The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-25 00:00:00

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The exaMlnation of persons apprehended, on
suspicion of having perpetrated the inhOthan inhr.
Ors which have of late excited su Mad) hot rot.;
were continued yeseerday with rentwated vigour by
the Magistrates of that district.
Three seafxing men, named Michael Harrington,
Militia; 'Justin, and lPillin»a Emery ; the first a
tall man, six, feet in height,; lith a, tql:ig dark coat,
in some respects correSpondihg with. tritslescription
given by Turner, (the lodger) and one of the
others lame, were first examined. They were
apprehended • on the preceding night, by Wood-
riffe, a,Whitechapel officer, from the appearance ta.
Harrington.
On being asked where they had been oh the night
of the murder of Mr. Williamson, his wile, and
servant, Harlington and Emery said, they had slept
on board the Astran Eat Ihdiarnaw, at Gravesend,
the whole of the lest week-; and Austin said he

had only. been di,charged from the •King's 'Bench
prison an„Satuiday, wocrt 'fad been confined for

a week.

Ulion a further interrogation of- Harrington; he
said -he slept on Sunday .ntgliV at No: 2i, Angel-
street, St. Mat tin's-le-Grand, with a petson of the
name of Smith: Tiiis hot w.is afterwards indired-
ly, icol.tirmed;' but in order to asecr.a;4, ;',:oir in-
nocenee beyond doubt, they were com;ni.ted until
inquiries ..can be made cm bard the 1:1t-liti ,n at
Graveiend; •

_
Two -Irishmen, bp; h named Dennis —ltlaboney,
vie!et next exantined, bat they gliyo'Fo clear and tirt-
tistitetury an account of the manner iii which they
had passed the Hight of the Murder, that the Magi,
strate4 acquitted them of the ,lightest ousp'cion, and
warmly applauded the -rodiness ' with ,which they

met the most scrntinous investigAtion.,
Several Gentlemen, inhabitancy of. Poplar. and
Shadwell, took that oppokunity of bearing, testi.
moray in the most forcible and faroutaole tormS to
the peaceable and friendly demean.our of the Irish-
men resident in their neighbourhood, a vast number
of whom they examined in their lod,;ins, and else-
where that they n'ad visited,
(Gilliam Mitchell, of Burbridge-street, Lambeth
was afterwards examined ; was apprehendt.d by
Goff and Wortley, on Sunday night, from his ap-
pearance generally tallying' with that of the Man
whom Turner was standing over the body Of Mrs.
Williamson. His account of himseli was so satis-
fadory,,trowever, that he was also discharged.

WEN FIFICATION OF' THE maw,. FOUND IN
TOE LATE MIA. MAIM'S HOUSE.
In the course of the, mdrning Mr, CoOq)P.R,
most active Magf.trate of this Office, /stated, .that
in. consequence of sorne suspicious circumstanieti.
attending the examination of the man nain..d,./.*
Williams, whom we yesterday mentioned as being
in custody, he was induced, to gis to
,the Jail of
Newgate, Where Mr. Vermillion, the landlord of
the Pear tree public-house, was a prisoner for d•Att.
•It may be in the recolloOtion of our Rear)ers, that,
Williams was a lodger at this public house, acid
that, on the nOtt of Mr. Wdliamson's mnrder, he
did nor return until after twelve o'clock. He took'
wi;h'into an officer and the maul which was found
itt MerMsretiiiiiitse,"iiiid with which aim is
doubt, the murthr of that unhappy family was
effected,. On sbv,viog the maul to Vermillion, .he
almost immethately recognised it to be the pro•
party of a .matt named John Pears°, who had
'lodged it. Ids house, and woo left' that instruartit
together wftit.other tools, in his caw. Toe' maul
in question..he (Vet indlion); was, in the habit of
9sing to break wood, .1.0 Jte recolleaed haying frac.
lute& the point in such operation. From his g:-
neral fecolleaion, 'as well as from the letiers J. P.
bOng punttured upo:tire bead of it, he wa.s altnost
positive tt was. that wiiich boen left in:his itoose
Mr. Holdsworth, tire' Coy Marshal gave some
private itiforination to the Magistrates respecting
this man during the day.

P lIT ANT EXAMINATIoN
.BOORE MR. MARI:LAND,
CAPPLIt, AND MR. KINNAIRD, AT

iii 1,0%% ELL. PULIcli (}ITICR.
Tito exampation of .Julia' Williams took .place a
this °dice Ii t last omit, whea tho facia and dr,
cuihstatiees dhlolosod woe found to be of a very ex.

ti.iqrtli“ try nature.
Op Sunday last, from pi ivate information obtain-
ed by Hewitt acid Hupe, two of the PoliceOffieer,
at Sliawell, they went in search of Williams, and
apprehend,d-him in \Yapping. On his person were
found a duplicate for two pair of shoes, pledged for
84. and ii. 14i. in silver, will) a ii. note. On Mon-
day the `prisoner was first examined, and the fact of
his having little money in his pocket on the night of
the fatal anassacte of Mr. Williamson's family had
been
.proved, from his borrowing sixpence of the
lanihidy of the Pear-tree public-house ; Strong sus-
picions, however, arose yesterday morning, in eon-
sequence,of the' Magiatates having received a com-
munication from an unfortunate person confined in
Newgate for debt. linniediutely Mr. Capper pro-
cecded to the prison, and held an official exarnina-
iion, when it appeared that he was the landlord of
else Pcar-tree public-house, Wapping, arid that the.
prisoner in custody wrls his. lodger,,and th<it he had
ic maul in his house, answering the description,' in
every resiqq.t, c,t !bat found in the late Mr. Marr's
Eyery vigilaneti was immediately adopted,.
(in I,tceivititt this “e2ortint, to obtain the attrynance
peisonsliicely'to brimthe mysteriweivbruiiness to
an About sci..eu o'clock yesterchy evening
the pris..itter %.r; brought into the Pol.ce-Offit'w,
whirl was coinpletely crowded. •
y as examined. She washcal for the
prix tor inure than three years. Knew Itis
,rick of line!' .perrealy well ; but ' not. •waslicd
for Irto the last foittligbt•
The Magidr:de here 'rigidly examined the wit-

