . They left the Bush ifr iuBf-PMt eleven on Saturday mnTPing in a two-seated
CMtifige . \ -Sxainined by Mr . Davenport—M'Gill and the fioctor efttted at the house on Sunday night for a glass of
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brandy each . Did not sea any brandy given t » Miss CrelUn , and never h » rd her ask bow far it was to Gxetna Green ? T . Brownrigg , post-boy at the Bush Inn , Carlisle , was employed to drive the party on Saturday , the 19 th nit The doctor rode outside . Did not Bee Miss Crellin ' s la . ee . The waiter ordered the coach , and told him to drive to the Metal Bridge , six and a half miles on the Glasgow road . Stopped when they got two and a half miles from Carliale . One of tbe gentlemen inside called to the doctor to stop at the first public house they came to . The doctor said said they were a lot of d d drunken devils inside ; they thought of nothing but drinking . Told the doctor there was a beer shop close at band , and a public house a mile farther on . The doctor said be was to drive t * tbe public house The doctor , when they got there , ordered four glasses
of ale , and the landlady . only brought three . The doctor took one , and handed the ether two inside . He ordered another , bnt the landlady brought two . Witness drank one , and the doctor wanted him to take the other , but he would not As they were going through the toll bar , the doctor said " Have you any weddings now ? " Witness said , ** N « , they are rerj Bcaroe . " He then asked how they paid ? and was told there were various prices , just according to circumstances . He then told them that when be was married in Liverpool , he gave the post-boy ialf-a-guinea . He asked what they got married for , and was told they had various prices , from a gill of whiskey to £ 100 . The doctor talked of stopping at the Metal Bridge , and asked if they bad any posting conveyance ? He was told they had not . Quick then said he would leave the rert of
the party at the Mttal Bridge , and walk on to Gretna , as he merely wished to Bee tke place . He complained of tae hire of the coach ; and then the boy told him that as he bad been charged so much U 5 s . ) for the coach , he would not mind driving him a abort distance over the bridge , which he did . When they had got a few hundred yards over , the doctor asked what was the first place at which they married people ? Teld him Sark Bar . He said he would have a lark with them there , and witness told him be might get tbe lines there by going in and getting a glass of whiskey . Fulled np about two miles from the Sark Bar . Looked into the carriage , and saw that Jones had a glass bottle in his hand . Mrs . Clayton had a wineglass . All along the road the party kept " akirking" out with fits of laughter , the ladies more particularly . Quick paid for the coach hire .
Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott : The old I'Kiy , as they called her , looked down when she came cut of the car , took hold of M'Gili ' s arm , and walked on witk him . Could see Gretna Hall , were the party were let down . They were let down between two and three miles from Gretna Hall , where John Lin ton liver 1 . Watched tba party a few hundred yards ; the doctor began to play about on the road . Tae doctor paid aim for driving . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport : Thought in his own mind there was something like a wedding going on . Mr . Rushton here intimated that there were witnesses who saw them on their rttorn ; but he did not think it necessary for the administration of justice to call them . Mr . Grocott hoped they would call the parson .
Mr . Dowling said be had not succeeded in getting him . He did not feel authorised to give the sum he wanted . Mr . Snowball said he wanted £ 20 far himself , and £ 10 for baa daughter . Mr . Rushton said that all recoverable expences would have been paid , bnt there was no doubt be would be brought before a proper tribnnal . Mr . George M'Gill , of Dublin , said he knew the prisoner M'GilL He was the son of a Mr . M'Gill , a tailor , who lived in South Frederick-street , Dublin . His father was never a aaldier . He kept his carriage , and horses , and livery servants in Dublin . Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Was no relation to prisoner , whose father It fc a handsome fortune behind him , and M'Gill got a share of it Never knew M'Gili ' s father to be a ColoneL
Eiizibeth Armstrong , chambermaid ef the Crown and Mitre Inn , Carlisle , recollected seeing the party at their house on the ioth of March . Saw Mrs . Clayton Erst , who -went to bed about half-past nine . She lent her one of hernightcapB , and Mrs . Clayton wished ber to go down to the other lady , Miss Crellin , and get her to bed , for sho was very tipsy . M'Gill wished to be shown Mrs . Clayton's bed room . He was shown where she was , and en Mrs . Clayton being asked to go down to supper , she said she would not ; she bad bad enough of him , and she was going off at six in the morning He said it would be two guineas out of his pocket if she went at six o ' clock . Mrs . Clayton said tbat would be ntthing in his way if he were a gentleman , as he pretended to be . When Mrs . Clayton would not go
down , witness was told to go ont of the room first She did bo , txpecting he was following her ; but soon after this , perhaps in about ten minutes after , saw M'Gill coming out of her room . Saw Miss Crellin go to bed . She was very tipjy . She could not undress herself . Witness undressed her , and lent her one of her own night dresses and caps . M'Gill shortly after that wished to be shown to Mif s Creliin's bed room She told him to go in thinking Miss Crellin might be awake . She carried the candle and put it on tbe dressing taele . Miss CreUin was asleep , and M'Gill said , " She is asleep . " Witness answered , " Yes , she ia fast asleep . " Sbe then came out of the room , and left them there . He said , " Dont waken her . " The night before the back of her dress was all open and ber hair hanging down .
Cross-examined—Miss Crellin and M'Gill were in the sitting room together . She did not send down stairs for M'Gill . She walked by herself , but was very tipsy . Did not recollect Miss Crellin saying she ¦ would net go to bed if M'Gill did not come too . . - -. John Macfarlane , waiter at tbe Crewn and Mitre , Carlisle , recollected an omnibus on tbe 20 th March driving up to their house from Gretna-hall , at five in the afternoon . The marriage party were in it . The doctor was outside . Miss Crellin was lying with her head on one of the gentlemen ' s knees . Thought it was
M'Gill , bnt was not quite sure . She seemed to be asleep . Assisted tbe party out of tbe omnibus . The gentleman on whose knee she was lying awakened her , told her she was at Carlisle , and said , " Get up . " When she got out of the omnibus , she appeared stupid , either from the effects of sleep or drink . One side of ber bonnet was very much crashed , and her clothes open behind . She went np stain staggering a little-She was shown into a sitting room , and had a glass of brandy . She had at least six or seven glasses of brandy that ensuing , and one glass tie morning she left
Cross-examined by Mr . Grocott—Miss Crellin ordered the brandy . Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—She pressed Jenes to have a glass of brandy , and he would not She got up then , and asked the waiter if he had ever seen such a rum lot is tbe house before ? She then said she had got married , and would have a d d good spree . This was half an hour before she went to bed . She appeared very much pleased . She offered to treat witness . He declined drinking with her , and sbe offered him a shilling to get a glass for himself . Mrs . Ciayton said , " Take it , she is worth plenty ; " and he took it to please her . Miss Crellin appeared to be very merry . Re-examined by Mr . Snowball—She appeared to be very drunk .
