The Express. — 1863-12-29 (London, England)

SUPPOSED MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT ST. HELEN'S.  Great excitement was canned in St. Helen's, yestalky morning, by the report that • murder had been conematted fa a short skeet lead* oat al Dakestreet, in that town. The name of the dimmed is Mary Woods, aged 33, a single women end a cripple, who kept a small sekool at her own home, the scene of the tragedy. The mapeeed murderer is James Clith • Pau pallier, aged 35, a married nem, with five who resides near the madmen of the deceased. About ohm o'clock yesterday morning, 'moral of the school children arrived at the decreed's house, and there found that the front door was fast. They knocked, but could not pin admittance.. The children's mei:ions were aroused, and they called the siltation of a man named John Mandell to the fact. He went round to the yard door, which he found fast; bat he got over the yard wall and opened the kitties door, which was unfastened. He went into the kitchen, and at the bottom of the stainers leading op to the bedrooms saw a men's shoes. He proceeded upstairs, and, on opening • small back bedroom door, he new • I hoeribie eight -On the bed. which was saturated with blood, lay the man Callao*, undressed, and bleeding from • gash in his throat. Bowden ran downstairs, and called is polieemeriable Turner, who was peeling. Whim Tarim teetered the room, Chrism., who was almost deed from km of blood, waved his bend in the direction of the ether side of the bed. Turner went round the bed, liftsd up the bedclothes, sad there found the body al the deemed Mary Woods. Her head was almost severed from her body. Dr. Blundell was immediately meet for, and he sad Dr. Rigg shortly afterwards arrived ; het it was found that the usfortmate woman was quits deed. her windpipe being severed, and several arteries. The mesa Clithwee was found in • fearful date, kis windpipe being also severed, and he was blending a greet deal. The ceiling of the mom mad the walk were riviwith blood, over and on the wall the heed of bWedwere lager marks of blood. Dr. Ring premed the edges d Clitheroe's wound together, when the men mid, " We made it up to eat our throats, and we did it about 3 o'clock this mania,. fibs cat her threat, sad then I out mine." A razor covered with blood was found on the door, wrapped in a night-dress. It is believed that Clitherse fine took the woman's life, and afterwards attempted to take his own. Mere was ao blood on the deceased's heads, as there must have been had she cut her own throat. The bed-clothes were also greatly distubed, as if • struggle had take. place; and it would have been almost impossible for her to have coveted herself up in the way in which she was found, after receiving the wound which killed her. The facts of the Malt house door being unfastened sod Chtheroe's shoes being found at the foot of the staircase lead to the sappceition that he entered the home without the deoeseed's knowledge, sad it is supposed that, some quarrel having arisen between them, be determined to take her life, and also attempted to take his own. He is attended by two polioe-oftews, bat will not be removed to the lock-ups until he is riftohm* recovered. At 6 o'clock last evening he was in a eery precarious state, and slight hope were entertained at hie reepeary.—lfenceneer Guardian.