, 1879-06-11

There Is jnst chance that she may; though In
that case she eau be charged With robbery and
transported. Tho story lnly be briefly told.
tagc,. IN The i,esut.fai % suburb of hienmond i Ia
Webster a : servant: On lilo 2d ot Msrrh
Mra Thomas attended service at tho Pres
ny,eaen ?, Ghspe Wsn .1e as lst .n. ~
seen again. Bile, like Miss Hacker, WA an CO
ccntrc woman. and bad 4 bad temper. A few
dssa after thit 8unday, man employed on the
Thames picked up boz which was corded and
fastened. 0pcned, It WAS found to contain por-
tfouh Of 4 human body. On the 10th Of Marcl,
man digging In amanurc-heap At Twcxenham,
near Riehniond, found human foot and mike.
Submitted 70 surgical examination, the remains
pieces, the inference belnE that The murderer
wanted 70 get r1d Of the body Ia small quantl.
t!es. Between Sunday and this discoverJ, Kats
Webster asked buy IL hslp Ler carry boz,
she sent him away for 'lttle while, and
hG heard splasfl In the water aud SAW no more
Of the boz. Hhc told him that the man aho went
out TO mcet bad taken + away. Soon afterward
known Tint lclattve had died and loft her ber
furniture At Vino Cottages. .He helped her To
sell II, At hcr request. 70 another man. When
carttnun arrived to take tile furniture away, the
nextdoor asiQl1oF, who was the o.nes'of the
louse, 'ntcrfesed. aud the removal was not pro-
wrong. Kate Webster thercuoon disappeared,
and In due time, With more than usual .uccess,
the police traced the remains floating about In
The Thames and lying In refubo hrsps ~ Mrs.
Thonas. Then carno out the story Of The
furniture sale and the statements OF the
buyers. upon whom tho police kent strict
surveillance. A clever detective officer found
friends. She made statements inculpatlnE one
OF the ucu concerned Ia tic movtug of the
furniture 10 was arrested, but finally dis
charged; and Kato Webater, after many exam-
nations, was fully committed for trial. she
CHARGED Church, to whom she sold the fural-
tuee, with the crime. Fortunately for Church,
she fixed tho day and hour,. aud he MAS en-
ensa aesa to p3ov1 complete as shs cyl
was shown TO have beou up and about most Of
that Sunday night, very busY all day B{ondny
Waahing clothes. md Was found in full posses-
&c slon Of the won'an's property; The remain.
Ars. Thomas, aud upon this polD. We shail have
some very learned discussions. It Ia said that
tho prlsoner's counsel will hold that It Ia not
clearly demonstrated and proved that Mrs.
Thomas ID dead, and has been murdered
WOMAN HIEcuTED.
While Hannah Dobbs and Kate Webster sre
being tried for their lives, Catherine Churchill.
woman ot64, has been sentepced md executed
at Taunton, Boulersetahlre, for the murder OF
her husband. Bamuet Churchill md hia wife
uoA Nf[N tuERAAEE QTAQEG WAIfl4kEt uuEAlk
whtch time they had = son. The old man had
property, md had made will In favor Of tbts
boy. III March Of this year ho had been known
to express hts Intention Of altering the will, At
which his wife VA very angry, Before hs had
= chance 70 a!tcr It he was dead. The wife one
day called one Whatley Into the house aud told
hin, tllat the old man bad fallen into the fro 10
LIT. The body was burned beyond recognition.
NJ Indications Of violence were found upon It.
Whasloy's w!ie, however, remembered that The
passlng, cries OF "murder,n' and in = nans
nYours brute" She stopped, and saN Mrs.
sho mentioned this to her husband before Mrs.
Churchill called him to show him the old man
dead. The police arrested TIC woman: they
near the arc where her husband used to III,
blood on hRtchet, blood on the womau'a
clothes, unl On cloth which had evidently been
used TO mop bIood from tl,e floor. She ad-
mttted to Mra. Whaslcy the crtes Of the musuer,
but said 1t was nothtng,-Churclnll WAS only
grumbltng. On this evidcncc the woman, who
protested her Innocence 10 the last, was hsueed
yesterday. Tie bheriH rrfusel 10 ADMIT the
representa- attyes Of tito press giving as bis
reason bis determination 10 avoid In lila county
the scandal Of published details akin to those
which were printed when Charles Peace, the
burglar and murderer, Haa banged ~ Leeds.
Since the murder Of Mr. and Mrs. Manning,
years ago, 10 crimes hare excited 80 much 1nor-
bid interest anj painful excitement rs Ibis tor
riGle trinity nf horrors, the supposed work Of
women, unalded either By the help or advice Of