The Sun. — 1828-01-25 (London, England)

MURDER IN MONTAGUE-PLACE.  BOW-STREET. EXAMINATION OF JONES CONTINUED FROM OUR PAPER  OE YESTERDAY.  Mr. Stafford.—Try and recollect what occurred on the Thursday. Witness.—(Me.ry Parker.)—Jones was at home all day; but he went out about seven o'clock, about an hour before I went out. lie did not say where he was going. I went out, a little after eight o'clock, to Fleet-street. He met me a little after twelve that night near Shoe-lane, in Fleet-street. We did not go to the same house in Poppin's-court, but went straight home. Nothing particular passed on Friday. We stayed at home all day on Friday until the evening, when we went out together, and parted in Fleet-street. Nothing passed between Jones and me about money. I had received no money that week, except half-a-crown that a gentleman gave me to buy a pair of gloves. On the following day (Saturday) nothing particular happened. Mr. Ham.s.—Do you recollect the occasion of your leaving your lodgings the following day ? Witness.—Yes : Mrs. Williams came to us on Sunday about twelve o'clock. She said to Mr. Jones, " William, I have got some bad news to tell you ;" and she said, " there have been some Bowstreet officers after you in Wootton-street. They called at Mrs. Mills's to know where I had gone to live, and they asked her (Mrs. Mills) if I had got a young man and a young woman in my house." I said " What for?" Mrs. Williams answered, that they said that they could break into any house for murder. I said, "he has murdered no one; it is his friends who are after him." When I said, "he has murdered no one," I meant Jones. I then said, " Jones, for God's sake go home this evening, and do not let them send after you any more." Jones said he. would, and then said, " Mrs. Williams, nobody knows where we live but you." Mr. Jones desired me to ask Mrs. Stapleton to let her little girl go oat and see if there was any one waiting about. I agreed to meet Mr. Jones down by the Surrey Theatre, and after a little while he came to me. We went and slept at Lombard-court, Fleetstreet  Mi. Stafford—You told us that you washed some things belonging to the prisoner, did you notice any particular stain upon any of them ? Witness—l recollect a stain of pickled cabbage on one of the sleeves of his shirt ; a piece of pickled cabbage fell upon it one day at breakfast, as he was sitting at the table without his coat. This happened two or three days before. I saw no other mark upon the things I washed for him. Mr. Stafford—Had Jones ever told you any reason why he wished to keep out of the way ? Witness—He said he was afraid to be seen, because he had left his place when his master was out of the way. He said his master had something to do with the law.  Prisoner's Solicitor—Was it not the prisoner's habit to stay at home all day, and go out at night ? Witness—lt was. Mr. lIALLs—You stated that Jones did not tell you where he had been when he joined yt,u in Fleetstreet on the first of the new year at half-past twelve in the morning? Witness—He did not tell me at the time, but he told me some nights after, that he had been to the Adelphi to see a piece called Nelson on Monday night ; and I said, " How sly you were not to tell me."  Mr.