The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

HORRIBLE MITR: OER,

Inspector Richer4ion, of the N division, was early on the
spot, and he took Buckwell into custody. From what he
could ascertain it would appear that Buckwell had gone to
bed, and that after he had been in bed some time he got up
and hid himself on the stairs before he perpetrated the
deed. At the station he said, " I did do it. I loved the
girl, and that's the reason I did it." He exhibited great
minadtiffteer.rence, and did not seem to care anything about the

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER, THIS DAY,
This morning, at the Clerkenwell Police-court, before
Mr D'Eyncourt, Frederick Charles Bucknell, aged 23, who
was described on the charge eheetas an under waiter, was
charged with causing the death of Jane Terry by stabftng
her in the heart with a butcher's knife. The prisoner ap-
pears younger than he is described, and his appearance is
rather of a mild character. His eyes had a peculiar stare
about them, and he seemed to feel his position very acutely.
Inspector Richardson, N division, was in attendance to
watch the case on behalf of the Commissioners of Police.
Henry Keeble was the first witness called. He stated
that he managed the business of his uncle, Mr Keable; at
the Lion public-house, New Cattle Market. The prisoner
was under waiter there, and had been employed there for
two years. Last night, about a quarter-past 11, he heard
screams on the staircase, and on going up stairs he met the
prisoner coming down. He had a knife in his hand, and
said, "I have done it, Master Henry; I have killed her,"
He took the knife from him, and said, " You scoundrel,
come down stairs." The prisoner went down stairs, and
he then gave him into the custody of a gentleman in the
bar. The knife, which was about eighteen inches long,
and very sharp, was covered with blood. That knife was
used in the kitchen. The prisoner and the deceased, as far
as he knew, had been on very good terms together.
Mr D'Eyncourt—Had there been an attachment between
the deceased and the prisoner?
Witness—There had been. That was about seven
months ago.
The prisoner said in a firm tone that he did not wish to
ask the witness any question.
William Gardener, the head waiter, said he knew the
prisoner and the deceased as servants in the employ of Mr
Keeble. Last night he was in front of the bar sweeping,
when he heard a loud and long scream, coming from the
top of the house. Seeing the previous witness going up
stairs he followed and saw Mr Keeble having hold of the
prisoner. He rushed past, and before reaching the next
landing he saw the deceased fall. She was bleeding very
much from a wound in the left breast. He could see the
wound.

