The Sun. — 1842-04-18 (London, England)

ROEHAMPTON MURDER. CAPTURE OF GOOD. . .  At a lat. hour on Saturday ni7.lit-, Mr.Humphric‘,, an in-;rector of police on the Dover Railroad, art iced at the Green jell Police station from Tonbridge, and communicated to Mr. daleiieu, the Superintendent of the Ft division, the intern;enee that in the course of the morning he had apprehended r lan answering, in every particular, the description given of ..Daniel Good in the Hue and Cry, and in the Government proclamations, and whom subsequent circumstances had led im to believe was the murderer. It appears, that about nine J'e:ork in the morning of Saturday, Humphries received infornation that.. a man, employed as a bricklayer's Lbonrer on acme new buildings. adjacent, but not belonging to the line, gad caned suspicions at his lodgings by his restless and agi- ated manner, which had been confirmed by a labourer on the -ailway, who had formerly belonged to-the V division-of Meropolitan Police, stating that he had seen the man in the seiglfsourhood -of Putney, and that he believed him to be: Good. Humphries proceeded to the spot and took the man Ado custody whilst at work, and then told him on what charge le apprehended him. 'llw man, in a most, firm manner, denied shat his name was Good, and said it was James Connor. Air. Humphries gave him into the custody of two of the• :onstables of the line, and proceeded to his lodgings, where he fund a bundle containing the clothes described in the pro lanation, together with a silver watch, between three and four pounds in cash, rant a cornelian breast-pin. -Suspicion being • bus strengthened into certainty, no time was lost in conveying the 'prisoner before Hare, Esq , a County Magistrate, at the office of Mr. &hones, the Clerk team Magi, trates at Tonbridge. The prisoner refused to say who or what .he was, merely renarking that they would soon find out their mistake. He was then conveyed to the county gaol at Maidstone, by the railway constables, and Mr. Humphries lost no time in pro• needing-towards London w„ith the intelligence, Upon receiving this intelligence, Mr. Mane' cu immediately started to town, in comployi with Mr. Humphries, and the two proceeded to the °flick of the Police Commissioners in Scottand-yard, where they :.received instructions to take post horses, and reach Maidstorai without delay, taking with them some person who could ktentify the prisoner. Having proteeded to Putney, and oTiteinvd. the -assistance of police constable Whceler, of the 'he party started about midnight in a post-chairt, and reach Maidstone at four yesterday (Sunday) morning. • •Me. BM*, the Governor of the county gaol, accompanied, them to the cell in which the prisoner and two other men Svere Cot-liked. The prisoners were sleeping at the time the paitty:en'tet4, hilt. on I\lr. Bone ordering them to rise, the irtOderen-.4.'ipriing on his feet, and coolly confronted them, when he was Immediately identified by police constable Wheeler as Daniel Good, He did not utter a single word, but behaved in the most collected marnier. He had previously, in answer to questions from the Governor, stated that he was a widower, and bad one child, a boy, about 11 years of age. Knowing the anxiety manifested in the ' metropolis, and anxious to put the Police Commissioners in possession of the important information, Mr. Malls-lieu, without stopping, proceeded tO-Londna, leaving directions with Mr. Humphries to obtain the authority of the Magistrate for the immediate delivery of Good into his custody, with instructions to bring him up to town immediately. Along the whole line of road the news of the caption had spread like wildfire, and tke inhabitants of the various parishes on the Maidstone-road, anxiously watched for the return of the post-chaise, and seemed greatly disappointed on the superintendert returning alone.