The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-03 00:00:00

THE MURDERS AT WALWORTH.

THE INQUEST.
(Concluded from yesterday's Ilarrest.)
Sohn Varney, Police-constable No. 333, of the P didelan, ,
said that on Tuesday morning he WY on duty in the Wel-
worth-road, when he was .ad, and told to go to 16,
Manor-place, as a murder had been committed there. He
went to the house and proceeded upstairs. when he saw the
bodies of a boy and two females. They were all in their
night dresses. He noticed wounds in their throats, and he
saw a young man standing in the door-way in his shirt.
The wristband of his right sleeve was torn off, sod was
hanging to his hand. He said, My mother has done all
this ; and I only struck my mother in self-defence--and that
is law." He had nothing in his hand. There wee blood on
his right knee and feet. The whole of the persons appeared
to be quite dead. He directed the man—who appeared
excited—to be quiet. Witness then sent for the inspector.
Up to that time he had not seen any weapon. After the
inspector came he passed into the front room onthat floordand
the young man was dressing himself in the back room. When
he went into the front coon, he saw • boy, aged 7 or 8 years,
lying on the bed, with his head towards the foot of the
bedstead. He had a large wound at the back of the neck.
There was a large quantity of blood on the counterpane of
the bed, but more where the head was lying. There were
foot-marks of blood on the landing, as if some one had been
walking in the blood. The door of each room was open.
Mr. Inspector Dann was with the young man whilst he was
dressing. He repeated the expression several times about
@Wow his mother. Witness looked for a weapon, but
could hot find one. During the time he was present nothing
more was said by the young man about the children than
that his mother had done it.
David Lack, 13'2 P, said that on Tuesday morning last he
was on duty at the Walworth Police-office, when, front
information be received, he went with Inspector Dina to
the house in question, and found three persona lying dead,
and a young man in the bed-room standing at the side of the
young woman. He said, "Here's a job ; my mother has done
all this." He saw a Spanish dagge• knife open and lying
between the two females. (The knife was produced in
court as well as the shirt, and both bad blood upon them.
The coroner directed that both should be kept in the same
state as they then were.) He found that the Amp point of
the knife had been broken off. He went into the front room
and there saw a little boy on the bed, and he called the
attention of his inepector to him. lie remained in the house
and found the wristband behtul a box just within the door-
way. (The wristband was produced, it was torn in the mid-
dle, and nearly covered with blood. The coroner desired
that that should also be kept in the ante condition.) He
' saw a wristband on his right hand before. He had no
doubt It was the same as he saw on his right hand when
he lifted up his arms.
Mr. Samuel Wells Streeter said that he was the occupier
of a email farm, Munster Hall, Wadhtust. He had that
day seen one of the bodies, that of • young woman, who
was his daughter. He believed that she was • single person.
She had been in service up to April last, then came to reside
with him to assist her mother, on account of the illness of
• sister. He last saw her alive on Monday morning last at
has house. He knew that she was going to Loudon. She
told her mother that she was going to town to make her
arrangements foe her wedding with William Godfrey
Youngman. He had seen him for the first time a fortnight
ago at his house, and he stopped there that night. He un-
derstood that he bud been- living in service at a doctor's.
They had been acquainted some time, but had not seen each
other for several years. They appeared to live happily
together.
John Youngman, the father, said that he worked for his
son John, who was a tailor, at his house. He had a son
named William Godfrey Youngman, who had lived in
service as a footman. He had left that service about •
fortnight. He had been in service close toCharing-cross, but
he did not know the house. He had been in that
service about half a year. Witness got up about 5 o'clock
and west for a walk. His son William had been staying at
his home with him ever since he left his place, sleeping
with his brother Thomas. On Monday he !atm ned home at
10 o'clock at night. His wife expected that William was
going to bring* young woman from the country, but she did
nut expect that she was going to sleep there. He asked his
sun Thomas whether the young woman and William were
in the front room with hie mother, and understanding that
she was there, he did not go in, but slept on a bed on his
ehopboanl. He bad slept with one of his sons (Thomas)
for some weeks before William came. His wife and his son
Charles slept together. He did not have any refreshment
after he got home that night, and went to bed without see-
ing his wife. William came into the room whilst he was
undressing. William having undressed, witness said,
" When you are ready I will put the light out r
and having asked him if lie was ready, he replied,
"Ys. ." and he extinquisbed the light. About 4 o clock
on Tuesday morning he awoke, and saw William getting
into bed. He did not take any particular notice of it, as he
thought he had merely got up to see the time. There was
no clock or watch in his room, but there was a clock in the
other room, and by going on to the landing the time could
be seen by pushing the door open. He left Thomas and
Charles in bed, and believed that his wife and the young
woman were sleeping together that night, and were in bed
when he left home on Tuesday morning. About half-past
6 o'clock some one came and fetched hint home, when he
saw his son Thomas, his wife, and the young female on the
landing, dead, and on going into the front room he saw his
son Cherie* also dead He saw his son William, and he
said, "It was all mother." He was taken away in cus-
tody. William showed the knife about nine days ago, or
it might have been three weeks. When he sho.wed it to
him, witness said it was a pretty knife for the pocket. It
then had no point to it. He never saw the knife in his
wife's possession. No allusion had ever been made to it by
her. Redid not know that she knew be had got it. He believed
his wife knew that William contemplated getting married.
He had seen Miss Streeter two ur three time, once at his
son John's. His wife told him that she thought William
was going to get married to her, when lie replied, " I don't
want to know anything shout it. I shall have nothing to
do with it." He expected sonde money with the young
woman. He had no property of his own. He hail uo re-
versionary expectation. He believed the knife was kept in
his pocket that eight.
The inquiry having lasted nearly five hours, it was ad-
journed in order to obtain additional eviderne.
After the jury had been bound over to appear at the
future sittings of the court, a photographic picture of the
house in which the murders were committed was produced
by the coroner, and the different portions of the house,
including the staircase lending and the room in which the
poor little boy was found, were shown to the jury. It is
expected that at the adjourned inquiry sonic important ad-
ditional evidence will be forthcoming.