The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-05 00:00:00

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and mawbg.pessaible. that Thottell essamomp
attempt by jealotoor.
it is atored ilust'honses haddtern talserratyfrhothatraiti
rang of tteipettideei in Matreireater littibliogs and Cannon!
§orr. aitwationa which,. fine their ecnitiguitt to the riye
,•alsaires. were. every way sraienlettaltfor *side .atroelodil
..Thetir sorowed object was to inveigle person
~tinder iimsdated pretrnecs, who were *town toy * 'the/
imageraiotsass a worthy.of pleader; :amity* labodoeuf r-
-4,Trotod then'. brat to assissinate.Memillboa despoil them o
,permayiy they bad about them ! . • •
Prism* inforroetion- was received. by.Mr: Noel, other soli-
rollora friterday,thataiwematuent Mr.lWeare's death was
PubilelY strldinned. a-person who was. lumen to be as
with the Thurtells' and who lived at Kensington,
euddeolyalisappeared„ mid has not since' hem lewd of.
:Means have beest.tsken to prevent tertai•persons whom
suspicion rests from obtaining passports for Franco, and
the utmost exertioos are making: to acme' the • parties,
againatwhon. warrants have beewissued.
:Thomas netted, who it at -present in easterly on the
charge of. deframlime the County Fire Office; was7formerk
a,•Litotemintln the Royal Marines, and in the year 1814
left his. Majesty's sitipAdontant, then bearing the flag of
thviate .Rear. Markel. William Albany Otway, in Leith
14.01- In this ship lw served two years, during which
tiniest*. ship formed one of the celebrated expedition. to
Walrherell,,undet the Berl of Chatham. He shortly-after.
wards relingnithed his eommission, and commenced farmer
boon en eatenslve scale, renting a farm of 400 acres, at a
rent of ?fltsl,,ger .annum. Becoming hombres. from the
A,eaasure of the limes, of more probable from want of
itolgtoent, Ise was compelled ro componna with • his veldts
;ors. He.ateheequently took a public house. celled the
(Wk. in the Haymarket ; and, wishing to avail himself of
Lis brother John's knowledge of the tilk trade, he took
ptemirea in Watling Street—purchased various qhantities
of boinhasins. Nerwicirerapes, &c. and the whole concern,
eltbough. the property of Thomas Thartrll, was left to the
snastagement of John, Who, from •being an uncertiGcated
tetokenpt, was incapacitated from carrying on business
himself.
We understand that the onfortuoate ll'hurtellown..
iris arrived in town in a state of agony whisk is not to be
described.
Yesterday Mr. lifunt..the vocal performer at 'Covent
Harden Theatre, and brother to the unfortunate man who
omits ehargethwith his guilty coadjutors in the murder of
Alr. Weare, called at the Coach and •Horses. in Conduit
Street. to make *further inquiries of the landlord. Ur.
Tetsall, into the late dreadful effeir, anti seemed anxious to
know whether there were one or two gigs left his house on
the Sonslay after the writer. lie was told only one. He
appeared deeply afflicted at the awful situation of .his un-
hippy,brother.
Ise great coot wont by John Tbortell on the night of
the murder it is stated has been found, with the lining of
thetsleeve. cut out, as if for the impose of removing the
marks of blood ; there are such smirks, however, on other
pins of the coat. The tnsgistrates have been extremely
antions to discover the clothes which the deceased wore
oilers be was murdered. It is remarkable that Hunt and
'Probers, whilst they profess themes-Ives willing to disclose
al! they know concerning the diabolical deed, should yet
maintain silence a Id. respect to the manner in which the
clothes ware disposed. uf. On Sunday last, the pond in
Pi-silica's grounds in which Mr. Weare 's body was
thrown, and a sell also in Probert's garden, were drained
tsy.orrler of the snagistratts, in order to ascertain whether I
the clothes had been concealed in either of thoar places ;
the' search, however, was fruitless, for nothing was found.
I' has'itot yet been ascertained what hes become of Ma.
