The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-03-22 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SHOCKING MURDER OF A WOMAN AT RATCLIFFE.  On Friday, Mr. Richards, the deputy-coroner, held a protracted inquiry at the London Hospital respecting the death of a young woman named Caroline Elizabeth Crew, who was murdered in a house of ill-fame on Sunday last. —Elle:i Crew, the w fe of a trimmer at an iron found. y, living at N 4, Reeves-road, Bromley, stated that th.•deco sect was hr daughter-in-law. Her name was e Elizabeth Crew. She was single, and he lig, wis 29. She lived at 79, E istheid-s re.-t, Limehouse. She fornmrly went o ,t churl :gaud wash :but recently walked the streetsfor her living. Witness last saw her alive in the hospital on To" ay evening. She was then quite sensib e, and upon going to her bed-ide she said" Well, m thet how are you? I hay., been stabbed." Witness asked , r low it happened, but sbe made no reply, eke pi that she was too low to be talked to.—Clara a-, an unfortunate, living at No 2, York-road, Retold said that at about a gnat ter past one on the early morning of Sunday, the deceased came to her Louse. ac-ompanied by a tall, respectable-lc:sling young man. Her companion was with her, and another young matt. They asked to be accominodated with a lodging for the night, which request was granted, and shortly after they rt•tire I to !led, avtng witness and the landlady in the kitchen. About ten minutes afterwards, the deceased -ame into the kitchen to fasten up her hair, and gave the landlady two shillings, saying that she hail received six from the young man. She had then her bonne' and shawl off, and her dress was flufastened. She then returned to her room, when she met the young man at the door in the passag who, without saying a word, stabbed her in e side with a knife. She gave a scream, and'awe into the kitchen, and tan pulled a knife ut of her side and threu ft on the ground, 'claiming, "I am stabbed." The young man th, n rushed out f the street door, but was almost (lir ctl brought back by a policeman. They were both quite sober, and there was no disturbance. Wont: heard the deceased say, " Willy, d d you hink I was going to run away?" but she (lid not hear to ; Remised answer. She was then taken to . ,! Horton's, and aftet wards removed t the ho —George Goldsmith, police-constabb.,l92 IC, std. d ! that on Sunday morning, I etween 19 and 2, he was on duty in the York-road, when nearly oppostit the house, No. 2, he heard a scream, and upoti took. g. round, saw the accused running out of the house, and, thinking something was nrong, he stepped in front to stop him, when he said. You need net stop me, policeman, I give myself up. I have I just stabbed a woman; come with me, and I will: show you where." He then took witness to N 2, , where in the kitchen he saw the deceased. He to A: the accused to the station, and the injured ' woman to the hospital. He was not sober, , but gave his name as John Kirby, aged nine eon years, living at No. 3, Wharton place, Its' ; and that he was a warehouses an employed • nt fescue. Hubbard and Sons, oil and mourmen, tcll2. He said, the reason he stabbed h. r was that she wanted to " best" him out, of two shillings, and that be would not be "bested" by her.—The t Inspector here produced the stays and knife found by the police. The knife was a spring-bark dagger, knife the top of the blade of which was coinplet, ly totaled through crming in contact with the bust ef the stays, which no doubt saved the deceased from liming tilled on the spot. The stays were c vet ed with blood.—The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter," and a warrant was issued for the committal of the accused to N e w gat e.  The Rock understands that Mr. George H. B ranks, of Doctors' commons, as proctor for the Rev. C. F. Itiwkins, late curate to Archdeacon Denis° . lino fo molly lodged an appeal with the Archbi,h.i. f Canterbury against the revocation of his licence by th, Bishop of Bath and Wells.  AN