Star. — 1802-03-03 (London, England)

MURDER.—Relative to the fufpeded murderer of Mrs. Davidfon, of Peter's-row, we were wrong in our haft flatement. It has appeared that Thomas Radcliffe Crawley had been obferved in the town of Newry—in confequence of which Mr. Stephen Dejoncourt, with affiitants, proceeded to that town, with a view to apprehend him. This unhappy perfon had delivered a letter to the podmatter of Newry, direded for Dublin, addrelfed to an inhabitant of this city, telling him that lie expelled an anfwer of tome moment, and making ufe of a fiditious addrefs. He initruded the pollmailer to deliver it to him only, as he would at• tend at the period when an anfwer was reafonably to be exile led. With thefe inftruetions the pollmatter expreffed his intention to comply.—Sufpit.ions, however, were entertained unfavourable to the perfon applying, and thofe fufpicions were confiderably firengthened by a description 'of Mrs. Davidfon's murderer, arrived through the Hue and Cry. The poft-mafter judicioufly, therefore, under thefe ideas, difpatched the letter, under cover, accompanied with his fufpicions to Mr. Lees, of the Poll office here. By this meafure the fufpeEted perfon was effectually traced. The letter, wit: Jr we have r,prefented to have been originally entered at Newry, was found to be an envelope, directed to an ordinary acquaintance, who WAS to forward an enclofure to a more particulai friend, from whom an immediate pecuniary affiftance was folicited,in order to enable the applicant to obtain a pallbge to America, an opportunity for which was Shortly to be expeded. Mr. Deloncourt, with fuitable affiftants, received inftruChons to proceed to Newry, and the application for an anfwer was, as expelled, made. It is unneceffary to fay, that the party applying was immediately fecured. He arrived in this city yeflerday evening. Crawley, it appears, did not leave Dublin until the night after the horrid tranfaction. He refided in a lipufe in Black Horfe-lane, with a female acquaintance, and he packed up fome goods at that place, in preparation for a route ; in doing fo, he was attempted to he flopped by the owner of the houfe, for rent due to him ; whereupon Crawley beat the man feverely with a fhort piece of iron like a poker, which he took out of his pocket, and brought off the goods in defpite of his landlord.— In Newry, he affumed the name of 'Fhompfon. When he was apprehended, he affeded no concern, and told the officers they had ailed wrong in taking him into cullody without proof. In fits way up to town yefterday, in a carriage, he fometimes whiftled, to thew that he was under no dread. It appeared he and the woman had walked from Dublin to Newry. Laft night, about eight o'clock, they were brought before the fuperintendant Magiarate, and underwent an exr.nsination ; there he flamed ligns of concern, but anfwered interrogatories with great caution, and got permiffion to write a letter to a friend, Rating his apprehenflon, and where he then was. Upon the hammer being being put into his hand, which is fuppofed to have been the inflrument with which the murder was committed, he denied • any knowledge of it, yet did not like to look upon it. The woman who was his companion haJ been a fervant to his father. After undergoing !bin examination, the fupctintendant Magiflrate committed bins to the New Prifon, and had the woman lodged in a place for fafe keeping, until further examination. The prifoner was brought up again this day, and underwent an examination which hafted for More than two hours, when he was fully committed for trial, which is expeded to take place early in the enfuicg week.  V