The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

THE if URDER AT LID .8011.

LEDBURT, ihruaasT.
Yesterday evening there worn a special sessions held
hare, for the examination of lola Isaac bones apprehended
ou anapicion of murdering Mrs. Ihrriett Baker.
Mr. GI. B. Piper appeared for the rewritten • Mr. Gm
for the prtsoser. The cue silted great inLireat. The
prissier' who was perfootty cool and collected, wee aroma-
modeled with a chair. _ _

TOomr 11aaOnTe:oved that he maw a pair of pincers in
the possession of Use late Mr. Baker, madly similar to Moo
which were found in Mr. Meeeneld'o once. Baker died in
March loot. _ _

Crcse-eirsinerl—l do not knew the proem by any mark.
, Elisabeth Pere, the child seven years of sgs, who slept
I in the hones on the night of the murder, but who was net
disturbed, was r to her lotion of an oath.
Mr. Gregg o jected, bemire the torener would not taker
the child's evidinoe at the meant.
Mr. Heywood—l believe the coroner is only an attorney'.
articled clerk, and I don't see why be should core hers with
any weight because he holds that office.
The little girl was sworn, and said the prisoner gays her
" hniortp" (sweetmeata) wire she was at Mrs. Baker's.
She had seen hint open • chest with drawers in her cent's
room, but did not know when it was. When Jones tame in
on Wednesday inorniog she told him Mrs. Baker had gone
out.

--6roas-exantined—lt woo oat true that she wu gone oat.
No one told me sot to ea y uything about Mrs. Baker.
Jonas stayed in the kitchen that morning until he took me
out and did not go Into the offices. The child gave ren-
tradictory SWIMS to some quations, and displayed use
hesitation. Her grandfather said she was an orderly la-
teltirst child, but led ken, has ill. Bar sasmiurils.
not pursued.
Tnonne Bowkett deposed—l am parieh clerk at ledbury,
and live seat dam to Mr. Masefteld'e ofkoes. shell

member Wednesday morning all lbe day. of my Ufe. After
describing his efforts to make Mrs. Baker bur, the vitro con.
tinned—Jour came to the doer and maid be had found the key
of Mrs. Baker's beck door on the path. He ualocked the
dour, and we both west in. ,The child was 'Masson a oludr,
and said Mrs. Baker had gone oat. I went to fetch the milk
I bed taken for her snd es I was briagiag it I met Jones
with the child in his arms, end be moionsd me to go back.
I went into the came while Jams took the child into my
house, and saw the *Moe doors open. I did not smell any-
thing until I opened Mr. Muelield's odloe, sad saw the poor
woman lying on her back just am if she bed been dragged
in by the shoulders, and her lower parts were " me war
with the. I ran downstairs and gave an alarm. I was M
such • bight that I cannot exactly remember who was
there. Mr. Griffin came, and the polices were feet for. I
am pretty nue that Jones carried water as well as the
rest. I took away Mrs. Baker's bird in the cege because it
should not be starved. I never saw anything. wrong in
Jonas, hut I gave him notice to leave my lodgings unless
he could keep better hours, because he bad disturbed my
rest st night. That was about • fortnight before the
murder. Before the time was up, he said, "If you give
me leave to have a latch-key I shaU not disturb you at
night," and so • latch was put on. I sleep in the frost
room on the ground floor, the next room to Mrs. Baker's sit-
ting-room, and she could hear me when I went to bed better
than I could hear her, because she had carpets, and I
had none. At ten o'clock every night Igoup to bed. Oa
the Tuesday night I was salute before lulf-pest ten. Ido
not know what time Jour cams In. I did not bear him.

I could sot have beard Ms yap well. About a month be-
ton this happened Jones ehanged his bed-room. He need
to sleep ever me before thin, and. then I could bear his
when be went to bad. If I have had any conversation with
Jones shout the time he went to bed en Tuesday night I
have forgotten it. Now, I remember, he said, " You might
have told them what time 1 did come in." I said I was put
on my oath, and told the truth, for I did not hear what time
M did come in. Jones paid me Is. 6d. a week for his lodr
lags. He owe. me from lut Candlemas day. Prestige was
at home at ten minutes to ten on Tuesday night, and went
rep to bed directly. Jones told me he found the key in the
path.

.1 had had my breakfast when Jones
came down. It was between seven and eight o'clock. Jones
had been down the street buying some meat been be mine
to throw at the window. I haves notion that he went out
at the front door and not through the back-yard. 1 think
he west out and brushed his shoes that merging before be
breakfasted. I think I asked Jones to go indite if Le couldget
Kra. Baker up. After that be Woe in sad fetched some
p••• to throw up at the window. When he told me he bad
found the key, I was in my kitchen neat to the yard. Jaw's
manner afterwards gave me no suspicion. The lodgers at
my house pet on slipper. at night to go upstairs. My puede
daughter does not live with me, but comes in the morn to
do the housework. While she was ill Mrs. Baker cam to
do It.
Jesse Prestige' deposed—l lodge with Howbeit, and deep
in the moose over his. The door of my room is about two
)ads from Jonas's. 1 went to bed about 10 o'clock on
Tuesday night, and did not hear Jones mute to bed. I don't
think I lay awake more than a quarter of an hoer. I went
to work at halt-past 6 next morning, and came to breakfast
at 8. I took my shoes off when I went to bed. I did not
petite Jones'. shoes anywhere when I came down. There
are generally several pairs of hie and mine at the bottom of
the stairs, and I could not tell which he wore. On last
Wednesday night Jonas was asking me and Bowkett if we
Weld him earns In on the previous Tuesday night. He mild
we mese have beard him because harrow a light in Bowkett's
nos when be ante up to the yard door. Re said it was
mien fur Bowkett to my he had not beard him (Jones)
cease in, since he bed had the latch key, because Bow-
kett had once told him of being late. Bowkett said
he did heat him once, when he came into the front place to
light Ws candle, I was awake with toothache nearly all the
night before, and slept very soundly on that Tuesday night.
I hove heard Jones go upateire, making rather a peculiar
noise with his legs, a sort of creaking noise, not very loud.
Cross-examined—l could bear the noise in my bedroom
when he was on the landing, just outride my bedroom door.
Jones changed hie room in the winter, about three mouths
ago, bemuse he said his old room wee cold. Roes west to
the front door for his stick after breakfast on Wednesday,
and Bowkett asked him to go out the back way, end try to
rouse /dm Baker. Jones generally drinks water with hie
dinner, and keeps no barrel of beer or cider in the home.
He is not a drunkard, and I have never seen him quite
tipsy. Sometimes I bear him go to bed, and sometime Ide
Dot. There are ahem* meats left for him to get a light
when he comes home at night. The witnese then repeated
the evidence be gave before the coroner.
Jane Adelaide Cols was examined, bet her evidence was
only a repetition of what she had said before.
At 7 o'clock, p.m., the court adjourned.

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