The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-06 00:00:00

TEE MURDER 1-11, TILE ISLE OF WIGHT.

A miserable-looking old man, who appeared to be
about the ago of 60 years, named James Joseph
Wadden, who was employed as a labourer by Mr.
Thatcher, of Wackland, was brought up before Mr,
R. C. Shedden on Monday last at the police office,
Newport, on a charge of hating wilfully murdered
at Apse on the night of Saturday last, a fellow
labourer of the name of William White, aged 29.
The prisoner was remanded till Saturday, but
the full particulars may be gleaned from the fol-
lowing evidence, which was given before the coro-
ner, Mr. P. Blake, at an inquest held the sane day
at the Stag Inn, Lake.
The jury having viewed the body, which lay in a
neighbouring outhouse, the proceedings were coal-
menced in a small room which would scarcely con-
tain the jurors and the representatives of the press.
Jane Smith, a good-looking young girl, said she
was a single Woman, and lived with her mother
and her little boy, on Apse-heath, in the parish of
of Newchurch. Her son was five years of age.
She knew the deceased William White, of Brading,
from her childhood. He was a hay trusser, and she
had been on intimate terms with him for 13 months.
Ho visited her every Sunday, and sometimes in the
week, if his work lay that way. They were making
preparations to be married, and had bought a few
things. Deceased came to her house on Saturday,
dined there and left about half-past two.. He re-
turned in the evening, at a quarter-pas seven, and
about a quarter of an hour after Wadden came
into the court, and called to her little boy. She knew
his Voice, but she didn't see him. She called, in
answer, that the little boy was in doors. Wadden
then asked her if she would let him go and have
some supper, and sleep with him that night, as he
had some cakes and eggs, and she made no reply.
He said that was more than that lazy rascal
would get for him. Wadden could see White was
there, as the door was open, and there was a light
there. Her mother had left the house about a quar-
ter of an- hour. (The witness here fainted away,
and on het recovery said) Wadden continued his
observation, and said deceased hadn't cut ten tons
of hay in a month. White answered, "I'll do more
work any day than you will, Joe. I have had
enough of your nonsense, and if I have any more
of it I'll will put thy fist alongside your head."
Wadden said he had better try it on. Deceased
then sprang towards the door, said I pressed the
door to with my back, and seized deceased by the
neck, , and struggled with all my energy to
keep him from getting out, but I found
my strength was going, and he pulled me from
the door, and I said to Willy, " Oh, Willy, put the
pin in," and he did, but deceased pulled the iron
bar away, which serted as a fastening, and out he
ran with it in his hand. I ran after him, and
begged deceased to come in. They were then in
the high road, quarrelling:, and I got between them
to separate them. I said, " Oh, Bill, come in, and
give me that bolt." He told me to get away, for he
wouldn't hurt me. I tried to get away the bolt,
and succeeded, He had not then struck Wadden
whilst I was there. I ran in with the bolt, but
before I got in I saw them seize each other about
the shoulders. I threw the bolt in and ran out again,
when I found them both down, one on the other, in
the road. Wadden was under' and deceased was
lying on him carelessly, with his legs thrown out.
I saw no struggling or crying out, or anything said.
They were doing nothing then, but lying in a quiet
position, as if they had no power over themselves.
I was not in doors a minute before I was out again,
and I saw them in the road as I have described,
and then I saw Edward Moorman trying to pull
deceased off Wadden, who appeared quite helpless.
I said, " Let me help," as he seemed to make no
impression as regarded moving him. I helped, and
we got deceased off Wadden, who struggled twice,
and we found that he was unable to stand. We laid
him up against the bank, but he never spoke. I put
my hand on his breast, and, finding the blood, I
said, " Oh, he has murdered him." Deceased was
then alive, and I found him breathe for about a
quarter of an hour afterwards, and he died on the
bank. Wadden got up of his own accord, and
walked off as fast as he could. I think Moorman
had said, "You have killed him ;" but I said nothing.
I do not know if Wadden had been drinking. De-
ceased had had a little ale. Wadden lived at Win
ford, about half a mile from our cottage (a wretched
hovel, and a disgrace to the Isle of Wight). He has
been in the navy, and is a pensioner. He said he
was 53, but he appears much older, and I believe he
is. White is 29 years of age ; taller than Wadden,
but not so stout. I have known Wadden some years.
He was a widower. I have not been on intimate
terms with him. I have been to his house, some-
times twice a week. I lived there as a servant
when his wife was ill six years ago, and about six
months after her death. He hadn't been inside
our gate for a long time till Saturday evening—not
for three or four months. He has called at the
gate to ask me to get his tea for him, and I have
gone occasionally, when he came from Lake with
errands on a Saturday, and he has heard me talk to
deceased at the time ; and Wadden would always
have something offensive to say him, asking where
