The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-22
Our Liverpool Correspondence.
LIVERPOOL, April 7, lS49.
The Details Of Bloody Deeds-1he Recent Mi9der
Trials ,n England

II is marvellous how literally crammed the Lon
don papers with accounts Of and trials for, the
most horrible murders that ever were committed.
Rush, the perpetrator of those at Stanfield Hall,
in Norfolk, on the night of 18th November, after a
most protracted trial. in which he defended HIM
self, was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to
be hanged on Wednesday last Six days did this
one trial occupy the court, and often, during the
tedious and rather unlawyer-like cross-examina-
ton of the witnesses by Rush, was Baron Rolte's
patience seve rely tested. One witness was before
the court thirteen hours! This was Emily Sand
ford, the murderer's paramount, who was seduced
by him some five years ago. This witness was
the principal one against him; and, in passing
tence, the Judge observed that, had he made that
girl his wife, the law would have disposed of that
link of the evidence elected through her Rush's
children.
The Judges charge to the jury occupied three
hour. The jury were absent only seven minutes,
when they returned with verdict of guilty
The youthful murderer of Miss Jefiries, at Bris-
toll was found guilty of murder at Gloucester, on
The Sd INST, before Baron Plat, and sentenced.
she Is only Is years OF age, and was, on account
A part of the evidence was that given upon the
prisoners extraordinary confession, OF her own
free will, to two policemen, while she was in Gus
tody. She said:-' On Saturday morning was
taking down the shutters, when the girl Lewis,
who used to live there, came and told me that she
had been there frequently to get her character
from the cid woman, and she would not give her
character, so that she could not get d situation.
She then said she would 90 up stairs and kill her.
She went up stairs and klled her with a stone.
She then opened the cupboard and took out
small box full of sovereigns, gave me part of them,
and kept the rest herself, and also all the silver
spoons and plate, and said it would be long time
before it found out. We then made some
pancakes and eat them, and the stone which the
old woman was killed with was put on the hob of
the CRATE"
But the late tragedy which | sent you a short
account of by the Sarah Sara h Sands Is . the
newest grief" and in comparison with the rest,
out-IIerod's Herod.'' | firmly believe that an
equally atrocous deed never dlsgraced the history
of any civilized country. In my letter of the 18th
unfortunate victims were dead-the two children.
Since then the mother as well as the girl,
has died. The girl, however, so far recovered as
to identify the murderer. The account of this
horrible affair cannot but be exciting even in Anne
rica; but ii is not possible to condense the parcu-
lars into hasty and short letter like this and the
Liverpool newspapers give them very fully. Who
will volunteer to communicate the sad intelligence
TO the trebly bereaved wdower! Who will APP
proach him and say
" Let not your despise my tongue for ever,
Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
That ever yet they heard''
and add
I" Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
Savagely slaughter'd to relate the manner
Were on the quarry Of these murdered deer,
To add the death Of you."!
He Captain Henrickson) is now on his passage
home from the East Indies, and is expected in Lii
verpool in about three weeks hence.
This letter is indeed the messenger OF bloody
deeds