The Sun. — 1856-02-25 (London, England)

MURDER ON TOWER-HILL.  s. Easte Do  IPoto & Co.  Yesterday (Sunday) morning, shortly after two o'clock, 1, young man named George Brown, aged 26 years, was topped at the corner of the Minories, Tower-hill, by r,wo men and a woman, who knocked him down with a life-preserver, aid after ransacking his pockets escaped. It appears, from what can be gleaned, that the de. .:eased resided in White's-buildings, Glasshouse-yard, Rosemary-lane, \Vhitechapel. Ile had been with some Friends on the Surrey side of the water, where he renained until a late hour, :and while on the way some, somewhat the worse for liquor, the two fellows rushed upon him while he was talking to the female. Ere was rendered insensible from the severity of the blow on the head, and fell on the pavement facing the Crooked Billet public-house, Sparrow-corner, where he was dislovered by police-constable 588, of the H division, bleeding copiously from a severe lacerated scalp wound, five inches is length, on the right side of the head. The de' ceasee.'s pockets were turned inside out, and his cash (forming a portion of his wages) stolen by his assailants, Ile officer immediately had the wounded man placed on a stretcher and carried to the Leman-street police-station, Goodman's-fields, where Inspector Marsh, who was duty, sent directly for Dr. Cornley, the divisional medical officer, who found the deceased suffering from concussion of the train, and an extensive laceration of the scalp, which was the result of severe external 'violence. The necessary aid having been afforded that the emergency of the case required, the peor fellow was removed to the London Hospital, but the deceased was rapidly sinking. Every possible assistance was rendered by the house-surgeons, Messrs. Adams and Ross, but the unfortunate man expired at four o'clock.  tiorfolk Do  L.& N. W & Midi& Stek ton & auntie,.  Mr. Anthony Norris, of 2,Belford-rew, solicitor, who was examined on a previous occasion was recalled, and stated that he left Mr. Sadleir a little after 11 o'clock on Saturday night. He remained with him about half an hour, during which time he received a telegraph message from Dublin relating to the affair of the bank. It did not appear to make any deep impree•' lion on his mind. He read it, and threw it over to wit• ness to read. The letter now produced is in the deceased's handwriting.  I En. Conn E. Count, Do Do  L.&N.W Do  Gt NorthE Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MClea I Stock t. Darlingt Do  The coroner said the letter mentioned the names of certain persons injured by the deceased's acts, and he thought it would be a still greater injustice to these ur • fortunate persons if their names were made public. He therefore took the responsibility on himself of withholding them. The letter was then read. It was dated Saturday night, and was to this effect :—" I cannot live. I have ruined too many. I could not live and see their agony. I have committed diabolical crimes unknown to any human being. They will now appear and bring my family and others to distress; shame and grief that they should have ever known me. I blame no one, but attribute all to my own infamou:. villany, and hundreds of others  ruined by me. I can go through any torture or punishmeat for my crimes ; no torture could be too much for such crimes, but I cannot live to see the tortures I inflict upon others.  " J.