Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-11-26 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WAS." Tuere Lad been no quarrel between father and son on the previous evening, and tin motive is assigned for the perpetration of the crime. The jury returue i a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoner, who was cornmated for trial by the Coroner on the two charges of murdering his father and the boy Onions. The prisoner appeared uncoecorned, and when his mether exhhited emotion wh le greime her EtvideLce, he said, "Don't act soft." Toe prisoner Westley has not only made a full conU sibon of the murders of his father and the boy Onions, but has de t.iled the whole of his proeeediuge on the day of the murder and on the morning following. Although somewhat morose, he talks freely, and seems rather to glory in his crime. He says that he contemplated the murder of Ms father for a long time before he mustered courage and found a suitable opportunity to carry out his design. His only reason for murdering hi s pare..t seems to have Leen that his father had from time to time remonFtrated with Lim with regard to his eccentric and objectionable proceedings. He expresses no regret at the terrible results of his unbridled passion, but seems to recognise that the murder of the poor boy °Mous Was utterly unprovoked. He says that he bore Onions no ill-will, but merely practised upon him to strengthen his nerve, and, as it were, get his band in. He says he first stunned Onions with a bar of iron, but that he male a terrible noise, and, being afraid that the neighbours would hear, he Iluished hie horrible handiwork by chopping him about the head with the knife. He expresses surprise that the neighbours did not hear the struggle in the office. He then went out, purchased the revolver, and returned to the office. He unlocked the door and entered. He went to the room where he had murdered the ho', struck a match, and made sure th,t Lis victim was quite dead. On leaving tie room he locked the door, but noticing that the handle was stained with blood, he opened it, entered again and struck another match, andlooked up an old duster, with which he Cato:gaily wiped the knob. He then locked up the office °axefully, and left the premises. He sieved out rather late, practising aiming with the newlypurchased revolver. Ho says that when his father first came out of the bedroom he fired at him point-blank; that the old man turned and ran upstairs; that he thought he had missed, fired again at his parent's back.. At that time he was without his boots awl overcoat, but be picked them up and ran off with them both in his hands. He was determined to shoot the first person he met, but he never halted or net anyone until he got into Talbot-street. There, seeing no one, and hearing or seeing nothing to lead him to believe there was anyone in pursuit, he sat down on a doorstep, put on his boots and coat, and re-loaded the chambers of the revolver which lie had discharged at his father at home. He then, overcome with fatigue and excitement, made for the out-house on Lenten Sands, intending to rest there a while, and then make off across country. He got an old sack, and wrapped his lower extremities in it fir warmth. He fell feat asleep, and when he awoke it was broad daylight, and about eight o'clock. He dared not venture out then, but stayed in waiting for the darkness until he wag caught.  According to the Registrar-General's returns, no fewer than 470 cases of scarlet fever have been recorded in Hull since July.