John Hawkes , waiter of the King ' s Arms , Kendal—Recollected the party coming to the inn on the 21 st of March , a little before two o'clock in the afternoon . They dined there . Miss Crellin appeared in a state bordering on stupefaction . Her face was very red an « bleated . She partook with the rest , but ate little She took eome sneny . They left by the Glasgow maiL Cross-examined by Mr . Davenport—There were four glasses of brandy and a pint of sherry taken into the room . They all seamed to be enjoying themselves , with the txseption of Miss CrelUn . Mr . Rush ton said . he was in hopes to have finished this night , bat be found the casa most be again remanded . He then examined tbe following parties : —
Henry Boulter , watch-maker , in Oldhall-street , said he resided in Egremont , and in going ever on the 1 st of March , saw Rogerson in the packet . Rogerson had a bottle with him . Next day saw Rogerson at his shop . He came running in and said , "I want a wedding ring . " He got one and went off , not being a minute there , left » bottle with him . It was a quart bottle , with a label , " Cognac brandy , " on it Emptied the brandy in the street one day , as he wanted to make ess of tbe bottle . John Evans , driver of his own car , remembered a young man having a ear to go to Roscoe-street , Roscoelane , on St Patrick ' s day . Ha was then told to go to No . 9 , Mrs . Clayton's house , and found Mr . and Mrs . Jonfcs and Mrs . Clayton . DroTe down Roscoe-lane and
along Berry-street Stopped at the Adelpbi , and Mrs . Chamley came into the car . She told him to drive to Richmond-row , and when he got there he was taken to St Anne's Coffee-house and discharged . Was engaged on tbe Tuesday afterwards ta go to Sanders offise , Leigh-street He took Miss Crellin , Mrs . Rogerson , Qaick , and M'GilL Ho waited there two houre , and then Rogers 3 n came . He tben took Quick > ai-ani , Miss Crellin , and Mrs . Rogerson to an office on the right hand side of Castle-street . Rogerson came there also and be then drove the party to Boundary-street . Mrs . Rogerson then went to Mrs . Chanjley ' s and took her up to Bogerson's . Next day he took tbe-parties to Armifitead ' s office , and afterwards drove them to Leigh ' s office , Leigh street Rogerson came to tbe office , and they went in tbe ceach again to Fineh-stre 6 t
Frederick Busby , who drove Miss Crellin , Mrs . Clayton , and Jones from St . Ann's Coffee House , stated that be took them to No . 9 , Roscoe Lane . A squabble arose about paying the fare , when Miss Crellin handed her pocket to Mrs . Clayton , who took the money out of it and paid for the car . James Maguire , car-driver and owner , said he drove two ladies and a gentleman to a public-house in Oldhamstreet , on St Patrick ' s Day . Mrs . Clayton , Jones , and Miss Crellin were the parties . Mr . Rushton then remanded the prisoners till the following day .
SiTURB . iT . —This case came on again this morning , in the Crown Court , before Mr . Rosbton , The anxiety el ike public to hear farther particulars of this extraordinary affair was maintained with unabated interest Eleven o'clock was the time fixed for tbe magistrate to take his seat ; but for seme time previous to that heur ,
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great numbers ot persons were waiting ; outside the doors to gain admission , and , as Boon they were opened , a rush took place into the Court Room , and the space both within and without the bar was speedily filled . The disposal of the ordinary police basinets having occupied the magistrate , at the Police Court , longer than was expected , it was a quarter-past twelve "before he took his seat . Miss Crellin and her friend , Mrs . Chamley , came into court about half-past eleven , and took their seats ia the boxes to the right of the bench . The fint business of the court was to take bail for Mr . Donlevy . Two respectable persons were offered and accepted by the magistrate .
The voluntary depositions of Mr . Donlevy wete tuen read by Mr . E'lis . The statements differed but little from what has already appeared in the papers respecting the part Mr . Donlevy has had in the matter . On the conclusion of the reading of the paper , Mr . Rushton asked Mr . Donlevy if he bad anything farther to state ? He Baid he had . That Miss Crellin bad been introduced to him by M'Gill as bis future wife , and it was on the presumption that sbe bad assented to the marriage that he ha& accompanied her to the church-Mr . Donlevy then entered into his own recognisances for £ 200 , and each of his sureties £ 100 each . The Magistrate then ordered him to be discharged . The voluntary depositions of the Rev . J . H . Stafford were read by Mr . Ellis . The document consisted of a repetition of the reverend gentleman ' s previous evidencs before Mr . Rush ton . The reverend gentleman was bound over to prosecute .
Mr . Eden , solicitor , examined : Miss Crellin came to his office on tbe 23 rd March , along with Mr . Armistead . She told witness that she bad been married against her will . M'Gill and Quick came in . Told Miss Crellin that he did not like to interfere . It was thought advisible that M'Gill and Miss CrelUn should have an interview , to see if they could come to some arrangement Witness , on passing from one office to the other , saw two women , but did not know them . Miss Crellin and M'Gill could not agree , and all the parties left the office , Mr . Snowball Baid he wished tbe prisoners to be remanded , as he had an important witness to produce . Mr . Rushton—Then bring him . I cannot consent to a fuither remanding of tbe prisoners . It would cause too much inconvenience to the public bnsines * .
