The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLEC'ENCE.--.Dec. 14.

MARYLEBONE.—THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
AT PADDINGTON.—DEPOsITION OF TILE INJURED
LADY.--One day during the past week, in pur-
suance of a prior arrangement with Dr. Wakefield,
Mr. Yardley paid a visit to the lady who was so
murderously assaulted at her residence, 5, Fulham-
place. After this he gave instructions that on a
future day the three prisoners, Thomas Puzey,
George Reeves, and Sarah Collett, should be taken
privately to the lady's address to hear her depo-
sition taken. Accordingly at one o'clock, In-
spector Braddick, D division, Sergeant Potter,
2 D, and House, 97 D, arrived in cabs
with the prisoners from the House of Detention.
Mr. Yardley and Mr. Phillips, chief clerk, were
already there. The prisoners having been placed
in the room, the old lady sat up in her bed and the
following depositions were taken. She said—My
name is Sarah Green. lam a widow lady, aged 71.
In the evening of the 24th October I was sitting in
my arm-chair in this room (the second-floor front).
My servant, Elizabeth Askew, was with me, and I
had a fire and a light in the room, and sent Eliza-
beth as usual, for my supper. After she left I was
dozing in my chair, waiting for her, when some one
came to me right across the room from the door. I
looked up and saw that it was a tall man with a
black mask on. My eye caught the shadow of
another man. He came round the foot of the bed,
behind the tall man, and was between the bed and,
the window. He was shorter than the other, and
seemed to be stouter. The tall man struck me on
the head four or five severe blows with something
that had a large knob at the end. I think I should
know the ball (meaning the knob) again. I begged
and prayed of him to take his hand away, and told
him that if he would take his hand away from my
throat, I would tell or do anything he Eked. When
I said this, he took hold of my throat, and pinched
me till I lost my senses; and when I had in some
measure recovered he came at me again, and gave
me some more blows, besides which he gave me a
most severe blow on the left cheek but I cannot say
with what. He again clutched my throat but tighter
than before, and I again became insensible. I could
hear the other man up by the side of the bed, and
heard something rattling at my desk, which was
locked. I afterwards found on looking at it that
it had been broken open, but I missed nothing from
it. I saw the short man turn his arm and clutch
my watch from the pocket at the head of the bed.
My plate was in a basket under the table, and I can-
not tell the quantity missing. The short man had
a loose coat on, and this might have made him ap-
pear stouter. The prisoner seems to be about the
height of the taller one, but lam not certain. The
hands which clutched my throat were like his. They
were thin long fingers. The life-preserver (which
was here introduced by Inspector Braddreth) is like
the thing I was struck with. When I recovered
my consciousness I found I wes alone in the room.
I knew the prisoner Collett well. She was employed
by me as my nurse last winter, and sat up with me
at night. This was about seven or eight months
ago. She was with me twice. In consequence of
suspicions I had about her I discharged her, at the
same time warning her that she must not enter my
house any more. About a fortnight before the rob-
bery I heard that Collett had been to my house.l
When Collett was here I kept my plate in the bed-
room, near the window, and my watch was always
kept in the watch pocket at the head of the bed,
and she knew it well. I did not hear the men
speak whilst in my bedroom.
The lady, who gave the above statement in a very
calm and lucid manner, had it read over to her,
when she affixed her signature to it. .

The three prisoners were again taken in cabs to
the House of Detention, to be brought up at this
court next Wednesday.

SOUTHWARK.—THE FRENCH MERCHANT
AND THE BALLET DANCER.—A rather pretty-
looking. young woman named Annette Watkins,
stated to be a ballet dancer at one of the West-end
theatres, was charged with stealing bills of ex-
change to the amount of 4,000 francs, 140 francs,
12s. in English money, and an overcoat, the pro-
perty of Mr. Arthur lluggswedean, a French fluor-
chant, under the following circumstances :
The prosecutor, through an interpreter, said that
on Friday night, a fortnight ago, he was supping
with a countryman of his in the Haymarket. During
the evening the prisoner was introduced to him by
a friend, and he accompanied her to her lodgings in
Stamford-street. He then had about him 15 bills of
exchange, representing 4,000 f., 140 f. in gold, 12s.
in English money, and an overcoat. When he
went to bed he placed all his property in a drawer
by his bedside. In the course of the morning he
heard a shuffling noise in the room, and on getting
out of bed he missed his overcoat and waistcoat,
besides the bills of exchange and all the money.
His waistcoat, minus the property, was found on
the mat by the street door, which was discovered
open, thus showing that the party who assisted in
committing the robbery had hurriedly left the
house. Witness returned to the bedroom, and told
the. prisoner as well as he could by signs of his loss)