The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-10-14 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

AWFUL MURDER AND ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Monday morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants of Goulston's-buildi,,gs, adjacent to the Grange-walk, Bermondsey, London, were alarmed by the cries of " murder" proceeding from a house occupied by a man named Jessop, late in the employ of Messrs. Margetson and Co., the tanners, of Long-lane, Bermondsey. A boy about fourteen years of age, the 'son of Jessop, was observed in the act of running out of the house, at six o'clock that morning, exclaiming -that his father was murdering his mother, and policeman Ward, 220 M, passing at the time, immediately went into the house. On entering the back parlour he saw a female, the wife of Jessop, lying on the floor, with her head nearly severed from her body, and the boards underneath her body deluged in her blood. At a short distance from the body of the female lay her husband, who had a deep gash in his throat, from which the blood was issuing. He appeared to be alive, and a razor covered with blood was near his side. The policeman sent for Dr. Storey, of the Grange-road, who pronounced the woman quite dead, but on examination of the man, discoveredstphpaetdnotiniee hoefmthoerrlhaarggee vessels were injured, and haying stopped he had him immediately conveyed to Guy's Hospital. From inquiries made as to the probable cause of the perpetration of such a dreadful murder, it appears that Jessop, who was a sober, industrious man, lived in the utmost harmony with his wife (the deceased) and a family of five children. On Friday last he was discharged from .his situation, and this seemed to prey very much upon his mind, and he was heard to remark, that he was fearful his wife and family would be driven to great distress, owing to his being out of work. On Monday morning his wife rose at about a quarter before. six o'clock, leaving her husband in bed, and went down stairs into the back parlour, where the family breakfasted, and commenced lighting the fire. While she was engaged at work her son, the boy already alluded to, got up and joined his mother in the room below, where they had not been r aried histh e hand,r o room where long before they heard Jessop pacing up and down the apartment overhead. In a short time afterwards his foot was childarid na were, with a z momenti t heard his the cr.fe stairs, and . towards his wife, who at the time was kneeling at the grate, in which he was brandishing about. He immediately rushed the act of kindling a fire, and seizing her round the neck, exclaimed, " I have been walking about our room up sairs. c Some one has ordered me to cut your throat, and I have to do it." He then forced the unfortunate woman's head between his legs, and nearly cut her head off with the razor. The boy called out murder," and ran into the street, to give the alarm ; but before he returned policeman, his father had inflicted a woundin his throat, and with the the deceased and he were found lying on the floor as already described. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of Mrs. Jessop on Tuesday, and a verdict returned of " Wilful Murder" against her husband, who died on Wednesday from the wounds,