The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-12 00:00:00

MURDER IN MARYLEBONE,

Timothy Murphy, a tall, slim-built Irishman, was
charged at the Marylebono Police-court yesterday, with
stabbing a young man named John Eames, a shoemaker,
thereby causing his death. The depositions of the deceased
were as follows :

"I am a shoemaker, living at 27, William-street, Lisson-
grove. Last night I was in a publichouse in Lisson-street,
called the Brazen Head. The prisoner was in the house,
but not in my company. I knew him before, but new: ',ad
a quarrel with him. When in the house I saw sharpen
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' Yes, or any ono that comes across me.' With that he
struck a+. me with the hand in which the knife was, and I
thtut the blade closed on his hand. I then saw him open
.ne knife, with which he stabbed me where I am wounded.
I cannot say whether ho said anything at the time. After
this he ran away. When I found that I was stabbed I ran
after him, and he ran into a beer-shop in Harrow-street. I
saw a constable, and took him into the beer shop and pointed
out the prisoner to him. I am quite sure the prisoner is the
man who stabbed me, and I am quite certain that the knife
produced is the one I was stabbed with."
The following witnesses were examined yesterday :
Thomas Chas. Kirby, surgeon, of the D division, said —I
was called to John-street police-station, where I saw the
deceased. I saw his intestine, about the size of a small
orange, protruding. I examined it, and found no wound cf

the intestine, but that it came from a small wound in the
abdomen, into which I was able to pass my little finger. I
endeavoured to return it, and was not able to do so. I had
him put into a cub and sent to St. Mary's Hospital, and
gave him in charge to the sargeon on duty.
By Mr. Yardley—A wound of the description might be
caused by such a knife, The deceased appeared perfectly
sober. He asked to be taken to the hospital. The knife had
passed through the external wall of the abdomen. I should
say the knife went in about an inch or an inch and a half.
The bowels were uninjured,
Wm. Rayner, house surgeon, St, Mary's Hospital, said
-LI received John Eames on the night of the 19th under my
care. He was suffering from protrusion of the intestines
from the wall of the abdomen, caused by a punctured wound,
and he seemed to be in a state of collapse. He died on the
7th of May, his death was caused by pyasnia, caused by
absorption of matter from the pus. The immediate cause of
his death was the wound. The knife produced would cause
such a wound. lam quite of opinion deceased was sober.
I was present when he made his deposition, and in my
opinion I think he was in a sufficiently collected state. I
may state that before he made his deposition I administered
chloroform to him, to increase the size of the wound to re-
turn his intestines.
Mr Kirby—l told him as we were going to the hospital
that he was likely to die.
Themes O'Donald, labourer—l knew the deceased and the
prisoner. On the night in question I was in the company
of Eames until be left the Brazen Head public-house. I
saw Murphy
sitting down in the Brazen Head cleaning his
pipe with his knife, This was about half-past 9. Eames
was there, and. I did not hear a word pass between them.
Murphy went out and went away. I did not see what he
did vyrth the knife that he was cleaning his pipe with. Eames
.remained for a short time inside the house, and then fol-
lowed Murphy, and what happened I dint know. Eames
followed about three minutes after. I never said I saw
Murphy with a knife in his hand.
Patrick Slater—l knew the prisoner and deceased. I was
walking along Bell-street and there were two men fighting
inside the Brazen Head. One was Patrick King and the
other Dan Dunnigan. I looked into the house and saw the
prisoner sitting inside next to the door. Presently Murphy
came out and walked across the road, and Eames came out
and said "Murphy has got a knife in his hand," and I
said he had not; and he (Eames) followed, and they com-
menced fighting, and Eames returned to me, and said,
" I am stabbed," and I said, "No, you are not," and looked.
He pointed down, and 1 saw no knife or blood. Eames
said, " I will have him locked up," and he (Murphy) was
taken to the station.
Charles Lawrence, 53, Lisson-street, shoemaker—l was I
not acquainted with prisoner or deceased. I was looking
out of the window and saw the prisoner come out of the
Brazen Head, and stand on the kerb, and Eames ran at the
prisoner in a fighting attitude, and prisoner ran back, and
called out "police," and they closed, and after they parted
I thought ho (Eames) was stabbed.
Mr. Yardley—Can you say which struck the first blow ?
Witness—l saw Eames strike first. Prisoner struck an
under-hand blow at the lower part of his person. Eamea
walked away with his hand to his side.
By the Prisoner—l did not tee you come out of the
Brazen Head. I did not see him knock you down. I heard
you call " police."
In reply to Mr. Yardley, Mr. Kirby said the wound was
in an upward direction.
Thomas Lee, 23, Little James-street—l was in the Braz n
Head, but not in the same compartment. Hearing a fight
outside I went out, and saw deceased and prisoner in a fight-
ing attitude. Prisoner was getting backwards as fast as he
could, and deceased followed him. Prisoner was calling out
police I" All at once deceased stopped, and said, " I have
got it ; lam knifed," Prisoner ran into a beer-shop, cor-
ner of Harrow-street, and deceased came to where I was
standing and began to undo his clothes, and I went away.
That is all I know.
Mary Anne Burchell, landlady of the beer-shop, Harrow-
street—He (prisoner) came in with a knife and pipe in his
hand. His thumb was bleeding. The knife produced is the
one. A man standing at the bar asked what he had been
doing, when he said " 1 was scraping out my pipe and fell
and cut my hand." The customer asked why he did not tie
it up, and he said he had nothing to tie it up with it, and he
told him to go home and get it dressed, He remained,
however, and Eames and the police came in, and he
(Eames) said, " That is the man, and my blood is upon
him." I said, "Bow can it be your blood ; look at the
man," not knowing at the time anything of this. The offi-
cer asked the prisoner for the knife, and he gave it from his
waistcoat pocket.
Prisoner—l said that was my blood and nobody else's.
Robert Brown, 259 D—l was on duty in Bell-street about
ten minutes after ten, and deceased came and said, "Master,
lam stabbed." I asked where, and he pointed down to his
left side, and I saw blood and his clothes cut. He said the
man was in the " jerryshop" (Mrs. Burchell's), and he
pointed to prisoner and said, " That is the man that stabbed
me, and that is my blood on his hand." I asked the prisoner
to come with me, He said, "All right, that is no person's
blood but mine," and he at my request gave me the knife
produced. I said, " How did you cut your thumb," and
he said, " I fell on the kerb." As we were leaving Mrs.
Burchell's deceased said, "Murphy is the last man that
ought to stab me," and Murphy said, "We will settle it all
in High-street." About nine o'clock the same evening pri-
soner came to me and said he wanted to give Pat Slater into
custody for stealing a shilling, I went to the public-house
door and called Slater out, and prisoner and Barnes were
present. He first said Slater had taken the shilling from
his hand, and then from his pocket. I asked did he (Slater)
take a shilling at all from him, and he said No, and then
Eames said, " Master, we have all been drinking together,"
and walked away, Prisoner followed, and said, "I will be
revenged upon him to-night." I was present and saw de.
ceased sign the depositions after they had beCn read over
to him.
Sergeant Debbie, 33 D, acting inspector—I was on duty at
Molyneux-street station when prisoner was brought in,
Brown gave me the knife, and said the prisoner is charged
with stabbing a man, pointing to Eames. The knife was
besmeared with blood, and prisoner said, " That blood comes
from my thumb, He is not stabbed at all. Let him show
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his marks if lam a guilty man." I examined him at once,
and found he was stabbed
and the bowels protruding.
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sonerstruck him on the back of the head. Barnes Paid that ho
did not strike him. I asked Barnes if they had had any
quarrel, and he said there had not been.
Mr Yardley committed the prisoner for trial on the charge
of wilful murder,

