The Express. — 1863-11-11 (London, England)

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.)  From inquiries instituted this morning, it appears that the murderer, Hunt, and his unfortunate family were well known in the district in which they resided. Until within the last three years, when they removed into the house, Anne Cottage, Wellington-road, Hunt carried on bushier as a book and music seller in a shop at the corner of Warner-road, Camberwell New road. His manner was then considered peculiar end reserved, and it was to his somewhat repelling manner that the failure of the business was at the time attributed. The shop was an agency office for governess'. It may be mentioned theist that time be certainly worse black moustache. He was considered to be a well-conducted and religiouslydisposed man, but his wife bore a different character. Upon the failure of the bookselli•g business, he became • sort of traveller to a chemist, and it is stated, on what appears to be good authority, that he had been formerly keeper of a chemist's shop. In his house in Wellingtonroad one of the rooms was turned into a sort of l►boratory where poisons of different kinds were kept. The family were generally remarked by their neighbours in Wellington. road as being moat mysterious and peculiar. Mrs. Hunt was notoriously given to habits of intoxication, and it was even saidto worn Mr. Haat conducted Wmself respectably, 11 and his singularly reserved manner and apparent unhappinese was attributed to the conduct of his wife. The • iodowblinds were kept down for days together, and the door was rarely opened except on the chain. Quarrels between Hunt '1 and his wife were of frcquent occurrence. About 12 months ago Mrs. Hunt remarked to • neighbour, " You would not know my husband now ; he has shaved off his moustache." Tbere is bat little doubt that the fact of the moustache making • marked differeoce is his appearance sounded to him the idea of putting on a false moustache before going on his murderous tide last Saturday evening. On Monday night about eight o'clock, two hours before his capture, Hunt went into the Tiger Tavern, at Comberwell-park, where be and his unhappy wife had frequently been before. He appeared perfectly ealfliosaeseed and undisturbed, but reserved, as usual. He called for and drank • bottle of soda water. He was always very abstemious, and."eearly • teetotaller," forming in that respect a marked entreat to his wife. While Hunt was standing ►t the bar drinking his soda water, • gentleman with • black moustache, end answering in every respect the police description of the murderer entered the house and jocularly remarked that "he wee suspected of the cab murders and he supposed that it would be a cliokiag business with him." Whether Hunt heard the remark does not appear certain, bat he soon after left the house.  In less than half-an-hour a policeman ran in out of breath and quite pole, and said to Mr. Hubble, the landlord of the Tiger, Mr. Hunt was dying, poisoned, at the police station, and that he wanted hot water for an antidote. Mr. Hubble, thunderstruck at the news, took the necessary remedies across to the station, where his late customer was expiring in dreadful agonies. He had evidently walked straight from the public-house to his house, and wee about to go to bed when the police knocked at the door. It is supposed by the police that he discovered who was at the door, and on his way doesstairs he turned into the room where the poisons were kept, and swallowed the aconite. One of his first remarks to the inepectors was, " I feel I shall die. This is a queer sensation." Bemired that Dr. Puckle should be sent for, it is 'apposed merely because th►t gentleman lived a few hundred yards farther off than other doctors, and he hoped thus to gals time for the poems to act on the system. When the antidotes were first administered, he resisted as well se he could, and much time was lost in co sequence. When unconsciousness was coming on be was vigorously pinched, and as that proems apparently revived him, up to the last moment it was thought that his life would be saved. Two policemen patrol the front of the house, which is locked up, and so perm is allowed to enter it. The house is situated within a few hundred yards of the spots where the mounters Greenacre and Good murdered and then mutilated the women with whom they cohabited.