The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

TIE SUN. LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1867.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.
TIIE GREAT PRIZE Mace, his
brother, and cousin, were brought before Sir Thos.
Henry, this morning, in custody of Inspector Sil-
vester and several officers, charged with being about
to commit a breach of the peace.
Inspector Silvester stated from information he
had received he proceeded last night, with several
officers, to Herne-hill, and went to a house close to
the railway station. He knocked at the door, which
was partly opened by a woman, and he asked if Mr.
Mace was in, when the door was attempted to be
closed in his face. He pushed by the female,
and proceeded up stairs, followed by
four other officers. He entered the room
and there found Mace in bed, apparently mleep.
He spoke to Mace, the other two prisoners were
partly undressed, and had a candle alight. The
candle was put out, and the room became totally
dark. Mace got out of bed and a general struggle
ensued, the other prisoners taking up the chairs,
Mace seizing the washing-basin. 'Witness and
Mace fell together. Ultimately they were over-
powered, handcuffs were put on them, Mace's
brother behaving in the most violent man-
ner. They were ultimately put into a cab
and conveyed to the railway station, and from
thence brought to the Marlborough-mews Police-
station. When at the station Jem Mace swore the
- fight should come off ; that he could find bail
for any amount; and that he did not care for any
of the -- magistrates, as he knew what they could
do. The other two prisoners threatened witness,
telling him he would have his head knocked off
before he had been much longer in the force.

Mr. Lewis asked the witness if he had not 100
navvies to assist him.

Witness said no : he had about eight or nine
officers with him.

Sir Thomas Henry then asked Mr. Lewis whether
he considered that any further examination was
necessary, without he was prepared to show that no
fight was going to take place, and that Mace was
not going to commit a breach of the peace.
Mr. Lewis said that he was not in a position to
contradict that.

Police-constable, No. 5 C, was then called to
corroborate the above evidence. He said he pro-
ceeded to the Ludgate-hill station this morning,
and after great trouble obtained a ticket for the
special train which was to start this morning for
the fight. He did not know the locality selected for
the fight, as it was not stated on the ticket. There
were a great many persons going, and alto gether
a scene of groat confusion presented itself. The
clothes of some of the people were literally torn
to tatters in the struggle to get off. Ho did not
accompany the party, but the train went out of the
station at the appointed time.

Inspector Hamment said he had another witness
to call.

Sir F. Henry asked what it was to prove. It
was already clearly established that a breach of the
peace was about to take place, which was quite suffi-
cient for the purpose of holding the defendants to
bail.

Inspector Hamment said it was merely to give
further evidence to the point already proved.
Mr. Lewis said he hoped the worthy magistrate
would. allow him to say on the part of Jem Mace
that he was not at all a party to the proceedings of
the police—that he was not acting in connivance
with them, as it has been hinted on other occasions
that he in some measure had done so.

Sir T. Henry said there was not the slightest hint
of such a thing. No one even suggested such a

circumstance.

Inspector llamment hoped that, in addition to
bail, the magistrate would call for sureties on the
part of Mace, otherwise he feared the fight would
come off.

Sir T. Henry—What is the amount of the stakes?

Inspector Hammond-1200 aside. The tickets
for the fight were £2 and £3 a-piece, and altogether
a large sum of money was drawn together by such
proceedings as a prize fight. Without sureties he
felt certain the fight would take place.
Sir T. llenry—l hope such will not be the case.
It is altogether idle for you, Mace, to think you can
act in defiance of the law. Under the circumstances
I think I must call upon you to enter into your own
resognisances for £5OO, and to find two sureties
in £250 each to keep the peace for twelvemonths.

Mr. Lewis—That is in fact to condemn Mace to
imprisonment for that time. it is impossible he can
find such bail. He has not a friend in the world.

Inspector Hamment said the men were in fact in
the hands of their backers, and he believed the bail
could be procured.
Mr. Lewis said it was utterly impossible to get
bail to such a large amount.
Sir Thomas Henry—l have no guarantee, if I
fixed lower bail, that the fight will not come
off. What do you say, Mace ?
Mace—Well, I'll not fight, after what has been
said here.

Mr. Lewis—l do hops, Sir Thomas, you will fix
the bail at a sum within the reach of Mace.

Sir T. Henry—What is Mace ? I don't know
anything about him.

