The Sun. — 1849-03-29 (London, England)

MURDER AT LIVERPOOL. Mancrt have this day to record the particulars of one of the most horrible and coldblooded murders which we ever remember to have taken place in this town. About is elve o'clock to day. a boy, named Bradshaw, who is in the employ of Mr. Youlton, of Leveson-street, was passing the house of Captain Ilinrichson, who is in the employ of Messrs. James Aikiu and Son, and master of the ship Duncan, at present at Calcutta. On passing Captain llindri h .son's residence he heard a loud and deep moaning, which was often repeated, and feeling sure that something was wrong in the house, he immaliately- ran to the policeofficer on duty in a neiglifiourit,g street, and gave the alarm. Two policemen at once hastened to the spot, but on their arrival there the alarm had become so general, in consequence of the moaning inside the house increasing, tha they feting the house had been already entered. The persons who first entered the house (for on knocking at the door, no admission could he obtained) did so by breaking a window in the front parlour of the house, having first looked tnroegh the window, and seen three bodies 13 leg on the floor, aelterino in bloori, their moans at the time being of the most pitiable description. On the arrival of the police, they were of course let into the house by the four men who had first entered. A few minutes afterwards Mr. Martin and Mr. Sister, surgeons, were in attendance, and seeing that life was not extinct in the three bodies, they gave orders for them to be at once conveyed to the Southern Hospital, which was accordingly done. The other parts of the house were then searched, and in the back cellar was found the body of a child, lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with its throat cut, and being quite dead. The three bodies found in the front parlour were two women and a child, and they were all lying surrounded by pools of blood, but the murderer had not used the same weapons as he had done to the other child. They were all dreadfully beaten about the head and body. Ou the forehead of one of the females (recognised as Mrs. Hinrichson) there had been a dreadful blow inflicted, the forehead being laid open to the depth of two or three inches, and there were also several deep wounds in other parts of her head and face. The other grownup female (the servant residing with Captain and Mrs. llinriehson) had also received similar wounds on the head and face, as also severe blows about her eyes, both of which were black and swollen up. The body of the child (Mrs. Hinrichsou's eldest child, a girl about seven or eight years od) also presented a most dreadful appearance. The poor litle creature's head seemed to have been beaten to a jelly by the inhuman ruffian, and the wonder is that life was not extinct. From the different positions of the bodies, it would appear that the attempt was first made on the lives of the servant and the children, and that at that time the unfortunate Mrs. Hinrichson was out at the market, and met her fate immediately on her return home. The following explanation renders this fact extremely probable :—The parlour fender and the appearance of the fireplace generally indicate that the servant was attacked while in the act of cleaning the fire-grate, and that the eldest child was near her at the time, for they were both discovered lying close to each other in the middle of the room, whilst the body of Mrs. Hinrichson was discovered close to the parlour door, her bonnet being close beside her bead, and a quantity of potatoes with an apron near to them. The poker was also lying by her side. A nian who lodged in the house has been apprehended on suspicion; in his bedroom a towel, soiled with blood, has been found, and upon his shoes and trousers marks of blood are observed. A:, drawer in Mrs. Hinrichson's bedroom had been forced, and the whole of the house had been ransacked.