The Northern News. — 1896-04-11 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

DOUBLE MURDER.  y:nvteCT:faielrile°l3ireillla:lbar,oEh°fus:i DESPERATE LEAP FROM A It00a1:'.014 Whitechapel was on Ssauethrvuircadhnatyonitualisineeeidscaekn.eereof selectaesl atrocious inoaums eddouLlaelveim, aunrddera, The tragedy took place in a house at Annie sensation in the district. The victims the enoermoua aNin-naaarkeli jne.ng-,:it.wyeharisnl.ed tTLeheeirnvdiecrlcl-.satas.s, istia,av-he:le,,tohyin.nfia-vlaeis Gale. a firm of umbrella case manufacturers enjej sth' PisZ;al lofn,,hethereimsei‘oorne,t, irfiooherr, and had retired from the business of u thirty-five years of age. The time and attacked tr th 4 murderer was when most of the inhabitants b:'; the to hdiasytericktnocweirrede aattththeeJfeivooilrsh, pretence of begging alms, the man is unn Under the bytohehrerasl;aesdsrinoo.m whofl wfleedd screams were apparently unheard. It would pear that the assassin seized the woman at her l side and fearfully gashed her throat with knife a The old man, hastening into the house from the ' rear premises, would seem to have be en immeetately seized and murdered with A Terrific Sweep of the Knife. which almost severed his head from the body. The n head of the woman is stated ta have he also severely battered in. The discovery of the m r ir appears to have been due to a neighbour, who had occasion to send her sephew to the house, was unable to get an answer, and. itifn :)r0,.1 He police. Officers were speedily on tie see, entrance forced into the building, WI, of three floors. In the lavatory in I the body of Levi was found on the floss was doubled up under him, and to all appearm Reis he had first been stranghd. On the front parlour was discovered an ()Tierces seemed to have been hastily thrown off, leather knife sheath. In the front room all th drawers of the sideboard had been forced, and t E contents scattered about the place. The e ments .were smashed, and the lids had ll;:ean. forced off two boxes. In the back parlour there were similar signs of confusion. The front the second floor was in a similar state, the ground beside the bed was Gal top of the skull was smashed in, and ti. both hands were injured in a manner wi. catee that the unfortunate woman had end, to protect herself. Life was extinct. Th, contained many signs of a desperate strum, the ceiling the police noticed a large hole, feet in diameter, the plaster and laths havim freshly disturbed. A constable. arming 11, with a poker, mounted on to the back of an man, and forced his body through the ceiling slates, on to the roof of the house, • V-shaped. The aperture had, no doubt, Ist by the thief in order to effect his escape. 1. stable had scarcely got his shoulders throu, hole when he observed a man of buiky prop( Leap Over the Coping into the street, thirty feet below. Amidst shrieks of a crowd of people, who had by this t surrounded the house, the thief fell to the re Leah Hyams, the daughter of a greengroc ~ unable to get out of the way in time, at was struck by the falling man, but fortunately nc seriously hurt. He was picked up by the police, placed on an ambulance, and removed to the Low don Hospital in an unconscious condition. On being examined he was found to have sustained a fracture of the shoulder and other injuries. It isremarkable that he was not killed. Meanwhile Dr. Ambrose had been summoned to the house and ordered the removal of the bodies of Levi and Gale to the mortuary. Levi was reputed to be a. miser, and no less than three attempts at burglary have recently been made at the house. Mr. Levi''s safe, which contained money and jewellery. had not been touched. It is stated that the injured n an's hands were covered with blood. His cap was found between the rafters. In the back parlour the blood-stained knife was found, and in the front parlour a broken hammer -covered. There were stains upon it. that it had been used by the assassin. A, pital the man's name is given as George Craw and it is stated that a quantity of jeweilsmoney was found in his clothing. His described as not being serious, and his expected.