Joshua Edwards , inspector of police , examined by Mr . Rushton—Told Mr . Superlntendent ^ Brown about Miss Crellin'a case about six weeks or two months ago . His farther evidence was to the effect that be told him Mrs . Jones had informed him ( witness ) about Martin getting £ 250 from Miss Crellin . Went with Brown to Miss Sutten's house , in Seymour-street , to see Miss Crellin . Miss Crellin came into the room . Remembered seeing Mrs . Jones in the boose . Copeland was in custody at that time . He was in custody on a charge of taking- £ 20 from Mra . Clayton . Miss Crellin said she was not willing to appear against him . Had seen MrB . Jones before . Mrs . Jones told witness that two men had been much in the habit of annoying Miss Crellin , and begged his interference , H&d called at Mrs . Jones ' s to know -where Miss Creilin lived .
By Mr . Davenport—Had been only once at Mrs . JoneB ' s . She told witness tbat Miss Crellin h » d given Copeland £ 250 . She appeared confused at the time . Might have said that Miss Crellin was a drunken old woman . Had seen ber drunk . When witness 6 aw her diunk , she was in a public-house in company with Copeland . That was at Hebbletbwaite ' a spirit vaults , in Church-street There wasayonng man with Copelind at the time . Witness assisted . Miss Crellin to walk out Copeland went with her . A car was called , bnt they did not go in . Miss Crellin walked up Boldstreet between the women ; that was between twelve and one o ' clock in the day , and about a week before witness went to Jones's house . Mr . Ruahton said he wouJd now propose that the depositions of the witnesses be read over , and if any other witnesses were brought forward , they would be heard afterwards . This having been done ,
Mr . Rushton said it was his intention to commit the prisoners for felony , and then there would be a farther charge for conspiracy against them all . ..- ¦ Mr . Kushton said to Mrs . Clayton that if she had any thing to add to her volnntary statement , that was the time . She replied that she had not . John Orr M'Gill was then informed by Mr . Rushton that if he had anything to say , that was the time ; and M'Gill replied be had nothing to say . Quick , Rogerson , and Jones , and Mrs . Jones and Mrs . Clayton made tbe same answers . Duval said the same . Upon Copeland being asked if be had anything to say , then was tbe time ; tbe prisoner said he had nothing to say . The magistrate then said , that as the charge against him was for conspiracy , he would take bail , himself is £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . Mr . Grocott hoped the magistrate would allow bail to be taken for Mr . Roeerson .
Mr . Rushton : No ; he is guilty of felony like the rest They are all , with tbe exception of Copeland , guilty of felony , and the charge against him is for getting money under false pretencea . Mr . Snowball said it was possible Mr . Copeland might have the £ 250 upon his person . In that case he might deposit the £ 100 f <* r himself , and tbe two fifties for his sureties , and make off with tbe remainder . Mr . Rushton said he would take care of that If Mr Copeland had had money about him , the bridowellkeeper would have taken it It was , however , the usual way nerer to demand excessive bail . All the witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the next aasiaes . Mr . Snowball recommended that Miss Crellin be bound over to prosecute .
Mr . Ruahton said he should follow the practice of his respected predecessor , Mr . Hall , and insist that the commissioner of police , Mr . Bowling , be bound over to prosecute ; and that if he had any farther application to make , be must apply to a higher authority . Mr . Davenport applied to the magistrates to allow of bail for Mrs . Jones . Mr . Rushton said he was sorry he could not comply with the request . Tbe prisoners were then removed from the bar , and the Court broke np at twenty minutes past six o ' clock . Tbe Court continued crowded till the termination of the proceedings , and amongat the spectators were many ladies .
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HORRIBLE MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A FEMALE AT ROEHAMFON , SURREY . From an early hour on Thursday morning last , a feeling of most intense interest and excitement was occasioned in the villages of Roehampton , Putney , and the surrounding neighbourhood of Surrey , iu consequence of the discovery of a murder of a most frightful and appalling nature , and which in the annals of crime has only been equalled in atrocity , by that of Hannah Brown , by the miscreant Greenacre , and that of Mr . Paas , at Leicester . The scene of the melancholy tragedy is situated on Putney Heath , in the hamlet of Roehampton , on the premises of Q , uelaz Shiell , E ? q .., Grauard-lodgej Roehampton-lane , or otherwise Putney Park-lane , a bye road , running out of the road from Putney to Roehampton , and about a mile and a-half from the former village .
Who the unfortunate female is , who ha 8 been the victim of the murderer , is at present unknown , but the individual who is suspected of having perpetrated the horrid deed is a man named Daniel Good , who for upwards of the last two years , has filled the sitution of coachman in Mr . Shiell's establishment , and who , we regret to Btate , has for the present evaded the course of justice by absconding . The discovery was first made between ten and eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night . From inquiries made oa the spot , and particulars obtained from the police authorities , it appears that about half-past eight o ' clock on Wednesday evenin , Daniel Good drew up with a four-wheeled pony chaise belonging to his master , at the door of Mr . 'Colnmbine ,
a pawnbroker , residing in High-street , Wandswortb , and asked to look at a pair of black knee breeches , which he Btated he wanted to purchase . After examining them , and bargainina as to the price with Mr . Columbine , he agreed to purchase them , and being known to Mr . Columbine , he departed with them without paying for them . As he quitted the shop , a lad who is in Mr . Columbine ' s employ , observed him as he left take up off the counter a pair of black trousers , and put them under the flips ef his great coat , and on reaching the chaise place them with the breeches under the cushions of the seat . The lad immediately communicated the circumstance to Mr .
Colurubice , -who instantly ran to the door , and in a delicate manner asked Good if be bad not made a mistake and had put a pair of black trousers up with the black breeches he had just purchased . Good repljed that he had not , and instantly drove off before Mr . Columbine could search the chaise , or give the delinquent into custody . Mr . Columbine then lost no time in acquainting the police on duty of the robbery , and police-constable Wm . Gardiner , V 279 , accompanied by Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and a young man named Robert Speed , in the employ of Mr . Cooper , a grocer , residing next door to Mr . Columbine , immediately proceeded to Roehampton-lane , to the residence of Mr . Shiell , for the purpose of apprehending Good .
