The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-24 00:00:00

OFtI~ lEEE I‘2TißiDErt;

AND TIIE DISCOVERY OF THE LATEER MURDER OF

MARGARET HUXTABLE.

„ [i'UnT,qtß PA RTICTAAItS .
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Wednesday morning Was committed toExeter
gaol, by the Rev. Edw. EdinOtids, Thomas Lis-
con*, labourer, chargedwith the wilftil murder of
Margaret Huxtable; at Abdbrooke; a child abotit,
nine years of age, in January last, (for the dis-
co-very of theTetpfltrator the Prince Regent offer-
ed a reward of 200 guineas;) also charged with
the wilful murder of-Si‘trak Ford, about 60 years
of age; of the parish Of. North on !...'atur-
day morning last, whilst her husband was absent
at his labour ; who, on his
.return, fancied she
was gime to North fluiSh, hut riot 'coming home,
according to his expectations, brOke Open .the
door; and.disedvercd her. most inlonnanli butcbir.;
ed. Strong. Suspicions were entertained against
the said TI Omas LiScotribe; that he had murdered
Sarah Ford, aa.he had been seen lerkirienear the
pretniSeS, on the morning Of that day., and his hat
being found in the house. , On Sund--lv morning
every inquiry after the Villain-C6;s. made,.and upon
information being given to kr. 'Stephen Lane, and.
Mr. Samuel Toope :Weekes, he was apprehended
by them at Torpoint, On
..7,Toriday Morning last,
about 9 o'clock. When, brought to the barn/iota!), •
Inn, Plymouth, he voluntarily confessed the mur-
der of the said Sarah Ford, which
.he effeeted in a
most barbarous manner, by first teating her with
a broom7stick, and cutting Ler neck with a wood
hook ; he then took flan; he pe son 225. 6d.
;aim* a bag ever her head, closed the vi ind)w cur-
tain, Went up stairs, broken open a box, took an en,
tire snit of clothes • belonging to ".the husband of
the deceased, in which -he dressed himself, and
left,the house, after rocking' th&door and throw-
ing away the key ;—he then went to the river,
where he sunk the whole, of 114 own clothes, ex- •
'cept his hat, which:be .left near the Corpse of the
.woinan. He was 'conducted by the same consta-
bles to Kingsbridge, with a view, if possible, to
ascertain if he was,concerned in the murder of the
child at Dodbrookc,- on the 20th of January last—
as he had been four times apprehended, and exa-
mined
by a Committee of Qentlemen and Magis-
trates, which had been formed for the purpose of .
investigating that foul deed ; but had escaped for
want of sufficient evidence. Tuesday morning,
after requesting his uncle to be sent for, in the
presence of whom,. and the said two constables,
Nvithout.any comptilsiOn or th:epts, he confessed
the horrible act, by saying; ” Well, I did murder
the ehildl" Upon being interrogated as to thel
particulars, he further stated, that, about six
o'clock in the. evening of the 20th of January
last, he met the child between Bell Cross
and the houses ; that he entreated her to. sheer
him the way to; Sentry-gate, and he w'ould give
her, a .penny ; she complied with his request),
and proceeded over - the stone steps and stile •
leading,to it; that in the..second field he took her
out of the path, went across that field into the
next, where he attempted to violate her person, ,
but could not effect it, inconsequence ce her cries .
and.resistance ; he then took,a stick irom
hedgeotruck her, twice on the head, which he
supposed.to have stunned
.her, as she. made no
more noise, afterwards dashed her bead to pieceec
by large stones ; and it., dark, he says, to be:
quite certain she was dead,' he felt wi9.l his hand,
and, found her brains were beaten out,;-.he stripped
her of all her clothes but her stockings, which he
intended to have taken away, but thinking thenk
of little value; letithem in the same field, ex.;
wept the shift ; he then went to a pool, near
Sentry-gate, washed his trowsers and his hands,
and wiped them with the shift, which he threw
into th'e hedge ; he returned to his lodgings at
Moreleigh, about half-past 9 o'clock.

He is a. man of small stature, about five feet five
incheS high, grails lame of •the left leg, :isps in
his speech, sandy complexion, dark hair, un,d an
aquiline nose, and has altogether a . most un-
pleaSant, forbidding appearance. He strongly
assorts he has no associate, but. was the sole perpe-
trator Of those bloody murders..

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Capt.-T. C. Wooicombe to the domniand of iheßevolutisuaire,
of 38 guns, ordered to be fit',.ed at Plymouth ; Capt. R. Ai-
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J. Shortland, tp tha Boxer sloop, in Portsmouth
harbour; Lieut.".R. Stuart, •to the 'Abercromby ; Lieut. J.
Geddes, to the Ramillies, ,at Chatham ; Lieut. r. J. S.Ciarke,
to Vie Puissant,' at Pottsmouth ; Lent. W. Wontliey, to the
Medahls frigate, fitting at Deptford.—Lieutenants W. C.
Harris, to the Kron essen, Thompson, to the Crown,
T. Vol, to the Vigilant, A. 8.. Evans, to the Vengeance,
E. B. Davison, to the Oiseau, as ,Rd Lieute-nants.=—Liente-
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to the Malgrave ; Lieut. C. Dendson, .to the Dublin; Lieut.
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the Ramillies ; Lieut. A. Nason, to the Alfred Lieut. A. Dale
CO the Peinbroke.-Mr. J. Ppttinger, Purser of the Quebec, to
be Purser -Of the Java, at Portsmouth : J. J. Lanyon, Par-
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tic ship, latek ta',:en in the MAilterranean, now in dock at
Portsmouth; .;tlr.T. Purser of the Naiad., to be Pur=
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at Portsmouth.; Nlr.j. Burgess, Purser of the Ueda, to be Pur-
ser of the Dotterell ; Mr. P. J. Stokes, Purser of the Hydra, to
be Purser of the Salisbtry, a ";() gun s?lip, building ; Mr. T.
Palmer, Purser; to the Nemesis ; Mr. T. Peel7.stm.. Purser, to
the Pelorus ; Mr. A. Dawson,. Purser, to the Moselle; Mr. P.
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the godney.—Mr. Dobie, Surgeon, from the Wo!verene, to
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Fagin, to the Signal Station at St. Martin-R, Jersey.—Mr.
Coker, QUal tertian of Caulk-erg at. Portsmouth, to be Pore•
man of ditto, at Deptford.