The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTING, SEPTEVIBER 16, 1862.

knew the prisoner's face somewhere, and to the
best of her belief she saw him on the day she lost
her purse, and she thought he was in the bankers',
but she could not swear to it.
The officer, Russell, stated that stolen notes to
the amount of £145 were changed at Mr. Nathan's
a short time since, and the address, 14, Peacock-
terrace, Victoria-park, was written on these notes.
He had made inquiries, and found there was no
such place. He had likewise made inquiries at
the address the prisoner gave in the Old Kent-road,
and he found he had only been living there a short
time, and he had also ascertained that he had been
living at two or three places in Walworth in the
name of Murray, and that he had only lately
adopted the name of Fenne.

Mr, Wontner, on behalf of the prisoner, contended
that the evidence against his client was not sufficient
to justify his detention. Although there could be
no doubt the lady lost the notes,:still there was not
the slightest evidence to show that the prisoner
stole them, or that he had possession of the one in
question with a guilty knowledge. If what the
prisoner had informed him were correct, he was
not in England at the time the notes were stolen.
The prisoner had described himself as a professed
gambler, which in England would no doubt be but
little in favour of a man's respectability, but at
Baden Baden and such places, the gaming tables
were conducted in such a manner that it was im-
possible to swindle, and he thought that the very
fact of so much foreign money being found on him
was sufficient to contradict any suspicion that
might arise from his possession of the note, for it
was not likely that, having all that in his posses-
sion, he would risk being taken into custody by
attempting to change the note if he knew it had
been stolen.

The Lord Mayor said the prisoner had not given
such an account as to clear him from very grave
suspicion, and even if he were innocent he felt that
the evidence was such that, he ought not to dis-
charge him without another examination. He had
stated that he took the note in Baden Baden, and
he then comes toLondon to get it changed. There
were so many suspicious circumstances in the case,
that he thought he was quite justified in detaining
the prisoner, and he should therefore remand him,
in order that the officers might make some further
inquiries, and ascertain, if possible, something fur-
ther respecting the prisoner's antecedents.
Mr. Wontner hoped that his lordship would
allow the prisoner to go on bail, but his lordship
said that, even if the prisoner were innocent, he
had placed himself under very grave suspicion by
the account which he gave of himself, and undez all
the circumstances he would decline admitting the
prisoner to bail.
The prisoner was then remanded,

BOW-STREET.—SamueI George Drion, a Post-
office letter-carrier, was brought up on remand
charged with stealing two £5 notes from a regis-
tered letter in his delivery.
It appeared that on Aug. 19, a clerk in the office
of Messrs. Lawson and Co., Hope Foundry, Leeds,
registered a letter enclosing a remittance of £lO in
two Bank notes of £5, and addressed to a Mr.
Cotton, agent to the firm, Newington-crescent,
Walworth. That, and another registered letter,
addressed to a Mr. Jones, were sorted to the pri-
soner at the Walworth office, at 8 a.m. on the 20th,
and ho should have delivered them during his 8
o'clock delivery. He did not deliver Mr.' Jones's
till the 10 o'clock delivery, nor Mr. Clinton's till
half-past 4in the afternoon. He asked the servant
for the usual receipt, and while she was giving it
to him Mr. Cotton discovered that the letter did
not contain the two £5 notes which, according to
its tenor, ought to have been in it. He mentioned
that circumstance to the prisoner, who replied that
he did not know what was in the letter.' Mr. Cot-
ton gave information to the Post-office, in conse-
quence of which an investigation took place, and
several questions were put to the prisoner by Mr.
Gardner, one of the senior clerks. He first stated
that he had received the two registered letters after
he had tied up his bundle, and that he put them
into his bat, and "must have" forgotten them
until three o'clock. He was reminded that he had
delivered the letter to Mr. Jones with the 10 o'clock
delivery. He replied that he found that letter in
his hat when he was going round with his " tens "
(10 o'clock letters), and that he then delivered it.
On returning to the Post-office he perceived that
he had signed the entries for two registered letters,
and he immediately ran home to get the other, and
deliver it, but his attention was called off, as he
had to cook his own dinner, and he again forgot it
till the three o'clock delivery. Being asked how he
spent the time between the deliveries, be said that he
lay down on the sofa after dinner and went to sleep,
and that he did not go out except to his deliveries.
He was asked if he had been to the Bank or into
the City, and he said " No."
A clerk from the Bank of England proved that
the two notes were paid into the Bank about two
o'clock on the 20th, but he could not say that the
prisoner was the person who presented them. Wit-
ness gave in change for them ten new sovereigns.
Albert Harris, clerk to Mr. Wantney, land sur-
veyor, of the Poultry, stated that a little after two
o'clock on the afternoon in question the prisoner
called to pay some ground rents which he had col-
lected for Mr. Wantney. They had been due since
the 24th July, and Mr. Wantney had written to
press for payment. The amount was £6 ss. 2d.,
and the prisoner paid it with six new sovereigns
and ss. 2d. in silver.

