The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-19 00:00:00

THE BIRMINGHAM MURDER.

At the Public-office, Birmingham, yesterday
morning, before Mr. Kynnenley (stipendiary) and other '
magistrates,
.Thotnas Marlow (alias Beesley). Joseph
Beesley, William Beesley, Charles Grayson and Elizabeth '
Grayson (husband and wife), were brought up • second
time on remand, charged with being conserned in the
merder of Mies Mary Milboarn, at her residence in He-
t, on the 21st of January. Mr. tilers, of the
'3fe="Cirouit (instructed by the borough prosecutor),
again appeared for the prosecution. The prisoners were
defended by Mr. J. W. Cutler, Mr. Chasten, and Mr.
Recommit. On this occasion the charge was supported by '
• man who, according to his own statement, had been
concerned with the accused in the committal of the crime.
His name is John Mach ; and in the course
of a very lengthened examination by Mr. Elea, '
he said that the prisoner Grayson's real name is
Louis Bee ; that on the 14th of January he met at the
house of a man named Purge (the " absent man" as
described in the examination) in • court in Deritend, Bir-
mingham, Thomas Beesley, Louis Bee, and the owner of
the house ; in the course of oonvemation Thomas Beesley
said to Louis Bee (or Grayson) that his brother had told
him that his mother-in-law cleaned for an old lady (the
deceased) whose brother had meetly died, and that she
bad looked over his boxes and found money to the amount
of 600/. partly in Bank notes, and two or three hundred
in spade ace guineas ; upon this Bee said to Thomas
Beesley, " Do you know the place!" upon the reply that
he did, Bee said " I should like to have • look at it ;"
after some further conversation it was agreed that they
should go and see the plus, and if they could do it
they would do it. On the following day, the 15th,
witness went again to the same house, the owner
of it (now absent) was there. Thomas Beesley and Louis
Bee same in. The owner of the house, referring to the
previous day's conversation, said " Can it be dens r to
which Bee replied, "Is there • servant then" adding,
best thing will be to git a woman to go :ad az "
the old lady if she bad any houses to let. Bee asked the
owner of the house if he could get any one to: go ; to
which he replied that his wife was • hard working woman,
and be never let her know his business. Upon that
Thomas Beesley said to Louis Bee, " Could not] our minus
go!" He replied that be would ask her, and with that
this interview terminated. On the next day, the 16th,
witness again saw Bee and his wife, and the latter said
that the old lady had told her than she had only one homes
and it was let, but that she did not much like the tenants,
and she desired her to all again. She milked the
old lady if she had a servant, to which she
replied that she had not. Further, according to this
witness, the woman Grayson, or Bee, said that she maw on
the table some books, and • pistol plated with ether, and
that there was a crowbar at the back of the door, but
that the kitchen window was only fastened by a catch.
On the 20th the witness again met in the afternoon Bee,
or Grayson, and his wife at the same house, outside the
Absent Man. Said to Grayson " That 'II be all right to•
morrow ;" on which the ferule prisonerhad, who had
followed, said, " No, I'll not go." Her husbsud was angry
with her, but she replie " That she didn't like to de
such a thing." The following afternoon (the 21st), at four
o'clock, witness went to Joe 's house; he was not
there, but the two brothers were; and soon afterwards the
man who is now absent came in. They stayed there
for half an hour, nothing being said respecting
what subsequently took place. After leaving,
the house they proceeded in the direction of the railway
' arch in Lawley-street, and there met Bee ; the man now
' ahead said to him "Why were you not here before!" to
which Be. replied " It's time enough." We then (conti-
nual the witne4), split or separated, but made for
Heneegectrest ; the two Beesley, walked up and down
the street ; I saw the old lady at her door talldng to a
child ; I also saw the men who is now absent gaeg up the
yard by the home ; Thema BezZifeiredellowed ; they had
both got over a wall ; Thomas opened the front
door from the inside ; and William y and the man
now absent went in ; they temained beads 23 minutes ; I
saw them come out of the yard ; Bee and I were watch-
ing ; I was a hundred yards oft: we all met sal
hour afterward. at Joe Beesley's house. Before Bee bad I
' I come in there Thomas Healey had said that there was
only Si. in sovereigns; this was divided amongst Ave.'
Thomas Beesley asked the mad who is absent to-day if be
bad put the old woman's light out ; to which he replied,
' " I don't know whether I have or not." flat was before
' • Bee came in. When he did cane he had his share of the
' ' money. I said to him " It's a bad job ;I am afraid the
1 man who is absent (I named him at the time) has killed
' the old lady." We all went away soon after, and Ave or
, six days afterwards I saw Bee and his wife. I said,
1" Has George (the absent man) gone away !" The reply
. : was that be bad. The female prisoner said she was
" better pleased than if she bad a thousand pounds
that she had had nothing to do with it. On the
1 3rd of February I saw Thomas Beesley afros Marlow at
. Bristol. I said to him, "Ws been a bad job shout her.
A man must be very clumsy to have put the old lady's
• light out." He reed that be didn't believe it was the
intention to do it, adding that it was George (the absent
man) who got hold of the old lady. In reference to the
money Beesley said his brother believed it was them
but the old lady had banked it. In crosscraminaticei
; witness said that be had been three years and three
months at Portland for homm.breaking. Since this crime
had been committed he had been unwell, and as be felt
sure some of the party would split, he himself gave in-
formation to the polies ; that was on the 27th or 26th
.' of January. Did not know of the 501. reward at that
time.

Witnesses were called who gave condrmalory 'eiders
in several particulars as to circumstances detailed br
Mack, and a farther remand was granted until Friday.

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