The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 5, 1862.

containing 40f. in gold and silver, the property of Mr. Silver,
wharfinger, Gun and Shot Wharf, Tooley-street.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Graves, the cashier to
the prosecutor, that the prisoner was their messenger,
and it was his duty to attend the couutimphowie at
7 in the morning, and remain until the foreman arrived. On
the morning of the 18th of August witness went to the
countinghouse and was surprised to see the iron safe wide
open, with the keys in the lock, and on looking inside he
missed the cashbox, which he bad left safely locked up on
i Saturday night. When the prisoner came in be and the
other men were questioned about the cashbox, but they all
denied any knowledge of it. Information was given to the
police, and the cashbox was picked out of the Regent's
Canl at Kingsland, broken open and riled of its contents.
Further inquiries were made, and at last • female came
• forward and gave such information as induced them to give
the prisoner into custody yesterday afternoon.
A young woman named Sarah Litman, residing near the
canal at hingaland, said she recollected the night of the
18th of August. She was standing at her door when she
saw two men and a female standing near the edge of the
canal. The female threw something over the wall into the
canal, and then they all separated. The police came to her
• few days ago, and she went to Gun and Shot Wharf and
was shown two young men in the counting-house, and she
believed the prisoner, whom she pointed out, was one of
those she saw with the female at the canal bank. She could
not swear to him, as it was rather dark at the time. I
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded, but
the magistrate agreed to accept bail for his appearance, as
the identification was very alight.

THE DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT
BRADFORD.

Great excitement continued in the neighbourhood
of George-street, Bradford, on Wednesday night till a late
hour, and a mob, exasperated at the reported conduct of
Ryan, used him rather roughly. He was chased many
miles through some of the streets of Bradford and Bowling,
and was at last protected by the police from their violence.
Yesterday, Mr. C. Jewison, coroner, openerlau inquest on
the body of the Ryaus, at the Britannia public-house, in
Dryden-street. A large crowd stood iu the ativiet at the time.
Mary Costello was called and sworn. She said—The per-
sons who are lying dead in the room upstairs are Mary Ryan
and her two children. The name of Mary Ryan's husband
is James Ryan, tailor. At one o'clock yesterday Mary
Ryan came into my house. She had both the children
with her. She had the young child, Mary Ann, in her
arms, and the other, Patrick Joseph, she held by the hand.
She said, " Now, I have brought the child to his father."
She had been apart from her husband fur one night. She
had been staying with her mother. I told her to go home
to her husband. She said she was afraid to go home, and
would never go in, for she dare not do so. " What for?" I
asked her. She said, " I am afraid he would kill me.
will never live in the lonely cellar with him again. I will
not live with him unless he will go into lodgings." At that
moment her husband wont past us and went into his own
house. He first stopped at my door and gave his eldest
child, Patrick, some money—lid. and some copper. The
wife called to him and said, "That money is of no use to me :
give me my bed out." He turned round and took the money
out of the child's hand, and said that nothing should leave
the house till the rent and other debts were paid. She
asked me if I would go for the child's chair at the cellar,
for she could not do without it. She said I was also to bring
two pieces of carpet and a hood for the child. I went for
them, and James Ryan got all the articles up and gave
them to me. As I was coming away, he said "Stop,"
and then he said to me, " Give her that," and he gave
me sixpence for her, and he also gave me some waistcoat
patterns for her, saying that she was to make them up and
sell them for her own use. She took them. He told me that
he would not take her back to hie house till he had got the
lent and his debts were paid. She would then be welcome
home. This was about half -past 1 o'clock. At that time •
woman called upon me, and I did not see the children again
alive. She was crying, and was greatly distressed. She
said she would go to the " hostile." She had told • woman
she would drown herself. I believe the husband would have
taken her home if she would have gone. The cause of the
quarrel was that the husband stopped out late at night
drinking.
By a Juror—He was sober yesterday. I did Dot bear
any disturbance on Tuesday. fie told me that he had
beaten her with • stick °lithe head. They quarrelled • few
weeks ago. I can't tell what happened, but he then broke
some of the panes.
The Cormier then adjourned the inquest till Saturday.