The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-01 00:00:00

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Just before 6 o'cl•Sck. this 'thiiriiii4 InTitee . , . te ste
; nset 'Tenitis der h_ ' ' keestie 44iffs. .
jerwhedthe.p;,elice-sp),Lon .es - - . --,-- - • e ;see/
perpetrated in a riesuso situated on.ililt.otreste--,11-tese,e.-Tstr.e.,
the parish of St: Mary Elms. -• ss • ' V Til
Superintepdent Carver, of thebetoeeh police, at . ;
lonce event to the spot, where he-found. a Woman
about 49 3 eels of age,- named Studd, fnewite of a,
baker named Henry Mph Studd, lying on tin— •
floor in an inseusible state, caused by blows in-
flicted with a poker by a Man named Ebenezer -
Cherrington. The poker, whieli was rather a large
one, weei found censiderahly 'bent from the IllowS - f
„given. Mr. Mills, stugeou, was scroll on thespot,
-and disc6vered that the poor -woman hsd been ,7 •
• struck in two places on the h•ield, one just abe*j the
temp'es aril the other ju4 unlerneath the ear. She
lingered about an hour," when death` rd.eas3d• her
herefrrt 11:-.4 r. —' . ' ''' 'of the • -.., es, se
e., or
teapi';,,,e.s. _.lTas eoo I...::oiii•riinigtioen had struck
the blows ho Made Iris eacape, and that up to 'the
time of our writing he had not beeh apprehended,
notwithstanding that the whole of. he police force
are in search of him, .
From what we could gather,svNtereference to
the melancholy affsir, the acCoseil, :,who is-of a .
diminutive stature and only 23 years of-age, served
his apprenticeship to the husband if the murdered,
woman. For some time past there appears to "hive
bean an intimacy of, it is alleged, a criminal na:nre
between the poor weruau, and the teseisecl—so
much co that more than one querrel had taken
place between Cherrington atelehis former master
(Studsl). Against the wishet 'tf•Stieltl, Cherring-
Ton -would visit his house, and quarrels between
them have been the resul', so ninon •so_istrat ' . .
as to call
for the interference of the boroughmag
The accused had not been long out of gaol, where
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be bad been incarcerated fsr one month. fer an .Ba-
sault on Studd, and while in the 'pOlieeeelthe
murdered woman carried - him fooda - lie woeld
fie quently absent himself from Ipswich for three
or toer weeks at a time, and as frequently return,
when he was almost certain to call at Studd'S hensE'e.
and be the means of creating a distuibince.=, Last
a
night he went there, and the result was that min
named George Fairweather was- ca • "it -to ejtct
him from Studd's premises. A figh • ' which
ends in his being ejected. Oil - it is
alleg d that he threatened to - . a f hii
victim, and to commit suicide of t be 'drown-
ing !siniself. 'This morning he t • • t to` the
hemp at the-time above mentions' . ,d ctiried his
>814454t into ereetutieeel. s - It is 46 alleige.d that he
callel at a house in S. Me;theilvv'si'streettrastiiiihte
and asked for au niter-view with a daughter of the
murdered woman, at the time having a knife con-
cealeld underueath his coat-sleevo, but the.girl. re-
fused to see him. The last time the murderer, was
sten; he was running fast down Tavern•street, in
:own. El3s friends live at Walton, about 10
I from Ipswich, and it is thought he was mak-
e. that village. It is, however, thought that
ill carry his threat of suicide into execution.
to unfortunate woman his left a family of seven
ren, the youngest being about six years old.-
ice writing the above we understand that a
1 ausweriug the description of the accused, was
Isesn after the murder was committed ruining
1 speed on tee road not far from Walton. One
n noticed the man alluded to as lifting his cap
his head and wiping the perspiration from his
earl. At present we have heard of no motive
assigned for the commission of the murder.
Gaut Calven and another police officer have
ed to Walton in pursuit of the alleged mut-
er.

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.ew of the body.

LATE ROBBERY ON MESSRS. HUNT AAD
!OSKELL.-CAPTURE OF THE THIEF.

