The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

1858.

stai:s to see a sick person, Juliette, and teen I
looked through the keyhole of the bedroom door of
the deceased, and I saw the bed was in confusion,
hut I di.l not see the body. I called to the deceased,
but received no answer, and, having tried the door,
I found it locked. About 8 o'clock I saw the room
burst open. 1 saw leer things lying on the
table, and I then looked ;-.1- the bed. After
the bed-clothes were removed 1 saw the de-
ceased, her back was towards ine. She was lying
upon her face with her head between two
pillows (the pillows were noi; over her head).
Her arms were turned back. The doctor came
about 5 minutes after the door was broken open
by Fairfield. During the interval I went down
stairs, and Mouton stood outside the door, shut if,
and said no one should enter till the arrival of the
medical man. Deceased wore that night a watch
and chain, two rings, and a pair of earrings. On
Wednesday evening when I went to deceased's
room, I did not see any of those articles. I knew
th©m perfectly well—one of the rings she only pos-
sessed the Sunday before. Witness then detailed
the articles, belonging to the deceased, missed.
When the prisoner went into the house, he had no
marks on his face. I noticed him particularly.
Cross-examined— I have resided in the house about
five months and a half with Mouton. I never lived in
any other house with Madame Levy. I knew her from
seeing her in the streets, just a: Frenchwomen know
each other. I don't know where she lived before.
Sometimes I took male friends home to Arundel-court
when Monsieur Mouton was out. He was always out
in the day, and went to a certain place to spend his
evenings. Mouton came home on Wednesday to break-
fast at one o'clock, then he took a walk with Disher and
came home to dinner. I saw the Frenchman in the house
after the doctor came. Am certain Heloiso wore two
rings on the night in question. She took great pride in
showing them. I very often go into Waterloo-place and
talk to other women. I did not consent to sleep three
in a bed with He'oise and the prisoner. He did not ask
me. No one ever proposed it.
Theophile Mouton—l lodged in February with the
witness Sylvestre, at Madame Levy's. lam a commis-
sion agent. At half-past seven o'clock on Wednesday
night I broke open the bedroom-door of the deceased.
Several persons were with me at the time, I went to
the bed and removed the bedclothes from the deceased,
and gave her a little push. I called out, " Heloise, will
you come to dinner !" She did not move, and I then
saw she was dead. The deceased was lying as described
by the witness Sylvestre, and the room was in great dis-
erler. The sofa bad been pulled in front of the fire.
Deceased was, lying on her belly, with her face between
the pillows ; her arms were turned back, and her fingers
were cramped or contracted, as if she had endeavoured
to defend herself ; her arms were spotted blue ; when I
discovered the body, I covered it up again, and it re-
mained in that state till the doctor came. I did not
disturb the position of the body when I touched it
Cross-examined—l am a commission agent. I work
for several persons. I deal in every article given to me
for sale. I get work where I can. Iw rk for M.
Jochotn, 5, Mead's-court, Wardour-street, Sobo. I for-
merly dealt in jewellery.
Mr. T. Atkinson—Do you cell jewellery to gay
women ?

Witness—l sell them where I can. Ido not choose my
customers. I slept at Madame Levy's with Madame
Sylveetre every night. We lived there. I did not know
that Madame Levy was a gay woman. Ido not lose my
tme in enquiring into such matters. I bad seen her
several times before. I went to live at her house.
Virginia paid the rent of the room. Such questions are
not reasonable. (Laughter.) I helped Virginie as much
as possible, like friends. All the money I earned came
into the house for the benefit of the household.

Eliza Disher sworn—l lodged at 8, Arundel-place.
About half-past 7 oa Wednesday morning I saw prisoner
go down stairs. I was go;ng down stairs, and the prisoner
was behind, and he passed me at the bottom of the
stairs. The night beflre I bad quarrelled with my hus-
band, and I sat on the stairs Lear my door from half-
past 2 till 7 o'clock. About a few minut,,s before 7
o'clock I heard three groans from the top room, and
about half-an-hour afterwards the prisoner came down
si airs and followed me without speaking down the other
flight of stairs. He passed me at the landing without
speaking, and quitted the house. He opened and
closed the dcor himself. He had nothing in his hand,
but he appeared stout cl)out the shoulders ; he pre-
sented a stouter appearance about the breast than
now ; he had a large brown coat with loose sleeves ;
it had no hood like the one he has on now ; it was
quite light at the time ; when the prisoner got outside
he turned round and looke,l at me.

Julie Levy, recalled Cross-examined by Mr. T.
Atkinson—The prisoner was dressed in the same coat
AS now; a coat like it, but I don't know if it had a
hood to it. [The prisoner was dres-ed in a large ;Out
coat or cape, braided, with a hood.] His coat that night
was braided like the one he now has on ; lie had on a
coat braided like the one he now wears when in
my hos:e.
By. Mr. Bodkin— No male person slept in the room
with the sick person.
Virginie Sylvestre recalled—Examined by Mr. T. At-
kinson—When I first saw the prisoner he was dressed
just the same as he is now—the colour was brown blue.

