The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

H. Barnes, a polies mastable,No. 256. K divisive, dunned
as follows: Oa Friday last, in consequence of fatness-
tion I received, I, accompanied by pence-mineable Buitir,
of the M dirition, went to the house No. 3, Mineresr-pla
New Weston-street, Bermondsey. I unlocked the front doer
of the house, and wo went it. Burton had previcuiy oh
tamed possesiion of the key. No other pen ins were way
us. We looked to the back slid front puloun,

and then in the front kitchen. We thin went
into the back kitchen. The back kitchen is on
a level with the front kttchen underground. The kitchen if
flagged over with stone. Toe rooms were quite empty.
I observed ► damp mark along the edges of two of the
stones in the ►ack kitchen, which induced me to take out
• knife and try the mortar, which I found to be wet.
Button did the game. I then told Burton that 1 should

not be satisfied unless those two stones were taken up.
Bunts went out sod got • shovel, crowbar, end
hemmer. We then prised up one of the stone+, the
smallest of the two, and I remarked that a mason bad
not laid it; for a mason would lay Mortar along the edges.
There was menu on the bed under the stone, instead of
being spread along the edicts. We then removed the
other stone, which had the same appesranee. I took
the shovel and removed the earth, emitted by Burton
with his crow-bar. At about the depth of twelve
inches, I found • piece of linen rig; it was about
the size of my two heeds, and I took it up, end em-It
it. I remarked to Burton that it smelt like • dead body,
and that if we proceeded with the search, no doubt we
should find the body there. In consequence of that die•
orrery we continued the search. We kept on diegire, and
we saw another piece of white, which I thought was another
rag. I to- k hold et it, shock it, and then said to
Burton, "Hare la the toe of the man." Barton was
oh .ut to gt out for swiitsnce, and I said wait a
bit and I'll show you the whole foot. I dug round and
showed him the foot. Burton thee went out and procured
assistance from the police station. I kept on dies iig until I
came to the loins of the b tdo. The man was lying on ii.
face, and was buried in sleek time, both legs being bent back
and tie iup with a strong cord to the haunches. Before the
ely was rewired from the hole Mr. Lockwood, a surgeon,
came in, and I sew biro take from the mouth of the corps, a
set of Lots, teeth, which Mr. L ckwood washed in water.
The bAy was quite naked ; apparently bed been in the
hole about a fortnight, judging from the smell. T knew
the Cody to be that of a man, Irma+ it was so large. I
did not examine the body very el rely, but I heard that
Mr. Lockwood found a bullet. Shortly afterwares the body
was locked in the rt om, end we left the house.
By the Coroner—The body was buried to the extent of
about 18 inches. There was lima over and about the
body, two inches in thickne w. The soil over the body
was earth. I called in • Mr. Floe. who identified the
deems d. I sesrehed the house of the deceased on the
morning of she day the bedy mu found, be Greenwood-at., I
Mile-ehd. On the Monday previous we put a meal on the
b, x belonging to the deceased, and on going on the Friday
we found it had been o;.ened. There was a cash-box in 0,1
with h was unlocked. Tura were three compartments in
the cash box which were empy. There was a tin slide which
was taken out, and under it, memoranda, I 0 U's, aid othi r
paper . There were v Pita ions from M. Manning to the
demised, but none of !meet date.
James Butt sn, police officer, was seat milled and ex-
atuined.—On Toes lay hight week, about half-past eight,
two gentlemen came to the station-Souse at home's- od,
sad solicited asing.ance in finding the deceased. I went with
one of them, Mr. Mead, to No 3, Mincer-piece, New
Wastes street, Bermondsey. Finding the how I wneo ke-I
no I got own the back wall of the adj•deing house, wi-h a
view of getting in. In the meanly:tile Mr. Mead had pro-
mare.d a key of en adjoining he u•e, and they all got
in. They found the home is • very coafated
mete. In the back kitchen over the two stow a
where the deceased was hound, a large box or per -
mantras, which was lying o en. In the hoz, and round
.b.ut, was • go:lentil mwearing a; par,'; a'sso a ran-
way guard coat. Upstairs, in tee other rooms, there
we re tlenze strewn &belt. I ltioked over the whole of tic
things, bet found nothing which thee unposed to belong Vs
the deceased. At that tints they did koow where the
do c used was; they hat no suspicion that the deceased w..s
di-re. They bad the house we. (lied, aid on the followit g
morning Mr. Bainbridge, • broke r, came nod tried to open
the dour, but 1 heel Rut the latch down so us to p-event
soy other paten vatting in by the other key. Mr. Bale-
-1 bridge wen; to the polies swim at Stone's-end to complain
that he could not pet into the house. I fellowed him to the
ate i n.. I beard him ask why the po ice should he there.
He had purchased the goods ut Men.ang for 13 He men-
tioned the railway coat and other thiogs that he bed ant
fetcht d away. He gave his right nem., and said that Mon-
sing bed just left his house. Un the Fridry I went to the
house with Bernet the officer. I went dawn to the back
kitchen. I was standing on the atone nearer the window,
and and said to Banes that two stones looked fresh.
Barnes took out • kni'e, aunt tried the joints mod
sides of the stones, and tem. t oat the mortar was sift
and smelt sour. I also tried • hem with my kettle. We then
proposed taking the stones u;•. At that time we had re-
ceived no intimation to take them up. We removed two.
They ran parallel with each other. Tail were be teems four
and five trot. On removing them, Barnes drew my atten-
tion to tins mortar which was lying under the middle of the
stone. 'The soil or gravel nod. r the stone war v. cry bard;
Po much so that • shovel could mareely peeetrate it.
' I applied first my crow-bar, and Hanes used the
shovel; and after digging • short wny down, he
found a piece of rag. About ten inches down the sell,
Barnes drew my attention to the toe of the deceased, and on
clearing away the girth the whole foot was tweed. The
body could net have sustained any injury from the crowbar
or shovel; the bar was not put duwu mere than six iechee,
just to relieve the soil. I went to the Mends of Mr. O'Con.
nor, who was nhssiog. Mr. Flynn, a brother in law of the
deceased, came back with me. By that time the body tieri
been got out, and was is the front kitchen. It was the
body of a men. Mr. Ftyns identified It. The holy mu
buried 3or 4 feet in the ground, end • quantity of lime was
about it. It was not washed. In consequence of this discovery,
I have made numerous inquiries respecting the affair
but nothing has transpired which I eau communicate to the
court as likely to assist the inquiry.
By the Coroner—Since the body has been found the gar-
den has been cremated, but no elhthes of the deceased has
been found. A black satin stock was found in the back
room on the second floor, which is said to have belonged to
him, but we have no proof cf such being the case.
By sJuror.—Found no resins of blood in any of the rooms.
I saw a perforation in the ceiling, but it might have been
caused by the top of a bedstead.
The inquiry, which cannot possibly conclude this day, was
proceeding wnen we went to press.