The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09 00:00:00

WRITE CHAPEL-ROAD MYSTERY.

RESUMED INQUEST.
- v. The hiveatigaticn into the cause of death of Harriet
- a4e, alleged to have been murdered in the White-
VaPel-road, was resumed on Friday morning at the
. Ay' estrY Hall, St. Saviour's, Southwark, before :‘lr.
• ,T. Payne (coroner) and a jury.
:
1$11i„ Mr. Poland (barrister) appeared to prosecute on
, ‘'eualf c,f the Treasury, and Mr. Besley (barrister)
!attend rY
tlied to watch the case for the accused man, Wain-
tißrkt, Superintendent Garforth and Inspector Fox
""` uivision) also attended.
tl,4,ri immense ctowd waited during the many hours
tk'e Lacluiry occupied in the precincts of the church,
ue vestry room of which was- the Coroner's court. . „rot, the court being
".,,-)ened, the Coroner, addreasmg
-.1.' lieeleY, asked if 'tie desired to have ally of the
tnZWitnesses who had given testimony on the previous
siens recalled foi. the purposes of cross-examina-
.
st,--.llr' Besiey said h,3 did not at present, as he under-
t.o the witnesses who had been called here would be
'4 attendance at the Police Court.
kr i
lixllefi leeiociitiahnsehdomsuaalidg be
d all the principal witnesses would
istraptroe,dauncded.any Mr. Besley desired
.k. e following
th
'll. Pol additional evidence was then adduced,
m and conducting the examination :
~
ttetreirtspErn.oergstaltrnEel%ety,
said: I live at the office of the
Society,
thlteNhe society. I have knownlVan d siw
3oirrt.han, adnmd
1.51
. a Tnla fy i 1 ho
re
!eta in e'i with this case for about seven years, and chave
s risitAe habit of Visiting them I knew Harriet Lane, and
•
TaYlor er once in Essex I knew she was a sister of Mrs.
Was arrarn j'annarY of this year I heard she was missing. It
tau, th-sged between Mrs. Taylor and myself that I should
' ellapel,qturies after Harriet Lane. I. went to 215, White-
! th,ere. rd about the middle of January. I saw Wainwright
"Mr. Wainwright, I believe ?" He said
' "• asks, ''' ''''d nil wished to speak to him privately, and
tee to walk inside The surveyor of the Sun Fire
I 4 o
'k Was there, so ainWriglit said. After the surveyor
-.4,,,e1tne, 'W/ asked Wainwright if he knew Mrs. King
.or
l'Foe I,l4tne, and he replied in the affirmative." I said,
aid. ~-eaknowal her about four years ?" He said, Y"elsc.e"s.l.
1A4,, '',lrhansllliaayd two children biri yronun?d"
her
replied,children?" He
sj 1.:4•,_°" I asked him she was, and he replied,
"" takila'enw." a I askea him when he last saw 1ir,....
g and
it was some time ago he saw her.hout hI think
er
ar
.
"4tas s. 41 I was inquiring for the father. I told him my
neye come to make some inquiries a
tboe,h-44,t Fowler r g • the name of Fowler because I
illoe ' It hetter.for the purpose of making inquiries, as I
„ ght that
el) of the way,
i t
re heard f the woman was being k ' and •
„f
,r,, ray red name, that I might not get any tiding
-la„'n we went across the road to No. 84, Whitechapel-
_sale, a;
-„,s I'.,.iilter that we re turned to No. 215. We went in-
-4;`,.' again staked him where he thought she was He
e
titictie„es think she has gone away with Teddy Frieake, an
There illl'brotr, who has lately come into £2,000. ere were
0 downers wSo had £ll,OOO left between them, and I have
te"tiact koheythait she is 5
all enjoying herself with him, and when
t rne h gone she will turn up again." He
er, bat, e had given her money the last day he saw
klar ue did
hp., est ae „ „ not mention when It was. I gave him my
a,", hiei thatoler, P. 0., High-street, Wandsworth,".. and
sox T
~ a letter addressed there would find me. I saw
r4verstalon w,..
