The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

THE WALWORTH MURDERS,

TRIAL OF BACON AND HIS WIFE.

The Princes of the hoses of Orleans visited the
fortifestiose of Alma& as the 7th. The Duchess of
Orisons peed through Tub an the 9th.
The Imperial deadly of Rank proceeded from St.
Petah*, es the >Ne 92 the pelts of Tearekorgelo, to
peg the rewate.
" Acessude from Odors," any. the Pa ye, "pate
that Comet fleragesolc warm of New Buda end of Bee-
suabis, had returned from a tear in the Crimea. Ho Wil-
led himself, by peroosol theitelles, that the prescription,
alba govensisset, relative to the prithrestion of the mortal
reseste of the sates et the sited ants., bad bees punc-
%ugly retied Ito effect. The tombs are the objects of the
sweetest seeped of the whole at the 'shandom' "
MR. DALLIA AT TAR OPM4IIIO OF TRY. ART TREA.
PURRS EIHIDITION.—Prom aerie some opus glasses
were pointed towards the ems is ths memo ahem the
Atarkes and Belgian Atbassims had already taken their
easy, 14. Date, a tall venerobis grey heeded men. of de.
tee toed, Ainsekee features, we dreamed in se old blue rop-
y:et will ideal sick. The Belgian Ambassador, id. Van
de Vva=ses deteeted with 1111m4101111 orders, and gaily
chatting la the most fluent English. Au
media same happened at tide time (one), which expecting,
we howl a sham look to ere he full. The amboorador from
Haig, MOM Dumb, is • lick of the first water, with as
temp • dda sod as pimp end tiny a face es well-
hod- limb reek Wm. He bed Ina ymenereettas
melee the VII otwioudy voted te see bow he
end Hr. Dallas wail test sad' ether whoa they met, ea re-
says the Heyde& sehle illsids trim the adzes
by TMg that be is "men
.
Ned • At they mt. Atha (goading), end
Tr de Weyer (sitting), were OS dB, ad. sesvereisit, in the
unman of the vast aeseahly. The birch serberedor come
7his Night wrodhisey, with the politest'
tee sad "Ma ides by the hand. The
11401ss=. at Mina Dater, if he apastad a sloths
graft, ; bit wan st the &nth. than per by,
we ad dot the thisnatutive et repaid slice imbrue
that sit Ina en add anti gin to his black blether. The
, algid emit mew milt NA curt remarks tutfarourable to
ear Anthem ensted—W tots Guardian.
ItssLris Or LOWDOII. amebae of deaths
=la Lathes la the wren mild
led tidbits a mall b that el the
week, which was 1,038. la the len years 184746 IC7d7w7
sue ameba of deaths in the nuke correspond* with last
with we 1,010. But es the deaths of lest week accused in
en firewased moieties, the estoge, with a view to compa-
gm% and be Mood goportiordly to the increase, in whah
ere It will become 1,144. ileetes it appears that the dwells
asw istareed were leas by 00 than the number that would
let estered under the average rate ol modality. The
M
smith et blot he receded lost week I. 1,844, dad Agra
SINN/ of 782 ea the dada worded in the with posisT.
The revues sow NOM isdiestions of the Mead the
sell math-oast wrd did by blown aslatenrigast
awn time. D. eights" days, from
ilea to the Ilith trim* both - days bordee=ye
with daily taeowthillith the sir barn Ma
you the tempo eel the extent et sit enthabee
thea purely 7 or 0 dßstd en four Sidi. rat ethic the
thetwaseater fell to 33 .wristrethet pith Ms math
dab seatiand colthese era is the sum.etheni to
demo of the re:pastel, sums, thildt W pesindy
imams& bat which roe lag week tr4V bilk the
dims seder which this Imam big low
01114 Ville PM from 84 tolll. The doe le
nude Oa &Wand= of dr lump) the
we haddilus la the awe woks 74We. Ira wet
bradills gesinesis wee Mai le Ilesewsmobir of
yassgiet.ils..sonsig=sst ustsre age
the low Mal billow
64 mom ISKilsolussis 1111 r
.• mirk 01.11411 s of 92444141119
CMOs ra WS vas ps.isrld in la the
to esdeethaiteg dubs et ths yens 1847-dd twerp
amber was 4660.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—THIS DAY.