Smee, the officer, proved that he found four new
sovereigns in the prisoner's possession.
The prisoner said that when he denied having
been in the City he forgot that it was the day he
had been to Mr. Wantney's.
He was committed for trial.

MARYLEBONE.—John Barkly, a groom, was
charged with firing a pistol loaded with ball at his
wife, and wounding with intent to murder.
The first witness called was George Amos, who
said—l am a public carriage attendant, No. 59.
Last night I was on duty at the cab rank in Lon-
don-street, Paddington. About half-past ten I saw
the prisoner go to No. 34, Stanley-street, which is
kept as a general shop. I saw a woman come from
the shop and put up a shutter. I believe there
were two or three up already. As the woman was
placing up the shutter which I had seen her bring
out I heard the report of a pistol, then saw the
shutter fall, and heard the woman scream. I ran
over, and the woman said to me, " My husband has
shot me." Prisoner at this instant came out and
said, " I give myself up to you, as you will do as
well as a policeman. I have shot my wife. lam
the man who did it." I helped the wife to the door,
as she was in a fainting state. I did not see the
pistol till this morning. At this time a policeman
had arrived, and I gave the prisoner into his cus-
tody. The wife was shot in the nape of the neck,
near the collar bone. She was bleeding. The ball
passed along the nape of the neck down the collar-
bone, and I saw the surgeon extract it.
Mr. Yardley (to prisoner)—Have you any ques-
tions to ask this witness
Prisoner--No.

Police-constable Albert Horlock, 112 D, deposed
—I was on duty in Praed-street when I was in-
formed that a man had shot his wife, and on going
to 34, Stanley-street, I saw the prisoner standing in
front of his house. He said, "I am the man that
shot my wife, and I meant to have murdered her."
I then conveyed him to the station-house.
Mr. Yardley—Did you find the pistol ?
Horlock—The next witness can speak to that.
Henry Drinkwatet, police constable 291 D,
stated—About half-past 10 o'clock last night I was
in my lodging at No. 2, Stanley-street, and heard
the report of fire arms. I put my hat on and ran
out, and looking across to No. 34 shop, I saw
several persons there, and among them the prisoner
in custody of last witness. He told me he had shot
his wife. He said, holding up a double barrelled
pistol above his head, " There is another barrel
loaded." I took it from him. At the station it was
found that the right hand barrel had been dis-
charged and the left was still loaded. After assist-
ing the wife into a cab I helped to convey the pri-
soner to the station.
_ _

Mr. Yardley—Which barrel do you Bay was
loaded ?

Witness—The left-hand barrel.
Mr. Yardley—What with ?
Witness—Powder and ball, and there was a cap
on the nipple. (Witness held up the pistol for his
worship's inspection. It was an ordinary sized
pistol.)
Mr. Yardley—ls the barrel loaded now ?
Witness—No, sir, The charge was drawn at the
station. He then produced the ball taken from the
left-hand barrel.
Mr. Yardley—Who has the other ball ?

Witness—the surgeon, your worship. On search-
ing the prisoner at the statiobnwleets
andfound a on
peacehina
some percussion caps, two bullets
warrant.
Mr. Yardley—A peace warrant ! Let me look
at it.
at it, his worship said it had been
After looking
granted from this court upon the complaint of the
prisoner's wife.
Mr. Henry Smith, house surgeon to St. Mary's
Hospital, said a woman named Barkly was
it fitted
ad-
mittedil into the hospital, suffering from a pistol
shot wound in the chest. She is in a very dangerous
m`ti°,l, from the wound being so near the lung,
r• Yardie Did extract the ball ?
Mr. -
Prisoner
Mr.
Smith—No,
sitrh.elwt iwfeilalt
Smithtt—Yes, sir. (He now produced it, and
...art? pistol exactly.)
Mr. Yardley_
Can
then remanded.
if she recovers bt attend
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month,?
at all.

71IE COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND
RAILWAY.

MARKET HARBOROUGH, FRIDAY.
The adjourned inquiry before the coroner into the recent
collision upon the Midland Railway was resumed this morn-
ing at the Town Hall.
Thos. Large, watchmaker and jeweller, of Melton Mow-
bray, stated that he was a passenger in the second train.
He was in the eighth or ninth carriage from the rear of the
train, and looking through the window he observed the sig-
nal beyond the gate-house. Immediately after passing it
he heard the driver blow his whistle twice. Atter a short
interval the driver blew his whistle again, and witness ob-
served another signal, which exhibited a white light. It
remained unchanged when the carriage in which witness
as passed it. He remarked to the passengers that they
were all right, as the white light was on. Immediately
after passing the signal he heard the alarm whistle sounded,
three very shrill whistles in close succession. They were
immediately repeated. Some of the passengers became
alarmed, but witness said there could not be anything in
the way, as the white light was on. He observed nothing
further until he felt the shock of the collision. He was well
acquainted with the nature of the signals from having been
in the employ of a railway company, and having had the
working of the signals during that time. At the time the
accident happened the train appeared to be travelling at the
rate of about five miles an hour. On reaching the signal
they were going at the rate of 15 miles an hour. The speed
had been materially slackened on approaching the junction.
He saw the first train when they reached Bedford. There
was no light in the carriage.

