The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-01 00:00:00

THE ROAD CHILD MURDER.

RE-ARREST OF ELIZABETH GOUGH, THE
NURSEMAID.
Nothing could exceed the intense excitement in-
to which this whole neighbourhood was planged
on Saturday by the receipt of authentic intelligence
of the apprehension of Elizabeth Gough, the young
woman who was brought before the magistrate,
and after a week's inquiry discharged immediately
subsequent to the murder of Samuel Saville Kent.
As we announced last Monday, Mr. Slack on Sa-
turday week concluded his examination of the wit-
nesses at Read Hill House, and on Tuesday he pro
ceeded to Beckington, and took the evidence of J.
Parsons, Esq., surgeon. The next step was a
magisterial consultation, which having been held,
Mr. Slack, accompanied by Mr. Saunders, a bar-
rister of the Western Circuit, proceeded to London
and laid before the law officers of the Crown, the
Attorney and Solicitor-General, as we are informed,
the whole of the evidence which had been taken.
Acting on their instructions, we believel. Mr.
Slack returned to Trowbridge, and on ,Vei day
morning a meeting of magistrates was called. The
magistrates in attendance were H. G. G. Ludlow,
Esq., W. and J. P. Stancomb, Esqrs., Rev,R. Craw-
ley, and R. W. Walmsley, J. Stadwick, and
Aylesford, Esqrs. Mr. Slack and Mr. Saunders
then attended, and having re-perused the evidence,
the magistrates, with the police, remained for nearly
six hours in close deliberation. At length it was
determined to grant the application, or more pro-
perly speaking, to act on the recommendation of
Mr. Slack, and issue a warrant for the apprehension
of Elizabeth Gough.
The warrant was put into the hands of Messrs.
Foley and Wolfe, superintendents of police, who at
once proceeded to the village of Aylesford, near
Oxford, where, for some time past, she has been
staying. Having apprehended her under the war-
rant in their possession, they commenced the return
journey, throughout which the prisoner spoke but
little,but appeared occasionally considerably excited.
As the party did not arrive until late at night it
Was deemed unadvisable to take' the prisoner to
Trowbridge, and she was accordingly taicen at once
to Devizes county gaol, and placed under the care
1 f the officials.
On Saturday it was resolved that further pro-
ceedings should be suspended until to-day, when a
11 o'clock she is to be brought before the magis
tratei. It is believed that a retired judge of one of
the upper courts will be present to assist the ma-
istrates by his advice and experience. The prose-
ution will be conducted by Mr. Saunders, barris-
er, of Bath, instructed by Mr. Slack; and although
Ir. Edlin, barrister, of Bristol, and Mr. Dunn, will
be present to watch the case on behalf of Mr. Kent,
yet they will not undertake the defence of the pri-
soner. On Saturday afternoon the police proceeded
to Road-hill House—which has night and day since
the murder been closely watched—and formally
served on Mr. and Mrs., and the Misses Kent, and
,the whole of the domestics subpoenas, to appear at
!Trowbridge on Monday. It is commonly expected,
however, that an adjournment for two or three
days will take place.
So secretly had the inquiry been conducted, and
so little was known of the course events would
take, that the arrest of the nurse—who by the way
is a good-looking, tall girl, 22 years of age—has
created the utmost astonishment, and it was for
some time stoutly maintained that she had come as
a witness, and not as a prisoner. True, it was
known with tolerable certainty that decisive mea-
sures were about to be taken, and for some days
reporters, who had come upwards of 200 miles.t
solely for this case, had been upon the alert, be!
tol
was the universal opinion that suspicion pointedmmani-
fested auotber quarter to that in which it has
fested itself. Very many indeed even
y ruse de
that the present prosecutioninoniwbelieve
guerre, with a view to elicit further examination.
and to satisfy curiosity by a public isrtmherer information,
One very satisfactory result. h
1 ation.
already been at-
That gentle-
tained by Mr. Slack's examination. lelffort to conceal his
man, we believe,
firm conviction thaintai'leissse%ines.tance Kent is entirel3r
Among other cir-
innocent of the dreadful I
induced him to arrive at this
cumstances which haveentioned this fact. The purse,
remembered Miss
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conclusion may be
be ni
which it will
the lumber room to inquire for—a
to the door of
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found a day ortwo afterwards behind
eyes—wasthe drawers in the room.

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