The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-16 00:00:00

HIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1865.

prisoner commenced a struggle, upon which the
him• Mr. Walker and
officer put the handcuffs on
Inspector Hamilton, who were outside the premises,
having accompanied Foulger, went into the shop,
and Foulger coramenced to search the prisoner, and
found on him a gold case of a valuable watch which
corresponded in every particular to the movement
which was on the counter, and by the use of a strong
magnifying glass the name of Mr. Walker was found
to have been erased. Mr. Walker was, however,
perfectly satisfied that that watch was his property,
and that it formed part of the stock that was placed
in the safe on the night of Saturday, the 4th inst.
In another pocket of the prisoner's was found a per-
fect gold watch ; and as far as that was concerned,
there was not the slightest possible doubt it was Mr.
Walker's, as the name and number had not been
erased, and that particular watch was described in
the list of articles stolen. There could, therefore, be
no doubt that the prisoner was in the possession of
two watches forming a portion of the stolen pro-
perty, which he accounted for by saying he picked
them up in the Hackney-road.
The Lord Mayor—That will not weigh with me.
Mr. Lewis went on to say the officer took from
the prisoner's pocket an envelope on which there was
an address, and the officer proceeded there, although
the prisoner at first gave another address, and found
he resided there. He found that he was carrying
on the business of a weaver, and in addition he
found a number of watchmaker's tools and a quan-
tity of " bows" of watches, which, if the prisoner
were engaged in any nefarious transactions in
watches, it could be well imagined the purpose the
bows would answer. It was, as his lordship was
well aware, the general plan, when a watch was
stolen, to break it off at the bow, and it was, of
course, very convenient to have a bow to put on a
watch which had none.
Mr. Lewis then proceeded to examine the wit-
nesses, and the following evidence was adduced :
Wm. Smith was examined, and said—l live at
1, Bath-cottages, Grove-street, South Hackney. I
am in the service of Mr. Walker, watchmaker and
jeweller, 68, Cornhill, who also carries on business
at 48, Princes-street, Leicester-square. I have been
in his service about twenty years. On Saturday,
the 4th inst., Mr. Walker's son left the premises at
Cornhill at about half-past five, and left me in por-
session of the property and shop in Cornhill. It was
my duty to superintend the shutting up of that esta-
blishment. I commenced at about a quarter past
six, and removed the stock from the windows and
placed the whole of it in an iron safe, and secured
the safe by locking it, and took the key with me.
I then sent the boy upstairs tc see that the office
doors were all locked, and see that no one was
secreted there, and when he came back, from
what he said, I proceeded to lock the outer
doors. Mr. Walker occupies the front and back
shop on the ground floor, and the upper part is let
out in offices, and the basement is occupied by a
tailor. The occupants are only there in the day-
time. The outer door leads into Sun-court. I locked
that door on the inside, and locked Mr. Walker's
front door and barred it, and passed to the front
door and put up the shutters to the door, which are
secured by an iron bar fastened by a padlock on
the outside. There are two doors to the shop, one
leading to the other, one being the shop-door and
the other the street-door. I then shut the street-
door and locked it and put a bar across the lock,
which I fastened on the outside by a padlock. By
that means I left the premises of Mr. Walker
thoroughly secure, It took me three quarters of an
hour, or so, andl left about halfpast seven. There
were three jets of gas left burning in the shop, and
there are apertures in the shutters, through which
persons in the street can see inside the shop. They
are made for that purpose. I placed two looking-
glasses in the shop.
The Lord Mayor—Those glasses are not fixtures?
Witness—No. I put them in such a position that
they reflected the iron safe and the inner part of the
water-closet, towards Sun-court. The water-closet
is the only place in which anyone could secrete him-
self in Mr. Walker's premises. The keys never left
my possession until I went to the premises on Mon-
day morning. I went there on Monday morning
about half-past eight, and found all the fastenings
as I had left them. I opened the shop door, which
was locked. I first observed a hole in the flooring
of the shop from the basement. I immediately cast
my eyes to the iron safe, and touched it to see if it
had been tampered with, and it opened as I touched
it, and I found the whole of the contents which I
had left in it on Saturday gone. I did not make
out the list described in the bill. I put in the safe
all the goods that were in the window and on the
counter.
William Hamilton said—l am an inspector of the
detective department of the City police. From in-
formation I received, I went to the premises of Mr.
Walker on Monday morning, the 6th of February.
I made a minute examination of the premises, and
first saw that an entrance had been obtained into
the back shop of Mr. Walker, behind the pannelled
screen which forms a partition. The hole was.large
enough to admit a man through it.
By the Lord Mayor—lt had not been done by a
chisel or saw.
Hamilton—By a hand gouge.
Lord Mayor—That would not make any noise.
Witness—l found the iron safe broken open. I
found marks of violence on the door. I should think
it had been opened by leverage and wedges. One
of the wedges was found. I found considerable
violence. One of the doors was entirely bulged. I
proceeded to the first floor and in one of ,the rooms
there I found a hole large enough to admit a man,
which had been cut in a similar manner to the other. '
The hole led into the tailor's shop. The thieves had
then apparently gone into the basement which is
arrived at from a staircase in Mr. Mitchell's shop,
and from there the hole was made in the ceiling,
and a hole had then been made between the joists,
and so admittance had been obtained to Mr. Walker's
shop. I did not find any indication of the premises
having been broken into. I form my own opinion
as to how the entrance was effected, but there were
no indications. The small padlock on the outer
door leading into Sun-court had been cut away
from the woodwork, but the door was left on the
latch and so apparently secure.
Theodore H. Foulger, sergeant in the detective
t
force, said—The case of Mr. Walker's burglary had
been under my notice as well as other officers. I
wasonaeboout five os those
h o'clock wit with In.esapewctthe
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night
working watchmaker's shop in Wilderness-row,
Goswell-street. I went into the shop and went up
to the prisoner. I told him I was an officer, and the
prisoner tried to walk away. I laid hold of him, and
pointing to a watch movement that lay on the coun-
ter, said, " Where did you get that?" He said,
Let me go and I'll tell you." I said I should
not let him go. He struggled to get away from
me and tried to drop something which he had
in his hand. While we were struggling I pulled
from my pocket a pair of handcuffs and slipped one
on one of his wrists. The prisoner being over-
poweredj , said,"Now will you tell me where you goi
it from ?" he said, 4, I picked
it up in the Hackr
road." We still strugg ,
led and I slipped the other
handcuff on his wrist. Inspector Hamilton and Mr.
Walker, jun., c,ame into the shop. I proceeded to search
the prisoner and found a gold watch-case, in which
,
e counter has since been
the movement found on th
ket I found a gold watch
placed.
In another pocket
0 and Mr. Walker's name
perfect, numbered 3,04 ,
and address on it. I found £ll 14s. in money on

