The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-18 00:00:00

SUPPOSED MURDER.

day-patrol, named Aldred, in
On Thursday the neighbourhood of Thames-street 10-9
thrown into consternation by the report that a murder "8
An active
committed somewhere about Dowgate-hill.
passing near the 1.
Chequer-yard, Dowgate-hill, perceived footsteps of bleok" •
and in one place a large quantity. He followel the tr'r ::.#
from the pump down a narrow paved court leading 1""
Thames-street, and 'down a passage cleat to Calvert:
brewery, opening into Allhallows-wharf. Ile 1113:11'1,Ye6:.
the mark of a right foot, over which blood mos' --‘e
flowed most copiously all along, from a distance of 400.'r
500 yards. The track of a left foot was not at sli peteew
able in all that distance, and the right footstep WK' e,iernY,
where seen directed towards the water. Upon peglinb - 1
to the stairs the tracks were not quite so palpable to
Aldred, but when he reached the steps he saw them agsin'
and upon looking into a large barge, which lay up close tc'
the wharf, he saw what left no doubt on his mind t 1114,:.
wounded person had walked or been carried into it. P'
the bottom, pump in the
up in a corner, near the after part of the bete,
which was unloaded, 'was a large quantity of blood. ,'"
large tarpaulin, upon which there was also much blood, 'aid
at the bottom. The patrol immediately jumped on b°l,
and searched the cabins, fore and aft, suspecting that ":
sufferer was somewhere about the barge. He sons ish:
fled himself that nobody was lying on board. TWO 'lf es
oars, which lay extended from the deck of the barge t°,6;
bottom, were marked with blood, and it would appall ",b,
the wounded person, upon reaching. the bottom e' to
barge, by means of these oars, remained there for eicd'‘,,,
time, the quantity of blood that was seen in the 11°A,
the barge being at least between two and three pallh;i4
It was between seven and eight o'clock in ti's PI; pro"
ceeded to make everir,inquiry
when Aldred tracked those marks of blood, and ~` A
report prevailed that a quarrel had taken phi& be,thlie atop
men at a public-house near the spot where ~. scjifie
stands, and that one of the parties got in t7i. the cast
bloody nose, but all the apparent cireuloncreaVe led t°
put it beyond belief that such alecuffle c°-patrol learned
the effusion of so much blood; sides the A
sti
.
that the disputants were completely reonciled. • Elbe'
hels in ~
don also attached to one or other of the bra . took P`"
rows
lane, although the officers declare that no in the neighbourhoeouen
two
in either of the three receptacles in that ple.ce...cort, oar
Mr. Cope, the Marshal, upon hearing the trd nothiot
roily examined all the. ground, but he hearing door!
draggy
more. He ordered that the river should be
of a eh
the barge, under the impression that the n(aY,..,„.cd for
might be found near the spot. The river Iva. liastliespicioli
a considerable time, but in vale. The gene,'_a vos, that
which existed during the greater part of the u*Yeorete!Y,
the person who was wounded had been fio
_.ge.,..10, rioi
maimed, as to seek the most effectual means oofr l';'st 'chili
of life altogether, by plunging into the water, '
murder had been committed.
It is extraordinary that a watchman whose
0.
_gem
watch close to the stairs of Allhallows-wharf,
0n,71500,001.
footmarks of blood on the night before at
ninen
earlier, sed,
was told by another that they were to be eeetti ail Aldt:ea
yet no noise was made about the eiretimstane t
great
cool'
took notice of the extraordinary fact of the
Ved'
of blood, at such a place and such a time.
vv,3_,/, on S
weed
It appears that the barge arrived at the.
rat
the wou..,
nesday evening, at about six o'clock, 0 01,8,t, the nurOr.re,
person must have been in it in the dark. ‘-',' nn) nel.,
whetner 4 the
of persons who were questioned as to
the core ( oi,
of a suspicious nature were heard in , Atoil 0,
night, no more than one was said• to have nnourior ih,, f,►in
That alarm was stated to have been rut 00 o'iloc to
sage leading to Allhallows-wharf, at shoutt„ octided
heard
the morning, and the cry of " 111tatier 0
..ri
.01,0 bcout
screams ; and we understand that the Pe...;inviteah
she cry said, that he was afraid to go out
a"
`st might have occurred. dtity it is tit:

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re.- Yesterday inquiry 'was renewed or
't
neighbourhood, upon the subject of the. 8 I
twat wss r.-'
- murder, but the officers ascertained notbing ,
oil the flora)."
I)l7ot:,;biltii:psecietrtil
1 ciliated to confirm. the opinions that Prev"ileu.,_iie, that
before. Amongst the variety of stories aka! i
for orster
a servant girl in the neighbourhood, uPou g"g,71.001 sr
to the pump on Wednesday night, vir°l deterrel
oce „t s
3 proaching it closely, in consequence of thO tern
ring °J!
d man with a smock-frock, who seemed to bee u,,iisal)'ert
his shoes. This man, she said, retired op° Bcelltdad ''
51 aPpeosch, but returned on his departure. She
I►trte
the trough of the pump afterwards, sod saw ilittle sfli:tr
.... like coffee-grounds there. This occurred at
is,
00 r, i
5 nine o'clock. The general opinion now tattierth' r oi„,Al 04,
killedcomi but that a dog or some B,,e it 0,1
Clung
and carried down to the wharf, from vibe:44ler, to
into the barge in the dark instead a ilea tiog tl'e
then that the slayer jumped into the barge, so
dog into the water.

I►ir Ott toli
BIRTHS.
On the 15th inst. at Thornto in Craven, Y0110.,--e'
of the Rev. Mortlattut _Barnard, of A dar►ghter, „)f le
On the 10th inst. at Bridge House, I)awliah, tl►s 134 -
t William Hodgson, of a son find heir. ,„0 llorr°
On the 12th inst. at Perim the lady of Henry Wina
t Esq. of a dauhter. '
a CrOA.
MARRIED.
1 ford, OnEtwhei loth inst. at St. Alartius.in-thefiellot,erWoiloh'ol4lv
.... '1• Lcwt!s, to Sarah Hope,
only deep
ley, Esq. of John-street, Berkeley-square, • atere
At Birehington, Kent, on the ISth inst. hy tl►+ Bev' soli;
May, Edward Hatfield, Esq. of the Stock ExlOfie' (Croice I
relict late Rev. W. Williamson, of Weetbete, In,oy.
James Teddy, Esq. of Hurtadowrt, who gave the bride A -

DIED. 1,10 hinghtet
On the 9th of November, at Bath, aged IS, Jane, e'—it t •
of the Utz Rev. Richard Strode, of Newahsto Park, o°lo',lita,
Cto the 24th September last, at Halifax, Nova *Qt's'
wife of henry 0. Bolder", k..:sil. Royal Engineers. ~,, Toon
On the Ilth blot, at JOS, New 1311 ml-street, Mr• r'
artist, aged 88. ' 1-0 a"
On the 12th inst., st the 'Vicarage, }united, ,Surrey,
wife of the Rev. William Buckle, aged 10,

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