The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-05
He BROODED.
Reginald Saunderson Held
on Charge of Murder.
Ae Said He Was lmpeIIed to Conn.,
nit a Great Crime.

LONDON, Dec. o.-l'ctcctiNos Vi IOo'i"he
Yard are busily at work ferretlng out the
bottom facts i'm a sensational murder
nystery. which involves indirectly,
number Of enc most nristocratic families
of Great Britain. On Nov. 20 last. 1t was
announced that q mysterious murder hsa
been committed in Ksnsingten, apopulous
western suburb of this metropolis. Inc
body of a cosnely, well-dressed young
woman. about 80 years OF age, named
Dawes, bslon ging .. the unfortunate class
was found in much frsquented thorough
fare Holland Villas road. Her throas
had been out from ear 20 ear.
The police at frst wero completely at
fault but as the Investigation progressed
suspicion csntered upon young man OF
exoellsnt family, named Reginald L.. i. b.
Gaunderson, n nephew OF Colonei IL. y.
6aunderson, the Orange leader, member
of parliament for North Armagh, IA magis
trate and deputy lieutenant. and the son
Of L. T. b. saunderson, n justice of the
pcace Of Dublin county. Ire, who married
LADY Scott, sister OF the Earl of Clon-
NELL
Reginald Saunderson's family are we'll
known and highly respected In and about
Dublin. One of Reginald Saundersons
aunts is Lady Nonck and another Is Lady
Titzclarenoo The young man Is only Il
years Of age, tall and handsome, most
pleasant oonvsrsationalis and an expert
athlete. Although so promising in other
ways, young Saunderson was not strong
minded. In fact, gradually his condition
Of mind caused his relatives and friends
10 much distress that he was sent TO n
scheoi for the protection and education OF
parsons of weak intellect at Hampton
Wick.
saundsrson, according TO the police, left
thai instltuSsn Nov. e5. saying he In
tended to Attend divine services at local
church. But he was not heard OF again
until he appsared st the house of his reia-
tivss Of Beifast, some time after the muir
asr. The theory Of the police Is that
6aunderson, after leaving Hampton Wick,
came to London and met the unfortunate
woman, who was found murdered In Hol-
land Villas road, Kensington.
The evidence, which directly connects
6aundorson with the murder, is the fact
that By the dead woman's side the police
found kRife aud y cherry wood stick,
which were subsequently identified by the
pupils of the Institution at Hampton
Wick, ~ having belonged to Saunderson.
For months past the English newspapers
have been devoting much space to the trial
q James g. Head, hanged yesterday Tor
the murder Of Florence Dennis Saunder-
son, IL sesmv was deeply impressed by the
ACCOUNTS of the trial. which he read in the
newspapers, and seemed to brood over the
ease.
When his disappearance became known,
the police were notified. The knife and
stick found by the side Of the murdered
woman were taken TO the institution at
Hampton Wick and were recognized as
being the property of the missing man.
The police arst got on the track Of saun-
derson in Belfast, and took him into Gus
tody. bus the prisoner succeeded in esoap-
Ing from his captors. The police came
upon his trail once moro on Monday, and
again took him into custody at Killes-
handra, near Armagh.
Saundsrson was formally arraigned yes-
tsrday, and was remanded for "A week.
The general opinion seems to be that
the unforbunats woman was an accidental
acoualntance the prisoner met after his
arrival In Londsn, and that HIS mind hav-
Ing become completely unhlnged from
brooding over the details of the South
End murder, he felt impelled TO kill the
woman, and SO CUT her throat and ied.
6aunderson arrived four or FIVE days
aro at Nabilla, at tho residence of Mrs
Kate Jones, widow, two miles from
Castle Saunderson. He looked sick, and
was very reserved.
The master Of the school at Hampton
Wick states that In view of Saundersons
probably going to Canada to start farm
6.~ 10 wu< aliawad IN take mart IL, the
gardening at the school, and the knife
1ound by the SIDE Of the murdered woman
was the one he had usod for pruning pur-
poses. This knife was one OF the clews
that led to his arrest