The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-07
KATE WEBSTER HANGED.
One or the Most Remarkable OF tho Mysteries OF
London FathOmed and Made as Clear assAe
Day-A Corpse from the Thames.

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One Of the Most Remarkable OF tho Mysteries OF
London FathOmed and Made as Clear Az
Day-A Corpse from the Thames.
Kate Webster, who was recently con-
sictbd ofthemurder Of Mrs. Thomas, her
mistress A RIshmond. was hanged in
WandAHq England, on July2sth, ult.
She con 6pssd that she committed the
murder anaIae8 Slthar ID the killing or
dispopal the EsN parts Of which
Nete diaeQysla9 "A Aas iostIng in the
ipmss n l1i V wv argesto Of the
~ lselana Blh Of last
Mare
Kate WhDaiAI 1S6ss hiVly years
of age. In JanuaAN ea llnf herself
Catherine Webb Bidog sha boy
five years 81 She engaged with Mrs.
Julia Martha Thomas Of z Vine G Cottages,
Park road, Richmond. Her boy she left
with a Mrs. Creasey, in Mitchell's row,
Hammersmith where she had been liv-
ing. Mrs. Thomas employed her without
making inquiry concerning herprevious
life; but it has since been ascertained
that before she became Mrs. Thomas's
servant she had served two terms in
prison, as penalty for many robberies.
Nothing occurred to attract attention
to either Mrs. Thomas or her servant un.
til March last, and then the neighbors
began to miss the former, and on the
morning of the sixth of that month
box containing human remains, wrapped
in pieces of brown paper, were found
floating in the Thames.
The FIST glmmering of light that was
thrown upon this discovery was from a
lad who, hearing his parents reading the
the accounts, told them that not long
previous to that time woman requested
him to aid her in carrying box, and
that he complied; and that'on reaching
Richmond bridge she sent him on IN ad-
vance, saying that she desired to see
somebody, and that soon afterward he
heard a splash. This boy subsequently
idedtified portrait of Kate Webster,
the missing Mrs. Thomas's servant, as
that of the woman he had assisted in
carrying the box at the bridge, and a
Richmond Cabman testified that he drove
Mrs. Thomas's servant out of the Shafts
bury road, Hammersmith; that ehe
stopped him at the bottom of the road,
and said she would walk the remaining
| sako that l., kha do Hly hn onV,l1
not see whittier she went, but that in
about ten minutes she returned with a
box in her hand, accompanied by lad
who was carrying a child of about five
years of age in his arms. She put the
child and the box into the cab, and he
drove to Hammersmith station.
Search was made for Kate Webster,
and the police found some Of her late
mistress's jewelry and plate in John
Church's Rising Sun beer shop in Ham
mersmith, and some of Mrs. Thomas's
knives, forks, spoons, and plate, and
nearly all her furniture in Rose Gardens,
in Church's house, where the goods had
been left for sale. Church was arrested
as an accessory.
Kate Webster was traced to Killane
County Wexford, Ireland, and there she
was arrested, and on the first of April
she and Church were put on trial before
Mr.. G. E. Dermer and full bench in
Richmond, and, after the openingl by
the prosecution, Mr.. Pollard read con-
fession that the woman prisoner made
to Inspector Dodwell while on their
journey back from Ireland to London.
In this she tried to impliCate Church,
bnt her confession before her execution
dissipates all this.