The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-19 00:00:00

MURDERS AT GREENWICH.

Weebimodal' another examleation took place before the bla.
&meek at toreow•elt. Hassey has for the present 'escaped dy•
visite/4e of the Police.
Mr. J. ',sawn, cooper, deposed, that Hersey kept a *tat
his house, to which be often Dew. An the Snottily after do
murder, he seemed rather iutaxicahld aloe said he had (fiord that
day with his washerwoman. Mr:Lettun lost a hamaseraboatit
fortnight before the murders, and * thought iluittey bad heist
at hisitouse on the nfternoon in wheeb he lust it. Hussey luta
removed the box to Deptford. He bad talked of expectk
sum of money to be kft him. •
at aciernace —Did you ever see Hazleton and Hassey loge.
water i
Witness.—They had called at his house fregnetitly. beiw
servants out at' place'. Haaelion used to sit in his npartair;sas
while Hussey was cleaning ititasett. and charegiag air hoen.
believed they were neatly always together. •
Mr. Sni..law, the Lindblad of the Tiger's Head, was inte-
r-gut, dby the alagi.trateo, colmel Foreman, nod Mr Susi•it. •
Ile stated. that Hussey h•d lodged at his lions; iteraitteary foe ,
Woe weeks. On the Saturday night die murders • ere ems- •
mitred Hussey was at his house, is the lodge-ratio of Odd Fel. •
lows, be being one of the otd•-r. lie did out know what date
Hussey went into the ludeea Dont, but he wit. there at ;en
at night, when the Jorge closed.
-He believed that Hooey did
not gat out of the after that Raw; ti could n Ise-certain s
e was positive that he slept at his house that night. lie g.,t up•
next morning (Sunday) seed had his treaktast at his house; he
did not pay tor it then; he 9%S (ride attiult tiete.aadslionly
after paid it together with what heti% ed. There might be soMes . •
thing different in Hussey's behavioer after *lw Inn den', but he
never noticed it, as lie nas, above nil others. the last man be
should have suspected, from his general mildness and simplicity
of manners.
The MAGISTRATE ordered the constable to bring forward the'.
washerreolnam whom Hussey dined with on the bunday, to he.
examined non f,aure day.
*The veasela in the River have been scar, lied, but no perms
east% erine Hassey's description fou.d. From ito infortnatios
basing been received from Adkins, aha set off eu last sundae
muriiing to Doraashire, it is co•jector,d that he has rccrivej
some • lute to hi. retreat, and had pence. ded further iii quest of
him. On 'lstetday week be stun sees in [Amami bs many pe-
so, s, and vane think it probable that hehas concealed Weiser
in town. From Ilus ey tieing such nremarkable person, is a
not likely he con long bre'ret hi inrelf; he ha. an iinpeda,,ein in
los speed,, i• very fair. and pale faced. He does not lank to
We more than '24 years of age, and issno•t remarkable for hay.
ieg an extraordatary large hand and fad. His shoes (a pair of,
why') he left :it 'Jr. Letta's), measure between 13 told It
inches front heel to tt.e. No Giber ezamioation will take place
Snail Homey is in custody.
CORO N R'S IN QU 7'.
Wednetday evening an Inquiaition am taken on the betty n
Mr. Hill Harley, who *as accidentally killed on Tuesday alter
noon.
It appeared from the evidence of Patrick Doyle, watch Ilast-
in Whitcomb street, that between twelve and nue o clock
on Tuesday aftersimin, the deceased anti stalking with a lady
on the toot pavement down the Haymarket, when the set of Mr,
Fader... accompanied by meeker person in a break, dta *it by
one bar e, drove down in the same direction. The horse took
fright, and r.n against the decen.ed, by a hich he was knocked
against the iron rttiting and cut very mach in the head. He wog
carried into the house of Mr. Hudson • he 00111 6piike, 66 lift
me up, I ant choking." The lady was with difficulty saved.—
James Norman. servant to Mr. Read, 17, Lower Brookaareet.
stated that the horse belonged to his master, and lad been in
training about a month ; Mr. Elder, jun. and be were in the
break at the time, and they drove up and down the I laymariet
several tilt es bet', to this accident happened; the shafts acre
put into the break that •lay. and on turning round at the e me.
of Coventry-street, one of di an broke, by which the horse stag
frigh.ened.•and he ran away. Both wanes. aid Mr. Elder
were thrown out.—Mr. Webb, a Surgeon. io coeentersteeet.
stated the nature of the a mind, and aas satisSsti the cone intim.
of the 'brain nas sufficient to • aloe drab. The deceased ex •
Verdict—Accidental
in n few minutes. The deceased was 60 years of age.
Verdict—Accidental Death. Deodand, 10,. on the bone, and '
oa the break. _

MYSTEROUS C 10E or Militant !..-On Wednes-
day sehnieht the body of a young woman, apps.
:NO, about 26 years of ate. was discovered floating
in the river Medway, at Fait Harming. ft vets
taken out of the water a shocking spectacle, end de-
posited in an nut-house on the premises of Mr.
Golding. On the following day an Itrierst urea
held at the Bull Inn, bOOlO JAMEI OTT VIVAY, Esq.
Coronet, when the body was inspectod by the Jerry.
soil examined by Mr. Coleman, surgeon, who were
all clearly of opinion that the decraaed bad been
fully nsurdrrerl. It sum supposed that the had twee
in the water nearly a fortnight; she was complreply
dressed, except that, from the erect of the eater.
part of her clothes had become rotten and 'acted
way. The deceased had no pocket.a.tre,.rior an Wog
Oast her to denote who she wee, or from *hence
she came. Un.ter there .circumstatscro the Coroner
advised an atijoarnment of the pro;tedifts emit
Saturday, and in the mean time to give public notice
of what had occurred, that the friend' r,r fPiatitre df
The Aeceasefl might comelorward with further
volition. Handbills describing the cerium and dregs
of the deceased were promptly and extensively dis-
tributed its all the western parts of the courtly.
•Siturday, at ono o'clock, the Coronet'4lrta omit again
met, but although crowds of peeple had been to look
-at the body, no farther material information trans.
pired. The Jury, withoet hesitation, returned a
verdict of—Wilful murder against some person or
persons unknown. From the dress end appearance
of the deceaser!, it is thonght that she had been A 5".
wit in a respectable family. Upon the right tern to
was a most severe wound, apparently inflicted by a
hammer, or some blunt instrument; and upon the
head being opened, a great deal of extravasated
blood surrounded the wound: there were alto other
bruices on various parts of the body.--411tuidsfonz
Gazette)

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