The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

FURTHER PARTICULARS of tli( LATE MURDER. of
CLIFFORD.

yesterday was the day'fixed for the further
iiz-
vestigatior: of the murder of Edward Clifford.-
Mrs. Clifford being unwell, the 'Magistrates pro-
ceeded the flouse of Correetiou.,.Coldbath-
fulds, and held their examitiation in the Chapel.
Thomas Lyons, of No, 9, Parker-street, Drury,
lane,, was:the first witness eafled, Mrs. Clifford,
ff: the deaseci's Widow, is his sister. " I (line to
London 27 years ago lam almost sore it was in
1780 when I Caine. I was then a bricklayer's la-
hoover. I now live on the earuings• of former
•years ; I can satisfy your.Woiship 1 have got pro-
perty honestly conic by, and l live on it."—Do
you renteml4c the first husband of your sister
U 40, his name was Bourke : I first saw him in 1806
in Ii eland: he was a bit ()fa farmer, I saw 'him again
in 1807, in Loudon ; his wife was not then with
I-never saw him after ;. and I wish I had
never seen him at all, for he robbed me I saw
Clifford before he was murdered : I saw him in
Ireland at Bourke's house. As soon as 11Irs.
lord came to England, she came to my house.
•I was so astonished ttt the sight of her, that I
could not speak for some time. When I. first.iaw
her, ''Clifford was with her, and another inan
I never liked Clifford; tie wished my sister to go
back to Ireland, but never' offered her avy assist-
Rime--1 was quite sure be never had offered to.
give her any money." Question from Mr. Ton-
TQN.-Did- you think'Clifford was her husband at
the time she first called on you ? No, I did not.-;--
Did you ask her if: he was ? No, I did not.---Did
she tell you that be was ? No, she did not,—llo
• you think she ivas CliflOrd's wife ? No, I firmly
believein my heart that Bourke is alive at this
monient.-.--What is your reason for believing that
Bourke is alive ? No particular reason : I never
beard he Was dead—l knew him—My sister never
told• me he was dead.
Slattery, whom the Magistrate had committed
on the last examination for prevarication, was
then called, and the (Miters of the prison hroti4lit
hitn id custody. Mr. Turton told him that his,
examination on a former day should be read to
hint, and requested lie would pny particular atten-
toit, to alter what was incorrect, and after he
heardit, to sign it. Slattery's evidence on the last
examination was then read ; it was very long, mid
the clerk who read it spoke so low we could not
follow him ; the following' however appear to.be
the most material parts of it. i tell Ireland
about three months ago ; about a fortnight be-
fore that, I saw Bourke, Mrs. Clifford's first bus-
.band he had parted. with Mrs. Clifford about
two months before that the reason I understood
why he parted with her was, that he could not
support the childien. Clifford, the deceased, was
my cousin : when they went to lodge in Church-
crreet, St. Giles's, I went to lodge with them ;

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tey appeared to,bave money Chtiord wore a
huk 1101)nm:111er about I'll neck on the day pre-
ceding the thurtlet.,

