The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-03 00:00:00

211 E EILS lON MURDER.

The post-mortem ex amination has been made,
and the conclusion of ;the surgeons leave no doubt
that death arose from the pressure of the poker
upon the throat, producing strangulation.
On Tuesday asixth pr isoner was apprehended ; he
had been "out of the w© y" from the time when the
robbery was discovered ; but returned to the town
during the afternoon of Tuesday. When he was
apprehended he said it was " all right," and that
he was "going to g ive himself up." The police
";want" only one other• man to complete the arrest
of the whole gang ; an.d this arrest is supposed to
be a question of only a few hours.
Maddocks is a ret arned convict. He was sent
out for five years ab out seven years ago, and has,
therefore, been back I Avo years. The post mortem
examination, at the se ame time that it reveals the
cause of death, shows also that the deceased offered
considerable resistanc:e before he died, for there are
evidences of injury to the spine which could not
have existed on Sat urday night. The prisoners
were removed from Bilston to the county gaol at
Stafford yesterday. During the time that they
were being manacled in the police-station Lilley
indulged in great rib aldry. Taking hold of the
escort chain by which they were to be connected
in companies, he placed it round Jukes's neck, and
interlarding his expressions with oaths, he said,
" This is the way they will hang you up when they
get you to Stafford." He then indulged in libidi-
nous expressions re) ative to his liasons in that
town, told the pollee; they had got " a good catch,"
gave regimental con nands to the other prisoners,
and was driven from the station in a cab shouting
"We are off to Cl arlestown." Jones seemed to
have lost mnchof theconfidence which he displayed
before the magistra. tes, and Lilley's buffoonery
scarcely extorted even the sorriest smile from them.
With the exception .of Lilley, all the prisoners are
beginning more than ever to feel the very serious
position in which they are placed. Against Jones,
who is a returned convict, and whose proper name
is Mullighan, the evidence is very strong. It is the
knee of his trousers that corresponds with the
marks in the cellar. In his possession was found
some studs that had belonged to the deceased; and
at the time of his arrest he had soot upon his hand
which corresponded with the blackened face of the
murdered man. This sooty hand was remarked
upon by the sergeant of police, but the prisoner de-
clined to account for it, and when he was again
brought up from his cell, he had washed the sooty
hand cleaner than the other. So great is the fear
which the inhabitants of Bilston are suffering, that
they have memorialised the commissioners of the
town to call a public meeting to ennsitior the hest
stops to be taken to obtain the security of life and
property in the township (luring the night.
The Chairman has called the meeting for Tues-
day evening next.

There is a project for forming a tradesmen's
patrol.

FIUGIIT.FUL DOUBLE .31URDB.R.

The Cape of Good Hope papers bring intelligence
of a frightful tragedy which took place at the village
of Tnlbagh. A coloured man, named Andries Patis,
called at the house of Mr. C. J. Botma, who resideal
on some property belonging to the independent
Dutch Reformed Church, and had charge of a
water-mill, also the property of the church. It ap-
pears that Mr. Botma, his wife, and their only child,
an infant of seventeen months, had retired to rest
some time before Patis called. The man, however,
roused Mr. Botma, and informed him that Mr.
Marais (who owns the adjoining farm, and in whose
employ Patis had been for some time), had sent him
to request Mr. Botma to go for a doctor, as Mr.
Marais's child was ill. Mr. Botma, contrary to the
advice of his wife, immediately rose, and accom-
panied Patis. On reaching a gloomy part of the
road, surrounded by trees and shrubs, Yetis, who
must have been walking behind Mr. Botma, dealt
his unsuspecting companion a blow with a poplar
stick on the side of the head, and right across the
temple, instantly depriving his victim of life.
Leaving the murdered man weltering in his blood,
Patis returned to the house and knocked at the door.
Mrs. Botma, thinking it was her. husband, opened
the door and said, " How is it you have returned so
soon ?" She then lit a candle, and found the per-
Boit she had admitted was not her husband. Pads
said, "I have waited some time for an opportunity,
but I have this night found it." He immediately
seized her and threw her to the ground, and most
violently ill-used her. She tried to escape from
him, when he again threw her to the ground, and
then completed his second brutal assault, leaving
her in the most excruciating pain. Ho then de-
manded the money that was in the house, and his
trembling victim pointed to the wooden box in
which her husband, of whose death she was of course
unconscious, kept his cash. Patis broke open the
box and abstracted the money, and then left the
house. He still remained close to the door, how-
ever, and when the unfortunate woman attempted
to By to the protection of a neighbour the brute
kicked her back. Ultimately she did succeed in
getting away, and fled, clasping her infant in her
arms, and closely pursued by Patis, towards the
next house. The murderer came up with her,
threw her and the infant to the ground, and then
inflicted on her two frightful wounds, the one being
a cut on the back of the neck, from ear to ear' and
the other being from the breast to the left ear. Mrs.
Botma's arm was also fractured, though whether
this was done during the struggle in the house, or
when the last deadly attack was made on her, it is
of course impossible to say. Loss of blood, fright,
or exhaustion, or probably all these causes com-
bined, rendered" the poor creature insensible, and
the murderer, no doubt believing her to bo dead,
took his departure. In the course of that fearful
night the sufferer revived, and saw her child play-
ing with its mother's blood. She was, however,
too weak to call for assistance, even if her screams
could have been heard, and so in this sad plight
she lay till daybreak; her child, dabbled and
splashed with blood, crying itself to sleep in the
meanwhile. Soon after daybreak Mrs. Botma was
discovered by some boys, lying insensible, and
:frightfully mutilated. She was removed to her
own house and her infant taken care of, and
when the poor woman recovered consciousness
she was interrogated as to the perpetrator of the
outrage. She stated that it was Patis, and a num-
ber of persons at once proceeded to Mr. Marais'
farm and arrested the ruffian, who had, as usual,
gone quietly about his work. Mrs. Bottna's
statement was amply corroborated by marks
of blood upon the prisoner's garments. A clasp_
knife known to be his property, was found in his
victim's house, and it was stained with blood. Patis's
pipe was found on Mr. Ilotma's premises, and the
latter's money-box was found broken open near Mr.
Marais' vineyard. It had been rifled of the con-
tents, with the exception of a cheque for 4''s and
some loose paper.

Between two and three hours after the remains
of her husband had been consigned to their last
restinp -place, poor Mrs. Botraa. also breathed her
Last. 1-ler case was hopeless, and, conadering the
accumulated horrors of the fearful night she had
gone through, death cannot but be looked upon as

lin this instance a glad and welcome release from
suffering.
The murderer Patis is described as a Mozambique,
about 21 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height, and
of robust appearance.