Star.
London, England, 1826-04-17 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT MARY-LA-BONNE.

FURTHER PARTICULARS..

The sensation caused by the dreadful murder of Mr.
Cooper is indescribable, and is the general topic at the
west end of the town. especially is the immediate neigh
bnirrhood of High-street, Mary. la-bonne, w here, N 0.26,
Mr. Cooper resided.
During the whole of yesterday, that past of the High.'
street where the deceased lived was crowded to such
excess that it was rendered impassable, and in the
course of the day innumerable inquiries were made at
the house after the health of Mrs. Cooper, who is obliged
to keep her bed in consequence of the dreadful injuries
she received from the assassin. The answer to the in-
quiries made was, that s• she was considerably bett.r,
and is in a fair way of recovery; but the'-fright which
the horrid circumstance was calculated to occasion, had
operated very much upon her mind," &c. She is stab-
bed in t.o places at the back of the neck, and another
on the fleshy part of the right arm.
Mrs. Pilgrim (not Bickoellh who was. the cause of
Pollard's jealous rage, is at presenfin the Mary-la bonne
Infirmary, with lour wounds on her right arm. She i 4
in an exceedingly weak state, and was much affected
on hearing of the death of Pollard, and exclaimed
" GOD forgive him-1 do." Pollard, after having com-
mitted the act, was apprehended by the Office's, and
taken to the Office and placed in the outer avenue, when
he almost instantly fell upon his knees, and appeared to
be in a dying state. On examination he was found wel.
tering in his blood. He was removed to the Mary-la-
bonne Infirmary, where he expired at three o'clock on
Saturday morning. Prior to his death. he was sullen and
reserved in his manner, and refused to answer any ques-
tions that were put to him, but exclaimed once or twice,
s' I have done it, what more do you want !" and putting
his hand to his side, where he had stabbed himself,
"I am satisfied." He died in great agony.
Pollard was originally a butcher, residing in Oxford-
street, and was in a very respectable way of business, but
having failed, his circumstances latterly were very much
reduced, and be became the associate of abandoned wo-

men, and indulged in the most depraved habits, was
generally intoxicated, and for some time past was heard
to exclaim in a violent manner against Mr. Cooper,
%rho frequently forbade him his house, in consequence
of his improper conduct towards himself and family.
It appears that he had been cohabiting with Mrs. Pil-J
who is elated to Mr. Cooper; and the circum-
stance of having left him to reside in the house of Mr.
C. led to the jealousy which caused the fatal act, he
conceiving that the latter %Tea instrumental in causing
their sepas.tion. . '
The 'crowd continued to increase until a late hour,
and the utmost indignation and horror seemed to be felt
by. the popul ace. It waslound necessary, the multitude
was so great, to have the attendance of the police and
parish officers to keep order and disperse the throng ;
but no sooner did parties- leave, than other occupied
their places, and the passage was nearly blocked up
during the day.
- Pilgrim-has no doubt that Pollard, who was of
a most ferocious and sanguinary disposition, intended
to destroy her, because she refused to go back and live
with him; and, Iron, her own account, it was not her-1
self merely, but her property that Pollard coveted.
Mr. Cooper pos-essed a freehol I property, situate at
Kensall Green, which brought him in about 3501. per
antrum, and his sister, Mrs. Pilgrim. had become entitled
to some property adjoining. The latter had formerly been
possessed by Pollard's mother, who kept an Inn at Ken-
salt qteen. Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Pilgrim became the
puichasers of it, when Mrs. Pollard d:ed. When the
sale of this property took place, Pollard, and Mr.
Cooper and his sister, were introduced to each other,
and that circumstance led to the intimacy which has
terminated in sO tragical a manner.
Pollard had several times attempted to obta'n pos-
session of Mrs. Pilgrim's interest in the property in ques-
tion, and with this view he called at Mr. Cooper's house
to endeavour to renew the acqu iintance with Mrs. Pil-
grim. Mr. Cooper, however, refused to allow him to
see Mrs. Pilgrim, and when he repeatedly called, be
told PAUL d tb it Mrs. Pilgrim did nor wish to see him,
nor should she see him again.
The knife with which this dreadful the.' was per-
petrates' is a butcher'slcsife, worn away in the middle
by its being so frequently _ applie i to the steel, and is
atsout eight inches long, . with a point, like a dagger.
It is now in the possession of Mr. Hewitt, the Chief
Constable of Miry-la-bonne. It is a fact, that Pollard
showed the knife to several persons, and said, " thi;J
*mild cut a throat."

P, lard, after he failed in business as a butcher, was
appointed an a-sistant patrol, or police officer, during
the late Queens trial. Since then he has collected debts
as an agent to the• Corm of Requests; but his dissi-
pated habits had reduced him to great pecuniary
difficulty.
Saturday, the body of Pollard, was viewed at the In-
firmary hy seser al sus eon... There were the marks of
three st,sbs on the left breast. Tne•tvt o tirst stabs pene-
trated no lartber than the rib bones, and the latter
appea,ed to Wire turned the sharp edge of the knife.
The body of P. Rani was very bloody, and presented a
most appalling spectacle. He appeared to be a short
and very stout muscular man, about forty five years of
age. When alive his complexion was florid, and he
was pitted with the small pox ; the lips were closed, and
there was a very remarkable expression of determined
ferocity in, the countenance. Numbers of persons have
visited the body of Mr. Cooper, which lies in one of the
attics of his house.

Mrs. Cooper received four wounds: one in the left
shoulder near the joint ; one behind the ear, which left
the ear attached only' by a piece of skin; the third- on
the right side of the throat, which divided some of the
superbcial vessels, and is still attended with a good deal
of tusnefaction, from the effused blood; the fourth
wound is on the right arm, beginning near the wrist
joint, and continuing nearly to the elbow, separating
the integuments, and doing some injury to the muscles.
William Thomas Cooper, the youth who gave evi-
deuce nit the Cotoner's Inquest, on Saturday night, has,
since been seized with a fever, which is supposed to
have arisen [tom the frightful impression left upon his
mind by the late catastrophe.
Pollard's body was opened on Saturday night. The,
heart, as was espected, was net penetrated. The knife
entered high up in the ribs, about the.situation of the
beat. .and passed obliquely dot nwards through the
diapbsagin,and punctured the stomach.. died from
beenorrtrage. There was ne :sly &gallon of coagulated
blood found in the cavities of the chest and abdomen.
The intercostal artery, was not divided, as by some was
imigined, when be plunged the knife between the ribs.