The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-21 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN FINCHLEY WOODS.

ARREST OE THY SUPPOSED MURDERIS.
The murdered man no. on Friday morning positively
identified as • person named Enoch Clarke, on Inhabitant
of the Itorodlih. • oompaoion of thieves, and supposed to
be connected with one of the most desperakt=ol
burglars in or new Lcadoa. As soon m the
of the body wee established, inqulrles under the special
direction of the Chief of the Orinsinel Invest
Department were rapidly pushed I orwark and osii farLym
afternoon Inspector Dodd sad Impeder Fag, with lose
constables in private clothes, surrounded • house In the
Borough. and 'nested • man who goes by various SUMO%
but whoso real name is John Baker. He is • a
powerful tom, twoity.two mere of age, sad he gives
trade on that of • carpenter. As soon as the lovlvtotora
had secured him they at own charged him with the
will ul murder of Zooeh Clarke, hss °on:lmolai and
confederate in the burglary at St. Albino IiCALM. HS.
however. made no miaow*. and he was then at once
taken to ths station, where the charge WU reed over to
him. It la said that there's • very arca' chain of evidence
against him, and probably the diecoveriee made will bring
other extensive burglarisatoligtt Thema Clarke Mabee&
Wring since the time of the murder, and that at that
time it was Mown that hi sad the accused WWII away In
the country sonewhen on II burglary }ob." The aocosod
man Biker :stained to the Mint alone with a quantity of
plunder, and stated that Clarke, the deceased. had been
captured. His clothes were observed to be stained ea*
blow, and he wee qmetkeed relative to it, but he replied
that be au paemag by • mounted mad, who overtook
him. and that to defend himself he broke a bottle of port
wino over bia um, sad that the stains on Ms clothes
were three of the wise and the blood of the patrol. These
clothes he gave a day or two afterwards to a salt known
ae mania lank, who on Friday lading that Baker lied
been tam Into costodY, owleeted to the Mlles that be
assisted Baker to remove • quantity of plunder from
nimble), Wood to his lodes; In the ULM and Informed
them of the whereabouts of the clothes, which he had
sold at a rag Mop for • few mace. Them are DOW in the
"...ion or ths vita. and have distinct blood marks
upon them. Inspector Fox, of the Criminal Inmetigetkes
Department, Ma takes charge of them. Another panne
in the Mint has loves uP • Pair of boots, which he says
were given him by the wooed, sad which are believed to
be • patios of thodaolen Property. A large number of
the articles have beim found at emend pewnbroksas in
the datrict, sad Mere appears very Btu dmba abas the
maimed is the guilty' WV/. It has ales tramograd that
Baer, the acetwed, has only roma* mums. a alas of
impria,maaaat. aad that during his imereerattea Clarke,
the deceased, had been living with his arty& It fa
that Baker's &crier, of fhb; may hay, imaralrit
Jealousy, and been • motive for the horrible mime.
Baker's wife was *leo attested, sad charged with being an
accessory Maw the fact.

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