The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

AND MISS WYNDHAM.
MISS L. KEEL.- _
eeleY, Whose deL4t in
Last night, Miss Louise Theatre was so
London, at the Royal Princess's - 4rance
lin
eminently successful, made her first appe-
Liverpool. That popular artiste, Miss Wyndham, 2,6°
appeared, she having been re-engaged for a few nights
in consequence of the success of her recent performances.
The house was respectably filled, and the performances
came off with great eclat.
The pieces to-night are " Sweethearts and Wives,"
" The Household Fairy," and " Midas "—a most
attractive bill of fare.

CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING

IN VAUXHALL-ROAD.

Yesterday, at the police court, before Mr. Raffles,
Thomas Winslow, a man about forty-five years of age,
was brought up by Inspector Horne, of the detective
police, on a charge of having poisoned Mrs. Anne James,
a *widow, who kept an eating-house and lodging-house
at 18, Vauxhall-road, and who died in the Southern
Hospital on the preceding Sunday. The case is a very
serious one, and involves a great deal that cannot at
present meet the public eye. The only thing that we
es n at this moment lay before our readers, is the follow-
ing opening statement, made by Mr. Kehoe, which he
gave in order to obtain a remand.
lr. Kehoe said the prisoner, Thomas Winslow, was
charged with the murder of his late mistress, Mrs.
Anne James, of Vauxhall-road, by administering anti-
mony to her. Mrs. James was a widow, about 52
years of age, and was a native of Devonshire ; and
some years ago she came, with her sister, a Mrs.
Townsend, her husband, and four children, to Liverpool,
and entered into business in Byrom-street, but they
were not successful there. Some seven or eight years
ago they went to live in Vauxhall-road, where she set
up business as an eating-house and lodging-house keeper.
Mrs. James and the Townsends lived in common in
the house. The prisoner at that time worked in
a foundry in Vauxhall-road—some time in 1854, and
soon after he went to lodge in the house of deceased.
Subsequently, an arrangement was entered into between
the prisoner and deceased, that he should attend to the
business of the shop, and after that it was agreed that
he should take the management of the night business,
for the shop was kept open both day and night, and the
night duty was to be all performed by the prisoner. In
this position he became acquainted with the business
and its profits. There had an intimacy grown up
between him. and the deceased, but it would not be
necessary for him (Mr. Kehoe) to enter into that point
at present ; it would be enough to state that he was the
master of the place. Some time in September last, Mrs.
Townsend, the sister of Mrs. James, was taken sud-
denly ill, with purging and vomiting, and Dr. Whittle,
of Great Crosshall-street, was called in to attend her.
She died on the 26th September. On the 18th Decem-
ber a nephew of the deceased was taken with the
same symptoms as his mother, and he died in a few days
also. On the 6th January, in this year, Samuel Towns-
end, another son of Mrs.-Townsend, and nephew of the
deceased, was taken suddenly ill with the same symp-
toms, and he also died very soon. This was considered
strange, and the people in the house, from what they
heard the prisoner say, understood that the prisoner
had some knowledge of medicine, from his making
an experiment on a dog. The prisoner made an
experiment on a dog, and the animal died, and was
buried in the yard of the house. The prisoner, from
his position, knew that Mrs. James had considerable
sums of money invested in certain securities, and he
frequently urged her to make her will; and on one occa-
sion he purchased a sheet of paper called a blank will,
so that she might make her will, but. the will was not
then made. On the sth February the deceased was
taken ill with the very same sort of symptoms that had
carried off her sister and nephews. On that occasion
Dr. Cameron, of Rodney-street, was sent for, and after
some time he left her convalescent. He was sent for
again in March, and found her just the same way. He
again attended until she had again recovered. He left
word with the people to send for him again if she took
ill. On the Bth of May he was again sent for, and
found her labouring under the same symptoms, and he
attended her np to the 25th May, when he left her con-
valescent. On the 6th June he was again called in,
and from what transpired his suspicions were excited,
and he took some evacuations, sealed them up, and sent
them to Dr. Edwards, chemist, for examination, and on the
proper tests being used the presence of antimony was dis-
covered. Soon after more was found, and in consequence
of that, Dr. Cameron called on Major Greig, and with
them, he (Mr. Kehoe) went into a private room, and
investigated the whole case. In consequence of this
proceeding, he (Mr. Kehoe) went with Inspector Horne
and Dr. Cameron to the house of the deceased in
Vauxhall-road. Dr. Cameron went in first, and then
called them in, and communicated with the deceased. We
(continued Mr. Kehoe) seeing there was no chance for
the woman to remain there, except she was attended by
proper nurses, or removed to an hospital, Dr. Cameron .
told her his suspicions, and asked her if she would be
removed to the hospital, where he would attend to her
himself. She agreed in our presence to be sent to the
hospital, and we had her accordingly removed. Inspector
Horne then seized upon a quantity of cooked sago
which he bad fpund on the table, with all the other
bottles and things he found in the room. He sealed up
the cooked sago, and sent it to Dr. Edwards to be
analysed, and it was found to contain antimony, and a
portion of that cooked sago had been given to the
deceased at five o'clock in the morning by the prisoner,
who had attended her during the night, and she was
attacked by the usual symptoms at eight in the morning.
At the hospital all thy evacuations were tried, and
found to contain antimony, and she remained there
,until it had passed from her. The uncooked sago was
tested, and found to contain no antimony. In a ease
like this--sof such great importance—it would be neces-
sary to have the assistance of the Crown, as it involved
medical and scientific evidence.