L ilave you . not seen blood an his shirts ?---
A. Y,A, I havo—On one of than. ,
i Lode y n seen airy blood on his shirts since
lit s:inAßl.ty At's, I have one of hip.
st,iri4 „bunt collar; like the mark of

t‘to-tinget.s.. •
Q. \\lts ily're no who. part sta;ned?--A. I took
rnitit,e ; t t ttll4 torn in the breast.
you not taittt tint,t4 01 the shirt boil%
Yc. ; h•it jttoged the. prisoner tnid been
twarrt•tireig--ust solnylll have hint the shirt lorn.
W nett v.v.,' tt vuo had tbia shirt without bring
tutu ?—A. I,:st Thurs'iity week. •

Q, Ltrill you avitear there were no Other rndrk of
hlobri dti the :shut There tiisS a little blood ori
the arms, ao'd 5......Ver,a1 spots Oil other pdrti,of the.
icikinj no. parrondar ithiiee thti iir d,
w shed it, and kept the shirt, in order to mend it:
(4. Hare 3ott washed mit all the stains?-A. I
t must,. tor I boiled it Well
What' linen have ybn generall, washed fot
Elie prisoner ?—A. Pour linen shirts, and
ssotne
stockings; but never any vtdritelvinclkerchiefii—the
prisorwr'ted to wear black handkerehiels..,

Mrs. Vermillion, the landlady of the Pe'ar•i:ree,
ivas neat examined.

Q. Is„ Vonr bu,band in tonfinemeni ?—A. Ye.,
hr is In prison for a debt of 201, and has been for
sey-n weeks.

a. Is there a chest of lci9iS in house?---;
A. Yes ; it belonged to a perstin now gone abroach
She bad never, l'tOked into it ; knew it contained
two, or three: amis; one of them her' husband some-
times used, and it lay in the yard.
0.. Did you never notice the marks on the mauls
—A. Yes, on one' or two; they were maiked
and belonged to one of intlgers i.thd
abroad since ;et nary last ; his name was. J.
Fearie.

`Q. Old you never know the ninnis were ,Ing ?
A. Not till Monthly, when there were invint:i

m4(10.

Q.' Could you identify the maul if yciti smir
A. I duns; know.

iitie.Al4;iAtrates herc.. urdrreti the fetal ma.al t 4)

be produced, Tile witness Nils extremel) a,zitated,
and burst into tears. Alter some pause, aud 3 ehtnr
being lianded for her aceotnmothit ion, she recovered
her tright.
0.. On your oath will you s:ty that not the
maul ?—/V, I don't know.
Q. Will you swear it is the m,;ul ?—A. I

not sax, ,
The prisoner attempted to nr.Tount for hi shirt
being torn.and bloody, and said he had been in com-
pany with sonic person who on him to
play.a(ea, di. He had. played one gatne, and was
going home, when he wott seized by the cedar, and
laid his mouth cut, He related; a coMiersation he
had with' his landlady ; hat she denied Ids telling
her the story •as now, related, and appeared the
fracas was antecedent to Marr's anirchn.
Harris and Cuthburn, the primmer's fellow-

lodgers at the Pear-tree, stated, that the prkoner
came home on the morning of the murder about
one &dock; Cuthburn was in bed, but tint asleep ;
the watchman was going past one u'eock,; he was
,positive that the prisoner said, " For God's siike put
the light out, or else something Will happen ;":but
was snot certain whether ii was the same. morning
he heard: of Mares murder. Harris went to Pled
about twelve, anal 3 woke %k hen thti prisoner cam!
home, but did not tale notice of tie prison. r; t
all slept in the 4;itr4 looln,;,ho had seen tile chtst
of tools ; it was left opcht ; he never exatniurrl
whole of its contents, but had ilbserped the ny:ul ;
it was like a sh:p hammer', and he believed it -Ir;itl
a sharp point. [The maul was ~gain p;.0d0e.e.),1
Minis thought it WO lilt,"uuc il,"• kid t:10
children play with in the )ard.• The children hew,
alluded to were the itephey.'s of MN. Vermillion.
. The Magistrates ordered the eldeSt to be resit' Tr..
As soon ;wale boy.appewcd in Court, Mrs. V. was
exceedingly !fretted, and retired.
The Hide boy excited tuna interest. The first
question was, Flow old are you ?!..A. Eleteu
years.

Q. Did you ever play at your aunt's Yew,
I hive many thues, with my brother.
' a. Did .you ever, play with a large hAmmer
A. Yes I have, when I wanted a hammer to do my
work.
. When did you see the hammer last ? —A. I
am sere I don't know.
Q. Should you know it again if you, was to see
it ?—A. I think I should ; 'it was broke. jothu
[The maul was hewn to the little boy ; he care-
lessly took it up, and tried to carry it, and lcioled on
it, with the most composed innocence.]
Q. Do you' think that this the same hammer ?
I. think it is.
Q. Do you know when you last saw it ?—A. Oh!
I think,l reoollet.t, it wa about a month since,
The' Magistrateg, accOnnt of the lateness of
the•hbiar, postponed the further investiption. 'rho
prisoneC attempted to speak ; but the first question
lie asked was of such•A tendency, that he was' de-
sired.to desist,' He was ordered for a (nailer exa-
,
tninal ton. ,