The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

THE LATg BoRRIBLE MURDER AND

MI,TILATTHIY.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY).
Up to the time of our going to press the clothes
found with the remains in the carpet-bag had not
been identified, notwithstanding
the many thou-
sands who have inspected them. Seven days have
now elapsed since the remains were found, and
not the slightest clue of any kind has been dis-
covered by which the guilty parties can be &mod,
and we fear from the manner in which the investi-
gation is proceeding that it will turn out a failure.
We are inclined to believe that the fault does not
rest :0 much with the police who have the case in
hand as those under whose direction they act. To
show the loose manner in which the case is being
investigated, we have only to remark that the police
up to the time (.f the inquest were under the im-
pression that the clothes were wet when taken out
of the bag by Kilsby, instead of which, we find
from his evidence before the coroner that they
became saturated and dirty by his laying them in
the wet muddy water in the bottom of the boat.
Then, again, there was the absence of ono sock and
the necktie, a circumstanee at the time that greatly
puzzled the anthori ice, but after some days had
passes] over, the articles were brought to them by
one of the boys, he having found them in the boat
—shoving clearly that the search by the police had
not been of that minute and careful character which
the circumstances of the case imperatively called
for. But probably the most inerplicable portion of
the mystery is the doubt that still rests in the
minds of the authorities relative to the sex to which
the remains belong, the manner in which they have
been mutilated, the period whoa it was done, and
the wound on the breast, for beyond all doubt the
shirts do not present that bloody appearance fairly
to be expected from the committal of so foul and
dastardly a murder as the cuts in them would
load to believe. The day following the commence-
mencenaent of the inquiry before the coroner, a
gentleman of eminence in the profession of anatomy
spent a considerable time in examining the bones,
Arc., with Mr. Painter, and the result of his exa-
mination, we are informed, went to corroborate
all the opinions expresstd by Mr. Painter before
the coroner, but for some reason best known to the
police, the name of the g,entlealati is withheld—a
manifest injustice to Mr. Painter, for it is only
fair to him that the name should be given, espe-
cially as the authorities do not appear to be satis-
fied with the corroborative opinion, because we
understand it is their intention to call in (if not
already done) a professional gentleman, to report to
them his opinion that they may be fortified in the
course they will be called upon to pursue. Such a
proceeding must naturally cause a great distrust in
the public mind, and lead to the inference whether
the authorities have not some misgivings of its
being a murder awl how the
.remains were placed
on the buttress. It will certainly be a most extra-
ordinary circumstance if the opinion expressed
shortly after the discovery of the remains that it
was a medical student's hoax, should turn
out to be true, and remembering Mr.
Painter's evidence as to the conformation of
thepelvis, that the bones are portions of two human
beings instead of one. We fear the public mind
will not be relieved fro n the suspense' and anxiety
under which it at present labours for a considerable
period, and we regret to have to add our fears that
reports of an unsatisfactory character will gain cre-
dence from the ignorance or reserve of the police
in communicating circumstances in connection with
this, to say the least of it, most mysterious affair,
that might otherwise appe ise the public mind, and
in all probability tend to the furtherance of the ends
of justice.

The authorities at Bow-street police-station, are
pilot-ant of the circumstance connected with the

finding of a human skull near Greenwich, as
stated in some of the morning journals.
The carpet bag, and clothes found with the re-
mains are now being hung on a lino across the yard
at the back of the station for hotter exam:nation,
to which the public have free access. Throughout
the day thousands of persons, consisting of men,
women, and children, gratified their morbid
curiosity by a minute inspection and examination
of them.

. _
MYSTI?RIOU.? .DEATII IN THE REGENTS
OA NA L.-SUSPECTED MURDER.

Last evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, consider-
able alarm was created in consequence of the dis-
covery of the bodyof a male person in the Regent's-
canal, at Twig Folly-budge, Green-street, Bethnal-
green, under very wysterious and suspicious
circumstAnces.

It appears that a young man named George
Goathy, a labourer, was et ending on the bank of
the Regent'stpanal immediately at the rear of the
Queen's Arms public-
house) when he suddenly saw
a human body rise to the surface of the water in
front of him. He raised an alarm and called seve-
ral men to his assistance, when the body was got
on to the towing path. The body presented a
shocking spectacle, there being two large incised
,ho body,leidlyee been
evidentlya
deceased
e dinw
as the
e ot water
tewyr result
at
wounds in the neck, from which blood was issaing,
and there were also several contusions on the face
and
lence. The hands were much bruised, and the body
had
)ouotf
twodays.
The considerable vio-
charge of the body, while another ran for Mr. R.
Meldola, the surgeon, of Green street who attended
with promptitude, and ordered the body to be
, 11,
r omosl:
where a police constable edoifn
theto the
ic Queen'sdivisi)l took
stripped, which was accordinglyarently 30 years of
done when it was
found to be that of a man, app
age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, light hair, and fair
complexion. There were two cuts, about an inch in
dep.h, in the front of the throat, inflicted before
death, and the general result of the examination
was, that the dec-aced had come by his de iih by
some foul and unfair means. The marks ou the
face are similar to these which might be caused in
fighting. When the body was taken out of the
water, he was without coat and waistcoat ; his shirt
sleeves were tucked up, and certain parts bore
marks of blood. The deceased's clothing only con-
sisted of a pair of corduroy trousers, a blue striped
shirt, a black neckerchief, and lace-up boots with
brass eyelet holes. The latter articles were nearly
new, and in the toe were hob-nails.
The police searched the pockets and found a to-
bacco box, marked "J, p.," a clasp knife, and a
quantity of handbills.
Last night several active officers of the K divi-
sion made inquiries in the neighbourhood of the
can d, and ascertained from persons living nearo the
spot where the deceased was found that n the
morning of Monday last, between one " and
d two
o'clock, they were aroused by cries of murder"
le r
and " police," and, although several individuals eft
their beds, they ware unable to learn the cause of
the outcry, or make any discovery.
The spot where the body was found is
a very
dark and lonely place, badly lighted,
and danger-
ous for foot passengers after midnight..
The police of the district forwarded a full ae-
scription of the deceased throughout the whole of
the metropolis, but lite last night the body had
not boen identified.

The body was placed in a shed at the back of the
Queen's Arms, where the inquest will take place
this afternoon before Mr. William Baker, the
coroner.