Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-07 00:00:00

BRUTAL MURDER.

An inquest was held on Friday, at the Swan
Bradley, near Bilston, upon the body of Elizabet
a young woman from Shropshire, whose dead
found in the Birmingham canal, at Bradley, on
of last April. The circumstances attendant upon tl
!once are of the most remarkable character. It
until some days after the discovery of the body
information was elicited at all calculated to f
upon the way in which the deceased got into
Ttte coroner (Mr. W. H. Phillips) and, the jiray
that there had been some foul play, an' ad;
inquest till October. After tha adjorarnment,
man at an ironworks and a colliers near to
the canal where the deceasedlF as found gave -
to the police whiel caused the arrest of a be'
named Philip Clare. Claire was examined on'
before the ruagistrates, and the testimony g;
was, given then by the wa chman, Powell. Tln
adjournment of the case before the magistrates
before the caale again cane on Powell had abs
reward w'..13 offered for his apprehension, and he
a few flays ago at Warwick. George Powell,
Samuel Wall deposed,—l am a labourer, and
employed as night watchman at the works of
Rose. I was so employed from February anti
end of May. Philip Clare and I became acq'
I first went to Ma. Rose's. He asked me win
went by his pit. I said, " No, I don't go
Rose's colliery fields in the day only at night."
all I know about the death of the dem.
night of the occurrence I started on my round
night. It was a bright moonlight night, and
railroad bridge I saw the shadow of two people,
a woman say, " Phillip, don't kill me. You said
kill me before." The man then lifted his fist,
the woman down. I think he struck her on the
then went on to the bridge, and said, " Phil
have to suffer for this " Clare bad then got the
his shoulder, and was about to ca-ry her away.
I said that he said, " If I hear of your telling an
kill you. I'd serve you the same." I said I
tell anybody. The woman appeared insensible
shoulder. He came up towards the wharf, and
the water and put her down. I followed him,
again said, " If you tell anybo ly I will kill y'
serve you the same, and will set somebody on
He then put her into the water, and there was
or movement on the part of the girl ; from the
struck her till the time he put her into the water
quarter of an hour or twenty minutes
After he -had put her in I came av
the new railroad, and had got away
the little engine, about a quarter of a mile,
every moment to be served the same. Philip et
and again said, " If you tell anybody I will
will serve you the same, and will set somebody -
watch." I went and locked myself in the little
house, and did not come out again till the
was afraid. On the next morning I heard the'
had been found in the canal. On the next nigL
to me on the round, and also the next night after
threatened me again in the same way. He fa.
several times, and about three weeks afterwards,
Saturday night, I was going near to the 8108
Moxley, to have half-a-pint of beer, when Clare
me and said, " Watchman, where are you going to
" To have half =a-pint of beer." He said, "If you
you." I then went home to my lodgings, and toll
lord and landlady, and asked them to ga and tell
for I could not rest any longer. My landlady
the police station, ani tI es would not believe
then I went myself and told them what I ha,:
now. That is the truth, and I would rather
at the stake than not tell the truth. I

from Bilston because a young man who said he
son of a juryman said to !tie on a Saturday
" The inquest is to be held on Monday agall3l
says if he can lay hold of you you shan't give
there." The same night, on my way horeeti
that his brother was waiting for me on the
road to do me injury, and I was afraid. I Wal/00
that night from Batton to Dudley, went on to "
on the next day (Sunday), and having (II
things to sell went from Worcester to Gloucester sar,
Gloucester to Bristol. Mr. Waterhouse, soliciPi;;
present to watch the case for Clare, who was thereto'
tody. He cross examined the witness. In reply i 0
Waterhouse's question why he did not give 11
witness said he was so terrified. He had no wear
him on the night in question. He was so terrified
locked himself in the little eng:ne house, and ill
that night, but also the other nights of the week, "If/
himself only at daylight ox the following mornings' o
discharged from his employ at Rose's because he '4Ol
at night to Moxley to drink with one of the et lie
Samuel Haines was next called. • He deposed tbloill
a watchman in the employ of the Great Westeill dd
and lived at Lee Brook. He wished now to ,11„,.te
evidence given at the first inquest. At the first
merely deposed that abut eleven o'clock he 0/01
hovel under the railway bridge, when he heard 80
sons quarrelling, and there were women's yr
sounds. They came from above the line, and 11,
heard a man and a woman quarrelling. TI
to be quarrelling on the bridge. He kne
11,,pley from having seen her at Haines's Wn
addition he now wished to make was that Edo

