The Sun. — 1865-10-05 (London, England)

DARING ROBRERY AT HAMPSTEAD.—At the Hampstead police-court yesterday, three young men, named Davis, Taylor, and Leather, were charged with stealing articles of jewelry from the house of a gentleman named Squires, at Upper-terrace, Hampstead-heath, to the value of between £7O and £BO. The prisoners were observed on Tuesday afternoon by some workmen engaged in repairing the house of a lady named Coates, near to the residence of the Squires, and from suspicions they entertained they watched the young men. The passage window, opening at the top, was raised up, two of the workmen rang the bell violently, and two of the prisoners jumped out of the window, and were captured' by the workmen. The other prisoner, Leather, ran away, and was captured by another workman. A policeman was not to be found, and the prisoners were taken by the workmen to the police station. Another man, who had been seen in company with the prisoners watching, escaped. One of the prisoners on his way to the station threw a box away containing several gold rings, and on another was found a gold watch, several bracelets, and other articles, worth CO3 which Mr. Squires identified as his property. The two female servants in the house heard no noise, and was not aware of the robbery until the men were in custody. Mr. Inspector Ayliffe asked for a remand. Mr. Prance, the magistrate, said the conduct of the workmen was most praiseworthy. The prisoners were remanded. A case of suspected murder has just occurred near Rouen. Two mornings since the body of a woman unknown, about 50 years of age, was found on the shore of the Seine, having apparently been left by the receding tide. There was a large wound on the forehead, and blood blood evening, as thathad issued ofim-oamn twhohonhosead. beTenhese en, bodycniwthae previous was recognised walking along the banks of the river from Rouen to Sotteville. Near St. Etienne-du Rouvray she was overtaken by a labourer of Oissel, who walked with her as far over to the island, and she going along the road. This as the Ile Longboel, where th.ey parted, the man passing man when arrested and interrogated, declared that the womanl was a total stranger to him, that she had merely asked her way, after which they took different roads, and he saw her no more. As his account, however, appears to involve certain contradictions, he is detained in custody and the police are still investigating the affair. The Journal de Charleroi gives an account of the accident which occurred onMonday week during the procession of Feuillen, at Fosses, near Namur :—" About six in the evening, Capt. William, of the British navy, who is staying at Namur was walking, accompanied by a lady, along the road where the procession was to pass. As the foothpath was crowded by Zouaves from Malonne, Captain William, in endeavouring to clear a passage, pushed aside the musket of a Zouave, who immediately struck him with his bayonet, and wounded him in the temple. As the captain attempted to defend himself ho was assailed by a number of Zouaves, and an officer cut him in the hand with a sword, At last the captain got clear of his assailants, but sprained his ankle in doing so. Captain William complains that he appealed in vain for help to the gendarmerie forming part of the procession. A judicial investigation into the affair has been commenced."  r~,- k• rt 4,64 t 11