Mr D'Eyncourt—Did she live long?
Witness—No; he believed that she was dead when he
picked her up. She did not speak or groan. The only sign
of life she gave was an endeavour to draw her breath, but
this she failed in.
Mr D'Eyncourt—Have you observed that the prisoner
was paying his addresses to the deceased ?
Witness—No. I thought there was nothing more than
joking between them.
Mr D'Eyncourt—Have you seen anything about the pri-
soner that would have led you to suppose that he intended
anything of this sort ?
Witness—No. He had seen a young man come to the
house, whom he understood was paying his addresses to the
young woman.
Mr George Tate, member of the Royal College of Sur-
geons, said he was called to examine the deceased. He
found her deluged in blood. On feeling her pulse and exa.
mining her be found her quite dead. She was still warm.
He was told she had been stabbed, and on examining her
he found an incised wound on the upper part of the left
breast. The orifice was about an inch and a half or two
inches in depth. He put his finger into the wound and
found that the knife had passed through the left lung into
the back of the heart. He could feel the heart. (Sensation.)
Ile could feel the heart with his finger. He pushed his
fiager in as far as he could. He had no doubt the wound,
was immediately fatal,
Mr D'Eyncourt—Could the wound have been inflicted
with such a knife as that produced ?
Witness—Yes; it is just such a knife as would inflict
such a wound.
Mr D'Eyncourt—Would it require much force to inflict
such a wound ?
Witness—Yes, it would require considerable force:
Mr D'Eyncourt asked if the deceased was a robust young
woman ?
Witness—Yes, and she was a very fine young woman,
and full of flesh.
Charles Hill, the boots, gave confirmatory evidence, and
said that he left the prisoner in his bedroom about 20 minutes
before this occurred. He then bade him good night, and the
prisoner said, " Oh, I might come down again," A few
minutes afterwards he saw the prisoner with a knife in his
hand, and he said he had done it. Last Sunday fortnight the
deceased came home with her cousin, and the prisoner then
said " that is the man (meaning the cousin) that has broken
my peace of mind." The deceased and the prisoner had
been very partial to one another, but not so much of
late. He did not think that the prisoner contemplated
anything of this sort. The deceased wished him " Good
night" two or three minutes before he heard the scream.
He had heard the prisoner say that he was very fond of the
deceased, and that he would have her and no one else.
Police-constable George Norris, 220 N, said that about
half-past 11 last night he was called into the Lion Tavern,
and the prisoner, who was in front of the bar, was given into
my custody on a charge of stabbing his fellow-servant. He
told him the charge, and he said, " I will tell you all about
it." He told him it was his duty to caution him against
making any statement. He was not obliged to say
anything, but what he did say might be heard in evi-
dence against him. He said, " She is the only girl that
ever I liked ; and poor girl she has got it, and I hope
she will die." A gentleman came into the room and
said "She is dead." The prisoner remarked, " I would
rather that she is dead than that any one else should have
her." After that he (witness) went up stairs with inspeca
tor Richardson, and on the second staircase found a brooch
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the knife ?
Witness—No.
Mr D'Eyncourt—Was there any blood on the prisoner's
hands or clothes ?
Witness—l did not observe any. The prisoner did not
seem much excited.
Inspector Thomas Richardson, of the N division, said
that last night he went to the Lion publichouse. He re..
ceived from Mr Keeble the knife produced. The knife was
covered with blood. On his reading the charge °Ter to the
prisoner he said, " I did do it. I loved the girl, and that
was the reason why I did it." He (witness) wrote these
words down at the time. In the prisoner's box be found a
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indifference, was then remanded.
The prisoner, who treated the matter with the greatest
Mr D'Eyncourt inquired if the friends of the deceased
had been communicated with.
Mr John Richardson said the friends of the deceased re-
sided at Derehem, in Norfolk, and he would communicate
with them. The prisoner has a father but no mother. The
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prisoner asked that his aunt, Mrs Bishop, of 11, Lion-
square,Whitecapel
might be communicated with. The
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d stated that he had had to support himself for
Boner's father had visited him at Mr Reeble's ; but the
prisoner ha
the last ten years.

Lord and Lady Huntingfield have left the St,
George's Hotel,
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mrs Gladstone have issued cards for a grand dinner on
the 22d inst. to his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale
and a select circle, at the family residence on Carlton..
house-terrace,

REMARKABLE ESCAPE.--A very singular accident
happened at Bishopmill on Tuesday. A child of
about 3 years of age was amusing itself by the side of one
of the mil lades and fell into it. The helpless creature was
carried 100 yards along with the current, 80 yards of that
distance being under a continuous arch below the mills, the
turnpike road, and a dwelling-house known by the name of
the " Ark." The water was about 3 feet deep, the arch
very little above its surface, and the darkness, of course,
complete. When the child came out at the end it was
seen, and when about 20 yards farther down the race was
taken up by a boy. It was no worse, and was quickly re.
stored to its parents.—.Elgin Courant.
VALUE OF LAND IN HASTS.—Land has become
so valuable in Hampshire that all green spots, not common
land, by the side of hedgerows, are being enclosed.

THE FORTIFICATIONS IN THE SOLENT.—The
Needles Point Battery, in the Isle of 'Wight, is now armed
with six Armstrong 110-pounders.

WHEAT IN EAR.—The Caledonian Mercury of
yesterday says—" A field of wheat, grown from Australiau
seed, is now in full ear on the home farm of Craigie,"

Last night, at a few minutes to 12 a most fearful murder
was committed at the Lion Tavern, New Cattle Market,
the victim being a female of the name of Terry, a house.
maid in the service of Mr. Feeble, the.landlord. The mur-
derer was an under waiter, of the nam 9 of Charles Buck-
well, and it appeared that he was despwately in love with
this young woman.
The murdered woman was heard to scream, and on the
ne phew of the landlord going up stairs he found Buckwell
or, the third landing with a long knife in his hand, Buck-
well exclaimed that he had killed the deceased, on which he
Was seized and detained in custody.
Mr. George Tull, surgeon, of 65, Cataden-road-villas,
WI a called by the inmates of the public-house, and he
found the deceased dead from an incised wound in the
lelt breast, extending through the lungs and penetrating
the heart.
It would appear that the deceased and the young man
bad walked together, and it is said that a fellow servant (a
female) had dissuaded the deceased from going out with
hEm.