The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

THZ KINOBWOOD MURDER.

Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Ger
man who has given the name of August Saltzman, but wbo
is supposed tolls Johann Carl Frans, was charged before •
bench of magistrates sitting at the Town-hall, Reigate, with
being concerned in the murder of Martha Halliday, at the
house of the Rev. Samuel Bawd Taylor, the incumbent
et Kiogewood, on the night of Monday, the 10th ult.
The magistrates were, J. O. Sherrard, Eaq. (chairman),
W. Phillips, bag., and J. liackbleek, Esq. .
The proceedings excited the greatest possible interest,
sad the Town-6heell was crowded to excess.

The prisoner was brought from the station in custody of
Ir. Superintendent Coward, of the Surrey constabulary,
and upon being placed at the bar glanced wood the hall in
furtive manner, and then assumed • moot serious de-
seanour, which he preserved throughout the examination.
Mr. Greece, solicitor, of Read!, was sworn as an inter-

prefer.
lospector Wlicher, of the London detective force, *
formed the bench that he attended with Sergeant Robiesea,
at the request of the commissioners of police, ,to met in
theioquiry ; and he wished to state that Sir Itich=
Messed• • • tographic copies of the various entries la
• tille meet where the isteder wee
I. he Wm, self fee simile. of other documents prepenell,
for the purpose of forwarding them to the antibodies; M
Breeden and other pima, with a view of facilitsfrig it
quiries which were Was made respecting the owner aUm
book, so as to pmve its having belonged to the prisoner.
He begged also to mention • most important fact to the
bench. The prisoner was traced to a lodging-hones be
Wentworth street, Whitechapel, where he arrived the
night after the murder, and on the following day he on.
fided to the care of Mr. tiillooney, the proprietor, a
checked shirt, which unswered in every particular Min
description of that worn by one of the foreigners seen
Reigate and in the neighbourhood of Kingawood. The
bundle containing the shirt wee bound round with
a long piece of new cord, exactly similar to
that sold to onel of the foreigners by Mrs.
Pitcher, of Reii;ate, on the day the crime was committed,
and also to that which was foiled tied round the hands and
feet of the murdered woman. When apprehended the pri-
soner was searched, and various pepsin were found upon
him. These included the following letters :
" Sir,—Aloue in the world, and iu • bad position, and for
two days without it piece of bread, and nearly the whole
of the week without a lodging, the blue heavens as a shelter,
I find myself in a position which I cannot describe with
words. lam • native of Dresden, and have been these
two months without work, sod this is the reason of my hor-
rible position. 1 hope you will therefore have pity on a
fallow-countryman, who like a lost sheep travels about, and
shall stare if some kind-hearted friends do not take pity on
me.— With my respects, " AUGUST SALT= AN."
"My dear Sir,—l hope you will forgive the liberty
take by addressing these few lines to you. lam a poor
workman from Spandau, in Seaway, and have been one
mouth in London, but in such a position words am too
poor to describe. For sonic days I have been without food,
and the blue heavens for my lodgings. flag of you for a
small donation, and may the Lord Almighty return it
thousand-fold you.—l remain, must respectfully,
" Anacur
Both these letters were written in the German language,
and neither of them contained an address. Amongst the
papers found in the room where the murder was com-
mitted was a. similar begging-letter addressed to Mffile.
Tietjeos, the eminent shwa. ; and it, will also be remem-
bered one entry in the official book accidentally dropped by
the murderers stated that the owner was • native of
Slandau, in Saxony, the place to which refereace was
made in the second letter now mnde public.
William Halliday .deceased's husband) WU the list wi4
sees examined—Hs gave evidence to the etfect that he re-
sided a short distance from the Rev. Mr. Taylor's bona all
Kingwood, and when the rev. gentleman left his Mame
to go on • visit his (witness'e) wife went to the sheep of
it. Waimea ate his wife the last time alive between six
and seven o'clock un the evening of the murder, when he
left her quite well. Ou the following morning he went fre
Mir. Taylor's house again, when he could not obtain ad.
patience in the usual way from the back, as the dame led
not been unfastened. He went to the front dour, which be
discovered half open, and luiviug entered the house lie pro-
ceeded to his wife. bedroom, and found her lying Oa the
floor, with her hands and feet hound tightly with new
and a handkerchief tied round her month, and fasla:il aift
the top of the hoed. He put his hand on her few sad
found her quite dead. He then gave an alarm, awl essir
tame soon arrived.
In answer to questions from the bench, witness slated
that the front door seemed to have been opened frees the
inside. It bad been unlocked from the inside.
Prisoner upon being asked (through the intespelai
whether lie wished to ask the wituusa any qucaticee sail-
-1 know I am charged with mutter, but 1 don't know al
whom.
The Clerk—You are chanted with being concerned in the
murder of Mrs. Halliday. 110 you wish to ask any clues-
tams of We witoess?
Prisoner—l know nothing at all about it, and therefore
why should I have any questions to put to this man
Mr. Wm. Rishford, the parish constable and a grocer, of
Chipstead, was next sworn. He anted that he was in the
i Cricketers Inn, opposite the Reigate policeatatioo, on Mon.
day, the lOth ult. The primmer and another foreigner were
there. They appeared to be in company, and when they
stake together they conversed in a foreign language. One
of them left, and the prisoner remained, and witness was
with him for about au hour, and could nut be mistaken as
to his being the person.
The Clerk—You are positive this is the man you saw at
thiLpublichouse
Witness—Quite positive.
The Chairman—Let the prisoner turn round. Now,
witness, are you still certain that prisoner is the man?
Witness—Yves, sir ; quite certain. Witness proceeded to
say that he was called upon to go up to London, and see if
he could idsstify the prisoner in Newgate ; and although
be (the prisoner) was placed amongst twelve or fourteen
other pima, he had no difficulty in pointing him out im-
mediately.
This evidence, like the preceding, mistranslated to the
prisoner, who was asked whether he wished to pat any
questions to witness.
Prisoner—l don't know that I bays any questions to
put, for I don't know whether I was ever in Reigate be.
fore in my life.