The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-30 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR NORWICH.

On Tuesday last the particulars connected with
the finding on the previous Saturday of some human re-
mains in a place near Norwich, railed Martineau's-lane
were given in the Express. On Sunday and the sabers!
quent days • search was instituted and continued, which
resulted in the discovery of several portions of a body,
which were concealed in various places near the spot where
the original finding took place. On Sunday morning a
human foot was found in Mr. Jervis's plantation by two
young men, named J. Spruce and T. Dent, and • dog. A
portion of the vertebra was also discovered in the same
place by Mr. Warner's coachman, and a second portion in a
saw-pit not far distant, by Simon Finch. On the same
morning • dog with Spruce and Dent found the pelvis. A
black striped waistcoat was also discovered concealed in the
hedge near where the hand was found, and a quantity of
waste cotton, such as is used by mechanics and others in
cleansing machinery, the latter being smeared with blood ;
also part of a roller, such as is used by weavers.
The mayor and magistrates of the city on Monday after-
noon mamma those parts of the remains that had been
discovered. The hand, which belonged to the right arm,
was firmly closed, the muscles appearing to be contracted
as in the case of a person who had suffered great pais.
From the appearance of the skin, it also seemed as if it had
been placed in water. The toes of the foot were also con-
tracted. The foot is small and delicate. with a high instep.
The ribs appeared to have been sawn from the right side
of the vertebra with • coarse saw, in a rough and clumsy
_ _

On Tuesday the following were found fibula, at the
lime kiln, on the llellesdon-road (distant about two miles
from the place where the hand, Ike., were discovered, on the
opposite side of the city), by a man named W. Roller; a
humerus, near Mr. Manning's garden, Lakenham, by
police constable Wooller ; another fibula, in a field near the
Rellesdon-road, by police constable Moore ; three pieces of
human flesh, at the saw) place one of which would pro-
bably weigh a pound, end the others something less each, by
fl Flauman, two other pieces of .alt, in Mr. Reynolds's
field, near the Hellesdon-road, by William Carter ; another
piece of flesh, in the same place, by Martin Cory; a piece
of flesh in the hedge near the windmill, by Robert Self;
also a piece of flesh in each of the following places:—Near
Mr. Brown's farm, by Charles near Mr. Rey-
nolds's mill without Bt. Augustine's Davison;dates, by Henry
Cubitt ; in the hedge near the mill, and in Brown's field, by
Charles Davison. _ _

The search was continued on Wednesday. A number of
the police were employed to drag the river from Trowse
Mills upwards to Lakenbam Mills, as it was thought that'
the party who tonsmitted this diabolical crime might have
thrown a parties of the remains into the river. Nothing,
however, wee Recovered. Another party of the police, to.
with ad labourers, were employed in searching
Cr wad
when there was the least probability of any
• =at the bad, being concealed. During the day the
log plisses et bemoan flesh were found, and brought
to the statimebouse:—Fiva pieces of flesh were disco.
vexed In a MI, • little past Mr. Reynolds's mill, by
those mesa, awed William !trove, Robert Leach, and Ro-
bert Seamy; • tibia or shin bone, in Mr. Shotger's field,
by men named George Chapman; three more
Ose:e in • iNi Winging to Mr. Oowing, situate next to
that of Mr. Reynold's, by Robert Dewing and Mott Bales,
sad is smother field adjoining Reynold's mill, by Charles
JAM& The only other portions found this day were a
ORS ei fah, by a young man named John Stone, in the
Ida most Mr. Reynold's mill ; and another piece in • field
beionglog to Mr. Curtis, by Robert Dewing. These pieces
were gesserally about the size of a man's hand,_ and had
bean areely cut from the &oatmeal -the body. They con-
sisted assely wholly of portions of skin and thin layers of
lei se masele. A portion of the patella was attached to
one et tin pima, and the sciatic nerve toanother. Notwith-
steefliag that they had been found at so many different
pious, and in spots a considerable distance apart, they
were found to join when tried, thus proving that they all
belonged to one body. From this it would seem that the
body has ben cut into pieces sense time after death, and
that the authorof this atrocity has endeavoured to get rid of
it by depositing small portions in different localities at va-
rious periods. This supposition is considerably strength-
ened by a discovery which was made on Thursday. As
Robert Dewing was searching in Philadelphia that morning
he found a piece of human flesh inside a fence. Mr. Taring-
ton is confident that this place was closely searched on the
previous day ; and if the statement of Dewing be correct—
and there is no reason to doubt it—it shows that the guilty
party had deposited this piece of flesh so recently as Wed
nesday night. This day a shirt, which had been found ea
Mossehold-heath, much smeared with blood, was delivered
la Mr. Yarington.
Os Thursday the search was resumed, the authorities
manifesting the utmost anxiety to adopt every means likely
to throw any light upon this most mysterious occurrence.
A number of the police were directed to drag the river from
the New Mills to Trowse, whilst others were directed to
continue the search on land.

