Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

TIMES.--r==LIVERPOOL) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1857.

THE LATE MY3TERIQU3 MURDER IN
LONDON.-AN EXPERIMEN

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Shortly atter elevei o'el-ek on Wadu-slay, Superin-
tendent Durkin, accompanied by Instinct:or Mackenzie and
a number of. the Themes police,, repairs .1 to Waterloo
EtrOge fur the pwpose of making experiments with, a bag
similar to .thatin. which the remains of,the, 11;or3:-ri.d man
were fopnd. Tha tide was at the same hei4ht on the
night of the murder. The carpet be, used, whirls wjgbed
exactly 30 lb. (die precise weight of begc,,,titaieing.the
remains) was lif.ed.'on the par..p..tt and fr.)rn tllimce swung
over the second !mare'. The first parapet is nti.irly two feet
wile, and the second abut two feet six. It will be. seen.
fierefore, that any person s.an,ling r;ta the stone st of the
recess, and holclin the hay at arm's length, to as to clear
both parapets, in :st have been posse,sed not only of con-
siderable physical pow.,r, but of a steady hand, and more
than o dinary nerve. The place from, where, the bag was
lowered was as nearly as poss.ble the centre of the'reeess.
As soon a; the hag eleare I (ho snml parapet, 20 yr„r 's cf
rope were payed out as fast as possible, aad after a I,pse of
a few seconds the bag was found to rest firmly upon ; lie
buttress. The txaeriment was tried a second time 'ei:h
similar results. The police are satLified, from this ei4li-
meet, that the bug could not have been deposits! on ne
buttress by any person in a boat on the river bAeath, n. ;11-,,
tide runs to strong past the buttress that no boat could,
have bean brought, up so
,aa to lodge a burdeh on it. The
strength required for loge -lug the bag, so as to clear the
parapet of the bd,ig-, would warrant the assumption that
the woman was assisted by sone person who met her in the
recess, end decamped the moment the bo.s was:lowered.
It is stated that Professor Taylor's rrp .rt will show the,
murder was corumitt:d, and that t::,e body was eftervarda
boiled.

1,1 ADE W►TIH GRF.',Ar TA'FE, at LEWIS and

COME'ANI"B, Ranelagh street.

"A do-patch frlrn Mairid. in the Journal des Pelnls,
announces that, the couanenient of the Qteen of Spaie is
daily expecte I. •

The Dai;y News pabli,ihes the result of inquiries insti
tut*d in 6usequence of Archbishop Cullen's statement,
relative to the admiuistration of thS Patriotic Fund. Itis
asseverations are gene ally contradicted by a reference to
facts and figures".
The three-decker Ecglish troop-ship, rep'rted as dig,
masted, turns oat to be a Turkish hie of-battle-ship,
coming to Plymouth for repairs. A. portion of her crew
wear a military costume, which may have led the Spanish
captain to report them as English troops.
The Daly News, adverting to tea Circumstances of the
visit of the Duke of Cambridge to 'Sheffield, says they
disprove the assertion that we must keep the army ariato.
crAtic because we depend on the aristocracy and their
retainers for military spirit and Maitary resources.

