The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-26 00:00:00

TES ROAD CHILD MURDER.

Sergeant Williamson, et the metropolitan detec-
tive force, has arrived at Road, and is actively engaged with
Mr. Inspector Which.,, Captiin Msredith, chief constable,
and other officers of the county police in investigating this
tragic atfiir. Mr. Kent., the father of the deceased child
and of Mos Cm:ohmic Kent, who steads charged with the
murder, accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. Wilhem Won,
of Frome, having °bullied an order to visit the prisoner,
to the County Gaol at Devises, on Sunday last,
rclbutoWedel their arrival the feelings of the father OVOTCIrri
him, sod be was unable to undergo the interview. Every
possible eimatios is being made by the police to collect
further evidence, sad to find, if ponible, the missing night-
dregs ha Mime Constance Kent. It is believed
that, if net it is secreted somewhere in the vicinity
beloVz.
of the home, with the view of inducing the Mita-
Wiest" of the village to assist in the search, a placard has
bees issued, effering a reward of Y. to coy person finding
the Meddlers and delivering it to the police. It I. now
, eqipmeal by persons competent to give an opinion ma the
1 wetter that the first intention of the munlerer was to have
thrown the child dews the privy with the object of suf•
locating it, sod that it wee expected the body would have
weak oat et MOIL The wog room window and shutters
am supposed le bewebees evened by some perms inside the
Uwe to navy the idea awl load to the belief that the child
had been nineet A ille•enkilies of the privy will make this
thew, better medimilsed. it is sitmiteil shoat twenty yards
beat tie Wass deer, awl is surrounded by shrubs, the
well or gimped bang el extraordinary size—vie, about 10
het deep. awl? het mare. At the time of the murder the
well emasiaed about is feet of water and soil, so that hail
the tiled him threw& it would at one have been suffo-
cated mad wink est eight. The peculiar construction of
tile seat, howessar prevented the body from falling through
into the awned below. The impediment was caused by
• splash-tread, which is a piece of board fixed from the
treat of the tap part of the seat, rod extending downward
in • slantiog direction to within about six inches of the
back wall of the privy, the cousequeoic being that the Ludy
would not pees thniugli this siiiril aperture. It is supposed
that the guilty party being thus foiled, resorted to the
knife, sad destroyed the unfortunate child in the manner
' which hes base already de...nbral. Mr. Ellin, of the
Western circuit, will, it is understood, appear on behalf of
Mies (*.cadence Kent at the adjourned inquiry, which is to
take plus to-morrow (Friday) at Road.

(Firm the Belt Chroxide of thin day.)
The unfounded memir, which has been no industriously
rirrulatet, to the effect that the &aimed child entertained
• strong antipathy to Miss Constance, is as false as it is
wicked. so for from th.,t having been the case, prior to
the child'. iintituely death, be wax on moat affectionate
term, with her, so much so, that oft the evening
before the murder was committed, whilst in the
amine of • childish romp with Constance he gave
her • little bead ring, he himself had made for her.
A great deal of gossip, too, has been circulated, to the
effect that a girll, named Moody, • schoolfellow of Miss
Constance, had bean) her give utterance, while at school,
to ~one revengeful esprce,,ons respecting the deceased.
With the express object of ascertaining the character and
demeanour of Mho Constance, in the prosecution of her
scholastic duties, Captain Meredith and Mr. Superiuteodent
Woolf yesterday tinted the school at Beekingtoc, and
interrogated Miss Williams. the principal, with regard to
this puma Both Miss Williams and her ansistant, Miss
&di, spoke in the highest terms of Constance, saying
that she was a well conducted pupil in every respect, while
in that eatahlishment ; and that so sasilduous was she to
her studies, that she brume a suecessful competitor at
the li.df•) early examination, and carried off the second
prize.