The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-05 00:00:00

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replied, " How can you tell auTreet about me." I this
left the house. This was about half-peat 10. lafterwards
saw the woman ease ost of the house, followed by the pri-
soner Denim's. The weave WSJ very " forward in Malt."
Themes Williams was drunk. Williams asked the deceased
what she had done with the halfroversigs, sod she
replied, " I don't know ; I have hat it." The prisoners
were both sober, but the two women seemed very angry
with each other. _ __...... . .

Grote-examined—Williams was very much annoyed at
the loth of the money, and said, " her, take her
away."
Henry Bennett—nth in Prospect-place, Massn's-bill
I remember Saturday, the 18th of January. I knew the
deceased woman by right. On that night I saw Deadman
put her down the steps of the Three Hone Shoes. This
was about 11 o'clock. I did not see what Deadman did
after that. At 20 minutes to 12 I saw the deceased
standing at the bar of the Tiger talking tr Kra Cooke. I
don't believe she was drank. Then was no one with
Daedalus when he put her down the steps.
Cross-thamined—lt was the roughest night I was ever
out in. I can't say whether it was very dark. I never
took any notice of that. It was not my busistem. I
could see across the road by the gas-light. I will swear
that I did not say to Mrs. Partridp, " IS is disgraceful to
have sash a women in your house; you are losing all
your best customaz and I shall go too." I said nothing
at all to Mrs. Partridge.
By the Bench—l was in the Three Horne Shoes about
half-past 10. She came into the tap-room. I did not see
the policeman Simms.
Ann Cooke (landlady of the Tiger publio-house) deposed
—On the 18th of January last the deceased came to my
house about 25 minutes to 12. She was not drunk. She
had had some beer. She was crying booths* they had
turned her out of her lodgings. She sail she had lost half
a sovereign in Partridge's house. She had half a pint of
porter and twopenny worth of rum in my hones. I noticed
that then she had the ear-rings now produoed in her ears.
She left my house at ilve minutes to twelve o'clock. She
left my house when I closed the doors. I saw the prisoner
Deadman that night. He came throes the road about a
quarter to twelve, and looked in at the window.. He did
not wane in. I did not see any one else in the house. I
heard screaming that night soon after one o'clock. The
screams appeared to come from the back of the house. I
did not hear any words. I heard the screams twice, fol-
lowing quickly one after the other. The well in which
the body was found is 'tainted at the back of my house.
Ci

I remember seeing • severe bruise on
the flp of the deceased when she came into my house. I
said to her, " Who gave you the braise on your lip ?"
She said " Jack." I said, " Who is Jack !" and she said,
"My husband." 13be asked me to let her remain there,
and I told her I could not. She said, " Where can Igo to,
Mrs. Cooke!" I said, " You had better go into the
skittle•alley to sleep." It was very wet, rough, and
stormy. I did not notice that my windows shook very
much. I did not hear the cries of "Murder." I only
heard screams. I would svrear that the screams were in •
woman's voice. I believe they cams from the deceased,
because I knew her voice. I knew that the well was an
open one. The deceased had had something to drink, but
the knew perfectly well what she was saying and what she
was doing. That which I supplied bar with might have
made her better, not worse. Deadman looked through
my glass doors. I could see his head and shouldre. He
had • light coat on, with large white buttons. I was
asked at the inquest who the person was that looked
through the door, and I was as confident then as I am now
that it wee Deadman.

Sarah Head, living at Mau 's-hill, deposed—l live near
the house immediately opposite Partridge's house, and in
which the well in question is situated. I saw a woman
standing at Partridge's door at eleven o'clock that night,
and I saw the prisoner Deadman push her down the steps.
Deceased said, " I have lodged here for some time and
Partridge said, " I do not care. Yon shan't lodge here to-
night." The deceased then went down the bill towards the
nulway, and Deadman and Partridge both followed her.