Valet Lior a few
seils tas en,ei__
ere& She
as. -.a occur days after the interview, and told her
and I
gave me a letter e (produced). , There
IN.LL, rneet ,_oand she. also gavel m a v_alie'a auacajeeni. st or mislaid the atter. I went to Mr.
eer, Colemanassreet, ' City,. and had some
I 4 , and he shun him. I did not show lim the letter at
ta° not re- °wed me another letter in his handwriting.
.i wa
,"stit it w„uleluber it I showed him the telegram. 3
Ikl4 I th:ek atter ray interview with Wainwright. Frieake
Si Weat ni ..,..went together to to No. 215, Whitechapel-road.
a tierightsa the house, and after a short time saw ,
ba7Wrisht I told him that I had found Frieake. '
la ii'ike alto 'aid, "This is not the man: this is t
ilt is, uttrgeth!r." Frieake said to Wainwright, "What
se ailtY2 and. Wainwright d that
again
replie
the
addr:„„Z`i•o. a", ralstake." We all then went intoi _
IN 'aa ~41-5, in the front sitting-room. Fr eake,
:ap, %la,- yvainwright, asked for an explanation,
s4;ts aotti Yon are getting me into a mess that
tell
areet,Wierngo- If you know anything of this affair
eitt,•4 Lao 55,1 you with a fair-hatred girl about three
prirlroen'eeh,
,that the Wainwrigh,t said,. "I's,ivoitinl.
Wain-
Person ?" ulagt, „It aer in five minutes." Frieake said to
hi (41 have artY, I have known you a number of years, and
hivigkiiro if heeVlr_
ktiown another Mr. Frf,eake why did yon not
Rae (techs , relation of mine ?' and Frieake further
44,, wee ot believe there was another man of that name
otii" he SaennoUnced in the Directory. Wainwright the
thter pike Octet the other Frieake at Pursrs, Cornhill, and
f
i v„4,lfier ptk,.,. I asked him if he could give a description o
tstelY littia-eaae• Wainwright said he had no whiskers and
ti Tate toVnellstache. I thialk I showed the letter
ir_and
Q-, Lmt, ainwright, but lam not positive. I took p.
lett4 hot /- ni the Way in which the name of Frieake was
kek,
eSala teiannot recollect whether Wainwright read he
Ilia "t, isneaLegtatn. t
Nothing further passed that I re-
saw ,liilio." w? went away. After that interview I saw
ko„
2
.11.
,4
iFlain, and on a Sunday shortly afterwards I
414'44tttitc1* ltr. Lane directed me to make further
lita 1,,, tort„, ~_,o together we went to see Mr. Frieake
Prio."4:ll at 1.,-;gn after my first interview .with him. We
and
ette `"B auction room in Whitechapel and he then
-,,etiate, a.r(/ ~ on the Produced and marked A), and I saw that
toed 'sten we envelope was the 31st of August, 1874. tLan__
W
eiet
11.4k;k" itit°t to see 'Wainwright, at No. 215, Whitechapel_
1.14.5' r°(illeed Mr Lane to him as the father of liar
ase -doh' al e wen grightt to ether to the front room, and Mr.
an'el'hii,,lr: W,ainw, where is my daughter? If she
t I will do all I can to try and fine her.
1 tIIW Where "e
gaio 'let rise -le,a, let me know where she is , and If she is
uer once more."
thst'n koa,,lbe is, bu
Wainwright said, I don!
:e
Ird day "eed the letter I had received from Mr. Frieake .
se eake W(I told
14 "4(1 'tat (laY•
a Ny.aeinwright that I had received it from
4114
_22( took it and looked at it, and appeared
aer kr, pri afterwards I said, "It is very strange
4,44 1444 ieteake should receive this letter from
--al ,a',sed hi Yen say he knows nothing about her,"
kii tii 'We ~„ ‘na what that part of the letter which
tkat,: lira, "'i_ay be able to manage matters satisfactorily
short' " meant, and he said he aid notteir "
to flit'? hsaid, " If she is not found I shall use stronger
Lae expo, -et- I don't want to make an exposure of it,
ateissr„l the lott"e
A Would be worse for you than me" I t,,,0k
ast,--tawagl, and afterwards gave it to Mrs. Taylor. The
ke,,cl t --as,,_' `est, and the
lase"oc•-'• TaYlor envelope
d I then left Wainwright,
tfal a hkahat tit" / .„._
aase Line
and
latter several times. I
i'llse:a On ii he had eheeaernd anything about Harriet
er °lie 0
inetie in a cab
.ecasion he told me that Miss Wilmore had
,tri„ 4 r thae h_' , that I think was the latter part of As r 1.
