The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-05-06 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

EXAMINATION OF THE SUSPECTED MURDERER.  On Wednesday sennight a shocking outrage was brought to ligbt at Eltham, Kent. It would appear that between the hours of three and four o'clock in the morning a policeman was passing along his beat at Eltham, and heard faint cries, apparently those of a female. He at once proceeded down a narrow passage, situate between two market gardens, and behind some green bushes he discovered a young woman, very respectably dressed, lying upon her back. She was enveloped in blood, and was in a dying condition. The officer at once sent off for proper assistance, and as soon as possible the young woman was raised. It was then found that her cheek was cut right through. She had a fearful wound near the rignt eye, and tier need was battered about in a most 'dreadful manner. A medical man having seen her, advised the constable to convey her to the haspital. A light trap was procured and she was conveyed to Guy's Hospital. Dr. Durham, the house physician, and Mr. Harris, the house surgeon, were soon in attendance, and extracted several small pieces of broken bone from the scull. The unfortunate creature was not able to say anything as to who-inflicted the terrible injuries. The medical opinion is that she had been struck over the head and face with a chopper, or some heavy sharp instrument. The police constable stated that he went past the spot at two o'clock, and she was not there then. The unfortunate creature lingered until Sunday night when she died. Her identification did not take place until the following afternoon, when it was ascertained that her name was Jane Maria Clousen, and that she was just seventeen years of age. It has further appeared that until a fortnight ago she was a domestic servant in the family of' Mr. Pook, a printer and bookseller in Greenwich. Her uncle, William Trott, a lighterrnan in Deptford, on reading in a newspaper an account of the outrage, was struck with the resemblance of the description given of the young woman's clothes to those usually worn by his niece. Trott and his wife accordingly went to the hospital on Monday morning and identified the clothes shown to them, and the body was afterwards identified by the glee father, who is a watchman at some ironworks in Millwall. It was ascertained that on leaving her lodgings in Greenwich on Tuesday night the deceased stated that she was going to meet her " young man," who was known to be the son of her late master, Mr. Pook, and young Pook was arrested on suspicion of being the murderer. On Tuesday morning, at the Greenwich Police Court, the prisoner, who is twenty years of age, was placed in the dock for examination. Mr. Pook, solicitor, of Greenwich (not related to the accused), appeared for the prisoner; and Mr. Superintendent Griffin attended to watch the case on the part of the Police Commissioners. Mr. Pulling (for the prosecution), in opening the case, said he attended on the part of the relatives of the deceesed, there being no feeling whatever against the accused, and only a desire that the ends of justice should be obtained. He then called Police-constable Gunn, 296 R, who deposed to finding the deceased at a quarter-past four on the previous Wednesday morning, in Kidbrooke Lane, at the rear of Morden College, Blackheath, Mr. Michael Harris, surgeon, of Guy's Hospital, deposed to the deceased being received into that institution, at seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, suffering from wounds on the face, ears, arms,