The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-30 00:00:00

THE MATRICIDE AT MERTHYR.

MERTHYR, APRIL 28.—Yesterday a labourer returning
from his work in a level near Clyn !eris Big-pond, as he parsed
through the wood which adjoins it, saw a person evidently
courting concealment, and dressed in the clothes described as
being worn by the matricide ; from this circumstance he im
mediately concluded that .it could be no other than Edwards,
and gave information to Edward's wife's father, who, accompa-
nied by his son and the man, proceeded towards the wood. On
their way they met another son, and some labourers and
miners, returning from their work, who accompanied them to
the wood, where, after about a quarter of an hour's search,
Edwards was discovered standing with a knife in his hand,
peeling a small stick. On their approaching to take him into
custody, he made a show of resistance, and would most likely
have stabbed some of them, had not a man come up, armed
with a pickaxe. The prisoner, swing further resistance use-
less, threw away the knife, and was conveyed towards Merthyr
Some idea of his desperate nature may be formed, when it i-
stated that it required seven men to take him. On being taken.
he toll his father-in-law that it was a good thing that he had
been taken that evening, as it certainly was his intention to
'ave murdered him, if not more. that. night. In their progress
t.swards Merthyr their numbers rapidly increased, and the pri-
soner was followed so the lockup-house by at les,st 4,000 peolle.
yelling at him in a trers.endous manner, and expressing their
utter horror at the commision of so heinous a crime. .

'1 he pritioner wilt be examined and elminitted by the Ma
zi,trates on Friday.

SUSPECTED MURDER.

About five years ago an engineer, named Duncan Crawford,
was found dead under very suspicious circumstances, near to
the Penny-hatch, leading from the Thames retry, opposite
Greenwich, to Poplar. There were marks of violence found
upon the deceased, and also a dark circle round the throat, and
it also appeared that the body had been thrown over some
spiked palings, between four and five feet high, into a pond for-
merly used as a seasoning pit. In consequence of information
received by Sergeant Lovell, 15 It, about twelve months after-
wards, a man of the name of Scottey was apprehended for the
robbery, as a watch case and some seals were traced to have
been in his possession and identified at the time as baylng been
the property of Crawford, and Scottey was subsequently tried.
found guilty of the robbery, and sentenced to seven years'
transportation. A tnan who then went by the name of Harry-
man, who had been seen in company with Scottey, and a man
named Tidy, all working together in a mud barge, absconded
on Scottey 's apprehension, and had not been heard of until
Thursday. when Mr. Mal'alieu, Superintendant of the R divi-
sion, received information from the high constable of Dartford
that a ?erson answering the description of Harrytnan, but now
travelling under the name of James Curzon, was at work at
Dartford Creek, and in consequ, nee of a tow that had taken
place between his wife and another woman, information had
been given that lie was one of the parties concerned in the mur-
der and robbery of Duncan Crawford. Yesterday the prisoner
was placed at the bar of the Greenwich Police Court, when
Sergeant Lovell, IS R division, said in consequence of the
above information, 1 went on Thursday night to Dartford, and
at three o'clock yesterday morning I succeeded in apprehend-
ing James Curzon alias Harryinan. I was the officer in the
case nearly five years ago, when Crawford was found, and have
a perfect recollection of s. eing the prisoner in cons; any, on the
evening previous to the supposed murder, ts ith Scottey an,:
Tidy. I also recollect seeing the deceased, who was an en-
gineer residing at Rotherhithe-e all, proceeding towards Black-
heath-hill on Sunday evening-with some friends he was golly,
to take leave of on their return to Dartford. I shall prove by
the evidence of a waterman, that he did not cross the water
from Greenwich until neatly twelve o'clock or, the Sunday
night, and that he hod told his friends that he was going le
Poplar to see a female. The night was remarkably stormy
and wet. (The witness then described the finding of the
body of the deceased.) I shall also be able to bring evidence
of the fact, that the prisoner, in company with Scottey and
Tidy, were rowed across from Deptford to the mud barge
lying near the spot where the ho ly was found, and that this
took place before two o'clock on the Monday morning, about
which time the watchman at an adjacent factory heard scream•
of distress, and went out with hiiStntern, but could see no one.
The whole party were seen at Deptford again, long before
their usual "hour, drinking at the Dog and Bell with some
women. Scottey was transpor'ed for seven. years for the rob-
bery, but was only detained three years and a half, and is now
at work on the Croydon railway, and since his discharge has
been heard to say, " If he had split he should have made the
world squint. Ni'e whacked seven pounds among us."
Mrs. Ann Phillips recollected the prisoner hying at her house
at Deptford at the time that Crassford's body was found. He
then went by the name of Harryman ; Scottey and, Tidy
worked with him. Some seals were brought to be washed at
my house, which were afterwards identified as having belonged
to the deceased. The young woman who brought them said
Scottey had given them to her.
Mr. JEREMY then remanded the prisoner until Wednesday
next.

MEETING AT COLNE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

your widely-circulated paper of the 27th instant,
there appeared an article, taken from the Manchester Times,.
headed " Alarming Assembh.ges in Lancashire—Meeting and
Procession at Coble." It is true that a meeting was held.
not for the pirpose of showing the numbers of the unemployed,
but to adopt the best means of relieving their present miserable
condition, and re•olutions were passed to that effect. It is A
bass and notorious falsehood that any banner or flag, with the
words, " Bread.or Blood,"" inscribed on it, was carried. This,
Sir, is the work of some one of the humanity humbugs, the
greatest tyrants the people have to contend against. And like.
wi.e, it was never intended that a meeting was to take place
on the following morning.
Trusting, Sir, that you will give tl.is a place in your highly
valuable piper, you will much oblige one of the people, and a
Constant Reader, JAMES MOONEY.
Colne, Aprii 29, 1842.