The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-20 00:00:00

THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERS

STARVING IN MARYLEBONE

On Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. Wakley --
coroner for the western division of Middlesex, and a jury of Seward, the party spoken of by Agar, the. convict
the inhabitants of Marylebone, assembled at the atarylebone witness, in his evidence at the Mansion-House, en Monday
, Workhouse, New toad, to investigate the death of Elizabeth last, as the person through whom he had disposed of 600
Mann, alias Franklin, the unfortunate woman who was found ounces of gold, a prtiin of the proceeds of the robbery, at
in a dying state, hu.hiled no with her tour clrldren, in a state £3 2s 61 an (mace, has not yet been captured, nor, although
of nudity, in a room of 7, Waimer_phee, Crawford.street, he is said to hare been previously pretty well known to the
under shocking circumstances. The proceedings excited. intense police (but not criminally), does there appear to be at the
interest, and a large number of directors and guardians of the present moment any precise clue to his whereabouts. The
poor wereany original statement of Mr. Bodkin, a fortnight back, that
present The Coroner enquired.if there were
relatives of the deceased women present to give evidence: Mr. Agar would be produced as a witness, was probably sufficient
Boyls, the summoning officer, said the whole of the childreu to induce any party likely to be criminated by the revela-
were in bed in the workhouse, but that Mr. Musket, the lions of such a witness to take measures to secure
surgeon, stated that it would endanger the life of the elder girl his personal safety ; while the fact that Agar m ide
if she were removed to give evidence. The respective ages of his statement with refereuee to Saward for the first
the children are, Elizabeth, 13 ; Eli„, 12; Susan, 10; and time nnMonday, instead of alluding to the circumstance
James, 6 years. Mr. William Boyd Mushet was the first in his interview with Mr. Rees, solicitor to the South
witness examined. He said he was surgeon of the woikhouse, Eastern Railway Company, put it beyond the power of the
and at present medical officer of the infirmary. The deceased prosecution to secure their man before warning was given,
was brought there about seven o'clock on the evening of that
.his dealing with the gold-thieves might be called in
Thursday last, She was quite insensible. He saw her question. Tester, the fou:th party implicated in the rob-
on Friday morning, when she was in the same condition, berg, and who, according to Azar, received £.300 as his
Her pulse was low, but she was able to swallow a little share of the proceeds of the gold which had been sold up to
wine. She died about eleven o'cloc ton that morning, the time of the apprehension of the latter, as was stated by
He had made a pose snorteet examination of the body twenty Mr. Bodkin, is not at present in E igland. He did not,
hours after death. The body was in a dirty state. There was however, fly this country, as has been supposed by many,
slight ecchymosis about the thighs. Deceased appeared about in consequence of Agar's revelations, or the capture of
42 years of age. and was a well-formed woman. The immediate Pierce and Burgess. He is, it is believed, at present
C.:MSC of death was in the head. There was a tumour about in Switzerland, or Italy, employe] upon a railway hay-
the size of a walnut, only perfectly round, at the base of the inn oly:ii:4ed an appointment before quitting England.
brain. There was about 2oz of serum at the base of the skull, As there is no treaty of extradition existing between
and there was conflation of the blood vessels of the membranes the G .vernmant of this country and that of Switzerland,
of the brain. The heart was healthy and the stomach was some difficulty may arise in the way of his capture; but
empty. The cause of death he should take to he effusion into little doubt is entertained by the prosecution that he will
the brain, Mrs. Mary Spilman said she resided at 7, Wdlmer_ be in England within a fortnight at the furthest. It has
niece, Crawford street, and was about leaving the house on been stated that Pierce, as welt as Burgess, was formerly
Thursday night last, as the landlady said she expected the a guard in the employ of the South Eastern R dlway
broker to be put in for rent. She was not aware that any one Company ; but this appears not to have been the case,
was up stairs until Thursday evening between four and five although he is understood to have been employed as a
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o'clock, when, on going into the back yard, she saw a boy ticket-porter by the company some years back. Both he and
perfectly naked picking up some crumbs of bread lying about
Agar
lived in a q siet way when at large, and there was
and eating them. She was much astonished, and told her no thing in their appearance to indace any suspicion as to
husband, who was sitting at tea, and then brought the little ' their real characters upon the part of their neighbours.
child into the room, and, seeing some bread on the table, he Agar was closely questioned by Mr. Bodkin on Monday, as
craved for it, and her husband gave bins some. They then to whether he kne v antthing of a person named Seal, who
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ascertained from him that he had a another and some sisters up had been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in
stairs, and, at the desire of her husband, she went up with him the robbery, and admitted that he knew such a person, but
not of his being employed to sell any of the stolen
to the first floor back room, to which he pointed as tieing
:he place where she would find his mother and sisters. gold, or being connected in any way with the robbery.
She opened the door and a shocking picture presented There is no reason to questi .n the truth of this state,
but the circumstances attending the apprehension
itself ; the poor mother lay in one corner of the room, ' ment,
and the other children crouched near her, one of the elder of Seal were somewhat renaarkabie. He offered for
sale gold in bus to the amount of £lO,OOO to a dealer
children being doubled quite up, her head being on her
feet. They all were as naked as they were born. she named Montague, and the robbery being then fresh in the
endeavoured to rouse the woman, but she appeared quite public mind was closely questioned, and taken into custody
insensible. She then came down and told her husband what upon suspicion. He was charged at the Mansion house,
had happeced, and that she thoualit he haul better go for a and several times remanded, but he stated that he had the
policeman, or do something. He went for Mr. Collett, ono gold, from the captain of a ship in the Australian trade,
of the workhouse inspectors, who procured blankets and
who was not then in London, and that even if it had been a
covering from his own house, and then, under the direction of portion of that stolen, could not have been identified, owing
Mr. Tubbs, the relieving overseer, sent for Mr. Elkins, the to the fact that two descriptions of gild had been melted
surgeon of the district. Mr. Elkins attended to the mother down ti2ether. He was ultimately discharged. Upon
and the children were removed in a cab to the infirmary, wt,' that he demanded the restoration of the gold, but Michael
Mushet, in answer to a question, said the prostration of the Hayden, the detective, refused to give it up. The Lord
two elder children was so great he did not think it would be Mayor declined to make any order in the matter, and
advisable to remove them from their beds to come before the while Seal was threatening proceedings for its recovery, it
court. They were, however, quite sensible. The younger
was taken possession of by his creditors, he being an un,,
children were better. Susan, the third child, an intelligent certificated bankrupt.
little girl, ten years, was shortly brought into the court. She
was placed in a chair, and appeared to have suffered very THE FOG IN LONDON.—THREE LIVES LOST.
much. She was exceedingly pale, and her eyes much ---
sunken, but otherwise there was not that extent of emaciation A. lamentable occarrence took place during a dew() fog
which might have been expected, considering the amount of winch prevailed on Monday evening, ia the vicinity of Hackney
Wick-Isne, at the south eastern extremity of Victoria Park.
privation she had undergone. In answer to the coroner she
On die towing path of Sir George Duckett's canal, near the
said she could read and write, and knew it was very wicked
to state that which was untrue. She recollected being in the North London Railway arch, lived a man named Hayes, who
workhouse before. When they went out her mother went to had elnrge of the lock gates, his wife and five children. On
live at Walmer-place. Her name was Franklin, and her 'Monday afternoon, a Mrs. Chubb, the wife of a cooper,
Jfio,ilieusiointilostrv, Stepney,.,;, acvecoenraspatosifedagbey
illievrgdaulgnhtßeri,na
father was a carpenter. Since tney had been at Walrner-
place their father had sent their mother some money to buy
food. Her mother did not get tipsy, but she had comp"ained of called to sec Mrs. Hay. s
pains in the I cad for a long while. The had cried to her for two females and child, ls'
br

