The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-16 00:00:00

THE HANWELL MURDER.

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It has been already statvd in ,some of the pa-
pei's that an old man of the name of Chad Well was murdered on
the road nearllanwell, .M iddlesex, in a very mysterious-mat,-
ner, a short time ago; and since the discovery
.waS made,
Colonel Clitheroe,, a very active magistrate of the Brentforn
district, has been unceasing in his efforts -to obtain some clue by
which the perpetrators of the diabolical act could be traced and
brought- to instice, The Colonel being . desircus of having
the assistance'of Sir Richard Birnic, procured summonses ert
the Bow-street police-office, a few days since, for the attendahce
of two waggoners, on whom some suspicion had fallen.
Yesterday the men attended, and underwent a very long ex-
antination : their mantes are John Drown and Sanl:
Colonel Clitheroe said he had seen astatement of the.m.acer
in question in one or two of the newspapers, which was in some
respectS erroneous, and lie would state the' facts shortly for
the information of the Chief Magistrate. On the 25th ,larch,a man about sixty years of age, named Chadwell, was sent by
his master, who he believed was a basket-maker at Uxbridge,
to Ilan well, to pay a suits of money% lie executed this
trust faithfully, but on his return, he got so
~extremely
drunk that he was picked, up on the, road by Some 111;41.
and carried into the Green Alan • public-house,, nn the road
between Hanwell and 'Uxbridge. 'The landlOrd
.put hint
into his stable, where he. slept until he was. comparatively
sober, and he then went again into the house and. had mere
drink. While he was there, Brown'and who v.:ere
driving the- Brackley stage waggon, stoppdelat the -house,' and
took their beer 'in the same box with Chatlwell. The latter. •
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into conversation with them, and at last became very abusive,
and Brown and he quarrelled. The Waggoner; after stopping
their usual time, went- on "with 'their waggon, and not long
after them the deceased left the. house. The Brackley waggon
was followed at no great distance, by the, Bucklngliarn waggtee,
the driver of which saw the deCeased pass on the road towards
Uxbridge, anti in a -very: short time after found hint lying
dead in the
_middle of the , highway. was coartyed is
a public.house,, where a Gri woner's ltufue.t WAS bold in
,pro'..
per time upon the body, and a verdict of " Died 'by the ve;i_
tation of God" returned, The only marks then tii.icevr red were
a bruise across each thigh, and another on one hand, froth .the
back of which the flesh-was torn; 'The Jury eanre t;) t-he. 1.64„:
elusion that he had fallen dead in a fit'of apoplexy, end 'din 'a
waggon had gone over him, and on thatconclusion they founded
their verdict. The body was -taken to Uxbridge r;:ttsratent,
and there some old women were employed to strip the ho4r-
and prepare it for the grave,- in doing which they'diseove'red'h
wound in the : groine which appeared to have been int-hatrd,
with a. sharp instrument. The discovery being antic knOWn,
the body was conveyed hack to Ilanwell, and another Jtity.
summoned. Some surgeons opened- the-. bodY, • and''fbutill
that the deceased had received a stab in the groin,' and that
the instrument, -whatever it was, with which the wound wA
inflicted, had penetrated upwards to the spine, and
ing in its passage divided the main -artery,, must have occa-
sioned instantaneous death. It was the opinion of the surgeons
that the deceased could not have had the power even to calroelt
when he was struck, so sudden must have been the effect of the
blow. They accounted for there being no appearance of blood
on the clothes by stating, -that the ;bleeding took place in-
wardly. The Jury, after a long investigation; during
which Brown and Springall, together With a' boy whom they
had with them, were examined, returned a verdict :of—.
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the Brackley waggon, was seen on the:road at all. ;' •
The breeches worn by the deceased when he was ninidereir
were produced. There was a cut in the front of about an inch
in length. An iron instrument used brwaggeriers- to- '&114
the wheel was also piTaluced, which had been tiken• frothille *
Brackley waggon, and this was 'fitted to the cut in ':hebrcechss,
but it was at once evident, from the forthation of thri,toorl,:thAt„
that the wound could not have been inflicted:with it. e ,
Brown and Springall were separately examined at greatlehgth.
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by Sir It. BIRNSE and Colonel CLITHEROE. ,
Springall stated the circumstances of the quarrel at tlletliehi*
Man, and added, that when they got' some distance on the
road, Brown got into the waggon to sleep; and the bey:*t.
into the hay-sack, while he (Spnitgall) drove the waggon. 'He
was joined by a woman, and while talking to her, he Saw the de
ceaseep .ss at a quick run, and called out to him. He answered', '
" I au, jogging (or running) on for 'Uxbridge." He salt no
more of him, and did not know that any thing bred happens.4l
to him until he arrived at Hayes Turnpike, when a matt Wlro
had come down by a coach told him he had been foud dead.
He did notseee the deceased-lying on the road, and he thenglit
if he had been lying there the horses would have shied at him.;
Colonel CLITHEROE.—You say that he passed your wag,
gon in the same direction in which yoti were 'going, ant fib`
was found dead in two minutesafter by a waggoner who-was'
behind you • so that if your account is true,
.you /I‘fe.
passed his Cody.
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Springall said he could not account for it.'-"He was quite in-
nocent, and would give•any information if he could.
Brown told precisely the same story, and said'thct Sprin,gal/ ,
was an occasional assistant of his in drivihgthe waggon.
sometimes made skeWers at a place doWn -the road;and brnriglif
them to town for sale.
The examined, at the desire of the -Magistrateseproduccl
their pocket-knives; litit they did not'fit the cut-in the'breeChs-.
There.was no knife or other sharp' instrument -found on the
road. -

Colonel CLITHEROE said he haeciarnineir tlie boy and the
woman who was in-conversation with Springll; but had oh
tamed nothing from them but what , he' had already stated. The
boy was not in custody at all.
Sir R. BIRNIE said that this was as mysterious'a iransaCtifirt
as had ever come within his knowledge. There was,no'i.'pOK. ~
that the deceased had been•murdered, but at present tbere
nothing to show by whom the act was committed. The'se
had been very properly brought here for examination, but
was no evidence to wairant.‘theit" detention.=-The men were.
then discharged, on their promise to appear at some. fut,utp,
time, if they should be called upon. E

The letters and papers by the Jarriaica
reaching to the 24th of. February, with fu,rttler,
dates to the 3d of March by, a private ship, wero
delivered yesterday. They contain, no newg,trn,4 ,
are chiefly occupied with the detiits of the recep.
tion and installation of the new Bishop.