Mr. Lewis—Well, he is not at present in business.
Sir T. Henry—Well, I shall call upon Mace to
enter into his own recognisances in the sum of
£5OO, and to find two securities in £l5O, that he
will keep the peace for the next twelve months to
come. The other men to enter into their own re-
cognisances in the sum of £lOO, and to find two
sureties each in the sum of £5O.
Mr. Lewis—l don't think Mace will be able to
find the sureties you, sir, have decided upon.
Sir T. Ilenry--Well, that must be seen. I have
power to reduce the amount if I think fit.

The defendants were then removed from the bar.

MARKETS.---This day.

HAT.

SMITHFIELD—Meadow hay, £2 15s Od to £4 ss; clover,
£3 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 Ms to £2 2s per load.
Trade quiet.
CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £2 158 Od to £4 10s Od;
clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 168 Od to £2 2s
per load. A limited demand.
llTHrrEcitArEL—Meadow hay, £2 15s Od to £4 5s Od;
clover, £3 Os to £5 12s 6d; and straw, £1 163 to £2 2s per
load. Trade heavy.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—Samples of the recent new arrivals are now in
the market, and a fair amount of business has been done
at from is 10d. to 2s Gd per lb, according to quality.
SVGAE.—Thor© has been a strong inquiry for West
India at full prices, and in some few instances a slight
advance has been established. In the refined market there
has been little change of importance.
COFFEE.—OnIy a moderate quantity has been announced
for public sale during the week, tho greater portion of
which is East India produce; prices, however, remain
steady for all descriptions.
RlCE.—There is still an active demand, and holders de-
mand fully late rates.
COTTON.—The demand has slightly improved, and en-
hanced prices are current, the advance being to the extent
of about Id. per lb. abovo last Friday's rates.
TALLOW.—The advance in the price of tallow which
occurred last week has been fully supported to-day, and a
good business has passed for all periods of delivery. The
clearance of any accumulation of town tallow which the
comparatively low prico a week or two since brought
about has thrown more demand upon foreign, and a
speculative feeling Ilse been promoted by the smell
stock on the spot, the slowness of the shipments,
and the largo proportion which is being taken by
foreigners. Our closing prices are—Spot, now, 458 3d to
Gd ; 1866, brack, 45s ; old, 44s ; October and Decembor,
45s to 3d ; December, 45s 6d ; January and March, 45s 9d
to 465; town tallow, 44s 9d, nett cash; South American,
45s Gd, Ist pipes. Cocoanut oil firm : Cochin, bGs 6d to
57s 6d; Ceylon, 52s to Gd; Sydney, fine, 49s to bOs ; mid-
dling to good, 478 to 48s, down to 42s for low and dreggy.
Palm oil steady, 41s 6d fine Lagos. No palmnut oil
offering.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the eloseof the market.

P. d. s. d.
Wylam
West Hartley
Tunstall
Hastings Hartley lB 9
Ships at mark,

pt., 24—sold, 23.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKS?—This Day.

The Market opens firm at yesterday's improve-
ment. Sales probably 15,000 bales.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLooK.

THE FENIAN ASSASSINATION IN
BLOOMSBURY.

BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY).

The prisoner John Groves was to-day again
placed at the bar, before Mr. Vaughan, charged
with being concerned in the murder of Edwin
Wllonnell.

The crowd both outside and within the court was
much greater than on the last examination. Groves
was brought from the House of Detention in the
prison van early this morning to the police-court,
it being strongly guarded by mounted police.
Mr. Sleigh said he should, with the magistrate's
permis ion, reserve his cross-examination of Inspec.;
for Thompson until after that of Mrs. Jenman.

Mr. Poland said fresh matter with respect to this
charge was constantly springing up, and since be
had been in court he bad heard of a witness who
would speak to Groves being in the neighbourhood
of Bloomsbury-square at a quarter before 12 on the
night of the murder. That person would be called
before the court, and he also proposed to call for
examination a hairdresser who sold a beard of the
description of the one worn by the man who fired the
shot, and that person had seen Groves, and believed
him to be the purchaser. Mrs. Jeuman's examina-
tion be should postpone until a future occasion, as
sufficient timo had not yet elapsed to make full
inquiries relative to the very extraordinary evidence
she had given yesterday before the Coroner.

Mr. Sleigh objected to such a course. He thought
it was only right to Groves that the woman should
be at once examined, in order that there should be
no time allowed to make alterations and corrections
in her statement. The evidence was now fresh in
his mind, and he was prepared to show at least four
or five discrepancies in that woman's statement. It
would be of the greatest importance to Groves that
the woman should be at once examined.

