The Sun. — 1835-11-02 (London, England)

THE LATE TRAGEDY IN THE  EDGEWARE-ROAD.  The circumstances connected with the murder of the boy Stanynought by his father, at his house in the Edgewareroad must be fresh in the recollection of the public. It will also be remembered that the perpetrator of the deed inflicted on himself a deep wound in the side, and that he took his trial for the wilful murder of his boy at the Sessions of the Central Criminal Court,/ when the Jury, after a very short inquiry, were unanimous in their verdict that he committed the act while in a state of mental derangement. It was then signified by the Judge that the penalty which the prisoner would have to undergo would be confinement during his Majest* pleasure. Instead of being removed forthwith to a lunatic asylum, it was decided upon at the earnest solicitations of his friends that he might be permitted to occupy an apartment in Newgate, which he accordingly did, and, for several weeks appeared tolerably ,'Obeerful. The Wound Which' he had made with -a- claspnifeFrap,l4lly,g9t better, and for three or, fattaqi6firg'in ttach aa?'til` botiks prod frOtif litS4NiOiltliikary,varid.by,writingrileAteritp lii.),9.wisers3T) rektivesi interviews, cony sed in.. a hap sy strain i 4 15triS 'dein& ctitquisite. to(11:4e.. fruniOcist.`afdy iviitthed4 y litaud day, akl meal postilficipsecautimmuc 4lita to PM:Wl4ff, f:u9rS3§l.ligjkl-, I:at,t.ciajt% tllpt4Lst fortni&ht fie unfoittniiate e has ncc v ola s tifilisktlth4Te claltire"ss on spirits, but never once uttered a syllable which could be looked upon as indicative of his having meditated another effort to accomplish self-destruction ; he, however, a few days ago nearly effected that object at a time when he and his attendant were together in the infirmary, and while the attention of the latter was directed towards another part of the room, he (Stanynought) hastily seized in his hand a large toasting-fork which was hanging on a nail by the fireside, and with fearful force plunged it into his left side ; the affrighted attendant turned, and beheld the blood streaming on the floor ; the fork had penetrated through the whole of his clothing into the flesh, and had it been thrust but a little deeper and entered a short distance lower, the consequences would probably have been fatal. The .sufferer, however, by the prompt attention of a surgeon, has fatunatelv completely recovered, but is still exceedingly dejected. There are at the present period, in addition to Stanynought, a number of other persons of unsound minds confined in Newgate ; and in consequence of the apartments now engrossed by them being required for other purposes, an application upon the subject has been made to the proper authorities, and it is now understood that the whole of the insane prison inmates will in the course of a few days be delivered up to the care of their friends, on a satisfactory assurance being given that they (the prisoners) shall be confined in some other fit place, and there be kept under such restraint as in their respective cases may be deemed necessary. Mrs. Stanynought, ever since the meloncholy end of her child, has been living at Richmond with her sister, and her health is gradually getting worse. Up to this period, strange as it may seem, she is not aware that the poor boy fell a sacrifice to the fury of his deluded and unfortunate father.