She said, " Don't follow me. I don't want you to follow
me about." Deadman said, " I shalL" I wee at my gate
when I beard the conversation. She afterwards returned,
and said " I will stay by the house all night" Deadman
said. " You shan't." She replied, " I will. If Igo into
Bromley, I'll oome back again." The prisoners were quite
dose to the deceased at this time. They did not touch
her. I afterwards saw the deceased at a quarter te
twelve in front of the bar at the Tiger'a Need.:
afterwards saw her about a quarter past twelve talking to
the mounted police-sergeants, Partr dE o, and Deadman. I
was at my gate at squirter put twelve, and said to my
husband, There they are again." I heard her tell the
sergeant that they had pulled her out of the closet, and
Mrs. Partridge had called her a bad name. I said to
Deadman, " Don't be too harsh to that poor woman ; you
have a wife and children of your own, and you don's Imow
what they may come to." I also said, " You have no
right to push that poor woman." lb said, " I have not
pushed her." I add, " Yea, you have." After this I
went indoors, and live minutes afterwards deoesaed came
and caked me if I amid let her a lodging. I said, " No,
my good woman, I can't do that ; but d yongo woes to
the bun, whaps you may get in there under shelter."
Should lrould if they would let her alone. I after-
wards fancied that I heard a noise, She appeared sober,
but Insult crying then. I sew her try to go up to the
yard at the back of Partridge's house, but the prisoners
pushed her back.
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Orose.easmined—lt was a very rough, boisterous, dark
night. After twelve o'clock it rained. I can't say whe-
ther it rained before that. I think it had been • little
wet. I was examined before the coroner. I can't my
that I told the corona everything I have said to you to.
day. I believe I did. ely gate is about Ti yards from
Partridge's steps. I Ant saw the men and the deceased
on the top of Partridge's steps about eleven o'clock. I
swear I did not say before the coroner, "I do not know
who pushed her down the steps." I said I did not know
who put her out of the door. I was standing on the rap
of wilts when I saw Madman push the deceased down
Partridges steps. I remained at my gate while the pri-
soners ollowed the deceased down the bill. They
went down shout ten yards. I did distinctly bear
the woman say, " Don't follow ms." I woe about
HO feet from her at the time. I also distinctly
heard headman say, " I shall." When the de.
ceased returned and went to the Tiger's Head, I don't
know where the prisoners went to. I was at my gate
from about eleven o'clock to twentpive minutes to one.
The deceased was in company with the prisoners when I
'atom her. It was twenty-eve minutes to one when she
oases up to my garden and asked ter • nt's lodging.
I said to my husband, "Itis a shameful thing that poor
woman should be turned out other home."
Ann Brown, living at 2, Prospect-place, Mason's-ha
deposed—On the night et the 18th of January I heard
loud talking maids WlDiams's.bonse. I got up and
looked out of the window, and I heard • woman saying,
" You did do it, you did do It." I knew it welsh.
deemed's voila. I heard a man's voice say, " Yen as a
liar, • liar." On the Banda the body el the
demand was found, I saw the sad bed
aoommunioation with him upon the mehiDesinralli yid I.
him, " heard a noise as the Wank. sigbil. and I
=italt wee the demised sod herbudiand quervelllng."
replied, " No, it was we." I mid, “ I bassi Is
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Mt AMIDES AT IVDMOJW3I4 PAISOSAGE.

As briefly repotted yesterday, s murder of sin-
=accoels? was sesesaitted ea Monday night at the
house atteelsd to the parish church of Tod-
neorden. The inmecles et the parsonage were the Bev.
