The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.

Early yesterday morning t man lamed Daniel
Leeks, • weaver, but who had latterly worked se •
lamer at the Dock., murdered his wife, Catherine Lode.,
at their maidens, to Pedhaoseveeurt, leading out of Artil-
lery-len, Bhhspegindemet. The demand sad her Mo-
nett were beds penile when drunken and dissipated habits
led Mune painfully eminent to the inhabitants of the
diddle In w" A they Heed. They were constantly quarrel- I
Wog, sad guilty of the met brutal violet,* towards seek
sash The wenn hinny kept a trait hall at the mine
of the Musion.hause, but in emenneece of her =
sealleet, the polies authorities were compelled to
terseveL
At about half- put 7 o'clock the prisoner went to Spin-
dles's police stuns, where Sergeant Hors" of thelH divi-
des, was is attendiusce. Hs said to the other' " I surrender
=you." The policemen said, " What for ?" The
e to s
replied, " I have murdered my wife.' The otiose
seat • mosesger to 15, Pasiiameat•oeurt, when be found
the murdered woman lying to Use stain, quite deed, having
ben stabbed in the heck with • knife which the pollee
▪ In the bedroom, emend with blood.i That it was a
hand, set ea the pert of the murderer is evident
hes the fact that he dated that he bad long
led the knife "la " he her, end that he was
deteenned tet as end tats her. It appear* that on
the predies Lowden eel his wife were at • raffle and
wake site halm Thin was • violent quarrel, and
at hell. 11 Leeds west hese, len*/ his wife bawd.
At • eider 6the deeneell.ehe ntunell Irmo, but
she hed,„..Shooderiend her nee eve,
nether Id Melt; -to go to work ; sad be
dressed himself sad left home. Shortly afterwards, at
hellion 6 o'clock, she called her second son, and asked he
• light he the purpose of lighting her pipe. fibs &Newark
went to the bed upon which her husband was lying, end he,
taking a large, putted knife, like that used by butchers,
made • thrust at her throat, wounding her severely. 811111
made Shebat of her way to the door to escape, but her
wound was of so serious a nature' and bled to copieenth
that she oak exhausted en the stain, and died don
immediately.
At 2 o'clock the primer was brought up before Mt.
D'Bymeent, at the Worshipdrest Pons-office. He pre.
seated • very wild and wretched appearance.
The 'mawitm s examined was Sergeant Horan, who gen
iiikelle es to the prienees surrendering himself jun*
Me to have been drinking, but witness could ad
en =awes drank.
Jinn% 59 H—l hoard the soaversation between primer
en lea nineso. I want with primmer to 15, Parliament.
end, Aillisey. pomace, Old Artillery-trend. Os the
lee hag halfway up the int flight of stain I saw a wanes
*tin with her arms and head on her kens. Prisons edis
" That is her." I took hold of her hand sad tried to Intl
her pulse, bat could not. I put her had beak sad saw her
lap was lull of esegeated blood. eke was deed and cold in
the fan, arms. and hands, her legs were stiff ; apparently
she was about 45 year. of age. I said to prisoner, How did
yen do this? He replied With • knife. I said, Did you
strike her hers ? He said, Na I asked when the knife
was ? He said, Come up stain sad I will give it to you. I
west up to the snood door front room, sad be gave me this
knife from the sill of the wiadow (wines, ruined a sharp
pointed butanes Odle, doe blade her lathes hag, and
with a wooden haft, sUngly bound with hose clasps, the
whole la a sheath). I asked him whin he get the knife
Iris previous to Mikis, her ? mad bend, " here," paint-
ing et the sun time between the untessis and bed. Then
was blood on the knife, partly wet and up tribe kilt. I asked
what made him do it; he said, "Oh, 1 had ben to a rifle,
and we had some words—a row." I left deemed in charge of 1
a City police constable, and returned with prisoner to the
station. I afterwards west with Dr. Mean, the divisional
noses, to the house, where I leant that the City police
bad embed in Dr. Blow, of Bishopegate, who proasonesd
the woman dead. We that took the body up stairs, and
laid it on the bed. I they sew • very large wound on the
right side of the bead, two inches below the en. I could have
put my two Anus in it. There was
stain.
By pool of blood
by the side el the bed, and also as the
By the Ms&trate—lt was a jagged wound, about en inch
and • half is With. It appeared more like a stab than •
cut; the blood was nein' out I should say the prisoner
had been dinkiest. He was very excited, and shook a great
deal. Blood was on his hands. At the station he asked
for PIS sad ink, and wrote the note I predeos to his sister,
e Mrs. Mahosy, 11, Johneireet, Cennepetrest-road, St.
George's But. I delivered it to her, sad she secnensied
me beck to the station where she saw the prisons: la the
proem of two inspeeteh.
Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, this read the following:
"Dear Mary,—Make yeomen happy as you can ; if you
and I were enured to speak to each other I should be very
glad, mod would tell you semethiag.—Dexi. Lotuses."
Impair Marsh, H diviehm—l was present at the inter.
dew between prisoner sett bin sister. I wrote down what
he . stated, bating provinely cautioned him that I
si,
eie it in evidence hehre a sesgistratis, to which he
seiner that he was quite aware of that being right.
Ili milk " Hew same you to do this ?" and be then
nub the Mining datemest :—.. I bad an appeistment
nth a moo to get some work, and met him at • beer shop
tat the Damien Docks. We had some beer, and left; the
,UM said he had • mud for a she; I replied that m wife
mend do ao good with it. He asked if I would", • I y said
se He said, if you will I will go with you. I time mid,
il:ly • and we went to the Green Dragon beer shop,
lf
Mco'costreet, Bishopepte where a row sassed. One
Mmy wife's Mothers threatened to threw me down stairs.
I then went towards hems. I saw it was dank in the pee.
sage, and heard a man named Kingston talking to my who
on the stain. Kagan sad I struck each other several
blows. I en% say who sunk int, bet I Meek
him with a poker, and then west oat side, eel
mw • City policemen. I told bin the people
paled to waylay an He desired use to go l
new I west home and lay on the bed, and I beilen I
Ink Woe eget. This stou, when my wife tolled my
too bar. I went down andsWto ken* to her, sad then
lent upstairs sad ley down iris. iiihe eine OM after,
eel I asked what she did there. lie hilbse weeds ensued,
tad I put my had snot the tick, lii WI el the knifes
mad *listed the wonder, nee, whisk nun her heat
I love no mere to may."
The method*, murdered cremes, a widow, ealleihie
Onus, wee must at the rage untioned, wit* cos gut
:et her hii&IST. Ole minter lodes bees keg set of
The lest to
she saw him daughter was newt oleo's
Allot fell sight, et whisk time printer was with Me
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