The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

MURDER IN SHOREDITCH.

tr The body of a woman, named Hart, was discovered on
Tuesday, morning •at No. 40, Philip-street, Kingsland-
road, under circumstances which leads to the supposition
that she was murdered by a man named Radden.
The detective police eontinued their exertions until
two o'clock on Thursday in endeavouring to find Radden,
but no clue whatever could be traced of him until about
ten o'clock, when the body of a man .was.dragged.up by
.the towing rope 'connected with a harge which was being
navigated through the 'Regeilt!s. Canal. It seems that
at the time named several men were employed at Messrs.
Garrard's coal whar4. Whitmore-road-bridge, Holton,
when they saw the body of 'a man suddenly rise to the
surface of the water. They raised an alarm, when
deceased was got out on to the towing path.
The deceased was not known at that time, and when
taken out of the canal the hand; were found to be firmly
tied. round with a• pocket, handkerchief, and the arms
lying upon the breast, as if he (the deceased) had bound
them. round to prevent his struggling and to hasten his
death. A police-constable was called, and the deceased
was placed woki- stretcher and conveyed to the dead-
house at the rear of the Shoreditch Workhouse, Kings-
land-road, where it was immediately identified as bethg
that of the murderer. The deceased's cap had been found
floating in the canal some distance from the spot where
the body was cliscoiered, and there is no doubt that he
committed suicide by leaping off the bank near the coal-
wharf, which is easily to he reached from the mail] road:
On 'Wednesday afternoon, about two o'clock, the
brother of the deceased man (Radden) and several other
relatives called •at the workhouse and identified the
body. The police searched. the-pockets of the deceased,
and the only things found were a clasp knife 'and a
duplicate • of a silk handkerchief pledged for 3s. •on
Monday last.

On Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, Dr. Gay,
of Finsbury-pavement, and. Mr. Clark, the medical
officer of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, proceeded to. the
house Where the murdered woman had been discovered,
to make a minute examination of the body, by order of
the coroner (Mr. John Humphreys.) -The woman was
still lying upon the bed as she was first discovered, upon
the left side, in a pool of coagulated blood. The limbs
were quite stiffened,. and .deceased presented a sad and
sickening-spectacle. The blood from the wound had
saturated . the bedclothes, and had passed through the
sacking of the bedstead on to the floor, and thence had
penetrated through the boards to the ceiling of the lower
room. _ _

The opinion expressed by the medical gentleman is,
that the deceased must have been murdered while fast
asleep, and that the murderer had stood behind her,
with his left hand over her mouth, while he inflicted the
fatal injury with the right hand. The wound nearly
severed the head from the trunk, and had penetrated
the upper cervical vertebne of the .neck.• It would
also seem that after the incision the murderer had with-
drawn the razor to the back part of -the head, as there
were several spots of blood upon the weapon, which
had likewise been placed upon the sheet behind
the shoulders of the deceased, as • there were marks
indicative of.the fact. The murderer must then have
leant over the body of his victim, and -placed the razor
in the deceased's left hand, which lay immediately by
the front of the face.:. The right hand was firmly
clinched, and covered with gore. The deceased must
have bled very rapidly, and death must have been
instantaneous, and she could not have struggled or
made any noise. There were marks of blood- upon the
chin, as if the murderer had held the unfortnnate
woman's month. In the centre of the room was found
a pail half filled with dirty water, where ie is supposed
the murderer washed his hands; for close by the pail
were feUnd a wet towel which bore marks of blood, and
an old scrubbing-brush, which had been recently used.
There was plenty of bread and other articles of fond in
the cupboard, and the tea-thinzs were upon the table in
the centre of the room, which would show that the
murderer and his victim had taken- tea upon their
arrival home. _

The police, and Mr. Waller, the summoning officer,
made a further search of the room on Wednesday morn-
ing...and in a drawer they found a number of duplicates.
and a County Court excution paper for a distraint upon
the goods of the murderer. The deceased woman Was
very respectably connected, and was, a hard-working,
industrious woman, .clean in her habits, although the
apartment where she and her paramour liYed-was.very
poorly furnished.
On Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, Mr. Sohn
Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, opened
an inquiry at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland-road,
Shoreditela, respecting the . death of Ellen Hart, aged
41 years.
Martha Webb; of No:6, Holloway-grove, deposed that
the deceased was her.sister. She was the wife of Charles
Hart, a shoemaker, residing in Pearson-street; Kings-
land-road. Witness last saw her alive about twelve
months since, and deceased had been separated from her
husband ten years. Witness did not,know the cause of
their separation, but deceased had been living with a
man named Joseph Radden' a journeyman pipemaker,
for the laSt five years. Had never heard the deceased
threaten to‘destroy, her own life. On Tuesday morning
list, about two o'clock, the man 'Widen came to wit-
ness's house and knocked at the street door. 'Witness's
husband. get out of bed, and saw Ridden standing in the
road. He asked who it was,- when Radden exclaimed
in a lOw`tene, "It is Joe." die asked if lie could come .
upstairs for a minute or two akhe wished to speak to us.
-Witness then went to the window, and Ridden said, "1
ant come to tell you Ellen is dying." He was not
sober, but he seemed able to get home. He then left,;
and said, " Good niorning." The body of Radden had
since been found in the Regent'S Cabal. -
giralr Clark, of No. 40, Phillip-street, Kingsland-
rOad, Shoreditch, stated, that the deceased woman and
Madden lived at her house as, man and wife. They
occupied the front room on the first floor. Radden
went ont.alone about 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon.
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At this stage of the .inquiry the proceedings were
adjourned until yesterday evening.

A handsome monument, prepared at the expense of
the members of tbe Waterford Hunt Club, has been
erected to the memory of the late Marquis of Waterford.
Lord Elcho writes to the Times advocating a Satur-
day half-holiday in the interest of the volunteer move-
ment. He advocates on accouut of the opportunity it
affords to yOung, men in business for healthy exercise,
invigorating alike to mind and body.