The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-06 00:00:00

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The fact Ofjoung,Watittin being The assassin of
ir. Platt seems now to hevomtlletely cafablished."'
It will.be reeoliccted, tlrett•fintr'pi4tili were pur-
ditqed by a young man answering 'the ilescription
of Watson; at the: shop of Mr. Parker, Holborn,
These four pistols have been 16ntified.
One of thenkwas,foundeillratsm, sett., two were.
taken ;from Hooper, and the' fburtli is discovered
to base been theone 'with which M'. Platt was
shot. - The irist6l being thus found and recognized,
the:next step was to „cameo it with 'Watson as
the purchaser : and this roast' important circum.
stance has been Most satisfactorily demonstrated.
The chain of proof seems to' its unbroken, and
we give it to the public with in assurance that
it_ is perfectly Tit'e 'young man who
went on Saturday lost tattle shop of Mr. Parker
to purchase the pictols-In question Was cliarvil
I/. Bs. for the- first .pair. lie 'tendered two 11.
notes. The.shopman asked his naMeand
which lie gave, Mr. Watson, Blooms.
bury : this description was instantly Written on
the back of each note. The shopman not being
able to give him change, sent one of the notes out
for that purpose ; 'and on the return of This mes-
senger Mr. Wat Son received in change 41,75. piyee
and five separate' shillings. lie then left the
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shop, hut returned shortly fir! and.purchased
another pair of pistols, for which he g.iye anollier
11. note (on which hi; name and address acre
written by.the shopman as'befoto,-togctiter. with
A is. piece and a-i;11111ing, and
,again departed.
We mention this point 'Of his'n 74. piece,
because .we would not drop a single link in the
connexion of idefitity ....n.!.!o:cen the first •
and .
secant( porcha'scr, as it Was ascrtaitted
yesterday that the plsrol which sliot Mr. Platt
•was one of those jun-chased of Mr. P,irker:s,
ao inquiry was immediately, get on foot to trace
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the purchaser.. Mr. Pdri.er's -shoptuan hall
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a perfect recollection of the purchase,t but could
not at first remember the name or address of the.
man who bonglit the pistol. The n'otes, trnfortn.
nately, had been pa'd away, and it ads not known
to wihorw. 'At' length the circumstance of the
sending out one note for change ree1014.,.41 to the
shopman's mentoiy, and application was merle to
the tradesman who chlnged ir. Ile olio had
paid it .away; inn knew to whoa); and ttutcrsorne
search, recovered the ic!t:nticat note, having.,on
it
MriWAtson's name and address. The note being
thus found, an officer was dispatched to Hyde.,
street, Bloomsbury, and there discovered Ate. re.
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sidence of the two' Watsoni. The -apartments
were searched:- and several papers wet e seized.
Among them was a letter from Hunt the: Oretoro
to Watson, itinior, on stihj:.!ct tiee
fields meeting,' in which, however, there wai net
the that coal& at all implicate Mr. flout r..ith
what took pla-e."tn the city. It appeired to heart
answer to letters written
,lay Watson, juujot) to
Me. Hunt whilehe' was in the country.
We are sorry that We sue not able Co Announce
the apprehension of yOUng. ‘Vtitsent. Such sire.
ntions.exertions hOwevner are tnade ila every direc:.
tions, that it is expected that he cannot long
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escipe the hand of jrettiCe, either by flight or cOll.
eealment. 'lliere is' httle doubt that he is one of
the three persons who were seen by the patride at
Highgate.- Wats,..i's inc tin} about son,
as if he. bad 'been ignorinit of Iris movements,
is' 'supposed .to have be.en ti mere pretext to
blind the eyes 'of the police : for the father anti
son had been 'seen 'together in thee mob : the father
has been identified as one of that part of the
mob that passed through Skinner-street at the
tithe of the assassination : was zilSo particulioly
active during the depredations in the Minories.
'There is Ifttle doubt, therefore, that the father and
son both fled from' town to ether : and the partner,
in their flight is supposed to have bad I.ls 11)11ch
re son to escape as theliiselyes, Strong suspicion,
rests upon %sertain iudicitlit l ; hut tts:therWa

passibilityr of !mistake, and as his name has not yet
appeared in these transactions, we will not in-o-+
mitigate it to the world at present.
Before weii hiss the ,subject. of young Wht•
%nit, we shall state one. - other eir:unistunce,
wiiich, -though not so decisive as some of
rest, it at len“ cot rubor/vivo .the
ing been, like Watson, a prole.sional Man. -.4
if., that two Ltneets were found in the apartment
of -My, rivrk with's itnuse .vrlivre he ntiCconfintd
in the uovitnly Out consto4e,
In.the course of Wednenlay evening cirenin.
stances SUM which intiumi the Lord Artiyor to