The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

The Plaistow Murderer.

Immediately after the sentence was passed upon the pri-
soner the sheriffs, acepmpanied by their deputies, Messrs.
De Jersey and Davidson, proceeded to his cell, and told him
to prepare himself for his removal to Chelmsford, where
the sentence was to be carried out. He was in a dreadfully
excited state, and with great violence of gesticulation, ac-
companied by appeals to the Almighty, he declared that he
was innocent of the crime of which he had been found guilty.
He was told that this course of conduct would not avail him
in any manner—that he had been tried and convicted by a
jury, partly composed of foreigners, at his own request, and
that the sentence would certainly be carried out, and that all
that remained for him to do was to endeavour to make his
peace with God. This did not, however, seem to produce
any effect upon the wretched man, who still persisted in
asserting that he was innocent, and he said that if his wit-
nesses had been examined they would have proved his in-
nocence. He also complained of the conduct of some of the
witnesses who had been examined for the prosecution, and
particularly of the police, and said they had taken away
his property, and had not spoken the truth. It was a con-
siderable time before he recovered his composure and
was in a fit state to be taken from the gaol to Chelmsford.
It seems that on several occasions since the prisoner has
been in Newgate awaiting his trial he had conducted him-
self in the most violent and extraordinary manner. He ap-
peared at times to pray devoutly, and he was for some time
occupied in writing hymns in the German language, but
on other occasions he has teen in a violent state of excite-
ment, and in allusion to his crime has called down the most
fearful imprecations upon himself if he was not innocent,
at the same time calling upon the Almighty to execute
vengeance against his accusers. The appetite of- the pri-
soner since he has been in custody appears to be most ex-
traordinary, and during the greater part of the time he has
been confined in Newgate he has been allowed a double
ration of bread with every meal. The culprit was taken
in a cab to the Great Eastern Railway station, in charge of
Fenn and Dear, two of the warders of Newgate. He was
securely handcuffed, and a compartment of a second-class
carriage was specially engaged for the purpose of carrying
the culprit to his place of destination. The following is a
copy of the death warrant or order under which the pri-
soner was removed :

" Central Criminal Court to wit.—At a general session
of oyer and terminer, and general session for the delivery
of the Queen's gaol at Newgate, holden for the jurisdiction
of the Central Criminal Court, at Justice Hall in the Old
Bailey, in the suburbs of the City of London, on Monday,
the 9th day of January, 1865, Ferdinand Edward Karl
Kohl, aged 26, standing convicted of the wilful murder of
John alias Christian Furhop, is ordered to be hanged by
the neck until he be dead, and his body to be afterwards
buried within the precincts of the prison in which he shall
have been confined after his conviction ; and the said Fer-
dinand Edward Karl Kohl is ordered to stand committed
to the custody of the sheriff of the county of Essex, in exe-
cution of the said judgment.—By the Court, HENRY
AYORY, Clerk of the said Court."
During the journey to Chelmsford the prisoner continued
to rave and assert his innocence, and once or twice he made
use of the expression, " God knows I am as white as the
snow." When the train arrived near to the station the
officers requested him to be quiet, and said that he being
violent could not do him any good, and that it would only
be likely to have the effect of inducing people to believe him
guilty of the crime. They at the same time told him that
if he had any information to give, or any representations to
make to show that he had been improperly convicted, every
facility would be afforded him to do so during the interval
before his execution. This appeared to have the desired
effect, and the culprit accompanied the officers quietly to
the gaol at Springfield, where he was received by the go-
vernor and some of the warders, and at once conveyed to
the cell appropriated for the reception of condemned cri-
minals. With the exception of Francis Wane, who was
executed for the Chadwell Heath murder a week or two
ago, seven years have elapsed since there was an execu-
tion at Chelmsford, and it is rather a remarkable occurrence
that at that time also two culprits were executed for murder
within a month of each other—namely, a soldier named
Finch, for the murder of his sweetheart at Whitham, and
an old man named Michael Crawley, for the murder of his
wife at Stratford.

DEATH OF A MlSER.—Yesterday morning an old
man, 70 years of age, named John Foster, and who
had followed the occupation of a bill-sticker in Woolwich,
died suddenly at the Greenwich Union, whither he had
been conveyed sick and destitute the night previously.
During the last few years the deceased was apparently

subject to the greatest poverty, and the room he occupied
presented a wretched and dirty appearance. On Mr. Wates,
the relieving officer, removing some articles which had
served the old man as a bed he found a parcel tied up in a
handkerchief, and weighty, and on a closer inspection se-
veral packets of sovereigns and half-sovereigns, amounting
to 651. were found sewed up in an old stocking.
THE NORTH LONDON EXHIBITION.—The distri-
bution of prizes to dxhibitors at the Working Classes'
Industrial Exhibition, recently held at the Agricultural
Hall, Islington, is appointed to take place on Monday
next, January 16. Lord Shaftesbury will present the
Awards.

