The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-07
From ne nan Map edsa4, HayN

From ne FuH Mau CARTE, MAYA
At 10 o'clock last night fearful. tragedy was
discovered in tho village of Denham, Bucks. within
short distance OF the beautiful country seat
known as Denham Court there stands an isolated
| nccr named Emmanuel Marshall who had a wife an
three daughters, aged respectively Jour seven, and
law also lived Win them in he Cottage Tie Whole
family were, so to speak, hudded together in this
little roadside she'd for such II was. Marshall was
known az an industrious steady man, which lair re.
port would seem to be borne out by the fact Of his
keeping his mother and sistcrin-law. All appeared
TO have gone on well with the occuDants of the cot
tage, aud nothing more than usual was observed ur-
vi sunday last IL was then observed That the shut
ters bad not been seen open nor any Of the family
| about
| Yesterday also the shutters remained closed. but
n was Concluded q AZ Marshall aud his family were
out on holiday, and no further notice taken Of
the matter by the neghbors at that time. About ten
dress and some lining for Mrs Msrshal's sister.
| whose wedding was arranged for to-day. Receiving
| no answer to her summons, the young woman made
Inquiries, and on II becoming known what was her
GRAND policeman came and forced the door of Mar
shslis cottage, and then most horrible discovery
was made; Inc cottage itself presented the appear-
dress on but without his shoes was found with his
head battered 20 pieces lis wife Charlotte and her
oser v Ttpo ns bs IN ' s soss 9r On
| mother and his three young children we're lying In
their nightclohes In pool Of blood, all tcr hla Il
| beng battered IN more CHASTITY spectacle has
| never been beheld.
| TIE Clues TO TIE MURDERER.
/ Tie whole family murdered, and, from al
| that can be OWNED. were murdered b. one maui
| found pawned at n MI Butchers, pawnbrokcr in
| Ixhridee, for few sbiHgs, yesterday morning.
| or the other watcn there is yet no trace. The do
| scrirt,n Of the man who rawnod THIS watch is
somewhat vague. Tor little notice WIS taken OF aim,
even the identity OF the watch Itself il almost doubt
It'll; but the brother Of the murdered Is positive
q. 10 ne watch having MS moher's watchguarl.
With this sGht clue and slight description vi tao
man WHO N.uCl. other traces fOuuI bv
| the police. They asccriained that a man answering
| somewhat 20 the description OF a kind Of common
| tramp had besn In IXbridge two utrco days pre-
viously aud had silent ut n LODGING house iu the same
| room Nit1 nnotlcr nan TO Whon1 h. was mn tpoU,,
This man las at cncC come forward aud given the
police every nd In the ~ OF doser p'ion watch he
| could about Ills temporary but unknown companion.
the supposed mrtJercrwas ab'en' al Saturdaynirht,
80 late that cdd not know the time that he roturn.
.l being asleep; hnt ON the Sunday he noticed that
he Lad new and different clothes To those he NOro
| the dav previous In the house where the Tered
| family were found was discovered loose heap VI
| Things con sung OF an Old worn coat waiscost,
and trousers, all strined with blood coat, waist
coat hat. trouscrs mud other articles OF mems wear
ing apparel are missing from the cottage, Whoever
do the murder took the eolbes anu ISlt his OWL bo
The cottage stands little back from the road and
| Is almost seventy yards distant frum any othur
house. Adjoining Is Is little forge where Samuel
Marshall worked ~ m cnoincer aud smith IN small
| way The man was comfortably On sober, and
dustrious, working early aud late. Beside IL iorle
! LIS muulaied body was ouni and near II WIS bar
Of iron poker. hen broken. and stained with blood
and hair. Here we got some clue To the time OF the
murder. Marshall very elr riser an dlvery early
to bed. At tns time the year he used il said,
10 &c, up between and in the moi ming to let bis
| horse out Craze. The body. when found In the
lorge, bad a clean shirt anu clean stockings it.
evidently the beginning Of tue SUNDAY dress Vi
small mechanic.
