The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-17 00:00:00

MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS.

At Worship-street Police-court, yesterday, Sarah
Rogers, charwoman, was placed at the bar, on suspicion
of having been concerned in the murder of a little boy
between six and seven years of age, named Henry
Lazarus, who had been found dead in Spitalfields that
morning, having been most inhumanly murdered, for the
mere sake of the clothes that were stripped from his
person. The occurrence had caused an extraordinary
sensation amongst the Jewish population in the neigh-
bourhood of Spitalfields.
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David Lazarus, the father, a Jew dealer, living at No.
26, Tenter-street, Spitalfivlds, deposed that the de-
ceased, who was six-and-a-half years old, was safe in
the house at half•past nine on Monday night, and a
quarter of an hour afterwards was sitting on the door-
step, while the other two children were playing about
outside. At ten o'clock they were called in to go to
bed, but only two entered; and the deceased was no-
where to be found, and was not again heard of until
yesterday morning, when he was found dead in the
neighbourhood, and stripped of his clothing. his
clothes were a cord jacket and trousers, and a striped
silk handkerchief round his neck, and all the things had
a fresh and new appearance.
Abraham Lazarus, a relative, living a No. 14 in the
same street, said he saw the child at five o'clock on
Monday evening, dressed as described, and on his being
missed was about all night with the father and others in
search of him. Soon after seven yesterday morning he
was called into an adjoining yard by a neighbour's ser-
vant, and there, under a board placed slanting against
the wall, found the body of the child quite dead, and
stripped of all the clothing except the shirt, the stock-
ings, and the handkerchief. He had evidently been
strangled with the handkerchief, which was twisted
round the throat, and secured with four or five tight
knots. The face was discoloured, the eyes nearly start-
ing from their sockets, the tongue protruding from the
mouth, and partly cut through with the teeth. The
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soner exclaimed, that at the station-house she would
tell who had bought the child's clothes, and should thus
be able to clear herself. He had not said a word to her
about the clothes, but he then accompanied her to the
station, where she asserted that a person in Frying-pan-
alley had bought the clothes.
Police•constable 207 ii said, he was with the last
witness when the prisoner was taken to the station-
house. On the way thither, she told him that a Mr.
Lyons, in Frying-pan-alley, had bought the clothes that
morning.
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Mr. lIAMMILL said, it was manifest from the evidence
he had heard that a cruel and cold-blooded murder had
been perpetrated upon the unfortunate child, and he
therefore felt it his duty, under the facts detailed, to
order a remand of the prisoner for a week, that the po-
lice might be afforded an ample opportunity of prosecut-
ing their inquiries for a further elucidation of the
circumstances attaching to the murder, which were cer-
tainly of a somewhat mysterious character.
It is not thought that the prisoner is the real mur-
deress, and up to a late hour last night the police had
not succeeded in tracing the perpetrator of the horrid
crime with any degree of certainty.

BATTERSEA STARCH-WORKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Perceiving in your paper of to-day a paragraph
headed " Destructive Fire at the Battersea Starch-
works," in which it was stated that the entire building
was gutted and the stock wholly consumed, we shall feel
obliged by your at once correcting this error. The facts
are simply these :—We have eight stoves in connexion
with our manufactory, detached from the main building,
and so constructed that a fire in any one of them cannot
communicate to any ether part of the works. One of
these stoves took fire on Monday night, and its own
destruction alone resulted, the works themselves not
having been touched. The damage has been but trifling,
and our manufacture has not been delayed a single hour.
We must request of you the insertion of this letter, that
the anxiety of our numerous friends may be at once
allayed.

We are, Sir, yours, obediently,
ORLANDO JONES AND CO.
Battersea, May 13.

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days sale of the rare collection of English eoins fo
the auctioneers, of W ellington-street, Strand. The
fol-
lowing lots were deserving attention;—•A
William the Conqueror, sold for 11. 13s. Apenny of
Henry IV., very rare, sold for 101. 15s. A noble of
quarter noble
of Edward IV., well preserved, sold for 21. 1
sovereign of Henry VIII. sold for 21. 16s. A. crown48.
A'
of
Queen Elizabeth, in good condition, sold for 3 guineas.
A rial of the same monarch, considered one of tle
in existence, sold for 211. ss. A rial, or fifteen•shilling
Queen Anne 'ver •'
piece of Charles 1., struck at Oxford in
piece, of James 1., sold for 16/. 10s.
1644 sold f(
141. ss. A unit, or broad, of the same king, 'II.
1645, sold for 121. A Carlisle shilling, struck to comin
memorate the siege of that place, sold for 41. ss. A pat-
tern for a sixpence of Oliver Cromwell, date 1658 I:o1C1
rare, sold for 21. 18s. A pattern for a five-pound piece
of Geo. 111., by Tanner, date 1768, excedingly rare, and
finely preserved, sold for 241. ss. The other coins wore
for 71. A pattern for a halfpenny of
equally valuable, and sold well.
SALE OF THE UNIQUE LIBRARY or Iv. K.
EYTON, ESQ.—The sale of the unique collection of books
by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the of W. King Eyton, Esq..; F.S.A., was. on Monday com-
mencedauc-
tioneers, of Wellington-street, . Strand. The books
forming this collection are principally what are termed
privately printed works, and of the greatest. rarity.. The
of the books are printed upon vellum, and being the
only copy so printed are exceedingly rare. One of them
binding also is of the most sumptuous description. Afany
"Babell; a satirical poem on the Proceedings of the
General Assembly in the year 1692," sold for 25/. The
sale will extend over a period of eight days.
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