The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-18 00:00:00

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maid. On coming ibr he sat down. and Miiss Welchman accused hint
of stealing a pair of seisms. He then made nse of very impertinent
and improper language, on which all except Miss Welchman left
the room. •In an adjoining room. she had an opportunity of hear.
log the prisoner invite her to sup out ; and. on her refiesal ask fot
some pickled salmon, which was likewise declined: About eleven
o'clock she returned to the workilig-room, and desired the pristinet
to depart, who refused until be should, as be said+ get' back a letter
which he had writtew,to Miss Welchntan. This was declared to be
impossible by the deceased, arc the letter had been destroyed. At
this time the witness went down stairs to supper, in the •kitelseq ;
minute Omni* Miss Welchman followed. She went, however,
tip *gain, saying, that slie would contrive to get rid of him. In'
about five minutes she heard a scream, followed by two reports of *
pistol. She then ran up stairs as far as the parlour passage, saw no
person pass Out, nor the prisoner afterwards.
On cross-examination by Mr. Knapp, she admitted that theft
were other lodgers 'hi the horse, and that it was possible for a per.
son to have passed the street door without her notice. She had
previonsly seen the windows of the front room fastened.
' Mr. Watkins, the landlord of the house, was next called. He
slept ins building behind the house, which was let out to lodgers.
lie nias suddenly called by his house keeper on the night of the 4th
of August, and immediately afterwards heard a scream. On hearing
the report of fire-arias, he ran up stairs, anti found Miss Welchman
lying on the Root, her head beyond and the rest of her body within
the door. She west bleeding profusely from the head. He entered
the. win, and saw nobody. The window over the door in the front
room was open ; it was above a porch, by which the descent to dm
ground was broken. He subsequently found two pistols, one lying
in the front and one in the back room, together with a hat, which
he had delivered to a constable.
Thomas Moon, a constable of the district of Hanever.square,
heard the alarm. When he entered the house, lie directly ordered
a search, understanding that murder had been committed. He went
np to the first floor, and found Miss Weldunan supported in a chair,
with two severe wounds in her head and body. About a quarter of
an hour afterwards he found the pistols and hat. The former ap.
peared to have been recently discharged.
Collinson keeps the public-house next door to the house
in question. He heard soon after eleven, o'clock some noise, then a
scream, and, on looking out, saw a man lying on the ground, as if he
had dropped from a window ibove. In a very short time he got
up, and ran away. He observed that lie was withont a hat, and.that
he ran towards Charles-street. The prisoner had been once at his
home, but he believed he had not seen Wire : he could not therefore
speak to his identity.
William Kingston was passing through Mount street between
eleven and twelve on the night in question, and met a man who
passed him at full speed, and withont a hat, which induced lihn to
leek back and enquire.
Mr. Russel, a surgeon, was called in on the 4th of Angust, at
Mr. Watkins's, where Ire found the deceased just expiring. Ono
wound was through her right temple and the other in the left side.
They were both, in appearance. pistol wounds. He saw the pistol*,
the interiors of which were moist, and of coarse indicated that they
bad been recently discharged.
r Mrs. Ann Stennet was housekeeper to Mr. Watkins • she had
' called her master, and bad found a bullet close to the spot where
the head of Miss Welehman lay, that could be produced.
Thomas Foy, a hatter, in Bond-street, examined the hat which
was produced in Court, and tumid in .Miss Wekhman's apartment.
He believed it to be the hat which he had sold to the prisoner in
.the month of June lust. He knew the prisoner to have lived ser-
vant with Mr. Crawford; and he told the witness that he was chest
to be married to the forewoman of a dress-masker. •
On cross-examination by Mr. Alley, he stated that be could not
swear positively to the hat.
John nickel], a soldier in the 3d regiment, and servant to General
Dilkes, had lent the prisoner a hat on the evening 'knowing the
murder. The prisoner said he had been in a heals at Hyde-park
fair, and lost his own.
Thomas Foy, a police officer, searched the prisoner's lodgings at
No. 16, Grosvenor-mews, and there naiad a case for a pair of pis-
tols, and a mould for casting pistol-balls, with a key, all fitting to the
'pistols found in Mount-street.
Edward 'tracker was a farmer residing at Sutton, near Salisbnrv,
and had known the prisoner formerly, who worked for him. Ho
yaw him on Tuesday the nth of August in that neighbourhood, and
having observed the accounts ii the newspaper', ceased, loppj.
lapprehended.

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