Tbe policeman Gardiner states , that on reaching Roe hampton-lane , they first went to tbe dwelling-house o-Mx . SnvjH , whick is quite distinct and nearly a quarter ! of a mile distant from the farm where the stables are situated , when they inquired if tbe eoachman , meaning Good , had come home , and were told by the footman , who answered the ring , that he did not know , but they could ascertain by going to the stables . On reaching the gate of tbe firm , Gardiner thought it prudent to keep in the back ground , and allow Speed to ring the ben , not wishing to alarm Good , Bhould he answer the
ricg , which , as it happened , was the case . On Good opening the gate , Speed inquired if the coachman had come home , when Good replied , "I am the coachman . " Gardiner , the policeman , then immediately went forward , and told him that he had directions to take him into custody on a charge of stealing a pair Of black tiaw&ers from tbe shop of Mr . Columbine , at Wandsworth . Good , with the utmost apparent coolness , said , " Indeed , —why yes , I bought a pair of breeches from Mr . Columbine , but I have not paid him for them . " Gardiner told him that was a question he was not
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authorized to enter into , as the charge upon which he apprehended him was of a folonious nature . Gacdtben aid , " Very well , I will then go with you to Wandsworth , and mettle with Mr . Columbine ; " but Gardiner told him he must first search the chaise witk which he had been to Mr . Columbine ' s shop , and the stabling , to see if he could find the stolen trowsers . Good offered no objection to that , ' and he accompanied Gardiner , wltfi Speed , and Mr . Columbine ' s lad > in their search through one of the coach-housea and a stable on the north , and north-west sides of the square , forming the stable-yard , but without finding the object of teeir search G . iTdiner then went towardB a stable on the south-east side , when Good immediately stood with his back against the door . Gardiner told him he waa determined to
search that stable also , upon which Good said , ' ¦ Oh , no , we had better go at once to Wandsworth , and get the matter settled . " At that juncture Mr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell's bailiff , and gardener , whose residence closely adjoins the stables , hearing a loud talking , came out of his house , and walked up to the spot ; and inquired what was the matter . Gardiner told him that he had taken Good into custody upon a charge of felony , at which Mr . Oughton appeared very much surprised , and insisted on Gardiner searching the stable in question . They all then went in , namely , Good , Mr . Ougbton , Gardiner , Speed , and Mr . Columbine ' s lad , and on entering Gardiner desired Speed and the lad to stand by Good for the purpose of keeping him in charge , while he ( Gardiner ) prosecuted kU search . After he
bad searched two of the stalls and the hay-racks , Gardiner examined the : corn-bins , and while doing bo , Good exhibited great uneasiness , and pressed most urgently that he should at once be taken to Wandsworth , that he might settle the matter . Gardiner , however , declared that he would hot leave until tie bad made a diligent examination of the place ; and , missing the third stall , in which two ponies were placed , proseeded to search the fourth stall , which was at the further extremity of the stable ; and very dark , and appeared to be filled with a number of trusses of bay On removing two of the trusses , ne found there was a quantity of loose hay underneath , and when be bad removed thai he discovered something which appeared to him to be a dead pig . He immediately exclaimed ,
"My God , what ' 8 this ? " and at the same instant Good rushed out of the stable , shutting tha door after him ; and before Gardiner or bis companions could , collect themselves sufficiently to prevent him , Good succeeded in locking them in on the outside , and taking oat the key which was subsequently found in a shrubbery near the spot , and effected hU escape . Speed immediately took a two-pronged pitchfork ' ' and endeavoured to break open the door , in which he was assisted by Gardiner , dec . ; but experienc ing great difficulty in doing so , they all proceeded to the stall to examine what it was that Gardiner had found secreted . While they were all standing over it , Mr . Columbine ' s lad exclaimed , " Oh , my God , it is a human being ; " and on a more close examination it was found to be the trunk of a human body , which had been divested of its head , anna , and legs . It was lying with the back upwards , and when turned over by
Speed was discovered to be the trunk of a female , and the abdomen was found to have been cut open , and the entrails , &c . extracted . The feelings of the party at the dreadful discovery may be better conceived than described , and renewed efforts were immediately made to break open the Btable door , in which they were shortly Buccesaful . Gardiner then instantly despatched tbe lad to acquaint the police on duty in the neighbourhood , with the finding of the body , and the escape of Good , with a view to hia recapture , and in a short spaco of time police constable Hayter , V 192 , followed soonafterwards-by Tye . V 199 , camer tohls assistance , and while Hayter proceeded with other constables to scour the neighbourhood in search of Good , Tye galloped on one of Mr . Shiell ' s ponies to the station-house at Wandswortb , to give information of the murder to Mr . Superintendent Bicknell and inspector Busain , both of whom instantly hastened to the spot
On the arrival of Mr . Bicknell and Mr . Busain at the stables , the former sent the latter to Putney to request the attendance of Mr . ShilUto , surgeon , of the Higb-8 treet , who is the divisional surgeon to the police . Jlr . Shillito being from home . Air . A . Allen , his assistant , returned with Busain , and on examining the body , found that the head had been taken off at about the third or fourth cervical vertebra apparently after death bad been caused , and not in the commission of the foul act The right arm had also been taken off above the bumeruB , or shoulder joint , and the left arm , near the bead of the humerus , under the shoulder joint . Through the chest was an incision froni rather above the sternum , extending down nearly to the pubes , and another incision , tight and left , extending to the osillium . The legs had likewise been taken off just below the head of the femur , or thigh bone . The whole of the cuts through the flesh had been evidently made by
a very sharp instrument , the edges being remarkably clean , while tbe bones bad , on the contrary , been divided by being hacked or chopped with some blunt instrument , the edges being much jagged . The stomach , as well as the whole of the intestines , the liver , uterus , < fec ., bad all been removed , and were , like the head , arms and legs , nowhere to be found . In the opinion of Mr . Allen , which was confirmed by Mr . Shillito , on his seeing the body , the injury by which death was caused must have been inflicted on the head of the victim , there being not the slightest mark or wound on the back or front of the body . In the opinion of tha surgeons , the body is that of a female from about twenty-four to twenty-six years of age , and , from the appearance of the body , it is considered the unfortunate woman had never been a mother , bnt whether orMbt she was enceinte at the time of her death could not be determined , the uterus , &a , being removed ; : ' . ¦ ' ,.