This morn* haying been appointed for the trial of
Thomas Fuller Bacon, and Martha Bacon, his wile, for
murder of their children at Wrdworth, the great*
appeared to be .`laced by the public to hear the
end ea early as nine o'clock a good many pareorA had tatty
their 16118 in the Old Court, where the trial took plate.
_

The prime" Menem Adler Emmy 32, deeeribsd se a
with, and Martha Nam, 28, was tle.d at the bar shortly
berms 10 o'clock, to plead to the thaktmente.
The drat charged them with the wilful murder of Sarah
Ann Bas
The Nona champed them with the him olme elan
Hawn Yeller Beata.
The geteseme, whit wen my remotady keeled, and
who eedrllel witemelway coodeem, nomedr girded :tot
deny In • * and thdnet moser, end they gm then
Named lima the bor.
At la Ocieek the {reed judges, Lad Mkt JMICe
Oandiell, Mr. Justice Ceara, ad Mr. liaset Derageld,
asseadeakd by the Lord Mayer sad the sheldi, alAtlhdr
ern en the bench, end the planers woe the again pima
et the her.
The hot cam that was tabs was the charge of the willed
murder of Edwin Fuller D.eoa.
Mr. Bahia end Mr. Clark prosecuted. Mr. Metcalfe and
Mr. Paoli bladed Thomas Bocce; and Mr. Sleigh and
Kr. Lemma enured for the female Omen-.
Mr. Be,ige la arab* the cam to the jury, said the pri-
soners 11101611.111 with the most serious crime known to
my kw. The are bed excited a large degree of attention,
bathe trusted dm Jury would not Mlow themselves to be
Mewl y anything mete what they had In the box. He
adrift Immo Weeps the the me emostly Mem
there aene deasaimer amenrier Ws arse of • aid
matmedinary Mantra. It wee sallght edition to the ed
dieting astute of this charge Sat dr skim am kilo
them were man and wife, sad that dr den—be might eir
children—they were charged with allidlielng. Win Mr
own caning, of tender age, and of that rhea of liie Ind
they were, generally 'peaking, the mat Medal YR Mir
parents, and their went" to them. The ma kisinerem
a yrbitanaith, end be and his wife mad dabs& Ind le
a mood house in • street called Feaneelles
street, to Walworth. On Sunday, the 28111 Demi%
the two prisoners paid • visit to their aunt The diet
of that visit ems to oak the daughter of the aunt to lin, a
Tat to the female prisoner, as the male primmer was ging
tram hems cm that day. The daughter mid she tali at
go as early as they Maid, bet ultimately it was smoildi
abe dank come shat Mr o'clock. AmesIMME, abed
that time she west, ad Mead at the door. Meek IF
sword. She leached sereataly, bat all her atingle le
gain *donna Win fralasis. She tan me le
a hairs hems, sod email thas far sand ter
hours and a had, when she marmel to the Imes d lbs
gamma. and Mill she sail at pia eistaka. Moder
Maned km sal mealeddild dna Mee le Wird%
whisk Wad the nalber, orandeari f
di=
=to the Mere at the pima, dr *
they seabed the beew they net lies—ga ginewc
She
obi
palectly ale. Mr bed • leek kpa
herd, obi& is alaket es her readesele, al WI de
hod am ent kr the
Thor, purposeara et pegs beir
eo, Oar me high t camtios, morsel* 1,
a Mae, aahe sadist ameneeketion— SameasCa
aree ode hem and modered my two •
Me dm sada, "ad be ad," mediss•otertel to Mai
throat." They ma Ma her le the hem .