Mrs. Basby, wife of I)r. Busby, who attended
his lady, stated,: that she. went to the lodgings of
Mrs. Clifford, after the murder, to relieve the dis:.
tresses of the widow ; she there found the pieces
of a silk handkerchief, which oshe produced ; they
were cut in shreds, not any of them larger than
half a crown.
Slattery's evidence .proceeded with.-1 do not
think *the handketthief Clifford wore on the Sun.
day was like the pieces now procjilced ; •1 am sure
they are .not ; 'Mec Clifford had not such a hand-
kerchief to my knowledge. On the Sunday night
1 went home about hall Vast, nine o'clOck, and was
a‘vakened at about twelve, by Mrs. Clifford coin-.
jog in; she smoked a pipe, and went to bed. I
heard of the !warder about nitre o'clock the next
trotniag. I also learnt; in the course of that
day, that the children (Mrs. ClifThrd's) had found
some bank.;noteS io or near the fire-place ; Mrs.
Cliflord carried them to M`Lcaren. Ido not re-%
member whether she said to me, or I said'to Jter;
That Mr. .McLearen should keep it a secret, but
sometinng was said about its ht..ng kept a secret.
I observed to some pile (we could not catch the
name) that site was a dt,;ep one no one knew What
money she had.,----The,above %Vas .the substance of
Slattery's evidence.
Mrs, Hannah Singleton, wife of James Single.:
ton, of No, 4.1, Chltrt.th-strett, St. Giles's, was then
sworn. Clifford, the deceased,. and his wife,
lodatal with her. tier lodgers go in,and'Out, day
and night, as they please. Could not,say at what
time Cliti'ord Cattle borne on the night 'of the-
marder. Whrt conversation had you, with Mrs.
•
Clifford on the :Monday morning I asked her,
It her(' is your ho band f. she said, he is,gone home
so I re!and, and I must go to the parish-ollicers.—
lie oil'ol'ed to her goal. ;to a young woihan
who .th,o h•4.:,0s iu the house : tit-that time it was.
*lietoveea 7.:tod a the morning, Mouday. We
rod-not ItcHtrd'ot- the tou.der. She asked me if
'auttld go the ‘vorkhouse, awl tell of her distretis.
cif state, :anti estdeavour to get a pass for her : all
this was twrore we heard the mutder. . I de-
sired her to go herself. -1 heard of the murder
bet weeoB and 9, at at high tithe Clifford was
)Ite out. Mu,s. Clifford never spoke to me of any
innate she ,:t(!, and we believed them to be very
p tuts .•-• •
‘;lie heard Slattery say that the children,
had picked tip sow money in the fire.:place.
ut„,!, a Jody w.hOse appC,lrlllett beSpOk;
:;teatrea. res 'in 11.11 v, • 't'll) was then sworn. She stated
4,
that she jived near the place where the murder
w.ba emanated. Her bed-room window looked
Wn.rtis the spot IA here the deceased was fOund.•
4'
I got op Oho•wlid) at four in the morn-
ing, and loOkett Out 0( , it Was (10e-
light ; I know it .was, foal' o'clock, hecattaie
ki'ked-Ot racy witieltr I s'aw a-man irt:alliing froln
tit& woe; -where the muttler .cuts eOromitted • he,
wallied up towards the.houttes where there
way out ,he was taint like orlltaar, "(I
no one was•there hut himself : hail on:a 41tant 7ke
coat ; but I could -not speak to the rest oU his

dress."

Leary, the pri4oner, mitt) had not been present,
d wing the ‘t-hole of . the abu-t! examit,„tion,
witt
tiow 4ettt I:c.a, and Mrs—flue:wits asked, "
thihk that tin person you :iaw "--Ariscvei',
ua& flot di.essed thin°. iike that man." teo.vy

thodei betTistc'eie4l coat,
aud under cma, tins and a
pit. to: black vilvett en breerhes.''
Shunleworth,lvlio found the lmtly at an
hour, said his man, were then called ; trul Mrs.
flue Was,ashed if she thought either of the,tl 'ti It
the person che.saw ; but sic answered in the ne-
gative: ,
Mrs arifiltlt, the wife Of ,Tames GrMthc,:was.z
next examined„They i-cert the sign of tile iiind
and Crown, Church-,streqt, Sc: Giles's. IThe pH-
soner's wife Pkiiti for two pots of beer at her holist:
on the' Sunday night. lI ebaci Harrington and
his wife were preietrt. She never saw Alt:: de-
cea.ed.
Mr.. Champion said, she 'wits double cowl)) of
Mrs. Clifford zn the called on deponelt before
the murder; and Clifford told ..her that his wife
hold 40s. from. hint, and that .ohe had it few pounds
r)f her orn. Cli:ford could not speak English,
only
I\lr. TentToN, the Mlgistrate, thoiu that the
Bank-tmtes which llt s. Clifford had ityrnsted to
M`Learen, and which she bad since got back,
should be forthr.namiag. They
,wcre sent for, and
deposited with his clerk.
The evidence of Mrs. Clifford now became vie,
cessnry, for whose" convenience the Magistrates .
had adjourned their' proceedings from Hatton-gar-
den to the House of Correction ; but she was
taken in labour while the examinations Wetiv,,gning
on ; the further investig2thm was, therefore, ad-
journed fot• three weeks.

