, 1875-12-24
THE WAINWRIGHT CASE.

Tho Crit,ir for Whirh Henry Wnan-
wright Vns fSnnE IN London L;txt
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On thc 21.t Inst, 1ronrv wainwright was cNo-
cu!cl In Lcn LOU for tho nnrlcr OF Harriet LIME.
: woman whom flc had deceived n,d ruined, and
who had borne him several children. II WAS q
horril'o murder. the body being tnntllatcd ty
tho tnutorcr WIN attempted to carry tie ricees
i'll cab through tho ety with Wow 10 their
ultimate r,arcaln,cnt. Henry Wainwright WAS
found g,iilty ef tho murder, and Ills lrother
1llonsH "f hoing accessory aftcr tile fnct.
1lcnry Wainwright Nas iu tho brush ttado
in tho Wliterhnpe road, In the East End uf
1or.lun-lhat yaHk d*triek. seen,lnR with ,lense
population, which to tho West En1ers is aLruo-t
term ;ncognta. lie was man very decidedly
superior III cultnro to tho average Of those
nn,onG whom he dwell: nntl putauel lis vocattrn;
ut eomo education, mud with talent fur rcciIil,I
aud lcctnring, Ills business did nus prosper;
he loss valuable contract. anil finally l'o bc-
came bankrupt. His place OF business iu the
WLitccilnre! road, II watcl,onso, was closed, aud
MI tho futnitnto removed tu eat1afy hia credit
otat will tho exception IT mattress mud boil
ster. His habits had brought ruin upon him,
an'l ho found 1t Impossible to support lis wife
i.nne and lier children wore living with Mrs
Wllmore, who BECAME liarrtei's devoted friend.
sort. II, 1874. Harriet Lano went tn tho Pluco
Of business Of Wainwright BY appointment. llo
able 10 Eut her things on. Of pawn. Hlle lett
Miss Wismor9 and 1or children, and seemed in
high spirits aud hopnfnl Of n speedy return. Sho
WAS mover afserwarl hcen nltvo.
* year PARSED. during which mnny and earnest
inquiries woro nlado by the missing wonlans
friends nud relatives. TeleEran,a md letters
vera roceIyea by Wainwright, who showed them
to Miss Wllmoro, from mai rnncd Froake,
Tho Continent. 1hosuas Wainwright was The
rersonator OF Frcalio III this aud tho other do.
vices BY which tho swo brotllurH cunsIn1oI to lull
tho inlnlrtes ma.lo.
tllo month on which. Harriet Lane l1a duap-
peared year ago, MI Loution was startled by .
horrible talo or tho discovery in q cn} In tho
possehe'o', of . man, OF two large parcels con-
body. The nau vaa Henry Wainwright. A four
Wheeled cab drove along tho Whitachapel road !;
~ 1t was tnhn a woman, aud two large i'arccls.
EEeathioss, md like bloodhound On tho trail,
another man followed the cab through tho
Hukel" Nun, you are mad" Such wcro tho
only wonfs uttered by tho pursucr 10 two po-
licotnen whom he mot, mud such WAS their reply.
Tho cab, stonpel on tho other rldo
close behind. Hs mad huntod his quarry to it's
lair. Two other policemen, struck BY the 1nan's
excited manner, observed the cab. Out Of 1t
camo tho hirer and his pRtcols, md mado to-
= Hen and ch,ckens." lilo waasarrestod inside
the house, 1.-Two hundred pounds II you will
lot mo 70 and say nothing n ho exclaimed to Tie
policemen. lIo was firmly secured. md the par
cells examined. Tho man was Heury Wa,n-
"ladies Of the bullet" aud iu tho parcels worc
the ROMANS, horn i'll ooson pieces, Of Harrlot
Lnne.
He had dug In tic rear part Of Its warehouse
shallow grave, auJ linct It With chloride of
liue. All belrg ready ha Ind inveigled Harriet
Lane to tho placc, slot her tnsca through tho
head. cut her throat, aud buried her. Bank-
tuptcy cutne, md tho premises wero to rnss out
vaded the place. aud was noticeable III tho
netehborhood. The murdered body must 10
movcd.
HARRIET LANES CHILDREN.
Stfa juFd tDkc, u Ctrrtxpohdtntt tendon G}obS,
Tic importance OF Harriet Ia.,ea clldsen
proves tlat4 however their protector may lave
lecu pinched, thoy vefo ueyor allowed to want
for anything. pIanip. cleat, merry, and neatly
room, evidently IN tho boat OF health aud Hplrits
Not on them yet rests ahadow Of their mothers
dishonor or their father'B crime. Sitting on my
kuoc, aod Trying in vain to Tx my oyo-glass iu
her eyo. Beur!ce WRh full! OF tho grand do1nga
tley had on Guy Fawkes DAY. "keal fireworks,
yon know; squbu. and crRckers. aud bonfire
md then-wa Luug Guy" very charming
child, this sunny-Larod daughter Of a murderer;
no charming TINT several ofrers OF adoption have
ntreaAy been made to the kindly woman (Ntlsa
Wllmuro) whom sLU mud her Biator call " "rnanl-
ma."
THE unEEsAcng AND MANNING MURDERS.
Er.t,ah Mu1iea4 Journal, Ikt. !.
This remarkable caBo {NauWrKht'A) rosom-
blss that OF TIC woman Drown, for tho ulurdsr
OF whom man named Grceuacrn was tried and
convicted in 1851. On this ucchslon tho body Ut
tho murdered woman WAS cut intu three portiola
tho heaa was found as paAaiugton. tho trunk
in tho eaAt Of London. aud tho ilmls Fix wepks
aftcrward In tLo District Of Camberweli. The
identity Of tue body was clearly made ont. IN
sI,to OF this attempt to defoas juBtico, In the
Wainwright csHe tlo evidence shows that M
attempt ind been u,ato to dispoae Of tl,e botv
bv burYiuG it undor tue lloor Ut IL room, qnnt.-
tty- Ut chloride OF limo boin5 thrown over 1t
aud freely mixed with tho earth OF tho grayo.
Ti,1y was tho mode IN which tile ManDingBt llua-
baud aud wife, disposed Of tho body Of a rnnn
natued O'Connor, Of whose tntrtior they wero
convicted at tho Central Criminal Court in 1870.