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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-03 00:00:00

was in great confusion
;aid 1

sent for to the

r
house. Mr. Matin, surgeon, had
Mrs. H. was bleeding profusely, an

servant

rl was also bleed

with a fracture of the front
cut off, with oth

wounds

thotih

living. A younger child
from below, with its thr

Witness

prisoner himself.
own hand. Marks, po►.
letter at the pit qt Windso
handkerchief. C
himself at the

the house, saidthe prisoner was in a sw
ceived them, and he took him to be a fig
Thomas Finn, a pawnbroker, in (
said the prisoner called at hi
bought a pair of trows
He changed his trowseri
ones he took off were d
He gave 12s. for the trowst
for Is. He gave two five
and a sixpenc
cies

n one of the box
:y about the legs,

ugut a p

Henry Worthington, a pavior, sai
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, whil
Howard-street, the prisoner came up an
On examining them after r
hlnn 4 In rtrin +born

trowsers

as if rubbed with dirt.
Mr. Samuel, of Great Howard-street, said the prisoner
brought him a gold watch to sell for •i

The w•i

murder, he spoke to witness in Heb
get the prisoner near the police stat
they had another shop in another part

a, by telling h

tting the p!

station, gave him- into custod
Testimony was given as to

with crape on it ; also to th

which he had given out to be
Toe pokers, tongs, shovel, &a

3 were produce
so a white hail

i much

tion in court

blade completely covered wii
soner turned his head to avo
Mr. Rushton remanded tt
take the medical evidence.

RESUMED EXAMINATIC

o'clock. The court was again de
dition to Mr. Rushton and th
magistrates were on the bench.

,haved,

asked him what blood that was on
had cut his wrist at the railway

the bloody h— is to do
After washing, he asked wi

s he wanted to ge

bottom of Oil-

down Oil-

murder ?

either two or thre

been murd

get me a passage to New York

In ad-

Great Howard

you I

-Man belonging to an emigration of
the passage was. The man said £3 1
said he could not give more than £3, and looki
other side of the street, he said, " I will
and ran away. He had on a shooting kin
with short crape. Witress ident
Georre•Moore. assistant to M

London-road, proved the prisoner had offered the watch
in pledge at his employers.
Mr. Philip Harrison, assistant surgeon at the Southern
Hospital, described the wounds inflicted on th
Mrs. Henrichson when brought to the I
•

insensibility and collapse

She is still labouring under tbe eff
and ie in an eyeeedinglv dangerous st

pital wa:

ad and face were

of the wounds

and the little finger wanting. He was insensible, but
lived till twenty minutes after eight in the evening, and
never was sensible. The servant had a compound frac-
ture of the skull and numerous contused scalp wounds
She was conscious, but remained insensible for

time. She afterwards became more coherent, and remains
in that state. She is in a dangerous state, but there
are some slight hopes of her recovery. The wcunds on
the head of the little boy were some of them incised
wounds, and must have been produced by the shovel.
Saw the child with its throat cut almost from ear to ear.
The evidence was then read over, and as the details
Proceeded a shudder of horror broke occasionally from

.nnoy the prisoner, who_said very snappishly,

" Silenc

_
I cannot pay attention if you do not hold your tongues."
When the depositions were read over, Mr. Rushton
cautioned the prisoner in the usual manner, when he said
he had nothing to say, but that he had witnesses in court
to prove where he was. At his request William Collapy
was called but no answer was given. On the rpplication
of the prisoner, Mr. Rushton said that his wife might
see him in the presence of an officer if she wished it.
The prisoner on leaving the bar was hissed and hooted.
On Saturday night the prisoner appeared very lively,
and sang and whistled at intervals. He said that no one
but the servant girl could say that he struck any blows,

of the want of proper food, and said that a man charged
with such a serious crime should be allowed three or four

On Sunday the prisoner said that he could prove an
alibi, and referred to twc parties who, he stated, would
prove that they saw himr during the period between ten
.dnesday. These

e o'clock on

,m declared

parties were

the prisoner at all on that day, and the other that he did
not see him until half past nine in the evening.
It is said that Mr. Superintendent Clough is
object of the prisoner's dislike, he (the superintendent)
having, in the first instance, had his suspicions excited and

put those preliminary questions to the p
to his detention at the Police-office, and his being ulti-
mately charged with the murder. The prisoner has
expressed his wish to have satisfaction from Mr. Clough,
and intimated that if he had him in a room for about five

ler which led

minutes, and that he (the prisoner) I
poker, that would be quite suffici(

rmed with a

for his purpose.

DEATH OF MRS

HENRICIISON

As was confidently expected, from the dangerous nature
of the wounds which Mrs. Henrichson had received, her

sensibility when taken to the hospital cn Wednesday, and
continued so up to the time of her death, which took place
on Saturday night, at ten o'clock. The lives of three indi-
viduals have thus been sacrificed by one of the foulest and
most cold-blooded outrages that was perhaps ever known
in the annals of crime.

MARY PARR, THE SERVANT.
The servant girl still remains in a very dangerous

her wounds, are favourable. Hopes are entertained of
Ler recovery, though it will only be by the greateet care.

