The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-16 00:00:00

THE FRIMLEY MURDER.

DISPOSAL OF HIRAM SMITH, THE APPROVER.—This
man, who was the associate of the two criminals who
wero executed yesterday morning, in the murder and
robbery at Frimley, also several burglaries in Sussex and
Surrey, has been since the trial confined among the pri-
soners for remand, and through them he gleaned infor-
mation when the former would undergo the sentence of
the law. On Monday night he was very restless in his
bed, and several times exclaimed to his fellow-prisoner,
" I did not shoot him; I hope they will confess." It
appears that he had heard from some who have recently
entered the gaol, that the public and the authorities sus-
pected that he was the party who shot the Rev. Mr. Hol-
iest. He iemained in a state of great agitation yester-
day, and in the evening he was visited by the Governor
of the gaol, and some of the authorities, when it was
announced to him that Harwood had confessed to shoot-
ing the reverend gentleman, and had asserted that his
(Smith's) evidence was all true, and that Mrs. Holiest
was mistaken. He was also told that Jones made the
latter observation a few minutes prior to his leaving this
world. The prisoner seemed very much relieved at re-
ceiving the information, and declared that he never in-
tended anything but to speak the truth. He hoped after
that that the Government would pardon him, and give
him the reward offered. No allusion was made to the
latter by the authorities, and the prisoner was left to his
meditation among his fellow-prisoners. He will, how-
ever, be detained in Horsemonger-lane Gaol until the
Surrey Summer assizes, when he will be arraigned cn the
coroner's inquisition; but it is probable that the Govern-
ment will not offer any evidence against him respecting 1
the Frimley tragedy. Ho will be tried for a burglary It.
Farnham, in the same county, as sufficient evidence will
with a recent
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soon be adduced to prove his connexion
robbery, then in company with Samuel Harwood and the
parties who were executed.
Ho is also
thereforeconnecte hhe will not
d wit
them in the burglaries in Sussex;
escape meeting with a severe punishment for his offences.

FALL or A SEWER.—Between 4 and 5 o'clock last
evening, considerable alarm was created in the Westminster..
road, owing to an immense mass of earth having given way
in Mount-gardens, a paved passage leading from the main
street to Philadelphia• terrace, and forming a nearly parallel
line with the South-Western Railway, which here traverses I
Carlisle-lane. In the first instance the most exaggerated
reports were circulated as to the probable loss of human
life, as it was supposed that several excavators were buried
beneath the soil. Happily, however, the accident, though
quite serious enough to call for searching inquiry by the
Commissioners of Sewers, has not been productive of any
ittlioht.eoanlseoreinls;aant.. Only three of the men employed upon the
works were submerged. A number of expert excavators
and labourerswhi
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m ainehnwg made,ho had
been working lower down. A sufficient opening
brandy was passed in like manner to those below, and after
incessant application the three men were extricated from
their perilous position, and, though all more or less bruised,
they are likely to recover. The last was embedded for
nearly five hours. There was a vast concourse
of a
of persons
about the spot the whole time, but the attendance
detachment of the A divi4pn of
police tended to preserve
order.