Mr. Vaughan thought the Crown had a right to
conduct the prosecution in the way they thought
best.

George Cox was then called, he said—l live at
23, George-street, Foley-street, and on the 27th
September I was in the neighbourhood of Blooms-
bury-square. I was across the road near Hart-street.
I saw two men there, and I ;am able to say that
the prisoner is the shortest of the two men I saw.
The other man stood 5f t. 10in. They were both
reading a paper under a lamp. I identified the
prisoner this morning from out of 25 men. I was
able to fix the time as I had just left a public
home with my friend. I gave information of the
circumstance to Superintendent Searle on the night
the attack on the Foundling Hospital was expected.
I am quite sure that I saw the prisoner on the night
the murder was committed.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh-1 work at 198,
Holloway-road, and for the last five yea I have
had about five situations. I was returning on the
night in question from a visit to my uncle at Clerken-
well, and I went to a public-house after that, but I
don't know the sign of the house. I met my uncle
at this public-house, but I cannot say frequently.
Mr. Vaughan did not think it was relevant to the
case to inquire of the witness how many times the
witness had been to a certain public-house.

Mr. Sleigh said it was important he should pro-
ceed with the questions.
Cross-examination continued—l heard of the
murder on the Saturday, and it was the Friday
following I went to see Superintendent Searle. My
statement was taken down by the officer ; it was
read over to me, but I did not say it was not per-
fect. I read of the murder in the newspapers ou
the Sunday following the murder. lam quite cer-
tain that statement I read was in the Sunday paper.
It was not an examination before the magistrate,
but it merely stated a man had been shot. I then
said to my mother, "I believe I saw the two men
that shot 11I'Donnell." I don't know the name of
the person who first told me of the murder. I know
a reward has been offered, but I had seen Super-
tendent Searle before I knew that.. I didn't know
the amount of the reward; but I saw the bill
offering £lOO.
Mr. Sleigh—Which of these two statements is
correct ?

Witness—Both. When I first went to the police-
station I knew nothing about it, but as I was
waiting to see Superintendent Searle I saw the bill.
I have been a witness before in other cases. Pro-
bably five or six times, or may be more. On my
own account, and assisting the police as well.
Air. Sleigh—Assisting the police ! Well, I shan't
ask you any more questions.

Re-examined by Mr. Poland—l cannot say posi-
tively whether or not the men had beards. I think
the prisoner had whiskers, but I was a casual passer-
by, and only saw his side face, and picked the pri-
soner out from amongst about five and twenty
persons.

Mr. James Jennings—I am a hairdresser, and
keep a shop at 25, Titchborne-street, Haymarket.
I recollect selling a false beard and moustache be-
tween the 16th and 24th of September. It was
what was called an entire beard. It was a lighti6h
brown. I did not give information of the fact, but
the police called upon me last week. 1 have been
to the House of Detention, and, after seeing a num-
ber of persons, I fancied the prisoner was the person
to whom I had sold the beard, but I should not like
to be certain. I passed the prisoner's cell before I
said that 1 fancied the prisoner was the man. My
memory is very treacherous as to facts. I should
be very sorry to say the prisoner was the man.
Mr. Vaughan—Have you a belief that the priso-
ner is the man to whom you sold the beard ?
Witness—l fancy him to be so, but I picked him
out from about five and twenty persons.
Mr. Poland—l must ask you again do you believe
the prisoner to be the man to whom you sold the
beard ?

Witness—l cannot say further than that I fancy
he prisoner to be the man. I cannot say positively
'urther than that.

Mr. Vaughan--What made you fancy the
prisoner ?
Witness—From the similar colour of his hair and
moustache—the general appearance of the man. I
dressed the beard on the man's face, and after he
had gone I made some observations to my assist-
ants that it was a very strange thing for a person
to wear a beard in the daytime. I therefore thought
the beard was wanted for purposes of disguise. I
was quite close to the man's face when I fitted ou
the beard. I have not seen an advertisement re-
specting the beard.
Mr. Sleigh—You cannot say as fact, one way or
the other, whether the prisoner is the man ?
Witness—No, I cannot. It was merely out of
feeling for the prisoner that I passed his cell door
before I said I believed him to be the man.