During the time occupied by the examination of the body , Sergeant Palmer , Y 6 . waa attracted by a strong arid very disagreeable smell , to the harness-room , which adjoined the stable in which the body had been found . The door was found to be locked , and upon its being opened , the stench was most uverpowering , and , to use Palmer ' s words , " nearly threw him on hia back ; " Observing a pile of wood in the fireplace , where there was no stove , he found tbat the pile had been laid ready for ignition , and had been formed aa follows ;—I wo blocks of wood formed the base , about a foot and a-half apart across these blocks were ; two bars of iron , transversely
placed at either end ; and upon that other wood had been placed , with coal ; the object of thus forming it being evidently to secure a quick vent , similar to that of a furnace . Having carefully , removed the material of the pile , Palmer discovered a quantity of ashes , chiefly wooa-aahes , and in examining them he discovered amongst them a number of fragments of human bones , in a highly calcined state , which accountedi for the unpleasant odour above mentioned , and on their being shown to Mr . Shillito and Mr . Allen , they at once declared them to be portions of the skull , arm , and thi ^ h bones , and bones of the fingers , ico . of a human being V ; ' . ¦' • - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . / ; " ' ; . ' . ¦' .. -. ' ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦• • ;
The horrible occurrence , as may be easily supposed , has thrown the family of Mr . Shiell into a state of the most painful distress . Mr . and Mr ? . Shiell are , it is Understood , each aged persons , and were on the eve of removing from Granard Lodge , which has been disposed of , for Clarge 8 ton-street , Piccadilly . Mr . Shiell , who is stated to be an East Indian merchant , is at present from home . Granard Lodge was f oruietly the residence of sir T . Farquhar . Bait .
FURTHER PARTICULARS .. Daniel Good , the person already alluded to , is a native ( of Ireland , and wrb borii in the county of Cork . He is , asnearly as can be conjectured , full fifty years of age , speaks with a strong Irish accent , and in manner and education is quite uncultivated , being almost unable to read pr write . Of his early years Tery little , is known , but it has been ascertained that about thirteen years ago he was in the service , as groom , of a gentleman named Nottage , a magistrate of Surrey , resident in the neighbourhood of Wandsworth , from whose establishment he was dismissed under the following circumstances : —One day , during hia master ' s absence from home , Good toofe the liber ty of riding off on a favourite horseof his master ' s to London , in order to fulfil an
engagement with a female of his acquaintance , and being detained by lier later than he anticipated , he galloped on his way home , when , by some accident ; the horse was killed . From that time little is known of him until within about the last three ytara ; but it is believed tkat he acted during a considerable portion of that space of time as . an occasional helper at some of the livery stables at the west-end of the town . 'About ' three years ago , at which time be was acting as a bricklayer ' s labourer , at some of the works then in progress in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-square , he took a front kitchen at the . house of Mr . Brown , a respectable fruiterer and greengrocer , No . 18 , on the north side of Southatreet , Manchester-square , and three doora from Manchester-street" He there represented himself as a
married man , and introduced as his wife the female whom there is every reason to b elteve has since become his victim ; she Was a native of Wales , but her name , from prudential motives at the present stage of the inquiry , we abstain from making public He also brought with him there a boy , whom he stated to be his son , who baa been spoken of in the evidence of the witnesses examined . beforei the jury . Good , as may be supposed , is a Catho li c , and has been at times jn the habit of frequenting the different CatholicI cbapejs in and round the metropolis , at several of which he is known , while his reputed wife , who is stated to be between thirty and forty years of age , was a Protestant , Dut was never , while residing in South-street , known to go to a place of worship . While he was residing at home with her , they were' gene ^ lly considered by the iumates of the house as living happily together ; but about two years . and four months since , work being
slack , he obtained , on the recommendation of a gentleman named Pngb , with whom he formerly lived , the situation of coachman to Mr . Sheill , which he had retained until the moment of the present discovery , and where be passed as a Bingle man . After he bad entered upon bis situation , he purcbased a mangle , by the use of which the female in question assisted in maintaining hersejft About twelve months since , she complained at the station-house of the D division of police in Marylebone-lane , that during her absence from home a variety of articles , including all her clothes , had been stolen , but on a policeman , some hoaxa afterwards , going to the houre to dljtiin a list of the atolen artlelea Good was there , who treated the matter so lightly , that an opinion was engendered that he was privy to the removal of tbethiDgs , and / nothing further was done in it During the time Good was in Mr . SheiU ' s aervicei he slept at that gentleman's house * and not at
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the stables * but freqaently , when he brought members of the family to town , he would drive his masterls ponies ( a roan and light grey ) to . South-street , and oill at the lodgings , in which neighbourhood his person , as well as the ponies , ate well known . : On the afternoon of Sunday last , the reputed Mr ?; Good was observed by Mrs . Brown to leave the bouse alone , and not , as has been stated , accompanied by Good . She was dressed in a lightish blua silk bonnet , dark shawl , and reddish print gown , and although Geod did not fetch her from the house , there fs no doubt be met her shortly afterwards , as they were seen together by several persona who knew Good , on the Surrey-aide of Hammersmith suspension : bridge . One person ^ who is connected with the establishment
of a RoyaVDuke , spoke to him , when he represented the female with him as hia sister . It has also been traced that he was on the same afternoon with the same female in several public-houses in the neighbourhood of Roehampton , at which they drank a good deal of beer and gin-and-water . On the following evening ( Monday last ) Good called at Mr . Brown ' s and said he had come to pay the rent , and to take the boy away with him , adding thai he did not intend to give np renting the kitchen for a few days , as it would require that period to dispose of the mangle and other things . Mr * . Brown , who was not then aware that the female whom she had seen leave on the Sunday had not yet returned , asked him tt he was then going to take hiB wife to live with him at his situation ; upon which