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TOT Tt entrag

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 13.

Her Majesty walked yesterday morning, attended
by Lady Churchill, and Princess Louise drove out.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Margaret
and Blanche of Orleans took leave of her Majesty
this morning, and left Osborne for Claremont, at-
tended by Madame Bernhard.
Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell also attended the
Princesses, who crossed over to Portsmouth in the
royal yacht Alberta.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Yesterday the Prince of Wales left Sandringham
for Merton Hall, the seat of Lord Walsinghanl•
His Royal Highness was to join the West Norfolk
Hunt, which met at Merton, and one object of his
visit to Lord Walsingham's seat was to inspect the
celebrated flock of Southdown sheep, for which his
lordship has achieved a deserved celebrity. The
Prince displays considerable interest in agricultural
pursuits, following in this regard the example of his
illustrious father.

A concert is to be given in St. Andrew's gall,
Norwich, on Wednesday evening, in aid of the fun
of the Norwich Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Prince
and Princess of Wales cannot attend the concert,
but have displayed their interest in the volunteer
movement by ordering tickets to the value of V/.
to be forwarded to Sandringham.

PRESENTATION FROM THE QUEEN TO DR. LASS.--.
On New Year's Day, Dr. Cass, of Cowes, received,
through the hands of Sir Charles B. Phipps, a massive and
magnificent silver inkstand, "As a memorial from the
Queen of her Majesty's appreciation of his skill and atten-
tion during the many years he has attended, in his profes-
sional capacity, at Osborne." Dr. Cass, who has long been
held in very high esteem at Cowes, has been the medical
attendant upon the Royal Family and household at Osborne
for nearly twenty years, but finding of late that his sight
had become so seriously impaired as to threaten absolute
blindness, he felt constrained (though still in the prime Oa,
vigour of his life) to resign his appointment at Osborne, an
to withdraw altogether from the profession in which be
had established a high and well-earned reputation. This
circumstance has been a matter of universal regret through'
out the whole of the wide district over which Dr. Cass 5
practice extended ; but among the many expressions °';
sympathy which have reached him from all quarters 1100 e
have been so warm, and none, of course, so gratifying, e"9
those which have been conveyed to him from the Queen;:
"Her Majesty," says Sir Charles Phipps, in the letter which
accompanied the costly memorial, " hears with regret that
she shall no longer be able to avail herself of your valuable
-medical services, and the Queen still more laments the sad
cause which has thus forced you to abandon your profes"
sion at an age when your usefulness should be greatest.'
Again, Sir Charles says, " I am directed to express her
Majesty's sincere sympathy for the affliction which WS
obliged you to discontinue your valuable services." Thes°
are Queenly words, and well calculated to convey to Dr'
Cass the highest solace he can possibly receive under the
calamity which has fallen as a fatal blight upon his profes"
sional career, and marred the fairest hopes and promise Of
an honourable and laborious life.

Their Royal Highnesses Princesses Margaret arid
Blanche of Orleans arrived at Claremont yesterday after-
noon from Osborne, where they have been on a visit t°
her Majesty.

His Highness Field-Marshal Prince Alexander
Bariatinsky and Princess Bariatinsky have left Claridge °
Hotel for Coombe Royal, Devonshire.

Their Highnesses the Maharajah and Maharalee
Duleep Singh have left Claridge's Hotel for Paris, on their
way to Egypt.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn. and
Lady Georgiana Hamilton have arrived at Chesterfiel'
House from Beaudesert, Staffordshire.
The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven will
arrive in town to-day from visiting the Earl and Couuteo
of Clarendon at the Grove, near Watford, Herts.
The Earl Granville arrived at his residence ill
Bruton-street, on Thursday evening, from Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Donoughmore hal/
been staying since Tuesday on a visit to the Earl
Countess of Derby, at Knowsley Park.
The Count and Countess de Jaucourt have arrived

at Claridge's Hotel from the Isle of Wight.
Viscount Jocelyn, the Right Hon. William
Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, the Hon. Lewis
field, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Hippesley are among the visitoOt ,
staying with Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston

Broadlands.
Lord and Lady Ebury's party during the week'
at Moor Park, has included Viscountess Jocelyn and Wil..
Miss Jocelyn, Lord Frederick Paulett, Gen. Seymour, Csi
Smith, Capt. Stephens, &c.
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Lord Naas, M.P., has joined the circle asseed
ta-
Bea
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knovinsle:
The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
M.P., has been among the guests of the Earl and Count
of Derby at Knowsley.