that "fellow" was, saying if he was a woman he
would'nt walk with such a fellow. He was in thr
court three or four months ago, when the deceased
was there, swearing at and abusing deceased; and
I requested White not to say anything to him, as I
knew what a malicious man he was. Wadden
some time ago said he should like to have me, and
I said I would't have him if every hair of his head
was gold. I do not know that he knew I was en-
gaged to be married to deceased. I have heard
him say he would put the length of his knife into
White, or any one else, who interrupted him.
When White said he couldn't stand it any longer,
Wadden said he always had his knife sharpened
for the purpose. That was three months ago, in
the court of our house. Just before Christmas,
when my sister's child was baptised, Wadden came
to my sister's, who lives near me, saying he had a
cup of tea ready, if we would come in. 1 said,
" For all of us, Joe ?" He said, " No," (looking at
deceased) " not that thing ; I would sooner give
him a drop of poison," and then White wished me
to get away and go to chapel with him, and I did.
Deceased had no angry feeling towards Wadden,
as I have asked him if he had any objection to my
going and getting his tea for him, and he said,
None at all." Wadden was in the habit of carry-
ing a knife in his trousers pocket. Heard him say
if any one interrupted him he was ready prepared
with his knife open—that was when the police were
looking out for a navvy, who they said had killed
a man. He always eat with the knife, but I never
saw it on the night that White was killed. That
is the knife now produced (a most formidable-
looking weapon, with marks of blood still on it). I
believe White was stabbed before he fell, or the
other never could have got deceased down.
By the Jury—The bar was as long as the width
of our door, but he never struck Wadden with it.
I ran out, thinking murder would be done, as Wad-
den has threatened he would burn us in our beds,
or any one who interrupted him. I have often said
to deceased, " Don't say anything to him, Bill, as
he would stab you in a moment."
Edwin Moorman, a labourer, working for Mr.
Roach, examined—l was coming along the road on
Saturday evening, about 8 o'clock, to go to Bran-
stone, when the first I heard was a dreadful noise of
quarrelling. I knew White's voice before I saw who
they were, and I heard him say, " Not cut out but
five ton of hay in a week ; get out of the way, Jane,
I'll kill that old --." Knew Wadden's voice,
and heard him say, " Oh, will you, then come out
in the road (they were then just within the wicket)
and we'll have it here outright." I was not then
in sight of them in consequence of the turn in
the road. I then heard White say, "Let go, Jane,"
and then I heard the gate rattle, as if they
pulled it open. Then I could hear them as if
scuffling in the road, but no blows or words. It
only occupied half a minute, and I ran up to
them as fast as I could, and asked what they
were up to. They were both down, with Wad-
den under, deceased close on him, striving to raise
himself up. Wadden said, 6' Oh, Ned, is that you;
here's murder done hero." I said, "No, no, don't
talk like that," and I pulled deceased, saying,
" Get off, William." He seemed to struggle a
little, and Wadden's basket was lying by his Bid(
with some of the errands fallen out, and whet
White moved his arm he touched the basket, an(
more errands fell out ; and Wadden said, " Halle,
you are overthrowing my basket again," I then
got White off Wadden, and he felt so limmer I
thought he was tipsy ; then I thought he hed
fainted, as he had no strength at all, and I leant
him against the bank. Then Jane Smith screeched
out and said he was stabbed, and I saw the blcod
on his shirt, but he never spoke after I got there.
Wadden was just got up, and I said, "Joseph,
you have been and stabbed this man." He score
out, " What did the -- come out to me with the
poker for ?" He picked up his errands, and I ran
to the next house, leaving him in the road, and
when I came back he was gone. 'lhe young man
was the most powerful. I have known Wadden five
or six years, but never heard him use threats to de-
ceased. The knife now produced is not such as
farm labourers use—it is much larger, measuring
in length 101 inches. White was not qaite dead
when I returned from the other house. Wadden "
appeared to be sober. I am sure that the deceased
went out lo attack Wadden, but I don't think he
ever struck him with the iron bar.
Mr. Leeson, surgeon, examined—l am practising
at Sandown. I saw the body of deceased lying
against a bank by the side of the road. He was
quite dead. I examined a wound about 4 inches
from the left breast. It was an incised wound, of
one inch in length externally, and my finger would
not reach the bottom of it. Its direction was down-

wards, inwards, and slightly
backward, g,_ and
think that the wound was caused by the knife now
produced. It was sufficient to cause death. He
died from hemorrhage, the knife he,virg penetrated
toa large vein at the bottom of the heart, which
occasioned 14 large flow of blood; adt,littemigd air to the
heart, and caused instant death. 1-,
been stabbed whilst he was standing 0.
the direction of the wound. I could.
ying from
, Te r
l ht hav
other injuries on the body. discover no
After some further evidence,
o.turned
The Coroner summed up, and the jury x
a verdict of wilful murder against Wadden,