By the Judge—l don't know if it bad a hood to it.
Eliza Dtsher recalled and mos-Examined by Mr. T.
Atkinson.—l panelled with my husband about eleven
o'clock, and went down into the kitchen. I took up my
position on the stairs about half-past 2, remaining till
near 7. I wa; awake the whole of the time. lam mar-
ri-d to Disber. I was married to him at Great Bealingo,
about 2 years ago. I had resided in this house about
three weeks when the occurrence happened. I knew
nothing cf the habits of the inmates. I thought them
quiet people. Some of them went to bed early, others late.
I went out of the room by my own accord. My
husband several times called to me, saying I had no
t,u.iness to be en the stairs ; but I persisted in doing so.
I saw lieloise go up stairs about half-past two, just as
I came up from the kitchen and sat on the stairs. I
saw no other pass up or down the stairs between that
time and morning. I did not get drowsy at all. It was
quite light at half-past 7 o'clock that morning. The
peeson who then went down stairs bad on a brown coat
with loose sleeves. My husband is a tailor Toe coat
worn by the man is known as a paletot ; it bad braid
round the buttons. I know nothing of the jewellery
won' by the ladies.
By Mr. Bodkin—l heard Virginie go up stairs about
five minutes atter deceased went up. I heard her knock
at deceased's door and ask for Heloise. I hcar(l her re-

turn 1 not d►rectly after she went up. From that time
t►ll the prisoner came down no person went up or
down the stair:. t did not notice if his face was
scratched or not, although he turned round and looked
at me as ho went out of the door.

By the Judge—The three groans I heard were not
loud. They were immediately one aster each other.
That was all the noise I heard. If there ha I been a
violent scuffle I think I should have heard it. If there
bad been fighting, or violent struggling, I am certain I
ehould have heard it. I heard the groans distinctly,
though they were not very loud. The coat was not like
the one the prisoner has now on. I can't say if coats
with hoods can be worn inside or outside on the
shoulders. At the time I thought the screams came
from the sick room.
The Court adjourned at two o'clock for a short time.
Mr. Frederick Tuthill, of 8, Charlee-street, St. James's.-

square, surgeon to the C division of police, said—l was
called into the house No. 8, Arundel-place, at half-past
9 on the night of the murder, and found the deceased in
a top room lying on her face on the bed, her head sup-
ported by pillows, and the rest of her body covered with
the bed-clothes. I observed nothing particular on re•
moving the clothes beyond the way in which the body
was lying. I turned the body over, and found the
chest and abdomen rather warm. The general appear-
kllCo of the body was livid and ecchymose ; the face was
swollen, the featurce distorted, and the eyes prominent,
with the pupils dilated. There was mucus running
from the nose, the tongue was protruding and swollen ;
on the lower and front part of the windpipe a dark
livid spot was visible, about the size of a tourpenny
piece, and the fingers were contracted and nails livid.
I made a post mortem examinalon ou Saturday
morning, assisted by Mr. Palmer, the house surgeon
of Charing-cross Hospital. On removing the skull I
examined the brain, and came to the conclusion that
death bad been occasioned by strangulation. The
facts fully bore out the opinion I had previously formed.
In my judgment death was produced by strangulation
by some other person. Pressure on the windpipe was,
in my opinion, the immediate cause of death. I should
say, from the appearance of the deceased, she had been
dead eight or ten hours—it might be longer. The pesi-
tion in which the bsdy was lying, the bedclothes over
it, and the gravitation of blood towards the parts,
would account for the degree of warmth I have spoken
of in the chest and abdomen ; the extremities were per-
fectly ccld.
Cross-examined by Mr. T. Atkinson—Deceased was
no', a woman of full habit. There was nothing remark
able about her ; she was a healthy woman, and no trace
i f disease could be found in the body. She was a woman
of ordinary strength. I have given a most careful con-
sideration to the appearances on the body, and have
come to the conclusion that death was caused by stria,-
gulatiou.
By Mr. Bodkin—lt was not probable, or even poil- b
sible, that Heloise could have caused her own death .):
straneulation in the manner describe'. A subject waioaciiid,
not have power to inflict death on itself in snob
wo
°uld
ner, because as suffocation came on the po 06r
cease and the hand fall,
Mr. H. Palmer, house-surgeon, Cbarin
tal, corroborated last witness's evi "
dedecpeoged capturing
Joseph Huggett, City detectives,
~ February, on board
the prisoner at Greenbithe,
an
n for Monte Video, In-
the Pride of the Thawed, boundon g-crooe Ilospi.
board the vessel the
specter Parke was whittle
berth. .
h I found there a small
andw weights, glh tree,. 1
prisoner showed me i v
containing, on the top of
broughtwith
ashore,face,
Sv.), a black leather
All cedar box, in which was a brooch.
prise a Germaans
other articles, in
After that the.
Prithere till 11 o'clock l
with Wmat night, when
mained . of the vessel came down to Greenhithe.
s.o:notlro cbwka,age:
the
parksboard the vessel. I produce a'l
',ateP-
h and ring which I obtained from Mr. Hill, sho '
man to Bin Bryant, gold and silver refiner, Barbican, 1
Cross-examined—There is nothing peculiar about
the clock. It was hanging up in his berth. The pri-
soner showed the way to the cabin, and gave the
things I wanted, up
Inspector Parke gave similar evidence.
Sergeant John Rogers, C 6.—On Saturday, the 27th
of February, I had brought Madame Virginia from the
inquest held at Charing-cross Hr tal to the prisoner at
the Vine-street station. She said •in my hearing, in
French (I understand French perfectly), to the pris on -r,
"That's him 1" He immediately touched me en the