JeitT.NILE DElltro.vroEs.
MA 1.13 POU G -ST 'LIB ET,—A boy names naie.B,‘
was yesterday' charged at this office., on the te.Ati7
ninny rif ,an accomplice, an apprentice to .Mr.
Dell,. baiter, in Marlborough-street, witis aiding
inciting, the said apprentice to rob his twister.
—lt appeared, by the testisnony of Jr.l` Dell, t:,at
he bad at various times missed money hys,ll his
till, to which his apprentice confide:still
cess, and, frost' the respectability of hiS cossiwe-
tions, no suspicion ttt first fell upon him. The
master received a 211. luante, which he particukrly
nsarlied, and deposited it in• the till; .shortly after,
when attempting to chan3e a larger note, that of.
2/. wai e-one. The journeymen also hack lost mo-
ney at different tiffies frosts their trunit,s; and sus-
picion at length fell on the prisoner, who, onliej
ing closely interrogated, confessed his guilt; Ile
st.ited, that he had
,btest first initiated in his
honest practices by. Isis feller-rprentice, who
had runaway, Th.: prisoner, ]sates, and another,
your:, planned the robberies, and shared thespoil,
by which they nutintained themse-Ives in lodgings
in Shepherd-street, 'Bond-street. The apprentices
bad robbed their master, of front 3 to 53. a.day,
for several months,. bes *as bread, &c. Aftemme
apprentice had left, the info•:•snant was desirous of
discontinuing robbing his master, but the pri-
soncr and his companion intimids,ted Mina, by
ktating they
,would disclose to his master what
bad happened, and they frequently called to buy
rolls under pretence of doing so,—The prisoner
was committed. . •

James Lacey, a lamp-lighter, was also commit-
ted for trial, for attempting to steal the gold seals
from a gentleman's watelr, during the tire in Ox-
ford-street yesterday morning,

EXEC UT' ON,

Arukih Fountain and her accomplice, T.Roic-21t,
*ere executed at Lincoln on Friday last. On
Tuesday morning, in order td.prepare the- mind
of tha nnhapny criminals for the fate `wl)ieh await-
ed them, Divine Service was performed in du,
Castle Chapel, by the 11,..v. G. D. Kent, chaiklin
to the prison. The portion of Scripture selected
fir the r„liscourse was most apprOpri:ite. At was
taken from the 2d Samuel), chap. 12. v, la. and
related ti) the'conthict of David when he fell into
the foul sins of murder: and last, by which .the
prisoners were reduced.to so unhappy a situation.
The awakened, consCience3 of the-eulprit3 seemed
to make them feel the full extent of .heir guilt.
Theyappeared eagerly to catch at the least mew ion
of divine mercy; awl on the mind of the wninan.
the idea of her children, who' were frequently al-
hided to by the preacher, had an effect wHelt may
more easily conceived than enressed. On
Pridayamorning, at half-past eleven o'clock, the
criminals were taken in a cart to the usual place
of execution in the neighbourhood, where they
joined in prayer with the Clergyman for a short,
time, and then ascended the fatal steps with more
resolution and composure than could havelbeen
expected from persons in their Awful situation.-7
The ropes were soon adjusted, and the.. steps
throvett down. After hanging an hour the bodies.
were removed for dissection. Rowell persisted to
the last in denying that lie knew to Whet purpose
the !ambition) was to be applied, .whilst his part-
ner.in guilt continued to assert that they'had fre-
quent coversatious on the
.st.thject, and that he
knew when he got it that it was.to poison tronn-
tain. Rowell Was 4 native of Melton Mowliray,
where he bore .a very bad chum:ter: lie %% as to
haVe married the unfortunate Fountain',, eldest
dmighter, having paid hi* addressei to het foe
sonic time.