Widnes Examiner. — 1896-03-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LADY.  FURTHER PARTICULARS OF. THE ARREST.  We understand that. the only clue the Manchester police had to work upon in the Arnold murder case was the description given of a man who was seen in the Ram Hotel at Arnold, and who asked questions about Mr. Powley, who happened to be in the room. This proved to be but, a slender clue, but.fortunately.the Nottingham police found more important information. Photographs of known criminals were shown to those who had seen the supposed murderer and one of them was immediately identified by several people. It was that of a man named Samuel Wilkinson, a native of Firbeck, near Rotherham, who has been enployed as a stoker or gardener, and who is known of at Sheffield, Worksop, CleethorPes and Derby. A descriplon of Wilkinson was sent all over the country, and the police were everywhere most active in looking for him. Late on Wednesday night information was re3eived at Nottingham that a man answering the description of Wilkinson was in custody at Manchester, and Superintendent Harrop, of the Notts county police, and a Nottingham borough detective wont over to Manchester and identified the man in custody as the prisouer they wanted. It appears that Wilkinson was in custody at Strangeways on a charge of breaking and entering into a golf pavilion in Birch-lane, Rusholme, and stealing a number of articles therefrom. In due course he was brought up before the Manchester magistrates and remanded pending inquiries being made about him. Detectiva-Inspector Goodwin, of the Manchester city pAice, upon seeing Wilkinson, who, by the way, had given the name of Thomas Wilkinson, was struck by his resemblance to the suspected Arnold murderer, and he commnnicated his suspicions to Chief-Detective Cutinada. with the result that Nottingham was cornmunic.ated with, and Mrs. Powley. proceeding to Man. cheater, identified Wilkinson, on Thursday afternoon.in Strangeways Gaol. The news of the arrest spread in Nottingham with great rapidity, and there was tremendous excitement at Arnold,which• village has been in an unsettled state ever since the tragedy was perpetrated. IMPORTANT DISrOVERIES TN MANCriFSTER.  REMOVAL 01' WILKINSON FROM STRANGEWAYS: The Horne Secretary has issued a writ under the Habeas Corpus Act tor the removal of WilkinsOn from Strangeways Prison to the County Police Station at Nottingham, where the Capital charge wit be preferred alainst him'. It may be mentioned that the police have nothing to do with the removal of the prisoner, which , will be effected by the gaol authorities. Two very important pieces of evidence have been discovered by the Manchester detectives working in conjunction with Mr. Superintendent Tlarrop, of the Notts police. Detective. Sergeant Bicknell succeeded in tracing a watch and chain which were stolen from the house where Mrs. Kaye was murdered, to the prmtession of.a man nartd Ashton, residing in the neighbourhood of Ilyde-road. Ashton stated that:he bought the jewellery fram Wilkinson, whem he knew well, having 'both lived and worked with him. In addition to this a box containing the clothing which  the prisoner was suppnsed t 1)9 wearing at the time ef' the enmmission nf the tragedy, has been found at the  Left Luggage Office at the Central Station, Manchester. It is stated that between the dates of the murder and Wilkinson's; errest on the charge of breaking int) the Anson Golf Club Pavilion at Rusholme he was a frequent visitor to a licensed house in theivighbourhood of Hyderoad.  Her Majesty's ship Doris, the second of the two twin screw second,class cruisers now being built by the Nal Construction and Armaments Company, was laun('•hed at Barrow yesterday. Her total complement of officers and men will be 450.  HOOD'S PILLS are easy to take and esay to operate. Bold by all chemists or by post as above. Is. lid.