The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-06 00:00:00

TIIE DREADFUL MURDERS Al

WALWORTH.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the deaths of
Elizabeth Youngman, aged 46, Mary Wells Streeter, 27,
Thomas Youngman, 10, and Charles Youngman, 8, was
resumed this morning at the Newington Workhouse, before
I-v"=---a
Carter, Esq., coroner for East Surrey.
Inspector Dunn, of the P division of police, said—On
Tuesday last I went to 16, Manor-place, Walworth, and
found three persons lying dead on the top landing, and one
little boy on the bed in the front room. I took William
Youngman into custody in consequence of what he said.
He said, "My mother came to the side of the bed where my
brother and I were sleeping; she killed him - and
made a stab at me, and I in toy own defence wrenched
the knife from her hand and killed her, if she's
dead." I told him I should charge him with the mur-
der of the four persons, and he replied " Very well."
On searching him at the station-house I found a small key'
There was a great deal of blood on his hand. He was un-
dressed when I took him into custody. With the key found
on the accused I opened a box pointed out to me as belong-
ing to the accused in the back room, and there found a
policy of a life assurance.
The Coroner—Before we go into that, has it anything to
do with this case ?
Witness—Yes.
The Coroner—ln what way ?
Witness—lt is an assurance of the life of one of the mur-
i dared persons.
The Coroner—Which ?
Witness—Mary Wells Streeter. Her life is insured for
£lOO. On reading through the policy I find that in the
event of her death the money is to be paid to William God-
frey Youngman—that is the name of the accused. I also
produce the receipt for the first quarter's premium, dated
the 25th of July, five days previous to the murder.
The policy, which is in the Argus Assurance office, was
then put in and read. .
Witness continued—l went to Wadhurst, and there ob-
tained 15 letters written by the accused to the deceased
(Mary Streeter). I went down to Wadhurst the evening
of the day of the murder. I there saw one of the witnesses,
4‘111,.
Samuel Wells Streeter ; he gavo me the letters.
The Coroner asked for the letters, upon which the Inspec-
r produced copies stating that copies of the originals were
being made for another cottrt. •
After some conversation it was agreed that the substance
of the letters should be taken from the copies, and that the
originals should be put in. The originals, however, were
not in the witness's possession, and they had to be sent for,
which, of course, caused great unnecessary delay. Up-
wards of 40 minutes were needlessly thrown away by the
Coroner thinking necessary to make a full copy of the
letters for his notes of evidence.
The Coroner having concluded his self-imposed task, the
evidence was continued by
inspector Dunn reading one of the letters written to the
deceased by the accused, in which he urged her very ear-
nestly to come up to town and insure her life, which it ap-
peared from another part of the letter she had some objec-
tion, as it went on to say that in the event of her not doing
so it would prove that she (deceased) possessed more love
for her friends and relations than she did for him. Two
letters, each dated 16th of July, were read, one of which
contained some instructions as to the mode of
effecting life assurance. Another, supposed to be
dated on the 18th of the same month, also con.
tained a strong persuasion to assure. One dated July
19, from the accused to the deceased, requested her to
bring all her letters and property to London; and the last
letter, not sent through the post-office, but by the railway,
dated the 28th of July, directed the deceased to burn all her
letters previous to her leaving home for London.
Mr. Thomas Tanner, a clerk in the Argus Life Assur-
ance Office, 39, Throgmorton-street, City, said—l produce
a policy of insurance effected in our office by William God-
frey Youngman for £lOO on the life of Mary Wells Streeter.
I also put in the forms of application. I saw the accused
and the deceased on July 24 at the office. On the 19th, when
the accused came to make inquiries, he filled up the usual
forms and gave his address 16, Manor-place, Walworth.
The signatures and the general writing of the several
letters put into my hand, correspond with that of the
office forms filled up by the accused.
Samuel Streeter, the father of the deceased, was recalled,
and informed the Court that he gave the letters produced
to Inspector Dunn, from the writing desk of his deceased
daughter.
The Coroner, to Inspector Dunn—Have you any other
evidence.
Inspector Dunn—l can produce a witness to prove that
the accused had represented himself to possess independent
property. That will show a design.
Coroner—l don't think that material to the present in-
quiry. I cannot therefore receive it.
Mr. Boddy, surgeon, said—On the morning of the mur-
der I was called a little before six to the premises, 16.
Manor-place. Imayector Dunn ..1.0,,,,..l mn four dead
persons. Three were lying on the landing, and one, a
little boy, on the bed in the front room. The bodies were
warm. [The witness here described the position of the
bodies.] Life was quite extinct. I did not see the bodies
of the deceased persons again until,' saw them the next
day at the dead house of the workhouse. I have made
