The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-19 00:00:00

THE LATE DOUBLE MURDER LT

WALWORTH.

ADDITIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY PAR
TICULARS.

Inspector Young, with one or two officers of the L
division, are actively pursuing their inquiries, and using
every possible effort to unravel the extraordinary mys-
teries and strong suspicion which surround the shocking
murder of the two children in Four Acre-street, Wel-
worth, but have not yet arrived at any satisfactory
result beyond the very strong suspicion that the unfor-
tunate mother is net the actual perpetrator of the fearful
crime. There is one circumstance that strikes them as
somewhat extraordinary, and that is, that though Bacon,
the father of the children, returned to town on Wed.
nesday morning, it was not until the Friday night fol-
lowing he said anything about the alleged robbery
of money, watch, and suit of clothes, though he had fre•
quent oppor unities to do so; and that the accounts he
then and subsequently gave were most unsatisfactory
and conflicting.
In the course of his inquiries, Inspector Young had
found that, though representing he had 71. by him,
Bacon had applied for assistance to his brother-in-law in
the country, and that he sent 145.; and the fact is ad-
mitted by Bacon himself without any satisfactory reason.
It was further ascertained that in July last Bacon had
been tried at the Lincoln Assizes, on a charge of
arson in setting fire to his house at Stamford in that
county, but was acquitted, and subsequently re-
ceived 2801. from the insurance company. Tiae
most startling circumstances connected with the
affair 'remains to be told. From facts communi-
cated to the officers it appears that the mother of Bacon
had a life interest in some house property in the town of
Stamford, and that on her death the property passed into
the possession of her son, subject to a few legacies to
relatives. About 17 or 18 months ago the mother was
invited to, and did dine with her son on a Sunday, and
soon after dinner complained of severe cramps in the
stomach, which continued to her death, which took place
on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning. The
medical man who attended her gave it as his opinion that
death had been caused by a "cram) in the stomach," and
having given a certificate to this effect the body was in-
terred without an inquest or any judicial investigation.
Recent events, however, have given rise to various
surmises on the part of the inhabitants of Stamford
and its vicinity on the subject, and it is said to be the
intention of the authorities there to have the body
of Mrs. Bacon exhumed, in order that it may be
carefully examined, and the contents of the stomach
and bowels submitted to the necessary scientific tests,
and an inquest held on it. There is another matter
connected with this mysterious affair, and one that
is not the least, as exciting the strong suspicion of the
officers in favouring the belief that the dreadful crime
had been committed on the Sunday night ; and that is,
the fact that during the whale of Monday the neighbours
next door, though generally annoyed by the screams of
the children, did not hear a single cry ; on the contrary,
they describe the place as perfectly silent and free from
noise.

Inspector Young has proceeded to Stamford to prose-
cute his inquiry there, and it is hoped, from the
perseverance and intelligence of that officer, that he will
be able, by the next examination of Mrs. Bacon, to
throw some light on the mysterious affair.