Mr.. Matshal's body was found at the bottom OF
tile stairs IN the cUtttge Her gown was partly on
her and partly q her lost "a she most probably n,d
hurtiedy thrown 10 on to know the meaning OF cries
and struggling In tho Jorge. Possibly the murdered
may have called To her. Al all events there must
an lnn FHa "A "A naafE hN
her side. and partially across her, ly In her night
dress the body vi her sister in.law, vino was to have
been married tlis dAy, B,tI had their sk llis COM
po tely shattered b. tic blows OF q -leige hammer
From thissit would seem that MIS-. Marshall FIRST
tlr1Rn- her dress around her called to hcr sister,
in-law and woke her, and then rushed down stairs
ava met the murderer at the loot. who slew them ut
once and apparently without trouble, for there was
no .ign OF a.y srussle o, disorder me heads were
foot Of the stairs In pool OF blood. The three chill
dron little girls aged three Elk, ana nine, sv.
dehty murdered rs thoy rushed down stairs on
hearing the cries. The bodies OF two We're, II is
stated, found almost under tine fireplace IN the
ktcnen.
ARREST OF TUE MURDERER.
On MAY % tas supposed murderer was arrested in
lodsing,house at slough. lie proved to he a
dressed In harShalls clothes, and had pawn ticket
for Of tia watches In his pocket lie had a
carpet bag with him ul Of food. The evidence at
the inquest given by tue constable on Guty the
house shows that man quite nsw ering the descrip-
iion OF the supposed murderer, row in custody, met
| %
his way TO the ONfort Rad, ana told HIM story OF
bow he mad iLterered between man snd vile. and
canal. The man was thea dre7sed stability as a
common tramp, with old boots, and seemed
io0tsore The policeman did not ike his look and
followed him short distIncc on lis way.
| Tie most extraordinary evidence gwen, however.
was that OF a witness named Elizabeth Simpson,
| living about 100 yards rom Marshail's house, who
went out TO LOOK for key she had lost the night
before. II was then little before seven on the
| sunday morning. man came ont OF Mr. Marshall's
house dressed In Mr.. hnr-na's SUNDAY clothes, and
she at fret thought 1t Mr. Marshall, but it was
not. He asked her v hat she was looking for, and
offered to assist her in her search, telling her at the
same time the story he hal told the pocsman, that
e The He an t the ms
ton thai he did not live At Marshals, and that the
family had hat day gone for a holiday. IL was
proved That tramp. who went by the name OF
Jack STAYED ma common lodging house at Cx-
brother. lie was out all Saturday night, and re.
turned on sunday morning in new clothes. The
clothes worn BY The tramp were identified by the
policeman Us those found In the house of victims
The clothes found on the man IN custody
have been identified as those taken iron MarsbIll's
lin without much iniustce-was taken at Reading.
His name Is John Jones' and he speaks with strong
scotcl accent, On him was found TIE duplicate Oi
Mis- MAIsfill's watch which he bad pledged at Tx
Rdgdi ana on I'm A. WINS 9uEd si,rh steel
when staying at uxbridge.
IXANEATIoS or TUE PRISONER.
From ne ran Aaa Gdsef'e, Mpg 20,
sIouGh, Mic supposed nu, dgrsf ~ whose
m.ht and was taken nom toe railway To the police
station by Capt. Drake aud superintendent Dun
ham. great crowd waited 10 witness his arrival.
Al the station he again gave tho name Of john Jones.
The police, however say they know hin well, that he
has been frequently convicted, and thai his real name
r is John Jenkins, boiler maker of S'Iiiordshirc.
On h,ng spoken to this morning. the prisoner asked
g1ufly for more grub" and said If II Was not uiyen
10 him he would refuse 10 take food at all. All day
yesterday prisoner persisted in telling Mr.. Dunhan
that two men whom he cid not know had doLo the
murder and mad given him the clothes oi the muir
dered man 10 wear, land damned II ho did no,
. trink they would believe he had done the murders
Z | himself because he tad TIE clothes ON
\ | Tins morning NE accuscd man was brought NJ
| before sir Robert u. HARVEY, capt Farrcr, ana M
/ | Coleman at Slough. The Court closed TO the
pubic, ont largo and excited crowd congregatod
outside, their shouts and loud conversation being
@ | plainly heori through tie oprn Windows aud occa
sionaly reaching pitch that interrupted the pro
. | c0ediugs.
, 1he prisoner who had remained in the police
D | cells al night was brought Ia shortly after 4
@ O'Clock and placed IN the dock handcuned lie II
apparently man OF ~ or f3 years Of axe, ana wa,
, dressed IN clothes Which had been supplied by thu
police. In appearance he is short, thick-set viii
/ black, busly beard and moustacnes closely Gu
round. Ills nee EnastV pale, md lie look q,