The Sun. — 1844-05-11 (London, England)

CLIVE—When at the toll-house I heard some one say, "Oh, it is Mrs. M‘Farlane ; then Dalmas has done it." By Mr. Gilham—The question might have been repeated by the policeman. I did not hear him reply, as I was standing, and Mr. Gosling and the policeman were stooping over her. Mr. Gosling said, "Mrs. M`Farlane, who did it?" but , I did not hear the reply. By Mr. Ceive---4 thought the question of the policeman very harsh and coarse, considering the state of the unfortunate female at the time. I did not know the value of the woman's reply as dying evidence then, and when I use the term harsh and coarse, I refer not to the effect of the question as militating against the prisoner, but simply with respect to the unfortunate deceased. An objection was raised by Mr. Gilham to the reply of the dying woman being put in evidence, on the ground that she had not been apprised of her dying state; but the Ma• gistrate overruled the objection. • Mr. Hall, the toll-keeper, was next examined, but the greater part of his evidence was a mere repetition of what has already appeared in our columns. When the deceased, Mrs. M`Farlane, came up to him at the toll-house, she said— " See how I have been ill-used upon the bridge ; take me home—take me home." I called my wife and another female who was there, and the woman' then, from weakness, fell. I gave the alarm at the Swan; and, with the sssistance of some persons, she was taken thenk I did not follow, as I could not leave the gate. I heard some person close to deceased, when she was at the toll-house, say,'" Good God ! her throat is cut." I had seen the deceased and the prisoner's youngest daughter go over the bridge about eight o'clock. • By Mr. Gilham—Did not hear the deceased say who had ill-used her. I did not put the question, as I was rather confused at the time. She was perfectly sensible, and could have told who had injured her if she had liked.. Eliza Long, 19, Fenel's-walk—l was going to Chelsea about half-past ten or eleven o'clock, and after getting off the bridge I heard a cry of " Police" near Battersea Folly, and I went back to where the female was lying, and she was bleeding from the throat. Saw her careW into Mr. Goslings, the Swan Tavern. IleArd_a person say, "-Good -God, the woman will bleed to death,:' : When in the Swan I remarked'that she was dying. She could have heard me say so. By Mr. Gilham—l heard the policeman put a question to the woman ; he said, " Mrs. ISPFarlane, who has cut your throat ?" I did not hear her reply, but the policeman seemed to understand it. He then said, " Oh, did Dalmas do this, or it ?" I cannot say which, and she replied very faintly, " Yes, yes." I then-came out. No one has spoken to me on this subject. Police constable Langton, 36 V, was then called, and his evidence was read over. Augusta Dalmas was called, and said that three letters produced in Court, marked A, B, and C, were in her father's writing. Langton examined by Mr. Gilham.,—He asked the deceased "My good woman, who cut your throat ?" She said " Dalmas." I called Mr. Gosling's attention to her answer, and again repeated my question, "Was any other person with you when he did it ?" She said, " No, no." I then asked her the third time if Dalmas had done it, and she said, "Yes, yes." I heard her'replies distinctly. She was perfectly sensible, and died in five or six minutes after. By Mr. Cuvi—The reason why I put the question was, because I had heard that the deceased and Dalmas had been on intimate terms. I know a man named Cook, but did not hear his evidence as regardS the man running past Chelsea old church on the might of the murder. William Gosling was next examined,. and confirmed the constable's evidence as to the statement of the dying woman. Three letters, marked A, B, C, were then put into Court, and read by the chief clerk. They were proved by Augusta Dalmas to have been written by her , father. The first, A, was undated, and was addressed to the deceased. The contents were, however, of so grossly obscene a character, and ; couched in such indelicate language, that it is impossible tcl report them. The prisoner reproached deceased with having robbed him, and, after criticising her conduct as regarded her intercourse with a Mr. Meredith, he concluded by stating, that by the same post he had sent a letter to her 'sister, containin* similar allegations. The second letter, marked B, was the one referred to, and was almost a counterpart of the other. The third, marked C, contained, what he termed a statement of facts, the so-called facts being of the most disgusting description, and illustrative of the dereased's profligacy. •It concluded with a farewell to his children, and an expressed determination to commit suicide. Police-constable Langton—Those letters were found in the prisoner's apartments; and were all unsealed. Superintendent Bicknell, of the V division, found other letters, now produced, in a drawer in the first floor of de. cease.d's_residence. Another was given him by, a brother of Ihe deceased. They are dated at various periods, from No' , yember last up to the present time. • Abu ta Palmas was recalled, and identified them as hay•-- -I.e. father ing been written  Mr. Bicknell—l got the lends numbered Ito 10 included, in the drawer described, upon the Tuesday morning following the murder. The other paper was given to me by Andrews, the deceased's brother, on the Ist May. Those letters were also. addressed to deceased, and were now read in Court. They were couched in the extravagant and inflated language so common with lovers, and contained protestations of eternal fidelity, intermingled with many complaints of deceased's coldness and cruelty. The writer also stated his determination to commit suicide if treated with continued coldness by her. It evidently appeared from their contents that the intimacy between the prisoner and deceased had been of the closest character. Mr. CuvE—lt will be necessary to adjourn the examination till Tuesday, and the witnesses will therefore be pleased to be in attendance on that day at 10 o'clock. The prisoner was then removed in the custody of Superintendent Bicknell. • The daughter Augusta dating her examination directed many furtive glances at her unfortunate father, but he did not in the smallest degree appear to notice her.