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

THE WALWORTB MURDER&

EXAMINATION AT THE LAMBETH 00HRT.

(Continued from yesterday a EuPreit')
Yr. Streeter, the father of the deceased Nary Wells
Streeter, said he knew the prisoner. He staved at their
house one night in Jul He came to see his ter, but
he did not know anything about the marriage. He knew
that his daughter bad letters from the prisoner, and
after her death he broke open her writing-desk and found
those which he had given to the police. He never bad say
conversation with his daughter concerning the marriage.
He bad heard hermother mention the intended aiwuranoe, and
believed that she advised her daughter not to consent to it.
Edward Spice, landlord of the Green Dragon, Ber-
mondsey-street, said that on the 23rd of July limy Streeter
came to his howls on a visit. The prisoner called awn her,
and witness asked him what he intended to do. Prisoner
said he intended to marry her, that be wail quite Indepen-
dent, and intended to take her to Hastings. Witnees told
Mary Streeter that he did not like the appearance of the
man, and advised her to have nothing to do with him.
He advised her to let her father know all about it, and
he then said to the prisoner —" I hope you will behave
honourably to her. I would rather that she should take •
rope and bang herself than that she should many such a
LOAD as you. The prisoner said nothing to that.
Inspector Whicher said he had made inquiries and found
that the banns had been published at tit. Martin's-in-the-
Fields.

The 11fagististe inquired whether the prisoner wished to
ask the witnesses any questions
The prisoner said he did not.
Mr. Edward Paine, superintendent of the P division of
lid Ile went to the Imam es Tuesday evening
there • small black box, and be was informed by
the father that it belonged to the prisoner. He directed it
to be taken to the station, where it was opened on the fol-
lowing morning in his presence by Mr. Dann. The policy
of insurance was found in the box.

Mr. W. B. Buddy, surgeon, of No. 3, Saville-row, Wal-
worth, repeated the evidence be gave before the coroner on
the previous day.
The prisoner listened with great attention, but with per-
fect calmness, to the surgeon's narrative of the various in-
juries the murdered persona had sustained.
The Prisoner having been cautioned in the usual way,
said—' ' I am not guilty of any of the charges against me
excepting killing my mother in seltdefence. That is all I
have to say."
The magistrate then committed him for trial at the next
sane= of the Central Criminal Court, but as
Inspector
Whicher, who has charge of the case, will not b eZo
get up the evidence in a complete form for the serious,
which commence on Monday next, an application will be
made for the postponement of the trial until September.
The prisoner was conveyed to Horeemonger-lasso Gaol. He
was loudly hired on being placed in the van.
During the examination the young woman we referred to
yesterday as having made inquiries at the police-station, sat
at the solicitors' table, end frequently sobbed aloud, ape.
chilly while the letters were which the prisoner Young.
nlin bad addressed to Mazy Anne Streeter. The yours(
woman on being questioned as to the cause of her grief, stated
that the letters were identical in expression with those which
the prisoner had addressed to herself many months ago,
when he courted her in Staffordshire. Some of theseletters
she showed to the persona sitting near her, and they were
in many cases word for word the same as those before
the court. In these letters Youngman, who at the
time pared under the name of Godfrey, made violent pro.
testaUom of love to the young woman, who held a situation
in the family of a gentleman in Staffordshire, and, as in the
case of Mary Streeter, implored of her to allow him to
assure her life. He told her also, as he had more recently
told the unfortunate Mary Streeter, that he was possessed
of independent property, and that he should have plenty of
money after his marriage, but that meanwhile the young
woman must provide as much as she possibly could to meet
the expenses of the wedding day. Curiously, also, be had
made arrangements for the wedding to be celebrated
in the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, in
which the banns between him and Mary Streeter were read
for the last time on the Sunday immediately preceding the
murder. While these negotiations were going on, and after
obtaining the young woman's consent to accompany hint to
Australia, he committed a burglary, and was sentenced to
twelve mouths' imprisonment. It appears that he pledged
his coat to buy the wedding ring, which he left in the
charge of the young woman, and she, when Youngman was
arrested, pledged the ring and bought him flannel jackets to
wear in prison. He managed to communicate with her,
and to obtain from her a promise that she would marry him
at the expiration of his term of imprisonment ; but before he
was liberated she left the places he was in, and came to
London, and ho never saw her again until yeeterday morn.
Mg, when, by the permission of the police autheribes, she
was admitted to his room upon the condition that they were
not to shake hands, or to communicate with each other in
any way except in the presence of the police. The prisoser
to be astounded when the young woman entered
appeared
; he placed both hands before his face, turned
away from her, and could not be induced to say a word.
She sat below him in the police court nearly the whole of the
day, but he never looked towards her, keeping his eyes
steadily fixed upon the witnesses as one after another ap-
peared in the box. The young woman also states that
when the prisoner was introduced to her father as her
future husband, he made very strong objections, observing
that he did not believe that he was a man of independent
property and that he did not at all like the look of him,
lie strondy advised his daughter to break off the match,
but she fancied that her father was unreasonably preju-
diced, and the correspondence between them wont on until
Youngman was convicted of Use burglary, as above stated.

THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER AT COLNEY.

HATCH.

At Bow-street police-court yesterday William
Slater was brought up on remand, and William Vivian was
placed at the bar beside him (having been apprehended the
previous night), on the charge of killing and slaying Wilk
!ism Swift,
_an inmate of the Colney-hutch Asylum.
Mr. Lewis defended both prisoners.
Mr. 'Merman said that William Varney, another inmate,
was in his opinion capable of giving a rational account of
treassactions which took place before his eyes.
William Varney deposed—l am in No. 11 want The
deceased, Swift, was brought to that ward on Monday,
10th of May, and died on Saturday. On Thursday he
wasted very well and eat very heartily at dinner.
After dinner I was lying on a sofa in the gallery, while the
prisoner and some of the patients were playing at cards
and drafts in the meas. Swift was in the habit of talking
very loud sad very " erroneous," and was doing so then.
Slater told him to hold his noise, but Swift went on as
before. Slater then took hold of him and threw
him down, and then dragged him by the neck
to the padded room, which is about ten or eleven yards from
the recess. While they were in the padded room I heard
a Feat noise of knocking and lumpiag about, and the man
cried out agood deal. Ho cried, " oh, dear," and "Oh,
Lord," and sometimes made a noise as if he could not speak
at all. I did not see him again that night ; he was looked
up in the padded room till Saturday morning. He sat at
the same table with me at breakfast on Satuiday morning.
Before breakfast he said to Slater, " It was too bad to kick
me se," at the same moment Lyn* his hand on his cheat as
if in pain. He seemed to have difficulty in sitting down
and getting up again. He eat his breakfast. He seemed,
exoept for the difficulty of rung and sitting down, much as
usual. We dined about one and he eat his dinner. 1 went
out at about half-past two to play at cricket, and saw Swift
just before I left, when he seemed as usual. I never after-
wards saw him alive, I returned abcut half-peat seven.
The door of the padded room was locked. When I first
spoke of this it was ou being required to do so ; I was taken
and examined. On Sunday morning, when I came down
from 13 ward, where I sleep, to 11 ward, where 1 pass the
day, I found the door of the padded room open, and then
heard that Swift was dead.

Mr. Lewin beard of the coroner's
inquest. I did not mention to any one, except the petients,
that 1 knew anything about it. I saw the eommisaioners
about a fortnight since. Grover told me on Monday that he
believed the man was dead, adding " lam OW I was out
of it ;" but I don't iocollect telling hem what 1 saw on
Priday. I might have mentioned it, but I don't think I
did. Grover was absent on Saturday evening and Sunday,
and then the prisoners were the only attendants in the
ward. 1 saw Orover daily after the occurrence, and the
doctor frequeetly. I
ump of Swift. About a fortnight ago I mentioned it to
the commissioners. The only penous in authority whom
I saw in the interval were the prisoners, the other atten.
dant Grover, and the two medical men. When Swift WWI
thrown down, I am sure he did not throw himself
down. There were about a dozen patient. present.
Many of them could not give evidence, as they talk a great
deal of nomense. Clark and Salter could give evidence,
and no could Etherington, though be talks wildly sometimes ;
he don't make mistakes about what occurred in the ward.
Overall could give evidence if he liked, but he said this
morning that he would not oome. Salter talks as mason.
ably as any one in the ward, and 'Clark is ofteu trusted with
knives and scissors, which would not be done if he was
wild. I made no remark about this matter to the keepers
because I knew it would be of no service. I did not men-
tion it to the keeper who locked me up that night. It was
either Kemp or Sleek, the attendants of No. 13 Ward.
Swift was not at all Tioleut while be was in II Want. II
there is a great poise it MR Le heard in the edioining nom.
Mr. Henry—ls it usual for two attendants to i;4% Into the
padded roan with • patient ?
Wituem—Yee ; they tale him in these nod kick and
knock him about, There have been many more canea of it
lately in 11 Ward. They walk about quite sure attar it.
After some further evidence,
Mr. Sleigh applied for a remand.
Mr. Lewis hoped the nuigisuete would accept lbail..
Mr. Henry could not take hail now, but Mr. Luau had
better have sureties ready at the next heartug.
The prisoner. were then remanded.

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