kakwright eab in til told me that one of his workmen had seen
Ntiigh ktogeth e West end I think I called upon Wain-
'lp ht
et khe
we,,,l.f_,about twenty times. He said that he
t5,(0,41 to tir turn up some day, and that he would th
'ttstaa'e woni,l „and find her. He wrote to ma merely to
Slque, "int sv.. tax an appointment. The last time I saw
i•exatai - al'out January of this year.
etrlT ego arTda,b,;F,Mr• Besley .• I saw Harriet Lane about '
aeara-',eas, in Essex, when I was a schoolmaster
,lar ee
' downher, but never knew her, as Mrs King,
jna
b,e a,ted tn a few memoranda as to the inquiries I
Obi" ' aim kbut those I have destroyed. As
L'q k ;_aild the ;„_-", +u was in January that I fist saw NI, sin- ,
kilt' tg4o-sithse, nariles:asvbeeeyeor of the Sun Office was there. I gave .
• te t-ette iVoiad vut use I believed he knew where
name.
was,
itsii tL, 1,.. Frien,. 'Se off when he had heard my _ :ais ,
latillitti 4,11 ot ae •rie this morning, and I know. that he n_ ;
taa 101 khcale,, eddy. At the first interview, Frieake : 14' derd e knew anuge of the girL I spoke to Frieake and asked
, aa, ea?thing of Harriet Lane, or King, and then ‘
l',llt thttlealie ea7,o?sledge of such person. At the second Inter- .
;tad bee the die ae had received the letter some time ago, '
g „II sett t tot know how he had received it or why it ,
iiell"° do milli-alai, and added, "Perhaps it may have some-
're, hit, it." I asked for the letter but I did not
seitel'a'sinY lir *a' tip the denial of his knowledge of garnet
'411411 °slat I atia4l. lanat,"iew. I noticed the expressions in the
k t let,74te4, ~t" hare that I asked Frieake as to any Par_
a heci,,er t 0 ilia iip the ta letter. Frieake told me he had shown llatle iii,nlt slept °intended," tIl his father and mother, and that ies, e,ii,reaier,. ilt of his house for twelve months. He
toe tb, n hoin,oecause I challenged him at the first inter-
b„tstae,e. that f,o,we Ott with Harriet Lane. I believed at
astiath , bat inwright and Frieake were in league
tiaT'et*ttelka 44 ilia: i
tßile Utile tine, I thought the letter to be
t the letter he afterwards showed me
Rhs i„ to
ot0„7 hi„, „econd interview Wainwright said t had
, tte,a k,-„,,,
-
l'Yla_ceoUnt for the absence of Harriet Lane.
Mdt,„`°ller iii'„,.`•,?, Alt Poland : I took particular notice of
arltiti an as th C4ed so a,wsuch Frieake's name w spelt. The letter
1 ulte, a o°°llO 1
01 ea v, d Signed H. King,
k kr, p DOeket all was addressed to him
ttle itauiries I made were as a friend, i
bt to theland: 1 aa to dly expenses.
t'tter tteehtentnall have hereafter to tender you evidence
Olt at yo„ ,of the telegram, but I presume it will be
Livithe " 'Would have the whole of the evidence before
Ile to
het t --selgrata wasi sent to Miss Wilmore, and
Islets ta 0 il,.lrs. Taylor, who gave it to me.
