The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-02 00:00:00

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE,

(THIS DAY.)

This morning at an early hour another chapter to the
recent tales of horror was added by a report that a man
had murdered his wife at No. 3, Newton-street, Holborn,
and that he had afterwards attempted to commit suicide.
The neighbourhood, which is very thickly populated by
persons of the lower grade of life, was soon in full coaster -
nation and excitement. It appears from careful inquiries
of the police authorities, Mr. Superintendent Durkin and
Inspector Mackenzie, who have charge of the case, and so
ably performed their duties in relation to the Northumber-
land-street tragedy, that this morning about half-past one
P. C. Wakeham, 144 F, while on duty, saw the murderer,
whose name is Wm. Cogan, a hawker of poultry, a man of
about 30 years of age, standing with his wife at the door of
No. 3, Newton-street, in which house they occupied the
first floor front room. They appeared to have been drink.
ing, and were quarrelling. The wretched man went up to
the police-constable and said, " I will settle it to-night, and
if not, to-morrow," pointing to his wife and his own throat.
The constable, however, took no further notice, and passed
on, but to his surprise and horror, on going his rounds at
2.45, Cogan came up to him in a bleeding state, and
pointed to his throat, in which the constable saw several
fearful wounds, and, finding the man could not speak, he
lost no time in conveying him to King's College Hospital,
where he was immediately attended by the house-surgeons,
when, on examination, it was found that he had cut his
throat in three distinct places, but without severing the
carotid artery. The police-constable, Wakeham, then
asked him if he had cut his wife's throat too. The wretched
man nodded in the affirmative, and pointed in the direction
of his own house. The constable, leaving the man in charge
of the hospital authorities, went directly back to Newton-
street, and entering the front room on the first floor he
found the unfortunate wife of the murderer lying across a
basket in a pool of blood, and a razor lying on the floor,
which from examination it was evident had been used by
the murderer in cutting the throat of his victim and that
of his own ; on raising the body a deep cut from
under the right ear to the shoulder blade of the
left side was found inflicted with such force as to
nearly sever the head from the body. Mr. Painter, the
divisional surgeon, was sent for, and on examination of
the wounds, he pronounced the unfortunate woman to
be quite dead, and that death must have been
almost instantaneous, as all the main arteries
were severed, and that she had been dead some time;
therefore there is little doubt that the murderer
consummated his deadly purpose soon after he first accosted
the police-constable at half-past one o'clock. The mur-
derer and his wife bear but an indifferent character ; they
have fortunately only one child, and that a boy of nine
years of age, who appears to have been reared in
neglect and crime, as he is now an inmate of a
Reformatory. Mr. Inspector Mackenzie has taken
charge of the room and the body of the unfortunate woman,
and stationed constables to keep off the crowd. On inquiry
at King's College Hospital, at one o'clock, it was ascer-
tained that the murderer was in a very dangerous state,
but progressing favourably. The cause of quarrel ending
in murder is attributed to their drinking propensities.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CABMEN AND THEIR HORSES.—A USEFUL MAGIS-
TERIAL CAUTION.—William Fish, badge 7,583, and pro-
prietor of cab 954, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt as
follows :

George Smith, one of the officers of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that while passing
through Gerrard-street last evening about nine, he saw the
defendant whipping his horse in a very cruel manner. He
examined the horse, and found inside the thigh a wound
frinn which the blood was running, one of its knees was
frightfully cut and swollen, and inside the fetlock joint
there was a large wound. The horse was in very poor
condition.

Simeon Sell, another officer of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, confirmed the first wit-
ness, and said one of the wounds was the size of the palm of
his hand, but had been blackened over with lampblack and
grease. On the way to the station the horse nearly fell.
Mr. Tyr whitt fined the defendant 10s. or 14 days, re-
marking that as long as cabmen could get their horses to
crawl they drove them, but he would tell the defendant the
police would look after him, and if he came again he would
have a month without a flue. People of his class ought to
know that they could have six months. He once sent a man
for that term, and if necessary would do it again.
The charge was made at the instance of Mr. Love, chief
officor of the society.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

To day's market was fairly supplied with English wheat
in tolerably good condition. The finest samples were dis-
posed of at about Monday's currency; otherwise, the
trade ruled dull, and, in some instances, prices were rather
drooping.

We were somewhat extensively supplied with foreign
wheat, and purchases in nearly all descriptions were made
with great caution at about previous rates.

In floating cargoes of grain a fair business was doing at
mostly full quotations.
Barley changed hands slowly on former terms.
Malt was in slow request ; nevertheless, prices were firm.
Fine oats maintained previous rates, but inferior qualities
—the supply of which was large—were rather cheaper.
For both beans and peas we have to report a heavy sale,
and the quotations had a downward tendency.
All fine marks of flour were held at full prices ; inferior
qualities, however, were dull at barely late rates.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley, Malt, Oats. Flour.
English.... 3,190 160 1,690 3O I 1,610
Irish
F0raign........ 42,500 1,000 32,750

sack,'
34,120 brls.

NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of meat are tolerably extensive, and the
trade generally rules heavy, at in some instance rather
easier currencies.

Per 81b. by the carcase.

fidsd scisd
Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2
Middling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime do 4 4 4 8
Frime large do. 3 10 4 2 Veal 3 4 4 4
Do. small do. .. 42 4 4 Small pork
Large pork .... 4 0 4 6 Lamb
Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8

BOROUGH HOP.
Owing to the somewhat favourable accounts from the
plantations—the duty being estimated at from £llO,OOO to
£l2o,ooo—scarcely any business is passing in any descrip-
tion of hops. In prices, however, no quotable change has
taken place.
Mid and East Kent pockets 90s to 210 s per cwt.
Wealds .................. 80s 180 s )1 Sussex .................. 75s 140 s
Yearlings .......... 210 s ~

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The dealings have been on the most limited scale,
and prices have shown no variation of importance.
&Mktg.—Business has been less active, and low and in-
ferior descriptions have slightly declined. In the refined
market late rates have been well maintained.
COFFEE.—The operations have been on the most limited
scale, and prices generally are steady.
RICE.—The market has continued dull, and the few
dealings entered into have been chiefly at previous rates.,
SALTPETRE.—Only limited transactions have been re-
corded. Good and fine qualities, however, have advanced
3d. to 6d. per cwt.
TALLOW .—The market has continued inactive. P.Y.C.,
on the spot,
is quoted 455. 6d. to 455. 9d. ; August to Sep-
tember, 485., and last three months, 475. 6d. per cwt.'',