The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-18 00:00:00

, Pollard, the murderer, was married, sixteen years ago, to the
daughter of a butcher in Mary-le-bonne-lane. He succeeded his
father-in-law in business; but, in consequence of his idle habits
he became insolvent, and his wife died from the effects of his ill
treatment. Subsequently he married a second wife, from whom
he has been separated eight years. , In the interval he has been
leading a dissolute life, and has occasionally been supplied by his
wife with money. He has lived, however, with Mrs. Bignall two
years, and she only separated from him on the very night of the
unfortunate catastrophe. On that day, she says, she happened to
call upon her brother (Mr. Cooper), who persuaded her to sepa-
rate herself from Pollard, and acting under his advice, she wrote
and sent the folloWing letter to Pollard

" Dean JoSern-::-I think it my duty to inform you, that I
have for a long time disapproved of the mode in which we have
been living, and have come to the determination to separate for
ever. I therefore request that you will immediately send sue my
clothes to my brother's house.
"Yours, • " S. BiGNALL."
In consequence of this letter, Pollard called at Cooper's house
on Friday evening. He first came into the shop, intending to
speak to Mrs. Bignall in the parlour, but Mr. Cooper having de-
clared she should not speak to him in his house, and that if she
felt desirous to hold any conversation with Mm it should be in the'
street, Mrs: Bingall went into the passage to speak to him, and he l
endeavoured to prevail upon her to alter her determination, and re-
turn }mm with him. She told him that she had come to a fixed
re-eilutiOn to Separate herself &OM him for ever. Pollard told her
that he loved her too sincerely to consent to be parted from her, and
he added (placing, his hand on his breast), " I have something here
that will do for all." Mrs. Bignall says, she thought he spoke in
Jest, and she told him, that • although she had determined never
to live with him again,• she would return home with him .that'
night, but he was to understand, that next morning they
must separate for ever. She then turned round, with the
intention of fetching her bonnet and shawl from the parlour,
for the purpose of accompanying him; and she asserts, that it
was at that moment he stabbed her. The first thrust penetrated
the shoulder, the second the arm, and the third entered her hand.
In her fright she returned back to the street door, and rushed
into the street, where she was assisted by a gentleman who hap-
pened to be passing, and who took her to the house of Mr. Chad-
wick, a surgeon. Pollard forced his way from, the passage into
the parlour, where he murdered Mr. Cooper, and made those at-
tempts on the life of Mrs. Cooper and the boy, which have been
already stated. When Mrs. Bignall was taken to the Infirmary,
she seemed to be rather disturbed in her mind, and the Medical
Gentlemen who attended her, asked her if she had been drinking
liquor, for she seemed intoxicated. She replied, that she certainly
had been drinking—but only a couple of glasses—which could not
possibly have affected her.
Pollard, when brought into the infirmary, complained that he
had a great pain in his heart; and he requested to have some
cold tea, as he was very thirsty. In the course of the night, Mr.
Goodyer, the surgeon, asked him if he had been drinking gin?
'Pollard nodded his head, but gave no answer. In fact, through-
out the night, he was sullen and morose ; and, when spoken to
by Mr. Goodyer, 'Dr. Poole, or any of the medical gentlemen, he
would not condescend to give them an answer, but turned his back
upon them in the bed, at least as far as his wounds Would per-
Mit. At one time Mr. Goodyer asked him if he knew what he
had been doing ? To this he returned no answer. Another time,
when he complained of excessive thirst, Mr. Goodyer asked him
what drink he would take?, He immediately demanded cold
water; but added, "I am dying—l am dying of the pain I feel in
these wounds." About a quarter before. 3 o'cle.ek, on Saturday
morning, he inquired how Cooper was ? The nurse said, "What,
is Mr. Cooper ill, or do you think he is hurt?" He gave no
answer to this question, and shortly after expired. From this it
would appear that he was conscious of what he had done, and that
he was not so much intoxicated as.it bad been supposed.
Pollard's wife appliial to Mr. Goodyer on Saturday, and re-
quested he would give up the body of her husband, in order that
she might bury it nn that day.
Mr. Goodyer told her that her request could not be complied
with ; and the poor woman, who was rather ail interesting figure,
retired evidently much disappointed.
On Saturday evening the Jury viewed his body, at the same
time they viewed the body of Cooper. Shortly afterwards Mr.
De Ville, jou. of 367, Strand, took a cast of the head. Mr. De
Ville remarked, that the head was uncommonly well formed.--
The organs of the animal propensities appeared strongly develop-
ed, but the higher mental faculties were rather deficient. The
organs of amativeness, combativeness, and destructiveness, seemed
unusually large.
The body was opened by Goodyer, assisted by Dr. Poole,
in the presence of the Coroner, and Mr. Charles Phillips, the
surgeon of the Infirmary.: Externally, on the left side there were
two punctured, wounds, about an inch in length, which were
traced as follows ;--The uppermost penetrated between the sixth
and seventh rib, through Abe pericarditun, just grazing the apex
of the heart, and passing
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netrated into the cavity of the abdomen, wounding the posterior
parts of the mesentery, and dividing several large vessels in the
neighbourhood. The heart was feund empty of blood, which ap-
peared to have escaped from the wounded vessels into the cavity
of the abdomen, and thereby occasioned death.
We understond that the husband of Mrs. Bignall, from whom
she has been separated many years, visited her yesterday in the In-
firmary. They continued for some time in private conversation,
and it is hoped and expected that a reconciliation will now take
place between them.