The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1849.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.
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gaol after being examined at the police-court on
Saturday. The coolness and general levity of her
conduct, however, excites considerable observation, it
not surprise. She often expresses nuich concern
about Manning, and when speelting of him remarks,
" Ah, poor boy, he ought not to have been taken."
Scarcely a word escapes her lips in reference to the
part she is supposed to have taken in the dreadful
crime. All her thoughts apparently are devoted to
dress. Having obtained permission of Mr. Seeker,
the police magistrate, for some satin dresses and
bonnets, found in her luggage when apprehended, to
be restored to her, she has been employed most of
the time since her last appearance at the police-
court, in preparing her attire for the next examina-
tion. She has been very busy in adding a double
fall to her bonnet so as to screen her, as she
says, from the vulgar gaze of the mob. She makes
but little complaint of the restrictions imposed upon
her; indeed, she has often expressed herself satisfied
with what the prison authorities had done for her,
saying, "I have plenty of room, plenty of air, and
plenty of food, and am not without society." She
expressed a desire to see Mr. Moxey, the superin-
tendent of the Edinburgh, police, but being told that
that gentleman had left the metropolis to attend his
official duties in Scotland, she seemed rather disap-
pointed, and observed that " she wished particularly
to have thanked hire for his gentlemanly conduct,'
adding, " but I intend to go again to Scotland as
soon as I have got over this difficulty, and I will call
and see him." During the whole time she has been
in the prison, it has been generally observed that she
relies much on the belief that she will succeed in
satisfactorily clearing away all suspicion of her being
concerned in the murder of O'Connor. The appear-
ance and conduct of Manning have undergone a great
change iu prison. Yesterday he seemed depressed in
mind. On Sunday night he expressed a wish to have
an interview with his wife, but Mr. Keene, the
governor, informed him, as on the previous occasion
when he made a similar request, that it could not be
granted.
Mrs. Manning attended Divine service in the chapel
at Horsemonger-lane Gaol on Sunday, both in the
morning and afternoon. Her husband was not pre-
sent at either service. Both the prisoners have had
several interviews with their professional advisers,
preparatory to being brought up for re-examination
on Thursday next. Manning still asserts his own inno-
cence, and upbraids his wife as the sole perpetrator of
the deed. The police are actively engaged in making
inquiries after the air-gun or pistol from which the
bullet found in deceased's head was fired; and it is
believed that a clue has been found which will fix
the recent possession of an air-gun on Manning.
An air-gun, wrapped in a baize cover, was left by
a man answering his description at a shop in Cheap-
side on Wednesday, the Bth, and taken away again
on Thursday morning. The shopkeeper states, that
the person who left it appeared to be in a state of great
agitation, and said he would call for it again, which
he did.
Since the examination of Manning, the house No.
3, Minver-place has undergone another minute
search, by order of Mr. Evans, the Superintendent of
the M division of police. The whole of the back
kitchen was dug up some distance below the
depth where the body of O'Connor was found, but
nothing material was discovered. Inquiries are now
being made of most of the marine store dealers in the
metropolis respecting the crowbar which Manning
bought of Messrs. Evans, the ironmongers in King
William-street, and which is missing. It is evident
that a weapon of that description must have been
employed in raising the Yorkshire flagstones and
picking up the hard soil under them.
It will be recollected that a dress was found by In-
spector Haynes in one of Mrs. Manning's boxes, the
front and left shoulder of which bore marks of blood.
This confirms the admission made by Manning when
apprehended at Jersey, that Mrs. Manning invited
O'Connor downstairs to wash his hands, and when
reaching the bottom of the staircase put one arm
round O'Connor's neck, and with the other shot him
through the head. The stains on the dress have been
examined by Mr. Odling, the surgeon, of the Borough,
and that gentleman is of opinion from the experiments
he has made that they are marks of human blood.
Yesterday a letter bearing a foreign postmark and
addressed to Maria de Roux, was examined by Mr.
Seeker, the police magistrate, but it contained only
some doggrel verses on the late murder, and threw
no light on the facts of the case.