The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-06

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IS a decidedly popular weapon. There
are also some half-dozen razors, all OF
which have been used in the commission
Of murders or attempted murders. 1t
is a curious fact that they are without
of bone or ivory being appar-
emily uncongenial to the murderous in
Our attention is next directed to sun
dry tin canisters, which prove to be in
machines. As a rule, they look
harmless enough, one even assuming
the innocent semblance of an ordinary
lump of coal. The imitation is so good
that it is only on taking it in the hand
that we discover that the supposed coal
is in reality metal. hollow, but of great
weight and substance. This singular
article was brought to the police by one
Fraser Palmer. otherwise Farrell, other
wise "Warhawk," a man who had a
mania for warning Jul own and foreign
governments of plots which in reality
had no existence saw in his own mag
ination. He asserted that this supposed
piece of coal, with others of the same
kind, was intended to be charged with
explosives, and mixed with the genuine
coal in the bunkers of some doomed
steamship, 1t is said that, in conse-
quence of his revelations, ar examina-
ton was made of the whole of the coal
in the bunkers of the late Cars steam
yacht Livadia, then lying at Glasgow,
but without result. Side by side with
this last item is a far more formidable
looking affair. 1t is of small size. but
the solidity of its construction and the
popularity of its shape-a 1attened
oval. tapering down at the extremity,
where the fuse is Observation-Disclosures
that special thought and ingenuity have
been expended OIL its design. Even the
most accomplished of criminals, how
ever, can not always be on his guard,
and this deadly continuance was mad
v%ertently left in o tramcar. The con-
ductor was persuaded that his find"
was an internal machine of more than
ordinarily diabolical character, and he
conveyed it with infinite precaution to
the police, who at first were of the same
opinion. Further investigation, how
ever. satisfied them that the supposed
explosive vas merely a model, artistic
ally cast in lead, of a new design for
an infants feeding-bottle.
"A uOTc ScTlOuS luGtTcSb dGUdCQcS To
the e-pierced with a bull
let-of the unfortunate policeman Cole,
shot at Dalston in 1882 by the cowardly
ruffian Orrock, in an attempted burg
larry al q Baptist chapel. Orrock's soft
felt hat, found on the scene of the MUIR
der, is also here preserved, as also the
chisel, with the letters crock" scratched
upon it, which led to his Identification.
A photograph of the chisel is also
shown; and it is q curious illustration
of the detective powers of science that
the mark, which on the chisel itself is
imperceptible to ordinary eye-sight, is
plainly legible in the photograph.
Among the cartes-de-visite which
adorn the Museum Catalogue is that of
O'Donnell. the man who shot the in
former Carey. Here, too, are the two
bullets which were extracted from
Carey's body, and the revolver, a small
pocket weapon, from which they were
fired. A larger revolver. found among
O'Donnelrs luggage, lies beside it.
Under a glass shade hard by lies a gela-
tine capsule, a harmless looking affair
enough, but belying its appearance, for
it contains a deadly poison, aconite-
being, in fact, the fellow to that used
by DIR. Lamson in 1882 to destroy his
youthful brother-in-law. We are shown
| the carte of this criminal also, gentle
manly looking man, by no means an
swering to the conventional type of as
sassins. Appearances, however, are
deceitful, as the copybooks of our youth
so persistently reminded us. Under
another glass shade is a piece of dark
brown leather, which proves t o be
portion of the tanned skin of Belling'
ham, the murderer of Mr.. Perceval
Side by side with this is a curiosity
fully worked in human hair, with the
inscription: 81 will instruct thee ant
teach thee in the way thou shalt 60.
will guide thee with Mine eye" Here
apparently, the workers stock of Scrip
tural quotation failed, for she continues
'.My home is in Heaven" 1t is painful
to have to relate that the good LADY
who worked these pious sentiments ha!
been over three hundred times convicted
of drunkenness and disorderly conduct
She presented this pin-cushion-il
honor, we presume. of old acquaintanc'
Ito Rev. Mr.. Horsley, chaplain o
the House of Detention, who in turl
presented it to the Black Museum.
A tall hat on a peg and much covere'
with dust next attracts our attention
This homely relic was the property O
Rev. Mr.. Spoke, the eccentric cler
gyman who suddenly disappeared
leaving his headgear-here present.
the Green Park, and was believed t.
have been murdered. but was subse
quently discovered. in the garb of
laboring man, at Padstow, in Cornwall
He ultimately died, we believe. in
luuatic asylum. Close beside Mr.
Speke's hat hang a coil of rope, a pal
of boots and an old ho%rse-pistol. Thes
articles were the property of anothe
clerical gentleman, Rev. John Selb
Watson, an eminent scholar, of S.
Michael's Road, Stockwell. He we
convicted in January, 1872. of the mul
der of his wife, whose body he had il
closed in a packing. case, corded wit
the piece of rope here shown. He was
however, respited on the ground Of il
sanity, and thenceforth kept in confine
ment. He died quite recently at Parl
hurst Prison, in the Isle of Wight, fallin
out of his bunk in a fit and fracturin
his skull.
Not far distant are mementos OF othe
well-known murderers. Here is the pc,
trait, cut from the Daily Telegraph,
LEROY, the murderer of Mr.. Gold. o
the Brighton Railway. Here is the roI
used by Marguerite Dixblanc to strang
her mistress. Madame Riel. in Par
Lane. Here are the boots of the unto
!, tunate girl, Maria Clausen. murdere
at Kidbrook Lane, Ethan, and the plas
erer's hammer which did the dead
deed, With another ~plasterer's han
mer, also here preserved, Mullins mu
: dered Mrs. Emsley at Stepney, in 1856
t Here, too, are sundry memorials of til
Wainwright case. or Whitechapel mu
der, of 1874. Here are the chopper wit
which the unfortunate Harriet Lane WIS
d~ismembered, and the spade which du
: her grave. Here is n of the button
cut from her dress, and a correspond
ing button found with her body; and