The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

I' 11 F. STATESMAN.

/titter places, no one place baring the slightest eon-
net lion %vitt, the other ; that is to say, in the isarlour, on
the ground floor, in the bed chamber on the first sour,
and in the hesi-chamber on the second floor. From
this it was naturally concluded that there had been some
foul play. hot by whom yet remained a mystery. Cen-
tinels were placed round the house, and atbreait of day
the investigation, was renewed. The dreadful truth then
burst upon the horror-struck spectators. The bodies of
Mr. Parker and his servant were examined. The for-
mer was burnt nearly to a cinder, the left leg and foot,
on which there were a black silk stocking and a shoe,
only remained entire. The skull, however, although
the Aesh was burnt off, remained whole, and afforded
convincing testimony of the commission of a most foul
and horrid murder, On the left side, towards the hack,
there was a terrific fracture, which seemed to have been
reserved by Providence as the means of bringing to
justice the atrocious perpetrator of so horrible a crime.
The Italy of the woman was next examined, and
here, if doubt existed before, it was completely removed.
The unfortunate creature lay stretched upon her face;
her apparel was rtl consumd, and her hair, which
was long, was spread in dishevelled locks about her. A
horrible wound, indicted apparently with a blunt instru-
ment, appeared over her eye, and at the hack ef her
head were three deep fractures, which some imagined
might have been Hoduced by a bayonet, or some such
weapon.
I all these circumstances the conclusion was
pain. It was clear that some miscreants had obtained
admission to the house for the purpose of plunder, and
commence.' their operations by murdering the inmates.
They then proceeded to search for the most portable va-
luables, money in all probability being their principal
object, as it was reported that Air. Pieter had that day
received Isis dividend front the Bank. flaring thas ac-
complished their labours, they determined to leave no
trace of their crimes behind, and therefore having taken
every precantion which they thought necessary, to .se-
cure the complete deetraction of the premises by fire,
they made their escape. The housekeeper bad been to
the Bed Lion at nine o'clock, as was her usual custom,
for porter, an.l it is pobable that the murderers had
rushed iu after her on her return.

The town of 'Woolwich was in the greatest it. of
consternation throughout the whole of Satutday, in con-
selnenre of this dreadful occurreno e, and the holies of
the ',warm?' victinis were seen by several, who fully
agreed in the opinion which had already been funned.

sent to hint by his housekeeper, three or four months
before, a shoe to be stretched. lit the stretebine, a
part of the upper leather was burst. He repairer[
the
breach, and under the particular circumstance• in which
the shoe was presented to him, he hail no doubt it was
the saint shoe he then had in his possession, and I.e was
equally well satisfied, that the remains he SAW were
those of Mr. Parker. lie examined the body of the fe-
male who was found in the parlour, and was -nre it was
Mr. Parker's housekeeper.
Ridout, the High ('unstable, proved that the shoe
produced had been taken from the foot of the body
found in Mr. Parker's house.
W. Heaven, a shopkeeper, in Mulgrave-placc. deposed,
that be had seen the body of the female found in Mr.
Parker's house, and was sure that it ti as that of Sarah
Brown. He could not speak to the Whet body.
Isabella Jointure lives opposite to Mr. Parker's house.
Site knew Mr. Packer and his housekeeper very well.
She saw the latter about tine o'clock on Friday. and
spoke to her. She saw Mr. Parker shout four. ile was
standing at the window, with his spectacles on. Wit-
ness's window conrnnandrd a view into Mr. Parker's
parlour; and, if there a as a light in the room, she could
see him sit down to all his meals. Other neighbours
could do the same. She made no observation after four
o'clock. She freiluently saw the old gentleman standing
at his window. She did nut know his age.
Mr. Wm. Patten, a surgeon, was next examined; he
saw the remains of two dead bodies in alehouse to nhich
the other witnesses ha.l alluded. One of them -.lasninch
disfigured ; co much so, that it was impossible to recog-
nise it. Ile knew that Air. Parker hail lived in that
house. The other body was that of a female. Ile did
mat know Sarah Brown, and could not swear to whether
it was her hotly or lint. He examined the bodies, and
discovered an extensity fracture on the bark part of the
bead of the woman. There was another frartere ahove
the right eye, and the face was much distiKored, as if
from violent blows. Either of the fractures which be
saw would have been suffirient to produce death t and
therefore lie believed the t ausr• of her (heath was sue or
other of these blows, and not the lire which Lad sur-
rounded her. The other corpse was in the most dreadful
state—the skull etas still preserved; he examined it, anti
found a piece of the pa, frig/ bone completely broken and
drpressrsl. There was also a ti.ieture on the temporal
hone. Either of these fractures was sufficient to have oc-
casioned the death of a human being. 'these wousel:
appeared fo have been given with a blnnt instrumen
such as a hammer. The wound, on the woman to gi.
have been given with the claw of a hammer.
Mr. Patten said, that the wounds might have lwen iu
dieted with one or both of these instruments,

