The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-06 00:00:00

and to desert from it to go to that of the Confederates, but
he adopted the plan of joining the Federals first in order to
get to America. He then said that what he had suffered no
one could tell; that ho did it for love; and that he had no
intention of doing it when ho came there. Police-sergeant
Cheyney found upon him £5 lOs in gold, a £5 note, Os in
silver, and 4d in coppers; also a prospectus or report of the
Eastern Bengal Railway Company, addressed to " G
Broomfield, Esq., 7, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square
W." He talked occasionally to Cheyney, though with diffi-
culty, and begged him not to leave him, telling him he had
been in an unsettled state of mind about the deceased, and
ho had come to Southampton to settle what property ho had
upon her.
Several documents were found in his pocket, one of
which was a memorandum to this effect :—" I got Mrs.
Colburn to write this note, as I felt too ill to do so.—G. D.
8.," and the address on the letter is Miss Riddle'', 7,
Bishop's-terrace, No wington-green, Islington. My dear
wife is with her, if not dead."
The letter referred to appears to be in the handwriting of
a lady of superior education, and runs in these terms :
" My dear, dear Anne,—These aro the last words you will
ever hear from me. I feel I have broken your heart, I
deserve to die, if I should reach America, in the Confederate
army, that is if I can roach the Confederate by first joining
the Northern, then desert for the Confederates, for I feel
they:are the people that deserve fighting for. Oh, my dar-
ling Ann, I shall not have your kind and affectionate eyes
and [the word following appears to be ' hansl to watch over
me as you ever have done, particularly the last nine months,
night and day. Had I never gone to Alresford my happy
home would never have been broken up. With my kind
affectionate love to all, particularly to those who have been
kind and affectionate to me under my heavy afitictions. I

left all my affairs in the hands of Mr Brown and Mr Cooper.
You will find my will and papers and about 50 or 60 pounds
in the cashbox, I hope all will be carried out as I have
left it to be. I hopo the doctor, Mr Tweed, will go to you,
as I ordered him, immediately. Dear Sarah, render all the
assistance you can to my dear wife ; tell her not to fret
about me; lam not worthy of her doing so. Good.bye."
An addition is made to the letter, apparently by Broom-
field himself, who first signs his name, and adds--
My dear Ann—l felt, when I left, you was dying, and I
feel it all through my affection not being what it ought to
be towards you.—G. D. B."

And he adds in another part of the letter—
" I have my watch with me and about £l,OOO in money.
I name this as there might be some unpleasantness, and the
watch I have named in my will."

Another letter was evidently written immediately before
the tragio occurrence. It is in a tremulous hand, and it is
sometimes difficult to trace the writing ; but reference is
clearly made to the unfortunate deceased's having written
fur him the note given above, and it is addressed to the
husband of the deceased in these terms :

"My dear Mr Coburn—You must- bear up under this
heavy trial same as one that I have left. She is dieing
through the heavy trial I have brought upon her. I have
always tbeught since 1 have been so ill I cannot rest night
or day. I. . . constantly ringing in my ears that
Carrey must die with . . . Ifcel wee shall boath meet
you and my poor deare and affectionate dieing wife. Yours
will not bo hafe the trial as the ono I have left as gone
through, and is now going through. 1 hope you will get
some one to talagraph to say lam dead. I wish you to do
so, or some one, to Mr Brown, 47, Groat Marlebone-street,
Portland-place. Good-bye and God bless you and support
us all under this heavy trial.—G.D.B.

" I hope you will forgive me, and let us boath lay to-
gether till that we shall be called forth to meet Christ.
Then all sorroe and trouble will be at an end. I have
changed my mind in going away since dear Garrey wrote
the note, as I feel she must die with me.'
Since his removal to the infirmary Broomfield has had
every medical care, but his recovery is not expected. Ile is
under the surveillance of police sergeant Choyney. Among
other statements Broomfield has made to the house surgeon
at the infirmary he says that some years ago he was shot in
the head by a gentleman with whom he then lived, and that
he has since been subject to fits of mental derangement.
The wife of the wretched man visited him at the infirmary
yesterday.