him.
Lord Mayor—Rather more than weavers carry
with them. (Laughter.)
er with an address,
Witness—l also found a pa.D
Devonshire-street,
Mile-end.
asked him where he got the gold I
45, West-street
gold watch, and he said he picked
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the
Hackney-road. I gave the watch-case and the move-
ment.the
m
to Mr. Walker, and I saw
him put it
case. The name of Walker had been erased from
the watch movement, and the name of Hilton, of
Wilmington-square, substituted. The name of Mr.
Walker was on the perfect watch, not erased. Pre-
vious to my finding the letter, the prisoner said he
lived in Duncan-street, Mile-end, but when I found
the letter on him, he said he lived at that address. I
went to a room on the second floor in that house,
leaving the prisoner outside in custody. I found the
room fitted up as a weaver's shop, and saw several

girls at work there. I searched the room and found
a number of watchmakers' tools. I also found about
50 new bows for watches. I took the prisoner to
the station, and he said he was a weaver.
Mr. J. T. Walker said—l have the management
of the establishment of my father, at 68, Cornhill.
The other establishment is under the management of
one of my brothers, and on Feb. 4 I left the shop in
Cornhill at about half-past 5, and at that time I left
the whole of the stock in the window. The value of
the stock Iso left was about £6,000. It would be
the duty of Smith, as he has informed the Court,
to place that stock in the iron safe. After the
robbery I made a list of a portion of the property
in the window. The list produced contains particu-
lars of the watches forming a portion of the pro-
perty stolen. The whole of the goods are not men-
tioned. The watch produced by Foulger, numbered
3,040, was part of that stock. It has the name of
my father, with the address, 68, Cornhill, on the in-
side. The value of the watch is £55. There has
been a name on the dial of the other watch, and I can
see by the glass that a name has been erased. I can
see distinctly the trace of the letters " Jo." My
father's watches are marked " John Walker," and
the " Jo" is in the same position as the same letters
would be in my father's name. It is clearly percep-
tible that a name has been erased. The, case is the
same class that my father makes, having crystal
front which was brought out by my father. I saw
Foulger take the movement now in the case from
the workman's shop in Wilderness-row. The move-
ment fits that case and is of our manufacture. I
have examined the movement and can see that a
name has been erased from it. I cannot say what
name has been erased.

