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

1858.

stairs to seo a sick person, Juliette, d then I
look," through the keyhoie door of
tit ! deceased, and I saw the bed was in cufasion,
u, I did not see the body: Called to the deceased,
r.O ,
received no:answer, and, having tried the door
I found tt locked. AboutB o'clock I saw the room.
burst open. I saw her things lying on the
table, and I teen looked at the bad. After
the bed-clothes were removed I saw the de-
ceased, her back was towards me. She was lyieg
upon her face with her head between two
pillows (the pillows were not over her head).
tier arms were turned back. Toe doctor came
about 5 minutes after the doer was broken open
by Fairfield. During the interval I went do,vn
stairs, and Mouton stood outside the door, shut it,
and said no one should enter till the artival 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 sea any of those articles. I knew
thorn 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 Lice. I noticed him particularly.
Crosseocamined— I have re.ided in the hou e about
five rupiahs and a halt'. with Mouton. I never lived in
any other house with Madame Levy. I knew her from
seeing her in the streets, just as 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 our. 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 Disber and
came home to dinner. I saw the Frenchman in the house
after the doctor came. Am certain Heloisa wore two
rings on the night in question. She took great pride in
showing them. I very ~ften go into Waterloo-place end
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 (Lceasett.
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 t" She did not move, and I. then
saw she was dead. The deceased was lying as dasciibed
by the witness Sylvestre, and the room was in great dis-
. rder. The sofa had been pulled in front of the fire.
Decaased was lying on her belly, wick 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 cf 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 ra for M.
Jochotn, 5, Mead's-court, Wardour-street, Sobo. I fir-
meriy dealt in jewellery.
Mr. T. Atkinson—Da you sell jewellery to gay
women ?
Witness—l sell them where I can. Ido not choose my
customers.. I slept at Madame Levy's with Madame
Sylvestre every night. We lived there. I did not know
that Madame Levy was a gay woman. Ido not lose toy
time in enquiring into such matters. I had seen her
several times before. I went to live at her bows.
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 fearned came
into the house for the benefit of the household.
Eliza Disher swcrn—l lodged at 8, Arundel-place.
About half-past 7on Wednesday morning I saw prisoner
go down stairs. I was going down stairs, and the prisoner
was behind, and he passed me at the bottom of the
stairs. The night before I had quarrelled with my huo-
band, and I sat on the stairs Lear my door from half-
past 2 till 7 o'clock. About a few tni.nutps before 7
o'clock I beard three groans from the top room, and
about half-an-hour after wards the pi i,,emer came down
stairs and followed toe 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 door hita,elf. He had nothing in his baud,
hut he appeared stint about 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 lookeo at me.
Julie Levy, recalled— Cross-examined by Mr. T.
Atkinson—The prisoner was dres.ed in the same coat
as now; a coat like it, but I don't -snow if it had a
hood to it. [lle prisoner was dres-ed in a large blue
coat or cape, braided, with a hood.] His coat that night
was braided like the one he now has on ; be had on a
coat braided like the one he now wears when in
my house.

By. Mr. Bodkin— No male person slept in the room
wi, h the sick person.
Virginie Sylvestre recalled—ExAmine,' 13/13.1r. 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 had4llooitto it.
Eliza Disher recalled and cross-examimed by Mr. T.
Atkinson.—l quarrelled with my husblind about eleven
o'clock, and went down into the kitche ' I took up my
position on the stairs about half-past„ , remaining thl
a tiam re
near 7. I was awake the whole me. lam
ri d to Disher. I was married to him at Ge'eat Bealios,
about 2 years ago. I had resided in this hours about
three weeks when the occurrence happened. I knew
nothing of the habits of the inmates. I thought them
quiet people. Some of them went to bed early,`ollicrs late.
I went out of the room by my own accord. My
husband several times called to me, Paying I had no
husiness to be on the stairs; but I p,rsisted in doing so.
I saw Heloise go up stairs about ball-past two, just as
I came up from the kitchen an:l 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-pamt 7 o'cl ick that morning. Toe
person who then went down stairs had on a Mown coat
with loose sleeves. My husband is a tailor The coat
Worn by the man is known as a paletJt ; it had braid
round the buttons. I know nothing of the jewellery
wora by the ladies. _ _

By Mr. Bodkin—l heard Virglain go up stairs about
five minutes atter deceased went up. I heard her knock
at deceased's door and ask fur fleliise. I heard her re-
turn almost directly after she went up. From that time
till the prisoner came down no person went up or
down the stairs. I did not notice if hi, face was
scratched or not, although he turned round and looked
at me as he wont out of the door.
By the Judge—The three groans I heard were not
loud. They acre immediately one alter each other.
That was all the noise I heard. If there had been a
violent scuffle I think I should have heard it. If there
had been fighting, or violent struggling, I am certain I
should have heard it. I heard the groans distinctly,
though they were not very loud. The coat WA3 not lice
the one the prisoner has now on. I can't say if coat 3
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, Charles-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
5 on the night of the murder, and found the deceased in
a top room lying on her face on the bed, her head sup-
pried by pillows, and the rest of her body covered witta
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 all-lon-len rather warm. The general appear-
ance of the body was livid and eccbymose ; the face was
swollen, the featur•:s distorted, and the eyes prominent,
with the pupils dilated. There was mucus running
from the nose, the tongue was protruding and swollen ;
ou the lower and front part of the windpipe a dark
livid spot was visible, about the size of a fourpenny
piece, and the fingers were contracted and nails livid.
I made a post mortem examination on 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 had 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 posi-
tion i❑ which the body was lying, the bedo!othes 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 cold.
(We shall give the conclusion in our last edition.)