Weekly News. — 1890-10-30 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.  At the Marylebone Police-court on Monday, Mars Eleanor Peareer, 24, married, was brought up lo Detective-inspector Banister, of the 9 Division, before Mr. Cooke, charged with the murder et Phoebe Hogg, at 2. Priory-street, on the 24th inst. She was further charged on suspicion with and slaying Phrehe Hanslope Hogg,aged 18 month.: —Frank Samuel Hogg. of Prince of Wales's-road, Kentish Town, a furniture remover, said tlic deceased was his wife. The child Plitehe was 16, daughter, and was 18 months old. Ile last saw them on Friday morning, about 9 o'clock, when the witness left to go to his work. When he return...! lionw at 10 o'clock at night, he found that his wit, was not at Inane. His wife was 31 years if last Mar. He went to the house of the prisono, who had been friendly with his wife, to know it she had seen her. The prisoner's house was .ds.itt 'nix minutes' walk from his Minot.. The ni wan not at home and he did not see her lit :tight • He had not seen and spoken to her ,te•.•• the Wednesday before. To his knowledge i.l not been any quarrel between his It if.. :.•o: t, prisoner. Ile carried a latch-key of the pr,• tat,' door, and had been in the habit of slots I, did not think his wife knew that he well' ri•  Inspector Wright, S said he was at the Hanipstead Police-station at 8 o'clock on Frt,y night, when, from information receivml 1. policeman, he proceeded with an andaff,ms- Crossßeld-road, and there fouund the body "1 a murdered woman. It was musisite a partly house, and lying on the pathway. The head w towards the road, and her right arm was str.tigte. and the other bent. Her right arin was extol' I,•I. and her hand clenched. The other was dr.to at an angle, and the hand was clenched. Tl.e was 'sadly covered by a Cardigan jacket 111111 i, the sleeves and bottom'. A Mr. Foa, a mean,: student, came tip and he eXatililled the body. Ira r to that Dr. Wells, of Belsio-park. haa been sem for,and he soon arrived. They made the examinati,m together. The witness saw the wtman'a It at was cut; but it was dark at the time, and ;le ijaw no more. Thr body was removed to the l'aiops'ead Police, station, where it wag placed in the mains nooni, and further examination was made by Dr. Cooper, the divisional surgeon. Afterwards the body was conveybd to the mortuary. Inspector Banister, S Diviaiom sa:d that on Saturday morning the prisoner came to the mortuary at Hampstead with Clara Ilegg, the first witnesa's sister. lie took them VI aee the body, and the prisoner at once said, "That's not flee." cl.,ra Hogg examined the clothes, and said, "Thar s I,er clothing," but she could not identify the lexiiies. Witness took them outside, and said, "S,,i,'ht if she is a relative and you have been living ti gether you can form a reliable ',pinion as to whether it is the person or it. The witness' tool them back MU, the mortuary to look at the body again, when Clara Hogg expressed a doubt. The prisoner then caught hold et her and dragged her away. clara said, "Don't drag Me." Witnesa asked them to allow Dr. Bond to wash the blood off the face. Clara looked again, and at once said, "Oh., that's her." The prisoner again tried to pull her campardon away, and she said "Don't drag me." After some further evidence, the prisoner was remanded for a week.