The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-09 00:00:00

nix 11308 WOOD MURDER.

REIGATE, NONDAT mart.

This day, at noon, the German who has hitherto
ewe the name of August Saltxruan, but who, as will be
seen tssiew, now admits he is Johann Carl Frans, was plena
in the dock, at this Town-hall, charged on rmend with
being concerned in the murder of Martha Halliday, at Kings-
wood Rectory, on the night of the lUth ult. Mr. Alcock,
M.P., sad Captain Hastinp, chief constable, wore also
present.
The promiedisp created the greatest interest, and the
Too-Wt was crowded to excess.

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fie prisoner, who had been brought up from Hone-
mompwisme Owl handcuffed, in the custody of Mr. Sergeant
Coward, was, as ow the peso ions occasioe, undefended. Mr.
thyme, solicitor, of Reigate, was again sworn as interpreter.
The depositions taken at the last examination baring been
red.
Several witnesses were called and spoke to the prisoner'
being one of the men seen in the neighbourhood ou e night
of the murder, and as be:og one of the men who purchased
the bell of string, a portion of which was found bound round
the descend, sad another portion of which was tied round
• bundle in the possession of the prisoner when be was
atereeted. This latter piece the prisoner states he picked
op in the skeet.

—liivisliCeviisposed at some length to the circumstances
ender which the prism*: lied with another man,
be have been has accomplice in the murder, taken=
at the house in which he was residing in Weetworthotnet
Wl**chapel.
This evidence was couirmad by the keeper of the house
is gosation.
The prisoner them said be wished to make a statement,
and after been cautithed several times, he sold—"I will coo-
fees thet I ass Johaaa Cart Fran; out of Mandela. I have
hitherto usatinctively kept it secret, from love of life. It
might be the 1:Ala or 1. th of June when I wait about is-
Wino:chops! about four o'clock in the aftenseon. Then I
beard a couple of young men, who had the appearance of
tesebeeka, speak together, and I perceived by their lan.
pep that they wen Germain. As they separated from
the soother I accosted one of them, sod complained to him
• my distress, that I hod eaten nothing the whole day,
and that a penny was emetic; to pay for my
bed • and he gave as. as an answer, '1 em hungry
toe, let us go into the text eatiortouse.' There he had
seem peas given to see fee twopeees, be himself set dash,
seep, or broth. Afterwards be read the newspaper, ad
said, ' There are two other Germans bong pureild, one
cal/ed Jobe Carl Prams.' Oa that I was very much fright-
said and tamed pale. He perceived by my face that I
toned pale, and said that the stber's Dame was Adolph
Ebro* Thereupon he related to me that he wee • journey-
sem baker. and would immigrate to .Anieries the that day.
I meet already announce that I stated to Bpittal that I wait.
sicced ea the road from Hull to Loudon with two German •
mikes. Of them the younger one was mimed Adolph
Kline, sod the taller one, of my Dithers, was
no mad Wrilielm Gerstenberg. As I was wandering
with both of them (I do not *ow the rums
of the wrest town from Hull, where I met both the
milers), I travelled with them I eyelid Lose* There we
powsel tie eight in the open fields, behied a strawidask.
Whew I awoke, early, at 6 o clock, both the salon were
:thethhed, sad had taken my travelling beg with them
La this bag there were a brown greatcoat, a pair of brows
toodoida trowsers, and a waistcoat from the rune pia*
es that which I now wear, and my paws, eassistiog of a
oases pass-book, a certillethe of birth and baptism, sad a
seri el thatiseetai • Bradshaw —a railway tang. These
' were Impeller ia a blue wrapper. or cower. Both the sailors
bad eapsemsed themselves going to procure thetaselTtA money
from some catholic priest, because they thought they
totholic priest.) were always very rich, and they them.
raleth were catholhe ; but the tallest one had no papers,
end was conetantl asking me whether 1 Ind no pa=
gars for him,. But I constantly refused him there,
I wanted to keep them myself. Now mast fat the Name
time own that I am really mined, and have • wife and two
thadren. When I heard the Dame Adolph Urea in the
eating-liouse I immediately foreboded that it might be
the two and that the tall one had seised my papers.
la that way the error c miests that so many
pesple here in Reigate fancy they hays men
I as; in fact, the tallest one wore my *tire all
ever—namely, the taller one had no coat at ell when
F I was stayige with them. Ile was in a hiss sailor's shirt,
end probably he put up my brown greatcoat, and thus be
had much resemblance to me. Adolph Esse, the other'
With spoke English better than German. and both pretended
to have been born in Vienna. Now can I aver to the jus-
taws of the peace that I have never bees in Reiipite, and
take the visiting oath that lam no murderer. 11 ith this'
swerneat I have done for the piesetit." After a pause,
prisoner continued—" This man (poiutiug to the witness
levy) can toady for me that 1 woe the cap of a railway
servant in L lodgini, and Samuel who took me In
this lodging took my cap (the railway one) with
hire and lett :ace his. it was • cap of ;deck cloth with a
green token upon it—that is to say with a strip of
.green 1
cloth IMlltll.lO it • -namely, Use strip of grata cloth is the !
token, the mark of the railway.*
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The stattownt was then read over to the prisoner, and
be saw the oily comet/on or addition he wished to make
11014 us the part where he turned pale io the eatiog•house,
42d he wished to ald that when he turned pale his corn-
paanue and to Lim, "Why what's the matter with you Y'
The prisoner then signed the metement he bad nude in
the mune of "Jolmoo Carl Franz," Aid be was remanded,
toe sittieg of the court Laving occupied six hours mud
. half.
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The Maw heitrr Granham of yesterday says;—" We
.todenttetol th.a. Cie swet..o I of the two foreigners supposed
to he wei,ll..ted in the nwroLler has heee apprehended at
the ril:ese greet I wilttell, is the Emit ladle' of York.
shire. The Loudon pule. urn amid to Sums traced the man
• Hell, fuel 11,411 tUantnio to iiest loabelal, where he was
takes Iht.cest.ely. Two person.. hors 'onset through Hull
Ines Loud.,, for the purpuee of pleuttlysee bun."

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