Henry Stephens—l live at 47, Seckford-street,
Clerkenweil. On Saturday morning, the 28th of
September, about one o'clock,
.I was standing at the
corner of Orange-street and Klllgsgato-street, oppo-
site Vernon-place. I had just left some friends, and
was crossing Kingsgatc-street, when my attentio n
was arrested by a report of fire arms. I ran in the
direction of the sound and I went 011 until I caught
Furber as I thought. He was runningtowards me.
I ran up to Furber and seized him. This was in
Vernon-place. I asked him what was the matter,
and he asked for a policeman as his friend had been
shot. I let go my hold and I went on down
Southampton-row, and then towards Bloomsbury-
square, where I met 111‘Donnell, who was running
towards me. He staggered, and I caught him in
my arms. 11'llonnell toll me to take his hand-
kerchief to stop the blood and then go for a doctor.
I afterwards saw M‘Donnell taken away in a cab.
I did not see any person running before I caught
hold of Furber ; be was the first person I met
running in an opposite direction.
The other witnesses not being in attendance, Mr.
Poland applied for an adjournment.

Mr. Vaughan thought it only fair to the prisoner that
his counsel should, under the circumstances, now have an
opportunity of putting some questions to the woman
Jenman.

Hr. Poland said the witnesses he proposed to call did
not carry the case against the prisoner further, and as it
was thought desirable that Mr. Sleigh should cross-exa-
wiao the Tram§ Jearovi h@ wottld occ9rdiPgly oil law.

The witness Ann Maria Jenman then entered the wit-
ness-box, and repeated with great exactness the evidence
she gave yesterday before Dr. Lankester, the coroner, and
which appeared at full length in our first edition yester-
day. Having stated the matters she knew in connection
with the case, sho referred to the two letters she had
written on the subject, and also gave her evidence again
in detail with respect to her identification of the prisoner.
She stated to-day that a number of cell doors
were opened, with them that occupied by the
prisoner Groves. After sho had passed the cell
of the prisoner two more doors were opened, and thee
the officer of the prison asked if she had seen any person
she knew. She replied, "Yes," and then Inspector
Thompson was sent for, and, pointing to Groves, she
said, " That's the man I saw with the beard on." On the
present occasion she added—" I am quite prepared to take
my oath that he is the man."
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l was married at South-
sea five years ago. My husband was then a journeyman
butcher. After leaving Southsea wo went to Chiches!or,
where wo remained about 18 months. My husband ikon
came to London, and I eventually followed him. lam
now quite prepared to swear my husband has not bad ten
situations since his marriage. I have not spoken to any
person on the subject of my evidence except going t,
the Treasury, whore I gave my evidence to two gentle-
men. I have not refreshed my memory at all will'
respect to my evidence. I will swear I did not read it

whilst I was in the adjoining room of the court this morn•

ing. It is true I was reading a paper, but I was reading
about the Frenchman who was to be hung this morning.
I cannot say the name of the first publichouse we went
into after leaving the Amphitheatre, and I cannot say how
far it is from the theatre. The publichouses we went into
were towards the City, but our home was towards the

West-end. The first publichouso my husband wont
into alone. Ho remained thero about ten minutes,
and then we both wont into another publichouso, and
stayed about 10 minutes. You may say it was quarrelling
if you like, but I don't think having a few words would be
quarrelling. My husband left me standing at the side of
the road. It was about half-past 11 when we left the
Amphitheatre. lam quite certain. I did not say yester-
day that I saw the young men come out of the Bull and
Anchor at one o'clock ; it was about 20 minutes to one. I
can't say that it took us 20 minutes to walk to the Turk's
Head. I had no watch. It might be more, or it might
be less.

Mr. Sleigh—Did you not say yesterday at the Coroner's
inquest--

Mr. Vaughan—That is a very inconvenient way to
cross-examine the witness. I know nothing of what took
place there from what has occurred here to-day. You had
bettor confine your examination to the evidonco the wit-
floss has given here.