a minute examination of the wounds on each, and a post
mortem examination of the body of the little boy. The
internal viscera of the child was perfectly healthy. I
examined the wounds in the body of Mary Ann Streeter.
I found she had sustained a stab over the left breast just
above the region of the heart. The instrument had entered
right into the cavity of the chest about an inch. I should
think the injuries were inflicted by a sharp pointed instru-
ment. She had also received three deep cuts in the throat.
Some of the cuts were eight or nine inches in length. They
appeared to be backhanded cuts, about an inch or an inch
and a-half in depth. They had completely divided the
jugular vein and carotid artery. The cuts were, I appre-
hend, made from right to left. The wounds were mortal,
and no person receiving such injuries would have power of ut-
terance. I should think death must have been instantaneous.
I think had the stab wound been made first she would have
had power to scream out. I noticed her hands; they had
not been injured in the slightest degree. I next examined
1 the mother. I found three stab worinds, one before over
the stomach, two stabs behind over the left blade bone, and
a deep cut or stab at the left side of the neck dividing the
jugular vein and the carotid artery, and extending down to
the vital vertibrae, which no doubt was attempted to be
cut through or divided. This wound was six or seven
inches in length, and appeared to have been caused by cuts
or plunges by a sharp instrument. It was quite impossible for
the deceased to have inflicted the wounds herself. lam of
opinion that the woman must have been lying on her
stomach when the wound was inflicted. I did not notice
any blood on her hands. I next examined the youngest
boy. He had received some flesh wounds on the inside of
the left arm. There was a stab over the left side of the
chest, but it had not penetrated it. There was a deep
plunging cut right through the back of the neck, entirely
dividing the carotid artery, cutting through the spinal
column. The wound was about four or five inches in length
and was of a mortal character, and appeared to have been
inflicted by one sweep of the arm. Last he had examined
the elder boy Thomas. He had received a cut right down
the lip. He had also received a cut round the throat.
There were five or six stabs about the body. One over the
left breast, one between the second and third rib, another
on the left breast just below the former, but a little more to
the left side. There were three stabs to the left side, over
the third, fourth, and fifth ribs. The three first fingers of
the right hand were deeply cut inside to the bone. The
third finger of the left hand was cut inside to a similar
extent, as if the hand had made a grasp at a sharp cutting
instrument, which had been pulled through them. The
post mortem examination showed that the first stab entered
tho cavity of the chest, and then appeared to have been
withdrawn, and again plunged forward, entering the lungs.
The second stab entered the lower tube of the left lung. I
found a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest.
It came from the lungs. These injuries had produced
death. The heart was uninjured. I should think, looking
at the nature of the wounds, that the deceased must have
aeceived (some of the wounds in the back room, as it ap-
peared that very great resistance had been made. Looking
at, :the position I saw the bodies in, I should think
that the little boy was killed first. He appeared to
have awoke and attempted to make his escape. I
should think that Mary Streeter would be the
next person killed. She might have heard some noise in
the front room in which the accused and his brother slept,
and then received the wound in her neck. lam decidedly
of opinion that she could have had no hand in her own
death. 'My impression is, that the mother then awoke, and
on coming to the landing she received the stab, fell forward,
and then received the death wound on the back of the neck.
The knife found lying between the bodies on the landing
was here shown to the witness, and he was asked if that
instrument would produce the injuries he had spoken of, he
immediately said, " Tiat's just the sort of instrument that
would do so." lam further of opinion that the point of the
knife was broken off in the attempt to separate the
vetebrso of the mother's neck. I cannot understand how
the little boy could have received the injuries he had, and
not screamed out. My first impression was, that they had
all either been drugged or subjected to chloroform, but I
have discovered nothing that would justify me in that
that belief.
Mr. Simmonds, surgeon, Albany-road, was next ex-
amined, and said he heard Mr. Boddy's evidence, and en-
tirely concurred with it as to the cause of death. He
differed from Mr. Noddy in some minor particulars, but
the differences were hot of an important character. There
must have been considerable muscular force to produce the
injuries.
Inspector Dunn informed' the corona that the
portion of the guard of lithe knife broken off had
been discovered in the front room. I have disco-
vered where the knife was purchased, and about
the time. The accused had owned to Lock, the officer, that
the knife belonged to him.
This closed the evidence, and the court adjourned for
refreshment previous to the summing up of the coroner.