The Lord Mayor—But you can see a name has
been erased ?

Witness—Yes. There has been another name
placed on it, " Hilton, Wilmington-square." There
has been a number erased. There is a new number
now on the watch-3,740. I have no doubt this is
one the watches that were in stock on the night of
the 4th February. The value of it is £45.
Mr. Lewis—Upon that evidence I ask for a re-
mand, my Lord.
Lord Mayor—This is so important a case that I
shall give all the time you may require to prepare
the evidence. '
Mr. Lewis asked that it might be remanded until
to-morrow (this day) week, and the prisoner was
remanded accordingly.

The Burglaries in the City.

Wm. Munday, aged 43, described as a bookbinder, re-
siding at 29, Margaret-street, Clerkenwell, was yesterday
charged before Sir James Duke, at the Guildhall Police-
court, with receiving 15 dozen of skins, value £5O, well
knowing them to be stolen.
Wm. Roland, a City detective, said—From information I
received I went last night to the warehouse of Mr. Nevett,
where I saw the prisoner. I asked Mr. Nevett if he had
been offered any skins for sale, and he told me the prisoner
had offered him these (produced). I asked prisoner how
he came by them, and he said he had been applied to to
sell them on commission. I asked him who employed him
to sell the skins, and he said he did not know the man. I
then asked him where they came from, and he gave the
same answer. A few minutes before this Mr. Epstein, from
whom the goods had been stolen, came in and stated that
they were his skins. I then told the prisoner that the skins
had been stolen on the night of the 9th inst. from the pre-
mises of Mr. Epstein, of No. 11, Newgate-street. On the
way to the station the prisoner said, " I wish to behave
like a man, and will tell the truth about it. A man of the
name of Jimmy Dunks, living in Cow-cross, employed me
to sell them." The prisoner gave a correct address, and I
went there the same evening. He told me that I should
find more leather there, and on searching ;the first-floor
back room I found 194 dozen skins in addition to the 15
dozen which I had taken at Mr. Nevett's.
Mr. Joseph Nevett said—l am a bookbinder, and live at
66, Snowhill. I have known the prisoner for more than
20 years. ,On Monday last, about 4 o'clock, he came into
my warehouse and asked me if I wanted to buy any leather,
showing me some samples of morocco. After some conver-
sation, he said he had a great quantity, and asked me to
buy it. He offered the skins, which were real morocco, at
about half their value. He said he would take 345. per
dozen for them. I told him to bring them for inspection
the next night, and closely questioned him as to the quan-
tity, as I knew that a burglary had been committed where
articles of this kind were stolen. Alter he was gone lat
once communicated with Mr. Epstein, and took proper
measures for that gentleman to have an opportunity of
identifying and recovering his property.
Mr. J. H. Epstein said—l carry on the business of a
leather merchant at 11, Newgate-street. My warehouse is
on the first floor, and I left it all safe on the evening of tho
Bth inst., but when I returned the next morning I found it
in the possession of the police ; and I missed 15 dozen of
morocco skins and 22 dozen of roan, value about £B2. I
recognise the skins produced as mine. My warehouse door
had been forced open. There were workmen repairing the
upper part of the house, which was empty. When my
people left, the outer door was closed with a spring lock.
Joseph Ricketts, a plumber, said—On the Friday morning
I went to do some work a little before 7 o'clock at 11, New-
gate-street, and obtained the key from Mr. Broom, the
landlord. I at once said the place had been broken into,
and gave information. I found a dark lantern in the ware-
house, which had been left by the thieves.
George Brook, manager to Mr. Brown, the landlord, ex-
plained that, the house undergoing repair, the thieves must
have secreted themselves the previous evening, and carried
off their plunder about ten o'clock, as his own men came
before four o'clock. The outer door was well closed with
a spring lock.
Sir James Duke—l understand that these spring locks
can be picked with any pick-lock key.
Witness—Well, Sir James, and so can any other lock by
an experienced cracksman. From late events it would seem
that neither iron safes or brick walls stop them.
James Dunks said—l am a beer-shop keeper, and carry on
business at 51, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. I have lived
there for the last 13 years. lam also a clogmaker, and
make high clog boots for the brewers' men. I have known
the prisoner for 12 years. I never employed him to sell
skins for me. I never had any skins in my possession.
The prisoner frequents my house. I saw him last evening,
and also on Monday afternoon, when ho was tipsy. I also
saw him on Saturday. He called upon me last night about
four o'clock. He is a pocket-book maker. I called at his
house on Saturday morning, as he owed me a sovereign for
money lent, which he had not paid me. He then said he
could not pay me, but that he had a job lot of skins for
sale, and if I could advance him £lB he would give me £2
interest and the £1 he owed me on the following Monday
I lent him the £lB and left him.
Sir James Duke—What. You mean to tell me that you
lent a man £lB who could not pay you a sovereign.
Witness—Yes, I often do so ; and they sometimes make
£5 by it. He came to me about 7 o'clock in the evening
and told me that he had purchased the leather, and on
Monday he would give me the money. I never saw the
skins or any samples of them. I have not been repaid the
£lB, or any part of it.
The Prisoner—This witness is telling lies all through,
and nothing but lies. I never received £lB, or any other
sum except the £1 which he did lend me. He had the
skins, and it was by him I was employed to sell them.
Witness—The prisoner said if I met him at the Cock, in
Snowhill, at 6 o'clock, he would have a cheque and would
pay me the money. I went and met him, and had some-
thing to drink with him, but did not see him again,although
waiting for him until he was in custody. I saw an empty
cart going up the hill. It belongs to a man of the name of
Wells, of Baker-street, Warner-street. I never saw the
cart with skins in it. I had some drink with Wells. Roland
said Dunks had at first denied knowing anything about the
cart.
Prisoner—lt was on Saturday that Dunks called on me
and told me to sell the skins. I was merely to sell on com-
mission.
Sir James Duke—This case I shall remand till Friday,
and then the carman Wells must be produced ; and with
• respect to the witness Dunks, I shall require him to enter
• into his own recognisances in the sum of £4O to appear on
b that day and give evidence.

