The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-04-14 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE MURDER IN ISLINGTON, LONDON.  On Saturd4 morning, Mr. G. T. Brent, the deputy coroner, held ad inquest at Islington respecting the death of Mr. James scatt, aged 33 years, a master baker residing in Freeling street. His death was caused by a man named Tripp, residing hi Gifford street, in the same locality, who stabbed the deceased with a sword or bayonet, and who is in custody under remand awaiting was crowded the result of the inquest. The inquest 1.07 by personal friends and acquaintances ea the deceased. The evidence which was given on a forme! occasion at the Clerkenwell Police Court was then repeated. The coroner summed up the case, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Itte‘aert Robinson Tripp," and the usual warrant in such cases was made out. Upon the police searching the room occupied by Tripp, they found amongst some bay in a box. the skull, shoulder blade, and other banes, forming part of a female skeleton, apparently about middle age. There were also partings of a bonnet, shawl, dress, -and other articles of female apparel. These things were in the kg:est room, and created the greatest sensation. This new and unexpected discovery has caused considerable alarm and excitement throughout the whole locality. It was to the effect that, on the morning of last Tuesday, between two and three o'clock, a nelic,man was called to 28, Gifford street, Caledonian road, where Mr. Salt was f Lund bleeding. and he told the constable that one of the occupants of the house, a man named Robert Robinson Tripp, had stabbed him with a sword. Tile Constable removed him to a .surgeone, and on the way he stated that be, had met Tripp, and asked him for his rent, Tripp being his tenant; and that the latter had asked him in and stabbed him, The deco was subsequently removed home, where he lingered until about the same time on the following morning, when he expired in great pain; A post mortem examination showed that death had been produced by wounding the int-eines. Another lodger, named S'ence, deposed to hearing a dispute between the deceased• ati!l Tripp, when the latter, without any apparent provocatioa, took down a sword and stabbed the men. The witness isteid that he heard no altercation a few minutes before the deceased was stabbed, The weapon with which the injury was inflicted was here produced ; it is a short curved sword, apparently of foreign manufacture, having a foreign cvpher upon that blade. It resembles in size those usually worn by mid•;. shipmen- in the royal navy. The clothes of the deceased were also shown to the jetty, and t xhibited marks of blood upon various portions. The witness Silence stated that the deceased had distrained for rent on Tripp. He was the landlord of a number of cottages, to all of which be had pass keys, and came in and out as he pleased. After the first stab, Siic.nee said that T-ipp made a second lunge, which the witness warded off. Tripp appeared to be very cool, and never uttered a syllable. Tripp told the constable who took him into cnet,oly that he "hoped he had given him his death wound ;" and he repeated this on hearing that Mr. Scott was nut dead.