The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-06 00:00:00

THE MURDERED MURDERER.

. WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY BVENING.
The inquiry into the circumstances of this affair is still
proceeding, and has received a new and most appalling in-
terest from a confession made by the prisoner, Thomas
Clewes, in which he distinctly implicates himself, Captain
Evans, Mr. George Broke, and a farrier named Taylor,
who resided at Droitwieh, but is now dead, with the mur-
der both of the Rev. Mr. Parker and the wretched man
Hemming. Banks, and a person of the name of Barnett,
have been apprehended and committed to the House of Cor-
rection in this town. Captain Evans has been dead some
years. Banks is supposed to be his natural sun. The
confession of Clewes will be found in the subjoined account
of the proceedings before the Coroner, SMITH, Esq.
It is needless to add that the affair has excited the most
intense interest in the neighbourhood, and, taken altoge-
ther, it is one scarcely paralleled in the annals of crime.
The Rev. Mr. Parker is spoken of as an excellent man,
and is even said to have been far from rigorous in exacting
his tither. Indeed, it is stated that the annual value of his
tithe's did not exceed 50/.
A great deal of additional evidence was heard up to
nine o'clock on Wednesday evening. We have not room FRENCH PAPERS
(From the Gazette de France of 'Wednesdly, Feb. 3.)
to-night for more than the statement of Clewes :
Mr. Smith informed the jury he had received a corn • PARIS, FEE. 2.—A courier who left Madrid on the
munication from Mr. Lavender, the Governor of the 26th of January, has brought the news of the death of the
Chevalier de Medici, after two days' illness. His death is
county gaol; stating that Thomas Clewes wished to make
a communication to them. He therefore adjourned the
aecribed to infirmities of long standing, and to the on-
court to the gaol. usual rigour of the season. It is thought that the Prince
On their arrival, Clewes was brought before them. of Cascara will succeed him, as Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lord Deerhurst, the Hon. and Rev. T. Coventry, and the to the King of Naples.
Rev. R. Clifton were present. Clewes addressed the Co- The day is not yet fixed for the departure of the King of
roner, and said he wished to make some admissions rela-
Naples from Madrid. It is thought that their Sicilian
five to the death of Richard Hemming.
Majesties will be 23 days on the road to Bayonne, and 16
Mr. Smith informed Clewes that any confession or ad-
from Bayonne to Paris.
mission he now made might be produced against him, and Malicious reports have been spread to alarm the army.
uo promise could be made to absolve him from any charge Great reductions in the Royal Guards have been spoken
of; and also some measures which would have made the
of murder which might he brought against him.
Clewes said he did not do the murder, but he would tell officers uneasy with respect to their promotion We have
all he knew: he then 'Proceeded to relate the following the assurance that these accounts are without foundetion,
particulars; no oath was administered to him, nor wale and that, on the contrary, the War.office is actively en-
any questions put except such as were necessary to duel-
gaged in every thing that can consolidate the existence and
date his meanin well-being of the army, and to secure the fate of the officers
g :
Mr. Parker, he said, was shot on Bromsgrove fair-day. of all ranks, at present and in future.
He could not exactly state the year. On the morrow LIES OF THE DAY.
morning, about seven o'clock, George Banks came to him, The Courier.—lt was said yesterday evening that the
and said, "We have got Hemming at our house, and I little creation of seven Peers would be followed by a more
don't know what to do with him. Will you let him come important batch, of not less than 30.
down here ?" He (Clewes) replied, •• I won't have him Ditto.—Orders have,been given to hasten the prepare-
here, nor will I have any thin; to do with him." Banks tions for the expedition against Algiers. An army of
then went away. He said Hemming was lurking down in 30,000 men, to le commanded by the Duke of Raeatta,
the tneedows Ile (Clewes) went to Oddingley about eleven is spoken of. It is said that Marshal Maisou has off roil
o'clock in the day to Mr. Jones, who is since dead. As he to conduct the expedition, requiring only 25,000 men to
went along the road-side by Captain Evans's house, the accomplish it.
Captain called to him. He was in the garden by the road-
(From the. Illessayer des CAambres of Tuesday.)
side. He followed him (Clewes) into the field, and said, PARIS, FEB 2, NOON.-The intensity of the cold in-
" I have had Hemming at our house this morning, and creases. The thermometer of Chevalier was at midnight
somethine must be dose ;he is lurking down by your house, seven degrees eight-tenths below zero ; at four o'clock its
I ordered bins to get into your building in the day time, or the morning ten degre,s, and at seven o'clock eleven
at the edge of night, that lor my family might not see him, degrees three-tenths. The Seine will doubtless be fro zen
and something must be done with him. I shall comedown over again to morrow.
to your house at night, and bring somebody with me. It was reported that the Duke of Brunswick would
We must give the poor devil some money, or do some- shortly quit. Paris. We can assure our readers, that the
thing with him, and send him off. Will you get up and Duke will spend two months in this city. He receives
come to the barn, it won't detain you a minute." He but a few visits, and has only a small suite.
