The Sun. — 1863-11-12 (London, England)

THE RECENT MURDERS.  The bodies of the Hunts and their children have been identified by several relations on both sides of the family. Mrs. Hunt's father is a cab ',river, named Blake, living in St. John'sstreet, Smithfield. He fully confirms the reports 'I the neighbours as to the frequency of violent quarrels between -Runt -Runt and his wife. Blake's daughter (Mrs. Hunt's aet about a month ago Hunt made an unsuc• sister) states t.. •.,,n his wife. Latterly he used to beat cessful attempt to pois. -eeribes the wound on the unher severely, and the sister s, s-nua a poker, given to fortunate woman's foot to a blow ';ved is a small her by Hunt. The hcuse in which they .. 4 hearing six-roomed cottage, somewhat poorly furnished, an, every mark of a household going to ruin. It has been represented that Hunt had fitted up a room in the house as a laboratory wherein to experiment on poisons. This is not the case ; the only signs of drugs or chemicals in the house are a number of bottles on the back parlour mantel. piece, most of which are empty, the remainder containing a few such harmless substances as borax, camphor, flavouring for pastry, and a few other similar preparations that might be found in svery household in the kingdom. It is certain that Hunt well knew the properties of the deadly substances which he used with such terrible effect, but the knowledge was doubtless acquired by him in the course of business. When roused by the police he was in bed reading " Tom Brown at Oxford," and came down to the officers in his night shirt. He must have swallowed the aconito immediately he found that he was pursued,for the bottle, containie g perhaps a couple of drops of the poison, was afterwards found in a cupboard in his bedroom. The story he told to the police about Mrs. Hunt having an uncle at Southampton named Campbell, who had given her £5O, is a pure fabrication from beginning to end, the unfortunate woman's friends being all poor hardworking people, living in London. Hunt's body lies at his house, awaiting the coroner's inquest, which will be opened to•reorrow. A post mortem examination will be made to-day by Dr. Puck's'. The guilty man's countenance is most forbidding. A receding forehead, singularly massive frontal bones, and a firm-set mouth inspire one with no very favourable opinion of their possessor. The cabman, Gould, who took the Huuts to the Shoreditch station from Camberwell, went to St. Mary's Hospital yesterday evening to identify the bodies lying there. A great deal has been said about the moustache which was worn by the man in the cab, and sworn to by the cabman, but there seems to be every probability that Hunt wore a false one in order to disguise himself. Hunt must have had some other means of procuring money besides that afforded by his business, for not only did he leave IS months' salary in the hands of his employers, but £4O in notes was found on his person after his death. At one time he kept a bookseller's and stationer's shop at the corner of Warner-street, Camberwell New-read, but did not succeed in.business. It is also said that he was formerly in business as a chemist and druggist on his own account.