The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

TEE POLICE COUBTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Chriatinn Sattkr, sT2itlos of Bavaria, was brought beta,.
the Lord Mayor, in custody of Boat the detective akar,
upon the doublecharge of having stolen a bag containing
money and theme to the amount of 2341., belonging to Mr.
Ballantine, a stockbroker • end of having attempted to
murder Charles Thais, an Salve City detective (who
!tended him at Hamburg) by shooting him in the breast with&
pistol, when off Lowest" on board the Caledonian steamer,
on Sunday daemon lea.
Mr. et.eilleatfari—l see a etoekbeiker, at 4, Austin-friars.
On the god Masai Iwe at the Ooldaz Lion, St.
Huntingdozehire. I had with me a carpet beg, which I
placed between sin and wen o'clock that evening in the
commercial room of that hotel. It contained linen, various
wearing apparel, trearfere of Crystal Palace shares, Bank of
Ragland and country bank notes, and nearly 41. in gold and
alas, the value altogether being little short of 2341. I
mimed my beg about a quarter to seven the aim eveniag,
sad have sot seen it gate.
Janie, the detective officer, here exhibited and headed to
Mr. Ballantine some articles which had been fated in the
prisemer's possession by Thain, the wounded atom
Mr. Ballantine proceeded to say—The U. note, Paled pin,
MIMS bag, and case examining two mom, now dawn me,
were in the carpet beg. I applied to the polio* at 84. Ives,
end afterwards to the City police, and had a communication
with Than, to whom I gave directions to mats inquiries
iectteig the stoles property. I have some recollection of
seeing a man like the prisoner about St. Ives, when 1 we
tbwe, bat will not !wear to him. _

]Sr. A. Brown—l am superintendent of the Huntingdon-
shire constabulary, end ant stationed at St. Iva. I saw the
prisoner there on the morning of the 2nd instant when he
asked me where he could see some Frenchmen, ant I directed
him to whore two were working in the town. About awn
o'clock the come night I was called to the Golden Lion Inn,
where I taw Mr. Ballantine, who informed me of Ms loss,
and gave me the peak-Was of the contents of the beg, which
Is now in the possession of a constable et Wisteach. From
subsequent inquirka, I arse able to give a description of the
prisoner. I applied kc the isolations of the London and
Nletropolitan pontes, end • warrant, Niguel by a magistrate
for the county of Huntingdon, was lased for the prisoner's
apprehension.
W. Janus, the detective ofew said—From Information
received et the Ditectivecifice, in the Old Jewry, I was mi-
med. with Than, to trace the arson who was suppored to
have stolen the praanter's beg. The next day we got a hand-
bill yrbi,h had been Wiled by the lost witness, settee.' the
person therein d-tierilad to the Spread Eagle, in Gracechureh-
street. Than proceeded to Hamburg on the 16th instant, In
quest of the prisoner. About two o'clock yesterday, the fol-
lowing telegraphic massage, from Gravesend, reached the
Old Jewry, and wee communicated tome:—" Send ininsedl-
ately to the Ship Caledonian, at St. Katharine's-wharf,
London, three men, Serjeaut Thais having been shot by the
tw:, Christian Battler ." I went on board the steamer on
rerr snivel, and saw This, who was ,slitting veep much
frees a woosd to his fight breast. The captain of the

steamer gave the prisoner Into my custody. Thaht pointed
to a carpet-bag (not the prosecutor's) sad • bundle contain-
ing some linen belonging to himself. The bank note end
been pin identified by the prosecutor I foetid ho a beg given
me by Then. The maces end brushes I Stead to • bag
which the captain gave inn
Mr. =Frost—I am a captain at the Cil
Landon end Hamburg. I saw Thum and
=ow on board the Cekdonia on the morning of the
21st Instant. The prisoner had handcuffs on; he said he
wee to pain and wished to be relieved. Their asked me to
be present while he changed the handcuffs, and I eaw them
changed. I allotted them a small cabin containing two
berths, and with • door which could be locked. About four
o'clock on Sunday afternoon Main came sit to me, and told
me he had been shot. We were then about fifty miles west
and by north from Lowestoft. Thain wand very much
agitated, and opened his waistcoat end shirt. I found a hole
haugulkaitleaboet the dada sixpences from which blood
was . I applied the best remedies. las the pri-
soner how eons to do such a thing, sad he replied that it
was not intended for Thais at all ; he meant to shoot himself.
He added that the cake, had come upon him unexpectedly
end that he had not sufiklent time to ccmceal the pistol. I
receved from the thief dicer • pore= of metal from which
• amp had been enspendad, end which had been torn from
the elide of the cabin occupied by Thain and the prisoner.
This had been used to break open a corner of the prisoner's
box, from which I understand the pistol had been taken. I
reesived the piaol from the chief mate, sad it appeared to me
to have been very recently used. lie also showed me some
bullets. When we arrived at Sheerness I got a navy surgeon
from a ship, who examined the wound in my presence. He
mid there was no immediate danger. He ordered a poultice,
and told us to get the wounded officer ashore as soon as pos-
sible. On our arrival at St. Katharine's Wharf he was taken
to the hospital.
Primmer—Was there not some altercation between the
officer and me at the time of the changing of the irons, and
did I lay anything to you at that time 1'