Mr. Sleigh would adopt that course.
The cross-examination of witness was then continued.
She said—l am quite sure it was half-past twelve when
my husband left me in the first instance. I cannot
swear how long I was waiting about outside the
Bull and Anchor. It might have been 10 minutes. lam
quite prepared to swear that I heard Groves make the
observation that he would shoot some person. I did
not hear the other person make any reply, although I
was about a yard off. When I got to the Turk's Head
I saw some people having a few words. I did not
think it was my duty on the Friday night to tell any per-
son that one of the men whom I ;saw go into the
Turk's Head public-house wearing a false beard was
going to shoot somebody. I might have said yester-
day that the two men and the three men came
out of the same compartment, because I did not know
there were two compartments in the publichouse. It is
possible under such circumstances that I might have made
a mistake about the door. I have not had my attention
called to the discrepancy between my evidence and the
Guardsmen as to the door the men came out. I don't even
know now there are two doors to the house. I am quite
sure, however, that the whole of the five came out of one
door. The cabs drove off as the five men walked away. I
deny that I was loitering about the Turk's Head. I went up
there to see if my husband was about ; but my chief object
in going there was to see whether the man whom I had
heard threatening to shoot some person carried his inten-
tion into effect. Notwithstanding all this it did not enter
into my mind to make known what was about to take
place, neither did it occur to me, after I bad heard the
pistol shot, to say to any person I thought somebody had
been shot. I deny that I told you yesterday that I did
not go out much after the murder because I wished to
keep myself quiet.. I always keep myself quiet. I
now say again I do not go out much, and I still
say I keep myself quiet. I have been out with the police
for four days in search for the other men. I don't deny
that, but that was last week. What you aro speaking of
relates to the week before that. I never said that I read
the first account of the inquest in Lloyd's newspaper of last
Sunday week. I road something about the Lieutenant, 1
know, on that day. I wrote to Mr. Thompson and signed
the letter "Harriet Williams," and my reason for doing so
was to give information with respect to the dark man. I
did not tell Mr. Thompson anything about the murder. I
said nothing to him about the fair man. I told him what
I heard the dark man say at the top of Gaorge-street, near
Grosvenor-square. My husband allowed me to say what I
knew about the dark man, but he has forbidden me oven
up to the present day to say all I know about the murder.
I told Mr. Thompson that I wrote the letter signed " Har-
riet Williams" either on Saturday or Sunday. I was
afraid, when I heard the dark man say ho was with
groves when the murder was committed, to give
him into custody. When I went to Scotland-yard I
was acting under the direction of my husband, who strongly
objected to my saying anything about the matt 'r. The ,
permission of my husband to speak about the matter, and
to say what I have said, was obtained by the police. How
I know that Groves' addrees was in Gilbert-street was
that I hoard other people say so, and the reason I called
the prisoner Groves before the Coroner was because I
heard his companion on the night of the murder call him
so. 1 could not see his face well after he put on the beard.
I was asked by the officer of the prison whether I could
identify him, and I said " Yes." I looked at two
men after I looked at Groves. He asked me
whether I could identify th• man with tho light beard,
and I said yos, but I was not aware that I had picked out
the right man they had got on the charge until I was at
the inquest. I never saw a description of the prisoner in
the papers before I gave the description I did of him. I
don't know anything about a reward being offered iu this
case. You told me the same thing yesterday at the in-
quest, but then I told you I knew nothing about it.
Re-examined by Mr. Poland—l first told the police I
was the writer of the letters signed " liarriet Williams" on
Saturday last. I foundjout Scotland-yard by inquiring of
the policemen. I was taken to Mr. Thompson's private
house to give him a description of the dark man. I have
burnt the letter with respect to my mother's death because
I have boon compelled to leave my lodgings in consequence
of giving information in this case. The person who wrote
to me about my mother's death merely signed the letter
"A Friend." I don't know who that person was. I have
burned the letter, and I cannot tell who sent it me. All
that I know about my mother's death is from that letter.
I cannot say how long it is since I saw my mother; it is
not 12 months. She was then living at Diss. Her name
was Harriet Haley. I always directed my letters to Diss,
near the railway station. Tho prisoner I consider the
tallest of the two men who followed the other three on
the night of the murder. I never have been in the Turk's
Head public-house.

Furber, Hitching, and Bowler were then called before
the witness to ascertain whether she could identify either
of them, but sho said sho could not.
Re-examination continued—l first saw the throo
gentlemen (\I•Donnoll and his companions) coming from
the direction of the Bull and Anchor, and then they turned
into Southampton-row.

By Mr. Vaughan—l came from my husband's friends at
Chichester, when 1 last arrived in London. There was a
good light from the public-house when I first saw Groves.
lie was drossed in dark clothes, and ho worn one of the
new fashion Paris hats. I don't think the prisoner wore
an overcoat. I can only say he work dark clothes. I saw
a good many people comp out of the public-house before
the three young men went in. They then came out,
having stopped but a short Limo, and then the two men I
have mentioned next left the house, and proceeded after
the three up Southampton-ro w. I never saw anything in
the hand of either of the two men.