The Sun. — 1846-02-17 (London, England)

STREET.—(THIS )foe Thomas Wicks, who stands charged with the murder,o, James Bostock, was this morning placed at the bar I,o„.°Tpe!:o'. ford as soon as the night charges had been disposed 01:,,Ara P nation, of which we shall give full particulars in our had not not concluded when we went to press. CAW 'MURDER AND SUICIDE Al 1 L. - r 4 A 6 Shortly after seven o'cIoBERWE L m ck yesterday orning the •- n ° (De gje of Southampton-place, Camberwell, was thrown intn,,'t 1117,ttil, consternation by the screams of a woman, who had oil a 0 sr r'" escape, by the back door of No. 5, Wellington-place, ,• residence, only two stories high. The first person ...iv ,;1-4, it.,l", the spot was Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, who resided at ..74,',,,eie fvto upon entering, was horror-struck at the scene which ca In an upper room, upon the floor, lay the lifeless .041?,t re Horeau, a Frenchman, aged 53, with his throat .:01 A ear ; on the bed, his son, 'aged 13, quite dead, shockilii,44 about the throat ; and iu a lower room, another son, ng',,teAlis',ooloB throat cut, a wound on the cheek, and his hand muchlacer,;pa of at first supposed to be dead, but afterwards showed sonis'cceia'.Sietp;gl life, but totally unable to articulate or give the least 1-00,410er dreadful catastrophe ; and in a short time afterwards 'snick " 11;j1 aged eight months, was found dead in a water-butt e lio tile garden, but having no wounds whatever about its P 5 01 pears that the unfortunate man had resided at ;tingtl"idt twelvemonth, supporting his family as a teacher 0 won: 00,0 i had been in the habit of rising about seven in thefets, -*so' usually took down stairs with him one of the twin attfits," in the same bed as he and the n;other. Yesterd3e.'hod r'oos -La 1, dressing himself, he did the same thing, taking .Vri. C tetpc and leaving the other in bed with the mother. tto tic P,loe, the mother, being alarmed, by a loud shrieking, roV,,, and on opening the door was met by the younger,..icotreot diately ran down. stairs bleeding, at the bottom of tosV‘ apparently lifeless ; and on entering the room 10-.0.0 tioridly her unfortunate husband in the act of catting ItCorp4e, 010,0/ before she could interpose he had fallen down aut Os/ farther, she discovered her eldest son dead in thetot J perceive any traces of her infant child, who ws,s, the If, ifOrA afterwards discovered to have been drowned tn ta(perrife There is no doubt whatever but that the UnfOrtUnat,e,,,yingfiePi, to the garden instantly on leaving his bedroom, Oa re ec ,0004 the child, then ascended to the children's room, wile tee liofre, perpetrated the other murders, committing suicide alarm was raised. As no vital organ has been sc;cd,illti,e 6 entertained that the youngest boy's life will be rive teel,r( course, there is great danger that he will not to _ay There seems to be little doubt but that 00% cow es'' fr, vations. temporary insanity was the imrnedin's-jacoo,o-,,14 shocking affair, as his pecuniary embarrns„t- elP,0!",q11:4 some weeks past induced great depression , 'J0001;01'4 At, widow states that she believes it was her husband.s piLasf,,cro murdered her, and all the children, before he destrae tile pc he doubtless would have done, had it not been for t t -"fie sou Phila. ete. Such precautions had he taken, tins stre„,,t-,,,e tot's terfird,, was found so twisted that she could not open . sne Os $l,O escape, had he made an attack uon her hie. otl been married nearly twenty years; that the dee° ~1011P,toli"-,D .10 a schoolmaster at Leicester, but bad of late been: ,td subsistence for his family by teaching the Frenet.. guags. In the back ;Gem, first floor, were a crio. mattreess, and scarcely apy clothes to cover 01°4010.0,10Potfcc were neither chairs, tables, or any other article of 0.100 utu adjoining room was an old mattress, on which tnr.,,'heee IP" fortunate wi;e, with her twin children, slept. 'vac' stead, only three old chairs and table. The is rooms were perfectly . 140 0), RAILWAY SHARE MAA oirey4 • tic*