The Sun. — 1857-01-19 (London, England)

ADDITIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY PAR  TICULARS. Inspector Young, with one or two officers of the L division, are actively pursuing their inquiries, and using every possible effort to unravel the extraordinary mysteries and strong suspicion which surround the shocking murder of the two children in Four Acre-street, Walworth, but have not yet arrived at any satisfactory result beyond the very strong suspicion that the unfortunate mother is net the actual perpetrator of the fearful crime. There is one circumstance that strikes them as somewhat extraordinary, and that is, that though Bacon, the father of the children, returned to town on Wed. neaday morning, it was not until the Friday night following be said anything about the alleged robbery of money, watch, and suit of clothes, though he had fre• ' qnent oppor unities to do so ; and that the accounts he the❑ and subsequently gave were most uisatisfactory and conflicting. In the course of his inquiries, Inspector Young had found that, though representing he had 7f. by him, Bacon had applied for assistance to his brother-in-law in the country, and that he sent 14s. ; and the fact is admitted by Bacon himself without any satisfactory reason. It was further ascertained that in July last Baco❑ had been tried at the Lincoln Assizes, on a charge of arson in setting fire to his house at Stamford in that county, but was acquitted, and subsequently received 280/. from the insurance company. The most startling circumstances connected with the affair remains to be told. From facts communicated to the officers it appears that the mother of Bacon had a life interest in some house property in the town of Stamford, and that en her death the property passed into the possession of her son, subject to a few legacies to relatives. About 17 or 18 months ago the mother was invited to, and did dine with her son on a Sunday, and soon after dinner complained of severe cramps in the stomach, which continued to her death, which took place on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning. The medical man who attended her gave it as his opinion that death had been caused by a "crams in the stomach," and having given a certificate to this effect the body was interred without an inquest or any judicial investigation. Recent events, however, have given rise to various surmises on the part of the inhabitants of Stamford and its vicinity on the subject, and it is said to be the intention of the authorities there to have the body of Mrs. Bacon exhumed, in order that it may be carefully examined, and the contents of the stomach and bowels submitted to the necessary scientific tests, and an inquest held on it. There is another matter connected with this mysterious affair, and one that i. not the least, as exciting the strong suspicion of the officers in favouring the belief that the dreadful crime had bee❑ committed on the Sunday night ; and that is, the fact that during the whole of Monday the neighbours next door, though generally annoy( d by the screams of the children, did not hear a single cry ; on the contrary, they describe the place as perfectly silent and free from noise. Inspector Young has proceeded to Stamford to prosecute his inquiry there, and it is hoped, from the perseverance and intelligence of that officer, that he will be able, by the next examination of Mrs. Bacon, to throw some light on the mysterious affair.