Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-06-10 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE WORMWOOD SCRUBBS  MURDER.  ARREST OF A POLICEMAN.  Henry Kimberley while crossing Wormwood Sorubbs,near the Rifle But*e,on Wednesday, found the dead body of a woman with the head literally smashed in. He summoned the police, mud Dr. Jackson, divisional surgeoa, who was alBo expressed the opinion thee death lied taken place some hours before. There wan a large wound on the forehead, the right eyes was injured, the jaw I btokeo, and there was • deep wound uuder the I chin, beside minor injurisa The. police have an sloe to the murderer or to the victam's identity. . Deceased was aged about thirty, and wee respeotribly dressed in black sateen with a abort ! cape. She carried a black twill silk umbrella and gloves. Four men wine arrested on euspieion ' and aulerequently dischatned. A policeman woe apprehended on Thursday charged with murdering the woman whose body was found on Wednesay at Woomwood Sorubba. he officer in question was formerly stationed at Bow- , street, but it is alleged that he was removed from I that station to Wormwood Scrubles because of his connection with the deceased, the eircumetencee of the case having 1113<al -previously investigated by Ides commisieinners of police. The tisoitaned seems to have followed him to bin own, district, and it is alleged that he woe told her in the presence of ethers that if she interfered with him he would knock her heal off. It is said that the amused, finding the deceased was following him. attacked her with his truncheon, and lifterwardSbuzied the weapon th the ground. It appears that the dispenser as Wormwood Sorubbs Prison gave information to the local police inspector to the effect that while lie was crossing the Scrubbs late en Tuesday night or early on Wednesday morning he saw a policeman, whom he had previously seen on the beat, snuffling with a woman. He was shown the body of the deceased at the mortuaty,and be identified her as the same woman he had amen at the &tellies. The police-inapectrir at once Iwcisted the constable to be paraded, and asked him to amount tor hie time on the night in question. He is alleged to have given unsatisJemmy answers, and was then called upon to produce his truncheon. He is stated to have offered some °tease for not doing to, whereupon it was ordered that hie residence should be eearched, and if necessary hie garden dug up. The truncheon could not be found in the house, and the garden I was dug up. Here the truncheon NI, found embedded in the earth in such a manner as to inliaate that it had been preened into the ground lengthwise by some person's foot. On the weapon being drawn up it was found to be smeared with what is believed to be blood. The constable wee thereupon placed under attest on suspicion of having &hied the IVlllnan's death. The victim has been identilied.,icis stated, es the wife Or an engineer residing at Shepherd's Bash, • feehionabie suburban district, not far frum the Serubba Shortly infer tax on Thursday evening George Samuel Cooke, police-mmetable of the X Division, aged 27, ;vat; furtuelly charged by DetectiveInspector Morgan with the wilful murder id • women mimed Smith, alias Cooke, alio Crowther. The ptisouer, who preserved a stolid demeanour, protested his innocence of the crime. It bite bees asenriained that a few weeks ago the murdered woman was clierged at Bowstreet nith being • dieorderly proesitute, bet was disenerned with a exotiou. Cooke was then seemed of °Aeration with her and sharing the preceeds of her immoral life. Sweden Leing trans. ferried to the X Division, which in a punishment in itself, Cooke's leave wee stopped for a month. The deeetuted is said to have been very meth attached to Cooke, who is • young man of very fine physique, but the bad held hint up to the authorities as the man who was responsible fur her ruin.