The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-18 00:00:00

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.

Considerable consternation was created yesterday morn-
ing among the inhabitants of Queen-street, Seven Dials,
by the undermentioned dreadful circumstances :—lt ap-
peared that about a fortnight since a young man, who
stated his name to be Clark, but whose real name is sup-
posted to be Jefferies, by trade a tailor, proceeded to the
house of a shoemaker of the name of Brush, at No. 2P.,
Queen•street, accompanied by a young woman of great
perennial attractions, and hired the first floor. They stated
that if a reference was wanting, they could give one to an
individual residing at Lambeth, but they were admitted
into the house without any inquiry having been made as to
their character or other circumstances counected with
them. Several occasional but very trifling disputes were
noticed to have taken place between them within the
lust week, but as they were not of such a nature as
to call for the interference of the landlord or his wife,
they passed by unnoticed. The young man was not
seen above twice by any person in the house after they had
taken up their lodgings there, but the female was fre-
quently Observed, and generally remarked for her hand-
some appearance. On Wednesday night, however, the land-
lord was awakened out of his sleep by a noise in the
room occupied by the young man anti woman, and from a
supposed stamping of a foot against the floor, he was in-
duced to strike a light and proceed up stairs. On his ar-
rival at the room-door he inquired the cause of the noise,
when Clank replied that there was nothing the matter, and
he consequently returned down stairs to bed. After this,
neither the landlord nor his wife saw either of their
lodgers. A limn named Green, who also resides in the
house, returned home about one o'clock on Friday morn-
ing, and observina the door of Clark's apartment partly
open, called out to Clark and told him of the fact, when
he received an answer from loins. Almost immediately
after Green hail retired to bed he heard some one proceed
to the door, and be supposed fastened it, but which it was
afterwards believed was not the case, for on some of the
lodgers corning down stairs yesterday morning they ob-
served the door open and the young woman lying on the
floor. They informed Mrs. Brush of the circumstance, but
she declined interfering, supposing that the young woman
might be in liquor. Not, however, having been seen in
such a state during her residence in the house, she because
alarmed, which was considerably increased by the lodger
Green coining down into her room, and stating that he
nut only saw the female on the ground, but that the floor
was covered with blood. Riley, a beadle of St. Giles's,
being near the house at the time, was instantly called in,
and on his entering the room accompanied by the landlord,
a scene of horror presented itself to their view. The female
was extended on the floor deluged in blood, with her head

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nearly severed from her body. She was partly undressed
but what clothes she had on appeared to be in a confused
state, as if she had been struggling. A razor was lying
,pen near her left wrist, mid her breast appeared to be
slightly wounded. At one corner of the apartment WAS a
lied, and on the braille and landlord proceeding up to it,
their feelings nosy be better imagined than described when
they discovered the young man lying on it with his throat
rut. Ile breathed slightly, but Was totally ❑nable to
speak. A surgeon was instantly tailed in anti the wound
sewed up, which, although not deep, was above three
inches in length. Shortly after the operation, the unfor-
tunate man was conveyed to the workhouse, where he, in
a few hours became apparently sensible, and motioned
ror pen, ink, and paper. These materials were instantly
furnished him, and lot wrote down the following, viz.—
" I did not do it, but 1 will say more about it by and bye."
—The unfortunate young woman, when found, appeared
to have ceased to exist fir some hours. Near her body
was the clothes of her husband, whir were saturated with

blood. Mr. Dix, the overseer of the parish, applied in
the course of the afternoon at Alai (borough-street for the
.olviee of the Magistrates, as to whether one of them had
not better proceed to the workhouse, and take as far as
possible the statement of the melancholy occurrence from
Clark hitnell. Mr. War, however, said, that is the event
of Clark being the murderer, the evidence would temd
perhaps to criminate himself, and that sr tmld nut be strictly
legal; but suggested that the best course to adopt would
be to let the man have the necessary materials fur writing,
and allow him to write what he deemed proper. A
number of letters are in the possession of Mr. ax, but
we have heard they tin not tend to throw any light upon
this lamentable attar, of which, in its present mysterious
state, it would not be prudent to hazard an opinion as to
the origin.