Star. — 1829-11-25 (London, England)

MURDER AND SUICIDE.  anon Tits sacrum [prima or soy RATH JOraNat Of nosnalf• NV:, stop tl.:n press W ini•lice a twofold murder and suicide of a mote bnrr:ble nattVe thiii it :s ever been our Un• ;.leasant task to record. This (Monday) morning, about 20 ns flutes bsfere six o'clock, a man of the name of Beer, lodging with his wife and child at No. 1, Williams-place at the back of St. Jams street, St. James's square, murdered both the latter by cutting their throats with a razor. Just before six o'clock. Mrs. Chapple. another lodger in the house. sleeping in the nest room to liter, fancied she heard something like a gurgling in the throat ; she immediately went to the door and called to Mrs. Beer, and asked if she was ill, but having repeated her call two or three dines w toithou n answer, she opened the door and went into the room. and agn asked Mrs. Beer if she was ill, to which no answer could bed oher btained. She began then to suspect all was not tight, and tol husband to strike a light ; on entering the room with which, she discovered a sight of horror past the power of words to describe. The mother was lying on her bank, with one hard &cross her breast, and her throat cut frem net angle of the jaw in the ; other, dividing some of the principal arteries and windpipe and the little innocent, about four months old, which .apvested to have been Ludy drawn from the breast fot the murderous purpose, was lying on its side, with its head severed, eseepting by a hit of skin at the back part of the neck. The bodies were weltering in blood, a pool of which, under the bed, extended across the room. It was evidently the result of a cool and deliber.xe intent, for it appeared that the deed was committed while the sufferers were asleep, there having been no oise braid by any of the lodgeT neighbours, erptine that described by Mrs. Chapple. whircs hU was after the dee scd had bnen perpetrated. and the murderer had escaped. Mi. White, surgeon. of St. Jantees-square, was called in at six o'clock, too late, of coutees to be of any service ; and the result of his exantinatlon tended to show :hat there was no struggling, and the bed clothes were not disturbed. There were tat er points that seen, to prove the deliberate. es of the act. The bloody razor was lying open on a box by the side of the bed, and the c..se was lying on the dre ler down stairs in the kitchen, anti win, it a lath hatchet, as though ciu e intended for use it . lie murderer h istled of to accomplish his purpose with the razor. •What was th, this dreadful act the most distant idea cannot be formtd Iteer is described by the lodgers as being a very steady man. ii.nd of his wife and his home, and duatingly fond of his child, is Vets he was always caressing when at home; nor have they latterly seen any alteration in his conduct. AU the previous day. Sunday. both Beer and his wife were at home. and appeared, as usual. very cianfortable arid happy, and retXed to rest, as usual. at ten o'clock. Beer was a journeyman baker, and bad been employed as foreman by Mr. Davies. of Sc: James's-street, fnr nearly the last twelve months, during which time his employer had found him attentive to his business. a trustworthy servant in his meter's absence, particidarly obliging. and apparently happy. Mr. and Mrs. Davies saw no alteration in his coy 'uct up to the latest period, except that when he came on Sunday evening to prepte fix the nest morns baking, e was about two hours laterr than his usual time, but he did his business trety properly. and seemed in his manner as usual. Immediately after the discovery a the shove horrible murder, the officers of justice d were apprised of it, and were quickly on the alert to aepprehen the perpetrator. Shortly after day light a b iker's j tart with blood on it, was seen lying on the bank of the river near Bedfordath strwieet'. Walcot ; its consequence of ss bich Wil'iatn George, of Bek,, took a boat to snatch the river, and found the body of Beer in the water, with life quite extinct, at the bottom of 13edford-street. The body was thence taken to Walcot Warkhoute, tO await the Coroner's Inquest.