he said , " She is already down there , and will not come back here again , " which Mrs . Brown thought correct , as he had before spoken of getting her a situation . When he left that night he took , in addition to the boy , some cf the articles of furniture -with him in the chaise , saying that he was able to do so , as the family were out at a parry . After that he waa not seen at South-street until after the discovery of the murder . On the Wednesday and Thursday previous , he had been seen about the neighbourhood of Roehampton in company with a female , named Susan Butcher , servant at the Rose and Crown public-house , kept by Mr . Souston , at Wimbledon , who , it appears , had leave , in accordance with her own request , on Easter Sunday , to go and see
her mother at Woolwich , whom she represented to be very dangerously ill . She did not , however , return ts her situation udtil the following Wednesday , when she made an excuse for-her absence that she had fouod her mother much worse than ahe anticipated . Mr . Souston , however , was very angry , and upbraided her for net having written to inform him of the reason , and even ; tually he told her he had engaged another servant , and paying her her wages , dismissed her . On the afteN noon of that day ( Thursday ) she wasin Good'scompany at the Spotted Horse public-house , drinking gin and water , and persons who were In . the same room declare they appeared to be " courting . " Goed was endeavouring to get off a ring from her finger , but she resisted , and said she would only part with it with her
life . Some conversation also passed between ; them relative to her going . home to her mother at Woolwich , on the follewirig day . ; pa Friddyj accordingly Good took her to the Six Bells , at Putney Bridge , where they waited the arrival of the Lightning , London steam boat , on board of which he put her , with her luggage , requesting the captain , on hi * arrival at the Swan- ' atairs , London Bridge , to put her on board of one of the Woolwich steamers . Whether he again eaw her between that day ( Friday ) and Wednesday last is hoi ; known , tut on the latter day it has been traced tbat be went to the residence of Butcher ' s mother , No . 13 ; Charlotte-place , Woolwich , to Bee her , and it was on his return from that place to Boehampton in the evening , that he called at the shop of Mr . Collumbine , at Wandsworth , as before described .
After the discovery of the trunk of the murdered woman , on Wednesday evening , and Good ' s absconding from Putney , it has been traced that he once more ventured to his old lodgings in South-street , which ha reached about half-past 12 o ' clock on Thursday morning He found all the inmates ef the house bad retired to re ? t He , however , knocked at the door , and was at last answered at the bhop door by Mr . Brown , who asked , Who " B there ? " He : replied " Good . " Mr . Brown \ vas very angry with him for disturbing his rest at that hour , and refused to open the door . He , however , went round and opened the private door , when Good excused himself for being bo late by saying that the family were again in town at a party , and he wished to take a few more things away ; Good then requested
Mr . Brown to give him a light , buc the latter , V 7 ho La said to be a very quiet , steady , and inerRnsive man , told him it was too bad to disturb him , and refused to do bo ; Good accordingly went to the Bedford AritiB public house , kept by Mrs . Kerridge , at the corner of North-street , about five doors distant from Mr . Brown ' s Where be abked for a glass of ale , with which be was served , but he appeared so agitated , and bis hand shook so , that he was unable to drink it , and gave it to a man having the appearancA of a cab . driver , by whom he -was accompanied , who drank it . It is certain that Good remained in the kitchen from the time of his return to Mr . Brown's house until half-past five o'clock in the morning , when he was se « n to call a cab off the stand in Great Marylebone-street , into which , on its drawing np In South-Btreet , he put a box and large package , and ; getting in himself , was driven to Little Dorset-place , at the bottom of
Whitcombstrect , Charing . oross , where he alighted opposite Shephird'a livery stables , A few minutes afterwards bespoke to police-constable John Warrea , C 55 , who was on duty in the street , aad asked him at what time Shepherd's livery stables generally opened ? to which the policeman answered he did not know , and proceeded round his beat The policeman states Good had then with him a deal box , a bundle , a bed tied up , and three or four lots of brushes fastened to it On the policeman having made the circuit of his beat , he saw Good walking away , and it has been ascertained that he went round t » Shepherd ' s Livery Stables in the Haymarket , and from thence to the Princess Charlotte public-hpuso , two doors off ; at the corner of Charles-street , where he bad something to drink , after which he returned to Dorset-place , and just as the policeman returned a third time he saw Good get into a cab and drive a way towards Charing-crosB . - '¦ ¦ . /'> : ''¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦" ' /; " . ¦ : i :: ' '')¦ . -. '
Since that time no direct clue to his retreat has been ascertained , but a letter was received on Thursday last , at the resideniBe of Mr . Shiell , bearing the Tooley-street post-mark , and directed to that gentleman , purporting to come from Good , which is now in the hands of the police . It is so wretched a scrawl as to bs most difflcnlt to decipher . The contents have been kept most Becret , but it has transpired that , in that letter , Good declares himself to be a widower , and states that his wife had been dead five yeara last February ; that Susan . Butcher , with whom he became acquainted only on last Easter Monday , " has been the cause of all his misfortunes . " Healso therein entreats of Mr . Sbeill to be a friend to , and take charge Of , his boy , for whom he resigns all claims upon the property he ha 3 left ber bind , and upon tke seven pounds ten shillings wages due to him .
Oa Friday morning , ^ Sergeant Reid , V 10 , went to the post-office receiving-house in Tooley-street , to make inquiries respecting the letter , when the postmaster told him he recollected the circumstance of the letter being brought there to be forwarded to Roehampton , in consequence of bis remarking to the person who brought it that hei thought" the devil himself could not under-Btand or decipher the direction . " The man said it was to go to Roehampton , and drew a pen through that word and re-wrbte it in a bold legible handwriting . It is , therefore , almost certain that Good was not the man who posted it .
