Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-14

alive and he said, 'At o'clock last night a. !
said Have YOU not seen seen her since that =
and he said, Not till just now, when went IN
and found her dead. went home at o CLOCK
at which time she was out, and endeayoreu 10
find her but could not do so Mr. Brough-
ton: "Did you observe anything particular
about him when he accosted you g lhe W.T.
ness; " Nothing more than he seemed rather
agitated ! went with him to No 10, victoria
| news with other officers, when he went INTO
loft, and there lighted candle, after whicn we
went into his room. The door was shut, but
not locked / saw deceased lying on the bed,
with her hands folded across her breast, her
mouth and eyes were partly open, and there was
blood issuing from her left ear. She was en-
tirely naked, with the exception of her ooots
and stockings, and was lying fiat upon her back
| The bed-clothes had been Chrown loosely over
her / looked about the COON, and on the left
! side Of the bed there was u great quantity OF
blood. There was also pool Of blood upon the
| floor and marks of blood spattered on the wall:
| On the right arm Of deceased was q mark as II
she had been held tightly, and there were finger
marks upon her throat. Her legs, from the ankle
| TO the knee exhibited a complete mass OF cuts
| and bruises. such as I should think very likely
| to have been caused by kicks from person with
nailed boots There was great deal Of blood
! on the prisoners clothes, and on my asking now
it came there, he replied, 1t was through my
leaning over the bed to see if she was cold or
| not | then told him he must consider himself
in nv custody on suspicion of having caused the
death of his wife. He said, Very we'll, and
| he was conveyed to the station house. Another
| policeman named Chester testified as follows =
| g BetWeen and O'Clock on Sunday morning
saw the first witness and Grantham, 3S ID, going
along with the prisoner, and went with them TO
his 1prisoner's) room" M. Broughton: " DO
YOU think he had been drinking 2" Witness;
ssHe had perhaps taken little to drink, but
there was a very slight appearance OF 1t. lie
was much excited, but in my opinion not through
LIQUOR. After the prisoner was locked up, 1
| and the other officer returned to the prisoners
room. and we there found shift, a pair OF stays,
| and petticoat rolled up in piece of drugget
living upon the floor, which was smothered IN
water. The place appeared to be in much con-
fusion There was bread lying upon the hoor,
and also some sticking to the wall, as if it had
| heen thrown with great force. l saw consld-
erable quantity of blood on the edge of the bed
stead. as also many marks upon the wall, the
| curtains. and the pillow. The hands Of the de-
| ceased we're clenched' DR. Povey testified as
follows &c was called by the police about half
mast o'clock on Sunday morning, on on enter
ing the room pointed out to me as the prisoner s,
| saw the deceased lying in bed upon her back,
, | with her hands upon her chest. She was then
dead and nearly cold.' Mr. 'Broughton; q" 10
the best of your judgment, now long do you
think she had been dead % Witness Prob
sblv between three and four hours" Mr.. B.
&c What do you imagine her'age to have been y
| Witness g Somewhere about 49," Mr.. B.
l g In what state as to wounds, SC, did you find
2 the bodv9'' Witness The head was bruised
in various parts, and blood was flowing close to
the left ear from lacerated wound, which might
have been caused by blow The eyes were
| half closed and the tongue, which was pr0tru-
ding from the mouth, was slightly wounded
c | On the throat, and the upper part Of the chest
a were marks, if caused by severe pressure
t Upon the lower parts of the body there were nc
# wounds There was wound between two nm
p | gers of the left hand, which was completely
q | black; and there was extravasated blood under
the skin. There were distinct marks on The
right arm there were no bones broken Attel
removing the stockings, l found that the leg
e were much lacerated and torn. observed NJ
o anpearance about the head likely to have causeC
/ death There might, however, without the ap
4 pearance of any fracture, be concusslon OF tn
y brain. There had been an attempt to remov
e blood from the floor. In his opinion, death ha'
l. arisen from sufocation, nd it appeared from tn
l. i.o,ition of the body that it had been laid ou
after deceased was dead. She could not hav
&c placed herself in such position as that in whicl
have described her. The female apparel pre-
viouslv alluded to, and also a gown which be
l. longed to deceased, were produced, and tn
81 whole of the articles were quite wet. and numer
3r ous marks of blood, which it had evidentl,
il been attempted to wash out, were still vislbl
le unon them. Another person testified that a tu
of water Of q reddish color had been found
Witness testified to the character of the de
le ceased; the violence of the prisoners temper
IN his having on several occasions blackened he
to ewes. kicked her in the ribs, and otherwise bru
er t3llv maltreated his wife. The evidence agains
ls the prisoner became so strong that the magiS
trate told him that he could not come to an
other but an unfavorable conclusion, and wOul
s. therefore commit him on the charge of murder
a On the day following inquest was held, an
er the most disgusting and brutal facts disclosed
nd DIR. Povey made the following statements to th
Jury: The body was one mass Of wounds, CONT
sions and bruises There was a cut along th
right hand, as if by a triangular instrument
ms The ear appeared to have been torn down wit
re violence On the spine there was large wounC
! a as if inflicted by kick Upon opening the bod
49, he found all the ribs broken into fragments
IN two and three pieces each, and he also found tt
OF liver and spleen ruptured, which caused a flow
= blood into the cavity of the stomach, in whic
IL was some undigested food. Death was cause
tn by sufocation, produced by a compression of IL
h. windpipe, and by the fracture of the ribs, t.
x. gether with the shock which the whole syste
,rt sustained In his opinion the poor creature WI
dragged to the floor, and then jumped upon,
~ her murderer until he broke her ribs, and th'
lot he completed his murderous object by strang
lr. lation He had examined prisoners dress, whi
'se was stained with blood, without subjecting Il
he blood to proper test could not say whether
Id, was human or horses blood. The Coroner a
q iourned the inquest for a fortnight, that Il
blood on the prisoners clothes and the conten
of deceased's stomach might be analysed