Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-18
POISOsER ON TRIAL
Charged wIeh the Murder Of Several
Girls in London-First Witness Exam
ind


Charged wIsh the Murder of Several
Girls in London-First Witness Exam
ined.
LoNDoS. October 1.-THE trial Of Thos.
Nell, on charges Of wilful murder In con-
uection with what are known as the Lam
beth poisoning cases, opened before Justice
Hawkins this morning in the Old Bailey,
The Attorney General, Sir Charles Rus
/ sell. O. g. NJ. P: the Hon. Bernard Cole
ride O. c. ". p; Mr.. II. Sutton and Mr..
Gill, appear OF behalf OF the treasury, ana
| the prisoner is defended by Mr.. Goegnegan
and Mr. II. War0urton.
The case excites the most intense inter-
est and the court room was crowded, many
of the audience being young women or the
class 10 which the alleged victims OF NELL
belonged. The prisoner walked compos-
edlv into the dock, whence he surveyed the
crowd in the court room with an air or the
! greatest concern.
Neil was charged ia the indictment with
| having murdered Matilda Clover, Ellen
| DonwOrth, Alice Marsh and Emma Shrly-
ell. attempting TO poison Louisa Harvey,
| or Harris, and attempting TO olackmalI Or.
Broadoeat and Dr.. Harper.
When tue reading Of the indictment was
| ended, Nell was asked TO plead. He re-
| sponded mot guilty" An enormous
/ crowd besieged the Old Bailey, but only
about > per cent. OF those seeking admls-
| sion were able TO get ia. Lord Mayor
| Evans and the sherifS OK London sat on the
| bench besides Justice Hawkins.
! Sir Charles Russell began his speech at
/ 30. aud did not conclude until 3:45. He
I recited at length all the facts relative TO
/ the murders The first witness examined
/ was Edward Levi, who identified NELL as
/ a physician he had known IN Chicago, Ills
/ Elizabeth Masters was then cslled ana
| sworn. She testified that she was mar
ried woman, separated from her husband.
/ On Tuesday night, at tho beginning OF
| October last year, she remembered q gen
/ tleman speaking TO her at Ludgate Hill
| She went into the King Lud public house
with him, and the Orient buildings, Her.
| cules road.
| She recognized the prisoner as the man.
! She then went 10 Gattis music hall, and
/ there saw friend of hers named Elizabeth
/ May. On the following Friday she re-
/ ceived a letter from him. She showed the
! letter to Elizabeth May. She kept it for
some time and then destroyed 1t. The let
/ ter said he would call between 3 and D
| O'Clock that afternoon, and would expect 10
! see the letter when he came and she was
not to destroy it,
] ABOUT O'CLOCK Ilb WlluCoo anu NANy
were looking out Of the window and saw
/ the prisoner coming along the pathway
! The prisoner was dressed in dark suit
| and had on q silk hat He then appeared to
/ be following a girl The girl had white
| apron on with straps across the shoulders,
was carrying basket and was walking to-
ward Lam beth road.
She knew the girl by sight, having often
| seen her pass the house. She saw the girl
| look back and smile at the prisoner. A
/ photograph of Matilda Glover was here
| shown TO the witness and she identified 1t
as picture of the girl she saw the pris-
| oner following.
Continuing the witness said she and
| Nav went down the street TO see what
NELL did and they followed him and the
girl. She saw the girl go to % Lambeth
| road. She stood at the door with the han
die in her hand and waited for the prisoner
who went no 10 the door aud went in with
her. Nav waited for about half an hour
10 see if she came ont. He did not, how
ever, come out and they went away. She
did not again see the prisoner, but her
friend May spoke TO her about him. Short.
" after she heard of the death Of the girl
whose name she learned was Matilda Glow
er. That was about a fortnight or three
weeks after she saw Neill following her.
The next time she saw him was at the po-
lice court.