Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-13
lQlortester Daily Spg.
Case eff Circumstanual Evidence.
From the London Times, Oct. "a.

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A"e s'piy vi Ile p lsoher Mullins, whose
Ia "' tne Oiu D"Iey has just terminated i'll
ms cohNlctioh ana condemnation 10 die, is one
Oh the most extraordinary 1hat has ever been
tolu III court Oh justice. AS the murder and
t!le HrSt steps towards detection took place in
Tue cary aututhii' WINE large portion OF the
Puouc was TAT instant from anything like an
i1ns"sn newspaper we may epltomize i'll few
INES the mann facts OF the case as detailed at
tie various examinations, and at the trial
WHICH mas just concluded. The murdered
person, Mary Emsiey, was a widow, about
seventy years o. age, Of very misery habits
She lived entirely alone, in tile neighborhood
OF Mlle-End, not on.y performing ali domestic
duties Tor herself, but going out to collect her
rents, lor size possessed considerable property
Ill houses. Every Monday she Went ON This
errand, anu would bring home some $50, f40,
or toO She was last seen alive about seven
O'Clock on the evening OF Monday, the 18Th of
August Or the ensuing Friday, the l7lh. a
man named Emm, who had been occasionally
employed by the deceased, communicated with
MIR. Faith, who hau married Il daughter of
the deceased, ana the result was that the house
was entered, and Mrs. Emsley was found muir.
ueIeu III Il lumberroom. Many people had
kHocheu al me uoor OF the house during
the precealus lhree days, but could make no
one near, ahu IL cannot be doubted that she
nad peen murdered III the night between Mon
1ay ana 1ueSuay a reward was offered
HiSt IloV' lheh OF 43OU, and on tile Sth of
september communication was made to the
ponce by man named Mullin, the subsu.
queht accused. lie denounced Emm as the
murderer, and said he had been watching
E'hll cottage, ana had seen him 90 out into
DITCH lleld ana nlde parcel. Mullins con.
uuc'eu inc ponce 10 me spot, and, OF course,
was inc one 10 put his hand on the parcel,
winch, sure enough, contained properly be
longing to the deceased HE parcel was tied
fouhd WIN ulr'y apron string. There was
an enclosure Loun' win "aAeu cord. The
properly consisted ol spoons anu other artl.
clts, loscther WIN Il check lor tIO, drawn by
Hilii VINO were tenants oI Mrs. Emsley, and
Paid ny 'iienl 10 ler on lne very day she was
hurdeIeu. whoever then possessed this
cheek, anu put IL mo Inc parcel, may be fairly
lookeu upon as the murderer. The whole gist
OF the case lor the prosecution was to show
that not Emm, but Mullins himself, made up
the parcel anu hlu IL III the spot whittier lie
Afterwards conducted the ponce.
Inc eFluehGe' thoueh ehtreiy crcumstan
tlal, comes from many different quarters, and
tne combined effect Is to leave no doubt that
MulllHS, ana no one else, had possessl' OF
tue uect aseu properly, ana used 1t TO insure
We rum Oh Eihh' IL was proved beyond
uouut that Ehn went 10 StfatiOrd ON the
night OF lhe murder, that lie was III company
with more than one person up 10 midnight,
and that he then went home to bed. 1t was
also proven tiiat on the DAY when he was al
legged TO have hidden the parcel-namely, the
9th OF September, four weeks after the murder
he was not out OF his cottage till ten o'clock,
Mullins having stated that he saw him in tie
DrlckheIu between eight and nine, Emm there
lore, beng proved innocent, and Mullins'S
evidence shown to be false, we have very
strong grounds OF transferring our suspicious
to the latter. A number of circumstances
cause suspicion to grow into a certainty Null
Inns was seen about the place where the parcel
was found. On the trday, the day before lie
made the charge, he was seen at the brick
held. lie had been seen on the evening olsthe
murder at about O'Clock i'll the neghborhood
OF the deceaseds house The witness Ray
--'ond poSiuVeiy ldentlned INN, and another
person saw nm passing through Stepney'
green
we are not disposed however, to attach
much Importance to this last fact. for tile sailor
VINO gave the evidence knew nothing OF The
prisoner oelore, ana might, as Mullins coun-
SCI suggested, nave recognized INN from the
description when lie was afterwards confront
eu WIN MN al the station house. The sailor
sad that Mullins was agltated, and that his
poCke'S seehieu u nave good deal IN them,
anu gave ho'lce 10 inc ponce before Mullins
was apprenehded. lhere are, however, much
stronger pieces OF evidence. On the mantel.
piece OF bluilhs lodgings was found piece Of
strihg exactly similar TO that which bound
the parcel, ana there was also wax, such as
was useu Ior the cora which was tied round
the enclosure 1t was suggested that Null
Inns, knowing that Emm was shoemaker,
used wax cord III order 10 give col II to the
story that hmm had hidden the parcel. a
pencil case belonging to the deceased was dis.
posed OF by the prisoners wife shortly after
the murder; Mullins was by trade plaster
er, ana tne manner lie used exactly fitted the