The Express. — 1863-08-04 (London, England)

TTEMPI'ED AUICIDE.  On Friday afternoon, between 1 and 4 o'clock, a shocking occurrence took place at 108, limyleboaorcad, Marylebone. It appeals that for several months past there has been residing on the first-Boor of the honor mentioned, a woman, her child, and • sane, who occupied a room on the second-floor. Oa taking theme apartments, the woman gave the name of Mrs. Chappel, and the ours being known by the name of Russell. Mrs. Chappel dated that her husband, through business engagements, could only visit her periodically. After a short time, • gentleman re. peatedly mune, and represented himself as her husband. This continued until seven week. ago, when some us. pleasantness is said to have occurred between them. On Friday, at 1 o'clock, Mrs. Chappel sent the nuns to Coventgarden market., to buy • peach. On her return at half-past 3 she foetid the door of Mrs. Chappel's room locked. Sh• knocked several times. and then hearing moaning sounds in the room, sent for Mr. Oathrow, hire. Chappel's medical adviser, who lives in Weymouth-street. Upon his arrival, be broke open the door, and found Mtn Chapped lying on the Boor covered with blood, which proceeded from wounds in her throat. Making further search, be found the child on the bed, covered over with • pillow. The bed and nattrees were soaked through with blood, which he found coming front • wound inflicted about an inch below the child's left nipple. He Bret directed his attention to Mrs. Chapped, and sewed up three wounds in her throat. He then attended the child, and bandaged up its wound. Being, it is said, intimately acquainted with the affairs of the family, Mr. Catnrow was desirous of avoiding an exposure, and thinking both the unfortunate woman and her child would reoover, he refrained from informing the police. On Sunday morning, however, the child was seized with alarming symptoms, and died at 12 o'clock, whereupon he addressed a letter to Mr. Toddy, the superintendent of the D division, notifying that • murder and an attempted suicide had been committed, and that he should continue is charge of the mother until the *meal of the police. At 1 o'clock Mr. Inspector Sims, and leaseson, a countable, both of the D division, arrived on the spot, and on being acquainted by Mr. Cathrow with tee facts of the case, they searched the room. At the back of the shutters Dawson found a small stiletto, or dagger, the end of which was bloody. Tbesurgeou banded to Mr. Sims a razor, the blade of which was covered with blood. Oa making a further search they discovered a quantity of bedding and clothing covered with blood and steeped in cold wake. On the sideboard • Bible was laid open, sod the 9tb, 10th4l2Z 13th, lfah, and 18th verses of the 37th psalmunde in in There was also 011 the sideboard a lecture delivered by the Rev. Hugh Millar on " Courtship and Matrimony," several passages of which were undemoored. There were also found • good deal of money and some documents, in the latter cif which there was a copy of • will nada by Mr. Chapied which contained a codicil leaving a sum of money to Mrs. Chappel. The admission of the woman goes to show that after she bad sent the nurse out she fetched the child from the upper room to her own apartment, when, after stabbing it in the place mentioned, she cot her own throat and then fainted. • Reviving at tee some time, and finding her child still alive, I she, after giving her throat two other cuts with the razor, took a pillow and, placing it upon the face of her child, lay upon it. And it appeared that she afterwards slipped down on the floor to the position in which she real found. The police also aseertamed that, prior to committing the deed, the woman had dressed herself and her child in white clothing, and had laid at the bedside all necessary lanes and clothing for laying them out when dead. Subsequently it has been ascertained that the woman's real name is tank Emily Mitchell, seed 24 ; that her child's name is Sarah Emily Adeline, aged 14 months ; and that the nurse is Mary Mitchell, • sister of the unfortunate woman. We recrvin from giving publicity to other rumours that have come to our knowledge until after the officiel investigation. The woman is at present is • most dangerous condition, and, Walt is worse, she is enceinte. She is in the custody of the police. Dr. Lankester will bold an ingued on the body of the child tomorrow.