It has since transpired that on Thursday evening Sergeant Pany , II divisian , stationed at Woolwich , visited the residence of Susan Butchers mother , in Charlottestreet , arid in the course of his inquiries ascertained that on Goodrs visit to her oh Wednesday last , he left in her care certain articles of dress , Baying that they were his late wife ' s , who had been dead five years . Those articles are now in thei possession of Mr ; Superintendent Bicknell , who this morning showed them to Mrs . Brown , at her residence in Spiith-streeti , when she immediately identified tbem as tb « same worn by the reputed wife of Good oa her leaving there on Sunday last . . " . ¦ ' ' : ¦ . ~ - ' : ' : ' . - .- : - ¦'¦ . ¦ ' ¦ . - " - ¦ - ;' , ' . ¦¦ : ¦ "
Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest , a more close examination of the trunk was made by Mr . Shillito and two other medical gentlemen ; after which it was taken possession of by Mr . Tee , the constable and summoning officer at Roehampton , by whom it was subsequently removed from Mr . Sheili ' a siables to Mr Tee ' s residence , but it has been stated that it had been taken back , the neighbours Objecting to its close contiguity to their residences . A bunch of twelve : keys has also been found by Mr . Tee , on the top of a corn-bin in the opposite stable to that in which the murder is supposed to have been committed ; and on the boy , . who happened to be preseut , seeing M * . Tee take them up , he immediately exclaimed , " Those are my mother ' s keys , " and he Snatched them from Mr . Tee , who had great difficulty in getting them from him . ; ' The boy is at present under the care of Mr . Tee , and will remain so until after the inquest ;• ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦' :
It is a singular coincidence that , in the only two Cases of murder in which the circumstances are somewhat alike , which have occurred of late years—namely that of Hannah Brown , by Greenacre , and the present case , both : victims were females , earning ( in some measure ) their livelihood by mangling , and residing ia the same parish , St . Marylebone , Hannah Brown haying lived in XJnidn-street , Middlesex Hospital , and the unfortunate female whose dreadful fate now occupies so much Of public attention haying lived in Sputh-Btreet ; and , what is more remarkable , isthefMt that the latter residonce is the same house dt which , before it was turned into a shop , the present King of Belgium , when Ptinc ? Leopold , on his flrsy visit to this country , occupied the first floor . '¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦'"•'' ¦ -. ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ "•• ¦¦ ; " ' :-::- ' -..- ¦ ¦ " : ¦ ¦ - :- ¦
Througheut Saturd iy large numbers of persons visited Putney Park Lace for the purpose of obtaining a sight of the premises on which tte murder was committed , and the united feeling of all was an earnest deeire that the apprehension of the murderer might speedily take place . " ¦ ¦ . . ' ' '¦ .. - . " -. ¦ . "¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ , ¦¦¦ . " : , /^ ' . '
¦ ¦ ¦; . .: .: . ;¦ . ; . ¦• . ; . ; .: INQUEST . . " ; . ¦ . . . ' ¦ '• :, ¦¦ ¦[ . . ' - ; \ : ' On Friday weekj at twelve o ' oIocK , Mr . Garter » the coroner for the casterri division of Surrey , and a jury of seventeen inhabitants of the parish of Putney ^ assembled at the Angel Inn , Roehampton , to investigate the circumstances CJDneofced with the death of a female unknown , whose trunk and njutilated remains were discovered iu the stable adjoining the
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manrfV ' and \ bel 6 iiging to Qnelez Shiell , Esq ., of Putneyi ' ark-Jane . . The njo ^ t i ntense interest prevailed during the proceediojff f and the jury having been Bworn , pro .-ceeded to ri « w : the remains of the body , it waa the mere trunk , directed of arms , legs , and head ^ neith er of which conld b * found . On eearcnuiB the harness roonij liowever , it w& qoite clear thai ; the remainder of the body had been Mmed , for a portion of a jawbone , and the ashes of human bones , was found amongst the cinders of iff « f « -place . ^ Qn the return of the jory , the evidence wM entered into as follpws : William Gardiner , polica . constabla 279 V , was JBrst sworn . He said on Weaoesday highi , the 6 th of April , about a quarter to ; ntne o ' clock , I was oa duty in Hi « rhrstreet , Wandawptth ^ when , from
information I received from Mr . Celnmbine , of Highstreet , pawnbroker , I went with iwo lads to the house of Mr . Quelez Shiell , Potney Park-lane , in the parish of Putney . The names ot ike > lads were Robert Speed and Samuel Smith Dagnall , On arriving there I rang the bell , and the footman answered it . I inqnired of the footnian if the coachman had come home ! He said no ; but directed me dowa to the Btables , saying he might be there . The stables are about two hundred yards from the house . ' 1 desired the lad Speed to ring the bell . He did bo , and the coachman came to the gate . The lad asked if the coachman had come homey and . the person said " I am the coachman . " I thea went up to the man , and told him I had come to take him into custody on
a charge of stealing a pair of black troasera , which was my only object in going there . The man saidj "Yes , I bought » pair of breeches from Jir . Columbine , and I did not pay him for them / ' He pulled out his purse and wished me to take back the money for the breeches / I told him I would not take the money ; the breeches had nothing to do with the charge of stealing the trousers . He said , Oh , very well ; I will go t > Wandswprth , arid settle with Mr . Oulumbine . " I asked if he would allow me to look over the chaise and stables . He made no objection , but said " Yes . " I went from the lane where I waa standing , accompanied by Speed and Dagnall , and the coachman went with us and pointed me out the chaise house and stable . I searched the chaise which
wai outside , thcij the chaise house , and from there I west to the harness room adjoining the stable , and from thence to the stable . When I was about entering the stable the coachman said " No , no ; let us go to Wandsworth and make it all rights I replied , " No , I will not until I have searched the stable , " as i-had not then Found the trowsers . Before I got into the stable , a person came up , whom I understood to Jitr . Oughton , Mr . Shiell ' s gardener . Ho asked me what waa the matter ? and I told him the object of my visit . I then went into the stable , accompanied by the two lads and Mr . Oughton , the coachman , and a child about ten or eleven years of age . The door of the stable I found open . I desired the lad Speed to stand by the coachman while
I made the search . I searched the first and second stall from the door , and then proceeded to the corn binns on the left of the doorway . 1 bad searched two of the binns , when the coachman said , " Let us go to Wandsworth and have it settled , * ' and appeared very anxious . I again said I would not until I had made a diligent search . After this conve rsation , I searched one more binn , and while searching that , the coachman went to the lower stall—the fourth in the row—in which there was a quantity of hay . I went after him , and saw him move some hay from one side of the stall to the other * and under the window . I made a remark , that I did not want his assistance ,, and the lad Dagnall was holding my lamp whilst I began to move a
