The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-21 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER AT LAMBETH.

It is our painful duty, a second time during the
present week, to record the circumstances attending
another, and as atrocious a murder as has occurred
in this metropolis since that committed on the body
of Mrs; Donatty, an event which-may be in the re.
collection of most of our readers. The victim of
the sanguinary deed was named Mrs. Jane Whillett,
a widow, aged between .58 and 00. She resided at
N 0.30, Upper Princes-street, Lambeth, (a narrow
thoroughfare leading from Lambeth church towards
Vauxhall), where she lived for the last 28 years,
and kept a small marine store-shop, in which she
obtained a livelihood by buying and selling second.
hand clothes, empty bottles, and various other de-
scriptions of articles. We understand that she has
several sons now living, all of whom are., labouring
men and are married, with the exception of one
named Samuel, who lived with his mother in
Prince's-street. Besides the mother, and . this son;
there resided. in the same house with them a Man
named Norris, married to one of her daughters and
their child, together with a young man 'named 'Wil-
liam Witham, a journeyman burge-builder. This
latter individual was the first who discovered the
lifeless body of Mrs. Whillett, after she had been
murdered. it serials that he was a great favourite
of the unfortunate woman, she having reared him
from a boy, and always treated him with parental
affection, evincing equally as much love and attach-
ment to him as any of her own children. On
Thursday the whole parties above-mentioned dined
at Mrs. Whillett's house together, and, after dinner,
the daughter (Mrs. Norris) and her husband agreed
to go to Camberwell fair together and take the
child with them, which they did; and Samuel
Whillett and William Withain went to their work,
leaving Mrs. Whillett at home alarm; this was about
a quarter to four o'clock' in the afternoon, At that
time the two latter indivividuels leffMrs.Whillett in
the kitchen, which is on the same floor with the shop.
She was then preparing to wash some of her own
clothes, as she was in the habit of doing, and when
they went out they left the shop-door open, as it
geaernlly remained so until the closing up of. the
shop-window-sliutters. About ten minutes after
seven o'clock in the evening, Witham returned home
from work, and finding the shop-door closed, he
knocked several times, and not being admitted, he
concluded that Mrs. Whillett had gone for a short
walk towards Vauxhall, and that she locked up the
door, and had taken the key with her. Believing
this to be the case, Witham went away towards the
Three Merry Boys public-house, and having gone
in there he had a pint of porter, and stayed- there
until about 20 minutes past nine 'o'clock, at which
hour he again went into Prince's-street, and on his
arrival at Mrs. Whillett's house, he found the. door
still shut, and her son Samuel sitting on the sill.
outside, Witham clambered over the railings, and:
on getting into the yard of Mrs. Whillett's house,
lie discovered that the back kitchen-door was shut,
and fastened. in the inside. lie went along. the
passage leading through the shop, in the dark, and
then opened the front door to admit Samuel Whit-
lett. They both then went back into the kitchen,
and having procured a match, they found sufficient
fire remaining in the grate to ignite it, and the mo-
ment the flame burst forth the two young men were
dreadfully alarmed on seeing the• body of Mrs.
Whillett lying extended along the kitchen 800r...,,'
She appeared to have struggled with the murderer,
for the cap which she wore on the. occasion was torn
off her head, and also a broad silk hand which she
bad on underneath it for the purpose of keeping up
her hair, and both were found literally steeped in
blood. The unhappy woman's fees
presented
wounds of a most terrific description:. At first it

was supposed they must have beim ,410414 with
knife, hatchet, or some sharp instrument; but on
examination, the weapon was discovered with,
which the murder had been perpetrate& At
tht
time the murderer entered the apartinent,, it is cm'
jectured that the deceased was standing with be
bark to the door, washing, and that the fitst,bk.
e
she received was on the back of the heath-10A
from the severity with which it was giverVatut
have stupified her; and when she fell, the dssdh
strokes must have been repeated about bet hillisa
face until the murderer was convincedhehad,llo:ll
her beyond the reach of giving any alirm. is
examining the kitchen, a long piece of ,vroed.low
as a bar to place across the kitchen windealhontr
to fasten it inside was found near the kitchodoori
the place where it usually stood during the tor
It is about two feet and a ii 041 WI
heavy, and a great portion 'of
blood, particularly one end, at
it was ascertained beyond all t
the weapon with which the mur,
The moment the young man W
ceased son discovered the mane
ceased, they ran and acquaini
when Mr. Jones and Mr. Fare,

of the respectable inhabitants,
and commenced a most rigid ax
have failed in obtaining any

