The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-16 00:00:00

STATEMENT OF AN EVE-WITNESS.

Henry Pearl, an exceedingly intelligent lad, aged
fifteen years, who lives at No. 7, Krivoi, terrace, chine
to the scene of the tragedy, gives the following account
of what actually occurred
At twenty minutes past eight o'clock this (Monday) morn-
ing, I vv. standing in front of the garden next to my own
house where I live. I had a good view both of Mr. K yezor's
house and the front of Captain Green's house. Just as I wao
standing there Mr. Kyezor came out of his house, closed the
door after him, and walked out of the front garden, crossing
to the opposite dile of the road, and going as if in
the direction of Hounder.W. He was dressed as if going
Into town. Immediately after Mr. Ky., crossed the
road Mr. Green came out of hls front garden, awl walked
smartly after Mr. Ky ezor. He was dressed in a rusty-
looking bobtailed coat and brown trousers, and had no hat
noon his bead. As noel as begot close behind Mr. Kyezor,
he said to the latter, "Mr. Kyezor, I want to speak to you."
Ile said that In a loud voice, loud enough for me to
hear him quite plainly As soon as that was said, Mr. K ye-
tor, who seemed to take no notice of what had been said to
him, walked off the side into the middle of the road. Mr.
Green followed him quickly, slid when he came close behind
him cried out. "The,, I will allow yon what lam going to do."
Mr Kyeziir turned round at once and faced Sir Green and the
latter in an instant presented a pistol at Sir Ky exor's stomach,
and having placed himself in an attitude, with Ms legs
stretched °ten and firmly set upon the around, anti his arm,
extended, lie "red off the pistol. I sow Sir Kyezor drop down
on his back use. tly, and I heard him groan and cry out, "IM,
oh, I am dead- I am dead." I 'hint Mr. Green shot Mr.
ez ir rather in the right side of the stomach. Immediately
after Mr Kyezor fell down on his back Mr. Green walked
backwards in the threction of his own house, keeping in his
hands either ne or two pistols. As he was going oa. Inwards
a lad named James Turnbull ran towards him, but Mr.
Green managed to get inside his hall door, and holding it
Is with his I mot cried out to Turnbull, at the same time pre-
smiting the pistol at hint, "If you Moil go away I will shoot
you." Turnhull raised his arm and shook his fist at Green
and said, "Dare you do it?' and at the same moment Mr.
Greem slammed the door In his face. In the meantime
some eight or nine working men who were either passing
by or standing on the road at the time, ran to the
assistance of Mr. Kyezor and carried him into his own
house. Ile bled very little while tying on the road, and
when he was examined I heard he had two holes made
by the plc oil shot or shots in his stomach. In a few seconds
after Mr. Green slammed the door to James Turnoull's face
I heard a loud report as if at the hack of his house, and I
afterwards saw that Mr Green had shot himself in hia own
water-closet, where he was lying in a pool of blood Dr
Chapman was sent for to see Mr. Kyesor. Mr Green looked
quite steady and free from drink when I NM him this morn-
ing Aher Green shot himself his housekeeper, Sirs. Crisp,
came out and began to cry. Dr Whitmasch and Police-
constable Kerrldge arrived soon afterwards.
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Mr. Kepor expired at 11.50 on Monday night, after
thirteen hours of acute agony. The poor gentleman
was much more conscious towards the lase, and spoke
to several of his friends around him. His eldest son said
to him in the evening, "Father, do you feel more
relieved 1" He replied, 'Good-bye, my boy L can-
not live many more hours. I have settled all my
worldly affairs, and shall. I think, die in peace.
I Good-bye, and may you all be happy together."

A correspondent gives the following curious parti-
cularsof the early part of Green's life:
A somewhat peculiar interest attaches to the murderer and
suicide, Thomas Ilaydon Green—his real naive being
Edwards—who, while following his vocation as a milkman,
in 1420, became acquainted with the movements of
the Cato-street conspirators, and betrayed their Mien-
tbais to Lord klarrosrby, at whose house the different
members of the ministry were to have dined 11,on the
evening of their intended assassinatl“n by Thistlewood
and the other desperadoes Joined with him. As a reward for
I his service. the government of the day found employment
for Edwards in the stamping department of Somerset House,
I Edwards at the same time, from motives of personal const-
deration and safety, dropping his own name for that of Join
I Green, under which name he was known at Somerset
House, and from which establishment, upon ha rairement, he
received a superannuation of £6O Vs ed. per annum.
Deiriog
the time Green was at Somerset House he was remarkable
, among his fellow emplor,s as a very litigious, irritable sort
, of man, flying into a paroxysm of rage at the slightest pro-
vocation. Green being unable to entirely preserve his in-
cognito amongst those with whom he was officially associated
would sometimes have allusions made to him of the part he
to. kin connection with the Catastreet conspiracy, allusions
, always most distasteful to him, and which led to the issue
• of an order by the Lords of the Treasury of the day, threat-
ening with dismissal any innployt who persisted in doing so.