The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-27 00:00:00

MURDER AT HOXTON.

[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]
The death of the unfortunate man who wits
killed in Rhodes' fields by some person unknown, hai beets
followed by a very melancholy event. He had resided at tiro
Rose and Crown public-house, Bunhill-row, about 13 weeks;
and very soon after his arrival at that house introduced
young female, who he said was his wife, to Mr. Peareey, the
landlord, requesting that he would provide a room for the
accommodation of both, for a short time. The landlord see-
big that the woman was a person of respectable appearance.
and having observed that, during the time the unfortunate mats
had been in the house, there had been nothing whatever objec-
tionable in his conduct, agreed, without as sitation, to the
terms proposed by him, and both were at once admitted to a
room. The name by which the man introduced his wife was
Taylor, and it has been since ascertained that it is his real name.
She had at the time she went to the house S or 3 trunks, which
were very heavy, but the pressure of bad circumstances (it is
supposed) in a short time rendered it necessary for her todisposer
of most of the contents for the support of herself and her
husband. They were very economical in their conduct, and
paid for every thing they had for some time; but a short time
before the death of Taylor, they found it necessary to run itr
debt to Pearcy for the necessaries of life. The female, whose
clothes whets she first took up 'her abode at the Rose and
Crown were very good, gradually became shabby, and at
length she presented the appearance of a person in great
distress. Taylor had always appeared as a working man,
but had not been at work for some time. The last yob he
had, it is supposed, he had at Dulwich, where he was em-
ployed as a bricklayer. His clothes underwent no change ; but
his conduct became more reserved, and he seemed constantly
in a state of weariness and apprehension at the difficulty of pro--
curing work, which be always expressed a willingness to under-
take at any price. His wife's conduct was t he counterpart of his
and the last moments of her life evinced the powerful sincerity
of her feelings. On Friday morning last Taylor left the house
soon after tOo'clock in the morning, with the view of looking
fur work. It was his custom to return at an early hour after
a disappointment. Mrs. Taylor was not alarmed at his ab-
sence until that absence far exceeded the usual hours of la-
bour. Her distress at his stay then because very great ; and
all the efforts of the landlady, who humanely represented
the various circumstances which, at Christmas, were likely
to keep a man from home, were ineffectual in giving consola-
tion. The night pasied over, but the terrors of the un-
fortunate young woman increased with the appearance of.
day. She wandered about the house, in a state border-
ing upon distraction, the whole of Saturday, and would
listen to no suggestion of comfort. Her conversation
became incoherent; but she, retained her faculties suf-
ficiently to judge, upon hearing that a man had beets
killed under. peculiar circumstances, that he was her
nsisera hle partner. The fact had been disclosed to her as de-
licately as possible on Stioday by the landlord. and after the
first transport of grief subsided she expressed a most anxious
wish to see the body of the deceased. Mr. Pearcy, who by no
means apprehended fruits her ntanner that she entertained a
thought of destroying herself, represented to her that there
were sonic improbabilities as to the deceased being her hus-
band, but expressed no very sanguine expectations of the con-
trary, the description given in the Newspapers of the person,
and the indigents circumstances of man and wife having givra
too much colour of probability to the tear. He consented to
attend her to Shortditch Church on Christmas morning, and
after another day spent in misery the poor creature retired to
her bed ; 9 o'clock in the morning was the time at which Mrs.
Pearcy and she were to set off. The hour arrived, hut she did
not make bersppearance below stabs. At 10 Mr. Pearcy de-
termined to call her up; but knocking at her door he was sur-
prised at receiving no answer. He then went to the room
next hers, where the partition was thin, and knocked very
loudly and called Mrs. Taylor to get up ; still no answer was
given. Mr. Pearcy then ran Up stairs and called loudly to Mrs.
Taylor, who, apparently with great difficulty, said, " I can't
get up, I can't get up." Mr. Peavey at the same time
thought he heard a strange noise. With the assistance of a young
man who lodges in time house, he broke down the partition and
saw a very dreadful spectacle. The poor wretched creature was
lying in bed bleeding at the thrust, and at both arms. She was
still alive, but the effusion of blood was so violent, nothing
but the most immediate aid could be of the slightest avail.
Unfortunately, even that proved abortive. Mr. Pearcy rats for a.
surgeon, while time young man who joined him in rendering as-
sistance placed clothes to the neck of the sufferer, and endeav-
oured to stop the blood. In a few moments she was a corpse: The
last words she had spoken were those which she addressed to
the landlady. At the bed side was lying a carving knife
covered with blood, and her scissors. Time surgeon, upon.
examitoug thme body, ascertained that the deceased bad three
wounds in the neck, one of which extended several incites
into time throat, and was sufficient to deprive the deceased
of life. '1 he wounds in the neck wet e stabs; those on the
arms appeared to have been inflicted with the same instru-
ment, and the surgeon was of opinion that the knif:: was
that instrument. The sister of the unfortunate young female
has been at the house to see the body, and we understand that
her situation is in calamity very little short of that to which
the deceased was reduced upon hearing of the dreadfurcatas-
trophe of Taylor in Rhodes'-fields. The brother of Taylor has
been at the house. He is a very decent man. Mr. Prater
says that Taylor always acted in his house in the tenderest
manner to his wife, and was a very inoffensive man.

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