the blinds dews se they MI bra who 110
went these lime day aim liewover the Male
had the key el as door ; she mad it, Wdry era
in. They bad
bitit
se
alit; oboe Mkt de 14
wen /MN Mee
Y • son et Wire abed, =at
Amara um iho table. Not on/y ere be Weil,hilet
theccadisi is apposemem, end, a they mad Itai,waip
to the emblem a dr mdicel ma, be sort
bees MI • eseadeable taw,
_at least
hewn. Me Meld of that the fads risme lose
sagest le ehomedua Md. Dodos dr warm dr lid •
boa ea famoto et W. Made the arm end as
IA the asylum in the lama of OM* as tere mad
before this occuresme. That wes a annemearie Mei
woad have an
irpodert= ma fir=
lawadrana., Gear chill,• Ilede gist skeet seOres ma ad,
easprimirlyagb.tedbad. Now, the
anisgast
bete jerthihs
ird easexatedat this KIM mad lee shown k
inatiard, abased, and istailly unwerlity et coedit. Ikea
who were celled ia ematinel theme at wird
C.:.• was said to its Mark y lhol
that the thansal is the I.
fiat the sill the
emyids &A. eke& awe bays tuna remayed
bed ••••roi the resod thderseeth the
end tare we as drat/my ass having ben them. The
Melo primmer Welt raki, Mk Wu Pear (the wad) esA
bar orserlar slatisnybeese, end whoa there is
triad Mt the make had been cononitted by
the am who ems la at the winder, sreetedy ald " I did not do it." The plot
wag to the house and seeread it. On going thee as
stated that there was no or she in the -house, and the
opened the door with the key. Oa marching the hour the
polka Mad • women's aderkdenak enterated with bleed at
the sea and the want, nod or wandang the womm km
felt it vas found that her Mb, the they had bets
kni blood in the amino of the =flu They al
demeeseed • knife in Me beau; several knime
woe /ad
bet use et them particularly IMP=
anon k. Upon that ehe was taken Into emlalk
Theo owe • geed may etaversitions and oleareetio•
made by loth del genera, which it would be Ws deka
lay WM elma to mama; bat he thee& it War la
at thew Maar adm now, barna senywader •
at Adam were lath to ha Mondosieel, and the dm
ot their
then ad harmer ewers& mid
be hasserd Ws astir them They veldt ila, be
the catamarans of that pot 4
etLe ctemisiktrenli dm no do on their minds that ly me
or ether se by both of theubt
primes at the bar, Ale
mime hod heir committed, sod be thee& it Ws duty to
lay before Meek as part of the tea spirt the Mile ra-
mmer, that lifter she had beta weed times lieden the
sw
giatrate, charged with this offence, is limerfht M. et be
own voluntary will, to write with her esre Mot a sisethel
which was handed to the magistrate, mid Maar st
statemat, it was impossible not to arrive at the cods*.
that by whomsoever the crime WIN committed, she al
present at the time. This statement was as knows.,-
" Sir,—l must centres that lam an boost
wren, end bo who committed the dreadful deed is my lar
band, and there wee no money on the drawers. Ile table
boy down emir., put him in the chair, and then cut II
throat. He then went up whin.* and cut the baby's." Td
led him to the case against the male primmer, and to NM •
the circumstances which had been thought sufficient to pile
him on his trial as nn amour lice. It would appear that k
left the bowie for Reigate, where he was going to work, a
the Monday morning. about nix o'clock. It would be a qua
tine for them, therefore, to consider by whomsoever de
crime was committed, at what time it was eontraidat
and be thought all the eireumetences tend show Met
must have been committed either on the Sunday night"
early on the Monday morning. Ho had told them alresil
what wee stated by the medical man at the time of the data{
of the bodies: am to how long they had been deed. al
he should call before them several witnesses, tu
tghboan
living in adjoining home. who would state to them de
daring the whole of that Monday there.. • total silence's*
hour*, that there wean° cry of children, that the blind, of*
house were down all day, and that there was nothing, in deit
opinion, to chow thet there wee any person naming in to
house. They would have to asy, putting the +kb .
of the eircomodenees together, whether, in *it
opinion, the children were killed on the dew
day night, or on the Monday morning, not ho
the abeam of the husband would, an point of law, Oda
soy difference in the crime, supporing he we cope:
the mime about ni be committed by the wife. If he emits
cogunable, he would be an accessory before the feet. NY
were FNMA at the committal of the murders, be waif
be • principal, if he were not Ferret, but aware kit
his wife was going to commit the crime, he would be ill
secemory before the fact. lie arrived at Reigate cede
Monday, and triremes would be called before them whe
would spook of hie extraordinary state of MIA
He was greatly excited and was utterly unable to work. Is
that Meto of mind, he remained until the Tuesday,
the pollee went down to Reigate, and be was MesP.
up to Leixd ea. It was tight he should state
on coming up to London, ho expressed the
grief, but he upheld the story which hie wife had tolTlrlde
man had entered at the window and committed the moils.