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dense as to prevent the water being distinguished
from the
ct, hut for the last fortnight b,fore the lady found them
land, they strangely enough proceeded along the towing-path
she had never spoken a word. They did not have any food
till they were found on Thursday afternoon from the previous
for the
purpose of meeting Hayes, who at the time was
Monday.lock That was got by her eldest sister. Her mother returning from the upper gate. Nothing more was seers
would not go to the workhou e, because she said she had no or heard of them until yesterday morning, when their bodies
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clothes to go in. Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer, i were discovered in the meal. It appears that Hayes. reached
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to a question, said that the mother, when in the house, was of his linme a few minutes after they had left without seeing
anything of them. and was almost immediately called out by
a very sullen disposition ; and, when brought in bt•fore, she as
cries of "Help!" He ran down to one of the lower locks, and
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found that -a private wa'clrman, attached to some of the
neigh'muring new works, had fallen into the canal, and was
struggling for life. Hayes, after some difficulty, got hire
out, and had him removed to his own house, where he
recovered. The night passed without hearing any tidings
of the missing women. At length, however, abort half-
past eight, a brother in law of Hayes discovered the body
of a little girl coating on the water in the lock, and having
got it out identified it as that of the child of Mrs, Chubb.,
The drags were then used, and near the spot, just outside the
lock, whore there were seven feet of Water by the bank, were
found the bodies of Mrs. Mayes and Mrs. Chubb. At this
part of the canal the towing-path suddenly turns off. The
poor creatures, no doubt, could net observe the turn, and so
walked 'straight into the water, The bodies were removed to
the White Hart, public house, Old Ford lane, Bow, to
await a coronet's inquest. Mrs. Chubb was far advanced ha
pregnanoy, and has left five children. Mts. Hayes has &Ist',
left a similar family,

