The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-11 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT PUTNEY.

In the course of Friday afternoon Sergeant Col-
man, of the II division, received information at the sta-
tion-house, Spital-squaro, that Good had been to call on
its wife, who resides in Flower and Dean-street, Spital-
lelds.- He immediately made inquiries, and found that a
female of the name of Good had been living there some
rears, and that it was alwayS believed her husband was
1, coachman in a gentleman's service, though he had not
).een to see her for years. He then employed several
onstables, being perfectly assured from the. description
given of Good in the " Police Circular" that he was the
;ame person who had been to visit her, to endeavour to
.race him out, and up to twelve o'clock this day the
~dlowing are the particulars that have been pb-
mined. He was at her house on Thursday morning
early,, having arrived there in a cab, and having,
'rom the time he left South-street, Manchester-square,
hired three cabs. • Upon seeing his wife, he stated.
that he had travelled all night by railway. He had
with him three bolsters, a bed and bedding, and
two boxes, all of which were placed in the house
4 Mrs. ood. Shortly after he went with his wife
to the shop of- Mr. Soames, pawnbroker, Brick-lane,
where they pawned some gowns, shawls, the bed,
bedding, holsters, and several articles of female
wearing apparel. The bed and-lietlding he pawned for
twenty-five 'shillings. Sortie of the gowns and shawls
were pawned for the same sum, and a quantity of
crockery, - &c., he sold to Mr. Swims. Mrs. Good
told the pawnbroker that they were the property of
Good, and who, she stated, had just returned from
sea, and that he wanted the money, as he was goieg
to Ireland. She has been asked where he is,, but
while she states that she believes that this iS,
not the first murder ho has committed, she
declines to give any information about him. An
oil skin cap, similar to one that Good had on, has been
found at her room. The gown at 'Mrs. Sonnies's is a
light striped lilac-pattern. There are some napkins
which Mrs. Good Said her husband left, with the initials
"H. S." Good spent the same evening at the house-of
Mr. Cordell a publican, in Fashion-street. Every ex-
ertion is being made under the direction of Mr. Pierce,
the Superintendent of the A division. A policeman
traced Good to Flower and Dean-street, and lost him
there.

It having been currently reported that Good had
taken his passage to New York, per the American line-
of-packet ship Quebec, Captain Hebard, which sailed
from the St. Katherine's Pock on Friday morning, two
efficient officers were despatched after the vessel, and
having speedily overtaken -her, the passengers on board
were mustered, and the ship, it is said, searched ; but the
murderer was not found among them.

The statement in some of the morning papers, that
a man strongly resembling the monster murderer had
called early on Thursday morning and had a pint of
porter at the Swan Tavern, London-bridge, and was in
a very excited state, which unusual circumstance at-
tracted the notice of the landlord and some other per
ions, is partly correct ; but the negative answer of the
landlord to the man's inquiry, "if there, was a steam-
packet going to Hull that morning" (Thursday), is in-
consistent with the truth, the steam-packet Yorkshire-
man, Captain Reavel, having sailed from Custom-hopse
Quay, Lower Thames-street, for Hull that morning,and
in about a quarter of an hour after the supposed mur-
derer quitted the Swan Tavern.
It is now fully believed that the man who visited the
Swan was Good ; and-from the fact.tha,t he was short of
money, and that passengers •in the' fore-cabin are con:
veyed to Hull for 3s. a-head, it is alsb- believed that he
went a fore-cabin passenger by the.Yorkshireman, at
eight o'clock on Thursday morning.
Two active police-otficers, engaged in endeavouring
t' trace out the retreat of the murdeter, have proceeded
to Hull.

" The premises, on which the murder was committed,
are situated about half a mile.to the north of the King-
ston road, and somewhat more than k quarter of a mile
down a, very pleasant lane leading out of the road to
Roehampton. About 150 yards down the lane is a five
barred gate ; to and beyond this the road 'is private
property, and the spot is nearly as secluded" as

