Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1871-01-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England)

SHOCKING MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN  IN HULL.  The inhabitants of Hull have been greatly excited by a murder of an unusually atrocious character. The victim is a young woman named Emma Starkie, residing With her widowed mother in Clarendon•street. Deceased, who is said to have borne an irreproachable character, followed the business of a dressmaker, was the principal support of her mother, and was noted for her industry and amiability. Her father had been in the employ of Messrs T. B. Morley & Co. for nearly 29 years, and since his death, which took place about eleven months ago, a weekly allowance has been made to the mother in order to supplement the earnings of her family. In the first instance it was asserted that a young man, whose attentions to deceased were not favoured, had been led to the perpetration of the crime through jealously; but the police do not think there is any ground to suspect him. Decsased was die mvere I on Tuesday irght lying in a dark part of Cangliey-street, near what is known as Spring-lank, with the bead of the hammer, such as is used by is i vr makers, driven into her skull, just above the right ear, to the depth of two inches. She was quite The left part of the head is injured, but it is t'o'e :lit this may have been done by falling after the blow with the hammer had been inflicted.  The particulars v..hieb.were given at the inquest, whit!' took place a• the. letlice station on Wednesday evening, arc a. folio : Mary Throssell, a ai i •w. residing at 15, Canning-street, identi.i,:d f tic 4.N.eased, her niece, Emma Starkie. ! Wil '2O years of age, and lived in Clarendoms.,,, r, ;.11 her mother. On the previous night decease w ..t ritness's house at, perhaps, a quarter to ititie. slewis in great spirits. She left about ten minutes pa-e, ten. Mr Jonathan Brumley, printer residing at 13, Spring-hank, at the corner of 11. W-street, deposed that on Tuesday night he was proceeding up Caughey-street, from Park-street. it was about twenty minutes peat ten when he got to Caugheystreet. When he got to within live or six yards of the end of the first garden in Caughey-street, he saw something on the flags, Close by the wall. He stooped down and saw a face. He called for kelp. Witness met two men dressed like working-men when near the Exhibition building, which is a short distance from Caughey-street. Police-constabe Stephenson said that, on Tuesday night, he had the Park-street beat About twenty minutes past ten a gentleman came to him and said there was a woman bleeding in Caugheystreet. When witness got there some one had a lighted candle. Ho saw the body of a woman, and there was a piece of iron sticking in her head. Ile could net then tell whether it was a hammer or an axe. Witness was told that a person had gone for a surgeon, and a medical gentleman came immediately. Witness went to the police-station for a cart and a shell.  The Coroner (Mr J. J. Thorner) at this part of the proceedings said he did not wish to carry the inquiry further that evening. They would certainly examine the doctor, but he did not want his evidence to be made public yet. He would, therefore, postpone his examination for some future time. It was was no use adjourning for a few days, because if the police had suspicion enough to justify them in arresting any person they would do so in• dependently. of him—it was arranged that the inquiry should be adjourned until Monday, the 30th I Jan.  TOCKTON BOROUGH POLICE Clhat