Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-13


gland Mysterious Concomitants of the |
COnyietion-E Extraordinary Instance of |
CircumstantinI Evidence. h ~ D. "a
, We have already mentioned the murder of
Mary Emsley, and now add the particulars
of the crime, as we find them in The London
Times. 'r'r-7'i -'ist $3.50 a' $50 aNar' Wu
. The murdered person, Mary Emsley was
a widow about seventy years of age, of very
miserly habits. She lived entirely alone, in
the neighborhood of Mile-end, not only per-
forming all domestic duties for herself but
going out to collect her rents, for she pos
sessed considerable property in houses. !
Every Monday she went on this errand, and
would bring home some ESQ, f40 or ESQ.
She was last seen alive about seven o'clock
'on the evening of Monday, the 18th Of Au-
gust. On the ensuing Friday, the nth,
man named Emm, who had been OCCASION
ally employed by the deceased, communi-
Gated with a Mr.. Faith, who had married
daughter of the deceased, and the result was
that the house was entered, and Mrs. Emsley
was found murdered in a lumber-room.
Many people had knocked at the door of the
house during the preceding three days, but
could make no one hear, and it can not be
doubted that she had been murdered in the
night between Monday and Tuesday. A
reward was offered first of fl00, then of
f3OO, and on the 9th of September a COM
mupieation was made to the police by a man
named Mullins, the subsequent accused. He
denounced Emm as the murderer, and said
that he had been watching ENNIS cottage,
and had seen him go out into brick-feld
and hide parcel. Mullins conducted the
police to the spot, and, of course, was the
one to put his hand on the parcel, which,
| sHre enough, contained property belonging
to the deceased. The parcel was tied round
with dirty apron-string. There was an in
| closure bound with waxed cord. The prop
| erty consisted of spoons and other articles,
| together with check for -fl0, drawn by a
1 firm who were tenants of Mrs. Emsley, and
| paid by them to her on the very day she
was murdered. Whoever, then, possessed
this check, and put it into the parcel, may
! be fairly looked upon as the murderer. The
whole gist of the case for the prosecution
was to show that not Emm, but Mullins
himself, made up the parcel, and hid it in
! the spot whittier he afterward conducted
the police. '''Ar' f'LaFd T
The evidence, though entirely circum-
! stantial, comes from many different quarters,
and the combined effect is to leave nO.doubt
that Mullins, aud no one else, had possession
of the deceased property, and used it to
insure the ruin Of Emm. 1t was proved be
yond doubt that Emm went to Stratford or
\ the night of Che murder, that he was in com.
pany with more than one person up to mid.
night, and that then he went home to bed
1t was also proved, that on the day when he
was alleged to have hidden the parcel
namely, the 9Th Of September, four week!
after the murder, he was not out of his, cot
tage till ten o'clock, Mullins having stateC
that he saw him in the brick-feld between
eight and nine. Emm, therefore, beinj
. proved innocent and Mullins's evidenc
shown to be false we have very stron,
! grounds for transferring our suspicious to th
latter. A number of circumstances caus
suspicion to grow into certainty. Mullin
was seen about the place where the parce
was found On the Friday the day befor,
he made the charge, he was seen at tn
bEick-feld.s He had been seen on the even
ing of the murder at about eight o'clock, ii
the neighberhood of the deCeased's house
The witness, Raymond, positively identife
him, and another person saw him passin
through Stepney-green. We are not dis
posed, however, to attach much'importanc
to this last fact, for the sailor who gave tn
, fore, and might, as Mullins's counsel sug
gested, have recognized him from the dc
scription when he was atterward confronte
tswith him at the station-house.
, The sailor said that Mullins was agitate(
! and that his pockets seemed to have goo
deal in them, and gave information to I'll
police before Mullins was apprehende
. lnere are, however, HuCH 5JrOuB6r plecoS
evidence. On the mantle-piece of Mullins
, lodgings was found piece of string exact
similar to that which bound up the parct
and there was also wax, such as was us,
= for the cord which was tied round the i
= closure. 1t was suggested that Mullir
s knowing that Emm was q shoemaker, us
z waxed cord in order to give color to Il
story that Emm had hidden the parcel.
z pencil-case belonging to the deceased W
y disposed of by the prisoners wife short
VI after the murder. Mullins was by trade
j plasterer, and the hammer he used exact
! fitted the wounds which deprived Mrs. En-
g ley of life. In the clotted blood was t
r. mark of nailed boot, and such boot MI
Inns had thrown into a dustrhole some til
:. after the fatal day. eig,'t H
" In short, the usual circumstantial eyiden
y which is forthcoming when these tales
70 blood are unrayeled, leaves no doubt til
the prisoner was guilty.