The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-08 00:00:00

On Snub y STRoon, one of the earpenterslm:-
fortunately killed hy'the falling of the archon Thurs-
da"y; was buried at St. Margaret's with Military
honours. The Chatham and .Gillingham Volanteer
Artillery; ~coirititanded by Capt.• AWBRIDGE• (of
which. Corps he- NVits 'a:member), mustered very
strong upon the occasion attended his remains
to ihe place of inteunent.
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M L ra L.

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A murder-was on Tuesclaßevening„the :30th ult.
committed at„fiernel.Hempstea.d,..-Heits, the cir-
cumstances of which were :so il)gul4r,and mysteri-
ous as to have excited considerable anxiety in that
neighbourhond,,-hut which,.
_from the laudibleand
unremitting- exertions of C. T.,TowErt,, 'Esq.. the
• Magistrate, are at length brought to light.
The 'deceased was a-labourer, named Stapes,.:
and lived in a house with " another - labourer'.
and relation; of the name of Harris. .• It appears,:
that;'l3Y great. ,fingality-,---be• had amassed toge-
ther some property, ;ghich -he had left by will' to
Harris. This circumstance Harris knew, and tVas•
often -heard to boast of :among. his neighbours.-'
-=On the 'night already mentioned, Stapps was'
missing, and /Harris, after having searched (or
pretended to search) a hing time in- vain,, • called
the neighbours, and. told them several times that '
Old Stapps Was not come home as usual. At five
`in the Morning heiagain•alarthedsthero; „and seemed
'piteously- 'to •bernoau the loss.,of•his companion
W.hich at length 'excited i'considerable alarm ; a
'general.search was Made, but to'no purpose— .Some
person,- beweveri• observit4g :a well.. in the yard,
suggested the probability of•his having
,fallen into
it, -and-advised it being "dganthied ;: which. advice
waS the more readily followed, as some. of ••the
water'being-drawn up, appeared thick and disco-
'loured. -After' some pause, a man volunteered to
go down; 'though, from 'the- well being extremely
narrow at the wntranee, he was with great difficulty
let down. He took with him a stickto•grope about
at the Uottorn, and after some time. succeeded in
"fkYing something th`rited like a human arm:
'He'was.tb-en drawn up,,and•again 'let down with a
rope, whichTfeeontrived,to fasten round :this arm,-
and was a second time 'tlrawn.up,. together with thq
body of theunfortunate Stapps. :
A Coroner's Inquest 'was immediately held,- and.
the. Jury returniiio. a verdictverdict. Aeculental Death, the
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body was buried. The. neighbours, however, not
being satisfied, applicati'On was made to Mr,.
who finding that 'strong circumstances of-guilt seem-
ed to. attach on Harris and his, son (another-labourer
living hard by), issued 'his is arrant 'fur their-i:topre.-.
hension. •
The,hody was taken,'up and carefully examined
by a Surgeon, who discoveringthease completely
broken .and, flattened to the thee,' was of opinion
that it could only have been idone by a powertill
blow withan qv, orsome cru„ ch.inStrument,, Other
corroborating circumitauces,-we're'bro;"gtit. forward
to .00nfirmithe, sospicioplikcl) were :.entertained,
which induced Mr.:pow ER. (1.0 , I.i6se" iadefat igable
exertions ever}' pi rise IS. due) to comMtV both tlae
father and sera to Ilcriford 'Jail, to take theix trial at
tie Lent Assizes. •