The Sun. — 1855-11-23 (London, England)

SUSPECTED MURDER AT CHELSEA. —Sarah Allem, wife of a messenger in the offices of the Iro❑ Steam-boat Company, at Chelsea, was placed at the bar for re-examination upon the charge of attempting to drown two her children, respectively aged 11 months and three years.  Mr. Newbon, solicitor, stated that he was in4tructed by the Citizen Steam-boat Company, in whose service the husband of the accused held an humble but responsible position, to attend and watch the case, which was of a very peculiar nature, on her behalf. The particulars of the former examination have been detailed, and upon tt-e accused being placed in the duck, Inspector Drake, of the V division, stated that since the former examination, the body of the third and oldest child of prisoner had been found in the Thames, and a coroner's jury had returned the open verdict of " Found drowns•]."  Mr. Arnold intimated that the charge upon which the prisoner had been remanded, and the only one at present before bim, was for attempting to drown the two other children. He wished to know whether there was any other charge. Inspector Drake replied that there was not, but the charge originally brought under the notice of the magistrate upon the police sheet, was for having caused the death of the eldest child, as well as for having thrown the other two, who were rescued, into the wafer. Mr. Arnold observed that, for the presents he would only go on with the charge of attempting to OpTwn. He then desired the witness, Mrs. Woodland, who gave evidence on the first examination, to be recalled.... In reply to the magistrate's questions, she Mated that l she did not observe anything peculiar in the,-,,prispner s manner at the time she left her house, at five in the evening. She took the youngest child, who of course could not walk, in her arms. That and the one three years old, after their immersion in the water, were brought home at at out eight on the same evening. Prisoner's husband first came home that evening at halfpast five ; then he went out again, and came home about six.  Cross-examined by Mr. Newbon.—Witness had lodged in prisoner's house above two years. Accused was always very kind to her children, and discharged her duties to them properly, but latterly had not seemed to take the same pride in their appearance as before. She said they bad scurvy in their blood, and borrowed a medical book from witness about scrofula. The eldest boy, who was turned six, and not five years ofage,a she had before stated, was healthy and robust. Witness never saw him carry the youngest (the baby) about. She had seen him take the infant up when crawling, that was all.  John Massey, of 3, Waterloo place, Church•street, Chelsea, a blacksmith, was called to prove that a little after five on the evening in question he met the prisoner and the three children in Claurch•street, about 400 yards from the water, but he gave his answers in so incoherent and strange a manner, set up a hearty laugh when ques• tioned, and behaved so indecorously that he was ordered down from the witness box, it being presumed that be was under the influence of liquor ; but on a subsequent stage of the inquiry, it having been stated that there was every reason to believe he was sober, and that be _