A. J. Plow Mrs. Maw (scarcely eonvalescent after amain,-
• "must*, saw," and three domestic servants,
Well wile" Ile auswiry maid. went by the name a/
"Jona" Between tan and sloven o'clock Mr. Plow who
had Mum& Ws from a wedded visit, was prepering to
cot: bed whin ha heard • violent knocking at the back
. _On several previous occaidool he bad been
annoyed of a young man named
Miles Wesisea by the W, • ohmic weaver, to whom he
apples te have gives ewes offence by forbid-
ding him the bones. Weatherhill had found a sweet-
heart in ens of Mr. Plow's former servants, who bad been
discharged 5 consequence, and she bad been sant home to
her hien& near Tack. Sines her &mimed, Weatherbill
had frequently threatened to have his revenge, and he had
so pertiosaionaly annoyed Mr. Plow by hanging about the
place, that • private watchman was engaged fora time to
watch the house and prevent him from intruding upon
the pounds. Hearing the disturbance at the back door,
Me. Plow supposed another visit from Weatherhill. He
bade the servants remain in the house while he
himself went out at the front door to see for him-
self. On going roiled he saw Miles Westherhill dand-
le, against the back door. The moment Weatherill
caught sight of Mr. Plow he cut, with • small axe he
had in his hand, • cord which he had fastened round
the handle of the door to prevent the door from being
opened from inside. This done, he drew apistol from hie
belt, and snapped it at Mr. Plow, but the cap missed fire.
He then struck Mr. Plow on the head with the axe, un-
latched the door, and dragged Mr. Plow into the lobby.
Whilst Weatherill was (still dealing desperate blows with
the axe the three women servants came to the assistance
of their master. They seized Weatherill by the hair, and
so held him while Mr. Plow, who seemed stunned with the
blows, and was staggering with loss of blood, mowed by
the front door. One of the servants ran out at the same
time to fetoh assistance. Of the two other servants Wea-
therhill singled out the nunery.maid Jane,whom he accused
of " telling Wes" about he sweetheart and himself, and
whomhe had previously threatened he woald be revenged
upon. After locking the hall door and then fastening the
back door he attacked the young woman with an axe,
gashing her in so fearful • manner that one of the blows
nearly severed her hand from the wrist. like ran scream-
ing into the dining-room, and endeavoured to close the
door against Weatherhill, by • sgslnat it as well as
she was able. She was overpowered, and Weatherhill,
eontriving to insert his arm between the door and
the lintel, shot her dead with a pistol. The women
were summing in the utmost tenor, while Weather-
kill cried out, " Where's my Sarah!" The doors of the
parsonage were fastened at the front and the back, and no
habitation was within hearing distance. At this stage
of the tragedy Mrs. Plow • nurse looking over the
balusters down into the lobby, saw Weetherhill reloading
his pistol After looking for the axe (which he appeared
to have mialaid) be went into the kitchen, and when he
came again into the lobby the nurse saw be had • poker in
one hand and a pistol in the other. He put out the
gas in the lower rooms, and went upstairs, still taunt-
ingly repeating the question about " his Sarah."
The nurse met him at the bedroom door and
tried to stop him, saying, " Those you want are
downstairs," to which he replied, " I have finished them,
but you needn't be afraid, for you've done me no harm."
He pushed her on one aide, wont into the bedroom, and
attacked Mrs. Plow. He drew off the bedclothes, fired a
pistol at her where she lay, and, the shot not taking effect,
he began to batter her about the head face with the
poker. In the midst of the attack, the parish clerk (George
Stansfield) and two gentlemen whom the servant who had
escaped had called upon for assistance, and whom the sur-
viving servant downstairs bad let into the house, made
their appearance, seized Weatherhill with the poker in he
band, and so rescued Mrs. Plow from imminent death. It
was found that the bullet had passed through the bedding,
the wadding remaining on the sheet. The pillow, with ail
the upper part of the bed, was covered with blood.
Mr. Plow, on escaping by the front door, went to the
hones of Mr. Greenwood, the organist to the church.
This house is about 50 yards from the parsonage. At that
time Mr. Plow had • pistol in his hand. The cap had been
snapped, but the pistol had not been discharged. Before
Mr. Plow could tell all that had occurred he fainted
through lase of blood. Mr. D. N. Cockcroft, the surgeon
to the family, was sent for, and with the assistance of Mr.
W. Longbotham. who was also called in, the wounds
were dressed. There were two large calp wounds,
one on the top and the other at the back of the head.
There was also • deeply-cut vertical wound between the
temples. There were several lesser wounds and centurions
about the face and body, and the left ear was torn from
top to bottom. The rev. gentleman was conveyed back to
the immerge, where he and Mrs. Plow now remain, both
of them being in • very critical state. They were visited
during Tuesday by many of the clergy of the neighbour-
ing parishes, and many calls ware made at the parsonage
by messengers from the gentry in the neighbourhood.
