The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-24 00:00:00

IRE IJXBUIDGE TRAGEDY.
A shocking tragedy has been brought to light at Den-
-1.,.41:11, a small agricultural village, about two miles from
uxbridge. A whole family of no fewer than seven persons
Were found to have been brutally murdered. The family in
question consisted of Mr. Emanuel Marshall, a wheel-
wright and engineer, his wife, mother, and sister,
aadults, and his three children. The family re-
Ssitied in an old-fashioned roadside house in a rather
Isee,huuled spot, and connected with the dwelling is asmithy
l'aig to Marshall. None of the deceased persons
have , e been seen alive since Saturday. It has not yet
transpired how the murder was discovered. It would
n~ar, however, that the sister of Marshall above
a,ed was to have been married to-day, and that
Person was sent to
the house yesterday with
an
'L. wedding-dress. The house was found closed,
d suspicion was therefore aroused. The police were
riZelnoned, and at length the dwelling was broken into.
117 e were then found the bodies of Marshall's wife,
mother, sister, and the three children all dead, with
heir
ski beaten in. The body of Marshall was found
th the workshop. He had on his working clothes, and
afte 6-at impression was that he had committed suicide
el' having murdered his family. Further exami-
nation, however, it seems, leaves little doubt
'"e
at Ile too was murdered, his body being found
ered with a sack. In each case death seems to have
Deeti
Produced by a blow with a hammer, or some such
'‘rument. Marshall was a steady, sober man. Every
°f the house was searched with a view to obtain
4011 e clue to the perpetrators of the murders, but the
t. t 8 of those who were so engaged were fruitless for
kkre• In a cupboard the police found a joiner's axe
tr a hammer, both clotted with blood and brains. No
kraeeof, the murderers could be seen. Dr. Forris and
itir
t '1 Namara, surgeons, of Uxbridge, were summoned
thlteause examine the bodies, but of course beyond indicating
of death, their services were useless.
da„ supposed the murders were committed on Satur-
Z The children's shoes were foimd ready for
aie,„
01511 Siniday. The neighbours did not notice th ft
w'ue house being closed, supposing that the family werace
ciLa? on a visit in connection with the approaching wed-
Au old lady who lives near states that she saw a
n leave the garden behind Marshall's house on Sun-
R,! night carrying a carpet bag ; but this is not eon-
e&
eThe Police think they have sufficient reason to regard the
ae as one prompted by malice.. Shortly after Christmas
benlncendiary fire took place at Ivy-house Farm, near
in ilaln• Marshall was at the fire, and in return-
° home was stopped on the road and ill-used by
tmeY
Were sent to prison fort wo months. Their term of
wtprisouraent has just expired, and suspicion, rightly or
1:11g1Y, at once connected them with the murders ; the
Wire B°, because on conviction they threatened that they
,411(1 e revenged on Marshall.
The Inquest will take place on Wednesday.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
UXBRIDGE, Tuesday.
13,4' sensation which it would be impossible to describe has
gell created in the usually quiet village of Denham, aris-
ra„e.,l4 of the circumstances connected with the awful
te,beeY. So ()Teat was the excitement in the district that
bn'tY few of the inhabitants retired to rest for the night,
tll,-,,,tbeY congregated in groups about the house in which
for dreadful crimes were committed, discussing how and
the
motive the murders were committed. Great as
ablcitement had been during the night, it was consider-
y hat jaereased this morning by a report being circulated
wh;ta clue had been obtained to the murderer, and from
f eal). at present be gleaned there seems good grounds
the
rumour, and if it should turn out to be correct
will eve hope of believing that the wholesale assassin
th thinkbo s ed
itily in the hands of the police. The neigh-
most remarkable that the horrible crime had
pe,,en discovered by the police in time to have pre-
orTtedsuch a wholesale slaughter of a family,
ehrfeukat some of the inhabitants should not have heard the
Ch 8 and cries for help which undoubtedly took place
tang the sanguinary struggle between life and deathi
vi ti'etas eatremely probable that the whole number o
te RA
h,. ills could not have been killed separately without
of the household knowing what was going on, and
out4til_atura.l sequence those who were then alive would cry
114 •'.ur assistance. To account some measure for no one
thavitlitg heard any alarm given it is only necessary to state
a.ph„ he Premises laid back from the main road and were
Nve''°ached by a narrow opening—not a gateway—and
-,,re 140 or 150 yards away from the nearest dwelling-
e,,l)ZSe in the village. The building formerly comprised two
oFt‘l,4'?B, which were upon Mr.
