The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-04 00:00:00

SEPT. 4.

and (Got+, eloired on suspicion of habilis:, e,ii IVedne•day evenieg,
murdered a young woman, mined J 411 e with whom he hats
for bolliC tittle Cohabited, and afterwards attempted to put o
to Isis own •xistessee by cutting his throat.— lii the latter attempt he
failed, bl. although be tuccuctied in making a deep incision, the •
Surgeons of thy Hospital to which he was taken, declared they had
no appreheosion of danger bola it, and in coo equeoce of that de-
cimation Inc was brought tip for examination before Mr. Wont..
M. Richard Alloys. 1.1 Bermondsey-street, stated, that as lie was
walking in the Upper kentroad, on Wednesday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, his attention was engauvd by a tingular noise
coming nom a field adioning the road. He instantly jomptil Min
the field, and near the spot observed an intant Ring on the grass
covered with blood ; lie took it up and examioesi it, but could dis-
cover no host about it. Looking sound he perceived at a little ells
trance, a man extended on the grass; he went lip to helm and the
nom endeavoored to rai-e bii ht at! at his approach ; the witness
perceived his throat WA% cut and the blood ensiling out. Some
other persons had by this time come up. unil the witness gave the
child to one of them whilst he raised tip the wounded mail and en-
deavoured to st,p flee bleeding by closing tho wound with his fingers ;
Lr in some degree succeeded ; the man seemed a little to Iteover,
and a paper and pencil tieing put into .his hand lie wrote as follows:
‘. I give you soy direction—Dear Jane Wale is a true trieutl of mine
—I have a key its my pocket which I will give you." He did not
write any more, or did lie speak ; a coach having by this time come
up he was put into it awl taken to Guy's Hospital, %nese he con-
tinued till now broneht up for examinatiow.
Sheregold, a coostable, :stated, that having been ii,fo.rned
murder had been done in the Kent-road, hastened to tlte spot,
whrte he tOund the last witness supporting Hack's heat. SheregAd
proce•dcd to examine the spot further, and at a distance of about iitty
yards he fund the body of a young woman. )arse Ware, with her
throat cut in a most dreadful manner, anti quite dead. Having as•
certained that she was dead, and Wortley hello; there, he lett her and
retutned to the spot where he nail lett the wounded man. They got
him into a coach, and the witisc-s went to the liconital with him. On
his way thith:r, toe prisoner wrote on a piece of paper, " I am no•
so bad as you think we—) ou.hurt me much. Jane Ware lodges Me.
17, Nurtulk-street, Union-street."
Treeby and \Vui. Voi :ley deposed finding the body of Jane
Wale quite ocad, and with the assittance of some other persons lin:y
coolie) ed it un a shutter to the Rising Sun public-house, Harper-st Let,
Kent-road. _ _ _

Upon this evidence, the surgeon having certified that no ill etrets
would result bow doing so, the Magistrate committed the prisoner to
Horsemooger-I.oe gaol. He had not. hoWelCr, b:Til in tic prisou
(to w4octi he was COIIVeVed with the ele.lteSt care and tendaness)
above hail an hour, hetore he expired. This NVIVICIIOI Man leaves a
widow Jed live small infant unprovided tor. He had also cohabited
with ;am: Ware, who had several children by him. No reason what-
ever can be given for thee,,lnmissin of the rash act of which he was
god except it arose trom some sudden and violent fit of jealousy.
Nothing is known of what took pace prior to, or at the meetitrA to
the K...nt-road, nor does it appear that any one was resent, cr saw
them together on the evening w tieu the fatal deed was done.
Inquests were yesterday taken before the Coroner for Surrey, on
the bodies of Joseph hack Mill the unfortunate victim of his lingo-
vernahle passions. No ne,v evidetw. ixas-adatieed on the fast in-
quest, and the Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against
Ju•epli Hack. The Coroner then proceeded to Horsemonger-laoe,
wlier- the body of Hack was lying. Here the wattle evidence
which was hem d before the Magistrate at Union Ilan was heard in
addition, to whirl) the master of the miserable murderer and suicide
was exambied, who deposed that he had no doubt the deceased had
been for a considerable time insane. The Jury upon this evidence
found a verdict of—insanity.
The following anecdotes leave come to our knowledge, and will,
perhaps, tend to chew the circinastaores which led the miserable
man to e.on:ilit the horrid acts which tel his own and tier
existence of a fellow-creature. The unfortunate Jane Ware be-
came known to Hack about three years ago, at which time she
lived set vant at an Ina in the Borough; the emperpeenue of their
intimacy was the pregnancy of Jane, who went to lie in in Christ-
chinch workhouse, and Hark was in consequence taken up arid
kept in custody till lie found security to indemnity the parish.
Jane after wards obtained a situation in a gentleman's family at
Blackheath ; here, however, he followed her and she again liet!aine
pregnant and lost her situation. She then went and sesided in the
same house with Hack, where, about three months tut), she was
delivered of to ins, and Mrs. Hack nursed her. Some time since
!trove% er the women disagreed, and Jane quitted the house and
went to reside iii Norfolk-street. Hack, however, was dissatisfied
and urged Lim return, which bbe refused to dui stating as a masou