The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

ioloing the station who answered the description of the man
Good, the supposed murderer of a female at Putney, which
he hads,seen in the Government Hue and Cry. I told
my man to keep watch, and to follow me, but not to let
the object of my search imagine that he was suspected. I
then proceeded to the buildings in question, and Just before
I got to them I saw the man who had been described to
me ascending a .ladder'svith a hod of bricks on his shoulder.
I was :not Airassgd in private .clothes, but in my uniform.
The man saw me, and looked at rue very attentively,
and when _he got to the top of the ladder went into
the buildingoind I lost sight of him for nearly a quarter of an
hour. Hewes gone much longer than there was any necessity
for, and I believe be was _then considering how he could best
make his escape. I .went round to the back of the building.
but could see nothing of him. I then turned and went away
towards the line, leaving the constable to watch him. When
I had got on the line, I turned and saw him descend the ladder
and go to a heap of bricks. I got up to him as he was filling
his hod, which he did much more quickly than the generality
of labourers are in the habit of doing. I observed to him,
" You are working hard." He said, " Sure enough 1 am, the
bricks are very heavy, and my shoulder is very sore." I
asked him how long lie had been working there, and he
said a fortnight. I then asked him to take a glass of ale,
and he said, " Thankee, Sir, I will," and came away imme-
diately. I asked him, as we went along, now long he had
been used to that sort of work, and he replied, about eighteen
years. I asked him where he had last worked, and he said,
at Deptforsl. I saw my constable following me, and I held
up my hand for him to watch us. I took the man to the
parlour of the Angel Inn, and gave him a pint of beer, which
he said lie preferred to ale, and said, " You had better take
your cap off or you will not feel the benefit of it when you go
out again." He took it off immediately, and to me apparently
without suspicion. [saw then that his head was partially bald,
and exactly answered the description in the Police Gazette.
My constable then came in, and I called him on one aide, and
told bim to place the man under no restraint, but if lie at-
tempted to leave the room, to make apr isoner of him. The
man sat by the fire, and from his attentively gazing at me and
the constable while we were talking, I think he imagined we
had found out who he was, and that the game was up. I then
asked him where he lodged, and he said at the basketmaker's,
near the Bull. I left him and the constable together, saying
that I would be back directly, and that he was to wait until I
returned. I went immediately to his lodgings, and asked the
keeper of the house, Mr. Audrey, if they took in lodgers. He
said they did. I asked him if they had an Irishman lodging
there—a bricklayer's labourer. He said they had. I asked
him where he worked, and he said at Mr. Izard's cottages, close
to the line. That was the place whence I took him. I then
ascertained he had been lodging at Mr. Audrey's from the
:Monday night previous. I asked him what he had got with
him—if he had a parcel ? Mrs. Audrey said. be gave her a
parcel, and desired ker to take most particular care of it until
he asked her for it again. Mrs. Audrey also said she took is
from him, and locked it up in a box in her bedroom, and she
had not seen it since. I asked her' to allow me to look at it,
and she went and brought it to nie. It nes a bundle
tied up in two handkerchiefs which had been sewn toge-
ther. There was a piece of string also round it. After
examining the parcel I went to the lodgings of another of'
my constables, and took him with me to the Angel. I
told both of the constables not to allow any person to come
into the parlour ; and 1. told the prisoner he must consider
himself in my custody for a time. The constables (Stephen
Lialow and William Peckham) then proceeded to search
him, when Ihey,found a small engine-turned silver watch, a
blue and black purse tied to the garter which was round his
left leg, containing three sovereigns, a half-sovereign, and
three half-crowns. He did not account for the possession of
this money, and I did not ask him a single question respecting
it. On the top of his shoulder, and under his shirt, we found
part of an apron and two halves of very old and dirty stock-
ings. The prisoner, without being asked, said he had put
slitoe things there to ease the pressure of the hod, for it hurt
his shoulder very much. I then went out and asked Mr.
Barrett, the builder, who had employed the man ? and he
said dr. Steer, his foreman. I saw Steer, and asked him
if the man told him where he came from, and he said from
*London the day before. I then asked Steer if he had observed
anything particular in his appearance while at work. Steer
said, as did also some of the men, that he appeared a strange
man, and that his manner was different to ordinary risen. He
appeared, they said, restless and fidgety. I then returned to
itis lodgings, and asked the landlord and landlady 'what they
naj ohserved in the man's behaviour. They also said lie was
very r-estless, and that if any person knocked at the door when
he was the first to go to the window
he was :t home,
enn_we who
.;t was. He would walk about the house a great
deal, and was uNcli disturbed at night. I then took the pri-
soner formally into C and sent to Mr. Hare, the nst" dys
from Tunbridge. That
ma-
gistrate, who resides s.:_m)tit two miles
gentleman came into town' its soon as possible, arid at half-
past eleven o'clock he was taken before him at the office of Mr.
Se.)one, the Nlagistrate's clerk. s!'re man Rose, at the exami-
nation, positively identified the prioner. The examination
was over at half-past four o'clock, when 1 procured a light
cliaise-cart, and having previously handcuffed him, sent him
in charge of Ludlow and Peckham to Maidstone gaol. I pro-
ceeded immediately to London,calling on my way on Mr. Mal-
jalicu, the Superintendent of the R division, who accompanied
sae to Scotiand-yard, where I acquainted the Commissioners of
Police with the capture of the prisoner.. From Scotland•yard I
proceeded to Wandsworth, and brought back with me Wheeler,
a Constable of the V division, to:whom Good's person was well
known. We then came back to town, whence we proceeded to
:Maidstone, where we arrived at four o'clock on Sunday morn-
Pug. I called up Mr. Joseph Bone, the Governor of the prison, and
"id I had brought a man with me to identify hates Connor,
who was committed to that prison on the previous day from
Tonbridge. By direction of Mr. Flare, the Magistrate, two
into, as much resembling tl:e person as could be obi :silted, had
been placed in the cell with him. On proceeding to the cell
we found the prisoner and the two IPell asleep. The ('over-
nor called all three by their names, and
ld their. to sit up in
their beds, and required them to take off 'heir night-caps.
The moment that was done the constable Wheeler' pointed to
the prisoner, and speaking in a low tone of voice to the Go-
vernor, so that he might not be overheard, said, " That is na-
vel Good." The Governor then said, " That will do, my.
men—lie down again." We went again to the gaol, at a later
hour of the meriting, and Mr. Mallalieu wished to take
the prisoner to town, but the Governor said he could not d.s-
kharge him from his custody unless he had a warant. from Mr.
Bare authorising him to do so. We then went to Tonbridge,
and obtained a warrant front Mr. Hare for the removal of the
prisoner to town, with which we returned to Maidstone. We
quitted that town with our prisoner about three o'clock on
Sunday afternoon, and stopped at Greenwich on the road to
sown. On the road the prisoner spoke of different things,
and it was su-prising how lie held the connecting links of his
conversation together, so that we could scarcely get in a word.
He betrayed not the slightest symptom of excitement. At
Greenwich we stayed until the horses had been put into the
police van, and in that van he was conveyed to Bow-street.
where he arrived a few minutes before eight o'clock ; and I
gave him over into the custody of Superintendent Shandrock,
of the F division."
CONDUCT OF GOOD IN PRISON.

