The National Register.
London, England, 1811-12-22 00:00:00

ANOTHER MURDER !

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All the Police Officers are on the ales to discover some trace
of the horrid miscreants.
The several Magistrates of the Thames, Whitechapel, and
Shadwell Police Offices, met together yesterday at the •Vbarnes
Police Office, for the purpose of considering and adopting the
most effectual measures for th' discovery of the perpetrators of
the late atrocious murders, in the neighbourhood of their respec-
tive Offices.
The Churchwarden's and Overseers of Shadwell parish hetd a
meeting, and immediately advertised a reward of one hundred
guineas for the discovery of the villains.
The Magistrates of Shadwell continued sitting the whole day,
and the concourse of spectators before the Office was equally
numerous to that on the spot where the fatal murders hap-
pened.
The deceased Mr. J. Williamson was about 56 years of age
h.s wife, Mrs. C. 'Williamson, -about 60; and Bridget Harring-
ton, the servant woman, 50 years of age.
A Gentleman who has seen the situation from which the
murderers made their escape from Mr. Williamson's premises,
thinks it his duty to state, that they must necessarily have soiled
themselves in front with clay, as, on leaping from the window, I,
they alighted at the foot of a sloping clay hank, which, being
very wet and slippery, they must have gained the summit on
their-hands and Juices. This circumstance, if generally known,
may lead to the detection of the Glieliders, as clay soil is not
easily removed from clothes. It shou,d also be known that one
of the murderers had on a rough gi eat coat.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Yesterday an Inquest was held over the bodies of Mr. John
Williamson, Mrs. C. Williamson, his wife, and 13. Harrington
their servant woman, who were inhumanly massacred on 11.1urs-
day nieht last, in their dwelling-house, New t;ravel. lane, bhad-
well. The Jury commenced their investigation soon after two
b'elock, and continued their laborious task till late in the even-
ing. After the Jury had inspected the unfortunate bodies, they
retired to the Coroner, \V. Unwin, Esq. in waiting at the Black
Horse, opposite the dwelling-house of the deceased. The
.most
material evidence was given by Mr. Anderson and John 1 ur-
ner. The substance is as follows:
Mr. Anderson was first examined, he deposed that lie was a
constable, he knew Mr. and Mrs. Williams.ai, they were cha-
racters highly respected in the neighbourhood, and for the space
of 15 years kept the King's At ms public-house, which was the
resort of foreigners of every description. At ekven o'clock
every night they invariably closed up their house. On 'Thurs-
day night, Mr. Williamson adopted the same plan. Ten minutes
before eleven witness called for a pot of beer. Mrs. \V'. drew
:he beer, and said to him, " You shall not carry the beer home,
I will send it." During the time she was drawing the beer,
Mr. \V. who was sitting by the fire, said to Mr. A.." You are
an officer, there has been a fellow listening at my door, with a
brown coat on, if you should see him take him in custody or tell
me." Mr. A. answered " He certainly would, for .his and his own
safety." These were the last words Air. A. mentioned, and then
retired. Witness lived next door but one to the deceased; between
twenty and thirty minutes after he left the King's Arms, he in-
tended to go for another pot of beer ; as soon as he got out of
bis house he heard a noise, when he saw the lodger lowering
himself down into the street by the sheets. He tan into the
house for his staff, and proceeded to the spot. The watchman
caught the lodger in his arms, when witness and others broke
the cellar-flap open ; they all then entered, and began to look
round the cellar; on coming to the staircase, they saw Mr.
Williamson lying on his back, with his legs upon the stairs, his
head downwards ; by his side was an iron instruineilt, similar to
a stone-mason's crow, about three fee: long ; in diameter three
quarters of an inch; it was much stained with blood. Mr.
Williamson had received a wound on the head, his throat
was dreadfully cut, his right leg was broken by a blow,
and his hand severely cut. From these mai ks of violence,
witness supposed Mr. Williamson made great resistance,
being a very powerful man. While wine ss and others
were viewing the body with petrified feelings, they beard a
voice saying, " Where is the old mar. ?" At these words, they,
proceeded up into the sitting-room, when tlny saw Mrs. Wil-
liamson b mg on her left side; her skull was fractured, and her
throat cut, and bleeding most profusely; near to Mrs. William-
son was the servant-woman, lying on her back, wi h her feet
under the grate; her skull was more dreadfully fractured
than that of her mistress, her throat most inhumanly cut
• to the neck hone, and none of the bodies were cold. Wit-
ne,s then stared that the premi es were afterwards examined,
and it was discovered that the murderers had mane their escape
from a back window 'ooking into a piece of waste ground be-
longing to the London WA Company. The sill of the win-
odow %vas stained with hood, and the sash remained thrown up.
1 he distance which the villain: had to jump did not exceed
eight feet, and the ground beneath was soli clay, so that the?

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