The Sun. — 1866-05-04 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN CANNON STREET.  FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED.— MANSION-HOUSE THIS DAY. The accused William Smith, who stands charged on suspicion with being the murderer of Mrs. Sarah Millsom, was placed at the bar for further examination. Mrs Bailey repeated the evidence she gave at the coroner's inquest on Wednesday, but in crossexamination she admitted that she had been convicted of begging, and that she could not say where she passed the day previous to seeing the prisoner on the night of the 11th of April. Her evidence was altogether much shaken. An additional witness named Smallman said,—l saw the prisoner on the 4th of April, in the evening, at Bevington's. I was on the same side of the way. I heard the prisoner call the person he was talking to, " a wretch." He appeared to be talking to a kind of female. Mr. Scarth objected to such an answer. The Lord Mayor—Did you see the person inside ? Witness—Yes. It was a female. I saw her pass a piece of money to the prisoner. It was silver, but I can't say whether it was sixpencce or a shilling. I heard him say,," Is this all, you wretch." Prisoner turned round and said to me, " What do you want here." I replied, " This is my business." The prisoner had a short stick in his hand. It had a knob at one end and a dagger at the other. It was like what the " swells" used to carry in the anti-garotte days. The stick was similar to that which can be seen in many shop windows in the City. I saw the dagger at the end of the stick, and I heard the prisoner say, " In a short time I'll do for you, you wretch." I picked the prisoner out from 70 or 80 others yesterday in Newgate. Cross-examined—l live in Barnsbury, and am a costermonger. The reason of my being at Londonbridge on the night of the 4th was that I went to see the boat come with shrimps. I sell them. The ship I saw come in was the Nora ; she brings shrimps and salmon from Holland. I went to see whether the ship came in in order that I might know what to do in the morning. I always buymy shrimps of Mr. Jenning, in Billingsgate. I know it was between nine and a quarter past nine in the evening when I saw the prisoner, as I looked at the clock in Cannon-street. I was standing near Bevington's when I did so. The prisoner, when he had finished talking to the person, ran off towards Ludgate-hill. The Lord Mayor—Where did he put the stick you spoke of ? Witness—He pulled open the left side of his coat and put it underneath it. John Whitehouse—l am a surveyor, and live at Eton. I met the prisoner in the Slough-road between ten minutes and a quarter to seven on the evening of the 11th of April. He wore a hat, and had to the best of my recollection a stick in his hand. The place where I met him was between the Fifteen-arch bridge and Eton College, and a mile and a half from the railway station. Cross-examined—Prisoner was not walking at the rate of six miles an hour. I know the Jolly Millers beer-shop in Eton. It is over two miles from the station. lam sure about the night, as I recollect there were some private theatricals at the college the ,same evening. I have often met the prisoner before on the Slough-road. Mr. Wontner—That, my lord, is all the evidence I have to offer to-day. I have to ask for another remand. Mr. Scarth—l really think we should know when the case is likely to be completed. It is a great hardship to the accused to be so frequently remanded. I hope the evidence will be considered to be completed on the next examination. The Lord Mayor again remanded the prisoner till this day week.