Since his 'confinement in the House of Correction he has
behaied in the most exemplary manner, avoiding all conversa-
tion in regard to the murder, stating only that Butcher has
been the cause of all his present misfortunes. He says that
he first became acquainted with Jane Jones (the murdered
woman) in France, and by his own account he has travelled
fora long time on the Continent, and was for several years
serving in the Peninsula, as servant to Colonel Mainwaring,
of the Portuguese army. His manners are mild and obliging,
but he seems to consider that there is no proof that he is the
murderer. He made an inquiry of a party connected with
She prison whether he would ba dissected, and his body be kept
above ground, in the event of his execution, and he seemed to
grieve very much at the idea of his boy being sent to a union
workhouse, as he says he would be pointed at as the son of a
murderer.

messes. Williams and Hillingworth, the clergymen attached
to the prison, are constantly in attendance upon the prisoner,
in their religious capacity, and Good pays every respectful at-
tention to them.

Yesterday, Mr. Mayne, one of the Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police, attended at the prison, and directions
were given that the clothes which he then had on should be
taken off, and a blue prison dress, such as ' is ge-
nerally worn by the prisoners committed for offences by
the Magistrates, be put on. God was instantly taken to
an apartment, and the storekeeper was ordered to supply
a blue prison dress, which Good put on, ane his clothes
were placed in the bands of the proper officer. This
change, it is supposed, was caused in consequence of Gamble,
the bricklayer, who is in custody on suspicion of being an
accessory after the fact, being suspected of baying supplied
Good with the dress, for the purpose of facilitating his escape.
The description given of Good in the handbills circulated
for his apprehension is said not at all to correspond with his real
person, but this report, it is probable, originated from his
having ultimately disguised Liniself, for the, purpose of escape.
He saes that he bought the hod which was found upon him at
Tonbridge, at Deptford, and he carred it all the way to Ton-
bridge, in the character of a bricklayer's hodman. When
unobserved, he paces backwards and forwards, with a steady
undisturbed look, and when spoken to maintains a confidence
and placidness Which could scarcely be expected in a person
placed under so heavy charge.