The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

ANOTHER SHOCKING MURDER.

Yesterday morning a man was arrested at Wolver-
hampton, and afterwards brought up at Petty Sessions,
charged with having perpetrated • foul murder in Shrop-
shire. The crime was committed in • village called Did-
dlewick, about eight miles from Bridgnorth, and about the
same distanoe from Cleobury Mortimer and Ludlow. Near
to the village is a flour mill, driven by water power, and
tenanted by Mr. John Meredith, a bachelor, who has for
some ten or twelve years had living with him, as his
adopted child, the son of one of his sisters, now deceased.
The youth, on Sunday last, was about eighteen
years of age. His name was Edward Edwards,
and his father was for many years clerk to Mr.
Noek, ao auctioneer of Bridgnorth. The mill stands
at about four or five hundred yards from Mr. Mere-
dith's bowie or that of any other person ; and it was the
young man's habit to go to the mill every Sunday morning
to balance his accounts, and also to see to the feeding of •
hone and some poultry. Last Sunday morning he was up
early, and, after assisting the cowman at the farm, went to
the mill at about 8 o'clock. He did not return to breakfast,
but no concern was felt, because, on the previous
evening, he had talked of taking breakfast with
some friends named Leighton, who occupy a farm
at Blundell, not far away. When he did not
come home to dinner his uncle sent to Mr. Leighton's, but
found that he was not there. Mr. Meredith became alarmed,
and, accompanied by • young man named Dorrell, who
lives with his father on the next farm to that of Mr.
Meredith, and by a boy servant, went to the mill.
They found the door locked, and the key, with
blood upon it, was hanging up in its usual place
outside the mill. The mill is entered by steps which
communicate with the middle floor. Mr. Meredith upon
opening this door found much blood upon the floor, and
near to it the hat of his nephew. On looking down through
the opening by which the sacks of wheat and flour ascend
and descend from the middle to the bottom floor, the
searching party saw young Edwards lying with his head
terribly wounded, and apparently a corpse. On reaching
him, however, they found that though shockingly wounded
be was not quite dead. He seemed to have been
beaten to insensibility by repeated blows upon the
head with some blunt weapon. and then to have been
pitched •lown into the ground floor by his assailant. The
poor fellow remained unconscious until four o'clock on
Monday morning, when he died. The object of the mur-
derer would teem to have been plunder, for Edwards was
known to have some little money with him when he went
to the mill. Suspicion has fallen upon • labourer named
James Childe, aged about thirty. who was seen some little
distance from the locality on Sunday night, with marks of
blood upon his clothiogoi and flush of money, of which he
was previously known to be almost. if not entirely, desti-
tute. if. has been remanded to Bridguorth. •

THE MURDER IN SOUTHWARK.—An alleged
murder of a woman in Southwark formed the subject of
an inquiry which was held yesterday by 31r„ William
Payne, the City coroner, at St. George's workhouse. Anne
Carr, aged 3 years, the person alleged to have been
murdered, lived at No. 33, George-street, Kent-street,
Southwark, and last Wednesday night she died under
circumstances of so suspicious a character that the police
were called in, and they arrested a man named George
Crane, who had lived with the deceased as her husband, on
the charge of having caused her death. The accused mao,
who is an "omnibus touter," was remanded by the magis-
trate until after the evidence implicating him had been
inquired into by the coroner at the inquest. The first
witness called was Plicebe Savil, a young woman 17 years of
age, who deposed that on several occasions she had heard
the accused, Crane, call the deceased woman bad names,
Oa last Tuesday night the deceased was the worse for
liquor, and witness heard her screaming. Witness also
heard the accused utter brutal threats to her. After a long
investigation, sixteen out of the nineteen jurors agreed to
• verdict of "Wilful murder" against Crane, and the
coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner
for trial.

GREAT NORTHERN El osprrAL, CALEDONLAN-ROAD.
—Number of patinae for the week ending Jan. 13, 1,037
of which 224 were new came.

EPPS'S HomcsorAllitc Cocoa.—Homoeopathic
Practitioners, and the Medical Profession generally, recommend
cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the
doctrine of bomceopathy was first introduced bite this country,
there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac-
tive to the taste or acceptabie to the stomach ; the nut was
either supplied In the crude state, or so unskilfully manufac-
tured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homeo-
pathic chemist. was Induced in the year DM to tare his atten-
tion to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance
of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article
pun In its compositiou, and so refined by the prefect tritarsUon
it receives in the process It passes through, as to be most accept-
able to the delicate stomach. For general use, Epps'a cocoa is
distinguished as an invigorating, grateful breakfast beverage,
with a delicious aroma, Dr. Hassel, In his work, "Food and
its Adulterations," says Cocoa coutsins • great variety of int-
prima nutritive principles ; every ingredient neceessry to the
growth aad sustenance of the body." Again, nutritive,
cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea," Dino-
time :—Two thaspooahth et the powder in a breakfast sup,
filled no with boiling water or milk, Secured In tin-lined HD.,
and 1 lb. labelled packets. and sad at LAW mete
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