A Juryman—Was the speed of the train increased after
you saw the white light ?
Witness—lt is very difficult to say, but my impression is
that it was.

By Mr. Metcalfe—l did not look out of the window, be-
cause the first train was so near us. 1 always make it a
practice to observe the signals when I am travelling. We
took in water at Bedford, and remained there for about 10
minutes. We were considerably behind our time.

By the Jury—The driver of the second train was careful
and attentive to his duties.

Oliver Poyner was the next witness examined. He stated
that he was formerly in the employ of the Midland Bail-
way Company, and on the night of the accident he was a
passenger in the second train. Was well acquainted with
the road, having worked as assistant guard, and was
thoroughly acquainted with the signals. On approaching
the distance signal at Market Harborough he noticed that
the speed was slackened, and looking out of the window he
saw that the London and North. Western Company's signal
bore a white light. Immediately afterwards he heard the
danger whistle. He had scarcely time to look out before
they were into the other train. In passing the signal the
train was going at the rate of about 20 miles an hour.
Joseph Atkinson, gatekeeper at the Little Bowden level
crossing, stated that he had lived at the crossing for six
years. He remembered the first excursion train passing the
gate on Thursday night a little before 11 o'clock. He sig-
nalled the train off. Some one called out from the engine,
" Put that white light out." He supposed that it meant the
lamp he had in his hand. He could see the auxiliary dis-
tance signal from his house, and saw that it was turned from
red to white to let the train in. Shortly afterwards a se-
cond train passed. Did not notice it very particularly, as
he was about to go to bed. Looking out of the pantry win-
dow he saw the state of the signals. There was a white
light exhibited when it was all right. He watched the train
go by, and then heard it pitch into something. He and his
wife went out of the house when they heard the "pitch,"
and the white light was still on, and remained so until the
guard came down the line with a red signal. From seeing
an extra red lamp on the tail of the first train he knew that
there was another train to follow. The distance signal to
protect the crossing was at white, as usual.

By a Juror—He had known the auxiliary signal to fail
before this occasion. He had seen it partly red and partly
white. On Tuesday last a lady (Miss Norman) stood
with his (witness's) wife at the door after the train had
passed. He noticed that the red signal light was not on.
He thought there was something amiss, and ha said he
would go and see if it had stuck, It was still white when
he got up to it. He put his foot on the lever, and the light
was changed to red. He intended to go to the station to
report the matter, but Mr. Maxey, the Midland Company's
stationmaster, went to his house, and warned him to at-
tend at the station next day. On the train passing after
this mishap, the lever fell all right, but it clicked. He had
watched the signal very minutely since the Tuesday, and
nothing wrong had occurred with it.

By Mr. Metcalfe—l had been told to watch the
It was out of order a month ago, and I repaired it. lam
in the service of the Midland Company. Yours be the
London and North-Western. (Laughter.) I found that
out of own sharpness. (Renewed laughter.)
Mary Atkinson, wife of the last witness, corroborated her
husband's statement.