portion of the hay that I had seen the coachman move . I moved two trusses ^ and under it I found same loose hay , which I moved with my foot . I then observed something lyiBg under it , and I moved the hay with my hand , and said to the lad , Dagnall , " What is this I—here's a goose \ " Dagnall drew close towards it , arid the lad Speed also , arid the same moment that Speed came towards US , the coichman rushed out of the stable door , pulled it after him , and locked it on the outside . I said " now we are done , " meaning he had escaped from being my prisoner for stealing the trousers . We all ran to the door , and the lad Speed and myself took up a hay fork , and commenced prizing the door . I left him doing so and went back to the stall to see what
that feally was tinder the hay , and the two . lada came also . Each of us passed some remarks as to what it was , and the lad Dagnall exclaimed , " Why it ' s a humaa being . " . Speed said " Oh , nonsense , " and stooped down and turned it over , and then we saw that it was the portion of a body or trunk of a female . We returned to the door and succeeded ia getting it open with the fork about a quarter of aa hour after the escape of the coachman , i told the lad Dagnall to run down the lane towards Wandsworth , and tell every policeman what had happened , and give the coachman ' s description , and also to do so at Wandsworth station-house , and he left for that purpose , whilst I and the others remained where we were at the stable . I remained about twenty
minutes , when constable 192 V came up , and T immediately dispatched him to Putney to give information . About half an hour after , Police Constable Tighe , 199 , arrived , and I despatched him to Wandsworth to give information to Superintendent Bickuell , With a full description of the coachman ' s dress . The superintendent , Mr . Inspector Busain , and a medical man , arrived in about half an hour ; After we had found the body , Mr . Oughton ' s eqtl came down to the stable . We gave him information that something strange had been found , and he appeared much alarmed , and said he would not stay in the house . I do not think he knew the body was concealed there . He went to see it in the stall , and exclaimed , "What a wretch he must be to do such a deed 1 "
meaning the coachman . The trunk was lying on it ? front when the boy Speed turned it over . I then knew it to be a wbman by its breasts . ; The arms were cut off close to the ' . sockets . The legs were severed at the hips , the head at the lower part of the neck , and the entrails had been takea out , the stomach being cut open . I searched , bnt could not discover the other parts of the body , but I have since seen that which is described to have been a portion of thebody . ' . ¦' . ' . - : .: ¦ ¦ ¦ / . ¦ . ' " >• .... ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ¦¦/¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - By the Coroner—Mr , Oughtoa ' s son ; said it waa dangerous to sleep in the house . He might be murdered . We believe that the conduct of the coachman in running away and locking us in in the manner he did , sho wed that he was the murderer , and had placed the body where it waa found . After
the superintendent came , I and Sergeant Palmer again searched the stable , but did not find the stolen trousers ; but in the third stall , which I bad not previously searched , we found a mattress under some trusses of straw , with two blankets rolled up inside of it . There were some stains on the mattress , but I cannot say if it was blood . It looked more like urinal stains . Thb body , as it has been viewed this day by : the jury , is in the position we found it , with the exception of being turned ever with the head part towards the manger of the stall . There was straw under the body which was stained witk blood , bat not to any great extant . By a Jurorr- ^ I saw the coachman ' s clothes hanging up in the harness room , hut I did cot minutely examine them- The coachman made ho observation when he rushed out of the stable . v
/ Robert Speed examined— I am shopman to a grocer in High-street , Wandsworth . About halfpast eight o ' clock Mr . Columbine , the pawhbrokeri came and asked m © to go with his faoy In searchof a man at the house of Mi-. Shiell in Putney Park-lane , who had taken a pair of trowsers that did not belong to him . I went to Mr . Shiell ' s premises . We first saw a female , and then a boy , who told us ¦ : where to go to find the coachman . We rang the bell , arid a female came to the gate , accompanied by the coachman we were in search of . —The . witness here described what passed , and the discovery of the remains of the murdered womaii . —After the examination of several other witnesses , the inquest w& 9 adjourned till Tuesday . ; : ;
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Execution of the Murderers , Nall and Tatlob , at Yokk . —On Saturday , the extreinfi sentence of the law was carried into effect on the bodies of Robert Nail and Jonathan Taylor , convicted at the last York Assizes , before Mr . Baron Rolfe , of the murder of their wives . Since their condemnatidn the demeanour of the malefactors has been calm and collected . About half-past five o'clock in the morning they were removed from the condemned cell to a room adioiniBg the Assize Court . Nail walked across the Castle yard with a firm elastic fltepj and meeting the schoolmaster of the gaol on his way , he slapped him on the shoulder and said , "In six hour how will it be with me ? " It was also apparent that
Taylor had not suffered much through mental anguish . ; Saon after ten o ' clock the Reverend chaplain again visited the prisoners , arid rerriained in t rayer with them until half-past eleven . He theB admiuistered the sacrament to them , and shortly afterwards they were pinioned . At twelve o ' clock the Under-Sheriff , in the usnal manner , demanded the bodies of the prisoners , and they were then delivered into his custody , and were almost immediately removed to the place of eiecntior . Taey walked to the scaffold with a firm UDflinching step , and did not appear to be in the slightest degree agitated . The usual service of the church was thefl gone through by the chaplain . Nail seemed to enter with much spirit into this part of the service , and when the Lord ' s prayer was repeated he audibly joined . He also employed the interval between th »
adjustment of the knot and the drawing of the fatal bolt ; in fervent ejaculktory prayer . Taylor did net display the same degree of feeling , and with the exception of a slight motion of the lips when theLord ' s prayer was repeated , he was perfectly passive . A \ the . conclusiofl of the devotional service , the reverend chaplain shook hands with the convicts . They bad * him farewell with much fervour , and appeared to be deeply sensiWe of the important benefits which hf bad rendered them . The fatal bolt was drawn , and the wretched men were launched into eternity . Neither of ; them appeared to suffer much , and Taylor evidently died withoht a struggle . The melancholy epectaole seemed to excite considerable interest , and at the time the execution took place there could not have been Ies 3 thaa from , ten to twelva thousand persona present .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct886/page/6/
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