TILE SINGULAR DISCOVERIES IN Tip
SWISS LiAKES.

The peasants who dwell on the shores of the Lakes
of Switzerland hel often stated that, at a short dis-
tance from the land, rows of st,-dres might be seen
through the water, emerging from the mud of the-
bed. No interest was, however, attracted one his
phenomenon till about eight years sioce. At the end
of 1853, the waters of the Lake of Zurich sank con-
siderably, and the thrifty proprietors of laud on the
bank proceeded at once to add to their e.stutes
uctin the
portion of the lake-bed left bare, by con.strg
permanent dykes against the return of the water.
Whilst these works were being carried on, a row,
or rather a system, of stakes was discovered at some
little depth below the surfabe. Excavations we
begun at this spot, and the result was to disizter er
great variety of objects which proved that a large
number of human beings had once had their dwurio-
ell"
legs supported over the water by the stakcs. C
sity having beer, once aroused, researches were p.ro-
secuted not only by Obemeilen, where the first dis.'
covert' was made, but all over Switzerland. It was
gradually established that the mud near the shore of
almost every single Swiss lake supplied similar evi-
dence. At some primeval period a population of very
considerable density was shown to have lived in huts
constructed on stages which rested on wooden sup-
ports driven into the bed, just as the 111a:ays in
Borneo and the Siamese at Bangkok may be seen
living in this day. A wonderful number of artivleos
! pertaining to the daily life of these forgotten l'acc
have been brought to light. In some places, fhe
materials of the dwellings have been preserved in
the mud—the floor of hardened earth and the
twisted branches and bark which formed the walls.
Arms have been discovered in great quantities,
tools from saws in flint to needles in bone, °ma,-
ments, children's toys, the remains of stored-up
fruits of various kinds nay, even a cellar or
receptacle full of corn, and a loaf of bread com-
posed of bruised grain, and preserved by carbonisa
tion. By the side of these relics are found the bones
of the animals whom they slew in the chase, many
belonging to species extinct before the rise of his-
tory or barely mentioned in it. The urus, the bison,
the elk, and the beaver, furnished them with food
and with the materials for some of their most in-
geniously constructed utensils. So plentiful and
perfect are the remains found in the takes that much
more has been learned concerning the daily life ana
manners of men whose existence was not suspected
ten years ago, than is known of races which hav e
left a famous name in history or tradition.— Saul'
day Review.

C'OUN2.RY MA.REEIS.

...............4,.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—MARCH 4.
At :our corn exchange to-day there was a rather dull
trade, with a small attendance of buyers. The demand was
limited for wheat, but prices firm. Flour was dull, at late
rates. Malting barley, 37s to 38s. Oato, beans, and peas
quiet, and prices were unchanged.

HULL—MARCH 4.
A small supply of English wheat to-day, which sold at
is over last week's prices. Foreign, with a moderate busi-
ff
ness, is higher. Malting and grinding barley moved o
rather easier. Oats very dull. Beans and peas in retail

sale, at lower quotations.
Wheat.... Old white....per qr s4s Od to 58s 01
Old red
New white .. ~
New red .... "
Dantzic, Konb , ezc. old white 56s Od to 62s' Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red. . 58s Od to 618 Od
St. Petersburg'and Riga, old. 50s Od to 52s Od
Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Oa
Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 30 04
Grinding
Oats English, old
Riga,FArricehslanangdelananddDutal
05,13 d to 0813 id
Swedish and Danish oBl2ld to osla
per st osl2ld to
d
Beans ....English, old, per qr. 46s Od to 48s Od
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Ca
New tick. 4OB Od to 42s Od
Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s Od
Peas ..Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring. —s Od to —s 04
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing s • 4os Od to 52s Oct
Od
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 17 6 to £lO 0 0 8
15
Foreign
oto 910 0
Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 0
Bones

COAL N
(Prices of Coal per Ton at
s. d.
Buddle's West rlartley 14 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley....l4 0
Wylam ..15 3
Carway and DuffiTn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21 6
Lambert's West Hart-

—ley-- 14 6
Bate's West Hartley 14 0
North Pelton 13 0
Tanfield Moor 12 6
Howard's West Hart-

ley ....14 6
Hastings Hartley 14 0
West Wylam ........13 0
Ships at market.