Two lads, named Joseph King, 18, and John Thompson,
laBt,
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breaking into and entering the
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1 pearl spoon,
cigars, 5 pairs of plated instant,
and stealing therefrom 94
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a table knife, and 2 a snuff-box, Pchuil le r
stamps, also an album
and jet brooch.
City Police-constable Walter Johnson said—On the 11th
of February, about half-past two o'clock in the
morning,
was passing along Little Knightrider-street Doctors' I-
conunons, and when I came to the Horns Tavern linheard
some one talking inside. I listened for about five minutes,
when I heard some one say, " Open the door." That wass,
said a second time. I then heard the words, "Now, Jack,
let me out," and the door was opened by the prisoner
Thompson. I stopped him, and asked him what he was
doing there. He said they had not been doing anything,
and asked me to let them go. I told them I should not let
them go until they had given a satisfactory account of them-
selves. I saw the prisoner King in the house at this time.
They then endeavoured to push themselves by me. 'pushed
them back into the house, and they tried to pass me a second
time. I sprang my rattle for assistance and alarmed the
inmates, and Pearson and a police-constable came up almost
immediately, and they were taken to the station-house. I
searched them, and upon King I found 49 cigars and two
pairs of plated sugar-tongs, and on Thompson 45 cigars and
three pocket-handkerchiefs.
City Police-sergeant Robert Pearson said-0n Saturday

morning last, about half-past 2, I was in Great Carter-lane,
when I heard the rattle sprang, and went into Knightrider-
street to the Horns Tavern, where I found the two prisoners
in the lower part of the house with the officer Johnson. I
searched Thompson, and found on him three chisels (pro-
duced). While searching him Thompson said, "It is all
right, we have got some things about us." I found on
him three pairs of plated sugar-tongs, an album, and other
things. I also found at the feet of Thompson this dark
lantern (produced). On examining the premises I discovered
that an entry had been effected by the first-floor window,
where I saw fresh marks of footsteps. Some drawers had
also been broken open.
Mr. T. John Puller said—l keep the Horns Tavern,which
is also a district post-office. It has been a post-office for
the last 16 years. About the time mentioned I was awak-
ened by the barking of a clever little dog of mine, which
keeps watch at my bedroom door. He is not a courageous
dog, but a very watchful and faithful one, and I understand
his ways. I told him to lie down, and instead of doing so
he again went to the head of the stairs and barked. I then
got up and called two of my men servants, and was dressing
to go downstairs when I heard the constable's rattle. lam
in the habit of taking my valuables up to my own room,
and on the evening in question I had taken up over £3OO.
I believe that it was their intention to rob the post-office,
and communicated my suspicions to the Post-office autho-
ties, and also the promptitude with which the constable
Johnson obtained the assistance of his brother constables.
Sir James Duke--Well, after all, it seems that there is
some activity shown by the City police.
Mr. Pnllar—So the Post-office authorities think, sir. In
this instance the prisoners got in at the first-floor window.
Sir James Duke—Was it fastened?
Witness—l think not.
Sir James Duke--What is the object of not fastening
your windows ?
Witness—lt was carelessness.
Sir James Duke having duly cautioned the prisoners,
who had nothing to say, they were committed for triaL

