The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1887-03-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE HOXTON MURDER' THOMAS CUREELL COILICTTZD JOE TRW. At the Worship :RI set Police Court, London, before Mr. 'Hammy, Thomas William Carrell (31), sponge trimmer, has been committed for trial, for the murder of Lydia Green, at No. 8, Bache' Street, on the sth of February last. Mr. Sims, front the solicitors' office ot the Treasury, conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Newton watched the case on behalf of the prisoner.—Hundreds of people thronged the outlide of the Court, and the bu.hliug inside was packed to overflowing. 'the prisoner, winn he appeared in the dock, looked worn and haggiird.—Emma Kohlinan, the woman who attended to the body of the deceased, was fret examined, and gave evi ienoe as to the finding of the wounds in the head and on the thumb.—Mr. J. Davies, surgeon, stated • that when he saw deceased she must have been . dead half an hour. He was told that no sounds ' had been heard by the inmates of the house, except heavy falling, and the fracture of the skull which he found was quite sufficient to account for death. This he at the time attributed to accidental droumstanoes. On seeing the body again in the evening he diosovered the wound in the head Was a circular punctured one, with graining of gunpowder around it. The weapon must have been fired at a not greater distance than 3ft. to cause the wound. From the external appearanoe of the two other wounds which he found, the shots mast have been fired at different distances. Dr. Barohell, who made a post mortem examination of the body, gave evidence as to finding several pieces of bullet in the deceased woman's head. A forge fragment had driven a piece of fractured bone Bin. into the brain. A shot which left traces of gunpowder must have been fired much nearer than if t. or 3ft. By Mr. Newton: The wounds in the hands and jaw, in his opinion, were inflicted before the one in the head.—Dr. Oliver, who assisted at the poet mortem, said the bullets found in the deceased's head corresponded to those taken from the cartridges discovered in the prisoner's box.—Henry Barker,living at 6,Mintern Street, Hoxton, a oarman, deposed that he had known the prisoner by sight for twelve years. He also knew Lydia Green. Ou the bth of February he saw the prisoner at the corner of Brunswick Place, by a baker's shop. He spoke to Ourrell, and said, "That is a serious affair round the corner for you." Curren answered "Yes, it is," and walked away.—Groae-ezamined by Mr. Newton: In saying what he did to the prisoner, he only meant that it was an unpleasant thing for him that the girl he was engaged to was dead.— Elizabeth Hearn, 32, New End, Hampstead, aunt of the prisoner, deposed that her nephew called upon her on Saturday, the sth of February, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. Currell said that as he had not much time to spare he thought he would just run up and see her. She had not seen him previously for about six months. She asked him how Lidy was, and he said she was all right, and that he saw her on the previous evening.—Mrs. Martha Smith, 22, Flash Walk, Hampstead, gave evidence as to the prisoner coming to her for a room between half-past seven and eight on the Saturday Evening. He gave the name of Cole, and said he was engaged to work at Messrs. Oetzmanu's on the following Wednesday. He brought nothing with him, but said his boxes would come on. Later in the evening he sent for an evening paper, and on Ibe Sunday he asked them to send for it copy of Ms People, but one could not be obtained. On the Tuesday night he was taken very sick, and said he would write and tell hie employers that he was too unwell to attend. On the Tuesday he went out, saying he would return, but did not, and the flex* day the witness went into his room, and missed coat belonging to tho other lodger, Mr. Mortimer, which usually hung in a recess. Later oa in the day_she received a letter from Currell.—lnspeotor Pearce deposed to uding thirty-eight cartridges on searching the prisoner's box. He did not sear* the house where the murder occurred.—Ev idenos was then given by two men as to the prisoner asking them, before Christmas, to purchase a revolver for him.—Police witnesses having been called to prove the arrest of the prisoner, il• WWI formally committed for trial.  W ElOrkLlki G