(Clewes) refused, and said he did not like to come. The The Elect mr of Hesse Cassel has received orders to oc
Captain replied, "It will make no odds to you; you need cupy the dominions of the Duke of Brunswick. This
not be afraid to come. Just come out at eleven o'clock, it young Prince, by his flight to Paris, gives reason to sup-
willat he has resolved to refuse to make his submission
make no difference to you ; for if you do not come I pose
shall be afraid of the dogs. He (Clewes) went out at to the Diet, and an apology to his uncle. What will the
the appointed hour at the back door, and don nto the Diet do now ? Will it condemn him to be deposed for 'T-
hen as the clock struck eleven o'clock. He found there fusing to appear?
the Captain, Joseph Taylor, and be thought George FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Fon. 2.—Five per Cents.
Banks ; he believed it to be him ; he was in a smock 10Sf. 70c. 1091. ; Three per Cents. 841. sc. 30c.; Bank
frock They all went into the barn. As soon as the Stock, 1,891 if. ; Naples Stock, 91f. 75c. ; Royal Spanish
Captain entered, he called out, not very loud, " Hallo, Loan, 8341. ; Spanish Relates Perpetuelles, 621 f.--E-
x where be'etr Hemming said "Yes, Sir." change on London, one month, paper, 25f. 60e. ; money,
The Captain and Taylor then stepped on the mound, 25f. 55c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money 25f,
waicheetres abouteerreisiglessasoaknim'e knee._ The Cap sin •4.0 c.— Coors Authentique.
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produded a lantern. He (Ctesiek)' and George Banks —ossa
were on'tlie threshing floor at the time. The Captain said, TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ARGYLL-
" Get up, Hemming, I have got some meat fur yeti." ROOMS BY FIRE.
Hemming was covered up with straw. He pal tly rose up,
as if he had been lying on his back, and as be rose, Taylor, Last night, about half-past ten o'clock, a fire broke out
with a blood-stick, hit him somewhere about the head two in the kitchen of the Argyll.roorneewhich is situated under
or three times. lie (Clewes) on seeing this, said, " This the eastern wing, or Grand Cohcert-room. Three engines
is bail work; if I had known, you should not have had were rapidly on the spot; but, owing to the frost and the
me here." The Ciptain said, " Now he has got enough." Plugs being stopped by the melt, it was a long time before
Banks and he (Clewes) were thea standing mm the floor. any water could be procured. The first plug that was
Taylor and the Captain then came off the mound. The opened was that at the corner of Maddox-street. The : .
former said, " What is to be done with him now ?" The
attempts to open the plug at the corner of Little and
Captain said, " D his body, we must not take him
Great Argyll-strrets were vain, but water was procured
out of doors, it might happen somebody might see us." It
from a plug in Argyll-street, about fifty yards nearer tax-
was not very dark. Taylor went up and fetched an old . ,
ford-street. This delay in procuring water was meet un-
spade. (It was not one of his Clewes's). The Captain fortunate ; for the fire was discovered so early that, had
said to Taylor, " We'll soon put him safe." Tesler then water he .te procured, the fire might have been extinguished
searched round the opposite bay of the barn, and found a with scarcely any damage. Several valuable pictures, in
place where the dogs and rats had scratched holes. Ile splendid frames, were anxiously retnoved from the rooms
did not throw out many spadesful of mould ;he cleared the to the opposite houses in Little Argyll-street. It was a
side of the wall. lie then said to the Captain, who lighted quarter to twrlve before water could be procured., by which
him, " That will do for him." The Captain and Taylor time it was evident that the flames would overcome all
then got up the mound, and pulled Hemmings down to opposition. The fire spread through the Great Concert-
the front. The Captain then said to Taylor, " Catch room, in spite of the wind setting north, and nit last the
hold of him." They dragged bins across the floor into the fl ones communicated to the room /acing Regent-street.
hole Taylor had dug in the opposite bay, and soon covered The splendour of the sight exceeded any thing we ever
_ portico of All Stual's Church, was extremely pictueeeque.
it np. He (Clewes) could not tell which way Hemming witnessed. The view from Portland-place, through, the
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wis laid, as he never stepped off the floor into the bay.
(At this part of the narrative Clewes said, " I thought I
should have died where I stood.")—He then went on to
The long roof of the rooms Was in flamea, whilst int-
etreet, and when the douse of the Argyll-roams became
say that the Captain, addressing Taylor, said, "Well
done, boy; I will give you another glass or two of brandy."