1,811 sacks and 14,187 brls of flour.
Fresh up, to-day, both from Essex and Kent, the arrivals
of wheat were limited; but, as numerous samples, left over
from last week, were on offer, the show of English wheat
was seasonably good. Notwithstamling the changeable
state of the weather, the demand for al hinds ruled heavy
in the extreme, at almost a nominal dc cline in the quota•
tions, compared with Monday last, off ally 2s per quarter.
We werieavily supplied with fore ign wheat, fresh as
well as ex;granary. In all descriptiol ts, the transactions
were on a limited scale, and to have forced sales, is to 2s per
quarter less money must have been sul nnitted to.
The harvesting of New Talavera wheat has been com •
menced to-day in Surrey.
Floating cargoes of grain were dull, at barely late rate*.
The barley trade was very firm, and extreme rooks were
realised in every instance.
There was very little business doing in malt, on former
terms

Although the show of oats was larger, the oat trade
ruled steady, at very full prices.
Beans commanded extreme rates.
Peas were firm, and quite as dear as last week.
The flour trade was very inactive, at barely previous
quotations.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 6os to 55s
Ditto, old ..
Ditto, white, new .... 528 60$
Ditto, cid 568 648
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old sos 588
Ditto, new • • •I• 5OB 568
Rye—Old . s —8
New
Barley—Grinding...., .... 278 29s
Malting —B —8
.--,
Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk

Brown _

Kingston and Ware s2s 70s
_
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2OB 24a
Potato -. 26s 29s
Youghal and Cork, black.. .. 20s 25s
Cork, white - 2os 288
Scotch, Feeding
Beans—Tick
Pigeons 4ss 498
Peas—Grey 36s 388
Maple
White
Boilers - 3 BB 3BB 42s
.
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 4Ol 418
Stockton and Norfolk. .. 39s its

METROPOLITAN BATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 13,484 head. In the corresponding week in
1859 we received 11,626 ; in 1858, 9,553:; in 1857, 8,103 ;
in 1856, 7,216 ; in 1855, 9,566 ; and in 1854;8,933 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST VEER.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam . 434 .. 2,064 .. 497 .. 559 .. 50
Harlingen
Hamburgh 207 .. 4,423 .. 5.. —.. 7'
Bremen
Oporto — ..
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Dordt
Nien Diep.
Tonning 742 ..
Medemblik
Corunna ..

- • •
18 • •

681 .. - ..
240 .. 212 ..
250 .. - ..
687'.. 42 ..
899 .. - ..

' --' • •

Total
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs
1859 1,762 .. 7,527 .. 1,046 .. 832 .. 459
1858 2 6Ol .. 5,152 .. 408 .. 658 .. 784.
1857 1,170 5,537 .. 194 603 .. 499
1856 1,205 .. 4,620 .. 165 .. 662 493
1855 1,736 .. 6,099 .. 175 .. 528 .. 1,028
1854. 1,525 .. 5,844 .. 161 704 .. 691
A large supply of each kind of foreign stock was on offer
here to .day, in for the most part fair condition. Sales
progressed heavily at drooping currencies.
From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts
fresh up this morning were moderate ; but their condition
was by no means first-rate. For all kinds the demand
ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations realised on
on Monday last of fully 2d per 81bs. The best Scots sold
at 5s 4d per Blbs.
The arrivals of beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire,
and Nortkamptonshie, amounted to 2,000 short-horns, &c.,
from other parts of England, 600 varied breeds; from
Scotland. 2 Scots: and from Ireland, 270 oxen, &c.
There was a considerable increase in the show of sheep.
Prime downs and half-breds sold slowly at previous quo-
tations ; but all other breeds were dull, and quite 2d per
81bs lower in price.
We have to report a heavy sale for calves at 4d per Sibs
less money. About 350 came to hand from Ireland.
Calves were in fair average supply, and sluggish re-
quest, on rather easier terms.
The pork trade was heavy : nevertheless, prices were
supported.

Per Blbe to sink the offal.

a. d. a. d.
Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 6 2
Pme. S' thdown do. 5 4 5 6
Largo orse. calves 3 10 4 8
Prime small do 4 10 5 2
Large hogs.. 4O 4 6
Small porkers 4B 5 0
id to 6s 4d.

s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 10
Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0
Second quality do. 4 2 4 6
Lambs, 5s
Suckling calves, 19s to 22s
23s to 30s.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN stPriff
Beasts
Sheep and lambs 27,3001 Sheep
Calves .. 355 !Calves
Pigs
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, Aug. 8, 1859, and this day,
Monday, Aug. 6, 1860:—
Per 81bs, sinking the offal.
Aug.B, 1859. Aug. 6, 1860.
s d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts . •
Second quality ditto 3 2 3 63 10 4 2
Prime large oxen ' 3 8 4 2 4 4 410
Prime Scots, &c. . . . .
Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 0
Second quality ditto . . . . 3 8 4 0 1 2 4 6
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 4 4 8 5 2
Prime Southdown ditto . . . 4 8 5 0.5 • 4 5 6
Lambs
Large coarse calves . . . 4 0 4 63 10 4 8 1
Prime small ditto
4 8 5 014 10 5 2
Large hogs . . ... . 3 0 36 4 0 4 6
Neat small porkers . . . . 3 8 4 6 4 8 5 0
Beasts
Sheep and lambs . . 31,150 27,300
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 9, 1858.---Beasts, 6,650;
sheep and lambs, 28,100 ; calves, 382 ; pigs, 705.
Aug. 10, 1857—Beasts, 4,011; sheep and lambs, 25,070 ;
calves, 285 ; pigs, 290.

and quarter •old store pigs