Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-08-08 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER OF A MOTHER, TWO BROTHERS, AND A YOUNG WOMAN. On Tueeday morning at an early hour the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Manor-place, Walwortk-road, owing to a report, which unhappily proved too correct, of a series of murders having been perpetrated at the house No. 16, Manor-place, in which the lives of a mother, a young woman, and two little brothers had been sacrificed. The name of the family which has thus been deprived of three of its members is Youngman. The victims are Elizabeth Youngman (the mother), aged 46; Thomas Youngman, aged 11; and Charles Rayson Youngman, aged 6. The name of the unfortunate young woman the fourth victim, is Mary Wells Streeter, aged 27, o: Hnnter's-hill, Wadhnrst, Sussex. She, it appears, w% engaged to be married to William Godfrey Youngman the eldest son, 25 years of age (believed to be the mur-' derer), and was temporarily staying at the house of her intended husband, awaiting the arrival of the day for the celebration of the happy event. From the facts which have transpired it appears that a constable on duty, about six o'clock in the morning just prior to his leaving his beat, was called to No. 16' Manor-place, by a lodger in the house. Mr. Beard, who' informed the officer that a child had been murdered. The constable at once sent to the chief station for a superior officer, and Inspector Dann accompanied by Policeconstable Varney, proceeded to the house. On the officers going upstairs to the landing of the second floor, a sight at once awful, sickening, and harrowing presented itself. The whole of the floor of the landing was saturated with blood, which had slightly coagulated, and lying in the midst of it were three human bodies fearfully mutilated. The first was found to be that of a child (a boy) about 6 years of age, lying on his back with his head towards the stairs. The next body was that of a young female in her night-dress; lying on her right side, and partially resting upon her was the body of an elderly female. Mr. Inspector Dann was then informed that a young man, the son of the elderly female, was on that storey, and, stepping over the bodies, he saw a man, about 25 years of age, standing perfectly calm and apparently quite indifferent to the horrible scene around him. Inspector Dann told him that he must take him into custody, when the young man made the following remarks :—" I was in bed with my brother, when mother came up to the bedside with a knife, and killed my brother who was sleeping with me, then she made a stab at me, and I wrested the knife from her and killed her in self-defence." The yound man was then taken into custody, and Inspector ' Dann proceeded into the back room on the same landing, and discovered a fourth body, that of a boy about 11 years of age, lying in bed weltering in blood. The prisoner was then removed to the chief police-station. As soon as Mr. Dann saw the bodies, he dispatched messengers for two medical gentlemen, when Mr. Boddy and Mr. Crisp, of the Walworth.road, were in prompt attendance, and, on examination, they found each person dead. They had each received a stab in the breast, and the vertebrae of the neck of the youngest boy were entirely cut through. The neck of one of the other deceased was also frightfully cut,insomuch that the head was nearly severed from the body. On a further search of the rooms a large Spanish dagger clasp-knife, with a patent back-spring, was found completely encrusted with blood. About an eighth of an inch of the point of the dagger was broken off, as also a portion of the guard. Mr. Youngman, the husband and father of the deceased, in order to accommodate the murdered yonng woman, had given up his part of the bed, and slept upon his son's shopboard, the latter being a tailor. He left home at 20 minutes past 6 in the morning to attend to his daily occupation. The murders, therefore, must have been committed almost immediately after the departure of the father.  lirrutx OP PAPAL Racal:yrs TO