where the unfortunate. Weare met a violent
death: After passing along the lane rather more than
it quarter of a mile, is the mansion of Mr. Shiell, a very
Substantial building, on the right band. We then de--
scend a gentle declivity into a pleasant little valley, at
ties-bottom of which the house-of Oughton, the gardener,
and the stabling, in which the murder is supposed to have
-been committed; are situate. Abuttingupon the lane are
several cow-houses and cart-sheds, and near them stands
Oughton's house (about 30 or 40 yards back from Put-
ney-parkllane), in which Oughton, his wife,. and son,
'and daughter reside. Passing Oughton's house. and
.some small buildings adjacent, that have been used as a
brewery, you cross the farm-yard, and enter by means of
a wicket-gate into the stable-yard, nearly in a parallel
line with Oughton's dwelling. In the direction of south.
to north are the stables ; the first contains four stalls ;
and in the end or easterly one were found the mutilated
remains of the murdered woman. A passage leads from
the stable-door to the harness-room, and between the
intervening space area flight of stairs conducting to the
sleeping-room of young Oughton, immediately over the
stables, and a second room unoccupied above the har-
ness-room. Beyond the harness-room, and immediately
facing the stable, are what is termed the poney's loose
box, with foul: divisions in it, and to the west of that the
coach and chaise-houses. In front of the stables, &c., is
a square yard, and the view of passers-by is completely
shut oub by a range of buildings skirting Putney-park-
lane, which are used as cattle sheds.
Good, it was supposed, cohabited with a woman living
in South-street, Manchester-square. This woman it has
been alleged was the wife of Good, and the mother of the
little boy, about ten or twelve years of age, who was
a
.alluded to at the inquest. It is this woman who is judged
-to have been murdered. It would appear from the
statements- of the boy, that, although she went by the
name of Good, and he called her mother, her proper name
was Jane Jones, and that she was the sister of his
mother, who died about seven or eight years ago, and
that his mother,. as she was called, lodged at No. 18,
South-street, Manchester-square, and maintained herself
by washing and mangling. This woman visits 4 Good
on Easar Sunday last, and was.accompanied by the boy
alluded to. She took tea along with the boy and Good
in the harness-room (adjoing the stables), where the
police found the supposed calcined remains of the skull
and arms and thigh-bones of the murdered woman. -

Oughton's daughter states that Jane Jones and Good
on that occasion seemed to be on excellent terms, and
that Jones, who appeared to be a cheerful woman, shook
hands heartily with her on taking her leave.
Good's son states, that on Sunday afternoon last he saw
his " mother" about two o'clock for the last time at
home (18, South-street, Manchester-square), imme-
diately previous to his going to Baker-street Sunday
School. He says that he did not see his father upon that
day, but that his " mother " told him she was going out,
and that, upon his asking her to take him with her, she
refused, saying that his father would not let her do so.
This would appear to be worthy of credit, for the lad
when questioned as to whether Jane Jones told him she
was going to see his father, states, " No, she did not
state that, but I know she was going, because she said
father would not let me go with her." The lad adds that
he went to a friend of- his mother's, named Young, who
lives at No. 99, East-street, Paddihgton, and that he slept.
there on Sunday night. He states, his mother wore on
.the Sunday a striped, or light-checked coloured dress,
and that the bonnet usually worn by her was a blue silk
one.

We learn that Good drove a part of Mr. Sheill's
family to anthfrom "chapel on Sunday morning, but he
did not dine with the other servants on that day, and we
do not hear of him again until Sunday night, when he
is known, to have gone, accompanied by a woman, to the
Sun public-house at Barnes, and to the King's Head and
Angel public-houses at Roehampton. At the former
they arrived about eight o'clock, and having partaken of
some gin and water and ale, they left the house together.
This woman was observed to have worn a light striped
dress, and what by candle-light is thought to have been
a lilac-coloured silk bonnet. This description, it will
be seen, agrees to a certain extent with the statement
of the boy, who was represented by the Coroner to be
one of the most important witnesses in the investigation.
After leaving the King's 'Head, Good went to the
Angel, but was not then accompanied by the female.
He there had a pint of ale, and a portion of two or three
glasses of gin and water, and. then left.
During the night of Sunday the murder, it is believed,
was committed. The medical evidence is that when the
body was found on the Wednesday night life had been
extinct about four days.
- On Monday morning the younger Oughton rose at six
o'clock, and lie found that Good had " been haling
fire that night." On Monday afternoon Good's child
came down to Roehampton by the omnibus, in charge
of the conductor, and went to the Angel public-house, to
wait, as he told the landlady, Mrs. Reeks, for his father,
whom he expected to meet there. Mrs. Reeks gave the
child some tea, and shortly after Good came in. He
appeared as it' he had been drinking, and his manner
seemed to be unsteady. Having drank a glass of gin
and water, and given his boy a glass of ale,•he left, and
took his son with him to Mr. Sheill's house and they
slept together.
told his son to read
theUßpoibnlethaendfolplorawiy,ngasmboerwniansg he
going to send him to Ire-
land and do something for him. Upon this
.proposition
being . made to the little fellow, he raised several strong
objections, and cried at the idea of leaving "his mother ;"
but his father appeased him by promising to take care
of.him, adding that his mother had gone to service ;
" which " said the boy to our reporter yesterday, " I
don't believe. I- know she-is dead, because I have seen
some of her clothes." -

We Must here.again return to the Tuesday morning,
when we hear of Good being seen under the most suspi-
cious circumstances. The cook, already spoken of, states.
that about half-past five o'clock that morning, she heard
a noise on the stairs, and upon going put of the room '
she found Goqd's child,walking about on, the tanding7_
place: She asked him where" lfs father was, and he-