THE HISTORY OF THE PRISONER

Towards the close of the last year the prisoner took lodgings
at 84, Sparling:street, the house being kept by a respectable
and prepossessing young widow, with whose marriage name
we are unacquainted, but who is the daughter of Mr. Stewart,
a worthy and respectable man, living at Tranmere. At that
time, as he has ever done subsequently, so far as is known, he
gave his name John Gleeson Wilson. Some time after becom-
ing a lodger of the house, he made advances to the young wi-
dow, expressed his attachment, proposed marriage, and was
accepted, the nuptial ceremony taking place in Christmas week.
The prisoner represented to his wife that his father was a fo-

reigiier, and had resided fora length of time in London, where
he (the prisoner) was brought up. By trade, he said, he was
an engineer and fitter, and had been employed upon steam-
paekets. Soon after the marriage his conduct became most
overbearing and tyrannical, rnd he was in the frequent habit
of beating her. Upon one occasion he returned home, and
stated that he had come in possession of a large sum of money,
but gave no account how he obtained it. He took off a hard-
worn blue coat, which he had been in the habit of wearing,
tore it up, and threw it upon the fire, saying that it had done
its cervice, and his recently-acquired funds had enabled him
to purchase a better one, and he then put on the coat which he
wore at the time of his apprehension. His wife states that
from the time of her first acquaintance with the prisoner she
never knew him to follow any occupation or calling. His ill-
Treatment towards her had been almost undescribable ; he had
repeatedly threatened to murder her, and such was the terror
he awakened within her, lest, knowing his savage propensities,
he should carry his threats into execution, that some five or six
weeks ago she informed her father of her position, cind he in-
sisted upon her giving up the house in Sparling-street, and
taking protection beneath his roof at Tranmere. The daugh-
ter complied with the request of her parent, sad has been re-
siding with him since the time named. Mr. Stewart forbad
the prisoner ever to approach his house, upon pain of being
handed over to the police, and up to Wednesday evening last
(the day of the murder) it is not known that ever he went
there. Upon that night, however, he went over to Tranmere,
sought means of communicating with his wifa, and had an in-
terview with her. He expressed deep contrition for his past
misconduct,—promised to atone by amendment for the future,
—and so far succeeded in awakening the affections of his wife,
that she clandestinely admitted him to the house, and con-
sented that he should share her bed with her. He left his wife
early in the morning, and quitted Tranmere towards noon ;
and for three hours, evidently with the view of eluding detec-
tion, was sailing to and fro in the cabin of one of the Birken-
head ferry boats; and it was only when the cantain compelled
him, that he went to the gate to pay. How long he remained
in Birkenhead is not known, but in thecourse of the afternoon,
as stated in the evidence before the magistrates, he took a cab
from the George's-pier to his lodgings in Porter-street. When •
the prisoner was brought to the Police-office, relative to the

watch offered for pledge, so much did his wearing a csp 13-
stead of a hat alter his appearance, that none or the clerks or
other officers had the slightest idea that he was the supposed
murderer of whom a description had been given.

ELECTION OF OVERSEERS
FOR TOXTETH PARK.

The ratepayers of the township of Toxteth-park met on
Thursday morning, at the public office, Park-place, to
revise the accounts of the overseers and to elect their suc-
cessors far the ensuing year. A large number of persons
were present, including Messrs. Fisher, Watson, Harbord,
and Benn, members of the town council. After the usual

preliminaries
M

AVISON was called to the chair, and the statement
of accounts was read by Mr. Macauliffe. The result of
was as follows:—Received out-poor rate
' 2111.; balance in hand, after meet-
"-,1- ben,- ' -- ►oss than

this statement WC.. Aved out-
account, £17,179.163. 4,2 in
lug all demands, £132 4s. —g something
half the balance of the preceding year; on watch rate,
'1,291 15s 'l.; balance, £589 7s. ; museum rate,
'-glance, £ll3 14s. sid. ; county rate,
',led voluntary ; rate, £271 10s. 6d. :

1 expen,

£6lB is. 61
balance, £259 is

Mr. FISHER called the chairman

cum sta

to know why it w

ffention to the cir-
Isti-

Gs. 11d. of the amount

The gnestiln was answered sai
CAULIFFE-It was an error.

le found that

3r four or five
e found anotl

o check accou

hat meeting.
Mr. MAcAi

had been no eutr
,ths : after taking

go to inspect the accounts,
~.sh-book

book in the off

ULIFFE explained how the a

Four moot'

rvices of Mr. Sno

;e were not so c

lat time, he had, by their instru
.moval duties ;
)t be able t^

ar and

arge them, but v

iota of the law

ug this

to satisf

should

was put into the bank every day; they had
various checks against him, and he was required to pro-
duce vouchers for every sum that passe
hands, having his character at stake he vv
run any risk, he therefore called for a committ(

through his
not likely to

3 Make

a detailed inquiry into his acconnts, this he considered
due to himself and the public; that committee was selected,
his friends, but from those who might ha

not from amon,

and also his own. They had gone through h
and reported upon them.
Mr. ALPASS observed that it would be suy
Mr. Fisher's remarks that he was not acquain
circumstances attending the examination of th

Overseers,
accounts,

ed from
with the

hey had been thoroughly gone into, and reported onlatsei
night.

cfi it appeared, that at a 'ommit

ie 19th
Mr. Fisher among

March, a sub-committee, ;fr
,st its numbers, was appointed

the accounts.

Mr. ALPASS remarked that they went thorou
e aecoun. s, and found them satisfactory.

Mr. FISHER acquainted the meeting- with his reason
for refusing to act on the committee to which he bad been

he consi

acts, having met directly after being appointed. Ha
would ask Mr. Alpass whether they had not recorded a
vote of confidence in Mr. Macauliffe before their inquiry
wis commenced, and then he would ask the opinion that

ttee whose fi

books.
of the

Ar. Macauliffe pas desired to read the

matter

from which it appeared