At 11 o'clock the Mayor, P. J. Money, J. H. Barnard,
A. Towler, and J. Bette, Esqn., met in the Guildhall, for
the purpose of hearing the evidence of the surgeons, Mr.
Nichols, Mr. Norgate, and Mr. Donald Dalrymple, to whom
had been shown the various human remains as they had
been found, and who, at the same time, proceeded to
make a most minute and careful examination of the parts.
This inspection lasted about an hour, and at the expira-
tion of that time the medical gentlemen entered the Sword
Boom, when

Mr. Peter Nichols deposed—On Saturday hat, the 41st
day of June instant, I was shown the right hand of a hu-
man body by policetanstable Daniels. I took charge
of it. Oa the Sunday following, and also on the Mon-
day, several additional portions of a human body were
brought under my notes at the station house. I then,
with Mr. Margate, made a careful examination of',
them, and we were of opinion that they were
bones and other parts of an adult female. On the 2.5 th
and 26th days of June instant, additional portions were:
brought under my notice, and this day I have, conjointly
with Mr. Norgate and Mr. Donald Dalrymple, made
another careful examination of the various parts which
were brought before us, namely, several portions of the don
sal and lumbar vertebra:, the right cis utoominatuas, the
sacrum, a portion of the left as &nutria, the right tibia and
fibula, the left fibula, the right hand, the right foot, a por-
tion of the right humerus, one patella, various portions of
muftis and skin, and one portion of the intestines, and I
am of opinion that they are human remains—that they are
the bones of a young adult female. From the general ap-
pearance of the fiesh, it is my opinion that there is evidence
of youth and health at the time of death. Some portions
of the remains appear to have been immersed in some fluid.
This appears to be the ease with the foot, the hand, and the
part of the pelvis and spine. The portions foetid in the
different localities indubitably belong to the same person.
I consider the individual, of whose remains these are a
part, may have been dead a fortnight, or perhaps longer.
Mr. Norgate and Mr. Dalrymple confirmed this state-
Sant

In reply to an observation from the magistrates, and Mr.
Wilde, coroner, Mr. Nichols stated that himself and medi-
cal friends were of opinion that the age of the deceased was
between 16 and 26. The general appearance of the flesh
afforded evidence of youth and health. lie considered that
the body of which these remains formed a part had been
dead a tortnight—perhaps longer—and that a great portion
of the parts found had not been buried in the earth or co-
vered with water during the time. The remains which
they bad just examined unquestionably belonged to one
and the same body.
During the week several moons who have lately lost re-
latives have called at the station-Douse to ascertain if they
could identify the remains, but no clue has yet been found.
—Norwich Mercury.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS,

WANSTEAD.

The half-yearly general court of the governors
was held at the on Tavern on Saturday ; the Preei•
dent (Mr. John KLITEIMAN, M.P., in the chair.
The secretary's report stated that the receipts during the
half year which has just terminated were 2,4771. 3s. 4d.,
and that the building fund now amounted to 9,4001. The
number of children in the asylum at Wanstead, on Christ-
mas last, as well as at the present moment, amounted to
111, and by the election which would take place that day
of eight children, that number would be augmented to 119,
consisting of 7.5 boys and 44 girls. The report congratulated
the association on the continuing public favour which
their association met, and informed the members that
the progress of the children in their education had been
of the most satisfactory description. The amount subscribed
to the building-fund warranted the board in commencing a
new building as soon as a suitable plot of ground could be
obtained, and they were anxious to obtain a site on some
railway or commanding elevation, which would attract the
public observation. The secretary informed the meeting
that the offices were about to be removed from their present
locality to the most conspicuous p,.rt of Cheapside. The
report was then unanimously adopted and ordered to be
entered on the minutes. The following scrutineers were
appointed :—Mr. Halt, Mr. Woullaton, Mr. Adorn, Mr.
Staniford, Mr. Bligh, and Mr. Fenton. A vote of thanks
was afterward' passed to the chairman for his conduct in the
chair.