At the inquest the wife alone we charged with the moths
It appeared that a notion had gone Mooed that it wit
an extratediaary sleeT, end • person spoke to he
prisoner urn the subject and raid to him, How OS
any one believe that a men should come in and murder ke '
children without robbing the house, or hoeing wee
rents
for it t" They would find that from that tom.
the ark prisoner exercised hie ingenuity to ameei
for the mine. and he told a wine of eadd
with raged to the losses which he them ail for the ___,
Nan he had easteked on the occasion al the weir. is
Mated that he had 1.4 paw dither a enich al ea
note. Inquiry war mede into Mae earramentire said!
tart eat to Le entire fabrication& With ""
wag& this singular circumanacads= snag tlllllo—doi a
tog • street in the ig jot
It would wpm tisk la leder le 10
ostratey to the wawa "het • aiiiiad
boa committed. the width had beestheeett 6
the place where it was atkernady Med' It
with regard to the wets, he ar seta 1
gat that particular note, eat ha Mattel tat 11
ens of several which he received la
• eitigar. The notes were aeon end Sem diszarn.
very notes which me the malt et that she me

goei hers the merle, of the children.
lgerttliley the weberr
Are doer were entire fahricatkes. He lost no
weds
woo snit no emir, mid with roped to the clothes they
red rat sat only did he not lose any, but
ping ko &Lambed he there rd coneration with a
'ald asked him to say that he had made for him the
article which he bad stated he had loot. lie bad
Calseahrwould not detail the conversations which would be
En to in evidimes,but there was one which he could not
Mistertlng to. The prisoner was insisting upon the
ei Ida story to a person he was in conversation
the preen remarked, " What if your
pft ebteldi eV you did this P" The prisoner
Miteirderlond said, "She never did deceive me yet,
mat rink she will now. I do not think she will
err nts." But the case did rest upon the
that he hid alreadynot Mead. There
ins rend44thend would be produced, • pair of
WOW the prisoner was in the habit of wear-
filikfte upon which spots of blood were discovered. The
sodeavoured to account for thrift:sod bylataatlyat
nrooseded trcw • cut on his tape; and,
was • out en the font Inger of Ids let
Those was oar him on the Sunday did nit notice
ea orb est ; they wealO r sot go the lerth of rpm there
Was met Mr sir hot did not sere So ibr from
Os err d his losaidag ay airm it.an of the blood,
they ad. dad Ant es tin &wisp be had en black
eal wue re at %be Waal stead that
be Saw He amidßah also does Art there woe, a cut
jen ibe dart el lbs liwide, bat thd cut wee donor su-
lfa/ Wad penearal the dote. It might am
=roma the wawa bassil,bot if it ma door by wear
pear she mid have been • perolve indrumea. Arran
111111 wad have been ready lamed. Than are shoe • reek
road her neck as if some Upton bed bra =
rand IL Tire was a rope feed is Or
end it would be deem that the mar wand we emu
=wills that Pepsin an ontesoodlwawrw. Ile Ind
11l ea wane of the cod, wad weal adis
this the Wear to ailerstond the disuse
alas= mar dia awe bare their
tbe edema would Ira me deer at the het ad the
prom der by baldric seolotel try boa ratbend, mar
Wad this ardor, ad V they and( be NOM of that,
then do or weld have wear dose has of • mars Ida to
detrais; sod that was the surd to whir elm la pint
lbwi add be WM to he tread- fir ber oWnoe.
hid tote thom draft ad ehe hod IsOctobor ler the rasa
g=s, and did sie was noteat to abernition of slid.