.Marshall taking possession
','ra knocked into one, and, as his trade was. that of a
to teh4sinith and jobbing engineer, he had a smithy added
tie„ e back part of the building. The peculiar construe-
the'tef the premises, and the fact of their lying so far from
bein 11,11,Pike road, may to some extent account for no nom' e
neard d ' the time the murders were being corn- •
kitted. uring
Ivhilkerh!r circumstance connected with the horrible affair
the will solve the doubt of no alarm being heard is that
dweri7lice believe that before any of the residents of the
the knew anything of what was about to take place
k Murderer had entered the workshop, and whilst Mr.
eh4rsball was examining some of the work he had been
iZaged !on that his head was battered in by a sledge
fon:1(11:7, such as was used by him in his trade, for when
heel, he had his smockfrock on, and had evidently not
171. to bed. His death, therefore, must have been so in-
ma;,aneous that he had not time to raise the other
embers of his household, who had either retired to bed
bight
e 00 the point of doing so, as they were all in their
kJ,
The °Lae%
da,h mere fact of the unfortunate man's brains being
Dels ed Out, and the body covered over with sacking, dm-
wa, all doubt as to his havingbeen the murderer, and after-
te rds;colnraitted suicide. That his head had been bat-
ha,lL4l by another person' is quite clear, for the sledge
14 a er was, on the arrival of the police, found concealed
enPboard amongst the cups and saucers covered with
1118, blood, and some of the poor man's hair. The
Ypcth • .
1111 esis is that if be had inflicted the injuries upon
bea,,B,,elf he could not by possibility have walked to the cup-
ce,,:"and deposited the hammer therein, much less to have
the-ir himself over with sacking. The general opinion,
viettL'l''e, of the police is that he was made the first
is -
and as the murders were being perpetrated there
41e:,le.nt ground for concluding that they were awoke, if
door
l3t'
f in bed, and made an attempt to reach the front
r near the door the mother was found with her
liea-d-est child clenched in her arms, and lying with its
the on her breast. Strange as it may appear, although
tiaCeadB of both were frightly shattered, the brains par-
scattered on the-floor and blood covering the floor,
cl aiaj stain of blood was found upon their night dresses,
kiliey showing that they (I'd not struggle, but had been
,teinstantaneously.
Were grave question now arises by whom the murders
cle committedW and for what object; for it was quite
take ar it '
as not for robbery, as not an article had been
k0v,,,-,`r°l4 the house, not an ear-ring or ring had been re-
the from the person of either of the sufferers, but what
eile:e4fice consider as most significant, and having a tend-
trek 4',° throw some light upon the tragedy, is derived
that uld't e following :—lt was well known in the village
"--Lr• Marshall's sister was to have been married to-
Yat Uxbridge,• • the positions of the
Darti and, considering
t7bB, great preparations were being made for celebra-
be -Levent, and one of the children had fortunately
l'egeu '"'" away to make room for the intended bride, con-
b_rBenly he
of 4.1 e _ escaped a similar fate to the remaining mem-
Te "e family.
tahiedKelice in the course of their inquiries have asset-
tend that another man had, as well as the young woman's
they wed husband, proposed his addresses to her, but that
to bell ere not accepted, and that there is some reason
Ina 6,..eve that, being disappointed in his object, he had,
riagb" 43f Jealousy, made up his mind to frustrate the mar-
c4B: ;;.!, Murdering every one in the house. If that is the
Ivithesi4ls hardly possible that the man could have escaped
the ofC arks of blood being found upon his clothes, and
hat ti,-,era who have the case in hand are very sanguine
Dwill be able, in the course of to-day, of tracing
Dr. •
state erris and Dr. M`Namara are of opinion, from the
Sat the bodies, that the murders had been committed
and r`lay night shortly after the house had been closed,
'Man -ez*e Mr. Marshall had gone to bed, but just as his
extent were in
the act of going to rest. This, to some
that
4, la borne out, for the state of the beds do not show
locals nne beyond the children had entered them. The
Polit°nstabulary and the mounted officers of the Metro-
the 1P
4,1 ti°lice are scouring the country for ?:files round in
thinh-ites2f finding the suspected murderer. The officers
oeilee
of
.boost remarkable that they received no intern-
'cloeic lathe house being closed from Saturday until six
„; sit night, when the wedding dress for Mr. Mar-
spot of the wedding was taken there. The secluded
building may tend to solve the mystery.

The
litivc, „entleinen of England encountered the
,4-sideiB"Y of Oxford in the cricket field at Oxford (twelve
;11les „3",lterclay when both sides had an innings, the dark
`O-da, -'llog 100'and England 95. The match was resumed
the tif,e The batting of Oxford does not promise well for
'I h with Cambridge at Lord's.