die gave in The Sun a-few days since some par-
!icuiars of an impudent robbery effected on the
abole eminent firm by a woman of respectable .
apptlarance, who, having first succeeded iu iuduc-
ing IMessrs. HIM and Reskell to send valuable
artidles of jewellery to a furnished house in Radnor-
plack Hyde-park, for the pretended purpose of
heir* submitted to a lady of title, adroitly possessed
herself of a portion of the property, and imtnedia-
telylleft the house, having first locked the door of the
Iva ' mnt in which the young man in charge of the
jarsllery reina,ined.. Information of the robbery
was, peedtly giren to the police, and the case having
bee ri entrusted to the experienced hands of Inspec-
tor Whieher, of the detective force, that officer used
the best means to track the thief, and happily with
so much success that her apprehension has been
effe ted within the last 48 hours, while sitting in a
second-class carriage on the Great Western Rail-
wayP with the stolen jewellery upon her person.
The thief proves to be a well educated woman, of
the !name of Louise Moutot, who has lived in seve-
ral toglish families in the capacity of travelling
companion, and since 1854, up to September last,
superintended the business of a Parisian hotel. In
September she returned to England, and has since
couucted. a bo trding-house at Dawlish, in Devon-
shirk, whither, it is supposed, she was returning
when apprehended by Whicher. The circumstances
of his robbery are so remarkable, and they have
hitherto been so incorrectly detailed, that a brief
narrative of the facts will prove interesting :—On
the (16. h ulr. a fashionably-dressed woman, who
gas ;e the name of Miss Constance Brown, of St.
Leeuards-on Sea, who stated herself to be a friend
of Sir John and Lady Campbell, who were about
returning to Englaud from a continental tour,
waited upon Mr. Nugent, a house agent, of Bet ke-
ley-istreet, Edgware-road, and requested permission
to view a furnished house, No. 14, Radnor-place,
which had been advertised io be let. The permission
wai granted as a matter of course, and the house
being approved by " Miss Constance Brown," she
took possession on the 191 ult., paying down 401.
for the first month, and referring for her respecta-
bility to Mcssis. Cocks and Biddulph, of Charing- '
crass, who, in reply to Mr.. Nugent's inquiry,
stated that Miss Constance Brown kept an account
with them, and was highly respected. Immediately
1
on obtaining possession of the house, the soi-disant
"Miss Brown" hired a brougham and engaged a
page, whom she decked out in smart livery. On '
the' 20th ult. she drove to the shop of Mr. Ray, a
jeweller, of Castle-street, Oxford-street, and making .
use of the name of Mrs. Acton Tindal, of Ayles-
bury, succeeded in obtaining possession of a ring
and bracelet, together valued at 601. On the fol-
lowing afternoon Messrs. Hunt and Rosk,ll were
favoured with a visit, and requested to send to
Radnor-place, the quite evening, a quantity of va-
lue:hie jewellery suitable for a marriage trosseau,
for'the approval of Lady Campbell. On reaching
home, "Miss Brown" sent the page out
and upon his return she
on a trifling errand,
told him that in his absence Lady Campbell
had arrived, and being fatigued had gone to bed,
desiring him at the same time to bring u,s a cup of
tea, which he would find ready in the kitchen.
Upon carrying out this instruction the page was
met at the bedroom door by "Miss Brown," who
took the tea from him, and, with the art of a prac-
tised ventriloquist, held an apparent conversation
with an elderly lady inside the room, thus impress-
ing the boy with a belief of some fresh arrival in the
house. Shortly afterwards Messrs. Hunt and Ros-
kell's assistant arrived, and on asking if Lady Camp-
bell wa, at home, he was answered in the affitmative,
and shown into the drawing-room. The page went
down stars to call his mistress, who immediately de-
spatched him on a fictitious errand to the neigh-
bourhood of the Strand. "Miss Brown" now
entered the drawing-room in full dress, and, repie-
senting that Lady Campbell was rat deshabille, sa!d
her ladyship would be glad' to inspect the jewels.
The property in charge of the assistant amotuhnruf
in value to 2,5001., he demurred to part swimanner
being ultimately induced, by the
of the lady, he entrusted her with
After the
at 3201., with which she left the room.
id not return
lapse of a quarter of an hour, ash asPberaclet, valued
the assistant became alarmed,nn_
d it
lockedd o n
against the
yeer
he
door of the apartment bee
found
secured, and it was
at length succeeded in
him. The shutters
with great difficultytaint
his es-ape frorathe house by aid of the police
effecting - ebourhoed. For better precau-
on duty in the rseblfry,
Messrs. Hunt and Reskell
tie n against b
a second assistant, who remained cutsido
, 0 his fellow went in to submit the
the page and "Miss Brown"
thohriaed.
dhse. scutesTe
This
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an
saw
successively leave the house, but neither the one
nor other excited his suspicion. The page returned
shortly
after the police had forced an entrance,
and upon being questioned_ he persisted that Lady
Campbell was up stalls, so thoroughly had he been
deceived by the ventriloquism of his mistress. The
house was of course found without an occupant.
When arrested, Inspector Whicher addressed the
thief as Miss Moutot, to which name she
read ,ly answered. Almost immediately after-
wards, observing her to be busy with her
arms under her cloak, the officer seized her
wrists, and on one of her hands found
Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's bracelet, which she
coolly said she had pickedlup in Oxford-street era
the previous evening. On being taken to the police-
station and searched there was found upon her a
Bank note for 1001., a man's wig, a pair of false
whiskers and moustachios, and a man's travelling
cap. Her dress was also fitted with the pockets
usually worn by shoplifters. The prisoner has
already been identified by several persons, and she
will be brought up forexamination on Mondaynext,
at Marylebone Police-court. It appears that she
formerly resided with Miss Constance Brown in the
capacity of travelling companion, and while in that
. situation derived some knowledge of Sir John and
Lady Campl?ell'a family. .
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