Weare's watch. John Thneell, who, as well as the other
prisoners, is very communicative to those who come in
contact with him, being asked what be had done with the
tratcKsaid, " I was offered 2G guineas for it by a Jew, but
I'd see him d—d before I'd give it him for that. for it was
'worth GOV " But what have you done with it ?" be was
spin asked. The reply was. "I threw it over the hedge
pear Bushey, as I was coming down in the cltaise."
l'hurtell here alluded to the period when he was being
conveyed to gaol. There is, however, every reason to
believe that this story of throwing the watch away is
Octitioria. fur Thurtall was closely searched by the officers
when he was apprehended, and, besides. the watch has been
looked for in vain at the spot pointed out by Thurtell.
Probert's cottage is now in the possession of the Sheriff,
but it is visited by many persons daily.. It has a mo't
wretched and deserted appearance. There is a large kitchen
of the ground floor, with a parlour and a wash house. The
parloar is a small room of a very low pitch, and isnot well
furnithed. It still contains the coach on which Hunt lay
on the mornin;e after the murder; and the chintz covering
of the sqnah is stained with blood in several places. Mr.
fllason, the Magistrate, and the Coroner, were there yes-
terday, and noticed this circumstance The bed rooms are
of the moat homely description, extremely inconvenient.
and very small. We understand that before Probert oc-
cupied the place, it was used for a private still. Previous
to that. some years back, it was occupied by Mr. Heath,
the Barrister, as a shooting hex. The grounds are bent-
t!folly romantic, and are capable of being made extremely
lairturreepte. The walks and trees, however, of late, have
evidently been let to run wild. The pond is of considerable
length, Welching from the hpuse to the end of the grounds.
The upper part, towards the house, is shallow ; bat the
lower end is wide and deep. From the house no view of
the pond can be obtained ; and the pat lour door looks in a
'contrary dirretion. Indeed so thick are the trees and
shrubs, that until you get to the pond side you cannot per-!
ceiee it. The place where the ;;rave was attempted to be
dog, his hretr partly tilled up; it is not more than two
feet deep, and then comes a strata of strong brick earth
through which it would have beets impossible to have
penetrated without great labour.
MC pond in is li:ch the holy was ultimately fours 1 is
upward( of three miles front Probert's house, and within a
smile of the Artichoke, at Elstree. What appears singular
• is: that the murderers should have chosen this depository,
when' they actually 'wised over a bridge which crossed
....;.paeditf wafer of infinit-ly sreater inagnitpde. It is clear
that the body never could hare been everted from place to
plosoe, and finally thrown into deep water by one person.
• It would seem from Inquiry on the spot that John Thor-
tell :drove Wears past Prubert's cottage, down Gill's Hill
lmneots he was seen at a turning in the Lane at eight
o'clock, by a man who noticed the distressed state of his
Lase. Thurtell had then got out of the gig, and seemed
to be feeling in the breast of his great coat for something
(now supposed to be the pistol), and it is believed, but for
the interruption he received, he would have effected his
purpose on this spot. Finding himself disturbed here,
• however, he drove on down the Lane CH be arrived at the
place where the dreadful tragedy nes performed. This
was about eight o'clock, as Freeman Mid his wife, who
heard the report of the pistol. followed by the groans, anal
the man who met the parties, both scree. The scene of,
action was nearly half a mile from Prohert's house, and
Ishii'. the murder avail aeromplished, thr victim on. drawn
Ihrottgb the hedge int r a 'turnip tield, where the body
remained till is was subserviently removed to the pond in
!Mello-den. Ttte bnaltes in the hedge—the maple tire
chola to the spot—and the fence, all bore niarks of blood
/Which have since been cut off by the curious visitors Ihe
lane in-which the deed .ores done would not admit of two
ligs ttpass, & has a wingul .sly wild and romantic appear.
ute; being overshadoetsii with trees. After Thurtell had
committed the ttttt rder, lie tonal leave gone to the enri of
pas lane before lie turned his horse —this was not wore than
'''Nhtance'bf two or three ifillidted :aids. It is a curious
fact, that nothing had been done towards repairing the
toad fur the last 40 years until the next morning after the
Monier bad taken place, when.some into were set to work
uyop it soy_ the ssrreyar of the roads. Those were the
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