The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

SHOCICINO MURDER AT PLYMOUTH.

PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.
Lent evening a deliberate Murder was perpetrated
at the Military Barrack; Plymouth. The victim is Sergeant
Henry Jones, of the filet Regiment. a native of Dover, a
man of about Si pars of age, and the muiderer is Robert
Hackled, • pneate of the filet Regiment, a native of
Queen's County, Ireland. lie is about LS years of age, was
formerly of the 96th Regiment, but joined the 61st in
India. He has a good-conduct stripe, •ind was servant to
Lieutenant Hamilton, of him regiment.
It appears that the murderer has drunk rather freely of
late ; and viatenlay, shortly after 12 o'clock, he was is
Nu. 9 oompaay'd room when dinner was being served. An
elderly man, • pensiouer, named Purcell, also a native of
Queen's County, but now residing in Stonehouse-lime, as
was his custom, came into the barracks to sell oil and
biocide'. This man (Purcell) began to tell prisoner some
story about Delbiprise.nymey, in which the prisoner was in-
terested, and having no appetite for his dimmer, through the
effects of drinking, and perhaps feeling obliged to the pen-
sioner for what le had told him about the prize-money, the
prisoner gain, him (Purcell) his dinner, whereon Sergeant
Jones said, " Who is that spinning a yarn about prize
wesey Parma said, "It Is I." Jones replied, "'Yes,
you would spin any yarn to get • dinner." Prisoner then
sell, *. Thauree for speaking against a towny," (meaning
one of the aims plane as himself) "and if it were not for
getting fifty Leber I would strike you." After dinner Pur-
cell gave the prisoner some beer, and he subsequently went
to his quarters. It would seem that while there he loaded
his rifle with ball, took off his coat, and put on a shell-picket.
Being asked hysornumde why he had put on the ehelbjacket,
be replied, •• I mean to he in the goard-bouse before night"
About ri o'clock he cane into No. company's room, which
communicates with that of No. 9by a cross door. He had
his rifle in his hand at this time. Sergeant Jones was In
his own company's (No. 91 room, and the prisoner placed
the rifle to his left shoulder, and discharged it with such
emirate aim that the ball passed in at the snail of the
sergeant's back, through his bowels, and struck the wall op.
pate which the unfortunate man hail been standing.
There were a number of soldiers in both rooms at the
time when lie was seen to raise the rifle to
his left shoulder, on which side he always fired.
Two men made a snatch at it, but they failed to
reach it before the fatal died had been consummated. Ser-
geant Jones at once fell to the ground. He made one effort
to regain his feet, and tamed ever and died in • few
=Mutes.

The murderer wail at once taken into custody, sad shortly
afterwards placed is the bawds of the Plymouth pollee and
and removed to the cells at the Plymouth Guildhall. He
then protested that Le Lad so intention to strike Sergeant
Jones, but did not attempt to explain why he had loaded
the rifle or the meaning of the words he had used in the
course of the day. When the prisoner found himns►lf in
the hands of the civil authorities he became very excited,
and so continued through a great portion of the night.

Suit.'llE ow A CHI:IsTY MINsTRY.L.-011 SRAM,
day afternoon Mr. Charles Belton!, the Coroner for West-
minster, held • lung inquiry at the Sun Tavern, Long-acre,
ralativeto the eircunistanc,,, attending the death of Thomas
Lye aged 30 years, who for some time has aroused the
public by his vitalism and performances on the Mini° in
connexion with Christy's Minstrels, and who committed
suicide. Robeet Lye said deceased was his brother, and
lived at No. 3, Duke's
-court. He had been unwell for some
time past, and had been attended b a medical man for an
affecitiou of the heart. On Wednesday afternoon, between
two and three o'clock, he asked witness to shave him, and
be (witness) gut the shoving tackle for that purpose ; but
tie deceased said he would wait until after dinner. Wit-
, nem put the nuor and other things on the window sill, and
after dinner he said his wife had better lie deem, and she
did so. Witness sat down neat the fire for a few minutes,
leaving the deceased looking at some drawiumi and paintings
in a portfolio. Wanda had jua counuenoed dosing,when ho
her one or two heavy steps, which led him to look round.
and he then saw the deceased advancing towanls him bleeding
from r wound in the throat. ll'itoess at once rive au alarm,
rod Mr. Edwanh., the surgeon, was called in, but decease{
only survived a few minutes. The razor, covered with blood,
was found on the table. He aiwaym thought dem:Deed a
nun of strong mind, and never believed he would commit
suicide. Knew of nothing to account for his committing the
act, unless it was owing to his illness. On the previous
night deceased was very restless, mid complained of pain.
He salted for poison, and said be would rather be dead than
alive. Mr. David Edwards, surgeon, of Great Russell.
street, Oevent.garden, said be bid attended the deoessed,
who was suffering from a diseased heart, and ilmpsy come-
, quest upon the same. He was sent for en Wednesday
afternoon,when he found the deemsei on the point of death.
He died In four minute*. There were three wounds in the
throat, two of which had penetrated the main artery. The
carotid artery was not divided, but the jngolsr vein was
severed on the right wide. He had no doubt the brain was
involved in the dimmed state of the heart. The Coroner
having summed up, the jury returned a venliet " That the
deceased died from a wound in the throat, inflicted by him-
self while iu a state insanity."

3lvivrtaluvs Dearth.—iJu Saturday evening Mr.
John Humphreys, the coroner, opened an inquiry at the
Lion Tavern, lamb's•fiebls, Bethnal-glees, respecting the
death of Mary Last, aged $4 years, who wan found dead with
It Stab wound is the front of the neck at No. 7,Tapp.street,
under the following mysterious cinminstanees :—The de-
ceased was the wife of a butcher, and oo Monday last her
husband left her to hed,aud a few bourn afterwards she was
discovered lying with an extensive injury in the throat. A
table-knife was found by her side, aixl • huge quantity of
blood was upon her bends. Her night dress was saturated
orer the front to a considerable extent. The blade of the
knife wan besmeared with blood, bat the handle was quite
clean. Mr. `Jervis and Mr. Defries were called, but life had
been extinct some hours. The wound in the neck, which
was completely Mild, was about two inches in diameter,
and extended to the spinal curd. The cartilage of the
throat bad been torn away, and laid in a dozen pieces on the
deceased's lewom. Two rags were found on the bed, as if
bloody bands had been wiped ups them. M-. John Gay,
the senior surgeon of the Great Northern Hospital, made en
examination of the body in conjunction with two other
medical gentlemen, and they were of 01,i0i011 that the de-
ceased could not herself have inflicted the injury. After •
number of witnesses were examined, the coroner atijourued
the examination for • week.

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