, 1879-06-11

sho will escape through sons tcchn!calEty.
There IL Just ebancs that ehs may; though in
that case sho can be charged with robbery and
Mrs. Juta Martha Thomas resided At Vine Cot
tagcs. IN the beautiful suburb Of Rcllmotd. In
January Of this year ahc hired katc
Wcbsser ~ q servant: On the ri OF March
by.eriau Chapel. When sho loft shs sp-
pcarcd to be somewhat excited. She mas never
seen aGain. Hl.c, like Mias lfAcker, was an &C.
centric woman, and had bsd temper. A few
.s 'f5 osssa s aeapa'y smsss "., So.a ND nd
fastGDed. upcned, t. Was found 10 contain por-
tons Of a human body On the 10th Of March
q man digging Ia amanurc.htap ~ 7 TWickenhaIn,
ns,t Rlehm,opd found hai,an loot e.'a ankle
were shown to have been roughly sawn to
pieces, the Inference being that the murderer
wanted to get rid Of the body In small quantJ-
ties: Between Sunday and TILL d'scovesJ, Kate
Webster ahkcd boy to hclp Der carry bog,
nld when she WAS on one Of the river bridges
she sent him away for little while, and
hc heard 4 aplhsh In The water mud aAw no moro
of the box. Bht told HIN that the man she went
out to meet had taken II Away. Soon AfteFwafd
size informed man whom sue bud previously
known that relative had died and left her her
fnrnlture at Vine CottaRes He helped her TO
atll II, At her rcqncat. 10 another man. When
next-door net9s,bor, who WAS the o1ner'of tile
house, in,crlered, and the removal WAS not pro-
cecded with, the men seeing that something was
wrong. Kate Webster thereuoou disappeared,
Tic po!'ea traced the remain. fostluK about ID
tile Thames and ly!uK 10 rcfuss heAps IT, Mrs.
Thomas. Then came ont the atory Of the
furutture sale and the statements OF the
suTyeillsnce. A clever detective officer found
Kate in ireland. whittier she bad Fone to hcr
friends. 6ht made statements incutpntiuK oua
Of the men concerned In tic moving OF the
charged: and Kate Web.tsr, after mauy cram
inat1ons, was fully committed for trial. she
has admitted . knowledge Of the murder, and
charged Church, to whom sue sold ths furni-
tuse. With the crime Fortunately for Church,
she hxcd the day and hour, a1id he ~ en-
abled TO- prove complete alib! By the eyt-
dence OF the uext~door uc,Qhbor, tie prisoner
was shown to hare beon up and about most Of
that Sunday night, very busy Al! day Aonday
siou Of the woman's property. The seuaius
hAve not been tcchuically proved To be those Of
Mrs. Thomas, and upon this point we shall have
some very learped discussions, It 10 said that
tho prlsouera counsel will hold that It Is not
clearly demonstrated md proved that Mrs.
Thomas 10 dead, md has been murdered.
woMAN 8xxcuT7D.
While Hannah Dohhs and Kate Wohater are
being tried for their lives, Catherine Churchill,
| a woman OFFS, has been sentenced md executed
| her husband. Samuel Churchill aud bis vile
| had lived togasher before MARRIAGE, during
| which time they had 500. The old man had
| property, and bad mnle will In favor Of this
\ boy. III March Of this year he had been known
to express bis Intention Of altering the Wilt. at
whtrh hin wits WaA very angry. Before ho had
chance to alter Il he was laad. Tic wife ono
day called cue WhatIey Into the house md told
| him GlAt the old man had fallen into the flrD In
Z it, The body WAS burned beyoBd recognition.
| No indications OF violence we're found upon Il.
| Whatley's vile, howevor, remembered tlnt the
day before she heard III the house, ~ she waa
passing, cries ot "murdcr," and lu a mA1t'a
yolce The expression, ah II uttered 10 pain,
HYou're brute" Ghu stopped, and aaw Mrs.
Churchill dragging something toward the tlrc-
| 6he mentioned this TO her husband before Mrs.
| Churchill called him to show him tho old man
dead. Tile police arrested tic woulao: they
found one Of her fngers cut, blood on the scrcen
| ucar the lre where her husband used to sit,
blood on hatehet, blood on the Womao'f
clothes, und on cloth which had evidently beer
nitte1 to Mra. Whatley the cries ot the murder
but ealt It was nothing,-ChurciuIl was only
gEumbltng. On this evtdcuco the woman, whe
protested her innocence 10 the last, was hangct
| yesterday. The Hhcrid refused 10 1dElit tht
Representatives OF the press, giving as BIZ
rcasun hfs determination to avoid In his couns,
the scandal OF published details akin TO thost
which were printed when Charles Peace, the
burglar and murderer, was hanged a. Leeds
Since the murder Of Nr. and Mrs. Manning
years ago, no crimes have excited 50 much NOR
bid inierest and painful excitement as This ter
rtble trinity nt horrors, the supposed work D
women, unaIled either by the help or advce O
men.