THE Ilarawev littritseatriatss Aoark.-At . the Man-
Chester city sessions, on Thursday, four oiher Dersens
connected with the eater sive robberies from the I.otidon and
North-Western Italsey goods station. at Londen
were tried. 'William Waterhouse, 35, a porter, George
Adams (riot in the ea elder), an I Gabriel, Stuith Walsh,
main: et tyedealer,[wene ficatineieted together fen stealing
and Yeeivin,g a pe eel and its contents (a quan-iiy ut
woilien-',ototti) 0o the 4th of July, lest. Mr. Wheeler and
Mr. Lere4ehe were ler the peasecution ; Mr.:S)wler apd
- Mr.•Fernley fir the pi i 'own. The parcel was sent from
Hudde sfidd by Messes. Hedees, Woo !head, nncl Co„ o!'
that town,' to elessre. W. R. Heywood and Co;, of C trpo•
ratlim-stree*, Mancheste , and duly reached-NJ. 10 a ch, at
London Bold. One of the eat tern of the company, going
h's rounds, rimed Ain his cart, but there was no cornes-
pandine entry in his delivoty beak. He thererore. brought
it back to the arch at noon, but at
.tso o'clock it wag
missing. Ors the IRh or tics eime mouth the cloth was
brought by Wale, house and Adams to Walsh, who b inght
it for 7s, I. This was on the S.turday.. Early it; the
Isforainy.surbseguent, Walsh pledged it iu the name of Bag-
nall for 10s, The value of the portion pledged was 225.
61.:0:1;the 18th ef that month, SatelitY, a policaman,,teaned
the cloth, and it appearing that the maiden name. of
Welsh's .wife bad b en Bagnal', he %Teta to Walsh's, ,and
discovered the pewnsicket ie his house. , Walsh prodeced
an invoice end receipt its t'-e name of Waterb cuss, hut in
the hand wri ing of Adams. wriah latter prisoner had a broe
ther employe-1 as :a porter in the ve-y No. 10 arch wh nee
the ;tercel was missed. It was, not, however, till the 10th
September that Waterhouse was arr'sted, and on the 30th
September Adams V 3.3 appeeh-nied at Hal.
_Waterhouse
anti Adams then- stated respectively that each Was the mere
innocent agent of the other,,en 1 this defence was urged on
their behalf on Titers lay at the trial. It was also urged that
there was no proof of guilty kn)wledge brought ham,- to
The jury, how,ver, found all three guilty, and it
wits shown that o-t the 3J la July, Waterboese and Adams
had sell a lot of new boots (oart of a consignment of i4B
pairs, wide) had bee stolen from t'-,e same arch on V.e 29:b
ef, that mewl)) to Walsh, wire pledged them the day alter.
The reeordeesenteneed a 1 three prisoners to one year's ims
psi Grinaan.t in 'he gaol. :,The fourth person tried was
John Beck .(28),:desrei 'ed as an agent, who was ch trged
with having stolen a la,x containing 39 pairs of boats, of
the valueiof £l2, from the same com?any. wes found
nil ,v, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Mr.
Ovess proseceted, and: Mr. Hopwood defended Becks,
THE LATE TRAGEDY AT WARLEIGII.--.-SilaCC the inquiry
loafers the coroner relative to_the mu -der of 411,11Tw Bonier
and his wife, the
v Fisor. ,er, Thomas Miller, his been gm-
dually e:Teriug from- the. wnueds he inflleted upon
himself, and it wee expec:ed that in the c turse of a few
days 11,1 woali be able to be remove ! and undergo an
examinetion before the neigistrates. In order, however,
to avoid the excitement of a pablic court, it was determined
to conduct the ievestigation at the residence of the prisener;
and, accordingly, on Tnetr7ay lane Mr. P: C. Sheppard, a
c mute magistrate, price led to Warleigh, 'and. took the
depositiens in the prisoner's bedroom, in which he was
!since 4r. Skriee, of Warleigh-lionia accompanied by,
Mr.THelps, his solicitnr, was present, but jock no part in
the proceedings. Mi. - Slack,_ solicitor,. of Bath, was
present on behalf. of the. prilener. All the witnesses wise
'gave evidence at the inqUest were again ex imined, 'in
addition to the prisonerts mutter, who until ta-day was
tort unwell to undergo an ex imination. She gave her
evidence ie a coil, c ed manner, and without the least ilie-
,eision. Her, name is Eliz ibetta Miler, and, being sworn,
she deposed—l am the wife of Nimes Miller. Tile prisoner
is my son He is 27 -years of age. lie '-.as never be n al-
- to drinking, ner have I noticed anything wning abiut
his sta,e of mind fur her 'than that after he has been
reenuee I hove heard him rem itk that he 'Lit his head
rather light oa the to?. On the ;ht of IriilaYpeeeeding
the Murder, I hel tin rest ie c qa-rce of the state he was
He appeared to think flora was sortie or.e fi shting
with hiria all night. I thought he was going to have a
fever. He sail 'the Philistines were (aiming t.) him, I
sat by his silo all night, and whenever 'I went away
for a monvnt, he celled me back. lie eget, up between
6 and 7 o'clock, and I gave him some tea. He seemed mach
better afterwards. I then went to the Shepherd's farm,
having business there daring the day ; before I went told
Mrs. Hancock to send for me if she observed nay son 1) be
worse Daniel Hancock came to me in the afterniton and
said Thomas was very bid. Learns home at Ca'cl,ick and
gave him
,some tea. I !tied made "preparations for him
to pet his
.feet in hot w tter, and while I was upstairs
getting the water reedy, _ this circumstance, happened.
was upstairs f heard- the door /pen and then a scream.
I ran do.fli stairs as fist aspoSsible ; btatavlann I got down I
feuod no one in the kitchen. The scream I heard appeared
t, be that of a man. I rushed out of doors, anew Igett to
the door I, farcy I tonehe3 some ode'S enat, It was qttite
dark, and I c ;uld 'rut tell who it was. I think it. was Tom.
The'door was wide ( pen. Whnn I got out of the door
sa enthat some one had fallen down on the pathway; and I
eil!e•I to Daniel Hancrek to c me out to see who it was.
It was the body f Mrs. Border. She was lying about
three perils fr no the door. Mrs Ilieceek brought a light,
and said, "Why, here it Mrs, Border lying en the grouni', Itt
M's. Border nentier Spoke nor moved. I went into Brads
fiell's house, and remained there until my son was found
After my sort was got intik bed I returned home. My hue-
bend remained is bed all night, anti a•ked me on the fol-
lowing nnrain,?. what' the noise was about. I said that
Tom had been ill. The knife produced belongs to my son,'
aid was ti'aially kept in the kitchen Window.
see the knife that eveniiig. "never knew- my son to speak
in anyiangry way in regard to the B trders, I had not
heard him mention their Lames' for sore' time. 'My son
was a very sayinasloing'inaneand bad some mosey in the
sae:irro-benk. The money' fouhdin th ) box belongs to me.
I think there Was £9l in the: bx. Ha was always a, amid
and dutilul son to Me.' By 'Mr. Slack.—He was as
harmless as a chill ; he acted sometimes more like
a child than a man. My husband was not capable of
taking care of the motley, as he has not been right in his
tultddurieg the last nine Tears. He is now in the lunatic
ward of the workhouse ; he was removed there a few days
since. By Mr. Willi urns, inagistretes' clerk. I don't
know what raised my husband to become insane ; he lost
some money kiwi: 2') years agog llehas told me three:tr
four times that he had attempted to ceminit suicide; on
one occasion he tried t ) drosin himself at Dundas. The-
depesitices haring been read over to the prisoner, who
was c tni din the tumid way, he made no reply, Mr.
Slack advising him to say no hing. The prisoner Ras then
fu ly coxmitted for trial. The magistrate (Mr. Sheppard)
declined to make any order at present respecting the
money standing to the prisoner's credit in the Bath Savings
Bank (£47 3e. 81) or the £92 found in the house. Mn,
Edwards, surgeon, stated that he could not give a emaciate
for the removal of t' e prisoner until the following day, ,

At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agee of Six to Twenty Years.