The Sun. — 1847-07-15 (London, England)

SUICIDE. On Tuesday, between the hours of four and five, a fearful tragedy was enacted in Hickman's Folly, Bermondsey, by which the whole of the neighbourhood ha, been thrown into a state of painful excitement. Th 4, following particulars connected with the distressinr, case have been obtained from persons residing in the house, and may therefore be relied upon as being strictly accurate:— it appears that a cooper named Griffin resided with his wife and family at No. 6 in the Folly. For some time past a daughter of Griffin's, a fine young woman. named Matilda, 19 years of age, had been corresponding with a person named Henry Parker, about 21 year of age, who lodged in the same house. During the past few days Parker had accused the young woman of being attached to another person, and added, on more than one occasion, that rather than any one else should gain her affections, he would lay violent hands, not only on himself, but also on her. Nothing particular, however, was thought by her of the threat held out, but her mother had frequently cautioned her, and told her if she broke off the correspondence, to keep away from him, as she feared he contemplated something dreadful. I 'During Tuesday the young woman was at home nearly the whole of the day, and Parker was noticed to go in and out of the house more than usual, yet nothing transpired during the morning to excite the suspicion:, of any party. About a quarter to four o'clock the young woman was singing, as she proceeded up stairs, the wellknown ditty, .  There's na luck about the house, ge r ew' sbna at wasluck aboutat a'," halfnb afterwards the people living d nmbogynahh,he et lean entsl hearing yi loudhera.r hastened kcffie ridienpl e,usdp.i follow. vl udAt bbeo About aacne party s of the house. Mr. Cremer,,tspttlproceeding rbenwsno,heyo, butwoni neghgcaout:p_:ibael eptwhti hhrrot e:eotu, rl iceeriuei gpeaai parlour,mdpino aeedaurdrgu ita, aoTl e the back attic heta 1. outr oimnuttboe discoveredstl obtaintrh e ari na throats.rt medicalai np appalling sa ul assistance. surgeon, gc spectacle.eggirl Co fr eB intoleer.t Upon the floor were lying the bodies of Matilda Griffin and Henry Parker, literally covered with blood, which immediatelytwesspacethnn oissuing ranv mondsey, arrived, and at once pronounced life in both cases extinct. A razor covered with blood was fount] lying by the side of Parker, with which the deed had beet, accomplished. There can be no doubt that the man first cut the young woman's throat, and afterwards added to his crime that of suicide. It is not a little remarkable that the unfortunat, woman, whilst talking to Mrs. Cremer, in answer to as, inquiry as to how she felt, said, " ,Ohl pretty well; bus I am going to have my throat cut. She, no doubt, at that period alluded to some threat held out by Parker. The discovery in the first instance was made by Mrs. Griffin, who feeling suspicious at her daughter's being upstairs rather longer than she expected, went to look after her, when, on entering the room, she found the bodies as previously described. Mr. Superintendent Evans, of the M division of police, Sergeant Hormsby, and several officers immediately repaired to the place, and it was with the greatest diffi culty that the crowd, numbering several hundred persons, could be kept from filling the house. The police, very judiciously, would not allow any one unconnected with the family to enter. The young man who committed the dreadful deed was in the linendrapery line, but his place of business could not be ascertained. The two bodies have beewho will keep possen in charge ess on by Mr of Slow, the coroner's officer, them until after the inquest is held,  g, DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMaN S