The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

THE ROAD MURDER.

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TROWBRIDGE, TIIIIIUMAY Momenta.
The town ban been in a great state of excitement
this monies. and hundreds of people ban some from Salis-
bury, Chipmeham, Devisee, Frame, and even from the
distant towns of Bath and Bristol, in order to catch a
glimpse, if possible, of Miss Coestenoe Kest.
Yesterday morning Inspector Williamson, who has the
am in band. arrived at Devises from Loodoo, and imme-
diately afterwards proceeded to make arrangensenki for the
adjourned exambiation this morning. The our for the
crown will at all events is its preliminary stages rest se-
tinily with him. Yesterday the magistrates who an
conducting the investigation sent their alert to London,
and he had a lengtheeed interview with Mr. Waddlegtoo,
the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department.
He reprimand to Mr. Waddington that the magistrates
very much wished that so counsel or attorney should be
sent dove to waded the prosecution on behalf of the
OTOWD, inaamuch as they were anxious that Mies Kent
should have every fair sheen slue a matter to her of life
and death. This application erstood to have been
made in onesquence of an announcemot which appeal
in some of the Londer papers to the effect
Kerslake, Q. 0.. would be specially retained on
behalf of the crown. Mr. Waddington submitted
the matter to Sir George Gm, who readily acceded
to it, and 'sprained his cordial approval of the
warm the magistrates had adopted. Ueder this arrange-
meat Inspector Williamson will submit a list of the Mi-
meses to be examined, sad Mr. Bedew, Mr. Kent's
solicitor, will appear on the part of the self mowed

Constance Kent.
The arrangements far today are as follows :
Inspector Williamson will this morning bring Mlle Kent
from Devizes gaol to Trowbridge, where, at the early boar
at which this report is written, proper means for her safe
custody have been adopted. She will be pieced before the
magistrates in the ordinary course, le the Sessions-house, at
11 o'clock, but In eousequeace of the large number of per-
sons who ere anxious to be present during the inquiry, and
the await equally large number of representatives of
the Loudon and provincial prate, who deist admlseioo on
behalf of the general public, an adjournment will probably
take place to the Town-hall, in which case the inquiry will
not commence much before 12 (Meek.
The first witness Impeder Williamson will submit for
examination this morning is Elizabeth Gough, the nurse
who was sleeping in the room from which the
child Francis &vile Kent wee abstracted during
the night. Elizabeth Gough has been represented
as having gone to Australia and married • wealthy
sheep farmer there. In other reports it has been
stated that she was acting as barmaid at a Wi-
lk-house in the neighbourhood of London. either of
these stateroom is Una. Since she lit Mr. Kent's family
—on account of its being broken up, in cioneequenon of the
dreadful calamity that befell it--ehe has been residing with
a female Mead, who carries on the besieges of a dress-
maker. Elizabeth Gough will prove that on the night of
the alleged murder she wee sleeping in her room,
the child as weal sleeping is a eat at her side,
that when she awoke in the morning the child was gone, and
that she cannot soomint for the circumstance in any way
beyond what she stated at the time, namely, that on some
occasions Mrs. Kent fetched her child away early in the
morning to her own bedroom. On this occasion she be-
lieves the child must have been taken away by some person
wko came from the outside, the windows of the room which
look on to the garden indicating that they were opened io
that way, and not by a person who had been in the bedroom.
She will prove that as far as her knowledge goes, neither
Mr. Kent nor any other person entered the room in which
she end the child slept after they went to bed. The evildoer'
will necessarily be, if properly curtained, of a highly ratio.
foamy character, and will go far to sustain the truth of Ilia
Kent's voluntary confession.
Sarah Cox, a housemaid in the family, will be the next
witness Mr. Inspector Williamson proposerto submit for
examination. The evidence will be in some minas confirma-
tory of that of Elizabeth Goff. Beyond that, however, it
gill be of no great importance.
The third and fourth tritenesss this morning will be two
of the gardeners who were in the employment of Yr. Kent
at the time of the murder, and who &waded in making a
search for the body. The fifth will be the medical mere
who was called in ; the sixth, the laundress, who will give
evidence about the missing nightgown ; the seventh, In.
specter Whicber, who so carefully conducted the original
inquiry ; and the eighth, Inspector Willistramen. At Ws
stage it is understood that Inspector Willianmon evil ask
for • remand, which will at course be granted.
A very singular fact has transpired. About as hoar
before Pies Kent left Bright to make her statement
before Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow-street, site went to the
shop of Mr. Yaws, • book end print miler thin, sad
bought some pictures. She is demribed as being at that
time cheerful, and as showing no indications ci the heavy
trouble that must have been at her heart. This exactly
accords with what Mr. Wblcher said of her whoa he bad
her originally in custody, that she was • person of remark.
able self-possession, more like • piece of marble than • pea-
sea of bonnie Gob and blood.
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POACHTIIG IF INGLAND.—A parliamentary retail'
which WY issued this monde; gives the camber of cams
ander the provisions of the Pcsichin' g Prevention Ad
and 26 Vict., c. 114), reported by the constabulary of Esk
land and Wales in the year eliding September, 1861' ma
the number of convictions es follows :—Number of asst In
England and Wales, 890; Inked, 31; saki, 921. Neater
of oonvietioss in England cad Weiss, 720; Intend, 15
total, 733.
A FAITHFUL SESTAITT.—Some eight years 40
I took Thomas from the ploy& to be amoral outdoor sees
servant, groom, °cochleae, and prdener. it wee she
tended that Ise should occesionally wait at table. Bat hit
early training was *pima this. Naturism eapeilas faire.
yea know, and habits acquired la early life reedited his
unadvisable in the dining.roorn, and ioespoilatell
ins (rem playing the part of occasional footslog. I shill
never forget his Slat efforts in that direction, and his oft
dent astoaidiseent that master and minis, and the bike
and patlensea, should make nob a fuss over tbsk
vietnaleby having them la "courses," indeed of 'klieg
them ali dohs epos the table at ono*, and Whig Chess
se appetite directed. It was evidently a matter of dee
and lose peaderiag with him. sod I do not know wheat?
be has solved the problem to this day. Bat as rail%
aciachnisa. and polestar, he does fairly well;
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kis capacity of eoschman, I have the greatest
getting him to teach his hat to my friends when be poses
them *a the reed. With those who are simply
teams, I believe ha does go through the form; battei
me my friend Macaulay in the distant" las pretty met.
that Thomas will Cara round from his perch a:l4
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greet my Meal with a load pia ef meawa».
with the cresamear, toads of the hat. The fest is.
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fortunes. When took him into my service, mime 410
yean back, he was utterly bankrupt in body sad pen*
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