itras ht a ibeedowl Wite of mind, ea
alba le debt ken wrong, he could ad be
loommdbloll Ter, het the party mast be oo blind to
mom at Or Ilmo the est committed r to be Maly
alba todistlogula between right sad wag in the dela
of dal ed. Ile did sot wish to per this used aos
lbom unduly, bat be thought they wart ibel,ner=
of tho roar of this women 11l tnne loppsowi to be adarsdat all dr &Woe dab add
earrown awl napeamelea ; dle weld ad hie swag
Ant r sie woe • perms of 1111111.011 l mid, Abe &Mei •
easehalde areedsmose ol haring las wand by bar d-
rab at engraft bow the thing Ilea dew. His Lear
heed who idaisd dr ads pawn, wadi no doubt PIK
was apleratra Mao mord. He lama it MI lean
misgani. weed Mobs* be WO r.d=i
Ilmt ell lbe ildultoilson radiant' oretraesary he
he.. to Mrs. was dodo by aka with • view to
wren his WWI. If that Mawr 111110 ruder they would
have to ask theredwo wham, suppaing • soon
dead that his air had ossoldel the aims d murder,
end be knew diet she hal been.
his
hom ore, in • lunatic
the mad rheum as his prt would not bo that
sh.
bed
ski cemaitted the crime was deo bed bra laboring
Radar abomdits of mind, and whether Me 1
combat woad sot have bow lisathai cm that
sal if so, wham thaw Ilatekedae were ab
wet a data d He bedeuml4towam la andadon
that be trated would the edema
which would be berm them, and that He, to whom
the seads et Wade wore open, would guide them to •
deas.
Idre.ibt=24llmtro said—l live our wee a
in Itagla7street, Milo-
rd, end the mole prisoner is my cowls. I wee In the
Ida et alas the paves at raw residence. I
sew the boa on Sunday, the 29th of December, at my
uncles and m brothsr-in.law's. I sew the female primmer
st ado's between nine sad ten in the evening, and she
asked me to go sr& as bar o a the following day,
and remain with la while ber Ittihad was awl
et Boigate. I smog to do sa, sad it was arranged that I
was to go between bar sad live in the eft/moor I had
wen the nide prow to ay bother-in-lew's before this,
sted iso also rebid me to men Is his hones the and day, and
I told him I would do 00. I was only in with
the prisoner • few mire on this day. I aeaaet rolled
bow the male Warr was dreier, smi I did
not obrerve say out an either of his hands. Oa the fillewing
day, Mary, I west to the pronsse bows weenalg to
apartment. y Had Tear-sere-drast. lomboth,
Hi. 4. I Imodedi Tast Ass
doer reposedly, but egad not get
sal newer, an, I meld sot bear any owed to the brae
▪ two or three boas, and I readned at art door all that
Van I wed arty sad retired about helfrar nine
der* at night, sad again knotted at the dem, bat could
not get sny 11111111. I stopped move than on beer, and lad-
ing I could set mho any ow bra, I wont boat. Whin I
trot wont I awned rot the gram of the loess wore cloud.
On the tollewing mania I mate/ die pismire bows ape*
IKOAMpleledltywy wear, abed cat o'clock In theand
met tbs prhensrMarthallares are amerce theatre's. las
bad a took is hr bead, ed • balermareas, mad she mid
she we. geleg ape, her rat My swam sea bar whore
she bed bra all the peevious night, and she add she bad
been Is the bows d night. She also Immediately after-
Weer that some Ins got into the house by the back
whitlow, sad that • assn bad killed the two children, and
tad cut her three, and she mid she was going to pay her
rent and tell her husband what had happened. We all then
went beck to the prisons/1' house, and-the prisoner unlocked
the door sad we went in. Upon Kenn into the back morn on
the pound door I saw the little boy, sitting on a charity the
side of the fireplace, with his throat cut—there was no fire in
the grate. Ilse boy was between three and four yews old, I
breve. These wee a
,quantity of blood on the floor, end
the child's nos was metre on the table ; it was apparently
pits deed, but I did not touch it. Mn,. Bacon then repeated
We statement she had suede before, that some man had go'
in at the window and had done it. I was eo shocked _
the sight that I left the hoer immediate) end
wont to the boom of the male prisoner's.
