The Sun. — 1868-05-04 (London, England)

RDER AT DOVER.  DOVER, Saturday Morning. This morning the prisoner was brought up for examination before the magistrates charged with the murder of Mr. Edward Alfred Walsh. From the evidence it appeared that Wells has been employed at the Priory station for about 18 months, but his conduct had not given satisfaction, and Mr. Walsh found it necessary on several occasions to reprimand him. His particular misconduct—which led to such a murderous act of revenge—was practising with a firearm on the station premises. Ho denied thathe had done so in a very barefaced manner, and was cautioned by the deceased as to the public con sequences of his persisting in a foolish denial, which only aggravated the original offence. This was on Tursday, and on Friday he was again called into the office, but as he exhibited no signs of a desire to admit his misconduct and express regret, Mr. Walsh threatened to report him. On Thursday Wells had been heard to threaten to "do for the —" (meaning the station master), and after the interview on Friday he appears to have gone and fetched his gun from the place where he bad been practising, and then returned to the station master's office. He 16oked in at the window, saw that Mr. Walsh was in the office, then went to the half-opened door, raised the gun to his shoulder, and fired at Mr. Walsh. That unfortunate gentleman, at this moment, was standing with his back to the fireplace, dictating to Mr. H. Cox, the company's customs and goods agent, who sat at the office table, a letter to Mr. Martin, the superintendent of the Eastern Division of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway line, reporting the misconduct of the porter in question. The office is a very small room, and at the time it was fired the muzzle of the gun could not .have been more than a couple of yards from the person at whom it was directed. Its aim was only too sure. The bullet, of what is called the Minis shape, struck Mr. Walsh in the face, a little to the left of the bridge of the nose, and passed through the head striking tbo wall beyond, taking with portion of the skull of the deceased, and then rebounding ou to the Death was glht through the b table at which Mr. Coxwaswr it a itinrgi instantaneousraina ndte, a theg abla uvll)e,ta portion of the face. Theprisoner was found iu an empty second-class coach in the carriage-shed, outside the station. He had the gun between his knees when he was discovered and, on the door being opened, he quietly handed out the weapon. The examination was adjourned.  The aggregate number of ipatients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire-square, City, during the ..veek ending May 2, was —Medical, 914; surgical, 717—total, 1,631, of which 741 were new cases. PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The hired ship Davenport, Captain Kennedy, ailed this morning, with a large number of Emigrants, for Sydney. They have been detained here some time while the Davenport Was repairing. Tno screw steamship Somertetshire, Captain Atwood, belonging to mossrs Money, Wigram, and Co., sailed in the evening, with first-class steerage passengers, for Melbourne. The bark Minerva, Captain Inkster, from Shields for Palermo, was off the Eddystone yesterday. grid easterly.