Suspected Murder.
The Times, 1824-05-13T00:00:00

Yestedarthetrhetn n; ed argedbot susaicion with, the sr R Unfon-isall before L.,BA E,J~xS~V.~ .f~oR nd D. KIfXG1 Esqrs. Sir,ce the'apprehension oftheaboremenj an> eliderly personh,natsid Thomns Dare, hab been asken into custody by Glennoni. -The followitgr additional evidience *as iEett-e.... Mr. Pritchard, a surgeon, resldin, n te- erXt_roak itatedithat on the 1st of MtaY' hewas called in to see Lhe body of tht deceased, which ixy at the Lord NVelsonipublic house. --On exanining the~ bvdy,twhjch appeared to haye been xecently takcen out~ of the watet4 hre fsund ? fresh bruise on tbe left irrm above' the dlbo v. wbich go. eared to have been produced edther by a squeeze or a blow frori 'a tcr. ALrEW d,esited the witness to'tatepr&isely the natr,re of tbe marks of vloler,ce he perceived on the deceased. Mr. Pritehatd said' that the impressionsxon the deceased's arm appeared to h'im tb have beeh made by the pressure of finkers before I the bodylhadbeenin thewater; there wasalsoaslightdiscolourationI under one of the ears. The prisoner. Thomas Dawe, was now desired to give some ac- count of himnself.Re bad been seen raking thecdnal, under verysus. picious circunmstances, on the morning the body of tel unfortunate woman was-picked up. He stated, that he resided lately at East Looe, in the county of Cornwall, and that he was Deputy.Con. servator of the Sahnon Fisheries ;n the neighbourhood, undet Cap. tai Faup Nicholas, of the Royal Navy. The evzdence of .llatthew Buck, of the Canal-house, Peckbhm was here read over to the prisoner. It stated, that an individual answering bis description had been seen raking in the Surrey Ca. nal, on the 1st of May, early in the morning. The prisoner Dawe said, 't1at on the moming mentioned, he was told by Buck, the canal-keeper, that a bonnet had been found in the canal, and that was the reason he (Dawe) had commenced a search there, for the purpose of finding other property. Buck.-I deny ever having told the prisoner any such thing. The evidence of Lewis, the constahle of Peckham, was also read over to the prisoner, who denied having told the constable that ke was in the employment of 2r. Carew, the member of Parlitanent, or that he had ever stated his uan4e to be Jolnson. Lewis said that he had not desired any man to go and rake in the eanal for things that were suspected to have been stolen inf the Peekbhamnroad from a gentleman's carriage. fle positively declared that the prisoner Dawe had stated his name to be Johnson, and tUhat he 1bad been in the service of Mr. Carew, The prisoner Dawe._..entlemen, I assure you I am innocent of anv crime, and can produce testimonials as to my good character. Mr. ALLEN observed, that it was a most extraordinary circum- stance his having been seen rakinX in the Canal, and desired him to give some account of himself up to the time he had been seen as described. The rtisoner accounted for his 1ime up to Friday, by stating that be Til beea on board several vessels lying in the river,' to see Cap- tains whom he had known. On the Friday night of the murder, he had spent the evening with Captain. Clear, of the brig Mary, vith whom he supped on bard the vessel. On quitting the vessel, about nine o'clock, he walked into the city, and remained there discours- ing with the watchmen until day-brea;. Wr. ALLE.._It'is very singular you shouldharewalked the streets all night._EPrisoner._I had not roney sufficient to pay fo; a lodging. MAiaxitrate.You state in a paper now before me, that you came up to towvn as an Excise witness, against persons who committed de- predations on the salmon fiihwrieu rnsoner... have, Sir, as well as to see mv daughter. ofMr. ALLEN.-.OW state for what purpose you went to the banks Of the canal? Prisoner.-As soon as dav lirht came, Irent towards Peckhamn, for the purpose of taking a lodging there, as I had lived in that neighbourhood about 11 years ago, and kept a school there. On ar. riving at the canal, I saw something fdoating on the water, wlhich I picked out, and wrung dry. It was a piece of cloth. Buck here said, that tbe cloth was dry when hc first observed it in the prisoner's hand; but he afterwards dipped it in the water, and Prisoner..jt Is no such thing: the cloth was in the water when I firstsaw it. A Gentleman here xtated, that he knew Captain Nicholas, of whom the prisoner spoke, perfecay well. Mr. ALLEN asked Spencer. whether he had ever been at sea ? The reply wds in the negative. Johnson also said that he had neyer been at sea. Spercer said, he had left the Wheatsheaf public-house, in the Mint, at half-past 11, on the night in question, in company with the deceased and Johnson; she was tipsy; and Jobnson wYas drupk. They all went on to another public&hnuse to try and get something to drink, but they failed. Johnson fell two or three times, and the decesed helped him (Spencer) to take Johnson up. They then went with the deceased within 120 yards of her mother'A door, she requested that Spencer would not go farther, as she did not wish hermother to know that she was with men. It must have been half-past 12 or 1 o'clock at that time, and they parted. Spencer and Johnson then went to other public-hlouses, where they drank, and in the morning they rcturned to the house at which they had drank last with the deceased. Jehnson said, I was quite tipsy, and I have marks upon me of the fall which I had. Afrs. Keene, the landlady of the sign of the Whlite Horse, in Union-street, where the prisoners Johnson and Spencer stated that they had been drinking on the night in question between owe and two o'clock, was called in. She said that she had not the slightest remembrance ofeither of the prisoners having been in her house that night. One of the watermen, also in attendance at the same house, declared that he did not recollect ever having seen either of the pri- soners before. X The Magistrates consulted together for some time, after which MIr. ALLEN observed, that the case was still involved in sueh mys- tery, that it wims nccer. aL? , . a,fl. I I..' . S r 4 E . DURD