The Sun. — 1848-08-28 (London, England)

SATURDAY.—ADother most atrocious inurdur, by secret poisoning, has, within the last two or three days, been discovered in the neighbourhood of Wix, connected with which are some unpleasant statements, implicating one or more females with other murders, and which have led to the most painful excitement throughout this part of the country. The particulars, as far as we have been able to collect them, show that the wretched woman, Mary May, who was executed at Chelmsford gaol, on Monday week, for the murder of her brother, at ‘Vix, for his burial fees, urged and ad• vised the commission of the dreadful crimes, one of which, at least, has been clearly established. Some surprise has been manifested at the course the authorities adopted in not investigating other charges of murder in which Mary May was said to be implicated, and a general opinion is held amongst the police that she not only disposed of her former husband by the same horrible means, but also several of her children (she had 14, most of them died suddenly). Nothing appears to have been done, however, in the matter until Wednesday, when Mr. liaison, inspector of the constabulary stationed in the district, received a warrant from Mr. Codd, one of the coroners for the county, directing the disinterment of the body of Thomas Haw, then lying in the burial ground of Tendring Church, in the vicinity of Wix. This party was the husband of a sister of Mary May, whose death took place in April last year. Ile appears to have been a steady industrious man, and had accumulated a little money ; his wife, however, was not so frugal, being rather irregular in her conduct. Havv quarrelled about a man named Southgate, and soon afterwards he was suddedly attacked with sickness' and died in a few hours. There was no inquest held, his death, like the other suspected cases, be registered as from natural causes. His remains were interred in Tendring Church, and exhumed, as before stated, on Wednesday. A coroner's jury was impannelled on the same day, and Messrs. Manthorpe and Son were directed to secure the stomach for analysation by Professor Taylor, who is an eminent lecturer on chemistry at Guy's Hospital. To-day the authorities received information from Mr. Taylor, to the effect that he had found sufficient arsenic in the intestines to account for death. in consequence of that discovery, the suspected party has been arrested, and awaits the close of the coroner's inquiry. The police have also received instructions to exhume other remains.  TIER FORGERY ON MESSRS HENRY AND Co.— On Wednesday, the 27th of March last, a cheque for 3,4504 bearing the signature of Messrs. Henry and Co., was preserved at the Branch Bank of England, in Manchester, by a young man named Francis M'Naughtcn, and having obtained the money, and offered three 5001. notes to be changed at Messrs. Heywood's bank, his youth (not being of age) excited suspicion, and be was told to call again, and then, if all was found to be right, the money would be changed. M'Naughten, however, did not return, but, in company with two friends, John Pownall and Hugh Brady, immediately proceeded to Liverpool. Pownall was soon afterwards apprehended, but on giving a satisfactory account of his connexion with M'Naughten, he was discharged. The other two were not heard of in spite of all the vigorous efforts to to discover them by the police, both in this country and America, until Sunday morning last, when Mr. Beswick received a letter from St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, stating that the prisoners were in custody fur presenting one of the stolen notes (the numbers having been published) at the bank there on the Ist August. The prisoners had taken the names of William Phillip O'Kelly and Thomas Bradshaw. It is expected that one of the Manchester detective force will be dispatched as soon as possible, for the purpose of bringing the prisoners to England.—Manchester Tunes.