The Warwickshire Herald. — 1894-12-20 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE KENSINGTON MURDER.  PRISONER YEFORE IHE MAGISTRATE.  Reginald Saundersen was on Saturday again charged, before Mr. Curtis Bennett, at West London Police-court, with the wilful murder of the woman Augusta Dawes, in Holland Park•road, ante night of November 25th last.—Mr. Horace Avery prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury, and for the first time the prisoner had legal assiatance, Mr. Blanchard Wontner appearing ou his behalf. The prisoner's father, Mr. Llewyllyn Saunderson, sat at the solicitor's table beside Mr. IVcr.tner. Mr. C. 0. Humphreys, solicitor, now represented Dr. and Mrs. Langdon Down, the proprietors .11 Binitcote, Hampton Wick, the establislunent fronr which Saunderann escaped on the evening of the murder. Superintendent Ferrett watched die case for the Chief Commis. sinner of Police. The prisoner looked exceedingly ill , and trembled nervously during the whole of the time he was in the dock, in which he was given a seat, the accommodation appearing to be absolutely necessary owing to his condition. Mr. Avor y, in his opening speech,detailed the now familiar circumstances of the prisoner'm arrest following upon, and in consequence of, the letter which he posted from Dublin to the Kensington police, signed "Jack the Ripper," in which he confessed that be had committed the murder. 'The letter, he submitted, count only have been written by the guilty person, inasmuch as it contained statements of facts which had since teen corroborated by other evidence. The witnesses who appeared at the inquest were then called and repeated their evidence. Mr. Hartnond Vauber, of 40, Abingdon-villas, Kensington, said that on Sunday night. November 25th, he was going along Holland Park•road about a quarter to 12 from the direction of Melbury-road, when he saw on the right Mind side a woman lying across the pavement outside Mr. Prinsep'a house. She was right across the pavement. with her head ta%varda the kerb. Ile saw blood mid spoke to her, but she did not re; ly. He went to his friend's house, No. 8, Holland Park Studio, and told him what he had seen, and Mr. Calbould and two other of 1118 friends went TO the put.—Mr. Alfred C. Corbould, an artist, residing at No. 8, Pembrokeroad, said that on November 25th, about 11.45, he was visited by the last witness, and from what he said he went out and bawl the body of a woman lying on the pavement just outside Mr. Prinsep's house. At first, it being %cry dark, he could not see her, she twined to be so 'Wary email. There was no movement, and he went immeoiately for he police. A constable soon came up with a limern. At first he could not see blood, but ,here was a dark substance round the head. When .Ise constable turned on his light, however, he saw blood, and that it had run down into the gutter—Police-constable William Pattison, 100. comborate4L—br. M. Townsend, divisional surgeon of pence, said that when he was called to the woman her bead was on the kerb. She had been dead leeli than an hour. There were no signs of a struggle. cln examining her lie found a decp wound in the left side of the neck. The wound was two and a quarter Mellen derP, and was a clean-cut wound, severing the jugular vein and other arteries. Thme was a distinct notch in the vertelmie, sliewing that abe was stabbed first. The wound could not have been relf-intlicted.— Mr. Ernest Bunting. clerk in charge of the Londen and North-Western Railway office at Harrow, deposed that the accused on the morning of November 28th asked if witness could book lain to Dublin thirdclass. Witness replied in the affirmative, and told him the fare, and also that the next train was not till 8.30 in the evening. 'Mien witness suggested that Saunderson should go to London he replied that he did not want to go there. Witness gave Win the ticket, and the accused, before leaving, told him that there had been au accident 011 the SouthWestern Railway that morning, and that 18 people had been injured. The further hearing was then adjourned until the 21st inst.