The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-22 00:00:00

MANSION HOUSE RELIEF FUND.

A t the meeting of the committee of this fund on Tuesday
(the Lord Mayor in the chair) it was reported that the
receipts up to the present time amounted to £100,985.—
Mr. Davidson, representing the committee in Paris, de-
tailed the course of action they had taken in that city.—
Archbishop Manning read the report of the sub-committee
appointed at the last meeting. The sub-committee were of
opinion that inasmuch as £75,000 had been applied by the
Mansion House Committee, together with £50,000 worth
of stores to the relief of Paris, and only £5OO hitherto
to the alleviation of distress outside, the attention
of the Mansion House Committee, should now be turned
in the latter direction. The sub-committee had further
thought that as there were many other committees who
had been sending money and food into the districts, it
would be advisable to see that money was not spent twice
over in the same district ; for instance, the Seed Corn
Committee, and the War Victims' Society, and others,
were actively engaged in carrying out a similar
object. He therefore proposed that a conference be held,
consisting of members of the society in question and the
Mansion House Committee, to carry out a fair distribu-
tion. This was carried, as well as a resolution to give
£5,000 to the Seed Corn Committee, the better to enable
them to carry out their work of supplying corn to
the French suffering districts. Mr. Levy handed
in a chtque of £l5O and £2BO worth of postage
stamps, which the Lord Mayor said could be used in ex-
tending their applications. Mr. Levy said the latter sum
had been received at the Daily Telegraph office in sums
varying from 2d. upwards. After the transaction of some
business of minor importance, the committee adjourned.

THE MURDER BY BURGLARS AT
STRATFORD.
At the Stratford Police Court, on Tuesday, Michae'
Campbell, aged 28,- was brought up before Mr. James
Spicer and Major Howard, charged with the wilful
murder of Mr. Samuel Galloway, a gentleman of large
property, who till the time of his death resided at 2,
Oxford Villas, Romford-road, Stratford, Essex.
As Mr. Galloway was highly respected in the district,
being a member of the Board of Guardians, and also a
member of the Westham Board of Health, deep regret
was felt in the neighbourhood at his death, and in ad-
dition to the reward of £lOO offered by the Government
for the apprehension of the murderer, £5O has been offered
by the Essex Volunteers, while the inhabitants of Rom-
ford-road have offered a farther sum of £lOO for infor-
mation which shall lead to the murderer's apprehension.
The prisoner, when placed in the dock, was well dressed,
of slight build', pitted with the smallpox, and quite clean
shaved ; he is evidently very intelligent, to judge by the
manner in which he cross-questioned the witnesses, and
speaks in a becoming manner.
The fallowing was the evidence taken :
Inspector George Clarke said : I am chief inspector of
the Detective Police, Scotland Yard. I have been em-
ployed since the murder of Mr. Galloway in endeavouring
to apprehend the murderers, and from inquiries I made on
Monday afternoo -,- I went about four o'clock, accompa-
nied by Inspecto Mason, of the IC Division, to No. 18,
Waterloo-court, muel-street, Cannon-row, St. George's-
in-the-East. I went upstairs to a front room, and there
found the prisoner, with two other men and a woman.
One of the other officers present with me said,
" That is Michael Campbell." I then ordered him
to be brought down stairs, and took him into custody.
He said, " What is this for ?" I said, "I will tell you
presently, when you are out of the neighbourhood."
Passing on to the station I said, " You will be charged
with the murder of Mr. Samuel Galloway, of 2, Oxford-
villas, Romford-road, Stratford, on the evening of the 9th
inst." He said, " Oh, God ! No, I have been guilty of
almost every crime, but, thank God, not that."
I took him to Leman-street station, and there
searched him. I found a small knife only on him.
I then conveyed him to the station at West Ham, and
caused him there to be placed with five other young men
in a room at the station, all of them similar in age and
description to himself. I then sent for the persons whom
I thought could identify him. They did so, and I was
present when he was identified by four other persons,
and amongst them was Mrs. Galloway, *the widow of the
deceased.
The prisoner had no question to ask.
Miss Elizabeth Green : I reside at 4, Stratford-green.
I was going down the Romford-road on the evening of the
9th of February, about twenty minutes or half-past eight
o'clock. Whilst I stood at the corner, near to Mr. Payse's
house, I saw the prisoner who I now see in the dock
come down Mr. Payse's portico. He put his foot
over the portico, and walked away as deliberately as
possible. He went across the road, and a little way down
Water-lane, then returned and met another man, and they
walked on, and I saw no more of them.
Prisoner : Was it on the top of the portico you say you
saw me ?—Yes.
Did you see my face ?—Yes, you looked in my face
when you came down.
Did I speak to you or anything of that sort ?—No you
did not.

Prisoner : Well, that is all wrong.
The Bench : How far were you from him, Miss Green,
at the time? He came right close to me and stood at the
gate, I should not have been able to have recognised him
had he not done so.
Mr. William Knott : I reside at No. 7, Wood Cottages,
Romford-road, and am a blacksmith. I was in the Rom-
ford-road, near Mr. Galloway's house about half-past
eight o'clock on the evening of the 9th of February.
When I first went past I saw three men standing close
by ; one had on a low hat, another had a cap, and
the third had a low-crowned felt hat on. One of them
was dressed in black. I believe the prisoner to be one of
the men, but I cannot swear to him. One of them (I
think the prisoner) turned back, and stood talking to Mr,
and Mrs. Galloway, at the corner of the Hamfrith-road.
I afterwards saw the three men standing over Mr. Gallo-
way, and heard Mrs. Galloway scream. The men finally
ran away up the street, and one ran towards the station
at Forest Gate.
The Bench : Did you try to pursue them ?—Yes ; and
did so till I saw they were too far ahead for me to come
up to them.
How far were you off? About forty yards when they
began to run. I should, I think, have been able to have
caught one had not Mrs. Galloway held me.
Prisoner ; Do you think you could recognise anyone at
forty yards ?—I was closer to you at one time.
What made you recognise me ?—Well, I thought as you
were standing together one of you looked " tight." You
were then differently dressed, and have now no whiskers.
You are very much like the man I saw.
P.C. Barnes, K, 87 :—I was on duty on the night of the
9th. About a quarter to seven o'clock, my attention was
called to a brother constable who was talking to
three men and a woman. He told them they were
taking up the whole of the footpath, and he asked
them to go out and leave the room for others to pass. I
noticed the prisoner among them, and can positively swear
to him. The woman went towards Stratford, and the men
down Vicarage-lane, all three together. The other con-
stable went on to his btat, and as the men were dressed
very respectably, I had no suspicion of them. It was near
to Maiden-lane where I saw them.
At this stage of the proceedings Superintendent Morrell
and Inspector Clarke applied for a remand, and the case
was adjourned.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and a numerous suite honoured the Royal
Amphitheatre and Circus with their presence on Monday
evening to witness the performance of "Lulu," the eighth
wonder of the world.