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

THE MURDERS AT TVALWO.RTH.

The exertions of Inspector Dunn, who has charge
of this lamentable case, have brought to light many
facts connected with the former history of William
Godfrey Youngman, as well as his recent conduct.
After the examination of the prisoner before Mr.
Elliott, at Lambeth Police-court on Tuesday last,
Mr. Dunn proceeded to the residence of Mr.
Streeter, the father of the young woman Streeter,
near Wadhurst, in Sussex, for the double purpose
of breaking out to him and his family the sad news
of the murder of his daughter, and also to obtain
information respecting the accused, when a scene of
the most distressing description took place. From
various accounts, confirmed by the letters addressed
by the prisoner to the unfortunate young woman,
and which are now forthcoming, it appeared that
Youngman had made use of unfounded representa-
tions to induce her to marry him, and to obtain the
consent of her friends to the union. In the first
place he represented that he had an independent
income of nearly £2OO a year—that he intended
taking a house for her at Brighton. It further ap-
peared, from his correspondence, that for some
weeks previous he had been strongly urging her
to allow him to insure her life for £lOO,
and on mentioning the fact to her father
and friends they so strongly advised her
not to do so, that she assured them she should
do no such thing, and they were in hopes that she
did not. In the last letter addressed by the prisoner
to Miss Streeter, he urged her to come to town, to
bring all the money she could with her, and to bor-
row from her friends ; and particularly stated that
there was no necessity for her getting the wedding
things made up, as these could be had in town. He
also had the banns published at St. Martin-in-the-
Fields. On returning to town, Inspector Dunn, on
searching amongst the prisoner's papers, found the
policy of an insurance effected by him on the life of
Miss Mary Wells Streeter for £lOO, payable to him
on her death. The insurance was effected at the
Argus-office, Throgmorton-street, and the policy-
was dated July 25th, just six dayistbheafsorbn foundeetehemur
der. From subsequent inquiries
that at the General Quarter Sessions,
Staf-
ford on March 8, 1859, the prisoner, held at Staf-
oner,
Wm. Godfrey
ted of
master,
a stealingstaf_
Youngman, had been tried andconvi
a quantity of plate belonging to his
fordshire gentleman, and sentenced tsoerlv2edmionntthhs;
hard labour. This imprisonment a
county gaol, and was discharged in March last. He
then came to town, and procured a situation at Dr.
Duncan's, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, by a
false character, or rather false representations, and
was discharged from there iu the beginning of the
last month, when he renewed his acquaintance with
Miss Streeter. On Friday the body of the Boor girl
was removed from Newington workhouse to Wad-
hurst, to be interred alongside the remains of her
sister, who died but a few weeks since of consump-
tion. The bodies of Mrs. Youngman and her two
sons are still at the workhouse in coffins, and will
be interred on Wednesday next. The prisoner, who
is at Hersemonger-lane Gaol, persists in his former
statement, and that he had only killed his mother
in self-defence. He eats and drinks well, and does
not exhibit the slightest aberration of intellect.

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