The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

FRIGHTFUL CASE OF STABBING.—A young and intel-
gent-looking Spanish seaman named Fillipo Crussil, was
brought before Mr. Yardley charged with seriously wound-
ing his wife Clara Augusta, a German woman, whose
left cheek was covered with a large surgical bandage.

A Spanish and a German interpreter were sworn to
translate the evidence.

The magistrate, after hearing the statement of the
woman, directed Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, to take the
depositions, and said he should commit the prisoner for
trial. The woman, according to her own statement, has
been a prostitute two years, and became acquainted with,
and married the prisoner 14 months ago. He did not main-
tain her, and when he went to sea, left her no allotment or
any means of supporting herself except by leading an im-
moral life. Soon after this ill-starred marriage he went to
sea, and upon his return he went to Liverpool arid spent all
his wages among some loose women in that port. About
eight or nine days ago he came to London, and visited his
wife, without a penny in his pocket. The woman said she
could not afford to keep him, and he said he would not go
to sea again, and that he would make her support him, and
he would take care she should not go on the streets again.
On Thursday night last he visited her again at her lodg-
ings, 46, Cable-street, Whitechapel, and, upon seeing a
young man there, " who was very kind to her, and gave
her money, food, and a pair of boots," he said he would be
revenged and murder her. She spoke to him very kindly,
and begged him to leave the house. Ho held a knife over
her, threatened to cut her to pieces, and after killing her he
would be off to sea again. After breaking several panes of
glass and doing considerable mischief, heleft the house. On
Saturday night, at a late hour, the prisoner again visited
the house, broke down a wall, and said he would wash his
hands in the blood of the woman. She ran away, and he
followed her into the next house ; and after striking her on
the mouth with his fist, he struck at her with his knife, and
cut her down the face from the temple to the jaw-bone,
inflicting a terrible wound. A woman who was present
was next attacked by the prisoner, who attempted to stab
her, and she only escaped by throwing herself over a wall.
The prisoner's wife, who lost a large quantity of blood,
was conveyed to the house of a surgeon, who dressed the
wound. The prisoner was arrested directly afterwards.
The evidence of the woman was corroborated in all its
particulars, and the only part Qf the testimony contradicted
by the prisoner was that he had threatened to wash his
hands in the blood of his wife.
The witnesses declared he said this in English.
The prisoner declared that he did not understand Eng-
lish, and that he said nothing of the kind.
Mr. John Courley, a surgeon, of No. 71, High-street
Whitechapel, said—l dressed the wound of the prosecutrix
on Saturday night at half-past 12 o'clock. The wound
extended from the temple bone down to the lower part of
the under jaw. It is a dangercus wound, a kind of tear,
and erysipelas may ensue.
The knife with which the wound was inflicted was pro-
dused, and at one o'clock this afternoon the prisoner was
committed for trial.