they were found on this occasion. Site demanded to go out
three or four times, and on the last occasion Mr. Potter, one of
the guardians, was for nearly a quarter of an hour endeavouring
to dissuade her from doing so, but she persisted. She went
out with her children on the I lth of September, and nothing
more had been heard of her until the discovery was made on
the Thursday afternoon. The Coroner remarked that he was
quite willing to adjourn the enquiry until such time as the
elder children might be in a fit sta e to appear before than, if
the jury thought proper; but ho really could not see what
advantage would result from further pursuing the history of
this case, which, aliltottth very shocking, was very simple.
From the state of the poor woman's brain, it was quite clear
that it had rendered her wholly incapable of doing anything
for herself or her children, and hence the dreadful state of
destitution into which they all fell. Efis only surprise was that
the ,elder girl, thirteen years of age, had not sense enough to
apply at the workhouse. It appeared, however, that had rot
been done, and, therefore, there could be no blame whatever
attributed to the parochial authorities. The infferings of the
poor children must, however, have been frightful in the
extreme. The jury, ultimately, returned a verdict of " natural
death." •

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON FACTORY

OPERATIVES NEAR BRADFORD.

Since the recent disturbances and destructive attack upon
Mr. Taylor's mill at Baildon, a township near Bradford
serious apprehensions have been entertained of further out:
breaks, and rumours have been current of another physical
demonstration against the two-loom system of weaving—that is,
each weaver attending to two looms, as is the case in Bradford,
the plan not havinsr hitherto been favourably received in the
out-townships. The local authorities, however, elected 140
of the principal inhabitants, and had them sworn in as special
constables, which `Circumstance, combined with the precautions
taken by the West Riding Constables, has had the effect of
repressing disturbances in the immediate vicinity of Mr.
Taylor's mill, but has not prevented the nno•lootn weavers
from threatening harm to those weaving 'on the new system.
No actual violence (worm,' until Friday nieitt. The pre-
cantion has been adopted of aliening the two-loom weavers to
leave work earlier than the others, and on Friday evening a
party of ten or a dozen, residing in Bradford, three miles
distant, left Mr. Taylor's premises about half-past 6ve o'clock,
and proceeded on their way home. They walked along Man-
ningham Lane, the high road from Saltaire, Baildon and Shipley
to Bradford, until nearly opposite Redbeck mill, a place where a
footpath joins the highway after creasing some fields by a
shorter route from Shipley. A largo party of men, between
20 and 'IQ, rushed across the fields, armed with hedgestakes
and other weapons, attacked the two•loom weavers, and bela•
boured them most brutally. The two-loom weavers at last
got away from their assailants, with the exception oi a poor
fellow, named Thomas Manghan, residing at White Abbey, a
suburb of Bradford, who missed his party in the midst of the
scuffle, and on one of the attacking party pointing him out
with the exclamation, " There's another two,loorner," they
beat him most shamefully with their cudgels, felled him to the
ground, and continued their brutal ill treatment until the
unfortunate man became insensible. It is presumed that his
assailants were alarmed by footsteps and ran away, for on some
of Manghtin's companions returning in a short time, they found
him laid on the ground, weltering in his blood, with no sign of
the whereabouts of the cowardly ruffians, Ile was carried to
the Bradford infirmary, where prompt assistance was rendered
by the medical gentlemen in attendance, who found that the
principal injuries inflicted comprised two very severe wounds
at the back of the head, one on the right hand, and another on
the left leg. He remained for a eonsiderabte time in a state
of semi-insensibility. On his return to consciousness he in-
formed the medical attendants that he did not know any of his
assailants, and expressed his belief that none of them are
employed at Mr. Taylor's mill. 011 enquiry at the Bradford
Infirmary, our reporter ler,roed that Manglian was slightly
improving, and that ho.pes are entertained of his recovery, In
')0 meantime, the local " constabul-

