The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-06 00:00:00

TIIE FENIAN INVESTIGATIONS.

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11T,THER ECAMlNpouctrONu AT BOW-STREET
The, seven prisoners tinder remand upon the
dors'e of murder and treason-felony (five for the former
011 four for the latter off enoe —two bele; included in both
iyecutione) were brought up before the chief modstrate,
',,,. Thomas Henry, for further examination.
William Desmond, Timothy Deemoud,Nieholes English,
Jeremiah Allen, and Anne Justice, were Bret placed at the
to arms the charge of wilful murder of the persona killed
tv the explosion at the Hones of Detention, ClerkenwelL
34.1,itiard, Q.C., and Mr. Poland, instructed by the
ry solicitors, again appeared for the prosecution ;
mr, Harper, of Argyll-street, appeared for the two Des.
„mods and English, and Mr. Lewis, of 22, Great Marl-
wough-atreet, for Anne Justice. Allen was =defended.
Elizabeth Crawley—l am the wife of Joseph Crawley. I
'ice at 1, Newcastle-piece, Clerkenwelelose. On Friday,
Iteoewhew 13, I was in Corporationl--lane ; I was going
iovanls Little Woodbridge-street. After I turned the
fennel of Corporation-lane, I noticed what appeared to
es. tube a large faggot, covered over with something that
I ~,aid not tell. It was close to the wall. I saw one man
o,oding close to the barrel, sad two little boys close to the
n.le of it. There were two men steadies on the opposite
ink of the way. The boys seemed to be about nine and
twelve years old. One of the two men standing at the earner
N the court stepped forward and threw something acrossthe
meet to the man standing in front of the barrel. One of
tide err' boys stooped down and picked something up,
friCa the other said, " That belongs to the man." I
p. 4 nearer to them and heard one of the little boys may,
Tad do master, that will go;" at that time I
pmed it and then saw it we. a barrel. There was a
at the end of it alight. I ran past it and crossed
to the opposite side of the way. I got about the die-
distance of two houses when I met the constable. I
cd!cd his attention to it. I believe his name was Mori-
, I pointed to the barrel, saying, "What sort of game
410 put call that!" thinking they were letting off fireworks
in the street. Moriarty made no reply but crossed over. He
appeared to have nearly reached the barrel when I sew the
rian who was in front of the barrel run away towards
Cowman-street. The policeman then seemed to
turn completely round. The policeman was about
three yards f rem the man when he ran away.
I think if he bad hurried he could have apprehended the
non. As soon as the constable turned round I knew
there was something wrong. I beard • fearful noise and
I‘ol knocked down by an apparent blow in the back. I
was about three houses off from the house opposite the
herd. I fell near the steps of No. 5. I did not *es ;
any more of the two men who were standing at the court.
When the explosion took place my bonnet was blown off,
my clothes torn, and my watch blown away from the chain.
The men at the court were dressed is dark clothes, and
ord;nary- tall black hate. The man at the barrel had a
brown coat and black bat. I have seen the prisoners
before. Allen appears to be about the aims and appear-
ance of the man who threw something across the street.
Sir Thomas Henry—Let them put their hats on. (This
wan done.)
Witness continued—l think the man next me is the one
who threw something away, which a boy picked up. I
wan not near enough to see what it was. Wnat I saw
horning in a barrel looted like a squib.
in the evidence being read over, the witness said she
aid not mean to say that the constable could have caught
the man after the latter began to ran. If he bad hu- tied
across the road at the moment she spoke to
hint he might have stopped him before he
began to ton. After he began to run, the
eutedable would have had to pass the batrel. The
only chance would be to have stopped him before he
:tan to run. I think he weld have done so if he had
st.,:ted the moment I said "What sort of game do you
cal that r He walked across the road at his usual pace.
II.• had not the opportunity of seeing the squib, which
3% in the end nearest the wall. I bad not mentioned
the word " squib" or " fireworks." I had not time. I
spoke to him before I got quite up to hint. I have seen
:wee boys who have come from the hospital, but have not
been able to recognise the two. I have not been to the
hospital.
Sir Themes Henry asked how many boys were in the
hoi-pitaL
Superintendent Gernon said there were eight.
Mrs. Crawley said she should not probably know them if
the saw them, as she had only seen their backs.
Sir Thomas Henry still thought she ought to have the
opportunity of seeing them.
In cross-examination by Mr. Harper, the witness de-
scribed upon the plan the direction in which she was
cowing at the time. She saw the three men distinctly;
but did not notice the features of either. Did not pay
particular attention, not suspecting anything was wrong.
16,1 not notice whether they wore beanie.
Mr. Lewis did not cram-examine the witness, nor did
the prisoner Allen.
dohn Davis, 48, King's-won-toed, Clerkenwell, engi-
neer --On the 13th Denewber I was fixing a grating in
front of Mr. Sewell's house in Corporation-lane. It 1•4 a
r. eugrocerla shop, nest the beer-house. (On reference
v. the plan it wan found to he No. 7.) I bad been there
for some time. Between 3 and 4 o'clock my attention was
..tharteil to some conversation between the milkman and a
peliceinan. In consequence of what was said, I
looked down Corporation-road. I saw a barrel
there with three little boys on one side and a
!nail of gentlemanly appearance the other side. The
..ot was standing with his back towards me, and the
little boys with their faces towards me. He was
,tooping down to the barrel, bet what be was doing I could
1,4 Previous to the conversation between the
..,T,etau and the policeman I hail not noticed either the i
1..01,1 or the mut. After the conversation I saw the police-
, sin in the middle of the road. He came front the middle
.4 the road on to the pavement en the same side as I wan.
Ito walked directly over towards the barrel. After
the man stood up I saw something like a squib coming out
of the ender the barrel. It was alight. The man ran away
toward. st..l..mee'spusage. I could not say whether he
went into Unit passage or not. I did not see the man's
fare at ill.
Shortly of tenwards Ann Justice complained of being ill,
ha asked leave to retire for a few minutes. Sir T.
Iliery, therefore, adjourned the court for a few minutes.