The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-10 00:00:00

MARLISORMTGII STREET.

Edward itlkrm,dt, a tailor, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with assaulting John Murphy, another tailor, and
who is also lame.
The complainant said that on Saturday night he went
into a fish shop in Cantaby-street to have some fish, and
the prisoner and four or five others came in. The pri•
loner asked him if he was working on strike, upon which
he told him that the strike was lost, and that the work he
was engaged upon was not strike work. as there was plenty
of work to be had. The prisoner then called him "a
dung" (a term applied to pet sons who work for houses
whose men are on strike), and said he would drive a
knife through ins heart. The prisoner at the time
had • knife in his hand, as he was eating his fish. The
prisoner then struck him three or four blows in the face
with his closed band, causing him to bleed profusely, and
when the constable came in and took the prisoner into
custody be saw him bleeding.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the complainant said all the
men with the prisoner were tailors.
The prisoner said that the complainant spoke to him,
and he told hint not to do so, and then the complainant
took up • knife, and not be.
Police-constable William Lobb, 73 C, said that on taking
the prisoner into custody he found that his face was
smothered with blood, and there was • good deal of blood
on the table. When the prisoner was charged he made no
reply.
The prisoner said there hail been a difference between
them, and the complainant wanted to speak to him, and
because be would not complainant took up a knife, and
as be thought he was going to strike him, he (prisoner)
thought it was time to strike him.
Complainant denied attempting to strike the prisoner.
The prisoner called a witness, but lie did not benefit
him.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said be thought the story told by the com-
plainant much more likely to be true than the prisoner's
the more especially as there were live against one—men
whochose to be idle while the complainant chosetowork. It
was the worst of tyranny, and such acts as the prisoner's
would always be punished at that court. It was possible,
although the prisoner spoke of the knife, that he never
Intended to aro it, but he had assaulted the complainant,
and fur that he would be committed for six weeks with
hard labour. The poor fellow was assaulted because he
was working for his own support.

ROBBERIES ON TEE GREAT EASTERN

RAILWAY.

On Saturday, at the Hertford Petty Sessions,
three men, named William Jones (28), dealer, Joshua-
street, Poplar ; William Bette (27), of Stratford, late fire-1
man in the employ of the Great Eastern Railway Com-
pany ; and Thomas King, of Shoreditch, were charged
with having stolen property to the value of about 1001.
from • goods train on the Great Eastern Railway. At
7.30 on the evening of Augnst 27, a heavily laden goods
train left the Brick-lane station on the Great Eastern
Railway, London, and on its arrival at Bishop Stortford,
Herta, was examined by the guard, who found everything
quite safe; but at Cambridge he discovered that one of the
sheets covering a carriage hod been cut open from end to
end. It was not, however, until the train
had reached its destination, Norwich, that he
was aware that four large bales had been stolen—two
bales of cloth, one bale of leather, and • bale of silk,
the whole being valued at 1001. Information was
at once telegraphed to Superintendent Hedington, chief of
the Great Eastern Railway police, and steps were soon
taken to discover the depredators, but it was not until the
:10th that any clue was obtained. On the morning of that
day a platelsyer, at work on the line about a mile and a
half above Bishop Stortford, saw indications of something
having been dragged from the line into an osier bed close
by, and on following up the marks the man came upon
nearly the whole of the missing property. This was at •
very secluded spot, and only a short distance from • bye-
road. Information of the discovery having been sent to
the police, four men—two of the Herta constabulary and
two platelayers—were set to watch the spot where the
property was concealed, and about one o'clock on the
name night a horse and cart was driven up to the spot by
three men. After making • careful survey of the
neighbourhood, two of them alighted, and went
into the oiler bed, where they commenced
filling the sacks with leather, the third man re-
maining in possession of the horse and cart. When the
men had completed the operation of filling the sacks, one
of the watchers suddenly slipped oat of his hiding place,
bat directly lie stirred the two took the hint, and were
off across the country, and out of sight in no time. The
men then went towards the fellow who was left with the
horse and cart, but he also took to his heels and escaped.
The men then took possession of the horse, cart, and pro-
perty, which they drove to Stortford, where they met
Superintendent Hedington and Inspector Ryder, of the
Herta constabulary. At about this time the mail train
was due at Stortford, and on its arrival Superintendent
Bedinuton sent an inspector and a platelayer on to
Harlow by it, with instructions to scour the London.
road back to Stortford, two other men being also sent
up the road from Stortford. When about a mile and
a half from Harlow, the two watchers met two per-
sons on the road, who denied all knowledge of each
other. They were the prisoners Jones and Bette, and
were aprehended. On the following morning they were
taken before the Rev. F. Vander bleulen, by whom they
were remanded fora week. These two men having been
safely lodged, Mr. Hedington 'gave a shrewd guess as to
who the third party was, and on going to Leaden gave
instructions to have a sharp watch kept en the house of
the prisoner King, who returned home at about two o'clock
on Tuesday morning, and was immediately apprehended.
It seems that all the prisoners are notorious characters,
and their movements have been closely watchel for some
time past. It is known to the police that they left Strat-
ford ou Tuesday afternoon, and that they were picked up
on the following day at Epping by a Bishop Stortford car-
rier, who conveyed them to that place. It is also known
that a portion of the stolen property was conveyed by
the same Man to Epping, whither it was traced by In-
spector Ryder, and taken possession of by him. The most
notorious character of the three is the man Betts, who WAS
formerly in the service of the company for six yews as •
fireman, and a few weeks since he was committed to Bed-
ford Gaol for loitering about the company's premises. As
it is well known that he is capable of jumping on to a
train, and passing from one end to the other, while it is
travelling at the rate of twenty miles an hour, the police
have no doubt it was be who threw the property off the
train in this instance. The prisoners were further re-
manded to enable the police to procure evidence connect-
ing them with other robberies of a similar character, one
of which was committed at Bishop Stortford only three
weeks since.

TUE MrRDER IN FORFAR.—About a week ago
Superintendent Richardson, of the South Shields police,
received a printed information from the authorities at
Forfar, in Scotland, stating that two witnesses were
wanted against the man named Fred. Wright, who was in
custody on a charge of murdering a farm servant in
Forfar, on the 18th of June. After making inquiries,
Sergeantedetective Smith had remain to believe that the
witnesses wanted were living in South Shields ; and fortu-
nately his surmise was correct, for on Friday morning. on
proceeding to Mr. Medley's lodging-house, Union-alley,
be found William Jones, belonging to Philadelphia, and
Henry Johnson, of Jamaica, two coloured men, who
anew, red the description of the men wanted. It appears
that Fred. Wright, and the two coloured men now in the
hands of the South Shields police, were in June in the
employ of Messrs. Sangers, the circus proprietors, as tent
men, and on the 18th of June, after evening performance
at Forfar, they, along with others, had been drinking, and
a row ensued. During the eontlict. which seems to have
been a hand-over-head fight, Fred. Wright took • wooden
stake and felled a farm servant to the ground, inflicting
such injuries as caused death. Wright was apprehended
on the charge of murder, but proceedings against him
could not be completed in consequence of the absence of
Jones and Johnson, who witnessed the affair. The capture
of the witnesses ha, been communicated to the Forfar
aatbatilise.