DRAM PROM FALLING INT.) A TAng Op BOILING
WATEa.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Carttar, coroner
for Kent, held an inquest at the Druids' Arms, Greenwich,
on the holy of a fine lad, 16 Years of age, named James
Loammi Go'ding, The deowed was employed at the colour
work of Messrs. Parker az Co,, near Deptford-creek. Near
the engine belonging to the factory is a tank about 10 feet
deep, which receivo4 the condensed water of the boilers.
On S turday afternoon the deceased crossed the tank, which
was partly covered with s,lme planks, for the purpose of
procuring a towel and soap, and in jumping back he missed
his foofing, and fell into a depth of seven feet of boiling
water. His cries for help brought to his assistance his
father and other workmen, and having been extricated with
considerable difficulty, he waq tlken on board the Dread-
nought hospital ship, and after lingering in the greatest
agony for four hours, death put au end to his sufferings,
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, the coroner
at the same time rec mrnending that proper protection
should be afforded in future, by having the tank Wholly
covered.

LORD DERBY AND LORD ITARDWICKE IN THE PRIVY
COUNCIL.—The Bradford Investigation Committee has
elicited letters from these noblemen in answer to the
question, " Whether you have been summoned in your
capacity of a Privy Councillor to advise the sovereign as to
the policy which England is now pursuing towards Naples."
The reply of Lord Derby is :—" I have to inform you that
it has not been the practice in modern times for the
sovereign to consult the members of the Privy Council on
political matters. Indeed, the members of that body,
amounting to nearly 200, would make such a reference to
their advice impossible. Her Majesty has an undoubted
right to command the services of any and every Privy
Councillor; but none have a right to obtrude their advice,
except those members of the council who are nominated by
Her Majesty as a committee of the whole body, and which
is comtn,inly known as the Cabinet. It is unnecessary for
me to add, that I have not been e,,i;sulted as to the present
fo7eign policy of the government." Lrd Ilardwicke says
—" F-r a number of years political action of the Privy
Council has beep purely of a formal character, no on;
being summoned but the Queen's Ministers. I need hardly,
therefore, add, in reply to your question, that I have not
bee❑ summoned !"

e ever

pol►ce an _ scary are insti-
tuting stringent endeavours to trace the nieutbers of the brutal

THE FREE LIBRARY MOVEMENT IN LANCASHIRE.—The
inhabitants of Heslingden, at a public meeting held last
week, entertained the question of applying the recent Free
Libraries Act in that town. The desirableness of providing
a suitable building as a Free Library was discussed and
approved, and at the termination of the meeting a subscrip-
tion list was opened, and though only seven gentlemen
named their subscription, £3BO. was promised. The town
is to be canvassed for additional subscriptions, and all so
far consulted are favourable to the scheme. There is now,
therefore, every probability of one of these excellent institu-
diens being established in Haslingden. One gentleman has
promised £lOO and a valuable library of 400 volumes to the

HANCOCK'S INKSTAND.—One of the most desirable object
in an inkstand is to avoid the exposure of the ink to the air
as much as possible, so as to ensure italimoid supply. This
is accomplished in the above inkstand.—lllustrafed Zonden
News. [We have seen the article here referred to, and can
safely endorse the description of our London cetemporary.
Valuable MSS. are often damaged by careless clerks or ser
vents through the upsetting of an inkstand, but the " Paten
PtPurnatic inkstand" offers a guarantee against such mis
fortunes.] —The Northampton Herald.—Advt.
THE. CALIFORNIAN PEN.—The everlasting question of.
" is this a good pen" has been answered by Mr. lA. T. Hall
of South John street, who has succeeded in producing
metallic pen, which he designates--not inaptly—as above:
There is hardly anything more annoying than a had pen—,
every one knows the misery. The pen made by Mr. Hall fik
fit for any hand to use—light or heayy—,and, what is of the
(nAwdilt
last nearly
greatest value, it does not corrode, but will work with equal
facility in any ;nk. From experience of metallic pens, we
which t
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the

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