while sleeping in the hovel he was awoke by a
ing noise which he thought came from a wol
The first words he understood her to say were,
me." Immediately after, that I heard her say,
jou would—you sai 1 you would—but don't, lon
than came outside the hovel, and could hear s,
talking, but he thought it came across from
He returned into the hut and sat down, b,
afterwards, thinking some one was on the line,

got outside, ho thought he heard somebody on
The pods train then came down. It passed al
did not tell this at the first inquest, beeausr
business in the hovel adeep. His duty was to
down the line. Eiamuel Whitmore, for the de.

that he was a workman to Mr. Rose, and had
Powz-,11 about it before he gave evidence, when
knew nothing about the affair ; but after the evil
that what he had stated was true. The jury
rated, and in a few minutes found a verdict

murder" against Clare, who was committed

coroner's warrant for trial. Powell is a trip;
wooden leg. and apparently very nervous.

The Queen of Spain will return to her domin
the middlo of October.
Marshal Bandon arrived at Marseilles on
under salutes from the batteries.
TAVISTOCK ELECTION.—Close of the Poll :
sell, 164 ; Mr. Miall, 120. Majority for Mr. RI
The Turkish Government still actively pursue
respondence respecting the evacuation of the
Perin by the English, and its restitution to Tar'
TIM INDIAN MUTINY.—The Calcutta pasEeni
Ripon believe that, when Delhi has fallen, th,
will spread still farther over the country, by grew
of the mutineers escaping to various parts of Ind]
A deepatch from Berlin, of Thursday evening,
that the King of Prussia has conferred the Gran,
of the Black Eagle on the three eldest ems of thc,
of Russia —the Grand Dukes Nicholas, Alexander'
Valadimir.

, A VILLAGE CHURCH RATE CONTEST the little Pe)
of Bisphaw, near Blackpool, Lancashire, a P°llOpti
church rate commenced on the 23rd irs'., but at the'eo
two hours the chairman, the Rev. Me. Mocatta, root
from the contest, declaring that be could see no cll3ol,
success. Ouly 22 votes were frilled for the raw, gg
against it. Churchme-, Independents, W :OPesley'
Roman Catholic', united in op hoeing it.
ExTna..otnons ARV AccroENT TO PROFESSOR .n
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Among the numerous visitors to the Lake district 'l4;f,
the last few weeks has been Dr. Day, the professo
Medicine in the Unirers'ty of St. A,Alrew's, aceoraP,
by a friend. Ort Friday last, he, alone, made an ate
of Helvellyn from Patterdale, and having made 5c15
previous ascents of the mountain from the sanv Pet
he went unaccompanied by a guide. Ho deterralilf,
&scend in ths naighbottrhood of the Greens* 00
Mines, and took what appeared to be the best and °gill
est route, when suddenly the earth beneath hialof
way, and in an iestint be w s precipitated into acei
The suffocative feelin;s pro lucod by the state of t'Or
into which ho bad fallen, at once convinced hit il
he was in the tunnel made to convey away the slv.rod
ons gasses from the smelting works of the mino'6 t,
he felt that a violent effort mint he made to gel el
opening through which•he had fallen, or that a 130,
death was irievi'able. Happily he was able to rEac,oo
opening and to keep his howl in the fresh air atO•tiol!
and in this position ho remained for sAne hours, P'iprY,
hanging by one arm as he fonni the other was p"1:01)
and calling at intervals fur Le'p. As evening appr°,7oit
three gentlemen touris's were descenclisg the Inou'lf
atal, harinz the cries far help, were attracted to the )
where they found the Proressor's head alone in vial; of
promp ly as p tssible they removed him from bis fib'
position and conveyed him to an inn at Patterdaleiol‘ri
it was found that one of his arms was very badly bl 5
A messenger was at once &snatched to Bovvse-f tti
medical ai4, and Dr. Clowre arrived in the course
night and rendered all needful assistance. Oa the 11 011"
ins day ho removed to Carlisle for farther surLieflottil
where be remained at the Bash Hotel until Vie, bnid
suffering greatly from the injuries he had receiveescoro
congratulating himself on his almost miraculouelc ne,114,
from instant death. We believe steps have alrea'Arlir
taken to prevent a repetition of such a disaster—'
Pariot.

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