Mn. Plow is a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, vicar
of itoshdale, and patron of the incumbency of the parish
church of Todmoeden.

As to Weatherhill, it le mid that he had spent Saturday
and Sunday in visiting his sweetheart at York, and it is
supposed that after that interview he returned to Todmor-
den with the inaction of parpetratiog his terrific crime.
He bought the axe on Idaoday afternoon, at the shop of
an lemmatise named William Schofield, who hos since
identified it as the one he sold to WeetherhilL The pur-
chase excited no suspicion in Mr. Schofield's mind, as
Weatherhill, who was well known in Talmorden, was
thought to be • young man of goof character and conduct.
He used to interest himself in the Sunday school, and
thus it was he became acquainted with his sweetheart,
then in service at the parsonage. After his arrest in Mrs.
Plow's bedroom, when he was being taken downstairs, he
seemed to have quite recovered his composure, sad showed
a remarkable degree of unooncern. He took a pipe from
his pocket, mying, " I may as well have a smoke ; I sup-
pose it is the 'last I shall have, for I know what
I've done I shall swing for." One of the persons
who had him in custody was Mr. Joseph Oleddill, for-
merly a schoolmaster, to whom the prisoner now said,
" I was one of your pupils, Mr. Glad • , and you thought
me a good grammarian, but you didn't think I should come
to this." Astonished at his coolness, another of those pre-
NM
tasked him if he was aware he had killed the house-
maid, to which he replied, " Aye, ahe's got • couple of
bullets in her, for there were two in every pistoL" He re-
peatedly said they had no need to hold him, as he had
no
wish to escape, and would go quietly to the police
elation. He said, " I with to harm nobody who sn't
harmed me." This conversation took plam in the
kitchen, and the prisoneroes if palmated by • mania for
destruction, kicked over the kitchen table with his foot,
and had to be restrained from committing further vio-
lence. On being subsequently taken to the police station
and marched, he wee found to be wearing a
belt tied behind with a piece of cord, and apparently
made for the purpose he was about to execute. Then
were four ilitikeles la it, in which he carried the
It seems, a essepuison of the statements of
rsiLeveral en
titaness, that he mist have bad four pistols.
Two was (mad at the rear cd the paetaonage (where they
probably fell during the Annie with Mr. ow), • third
was wrested from him by Mr. Plow in the lobby, and with
the fourth be shot the lawassmaid, and reloaded it before
going upstairs to attach Mrs. Plow. On • further search
the police found is his reshot' • quantity of gunpowder, •
lot of bullets and am and some loose shot. He himself
aastatoegibpolioe is the search, and produced voluntarily
• ph of the rag Inman. whom he oiled " his
Sarah," an also a partlead slink of • jet neeldet. Tbelink
=dto have been brim in two, half
„bet/El:
by Weatherhill and theother by his as
a " kon•iirm." When the seamy belted in his
was b isg;tabsn ham yam, be engenesed • wish it might
be SWIM M his meeker, wit,b wheat be lived, and who he
itemeal naw to ramomher staddenly. He mid to the eon-
stalk " ladle have en indentesediag about thisha;mms—
We see hew meek inn is." The amount was 17s. d.
Ha then at " Plasma tell mother what has
and tea her as kindly as possible. Say I Meal home
to-night." He appeared to be under the impeamion that
he had caused the death of Mr. and Kra. Plow, se well as
of the bwasonsid. Belerring to this he said, " I've dote
all I mesas& to de. I'm the —*lob did
W pe it beano" Then is tomboy that Weather-
hill ignmeolled with his when be visited bre at
Tedt. Oa the Gam band, the photograph and the pieta
al jet he hed bie poseemion Point to the opposite 011 b.
shim, Omsk he Ws dew el the awe, suppling him to
him loped he some/ the yoang woman., it seems ibex-
=dllllll4 AM be meat revenge a sufficient motive
deed. Her is Awe any evidence that he was not
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