The Sun. — 1859-08-10 (London, England)

THE SIBSEY MURDERERS.  Carey and Pickett, the Sibsey murderers, have left behind them two statements respecting the murder of Mr. Stephenson, which differ materially from the confessions previously made. Pickett, it will be remembered, stated that when they left the inn they had no intention of taking the old man's life, and to this statement he still adhered, although in the following extract from his confession will be found assertions somewhat at variance with the account he formerly gave : " Carey got on his knees, and pulled the old man down. Stephenson struck Carey with his walking stick while falling. I held his head while Carey robbed him. I got up and struck him on the ground until my stick broke all to pieces. Carey got off when he had robbed him, and beat him about the head ; he then carried him into the sewer. Carey went back across the road to fetch his stick, and struck the old man eight or nine times over the head until his stick broke all to pieces. Then the old man stood up in the sewer ; Carey shoved at him with the broken part of his stick, trying to push him down into the water. Mr. Stephenson got from him, and walked to the other side of the sewer. Carey then threw the broken part of his stick into the sower, and said to me, Go round to the other side and kill him.' I went round to Mr. Coates's yard, got a piece of a rail and went to the old man. Mr. Stephenson had the thorn stick produced in court on his shoulder, and appeared to be going home. Carey said Make haste, or he will get home.' I went behind him and struck him on the side of the head and knccked him down. I hit him till my stick broke all to pieces (this was the rail or broad stick). I then took the stick Mr. Stephenson had, and hit him about the head till ho was dead. I dragged him to the hedge. I was trying to throw him into the sewer, but could not. I told Carey I could not throw him over by myself, and he must come and help me. Carey said, ' Try again, you can get him over.' I then took hold of his legs, reared him up on end, and tumbled him into the sewer. After that we both.left, one on one side of the sewer and the other on the other." Pickett expresses deep contrition for his crime, and states that his parents had prophesied that if he " kept company with Carey he was certain either to be transported or hung." Carey's statement about their hating had handkerchiefs over their faces he declares to be untrue ; but he makes the acknowledgement that he (Pickett) struck the blow which caused death. One night during his imprisonment a thunderstorm came on, and he states that he was frightfully alarmed. " I thought," he says, " Mr. Stephenson was coming to me in the cell." In an address to his " young companions" he warns them against sin, and urges them to adopt a religious life. He expresses his belief that both he and his companion are on the way to Heaven. Carey, in his address, is equally confident respecting the future, and he attributes his evil course to " drink." He says Mr. Stephenson had been a good friend to him, and admits having been the person to suggest the robbery of the old man. He also makes this confersion, " I know that I am the worst, and persuaded Pickett into it."—Manchester Examiner.