Northern Times. — 1857-09-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.  THE MURDER IN LEIGH WOOD.  We stated, on Saturday. that,,Beale had been captured, and was brought into Bristol in custody of Norris, inspector of the Bath police. It appears that on quitting the train th 9 mob rushed on him, and with difficulty the life of the prisoner was preserved. He was at once taken before the magistrates at Burton Union Workhouse, where, after the evidence of Jones, superintendent of the Ashton notice, had been taken, he was remanded till Saturday. He volunteered a statement denying his guilt, admitting that he knew Charlotte Pugsley; she was a married woman, though passing under her maiden nime On Thursday, the 10th, after b-inging her from Freshford on the previous day, he handed her over to her hu4bend, whose christian name was George or Thomas ; he (lid not know the surname. They ware to have seen him on the next day, but as they did not come he returned to Daventry, taking with him deceased's boxes, hoping they would be applied for. This statement varies from the one made to his fellow-servants at Daventry, whom ho told the boxes and contents belonged to a sister who was dead, and to attend whose funeral he obtained leave of absence "or a week. This is known to be false. The prisoner maintained his self-possession, and signed his statement with a firm hand. It• is supposed that Beale was in Bristol on the Monday previous to the murder, as he called at the shop of a tailor named Aplin, in Wine-street, early on Tuesday morning, and saw a cousin named Wood, a workman in -Mr. Aplin's employ. In the course of conversation he asked his cousin to mea sure him for a coat, and while Wood was so engaged he discovered that Beale had a small pistol in his breast pocket. On asking him why he carried such a weapon, Beale said that he had always carried a pistol since he was attacked near the lodge-ga'e of the house at which he was living, and that he always kept it loaded and capped. One of the workmen suggested that it was rather dangerous to have a loaded pistol about one's person, to which Beale replied, " Oh, no, a child could play with it." Woo-1 saw him on Friday night, and again on Saturday morning at the workshop. In the course of conversation, the murder whi"h had been discovered on the previous evening was alluded to, and the workmen now recollect that, while talking about it, Beale turned pale and trembled. No notice was taken, however, at the time, as it was thought that Beale had been drinking rather freely. Beale was a married man, and lived with Pugsley at the Hon. Mrs. Hutchison's, at Dorset-house, Clifton. After that lady's establishment at Clifton was broken up, Pugeky went to live at Flora Cottage, Clifton, with Beale and his wife, and in consequence of some jealousy on the part of the wife, Pugsley left rather suddenly. Before taking his present situation, Beale lived at Park's College, near Bath, and took frequent opportunities of visiting Pugsley at Freshford. Mrs. Louisa Ford, housekeeper to Mrs. Bythesea, stated that a day or two before Pugsley left Freshford she withdrew her money from the Bath Savings' Bank, and that she also received £4 ss. on Pecount of her wages. It is believed the deceased had about £lO in her possesion at the time she left Freshford.  ExclnKrely for CLOTIIIIvG BOYS from Six to Twenty Tea,e LEWIS & COMPANY, t-Lnelagh-etree  AN EL,