Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1880-11-06 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ATROCIOUS DOUBLE MURDER NEAR  CHISLEHURST.  A most brutal double murder was committed near Chislehurst early on the morning of the 31st ult. It appears that Joseph Waller, aged 24, a labourer, after being turn. d out of the Five Bells publichouse on Saturday night, where he had created a disturhance. was found in a pigstye on enclosed promisee belonging to e farmer at St. Mary Cray, and the owner gave information of the fact to the police, who in consequence proceeded to the cottage of Waller for the purpose of apprehending him on the charge of being on the premime for a supposed unlawful purpose. On Waller'e arrival there he wee met by Polieemonsta,le Palmer, who mid that he was going to Cray, whereupon Waller replied," I are going there, too," and the pair together went to the police-stmion. Inspector Higgins and Police-constable Mackay were on duty there when, at five a.m., Waller woe brcught in. It memo 'that at about four o'clock Polieemonstable Mackay had heard abets in the direction of a gamekeeper's lodge, and, going thither to ascertain the ream., sae Waller standing outaide the house of Edward Ellis, head gamekeeper to Mr. R. R. Berens, J.P. He said, in answer to a , question, that he was waiting for "Old Ned Elite." At the police-station, the charge of being on enclosed premises having bein stated to him, Waller said to Police-constable Mackay, "You have a good charge;" and then to Inspector Iliirgins, "If you have eight men and two stretchers, you go to old Ned Elliot, and there you will find two dead bodies." The inspector asked, " Who are they?" Waller replied. "Ned Ellis and his wife. You go in at the big gate, down Ned's ride; there you will find Mrs. Ellis with her husband's truncheon under her." Inspector Higgine at once proceeded to Elliot ! lodge. ma on searching the adjoining woods die. covered the dead body of Mrs. Ellis a quarter of mile from the house, and that of her husband half a mile army. The heads of both were frightfully battered, and it is supposed that Waller had fleet fired a shot from a guu ard enticed Ellie away from the house under pretence that there were poachers in the wood, and then murdered him by a shot from a revolver found on him at the dation, completing the deed with the gamekeeper's own truncheon. It is surmised-that Mce. Ellis, anxious at her husband's ' bug absence, went out in search of him, met the prisoner returning, and shared at his hands a similar fate. Ellis was 74 years of age, and had been 50 years in Mr. Berende employ, his wife was 60, and had been cook 20 years in the some service. The motive of the murders was, without doubt, plunder, as Ellis was reported to be wealthy and to have money hoarded in his lodge. Medical assistance was promptly obtained, but Dn. Matthews and Bull pronounced life extinct. Mrs. Elliv's fingers were broken, and her husband's frightfully smashed, for Ellis, though old, was an active and detarminod man. Both had horrible gashes upon their foreheads, and each had evidently struggled desperately with the murderer. Waller was d scharp,ed two years ago from the police force for drunkenness and violence, and bears a very bad character in the place. The scene of the murder WM visited by a cromd of people. Waller had been employed throughout the whole of last winter by Edward Ellie. Impactor Wilaon has charge of the case.