L My modar and Mrs Hama went to the polirstation.
I did not see ese Niels_ prisms, until alter ,be came
• beck hem adder ce the Wednesday morning, but I did not
notice how he deemed at that time. A few days An-
war& my attention was collet to • per of fustian women
that ware urn the prierier's person; and on the Friday,
when re ferret took place, I examined them, and err some
spots an the legs, appareetly blood. The spots ware en the
babe( the right Ir. I asked the prisoner how those spots
at bleed bed come on his harm and be told see that
be bad cut his Sager. I bad reeved the epees • week
trefiwe the funeral, end I called the primates attention totes
st the time, and he told tee that he had est ble Inger se bo
wen carving the dinner on the Surety after Cristarday.
He afterwards rid that he had cut his Inger as he we
cutting a piece of wood to light the fire. This wee • day
two dr the former carrerestion. He said that, rhe •
cutting the wood, the knife had slipped and he had cut
end of his finger. I did not notice that he had any cut upon
his finger until the Friday after the murder. A shirt belong-
ing to the male prisoner was shown to me on the day before
the funeral of the children, and I observed that there
were two or three small emote of blood upon it.
They were very small smite, as though the prieener had rut
hireU while allaying. I had frequently seen pieces of cord
in the prisoner's house, and I have men a piece of cord taken
out of the fire-els« that appeared to have been burned. The
prisoners had been married about eeven years. Mts. Bacon
bad been in a lunatic asylum, and I and my mother fetched
her from St. Luke's in the month of October before this
pond.
By Mr. Sleigh—Mrs. Bacon appeared quite calm •
composed when we met her on the Tuesday morning, at
she appeared se though nothing particular had happened.
By Mr. Metcalfe —The prisoners wished me to go to theft
house early on the Monday morning, but I had so urge-
meat sad told them I could not go until four o'clock in the
afternoon. Bacon told me he did not think his wife ought
to be left alone all the week, end this was the reason I was
wished to go to be with her. Both myself and Bacon were
apprehensive of what the might do as she had been confined
and been out of her mind before, end lie appearrd to Ili
her not to be left by herself. There were tome things on t
table before the child, but I did not observe whether they
were toys or not. The blood on the shirt appeared as though
it had been occasioned by his cutting himself in retie
Ile had pimples on his chin, and I have sees'"
bleeding. I had seen Mts. Bacon, previous to .
writing the letter to the magietrate that has been re
fennel to, but I am not aware that anyone made • pongee-
don to her that she would be hanged if she did not make
such a element.
Re-examined—No pertleolar time wee mentioned for
going to the prisoner's house on the Monday.
By a juror—The }intoner Mrs. Bacon did not ray at •
hour the house was broken into.
William Henry Cooke. a police-constable of the L division,
said—On Tuesday, the 30th of December,l was on Into at
the police-station at Kennington. when the female prisoner,
accompanied by • women nerd Payne, came there, and the
latter said that she wished me to go to Four-acre-sheet, es
she thought something very eerioue bad happened. I tam-
pered than to the prisoners hour, and se we were
=Mrs. Baer said that a person had got in II
end cut her children's throate, and her
as well. When we got to the house, the female
user unlocked the door with • key, and we
three went into the back room, and I sew a I
boy sitting in a chair with his throat cut and quite dead,
there was a great deal of blood before him and an over
room. 1 asked where the other child was, and Mrs Pe
said she was retain., and I went up end raw a little
on the floor with her throat cot, and quite
There re • child's bed in the room, which imputed
been slept in. but I did not observe any blood
Both the children had on their night clothing.
observing the children in this condition, I aid to Mrs..
" This is • had job," end the replied, "I did not do it.
man came in at the back window and did it." I examined
the window to tried she referred in the back parlour,
end ere etained that it was fastened, but not properly,
although sufficiently to prevent any one from opening it from
the outside, and all the glue of the window wee sound.
I sherwardswent into the front bedroom on the first door, end
oar • lades night-dress lying on the bed, nearly all covered
were with blood on the front part. There was also aquadity