The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-28 00:00:00

ABDUCTION AND SUICIDE.

le A young lady of considerable personal attractions, and
now about nineteen yens old, and who on coining of age
will he entitled to an independent fortune of her own of
about 5001. a-year, living in great respectability with her
father at Kensington, had been for some time persecuted
with the address.,s and attentions of Captain M., who had
in some measure been received by her family as a suitor for
her hand. He hail, however, lately shown considerable
jealousy of her, and had displayed much violence of tem-
per. On Saturday last Miss - hail been making •a
morning call on a lady in the neighbourhood, whose hus-
band returned home with her to her father's house ; and
in a very short time after Captain M- arrived, and on
learning she had just returned home, accompanied by a
gentleman, la-traced the greatest agitation and passion, and,
producing, a brace of pistols from his pocket, declared to
Miss - that, had lie met her with the gentleman, lie
would have blown his brains out with one pistol, and have
then destroyed himself with the other. He then urged
her, as a proof of her sincerity, to take a walk with hint.
She, however, became alarmed at hia violence, and en-
deavoured to excuse herself; she, however, by his threats
and intimidations at length consented to go, but her al trio
was so great, that under an excuse of arranging some part
of her dre‘s, she hail an opportunity of retiring for a few
minutes, during which time she desired her man-servant
to follow her wherever she went, without letting Captain
M. observe him, and should she be obliged to get into a
coach, he was to take one also, as she was alarmed at
Captain M.'s conduct. They had not walked far before
she was put into a coach by Captain M. ; the servant,
however, could not find another coach to get into, but, at
the instant, an omnibus going the same way, he got into
it, thinking he should be able to keep the coach in sight;
in this, however, he did not succeed, and, on coining
into the city, lost all trace of his young mistress. In he
mean time, Captain M. took her from the coach to a Strat-
ford stage in Leadenhall street, In which they went to the
E igle and Child at Forest-gate, about a tulle beyond
Stratford ; after they hail been there some time, he again
persuaded her to take another walk in the country,
not before she had strong fears of hi.. intending horne-
t! ing dreadful. After walking down the lane nearly as
far as Marylind-point, ire became suddanly ill, and calling
!o her to come close to him, fell down. Sue, however, ran
front him, imploring assistance ; he constantly calling out
to her to come to him. The only person near at the instant
was an Irishwoman, who Miss -- begged would help
the gentleman ; he, however, refused to be assisted by
her, and called the more, " Mary Ann, Mary Ann, it is
you I want near me;" at the same time feeling for some-
thing at his breast, under his coat. His illness increased,
and by this time assistance arrived, and he was conveyed
back to the E tgle and Child, where he acknowledged
having taken laudanum, and under his coat was discovered
a dagger, with which he intended to make Miss - his
victim. The laudanum taking effect sooner and strong r
tnan he expected, was the cause of her escape from this
horrid project. Mrs. Muscly, the landlady of the Eagle
and Child, on his being brought back, recollected hearing
him say, as he went out, to Miss " Never mind,
Mary Ann, our troubles in this life will soon be over, and
then we shall be happy in the next." Medical 'assistance
being immediately sent for from Stratford, Dr. Elliot and
his assistant soon arrived, arid although every means were
resorted to in order to save his life, the quantity of lau-
danum he had taken was too powerful, although the
stomach pump was used within as short a time as pos.
Bible. Dr. Elliot remained with him the at-hole night,
and at three o'clock on Sunday morning he died in the
greatest agonies. The situation of Aim] -, who was
in the adjoining room, was BC-ircely less pitiable; her
friands, however, from what little information the servant
had been able to give, had by this time traced where she
was, arid soon afterwards a gentl-man conveyed her hack
to her father's house. The most remarkable part of this
dreadful affair is, that aler his death Miss - and her
friends for the fist time discovered that he was a married
man, and has a wife living. An inquest was held on
Tuesday on his b irly, at the Eag e Child.