And then, turning to him (Clewes) said, "I will give mense volumes of smoke burst from the windows, and the
you any thing ; ____ your body, don't you split." They scene was the most grand of its description that has been
then parted, and the captain darkened Iris lantern. faylor, witnessed in London for a very long period. The engines
the captain, and Banks, went towards Oddingley. He now were in full play, and Braithwaite's strewn engine
(Clewes) went to hoed. The whole occupied altogether was most efficient. The New Police proeented the
not half-an-hour. No clothes were taken off Hemming:
finest specimen of an organized body, A spacious
there was no time for that. He saw no blood ; HMI. area was presented for the play of the engines ; itopros
ming neither moaned nor groaned after he was struck, per characters were removed, and with Less violation of
The next day he (Clewes) went to Pershore fair. George decency than we ever witnessed. A part of the Gueeis
Banks came to hiss in the fair in the afternoon, about four were present--a remnant of the old system. They wale
or five o'clock, and called hint up the entrance off the unnecessary, and we never saw a finer specimen of the
Plough, and said, " Here's some money for yen, which suierior power of a Civil body over the Militawys The
Hemming was to have had." Mr. J. Barnett was with. Superintendant of the Police showed peg tact, and
Banks. Both of them gave him money. It was in two w:th respect to this body nothing cook/ he better. At
parcels ready wrapped up. Banks said, "Be sure you twelve the roof of the room facing Argyll-street fell he ; brit
never split." He did not count the money at the time. Iso far from smothering the immense. flames underneath, its
It amounted in all to 261. or 27/. all in notes. There was au instant the volume of fire burst forth with increased
no silver. Both Banks and Barnett said it was intended 1 magnificence. Moro were seven engines playing on the
for Hemming, to enable him to get off. He was at the 1 building, not came of which could reach the roof. They
captain's ti few days after. The captain scut for hiss by one ' were pouring through the windows. The anxiety was for
of his (Clewes's) children, a little boy about seven years' i the adjoining houses ; and when the flames appc-ared through
old. The captain said, " There is Si. at any time if you , the house of Mr. White (next door to the Argyll Rooms),
keep your peace." Ile (Clewes) never received any mcmey , and time volumes of smoke wets curling over the
from him afterwards. Miss Catherine Banks came next house, Mr. Schneider's, ii was apprehended that
into the room the came day, and taking him by the coat ! the fire would extend to the Circuit, in Oxford-street.—
with both hands, went down on her knees, and begged It was not until two o'clock this morning that the fire woe
and prayed he would never say a word, as she was fearful on the deceeaee. A spacious building, like the Ar•-,711
the Captain had done bad things, and she was afraid if he Roams, had such an immense body of bure:,,,, ~;;g.
(Cleaves) spoke, some of them would come to bo hauged. tens, that it was almost impossible to D',.rodue the fire.
Ile promised he would never say any thing. The Captain Amidst this at ono.
aPleadid awl lndful scene, it was
had a sale about three years after'. This sale lie (Clewes) extraordinary to witoese the re's-oval of musical instru-
attended. The Cmptain said to him, "Do you want any mente, some of them eXtreelnely valuable, which were re-
thing? If you do, I will make you a present of a trifle.o moved from the E
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to the area, which the police pre-
Ile purclia.ed a black mare at the sale for 2?„1. On the served "la thieves. An immense quantity of music
evening of the sale Mr. Handy asked him to settle for the "'aught ',.lie flames, and was driven about presenting a
mare, when the Capt min said to Mr. Handy, " There is a ' 'volume of fire—beautiful, if we could forget the property
settlement between him and me, and I will settle 'is.. destroyed. The property in organs and other musical in-
The Captain never asked him for the money. In nine or struments consumed in the building must have been very
ten days after Hemming was knaeked on the heal, the great; but perhaps the most singular sight imaginable
Captain wanted hint to put some soil oo rite barn•l in wt'ii the burning instruments, seen through the flames from
which Hemming was buried. Te tiotokluence a good Regent-street.
many loads were hauled to ;lie barn door, and some was It is evident to us that the system of the Fire-offices
thrown over egel Lay, and in the other barn as well. After- needs some generalization like that of the police. There
wards the Captain asked him if it was durIPA and being told wanted a unity of action. If a little of the water thrown
it was, by said he was very glad of it, No more was said away had been properly applied, the fire would not have
abou, it afterwards. alr.J,laernetsleot Lim 100/. afterwards, extended to the western pat tof the building; and eel,
part of wbielt is still owing. He gave a be" or note for t airily not to tne iniury of Mr. White's house, in Regent-
:t, which would have been paid if Bat nett had aPp!itel in 'treat. We believe that Mr. Schneider's house was greatly
due time to Mr. Waterson. lie was sere the transaction injured, Which decidedly might have been prevente.l.
was after the murder of Hemming. A little time aftev the Vs' a understand that the bui'ding, and Mr. Welch's
murder Taylor was put in gaol for what Igoe 2,ii,(1 said, pi operty contain, din it, are insured in the Count y and
The Captain and Miss Banes wore wool; af'reid for fear another Fire-office; but to what amount we have not
he would tell. The captr4n toed Mr. Burnett were had ascertained.
elo The Captain rmeked him (Clewes) to be bound by an We beard that the conflagration was occasioned by the.
oeth, which lie, the Captain, being a Magistrate, would carelessness of one of the men engaged on the building not
administer. He refused to take it. George Banks did properly exti"guisliall a flue.
not speak when in the harts. He (Clewes) fully thinlo,
it was him. He had a
, smock frock on, and he (Clews) We are cony to hear that her Grace the
never saw him in one before. Duchess of WELLINGTON has been seriously indisposed for
The above having been taken down in
wetting, and the last few days, at Stratfiellsase.—Berits Chronicle.
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