The Sun. — 1835-12-05 (London, England)

WALKER—Can you account in any way for the prisoner's attack upon you ? Miss Scott—Not at all, Sir, except madness. The prisoner has conducted herself in a very strange manner for upwards of a twelvemonth, and I had been frequently advised by my friends to get rid of her lest she should attack and murder me ; but I never supposed for a moment that she could entertain such a thought towards me, and, believing that her delusions and eccentricity of manner were perfectly harmless, this, together with her having been nearly twelve years in our service, induced me to treat their advice with indifference, and retain her.  Mr. Laux, a cooper, of Stepney-green, on the night in question, shortly after eight o'clock; heard loud screams of "murder," and on going to the house of Miss Scott, from whence they proceeded, he found the door partially open, and could see Miss Scott endeavouring to pull it open, and the prisoner in the act of dragging her from it into the passage by the hair of the head. Witness put his foot between the threshold and the door, and, by great exertion, forced it open. On entering the passage, he found Miss Scott covered with blood and the prisoner still dragging her by the hair. After some difficulty he extricated the prosecutrix from the prisoner's grasp, and the latter was taken by a policeman to the station-house. Inspector Ham, on examining three large trunks belonging to the prisoner, found in them a great variety of property belonging to the prosecutrix—such as tea, sugar, coffee, candles, &c. He also found a largo rattle and a new tinder-box, containing a large quantity of tinder, which had evidently been recently made, and which was not necessary for the use of the house, as there was another tinderbox. He had also found the following extraordinary document, which the prisoner admitted was in her own handwriting, and which was carefully folded up in a piece of paper, on the outside of which was written the word Anecdote :"  " Mr. Chant, senior, stockbroker, of the. letter S.—Please to pay Susannah Blake, or more generally known as the daughter of Zion,_the interest of her ladyship's property, Mrs. E. Scott, lately received by Miss Mildred Scott; also the interest of her Ladyship Mrs. Georgiana Gagen's property, which is a portion of the above-named property ; but if it is not divided in the bank books I must trust to your honour and honesty to deliver to me the interest of the whole, for I am not furnished with an account of the exact sum. I, therefore, beseech you to deal fairly with me, by paying into my hands the same sum that was lately received by Miss Mildred Scott, for I am authorised thus to plead for it by the free will and command of my Lord, Mr. George Reader Gegen, who is the only surviving son, by the union of marriage, of her Ladyship, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott; but if this account is not believed by the Gentleman who is the stockbroker, I am wining to wait until7a Messenger is sent to -My own residence, No. 5, Cross.:row, Stepney-green, Mile-End Old Town, and also my Lord:s residence, that himself and family now occupy, No. 11, Rowlaud's-row, Stepney-green, Mile-End Old Town, thus to prove that I am in very deed the same person whom my Lord bath, with the joint consent of his Lady, Mrs. Georgiana Gagen, been graciously pleased to give me the power, first to pay into his Lady's hands her own private property, and the remainder for my own. use. I have, therefore, presented my own person, and as a witness to my Lord's word, "