The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

THE TRAGEDY NEAR WINDSOR

LATEST PARTICIJLARS.—(THIS DAY.)
WINDSOR, TUESDAY MORIMIra.
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Last night, at 10 o'clock, the eldest daughter of
the murderer, Johu Richard Cook, was still alive, dim&
hot faint hopes of her recovery are entertained by Dr.
E. Pearl, her medical atteedent At present she
is only kept alive by the injection of soarishing
stimulants, brandy, &c, and the poor child lies I. the bumble
bedroom of her fathees cottage at Old Wisdom, moaning
piteously. The policeman, George Lovell, MS, of the Berke
coustebulary, who discovered the murder, Mates that au
sending out into the village for the meistaerse of a woman
to teed the suffering girl, tome of the neighbours would
volunteer their essistenee. He was therefore famed to seed
to the Union, and one of the aged inmates was kindly
allowed to welt upon the sufferer by Mr. Pall* the mister.
The girl's mouth, throat, and cheat presset a dreadful
spectacle, being burnt and blackened by the vitriol vomited
from the stomach.

The oottageof Cook. • small fourroomed bundles, with
whitewashed front, surrounded by a small garden, hounded
by a low hedge, with the flower beds trampled and flattened
by 1160 fest of the children, is a perfect bowie of
death, end flew would aspect to find such • scene of
horror in such • quiet village as Old Windsor.
The some in the little front parlour w heartrending.
There, on a bed made upon the floor, lie three interesting
little girls in their death slumber. usdreened— with the ex-
ception of the youngest, who is clothed is • little dash
frock sad white pinafore. They are lying side by side is a
row, with countemacies almost placid, and it is ad
till the bed clothes are removed from the upper per-
times of their bodies that the hideous sod violist
nature of their last straggle becomes apparent.
In their dying agony the children would seem to ham
turned upon their right sides, while their menthe sod Deck%
as in the ease of the elder girl, are scorched and Week
with the vitriol. The girl who was found with her throat
out lying beside her father, cooveyed to Vas Windier
larilteM is, Dr. Pearl thinks, improving, and her life
will probably be eased. She is under the oar* of the
infirmary surgeon. The gentry in the mighbourhood
of Old Windsor have been very kind in their atteatim
to the girl who was poisoned, and many little comforts snob
as ices, grapes, Ike., have been meet by Mrs. Loviboad and
Miss Thankersy, ladies residing in the district. Two letter
have bees found, cos directed to the vicar. mod the other to
the brother, written by the murderer Cook, which will eo
doubt reveal the motives fur the comniimiou of the dreadful
murder. Numben of people, actuated by • morbid feeling
of curiosity, have visited the scene of the murder.

FRIGHTFUL AHD FATAL ACCIDENT.—MT. Grant,
the wall.known merchant of Billioniint• ntnrket. Pfn-
seeded down to Croydon fair in a light trap drawn by •
high spirited hone. After visiting the fair the unfortunate
gentlemea and hie wife were retuning home, aid wbss
war Buxton Church the horse broke loose sod ran against •
vehicle pausing in the same direction. The wheels camel
contact. Mr. and Mrs. Grant were thrown oat
the latter pitched head foremost on the ground and
broke her neck. She wee picked up dead, and her
husband was found to have rastened such urines
injuries that it was deemed advieeble to lien him removed
to the hospital, when it was found that three of his ribs were
broken, awl he remains in a very precarious state. It sp-
inets that Mr. Groat had frecjently bees caotiosed that the
animal was too high heed to he drives leerily, sad he bed
promised tonal it. Is all prohabllityhs hed gess to Croydon
Fair for that purpose.