The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

It appears that as two mechanics, named Mager and
Peasley, residents of the village, and who were well
acquainted with the Broughs, were proceeding to their
work up a lane which skirts the house where the scene
of blood was enacted, they had their attention drawn to
a pillow covered with blood, placed on the window-Bill
of one of the windows facing the lane. At first they
did not think that anything horrible had occurred, and
Peasley observed to his companion that he supposed
Mrs. Brough had been bleeding again, and that to call
assistance she had placed the bloody pillow within sight
of passers by. On a former occasion it appeared
Peasley had his attention attracted to the unfortunate
woman, who, it appeared, was subject to great bleeding
at the nose, and who always called in some of her neigh-
bours when she was attacked with the bleeding. Peas-
ley accordingly considering that this was the case, and
with the assistance of Mager got over the outer gate,
and Mager having followed his example, the latter put
a ladder to the window, to get into the premises by that
means, as the hall door was fastened. Upon reaching
the window a horrible spectacle met his view, and he
hurried down the ladder, informing Peasley that Mrs.
Brough was standing in the middle of the apartment
with her throat cut. Another man named Crockford hay-
ing by this time come up, Peasley sent Mager for medi-
cal aid and other assistance while he and Crockford
entered the house, the door of which by this time they
found unfastened, having been evidently opened by the
unfortunate woman herself, as the lock of the door
showed marks of blood, who then again rushed upstairs,
where Crockford, upon entering the room, found her
lying on the bed with a fearful gash across her throat,
which had completely severed the windpipe, thereby
preventing articulation, and two of the unfortunate chil-
dren lying by her side with their heads nearly severed
from their bodies. The sight so shocked Crockford that
he was about to rush from the apartment, when his at-
tention was drawn to the wretched woman, who, hold-
ing some clothes to her throat, made signs for him to
give her a drink, which he did, and upon handing her a
mug containing half a pint of water she drank it off
without taking the vessel from her lips. It appeared to
revive her for a moment, when she fell back helpless
upon the bed. By this time a large crowd of people had
assembled, who upon going upstairs were terrified at the
shocking spectacle that, met their eyes. In the room
already described lay the unfortunate creature with her
two children, and in the adjoining room was discovered
in one bed the bodies of three other children with their
throats cut and quite dead, while in a third room lay the
sixth child, with his throat cut, and also quite dead.
The spectacle was the most shocking ever witnessed.
The floor upon which the fearful crimes were perpetrated
was literally deluged with blood. Messrs. Izod and
Moss surgeons, having arrived, they immediately turned
their attention to the wretched woman (all hope for
her victims being past, as they had all been dead some
time), whom they found had made a desperate although
not a dangerous incision in the throat. Having sewed
up the wound sho was, in a few hours afterwards,
so much recovered as to be able to mutter the words,
" That razor—if it had not been for that razor." She
appeared to feel her position very acutely. Upon
searching the apartment a large sized razor which the
husband, on leaving home, had locked up in his desk,
which was found broken open, was discovered under her
bed, covered with blood. Mr. Superintendent Buddle-
scome, of the Surrey constabulary, having, shortly after
the discovery of the fearful deed, arrived, caused all the
bodies of the six murdered children to be removed to one
room. In one bed, as already stated, were found three
of the children, namely, Georgiana, aged eleven years ;
Cary, aged seven years ; and Henry, aged four years,
who, besides having his throat cut severely,h e d a large
cut
across the cheek ; in the second bed,William, aged
eight years, who always slept by himself ; and in the
third bed, with the mother, Harriet, aged four (twin
sister of Henry), and George, aged two years. They all
appeared to have been murdered in their sleep, which
surmise was subsequently corroborated by the mother's
confession ; and the eldest girl, Georgiana, was evi-
dently, from the fearful nature of the wound, and the
position of her body, the first victim. Up to this
evening the unfortunate woman is doing well, and her
sseery is expected in a few days at the utmost.
Last afternoon she had so far regained strength as
to make a full confession of the whole transaction.
She stated that she commenced the murders at twelve
o'clock at nignt, when all her victims were asleep.
She first cut Georgiana's throat and then Cary's without
their waking ; but upon proceeding to kill Henry he
awoke, and looking imploringly in her face said, " Oh
don't, mother." This, she remarked, appeared to shake
her for a time, but, becoming desperate, she seized him
by the hair and inflicted the fatal wound. The razor at
first slipped, which, she said, accounted for the wound
on the chin. She then went to William's bed. He
was asleep, but she turned him over without his waking,
and cut his throat at the first stroke. She then pro-
ceeded to the third bed, and cut George's throat without
his stirring, but Harriet struggled a little, and gurgled a
good deal in the throat after she made the wound.
Having murdered all her children, she applied the razor
to her own throat, but after making the cut she grew
sorry for it, and threw away the razor. She then placed
a bloody pillow on the window to draw attention, and
laid herself down, but she was unable to sleep ; and she
did not, she observed, sleep after twelve o'clock, as she
then commenced the murders. Sho appeared to look
back during the narrative with horror at the deed she
had perpetrated. Superintendent Buddlescome, with
Captain Hastings, head constable, were present, and
noted it down as given by the unfortunate creature, who
remains under their surveillance until her recovery.
The husband, upon hearing of the horrible transaction,
was so distressed in mind as to be completely maniacal.
His friends advised him not to proceed to the premises.

STRIKES.—The Liverpool shipwrights have over-
reached themselves. Some time since the Unionists de.
i
manded and received 15s. a-day wages, and in some n•
stances were really paid at the rate of a guinea a-day.
The consequence was,
that the cost of repairs in the port
was excessive. Shipowners sent their vessels to other
places to be repaired ; American masters got their work
done, whenever possible, at American ports, taking
materials from Liverpool ; and the Admiralty resolved
that no more transports should be fitted out there.
Wages have already fallen to 108. a day, and probably
will go much lower. The demands of the Union men
led to the introduction of shipwrights from other ports,
so that, with diminished work, them is a larger supply
of hands.—Spectator.
NEW METALLic ALLOT.—M. Delatide, of Paris, has
presented an invention, which consists in certain pro-
cesses for producing a new metalliq, alloy, similar to
silver in appearance, and intended to supersede it in
various applications. Tin forms the base of composition'
and to prepare it, the inventor calcines it two or three
times with saltpetre, and reduces the calcined part to
powder, which is melted down in a crucible. When in
a fluid state it is purified by being mixed with charcoal
powder, the clear part being drawn off into another
crucible ready for uee.—Minirty Journal.