THE MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH.—The man JO'
Piper, who murdered his wife in Frullon-road, Landport'
on Monday evening last, and who had for a time escaped
the vigilance of the police, was apprehended yesterdaY
afternoon at Chertsey, in Surrey.
DEATH OF GENERAL WALTON.—The colonel of
the sth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland nisi'
Hers, Gen. Wm. Lovelace Walton, late of the Coldstrcaal
Guards, expired on Wednesday last, at his residence ill
Onslow-square, aged 77. The late gallant officer had Seen
much service in Europe, having commenced his career
the Coldstream Guards at the siege and capture of COO'
hagen, in 1807. In the following year he embarked for tk.,,e
Peninsula, and served in the campaign which ensued ti
the early part of 1811. He was present at the passage
the Douro and capture of Oporto, the battles of Talavel P
and Busaco, and participated in the retreat to the lines 0
Torres Vedras, and the subsequent advance to the Spalli4:
frontier. From Nov., 1813, to the same month in 1818, b"
served also in Holland, Belgium, and France, and was Pre'
sent at the bombardment of Antwerp, the attack on Berg°
op Zoom, the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and t 1
capture of Paris. During the decisive battle of the 18th °'
June he was acting adjutant of the 2d Battalion of the Cola'
streams, and was appointed brigade-major to the 2d p,fi:
gade of Guards on the subsequent march to Paris. -I':
service in the Coldstream Guards extended to 40 years,
during six years of which time he commanded the rer
meat. He had received the war medal with two clasps fe
Talavera and Buscao. The dates of his commission aro ag
follows :—Ensign, May 8, 1806 ; lieutenant and captain/
March 7, 1811; captain and lieut.-colonel, Feb. 20, 1823'
colonel, Jan. 10, 1837 ; major-general, Nov. 9, 1846 ;
general, June 20, 1854 ; general, Feb. 13, 1863. He 38f3'
appointed colonel of the sth Foot, Feb. 20, 1856.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN DOD.—The accident which
befel Captain Dod while shooting a month ago has led to
his death; he died on. Monday at Nant Issa Hall, a°3;,
Oswestry. He was an officer of the 54th Shropshire Reg'-
ment of Militia, and the son of the projector and editor °
" Dod's Parliamentary Companion."
EXECUTION OF A SCOTCHMAN IN NEW ZEALAI49
FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.—Alex. I\l4Leall'
of Pokeno, was executed within the Mount Eden Stockade'
on Friday the 21st October, for the murder of his wifei
After M'Lean received his sentence at the last sittings
the Supreme Court, efforts were made to obtain a pod°
for him, a petition, pretty numerously signed, having We:
presented to the Governor. These efforts were made 0;
the plea that it was not certain that the fatal shot was li°,.
fired accidentally. This was the ground taken up Dia
M'Lean himself, who pleaded his own cause with a g°°,.
deal of ability. The Governor, however, saw no cause I°'
interfering with the course of the law. On the night 13°;
fore the execution M'Lean took an affecting farewell of 110
son and daughter, who were the principal witnesses at tiit
trial, and requested that his body might be buried t'
Pokeno, beside his wife. The execution, as is the custom
in the colony, took place within the stockade, in the Pte;
Bence of the jail officials, at daybreak. M'Lean was ,
native of Scotland, and had been in the Guards, and after
wards held a commission in a line regiment. He lived fei
some time in Melbourne, where he was convicted °
assaulting his wife with a sword.—Southern Cross.
THE STEAMER CRONSTADT, OF LEITH.—The fa
t°
of the Cronstadt and her crew and passengers for
long time remained a mystery, but information has ri°,l
been received which leaves little doubt that the vessel 3%
all on board perished on the day after she left Revel.
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owners of the Cronstadt received a telegram from 0'
agents at St. Petersburg, on Wednesday, informing the d
that, according to a letter from Wisby, a two-funneheof
steamer, with three masts, struck upon the Briterna reef of
rocks, N.E, of Ostergarusholm, during a gale on the 250
November last, and that it was supposed she and all on b°9"'
were lost, as the vessel suddenly disappeared. The particll
Lars were reported by several of the islanders and the Cre'r.
of a wrecked ship called the Emily, and the conclusion
rived at is that the steamer was the Cronstadt. Full inlet,
mation is expected by letter next mail.—EdinburghCourall,4
The Sultan has just ordered from the Thatlitoo
Iron Works Company another iron-plated frigate, l° to
called tlfr Turkistan, and to be paid for out of Prif:o
funds. The new vessel will measure 365 feet by 56, jr
stem to stern, 36 feet from keel to deck, and will draw 01
feet 'of water. Her engines aro to be 1,200-horse polver'.fi%a
her tonnage 6000 tons. She will be armed with 44 1.1
cannon 9f thQ heayiest metal.