The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-04 00:00:00

IVIURDERS of the MARRS and WILLIAMSONS.

Groat interest has been excited by the relation in the London papers
of a sailor, en board his Majesty's ship Spartun, having made a con-
ha ion of being concerned in the above murders; we have collected
the following rotienlars. The times of those implicated by the con-
Vssion of Barron, are fur obvious reasons omitted.
%Valliant Barron, a seaman of his Majesty's ship Spartan, lying in
th.• Downs, was la•t week brought up to the gangway, to undergo pu•
Lishment for robhit.g his messmate of a 51. note. As the panishmert
about to he ii.theled, he observed to Capt. Phipps Hortiby, that he
moald not be punished es a thief, he being a murderer ; tli.tt he was
one of a gang of thirteen, who were concerned in the murders of the
Marrs and William-I.ons, eh( ut four years ago. Captain Hamby think-
Lig Oil- was done t, avoid the puni•liment, told him, if it was so, he
!.uid hand bi.t! c:cr t.)lbe Power to answer lot it, but it was

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his Buts to punish him fur sealing, and that he should pr
ii• tiring this determination, he pulled out a knife, from hi
cut his throat, but not effectually, the wound being iufli
ately under the chin ; —he, however, made a second at!
11e could be secured. but this produced only a slight wow
H..rnby conceiving it necessary to take proper care of
him below, with such precautionary measures as would
de* further violence to himself; subsequently sent
Prince, at Spithead. from whence he was brought on shore
day, and underwent an esomination at Mr. 6reetloon's 01
Parade. The whole of his statement was voluntlry ; thou;
cautioned as to the ultimate consequences, should it prove
rev ; he still persisted in it, as the only means of obtaining
of mind. He stated, that he es as about twenty years of -
was the son of Josepli Beason, of Stockton, in the county
E q. had received a classical education : but about five or
he ran away from-his ft tends, assumed the name of Willi
and apprenticed himself to the master of a collier ; Bed
lying in Ilse river just before the murders were cummittcd ;
apprentice came on board to him, and persuaded him to
saving hr would take him to a gang who %sere going to rob
Mr. Marr that night, and that they hoped to make a good
lie consenting, they went on board several lighters, and rob!
some hatches, and between twelve and one o'clock he procee,
the gang, to the house of Mr. Mary : that they saw
maid come out, and immediately six of the gang entered ti
a young man was behind the counter, who instantly took
and threw it at them, on which one of the gang struck hi
ear with an hatchet, and he fell dead, making one dreadful
he. with two others, proceeded up stairs, into the bed run
Marr, who get out of bed, but was soon dispatched, as was
fortunate child, by first cutting their thro..ts, and then st
wills hatchets, in which he took a principal part ; that M
not move from the bed, and they returned below to caustic'
—After being below some time,
phe heard a noise. and man
up stairs, he found another part of the gang had murdered
was lying on the floor of thechamber with only his shirt ont.
in the house upwards ol SOOl. which being shared, each re,
SOI He says that Williamson, who hung himself it pri
of the gang. Be particularly describes the chess of the Ca
gamic, who on leaving the house wrote on the dour %%11
Latin—

" There are thirteeu of us in a gangs
Catch us who can."

He mentioned the names of others of the gang, with th
lions alter the murders were committed ; one of %born
named Kilkerney, has been hung for seine other depre
states that he was at the Duke of York public house, dor
the Williaroson's were murdered by part of his gang. S
the murders, he shipped himself on board an East Indiama
to India, and on his return, was impressed into the royal
he was and is very unhappy in his mind ; that when in II
something seems continually to shake it, which awaken
then the appearance of a young man presents itself to hi
head lying down, and having a resemblance of the young
sisted in murdering at Mr. Marr's : that his life is so burl
him, he cannot get rest day or night.
During the above confession, he occasionally confused
strongly persisted in the points. His statement has been
Lards of the Admiralty, and he has been remanded to the
proper persons to watch his fictions.
\V' have extracted the foliowing notes of reference from
Lions made at the time the murders were committed, by wh
lic will perceive how they agree :
* It was stated by one of the witnosses, that before th
given, the noise of that of a chair being thrown with
heard in Mart's Wiese.

f When the servaut maid went out, which was about ten
fore twelve, she left her master busy behind the counter,
her a one-porind note to get some oysters, %shich, as tili.. cot
cure at the first shop she went to, she passed her master's
a second ; he was still behind the counter ; she returned I
minutes. [Here our readers will perceive the two accout
pletely at variance.] Mr. Murray, a pawnbroker, who lives
to Mr. Marry stated, that at the time he was the first to eitte
and fond all the bodies below stairs, Mr. Marr behind
with h:s head towards the window.

It did not appear on examining the premises, that any
goods had been stolen, for it was generally corsidered the
the bell by the servant girl, who had been out for the
alarmed the murderers, and that they had made a base,
'the hack part of the premises; and that 1311. were found
of the shop not touched.