A cooper's hammer, and a claw hammer of a smaller
description, were then pruilurefl. These %tree found in
the cella►, under the parlour, the door of winds bad
been burnt through.
There was no means of accounting fur the tenn•i• r ie
whirh these hammers had gut join the cellar: •Ii
might hare fallen through the parlour door. •f er
a little rusty, but it could not be ascertained by t eillt
dle light whether they were stained with blotaii or nit.
Tins was the whole of the eviderce taken.

Mr. CAwrca, the Coroner, then summed np the
whole of the farts, dwelling upon all the suspicions cir-
cumstances, and leaving the Jnrc to draw their town con-
clusion as to the cause of the death of the parties upon
whose ease they were to deride.

TheJtary.afier a short constiltation. formd a verdict of
trilfil into (It r avrimai Douse pesos or prren.es
The inquiry u•as not brought to a conclusion till twelve
•'clock at night.
Two men are in custody on suspi. ion ; the one had
worked as an occasional gardener with Mr. P. The

gpaignliles in the neighboUrhood were upon the alert.
Er. Champion, the high constable of Woolwich, took
charge of the premises; 14eimett, the Row-street pat role,
and Tucker, an officer of Deptford. were likewise npnn
the spot, in order to gain such particulars as might en-
able them to go in pursuit of the offewlers.
From the hack doer being found fastened, it is con-
jectured that the miscreants by whom this horrid of-
fence was perpetrated escaped by the front entrance,
which was secnred by a spring-loeic ; and as Mr. Parker
and his servant were in the habit of retiring early to
rest, it is supposed the murder must have been committed
before nice o clock. There were marks of footsteps in
the garden ; but these, on examination, did not appear
to have been recently made.
One hundred guineas reward has been offered for the
apprehension of the offender or offenders.
Mr. Parker had lived 20 years in Woolwich. He has
an only daughter, who is married to a person of the
name of Jackson, at Waltherustow, in Essex. _

Mr. Jackson was on the premises the whole of the
day yesterday.

LAW LVTRLLIGENCE.

(:01"ItT OF KING'S BENCH, Ahern 4.

The LORD CHI.* Jt'sTtcl caine down to the Court at
the usual hoer (tralf-past nine) this morning, having
yesterday declared his intention of sitting for a short
time, to dispose of some undefended causes which re-
main on the paper, previous to the Court adjourning
over the circuits. His Lordship, is ho has been extremely
unwell with a violent cold during the last week, found
himself so much worse, however, this morning, that he
was not able to take his seat nn the Bench, and the
Court, without any business being done, adjourned over
to the 10th of April next.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—'WINCRESTER, Aimem 2.

IREMONGER r. HUNT.

This cause, which Mr. Hunt, of bliiidleton-cottage,
saved yesterday to postpone, was this day brought on
to be tried. It appeared that Col. lremonger, the plain-
tiff, had used every possible means, by persuasion and
notice, to prevent Mr. Hunt from committing depreda-
tions on the game, or, as it was said, of slaughtering the
game within thew oods of the plaintiff, which were close
adjoining Middle. )n-cottage, and which were termed the
preserves. l'he fit cts of Col. I remonger's repeated visits
to Mr. Hunt as a gentleman, and of repeated notices in
a legal form, were fully proved by the servants of the
plaintiff. The cause, under the circumstances stated
yesterday, was undefended ; and the Jnr7, under the di-
rection of the Learned Judge, who held the trespass to
he clearly proved, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—
Ihmeaus 455.