The Warwickshire Herald. — 1888-05-31 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE MURDER IN REGENT'S PARK. At the Marylebone police-court on Monday George Gelltaly, 18, no occupation, William Elvis, 16, porter, Francis Cole, 18, porter, Peter Lee, 19, sailor,William John Graefe, 19, cutter, William Henshaw, 16, french-polisher, Charles H. Govier, 16, farriers boy, and Michael Derling, 15, porter, were charged with being concerned together in wilfully murdering Joseph Rumbold, a printer's machinist, by stabbing him in the back at Regent's Park. The case attracted a good deal of attention, and crowds assembled outside the court and in its precincts. —.Elizabeth Lee, said she met her young man, .T. Rutnbold,and walked with him to Regent's Park. Her cousin, Emily Lee, and her cousin's young man, Alenzo Byrne,'werewith them. AS they went along they saw a gang of lads corring along in the roadway. The lads passed and turned round; but she walked straight on until the lads stopped them, and one of them said, "Are you Macey." Rumbold said, "I don't know what you mean." The others said," Yes, that's him, that's him." One of them caught hold of Rumbold by the coat-collar. The latter bent his head down and ran away. He was followed by about six men, Rumbold stopped at the Park-gate, and when witness came up with him blood was flowing from his mouth. The lads came up again, and then deceased who was leaning against the railings, said, "Fetch a cab; lam stabbed." She, however, determined to catch one of the men, and she followed them as they ran away, and called oat, "Stop thief" A man tried to stop them, but they knocked him down. She again caught up to them, and one of them hit her and another kicked her on the side and knocked her down. Before she could get up they had got away. She could not identify either of the men. Detective-inspector Robson said that he saw the prisoner Gellatly standing outside a public-house. He asked him his name, and he replied, "Brown." When told that he would be taken into custody for the murder, he said he knew nothing about it. When passing through Colville-court one of the crowd said : 'Why, that's Geary," and the prisoner said: "Yes, that Geary and Browny have turned ' coppers ' to try and hang me." An attempt was made to rescue him, and the prisoner struggled to get away; but the attempt did not succeed.—Detective Inspector Banister deposed to arresting Lee in bed. The prisoner said : "I hope you don't think I stabbed the man. I know I was with the mob, and the man who did it had my knife, hut I don't know his name. I never spoke to him until that night, and I have not had my knife until now. The other two chaps were there, and they knew who stabbed him. I have been at the ward of the hospital all day." Witness also arrested Graefe in bed) On the way to the station he said,"Well, though I was not there I think I can throw some light on. it. The only one I know by name among the lot is Franky Cole. He was round the park with his girl one night when some chaps paid him ; so this night they came to me in the fair and asked me to go with them to pay his chaps. Well, they had stood up for me, so I went with them. Outside thepark when they began to talk about using the knife I left them. I should know the fellow who had the knife."—After further evidence a remand was ordered.