The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-13


HORRIBLE MURDER IN LoNDON.-Ths follow |
ing particulars connected with late murder in
London, are given by the English papers;
&" The deceased, Patrick O'Conpor, an lrishmRn,
held remunerative Office in the Customs Depart
ment, and was brother 10 Rev. MIR. OConnOr, 2.
P. Tipperary. In addition to his situation, he was
also protested money. lender, and had amassed,
by penuriousness and railway speculation, some
t7000 or fS000 He had been on terms of the
closest intimacy with his supposed mnrderess and
her husband. The parties are Mr.. and Mrs
Manning, whose names were mixed up in the rob-
berry of the Railway Mail Train at Exeter some
time ago, aud who were arrested for alleged COM
plicity in the transaction, but acquitted for want OF
evidence against them. The last place deceased
was seen alive was in the neighhOrhood OF their
home at Minerva place, Germondsey, on the Surrey
side of the Thames, and 1t has been slace Known
that he spent the evening of the 9Th inst. in their
house. No further tidngs of him could be had till
the evening of the 18th, when, after most scru-
tinizing search, his body discovered in the fol-
lowing strange manners: On deceased being mis-
sing, inquiries were made at Manning's regarding
him, but they (the husband and wite) denied all
knowledge Of him, and seemed greatly concerned
about his fate. A few days following, call was
again made at the house, when 1t was discovered
that the inmates had left. The premises were then
searched, but frutlessly, until, they were about
giving it up as fruitless, one of the Constabies
thought he discovered a f1ag-stone IN the kitchen
appearing as if it had been newly raised, and on
inserting his knife between The joints, tbs earth
seemed soft. The flag was raised and some earth
removed, when a females stocking was discovered,
and deeper still foot projected itself In little
more lime they discovered the body of OConnor,
the face downward, and the knees brought up 20
his launches to which they were tied. The whole
was enveloped in Stacked lims, which had eaten
away a portion of the body and face, and in few
weeks at most, all traces would have been oblite-
rated. The body was quite naked, and was lden-
titled and sworn TO as that of deceased, on the first
Z faL, Ok W-NeN bod
full set Of false teeth which fully Corresponded
with the body found. From the facts which trans
pired on the inquest, and the observations Of the
police, it appears that the murderous act was pre-
| meditated some time since. The deceased was a
teetotaer bus an lnveterate smoker, and 1t seems
| carried on illicit intercourse with the woman Man
| ming, who is a Swiss, and said TO be relative Of
| Courvoisier, the murderer Of Lord VIM. Russell.
She was formerly in the service OF the Duchess OF
Sutherland where O'Connor first saw her. This
intercourse was carried on with the full knowledge,
il is supposed, Of Manning. On the night before
| the murder he had been at Mannng's in company
| with friend for an hour and half, and smoked
| with Manning, but complained Of being weak and
faint after he put aside the pipe. II is hence sup
posed that drugs had been mixed with the tobacco.
which is confirmed by the fact that bottle Oh
Iaudanum was discovered by the police on seafcI!-
ing the house; that after dTugPlng him. Whlfu " II
supposed they performed In an upper room, OF 5at
afferyVsrd thew removed him there, they shOt MN
with an air gun and smashed his skull, as no report
Of Firearms was heard nor any cries sufficient to
attract the attention Of the neGt.dcor nelghbors.
'Tbe body was then removed to hole in the back
Kitchen dug for the purpose and then covered with
a aag-stone on which very stone the woman Man
ming stood while she answered the pOliceman's in
quiTies regarding him a few days after. The
clothes of deceased ere supposed TO have been
burned the copper in the kitchen bearing traces Of
them. check for GS00, belonging to deceased,
was found in the dust-hole To bring the murder
home to the parties implicated, several circum-
stances have transpired since the deed became
known, and no doubt exists to their guilt. Steps
are being taken, of the most rigorous kind for the
discovery and capture Of the murderers, who, It is
supposed, have gone either to France or America.
A considerable portion Ofthe effects Of deceased was
a French Railway Security, which the female mar
derer had distracted from his lodgings two days
after the murder, and it is supposed that to turn
them TO account they have gone to France, and
Lord Normandy received instructions to demand
their persons if found in the Republic. On the
other hand it is believed that they have left Ports
mouth for America in a sailing vessel, after which
steamers have been sent. large reward has LeeI
offered. The whole affair has created q most in
q tense sensation in London"