THE INQUEST.
Yesterday Dr Lankeater held an inquest at the Bank of
England Tavern, Praed-street, Paddington, on the body of
John Eames, a shoemaker, aged 19, who had died in St.
Mary's hospital, from the effects of a wound in the abdomen,
alleged to have been inflicted by a man named Timothy
Murphy, in custody on the charge, with a knife, during a
quarrel on the night of Tuesday, the 19th ult,
The evidence, which was of a voluminous and conflict-
ing character, went to show that on the night in question
there was a dispute between Murphy, deceased, and a man
named Slater, about a shilling, and the former, about nine
o'clock, wished to give Slater into custody to Constable
Brown, 259 D, for stealing it from him. Deceased inter-
posed, and said it was nothing of the sort. They had all
been drinking together, and Murphy had pledged his hand-
kerchief for a shilling, and now it was spent wanted the
money back again. Deceased then went away, and Murphy
followed him, swearingihe would be revenged upon him that
night. This was at 9 o'clock, and about an hour after de-
ceased went into the Brawn head public-house, in Lisson-
street, and Murphy was there drinking with some other
men. Murphy sharpened a clasp knife on his shoe :. nd
then went out, and deceased followed him and asked him
if he meant that knife for him, and ho replied " Yes," or
any one that comes across me. The evidence then showed
that deceased, in a sparring attitude, followed Murphy up,
the latter being also in the same attitude, but retreating for
several yards, calling out "Police." The men suddenly
closed, and immediately after the deceased exclaimed, " Oh,
I'm knifed." Murphy then ran away, and into the Britannia
beer-chop adjacent ; and the constable (Brown) coming up,
deceased told him he had been stabbed, and showed hint the