cover the murderer..on—inquiry

to understand that the deceased

posed to be worth money, and I
duced a belief that she was mui

son for the sake of obtaining poi.
money might have been in the house-.lt.
This, however, does not appear to: haeothees,thi:o..
case, and if it bad, the murderer did notisedolLi
that object ; for when •Mr. Jones, MfriOrient-pi
some other of the respectable T1)1)41)1610.
stairs into the deceased's bed-room,
between the bed and the roaetreil 11;41'
three half-sovereigns, and a guinea!' 'llll
same room were found tour silver table4poo box
pteenntoena-hspadoobnese,nbteipsides 21. worth of 'c.91)Pg,41 °do
under the bed. There were aloe three
found in the bed-room, and it was evidentibgt.,:
is, that the murderstwaiurs.perlheetrtende7bellsr",ll7l:;
past five and six o'clock in the. aftertideei''4Olid
extraordinary fact, that notwithstanding 001E7'0
kept two very ferocious dogs on the Eitetit'ait
generally behind the shop-counter, rind ,Ott 'Zkod
the rear of the house, and that they'n9eP,.....iir-tbis
when strangers entered the hoUse,,yllQilramot
occasion they were not heard to make o_l,ol 11111
noise. Another extraordinary fact Ott.r_:,oss
mysterious deed is, that the coat beknitsw". its
of the deceased's sons, was found placd„,,L-,L .„•
over the lower part of her person. 'T°_,"
was stained with blood in several places,
about the arms; and, as it was an old.eitd4rior
been left hanging up behind the kitelltd
rg 00.
some months past, the son scarcely e
The coat has been carefully examined
bytfir°7l:l
are making the most active exertions-to:1w
murderer ; and from the stains of blood 11 0
~.1.1,
pear upon it, they are of opinion, that, wit'
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murderer is, he wore that coat while
the bloody deed.

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On Wednesday the neighbourbeoa ot,r
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gate was thrown into is frigbtfnl state of alorrfhL"`i lie
running away with a cart, laden with trOofr ,bin
, The man who had, the care of the animal. aar , Joel
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foirtunately escaped with a few slight breiust „ott
vl°lencla of the concussion was so great that it
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effect of shivering the body of thi cart alai ,st 0,,,1,
of them, with his handedrerlacilliceeraratttseverdail,dhiYaielinghefurp:itbillPAliallstr
bruised, and the blood flowing Copiously from var',lloi4
4--hill fan. The poor man wait talteo. 01 ail ellevo
public.bouse, and every assistance was given i:110,0$
his piteous condition, but all to no Acts fur l',;. pi,
died, leaving a wife and six children to bewail inoi rte
The horse, disencumbered of his load,. dashed :1;4 to
'II,
,road at a rapid rate, with the two shaft, iltlaC,"loor
harness, which not only added to its fears, but it 01
its
body and legs in the most dful dr a Montt' fleP
• a
at length caught at Kentish.town, and indoor . '''',,
Mr. LINDON.
The second volume of the Juvenile Liborryirloil
just
published, comprisin an Anecdotical fro, tfiti,s,
',ranee, mist be received at the prey of
rcanirinca
great satisfaction. " Although tite ifil'reallf ctillv
it is observed in the preface, 0 has been foal ilrittis,
ries so intimately connected with that of 00004
the English reader has not, heretofore, beta :10-4
supplied with the means of obtaining An elll,,itioPlf:,
of even its mold leading events. The objeci —of Oa'
sent volume is to afford, accompanied by bor ro qv°
as correct an idea as could be preserved witlO.Les
necessarily limited, of the most remarkable Firl'a;f Al
that have taken place and the most eltr 4°l.dinfv°lii)
who have flourished in the Kingdom of i raPLerii toll
earliest period of its history to the times iii "A IQ tr'''
And it is presumed, that, while contributing,. to it'
ruilement, especial care has been taken to ad41"1.0014
formationb of the young. ' History is Phil°l°PllplY°l
y example,' and the following pages may Of ow
an excellent lesson to those who desire that, while id 0 111
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systems hitherto extant of the Caner/ Pt' is 'IP
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,ervrigt have powtetwed. This inconvenieaca,;,4l, a.ji
'mitres* of a family has felt over 610 over "70061-
consulting her " °facie," is now obviated by & ' d „ bir
of Cookery and C,onfectionary, " just pohlitti° *-0111`
Dora; the celebrated Cook of die Thstched liali.l loge
a work which, to an arrangement enearil"‘ 110d°
facility of reference, adds the, advantage t'' 1"--. 110 is
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