throo4litierX William Frieake, Who described himself as
ied,_ll4 ai;,,ati 11, Coletnahstreet, City, with auction-
ki't
:b IS isen;l,,_s, Aldgate, near Whitechapel-road, de-
k at.all
jotitahnot written up at Aldgate, but Ills on
li:v tat% have kaoevere- MY name is up at 11, Coleman-
istue ittloss 'aro- froran rieurY Wainwright, the prisoner,
'si,s-t ta ail inns 10 10
get to 12 years. It may be that I
sh a, sotttaed a A ji I remember receiving by post the
hosae„ aor 31,-,S• As far Z
°f Aas I can remember it was the t4t itVliat it '" ligust, 1874. I remember the " AU,"
pkQe4 :'°t iiiid (78, in A•143118t Ido not know the writer of
it't 1,,,,‘, 'L. girl,.. S! not know her. Ido not know any one
1111, 1/,tw ah / Or
person who called "Mrs. King."
anyone named Harriet Lane. I did , i• 4 he anowied w
till),e wge Of Wainwright was as meeting
a.Ota.° ware
b,,,, Daßt
Young fellows about Bow; but
eo °, kid a au„ We had not. been in company together.
te, erw. 1 kez__ conversation with him as to L
see'he Zation '..!_v, of no connexion of his. I can give
se . I h°lage 1,, xnatever of receiving the letter. As
el,l)ltite7n.,_ot ii"„,,l'ne letter of a person behaving rudely to
op.,,aii ,afer °,°_e_latte any one in my mind with having
, Leer, ie °r_tasere at any time any person whom I left
svisi;i!aliT to he Peraon who could have written to me
Itt,_4 it ,: 4111 ea„ Passage about arrangiug matters satis-
se .sr ii and that"TtaY is that I know nothing in connection
ts4aftqii..lo to ,'" cannot tell anything about it. I took the
h7ettl,O be l'l fither, and I showed it to the lady I am
it:te,4 ,ar .L9arried t,o, to my mother, and father. I
!Alt notrk to see if any light could be thrown
kern, "ght was thrown upon it and it passed
pitll.e,„sreY entirely. I put the letter away and
s, rt. n?ber the last witness calling upon me.
~a teL__
areelieve, the name of
.S'ossier. He called, I
Y l
"atk 'na
Bt. It may have been the latter end
atT, e. to Tade some inquiries of me, which I thought
, a
a tele ...3 very itupertinent. He allowed me a
nd raeg"!tn, after some hesitation, from "E.
lo
ntioned the name of "King." The letter
' , to the i and best of my belief, that put
l', marked "E." This letter is spelt "B.
.Iglaste‘"'s i! sign my name "E IV. Frieake,"
tan dwriting.
I showed Mr. Fowl
• - -now nothing of the letter or the
i the last witness, an
satisfy
g. er by letter-book to Y
After thus I went to Henry
~,,I told Wahl g
i ht
Eee him privately. we
4, and I said to him, a Tht.alkedupstairwrs
.intot;
lia,,S away-a girl of the name of
'ltlit,Qtl Upon my character ellteY ( (CwietriLir I
!,14,
aii4tltit tt Itzty.,,FrilleaekseatlCd,caLff,,,,geattan.;,tulitths:tts
evident that snmebody is ntakmg use of my
' to the ears of the lady to whom I am en-
three sisters most respectably married,
t Means of ruining my . happiness for
0,0 exonerate •tne in every way before
'
‘;4?„11 asked him where he was in the
aeddy Frieake. He replied that he saw -
In Fenchurch-street, and at the
' "Da you rec,ollect
-es," and he replied,
is to describe this said
a young fellow of about
slight black moustache,
e has a little whisker
. asked him if he was
sal, and Mr. Wainwright
thing at all to do with
) I was known by when
r, if you know anything
person know where she
in which I can assist
making use of my name
for I am determined,, if
far as £lO or even L2O
'a
man that will prod ueeinwright replied, "1
ddy Frieake has come
her away." I think I
this "Teddy Frieake "
!harmonic ;" and I said,
; you have met another
!ake '-it is not a Brown,
bat you never inquired
anA of that name at all?"
aly knew hiT alq,l-91a9atine,
.I. were to 'Meet an a ja-
himself Harry Waillw"gak
~.at question I should ask him,
7: You would have dans so,
very peculiar name." I
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