The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-29

J. seen him go out Into q btiek-heid a
| hide a parcel Mathis conducted the I
lice to Tie spot, and, Of course, vast
one to pnt his hand on the parcel, whiC
tsure enough, contained property btlOngil
4 10 the deceased. The parcel was III
, round with o dirty apron string, The
twas an enclosure bound with wax cor
The property consisted Of spoons ~
i other articles, together with cheek {.
! Gl0, drawn BY iirm who were tenant
of Mrs, Emsley, and paid BY them to b
j on the very day she was murdered. VIII,
lEeyer, then possessed this check, aud p.t
into the parcel, may be fairly looked upoI
]; IS the murderer The whole gisl Of Ill,
case for the prosecution was to show Tia
mot Emm, but Mullins himself. made u,
tue parcel, and hid II in the spot whithci
, he afterKard conducted the police.
The evidence, though entirely cireum,
stantlal, comes from many different guar,
tiers, and the combined effect is to leayt
4 no doubt that Mullins, and no one else
\ had possession Of the deceased'S property;
and used it to ensure the ruin Of Emu.
IL was proved beyond i doubt that Emm
went TO Stratford on the night Of the
murder, that be was in company with
more than one person up to midnight,
and that then he went home TO bed. II
was 4llso proved that on the day when liz
was alleged to hare hidden tue parcel
namely, the Sth OF September, four week,
alter the murder, lie was not. out Of his
cottage till 10 O'clock Mullins having
stated that he saw him in the brick field
between aud g. Emm therefore, being
proved innocent, aud MullilI evidence
shown to he false, we have very strong
grounds for transferring our suspicious TO
the latter. A number Of circumstances
cause suspicion to grow into certainty.
Mullins was seen about the plSce where
the parcel was found. Gu lie Friday,
the day before he made the charge, he
was seen at the briek.6eld. He had been
seen on the evening Of tile murder al
about . o'clock in the peighborlood Of
the dceeased's house. The witness Ray.
mond positively identified him, aud Gu.
other person saw him passing through
Stepney Green. S:~.. +. +
We are not disposed, however, TO AZ.
taGh much Importance TO this last fact,
for the sailor who gave The evidence knew
nothing Of tns prisoner before, aud might,
Us Mullins counsel suggestcd have frrUg.
Hised him from the description when lie
was afterwards confronted with him at
the station honsc. The sailor said that
Mnllina was agitHloti, and that his poe
kets seemed TO have good deal, in them,
and gave notice to the police before Mui.
Inns was apPreheuded There are, how.
ever, much stronger pieces Of evidence.
On the maRtleplece Of Mulli6s' lodgings
was found piece Of string exactly sinh.
lar to that which bound up the parcel,
aud there was also wax such us was used
for the cord which was tied round the en-.
closure. 1t was suggested. that Mullins
knowing that Emm was shoemaker used
wax cord in order to give color TO the
story that Enm had hidden the parcel
A pencil case belonging TO the deceased
was disposed Of by the prisoners wife
shortly after tile murder. Mullins was
by trade a plaSterer, aGd the hammer he
used exactly fitted the wounds which de.
prived Mrs. Emslcy Of life: III the cfot-
ted blood was the mark of nailed boot,
and Sucha boot Mullins had thrown into
q dust hole some time after the fatal day
+, In short the unusual circuInstantiai eVi.
dcnce which il forthcoming when these
tales Of blood are unraveIed, leaves no
doubt that the prisoner was guilty. He
will go to his doom without pity from any
one. In times when it is alleged that so
many eEildoerS escape, it is at least satis-
factory to finl the most deliberate Crimi-
nal who has come before our Courts for
some time bias hot succeeded in eTading
justice. This case reveals 10 us Que Of
the most effective means which l'royi.
deRce uses for the detection of crime. 1t
woHld seem that in many cases the mur.
derer cannot rest but is imEeIIed by an
irresistible force to talk Of bis crime,
and to do something TO avert the suSpi.
zion which he fancies Abont to light on
him. That Mullins wanted to get the
GS0o, is certain enough; but there is also
little doubt that he Sas urged on by on
uncomfortable desire to give public sas.
picion an object, and that he hoped by
the sacrifice of Emm to satisfy inquiry
for ever. BE that rs it may, the snare
which he had set for a gniltlcss man
caught his own foot; his wicked macAina-
tions recoiled on his own head, aud be has
now after 3 heightened trial, the DR.
tience, and impartiality of which tho M.
happy criminal himself confesses, been
found justly guilty Of this atrocious crime.