ARKAT.
the close of the market

s. d.
Tan&ld Moor Butes..l2 6

Walls End.
Haswell . 17 6
Helloe
South Kelloe l6 6
Brsddyll's Hetton l6 6
•• Hetton
South Hetton 17 6
Hartlepool 17 0
Haugh Hall 16 u
Shineliffe 15 0
ITrimdon Hartlepool • l6 0
lEasington ~ .. l4 6
Trimdon Thornley 13 9
Eden Main ....... l5 6
;, 169 ; sold. 137.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 21.
via Marseilles Mar. 76.
Brazil and Cape- Verds, ly British packet. March 6..
Cape of Good Hope, Ascasion, and St. Helena April 1.
China, Penang, and Singepore, via Southampton Mar. 4.
via Marseilles Mar. 15,
Fa'kland Islands OO •, March 6.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... • Mar. 4.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 4.
via Marseilles Mar. 15.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Max. 13.
v:a Marseiles Mar. 7.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via uthampton Mar. 4.
via liarseilles Mar. 7,
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, tT Brit. packet Man 10.
br. U.S. packet
byCanadian packet. Mar. 12.
W.C. of Africa Madeira, and Teteriffe Mar. 10.
Bahamas, via New York
Mexico. ••• Mar. 28.
, •
All parts of West Indies, includins Chili, Peiu, I mar. 25.
California, and British Columba..

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoways Ointment and'Pillge---
Safe and Sure.—Pay by day are tases of ulcers, wounds'
sores, contractions, and deformites cured by these well
esteemed remedies after all other known means have been
tried in vain. Varicose ve'ns and ill other desciiptions of
sore, ulcerated, and bad legs, whici seem to defy the best
surgical skill, succumb in a shot time to the soothing,
healing, and purifying properties cf Holloway's Ointment
and Pills. They operate both locally and constitutionally ;
they strengthen both capillaries and nerves, and regulate
the circulation of the blood. The most valued testimonials
are constantly received from persons whom chance directed
to Holloway's safe and certain remedies, and which effected
a complete cure even after the constitution seemed
thoroughly broken down.

BIRTHS.

BURNS.—On the 3d inst., at Hampstead, the wife of the

_
Rev. J. D. Burns, of a son.
BEEVOR.—On the 4th inst., at 41, Upper Harley-street,
the wife of Charles Beevor, Esq., of a son.
SMYTH.—On the 4th inst., at Sidcup-place, Footscray, the
wife of Lieut.-Col. J. Hall Smyth, C. 13., Loyal Artil-
lery, of a daughter.
WEBB.—On the 3d inst., at Stoke Newington, the wife of
George Webb, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
EVANS—WILKS.-011 the 4th inst., at Charing, Kent'
Thomas Mullett Evans, Esq., of West.hill,Wandsworthy
to Ellen Mary, eldest daughter of Charles Wilks, EST,
of Charing.
STREATFIELD—SAINT.—OR the 4th inst., at Speldhurst
Church, Kent, Charles Newton Streatfield, Esq., Lieut.
R.N., eldest son of Major-General Streatfield, R.E.? to
Sophia Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Sault)
rector of Speldhurst.

DEATHS.
DESEOROIIGH.—At Torquay, Mary, daughter of IST. 114
Desborough, Esq., of Hartford, Huntingdon, aged 20.
FORSTER.— On the Ist inst., at New Wandsworth, near
London, Robert Forster, Esq., Commander R.N., aged
77.

HEATHCOTE.—On the 2d inst., at Shephalbury Stevenage,
Herts. S. H. Unwin lleathcote, Esq., aged 73.
HOARE.—On the 3d inst,, at Brighton, Matthew Edward
Hoare, Esq., aged 43.
MARTIN.—On the 3d inst , at Camden, Chislehurst;
Frances, widow of the late John Martin, Esq., MX. for
Tewkesbury, aged 92.

WILLIAMS.—On the sth inst., at Clapham, R. Williams,
Esq., late of Stroud-green, Hornsey, aged 80.
WALKER.—On the 4th inst., at Holly Lodge, Dalston, the
re idence of his brother-in-law,William Charles Walker,
Esq.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN Office,
No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of
Middlesex,—Thtutday, Nardi 6, 1862,