The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

THE LATE-.I 'RR IBLE MURDER AND

MUTILATIf;N.

During the whole of ycsteiday- the yard of
Bow-street Police-court was crowded wilt num-
bers of persons anxious to inspect the clothes of the
murdered man, :the discovery of whose te-
mains has created so deep a sensation throughout
It is, perhaps, unnecessary to
say
ye
one
metropolis. It
of the many hundreds who erati-
fie,l their morbid curiosity in this respect' %Vbil
seeking for either friend or relative. Nevertheless,
the authorities gave free ingress to all who chose
b examine the dress ; for, as none know the
quarter Lin which the clue to this mystery
may be found, the widest publicityis soughs
by the pelide, who would wish, if .possible,
that all London should see the zlothes. We would
however, beg with the utmost deference to
suggest that the police are not exactly pursuing
that course which is most likely to lead to the draes
being identified. We have already stated that all
the articles have been immersed in brine, and are
therefore shrunken ; they have been roughly ripped
from the corpse, and are therefore much torn ; -and,
in addition to this, they are soiled with earth and
other marks, and deeply stained with blood, so
that even those the most familiar with their
former aspeCt, could now only recognise them
after close inspection. It was of coulee necessary
that they should have been produced before the
jury in the state in which they were found ; it is
now only nece•sary that they should be ident fied,
aed to that eud they ought as speedily as pos-
sible to be restored to the appearance which they
must have presented when worn by the deceased
before his murder. For this purpose they
should be seen together again, the most die-
' figuring of the earthstains removed, and the whole
suit fitted upon a lay figura like tkose• which stand
iu the shop windows of so many tailors. if this is
done the public might be admitted to walk past
them in a strain all day, and then they might be
recogn'sed. Up to the present they have not been
identified, and as long as they remain a mere dirty
pile of rags, are never likely to be. The most absurd
rumours are constantly afloat as to the head and
other missing portions of the body having
been found, the woman having been traced,
by means of the cab she employed, dec. Unfortu-
nately, for these reports there is no foundation, and
up to last night the mystery 'which envelopes the
whole atrocity remained as dark as at the first dis-
covery of the fragments of the body. At present
the chances of any trace being obtained are very
slight, though the police are still indefatigable in
their endeavours.

At a late hour last, night, the Government issued
pLicards offering a reward of 2001. for the discovery
of the supposed murder, and 1001. for the discovery
of the porson who placed the carpet-bag in the
position where it was found; with a free pardon to
any accomplice nut being the actual murderer.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.)
The inspection of the clothes lying at Bow-street
station continues to attract a large number of per-
eons there daily—some from idle curiosity, and
others from a desire of ascertaining whether. or no
they belong to their miming relatives.
No clue has been discovered relative to the mur-
der, and we regret to add that the ignorance, or the
assumed ignorance of the police is so great that
they have not the slightrbt knowledge of
anything connected wi, h the discovery, or
elac'dation of the mystery. As an illustration we
need only state that, on applicai ion last evening at
the station, relative to the Government reward,
we were infornsed that they had not the slightest
information or idea of any application having been
made to the Home Sec:etary for that purpose.
Unless some better organised plan be adopted,
we fear that. the detection of the murderer avIll;
•
never take place.