WitnseZYou-did not my anything to me. Yon said
something to the officer. I did not witness any altercation.
I recollect your asking to have the Irons changed.
Prisoner—Do you nenember what I said at that time.
Witness—l really do not.
J. Brett, the detective caw, said—l went on board the
Caledonia with Jarvis, Inspector Hamilton, and Scott. I
saw nein, who showed roe a wound In his right breast. I
removed him in a cab to Guy's Hospital. The following Is
this dootor'sartifleats as to kis condition s
" I hereby away that Charles Theirs is a patient In Guy's
Hospital, trots a wound, and that he is therefore
t)
cd ths overt
A. M. li'Dornar., Hones Surgeon.
Guy's Hospital, Nov. St"
• • "

Theist, from my own observation, is unable to attend to-
day, The ball his not been extracted.
Mr. J. W I seas an engineer, and reside at 24,
Wellington-strest,Aster. I wee a passenger by the
Caledonia, and noticed the extreme kindness of Theis to-
wards the prisoner. About half-past 4on Sunday afternoon
I saw Theis, who was lying on the sofa in the saloon
wrapped in blanketa. He told me he had been shot by the
prisoner and was afraid he should die. He showed me a
wound in his right breast, a little below the nipple. I
proceeded to the fore-cabin, and asked the prisoner if he
was aware what he had done. He said be had shot the
officer. I told him he bad shot him in the right breast. He
replied " No, it was the left one." He then asked me in
German If the balls had gone " through pad through." I told
him they had not. I asked him if there were more
balls then one, and he said there were two. He asked me if
I thought the officer would die? I told him I did not think
he would. He replied " Then he ought to have done, for
then were shots sufficient in the pistol." I told him he bad
been guilty of a very rash act, upon which he said the officer
had 00i kept fa& with him. He said the officer promised
his when he cease on beard that ho should not be iron'd,
het that when he was got on board the handcuffs were put on
his. He mid he could not look over this, and he would
shoot • nun like a dog who broke faith with him. I told
him I wee very sorry it had occurred, upon which he replied,
" I ens a deist, a robber, and a murderer. I have shot the
Ma. and I suppose I shall be tried for it." Ile said he had
bought the ritstol to shoot • man in Hamburg who owed him
251. He said, I subsequently suggested to myself that I
would take my own life • the officer came to me in my berth
rather suddenly, and I ;old him the pistol would be ma well he
hie breast as in mine. He afterwards told me that he took
the_plotol out of bold hie
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, do you wish to ask the witness
—No. An he says la pure invention, thews le so
rtlidfor bath in it. His statement is false from one and
hneother. I did not know where I struck the officer, it

wu so dark. I cannot tall in what httereat the witness comes
hare. _ . .

Hodgson, the superintendent of the City police force,
who has been watching the cue es far u related to the at-
tempted minder of Thain, here asked for a remand, for the
purpose of widening further evidence.
The Lord Mayor acoeded to the request, and instructed the
City Solicitor to prosecute.
The court was densely crowded during the proceedings,
and much sympathy was evinced, 'emu-tiny by lin brother-
officer., for the sad situation of Thais, who is not only an
old, but • very active, experienced, and intelligent detective.
The bells have not yet been extracted from his body, but it
is understood that has life le not in immediate dupe.

Thewpriaow who VaTtouli6l;7l;sof age, is a vary
fll-
looking fellow, of dark complexion, and with a strong paint
in the left eye. He formerly served in the French army in
Algiers, and afterwards served as a private in the Anglo-
German Legion, and was stationed at Sliorncliffe, since which
he was convicted of robbery, and imprisoned for three months
at Wisbeseb, in the Isle of Ely. He speaks the English, Its-
Ilan, French, Arabic, end German languagem