Widnes Examiner. — 1890-11-22 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER.  MRS. PEARCY SENT FOR TRIAL. At the Marylebone Police Court, London, on Tuesday, Eleanor Wheeler, otherwise Mrs. Pearcy, was brought up before Mr. Cook on remand charged with the murder of Mrs. Phcebe Hogg and her infant daughter, on the 24th of October last*, at Kentish Town. The prisoner was very self-possessed, and her health had evidently not suffered through her imprisonment. Mr. C. F. Gill, instructed by Mr. Williamson, of the Treasury, prosecuted ; Mr. Grain appeared for Mr. Hogg, and Mr. Preke Palmer for the prisoner. Detective Edward Parsons was called, and gave testimony as to the examination of bloodstains in the I kitchen. He was for a time in the front room with the prisoner at 2, Priory-road. She said: "I have not told a lie. I have not been asked a question. Mrs. Hogg did come here at six o'clock, and asked me to lend her 2s. and mind the child. I told her I could not lend her the money as I had none, and I could not mind the child as I I was going out. I told Clara Hogg about it, and she advised me to say nothing about it. as it would be such a disgrace if people thought her husband kept her short of money." Afterwards the prisoner said, "I do not enjoy very good health. On the Thursday night when I came kome my nose bled violently." Dr. Bond, of Westminster Hospital, said that on the day following the post-mortem examination he was shown a poker at 2, Priory-st. He formed an opinion that it was a likely weapon to have caused the wounds which he found on the head. There was one fracture of the skull which corresponded pretty accurately with the bow or handle of the poker. He examined the wound on the throat very closely, and the cuts must have been made with a sharpe instrument. He examined the kitchen at 2. Piory-st. He noticed that two of the lower panes of glass in the window were broken, and that the glass had fallen out into the yard. There were splashes of blood on every pane of the window, .but more on the broken ones. The spots were not like those resulting from the spurting of blood from an artery, as they would then be oval. They appeared to have been caused by blows from a heavy instrument. Some of the hairs found in the prisoner's kitchen corresponded with those of the deceased woman. On the 28th October he saw the prisoner at Camden Town Police Station and examined her hands. The right hand had scratches on the second and third lingers about half an inch long, and on the third finger an abrasion of the skin. On the left hand there were three abrasions on the back of the thumb and on the little finger. On the right hand there was a scratch and an abrasion. These wounds were all comparatively recent, and might hays been inflicted within a day or two. They were not such cuts as he would expect a knife to make—possibly some might have been done by finger nails. He did not notice any swelling of the prisoner's hands or scratches on her wrist. He did not further examine the prisoner. He had examined the bassinette which had been found. It was stained a great deal on the inside with blood. There were rents in the lining, and there were hairs in it which corresponded with those of the prisoner. The Magistrate: In colour? Mr. Bond: Yes, and under microscopic examination. The prisoner said she would reserve her defence, and was committed for trial on both charges.  THE POPULAR BEVERAGE for Breakfast, Luncheon, Tea, and Supper in all seasons is