The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN ISLINGTON, LONDON.

On Saturd4 morning, Mr. G. T. Brent, the deputy
coroner, held ad inquest at Islington respecting the
death of Mr. James scatt, aged 33 years, a master baker
residing in Freeling street. His death was caused by a
man named Tripp, residing hi Gifford street, in the same
locality, who stabbed the deceased with a sword or
bayonet, and who is in custody under remand awaiting
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the result of the inquest. The inquest 1.07
by personal friends and acquaintances ea the deceased.
The evidence which was given on a forme! occasion
at the Clerkenwell Police Court was then repeated.
The coroner summed up the case, when the jury
returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Itte‘aert
Robinson Tripp," and the usual warrant in such cases
was made out. Upon the police searching the room
occupied by Tripp, they found amongst some bay in a box.
the skull, shoulder blade, and other banes, forming part of
a female skeleton, apparently about middle age. There
were also partings of a bonnet, shawl, dress, -and other
articles of female apparel. These things were in the
kg:est room, and created the greatest sensation. This
new and unexpected discovery has caused considerable
alarm and excitement throughout the whole locality. It
was to the effect that, on the morning of last Tuesday,
between two and three o'clock, a nelic,man was called to
28, Gifford street, Caledonian road, where Mr. Salt was
f Lund bleeding. and he told the constable that one of the
occupants of the house, a man named Robert Robinson
Tripp, had stabbed him with a sword. Tile Constable re-
moved him to a .surgeone, and on the way he stated that be,
had met Tripp, and asked him for his rent, Tripp
being his tenant; and that the latter had asked him
in and stabbed him, The deco was subsequently
removed home, where he lingered until about the
same time on the following morning, when he expired in
great pain; A post mortem examination showed that
death had been produced by wounding the int-eines.
Another lodger, named S'ence, deposed to hearing a dis-
pute between the deceased• ati!l Tripp, when the latter,
without any apparent provocatioa, took down a sword
and stabbed the men. The witness isteid that he heard no
altercation a few minutes before the deceased was stabbed,
The weapon with which the injury was inflicted was
here produced ; it is a short curved sword, apparently
of
foreign manufacture, having a foreign cvpher upon that
blade. It resembles in size those usually worn by mid•;.
shipmen- in the royal navy. The clothes of the deceased
were also shown to the jetty, and t xhibited marks of blood
upon various portions. The witness Silence stated that
the deceased had distrained for rent on Tripp. He was the
landlord of a number of cottages, to all of which be had
pass keys, and came in and out as he pleased. After the
first stab, Siic.nee said that T-ipp made a second lunge,
which the witness warded off. Tripp appeared to be very
cool, and never uttered a syllable. Tripp told the constable
who took him into cnet,oly that he "hoped he had given
him his death wound ;" and he repeated this on hearing
that Mr. Scott was nut dead.