THE SUNNINGHILL MURDER.—Yesterday at noon
Frederick Croft, alias William Smith, the tramp suspected
of the minder of Elizabeth Butler, at Mr Crutchley's lodge,
Sunninghill-park, was brought beforo Messrs C. Sawyer
(chairman), J. liercy, T. J. Homy, C. J. Palmer, C. C.
Ferrard, and J. J. Pocock, the sitting county magistrates
'at the Maidenhead County Police-court, for re-exami-
nation, the prisoner having been remanded from last Mon-
day. The court was densely crowded, while the Exterior of
the building was surrounded with people anxious to get a
glimpse of the prisoner, who was brought into court by Mr
Superintendent Iremonger, shortly after the magistrates
had taken their seats on the bench. During the prisoner's
remand fresh evidence had been collected by the Barks con-
stabulary, and Colonel Blandy, the chief constable for tho
county, was again in attendance to press the chargn against
the prisoner. The first witness examined was Margaret
bleyrick, who said she was a Scripture reader, and lived at
No. 2, Cambridge-terrace, Windsor. On tho evening of the
15th of October she heard screams issuing from the arch-
ways of the Great Western Railway and cries of "Murder!"
These arches were about 200 yards' distance from her resi-
dence.
She opened her window, but not hearing any other
cries shut it down again, That was between 11 and 12
o'clock at night. On Sunday morning, the 161 h Oct, about
10 minutes past 11, while she was going to church, she heard
a man and woman quarrelling under the same archway, but
nearer the gas-house. When oho went down the turning
opposite the water and leading to the river Thames she saw
the man and woman again, and distinctly heard the woman
call the man "a murderous villain," upon which the man
advanced towards the woman as if ho was going to strike
her, but stopped and did not do so. Tho woman then said,
"You know you are a murderer,"and the man turned towards
the woman, and said something which the witness did not
hear. The woman said in a crying tone, "You'll soon be
somewhere whero you won't be able to kill people." That
was all witness heard, and she remained near the spot as a
protection to the woman. They were more than 100 yards
distant when she first saw them, but they wore nearer when
she heard what was said. Witness on being asked if she
could identify the prisoner said she was in doubt. The
man appeared darker, had more whiskers about his face, and
looked dirtier than the prisoner. It will be remembered
that Croft had been in gaol a month. Witness continued,
she thought he had a pink striped or plaid shirt on when
she saw the man, but witness looked more at the woman
than the man. She was a stout, full-faced woman, but was
not near enough for the witness to notice any 'nuke on the
face. The woman was of medium height, but she was not
near enough to her to notice if she were pock-marked. On

the Saturday morning she noticed a woman with a pretty
little dog—a brown terrier. She thought it was the same
woman with it then whom she saw on the next day. To the
best of her belief the prisoner at the bar was the man she
had seen with the woman referred to. The prisoner on
being asked if he had any questions to ask the witness re--
plied in the negative. Mr Superintendent Iremonger, of the
Berks constabulary, was next examined, and stated that
about 11 o'clock on the lbth Oct. he received information
of the murder of Elizabeth Butler, at Winkfield, and imme-
diately drove over and was shown the body of the deceased
in the room on the loft side of the lodge. He saw a large
quantity of blood just inside the front door. There was also
blood upon the panels and doorpost of the larder. Ho made
an examination of the premises, but could not find that
anything had been tampered with, or that the drawers and
boxes had been disturbed. He thou looked round the out-
side of the house, but could not find any footmarks, nor any
weapon with which the murder could have been committed.
From further inquiries he apprehended the prisoner on
the 2Gth November, at Aylesbury, on his release from the
gaol. Witness on taking him into custody said to him, "I
apprehend you upon the charge of murdering Elizabeth
Butler, in the parish of Winkfield, on the 15th October. It
is my duty to caution you as to what you say, for what you
do say I shall give in evidence before the magistrates," upon
which the prisoner exclaimed, "I am innocent—l never
was at Winkfield, and don't know where Winkfield is."
Witness took from the prisoner the old slop he was wear-
ing, which ho produced, and on the front of which, to the
bast of his belief, there as a spot of blood. The prisoner
was then asked by - the chairman if he had any
questions to ask this witness, and ho replied,
"No, sir; I've ,nothing to say." Dr Hewitt (the
surgeon, who was called to see the body of the deceased
when the murder was discovered) examined the supposed
spot of blood, and at first said it looked more like a grease
spot. Dr Hewitt after this was placed in the witness-box,
and was examined. He then said the spot upon the smock
had the appearance of mud. Ho had made a post mortem
examination of the body of Elizabeth Butler, and came to
the conclusion that death had been caused by the blows in-
flicted on the head of the deceased woman. The murder
could not have been committed more than half an hour be.
fore the crime was discovered. A short stout stick would
have caused the injuries which the deceased had received.
This was the whole of the evidence produced upon the pre-
sent occasion, at the close of which the magistrates retired
to their private room for consultation, and on their return
to the court remanded the prisoner for three days. Croft,
who on his appearance in court appeared slightly flushed,
and had seemed somewhat moved as Mrs Meyrick, the
Scripture reader, gave her evidence, was then removed by
Mr Superintendent Iremonger to the police cell.
THE FALMOUTH MURDER.—Aibert Julius Wit,
helm Rudolf, tbo German charged with stabbing J.
Timmins, of Penryn, in a street quarrel at Falmouth, was
on Saturday brought up on remand, before Mr Wm. Carne
(Mayor) and Mr John Freeman, and committed to take
his trial at the next Cornwall assizes for wilful murder, and
during the day he was removed to the county gaol at Bud-
min. Mr Superintendent Julyan, of the borough police
force, was boturl over to prosecute, and 16 witnesses were
also bound to give evidence at the trial—among the number
are five foreigners. The evidence adduced on Friday even-
ing was to the effect that the prisoner's coat and cap which
he wore on the night of the murder was found on some tim-
ber near the dry dock on Sunday, havin; apparently been
recently washed. The evidence of Holman, belonging to her
Majesty's ship Sc. George, which the prisoner desired to be
given, was not of the least importance, and his deposition
was not taken. He was not on the spot until some time after
the murder was committed,— Trostern Horning Net's,