Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1871-05-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

HORRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT  ELTHAM.  Several detectives have been employed in the search for the perpetrator of the murderous and cowardly attack• en the young woman found at Eltham, on Wednesday morning, the 26th ult. The place where she was found is a lonely and isolated spot, about a quarter of a mile from any house, in Kidbrcok Park-road. She was discovered at four o'clock in the morning, and conveyed to the surgery of Dr King, who stated the wounds were very recent, probably about an hour before the time of her being found. It has been ascertained that she was neither robbed nor violated. The sum of 11e 5(1 was found inviter pocket, together with two keys, a brooch, and locket, but nothing giving any clue to her identity. She had the appearance of being a servant girl, age from 23 to 25, 5 ft. 3 in. in height, stout, brown hair, chocolate coloure4 ribbed barege dress, black cloth jacket, trimmed with black glass buttons, black lace bonnet, trimmed with red roses. The object of the outrage was apparently that of wilful and deliberate murder. The instrument with which the wounds were apparently inflicted was found on Friday afternoon in the grounds of Mordeu College, Blackheath. It consists of a new lathing hammer, which has been washed, but traces of blood are to be seen on the handle. It has never been used at work, and the police will probably be able to find where it was purchased. A piece of the bone of the skull was also found on Friday at the spot where the tragedy took place. The victim was a strong powerful woman, and the spot bears traces of a struggle having taken jdace. A soldier at Woolwich was detained on Friday on suspicion of being concerned in the above outrage, but was speedily liberated. A correspondent of the Daily News states that at ten o'clock on Tuesday night the sergeant of a Scotch regiment entered a beerhouse in Eltham, and he was accompanied by a young woman of about 25 years of age. The female was attired in a chocolate dress, and she wore three red roses in a black bonnet. Outside the door of the beershop there was another young woman, and the sergeant asked her to come into the house and drink, but she said that she would wait outside. The sergeant and the young woman in the chocolate coloured dress shortly afterwards left, and they were observed to walk in the direction of KidbrookPark, which is about two miles and a half from Eltham and one mile from Shooter's-hill. They were followed by the female who had iefused to come into the beershop. The sergeant is described as being a very large and fine-looking man. The road that leads from Eltham to ICidbrook is a very lonely one, and it is lined by hedges. About one o'clock on Wednesday morning, a labourer living near Kidbrook-lane heard a female cry out twice, "Don't murder me, Nelly ; don't murder me, Ned." Strange to say, he took no action upon hearing the cries. At four o'clook the same morning, Policeconstable Gunn, 295 it, was walking along Kidbrook-lane, when he discovered the deceased in the way already described. The poor creature made use of the following remarks to the policeman Take hold of my hand; Lord help me; I have been murdered; Mary Smith knows about it." Her eyes were closed, and her face wore an expression of agony. She was very rettless, and she often closed her lips firmly and threw her hands up as if she was struggling with some person. The general belief is that the attempted murder, which was evidently premeditated, was perpetrated by two persons. Near the spot where the poor woman was discovered there is a pond, and the police have traced bloody footsteps to the edge of it. Upon the water of the pond there are spots of blood floating, and it is believed that the miscreants washed their hands in the pond after they had left their victim lying on the pathway. It is evident that the poor creature crawled off the pathway into the centre of the road, where she was found by the constable. The excitement in the neighbourhood is intense. Another coirespondent, writing on Friday night from Eltham, sa3s:—We leain that the unhappy creature appears, though unable to answer any questions, at intervals to be in a half conscious state, sometimes shrieking out, and crying "Oh, Emily, don't beat me so cruelly—don't kill me outright !" At apparently lucid intervals she has been asked who so ill-used her, and she seem( d to breathe the Avoid " Emily." It is further stated that, at half-past four on Wednesday morning, one of the riflemen stationed at Woolwich was seen -coming from the direction where she was found. At the Greenwich Police Court, on Tuts lay morning, Edmund Walter Pook, aged twenty years, who had been arrested on suspicion, was charged with the murder of deceased, Jane Maria Clonseu— who had been identified by her parents—and remanded. A pair of trous?rs spotted with what appears to be blood have been found in the room of Pook• The inquest was opened on Thursday, at Guy's Hospital, London. A solicitor was present to watch the case on behalf of the young man Pook. At five o'clock on Thursday morning the body of another young woman was found in a pond in the same locality, and was identified as that of Ann Surridge, a domestic servant from Bromley, Kent, whose parents live in Bird-in-Bush-road, Peckham. Strewed around this place were a number of letters addressed, "Miss A. Surridge, 204, Camberwell road, Camberwell." She had as in her pocket, geld ear-rings, and had a certificate from Brompton Hospital. The inquest left no doubt that she committed suicide during temporary insanity, and had no connection with the previous case.  Holding the principal place amongst oure ailybeveracs, it is of the utmost importance that tea should be procured perfectly pure, at well as reliable in quality. These advantages are secured by purchasing Horniman's tea, imported without the coating of mineral 'facing' powder ,•enemlly used by the Chinese to hide inferior leaves. iiman's pure teas are sold only in sealed packets. %mats aro &Overtired in our columns.  Police Intelligence.