The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-27 00:00:00

THE KINGSWOOD MURDER.

Through the instrumentality of Inspector Whicher
and Sergeant Robinson, of the metropolitan detective force,
who have bad this ease placed in their hands, evidence was
obtained yesterday afternoon which leaves no doubt that,
one of the men seen in the neighbourhood of Kingawood
both before and subsequent to the murder, and whoae book
was found by the police in the room of the murdered
woman, is now safely lodged in Newgate.
We have already stated that on F rtday last a man, who
gave the name of Augustus Selman, was taken in custody
in Union-court, City, on suspicion of being there for an un-
lawful purpose : he failed to give a satisfactory account
of himself and was remanded for • week. It has
been proved that he is • German, and appears
to answer the description circulated of one of
the men supposed to be concerned in the =lar-
der of Mn. Halliday, at Kingwood Rectory.
It has been clearly ascertained that on the Wednesday
ersing after the ecimmittal of the moister w the Monday
Debt two men west to the Commercial Lodging-houss io
Wentwortheireet, Whitsobspel, and requested to be accom-
modated with • bed for the night. As the establishment is
governed by the provisions of the Common Lodgiaglsoues
Act, Mr. Poole, the manager, salted them their names. The
younger one of the two, who, like the more youthtel of the
two seen at Kingwood, was the mile one able to speak
English, said, "-Ls that usual!" Mr. hale said. " Yes, it
is ;we elways take the names of__ ay ,ins." The young
man thee said, "My name is Jfald but Hr. Poole
thought it strong, that • peewit who wee evidently •
foreigner should bear such • name, and he re-
peeled them with some amount suspicion. Turning,
then to the other man he said, " What is your Demented,
apparently taken off hie guard, the man replied in very
broken English, " Franz." Upon this the other speaking
English quite pushed him aside, and said, " He dos% un-
derstand your agie--his came is Finns Famer." They
remained in the lodging-bow up to the following Saturday
morning, when the one who could
.speak English, and sup-
posed to be Adolph Krohn, whose eagesture appeared to the
begging le.ter sent to Mademoiselle Tietilins, west out at an
early hour for the purpose, as he Meted, of purchasing
smoothies for breakfast. He never retuned, end it is sup-
posed that, while he visa out, be saw so account of the
inquest in that morning's papers, became frightened, and at
once decamped.
The police have every men to Imagine that be went
swag with • Jew, named Manta, who hawks sponges in the
streets. It is but ;air, however, to state that no suspicion
&Jades to Montt that he is in any way connected with the
minder.

Whei the police first supposed that the maa in custody,
who pee the rams of adman, was rally Frans, he was
interrogeted r to his prances movements, end he
mode Lome very startling admissions. He was salmi,
an interpreter, where be had core from ; he
" From the eountry." His questioner next inquired
t He said. • With a yosng ama who had left
him." " Where had he gone! He did not know nor
did he know what part of UnUnd he bad bees trawsibag
in. He was asked where he came bort and somewhat
startled the police by saying. " Fame Komi/skis
very pleas laird in the book. He also rid he bad bees
only a few weeks in this ',pantry. Some one then asked
him who had been to Millie. notions, sad he rid " He did
not to, he duly went with his companion, who showed him
a letter the lady bad given him." He was next asked what
kind of letter it was, and he said it was one giving his °am-
pulla" a pane. to Hamburg, the lady prolamin to pay
all the eaperes
All thin maroborating in a remarkable degree the facts
in the persesioo of the police, various pima' woo had
MU the two Germans is the neighbourhood of Hagar
were esnmened to London, and the priori hat bees
idestified as being one of the impeded men moon in the
seighboushood.
Although the man I. custody etentsly answered the de-
, el the ow who did not go UAW*. Tidies; the
Wtismdeemed it advisable to roomy the Wenders of that
at Henget" in the hope that she mig, It have MIS him
from the window veiling ia the asighbonrimod for hie ear
panics. lldUe. Tietjena, abs evinced the greatest anxiety to
assist the polio. in tracking the murderers and brim* them
to Polies, at once aerated to the prepaid that she abould
see the Omar. She west to Newpte, but sired, npoo seeing
the sea, that he was not the person who waited apes her
in reference to hie being mat back to his own native cons-
try. The police, therefore, believe tie prSoaer's statement
that be may accompanied hie oompaaion to MAD& Tietjeme
reeidonos _ .

The primmer was asked the name of the ponies with
whom he had travelled about the country, and he
that he knew him by the name of Samuel ; and upon
further asked what trade be followed he answered somewhat
sharply and evidently without thought, "He is a bons-
turner"—the tide by which the party writing to llsllha
Tietjeas deecribed himself.
The polio* being thoroughly confident that the MR in
custody is Johann Earl Frans, they hot evening
laid the facts before the authorities, and it has been
arranged that the prisoner shall be formally brought up
this morning, and diernimed from custody en the charge on
which he has been remanded, and he will be at once taken
into custody by aa caw ta atanciano• on the dump of
being oeneemed in the murder of Hartle Halliday, end
will be conveyed blimV=omM. in whose juridic.
ties the murder was p...
It is proposed, in eider to establish the identity of this
party being the owner et the book found near the head of
the munlerd woman, to send an dicer to Germay for the
purpose of bringing over from Hoingstein the omaal who
gave the book, and also IL Waheini Bieuer, in whose ser-
vice he was for ten days in April last.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Hmtiop, the chid constable
of Surrey, and Thorns, Aback, Esq., M.P., had en inter-
view
with the authorities at Sootlsnd.yard, and being in-
formed of the above important information, expressed their
gratification that the perpetration of this barbarous murder
was at length likely to be traced to its right source, and the
guilty parties brought to justice.