• _ .
Mr. Raffles.--In the present state of the ease it would
be better to just take as much evidence as will enable
me to remand the prisoner.
4r. Kehoe.—We have got the will, and you will find
by it that the prisoner is left the sole executor in the
case ; and also that he is to receive the house and
business; besides, he was to receive a portion of the
money along with the nephews and nieces of the de-
ceased, and the more of them he got out of the way, the
more money would fall to him. We shall ask for a re-
mand, as this is merely a preliminary inquiry ; but, if
you wish, I shall offer some evidence after I make a
further statement.
A prclessional person, who said he appeared on behalf
of the prisoner, ad no objection to a remand at once,
and the prisoner was remanded for seven days.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
I.,LrIJSING A WIFE.
Henry Hornby, a light porter, was charged with having
violently beaten his V'ile Penelope. The complainant, a rather
fragile-looking yoUng woman, gtated that the prisoner Irwin
the habit of ill-using her; he wa3 a drunkard, and gave her
Very little support for herself and two children. On Saturday
night he was drunk, ashen he assaulted and kicked her
severely. The prisoner was seat for three months to gaol.
COMING FROM THE SEA!

potferfal-looking young fellow, named Edward Colgan,
whose hea4 resembled an ugly bomb-shell, and whose arms
were not unlike the wiper of a tuck-mill, was charged by
police-officer 202 with having atsaulted him. The officer said,
last evening I was on duty in Gilbert-street, when the prisoner
came up to me, took off his cap, and flung it Tio;en,tly on the
ground, telling me to take it up. I refused to do so, whets he
said it was my duty. I told him to go away. Mr. Raffles :
Was he drunk ? Not very; I would not have taken him for
being drunk. The prisoner then said if you don't take up my
cap j will knock you down,_and with that he gave me a•salute
of his fist on the ear and knocked me down according to his
promise, and when down be gave me a kick in the side, and
. ,
that was more than he promised, and more than I expected.
The prisoner said iu a very careless way, " Oh, Yog, know I
had only come from sea, and of course I. took some drink.'?
Mr. Raffles censured the conduct of the prisoner, and fined
him gl and costs, or a month's imprisonment.
• • KICKING A BOY'S TEETH OUT.

A bay, named Henry Beech, the driver of a spring-cart, was
charged for having kicked two front teeth out of the mouth of
a boy named John-O'Brien, a lad of seven years old. Police-
officer 32 said the prisoner was half drunk, and was lying on
he steps of a church in Gerard-street on Sunday. The boy
arid some others came up to where he was, when the prisoner
gave him a kick in the mouth and knocked out two of his
teeth. The prisoner said the boys were annoying him, and he
'gave out a kielcat random, but he had no intention of doing
the boy any harm. Mr. Raffles said if he were of opinion that
the prisoner acted so in a malicious way he would inflict a severe
punishment on him. He would remand him for seven days,
and lot him out on his own recognisance, and in the
he would mean-1
mean-
time, if he paid the lad 10s. dis-
chargecoinpei4qiip-
him.