Miss Elizabeth Norman, who was visiting at Atkinson's
house when the first train passed, stated that she looked out
of the house when the second train passed, and noticed that
the signal light was white. Atkinson went towards it,
and, when he reached it, she heard a click, and the light
changed to red immediately. The train passed before
Atkinson went to the signal.
Thomas Smith, a porter in the employ of the Midland
Company, said he met the gateman Atkinson coming along
the line on the Tuesday night when the signal was out of
order, and he saw that the arm of the signal was half down
instead of being straight out.
Wm. Powlett, a porter in the service of the Midland Com-
pany, said he was in the second excursion train which left
King's-cross on the Thursday night. He was in the middle
of the train. Did not take any notice of the train till it ar-
rived near Harborough station. The head guard made the
remark to Mr. Large that something was the matter, and
asked him (Large) to look out. Large did look out, and
said it was all right, as the white signal was on. As soon
as they had passed the signal the driver sounded the alarm
whistle, and directly after the one train ran into the other.
By Mr. Metcalfe—Large looked out because the driver's
long whistle caused alarm.
Mr. Maxey, the Midland Company's stationmaster at
llarborough, said that on Tuesday evening Atkinson called
his attention to the signal (the auxiliary) and said that that
signal had not worked or acted when the 6.39 train had
passed. He waited till the next train came up, when the
light changed from red to white. The light was afterwards
changed, but there appeared to be a difficulty in working
the signal. He complained to Mr. Rich, as the signal was
in the hands of the London and North :Western Company,
and he requested that a man should be placed there as was
customary when a signal was known to be out of order. Mr.
Rich and he examined the signal.
In cross-examination witness said that the signal had
since acted rightly. He never heard that Mr. Rich had
made complaints against the Midland officials.
The Rev. W. Woods, of Leicester, was next called. He
said—l was a passenger in the second excursion train on the
night of the accident. I saw the first train before us several
times during the journey. I was in the first compartment
of the second carriage from the engine. Between Bedford
and Hitchin I looked out of the window, and saw that
.a
train was before us. I do not know how near it was, but it
was sufficiently near to make the passengers feel nervous.
When we entered the station at Bedford I saw the first
train stopping at the station. After leaving Bedford I be-
came so nervous that I could not sit down. I had suffered
once from a railway accident before. I saw the first train
ahead of us between Bedford and Market Harborough. We
had travelled from London to Kettering very carefully. I
heard the sound of a long protracted whistle before the acci-
dent occurred. A tremendous jerk then took place, and the
carriage stopped. There were no lights in our carriage. There
were two great red lights at the station, and looking in the
other direction I saw what appeared to be a blue light, I
walked down the train,and went from carriage to carriage. A
cry was raised for a fire, and with my pocket handkerchief
and some paper I kindled one. I saw Mr. Morley, one of
the passengers who was hurt, and he asked me for water.
I jumped the fenceand obtained some at the railway hotel.

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six minutes before our train. 1 timed it by my watch.
Henry Hagger, the signalman, was then called. Having
been cautioned by the coroner that his statements might be
subsequently used against him, he said—l have been in the
service of the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany as a signalman for the last eight years. On the night
of the accident I went on duty at seven. The signals
worked accurately. At 10.53 a Midland special passenger
train arrived. It gave the usual notification—two whistles.
When we are all clear at the station we lower the signal
for the train to come in. I did so with this train. As soon
as a train passes the signal it is my duty to put the sig-
nal on again to danger. In this particular instance I did
so. When the driver of the train passed in front of my box
he said, " I am going to stop for water." I said, " All
right." He also said, " I have shown the gate-man a red
signal, and told him that I intend to stop for water." After
this conversation I noticed the signals ; they had gone back.
I could see the auxiliary light; it shows a green light. At
two minutes past 11 another down special train came ; it
gave two whistles as usual. The distance signal and main
signal were kept at danger. When the driver of the second
train came in sight of the distance signal he gave one
long whistle. I could see the train. He had passed the
gate, but was at a considerable distance from
the back signal. He then gave a number of sharp
whistles until he got nearly into the first train, which
was still standing at the station. In addition to my two
signals, which I had on at danger, I waved my hand-signal
lamp. Some time elapsed after the collision before any
one came to me. Mr. Rich, the stationmaster, was the
first who came to me. He asked me for the key of the
office, and inquired as to the state of the signals. I told
him they were all right—at danger.
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wheels When I saw the second train, which
is an indication that the Brain was travelling at a rapid
speed.

By Mr. Fisher—l am on duty for 12 hours at a time,
being employed on night duty one week, and day duty,the

next. On Mondays I am on for 18 hours, but not consecu-
tively.
Mr. Symington was the next witness. He said—l am a
commercial traveller, and reside at Little Bowden. The sig-
nal post on the Midland line is about 120 yards from my
house. About 11 o'clock on Thtirsday night my attention
was attracted by the two usual whistles given on the ap-
proach of a train. Immediately afterwards I heard the
short or danger whistle. I had seen the first train go 'by,
and my impression was that it had passed about seven mi-
nutes before the second train arrived. I said to my wife,
" There will be a smash," and I went out to look at the
signal, and saw a signal which I had always supposed to be
a reflector from the red light, but which I now find is a
green light. I have no doubt whatever that the danger sig-
nal was on when the second train passed.
By Mr. Marigold—l have known the signal and watched
it for five years. It always exhibits a white light. Since the
accident I have been up to look at it, and am satisfied that
it was a green light.
By Mr. Metcalfe—Unless the signal is white there is a
difficulty to make it out.
Mr. Gold Symington said—l am the son of the last
witness, and was about going to bed on the night of the
accident, when I heard the danger whistle. I ran to the
window to see what was the matter. I saw the train
coming over the bridge at the rate of 20 miles an hour,
with all the breaks on, and I watched it till it ran into the
other train. I did not see the signal ; I cannot see it from
bedroom. When I first heard the train I heard two
whistles, and I saw the sparks flying from the breaks.
The inquest was then adjourned, after sitting nearly
eight hours.

SPOPTING LNTELLIGENCE.