were authorised to subscribe £BO,OOO to the capital of the
Macclesfield, Bollington, and Marple Railway, and to gua-
rantee 5 per cent. upon that sum, the Sheffield Company
having decided on subscribing a similar sum towards that
undertaking.
A resolution passed at the meeting in August last for
raising £lOO,OOO was rescinded, and the directors were
authorised to raise 055,000 by ►e issue of 5 per cent. pre-
ference stock rateably among the ordinary shareholders.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman and directors.

• LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Manchester yesterday ; Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., pre-
sided. The report was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN said the hopes indulged in from the
traffic of the first half of last year had not been realised in
the second half, in consequence of the paralysis of the trade in
cotton goods, so that from an increase of £5,000 or £6,000 per
week at the beginning this traffic fell off to a decline at the
endof last half-year; but, notwithstanding this unfavour-
able state of things, there had been received an increase of
£70,000 over the corresponding half-year of 1863, making
the aggregate a larger amount than had been attained in
any half-year. It was, in fact, £1,341,635 ; against
£1,031,631 in December, 1860, which was at that date the

largest amount the company's lines had ever earned. The
intervention of the cotton famine reduced this total in De-
cember, 1861, to £982,000, with a dividend of 5 per cent. ;
in December, 1862, to7£9o3,ooo,iwith a dividend of 31 per
cent. ; in December, 1863, to £971,000, with a dividend of

4f per cent., and it had now risen to £1,041,000, with a
dividend of 6 per cent. To earn the increase of £lO,OOO
over the same half of 1860, their trains had carried
1,299,816 more passengers and 414,977 more tons of mer-
chandise. Had not steps been taken to enlarge stations and
increase the working stock they could not have had such a
traffic nor such an increase of dividend, and it was evident

that if they were to go on increasing their traffic and divi
dend there must be a further supply of rolling stock and
further enlargement of stations. Acting upon this convic-
tion the directors asked for £75,000 towards enlarging sta-
tions in the coming half year, and of £50,000 for engines,
carriages, and waggons. The increase of working expenses
was £17,095 for earning an increased revenue of £70,100,
or 251 per cent. There was cause for congratulation that
the antagonistic schemes coming before Parliament this
year were not very numerous nor of very great importance.
Some of these would have to be opposed, and others
watched, with a view of rendering them as little objec-
tionable as possible. With reference to the applications of
this company, it was the wish of the directors to have had
as few as possible. If they had been let alone they would
have been content with the existing lines, and to have
done their best to serve the interests of the various dis-
tricts through which the lines pass. The Doncaster and
Wakefield, the York and Doncaster, the Hull and Don-
caster, the Blackburn and Chorley, and other lines, applied
for or threatened with a view of denuding this company's
lines of their traffic, had rendered it necessary for the
directors again to introduce into Parliament bills for
lines of railway more or less important with the object of
preserving the traffic on the existing lines and of opening
additional sources. The most important application
was that for the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great
Eastern Junction line, which had many advantages passing
through a level country, which would have the advantage
of the expensive and commodious stations of the Great
Eastern, without contributing a penny to their cost, and,
with the excellent passenger station which the Great Eastern
Company would shortly have in the metropolis, it could
not fail to have a satisfactory passenger traffic. For goods
traffic the Great Eastern had great advantages in London,
and for coal traffic their position was such as to insure
them the command of that portion which was intended for
the eastern part of London, where the chief of the manu-
factories, breweries, and gas works were situate ; and tak-
ing the small cost of the line into consideration, say £12,000
a mile, it was evident that a comparatively small traffic
would make a large return upon the cost. It might be
said that they would be provoking other companies to re-
taliate, but he appealed to the past to show that no consi-
deration for this company had ever prevented others from
invading their territories where it was to their interest.
The CHAIRMAN concluded by moving the adoption of the
report.
Mr. G. WILSON seconded the motion, and after a few
words from Mr. Roberts, Mr. J. Fielden, and Mr. Lever (of
Manchester), who mostly spoke in approval of the policy of
the company, it was carried.
Resolutions were carried declaring a dividend on the capi-
tal stock at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; re-electing
Messrs. Wickham, Andus, Barnes, and Blacklock to the
board ; re-electing Mr. E. Harper one of the auditors ; and
(the meeting having been made special) authorising the
directors to borrow £57,000 on mortgage.