The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-26 00:00:00

THE STEPNRY MURDER.

DISCHARGE OF ERNS, AND KKAIIINATION OP
MULLEN'S, AT THE THANES POLICE COURT.
Walter Tlaonsaa lama, boot and shoemaker sad net
collector, aged 48, dwelling at the time of his apprehardas
is Emsafe brickleld, Grove-street, Bethnal-green, and
James Maness, aged 80, a plasterer, formerly a err-
giant in the K division of the metropolitan
police, afterwards an inspector in the Irish con-
stabulary, again • sergeant in the IC division,
subsequently employed on the South Eaters Railway, and
lastly, • convict under semonee of years' peal servitude
for a r,,bbere on that railway, were brought before Hr.
c:uutri wiw the murder of Mrs. 'Cry Ely,
lay, a widow, at No. 9, Grove-road, Yile.wd, on or about
the WY at August lest.

Mr. Wanton; solicitor, conducted the prosecution • Mr.
Rees, the deoseseirs late solicitor, and Mr. latelilf,
solicitor, at Dem Cast Howie, and acting for the relatives
sod executors of the demised were also iu attendance.
Mr. Charlet Young, solcitor, Of Arbour-square„ stein at-
tondo! for Eroms ; Mr. Hoorn, Wood, solicitor, watched
the cr., for Mullein.
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ticiou attar 10 o'clock peoplu began to ensemble is Arbour-
' street nouns the court, and the crowd continued to increase
until the arrival of the police van contsdning the prironer
Itullens, wbkh took puce sloe after 11 o'clock-. The
yes was driven into Cie station-borne yard behind
the court, and no one except the officers suable to catch
a glimpse of the primmer until he was placed in the dock.
bosuns, who had been nut on bail, surrendered at eleven
o'clock. He was attended by a Lees of friends. Mulls:is
appeared ill and care-worn.
The investi4ation is expected to last many days. All the
persons that have been examined before the coroner's jury
will have to repeat their evidence before the magistrate.
Oa Monday Sergeant Tanner, a detective otiker, applied to
Yr. Yardley awl obtained summonses against 17 additional
Tribune., who were in atteniLinee this morning.
At 12 *Mock, after the deposal of the night charges; the
azainination commenced. Tne court was Chen crowded to
excess, And hundred s sought admission in vain. There was
a lame force of yolks in attendance to preserve order, both
inside sod °ideals sf the court.

There has not been so much excitement created by any
criminal ease in this district since C.' 'utak, Johnston, of the
skip Torylea,
nwas charged with several murders ou the high
sees 13 ago.
Mr. Woutner sent that since the mat examination he had
received information which led him to couclude that Zinnia
might sin longer to be detained is custody. In hi. judg-
ment the information given by Mullen; aping 1.111.1111 warn
totally devoid of foundation, and he should therefore re-
quest that he might be discharged.
Mr. Belfe—ls Emma here
Mr. Young—Ye., sir ;he surrenders upon bail Emma
was then called, and Mr. Mille formally ilia:barged him
hum custody, adding that he had letter remain in court
ae he might be required as a witnam.
Mr. Wontner, baring remarked that he should call
Emma, mid he sow intended to put before the magis-
trate • chain of evidence which tie believed would jwi-
Vfy the magistrate in committing the prisoner Mullen.
for wilful murder. He then went into all the parti-
culars of the dimppearanoe of the decra,ed, her
habits of sechunee, the discovery of the murder, the
effort. made by the detectives, and the extra-
ordinary conduct of the prisoner, who had ac-
cused Emms al_ placing a prcel in the shod
to which any one had access, nod mid it was what was
vulgarly railed a " pleat" on the part of Mullins.
He ealainlil be enabled, he to establish the per-
fect innocence of Emma, aml the utter improbability
of Ilallenes story respectiag bile. He would make it mani-
fest that the prisoner was in possession of the articles can.
tollibed in the parcel, and that be close was the murderer.
Mr. Wontiser then revise ed the conduct of Mullen. before
mad after the murder, and said part of his conduct was Max-
=Tetra was ono, circumstance in the case almost
• the meeting of Mullenwith a man on the
imam of the day the murder was supposed to hams
ben committed when the primmer was startled, cod
Wed oft he belissid the emu he met with was an oflicer
So Apia Miniboom ilsouisd Mamie in Clerkenwell
prima 1.61mi/equaled before his glance. This was a grams
eirenmeteace in the case, and greatly aided the other
imilmeap cassesiii withthe that horrible affair. The amps-
ight meehl 101 SW primmer was employed by the
demeimik time he was ems of the few persons allowed to
her der beerm and that he sou well acquainted with bet
WM& Mr. coiner particularly dwelt on the einem-
deem of the prisoner's wife selling a pencil OW Of • pea-
liadoolpolis to a barman at a public-hones, two
imbue he wig given into custody. That possil-aus would
be iiretlgd is laving Wowed to the dermased.
Widows in ampmert waa being pro-
Med vbsi sus 'spirt t)