The Sun. — 1863-04-10 (London, England)

ATROCIOUS MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.  ' Some time yesterday, probably midday, a murder of the most atrocious character was perpetrated in George- street, St. Giles, one of the worst neighbourhoods in the metropolis. It became familiar to the public about 18 months ago, in consequence of an attempt by a cabman to get a 3 oung woman, who had been drugged, and who had been his fare, into one of the brothels there, whom he afterwards robbed of her clothes and all the little articles of property she had about her. In consequence of the resistance offered by the person who was in charge of the house the cabman was prevented from carrying out the worst part of his design, and the disturbance occasioned the capture of the fellow, who was afterwards punished for his brutal conduct. The circumstances connected with the murder which took place in the same wretched locality are not at the time we write this morning very fully developed, but it seems that at about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a man and a young woman, whose name was Emma Jackson, whose friends are reported to reside in the neighbourhood of Berwick-street, Soho, went to No. 4, George-street, the door of which was opened by a servant whom their knocking had aroused from her sleep. The girl, half asleep, did not take particular notice of the two people, and on the man asking for a bedroom, they were shown up to the back room on the first floor. As there was perfect quietness in the room during the day no suspicion of any kind was aroused, but at about half-past 5 last evening the servant girl went up stairs, and finding the door unfastened went in. On the bed she found lying the woman she had let in the same morning, he throat frightfully cut, the bed all over saturated with bl ,od, and the walls spattered with gore in all directions. She immediately ran down and gave an alarm to the police, and a medical man was instantly sent for. On examination he found, in addition to the frightful wound in the throat, which had nearly severed the head from the body, a wound in the front of the throat which bad severed the windpipe, and was sufficient to cause death, another on the side of the neck which had severed the carotid artery, and on the back of the neck two other large stabs running obliquely towards each other. All these had been inflicted with great force, and it is very certain the girl had struggled desperately for her life. No noise, however, was heard, a circumstance which is all the more singular on account of their being little coach traffic in the street. Moreover, the landlord, whose practice it is to sit up all night, was sleeping all day in the back parlour immediately under the room in which the murder took place.  The man escaped, but by what means, or when, nobody knows, but when the body of the murdered woman was discovered life had become extinct, in, the opinion of the surgeon, for six or seven hours at least. No instrument has been found in the room, the man prior to his departure collecting everything belonging to him so as to destroy all trace of him. The woman appears to be about 28 or 30 years of age, and had on when she eame .to George-street a dark bonnet and mantle and a sort of green striped dress, Of the man, as before stated, nothing whatever is known, although the police authorities say they have a clue which they hope may turn out successful. The body of the girl has been identified, and information has been forwarded to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, who will hold an inquest on the body of the murdered woman, probably this evening or to-morrow.