The Telegram. — 1894-12-11 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE KENSINGTON MURDER. ARREST OF COLONEL SAUNDERSONS  NEPHEW.  ALLEGED CONFESSION.  The murder of Augusta Dawes at Kensington has now been elucidated by the arrest m Ireland .4 a young man who is believed to have been the murderer, and whose mind has long been known to be ill-balanced and verging on insanity. Reginald Sanndersen, who has been arrested on a warrant charging him with the murder, is a young man, barely 21 years of age, and belongs to a family well-known and highly respected in the county of Dublin. He is the second son of Mrs Llewellyn Traherne Basset Saunderson, J.P., who resides in De Vesci Terrace, Kingsdown. Cokitiel Saunderson, M.P., is the uncle of the young man, and one of his siker!' married a brother of Mr. 11. L. Mulholland,M. P. for North Derry. On the maternal side the unfortunate young Whitt is also well connected. His mental condition has often caused anxiety to friends and relatives, but had never , developed itself to such an exteut as to suggest the possibility of homicidal mania. Ordinarily, in fact, he was of a quiet disposition. He was a pupil in an ; institution for gentlemen mentally affected, wrier the supervision of Dr. Langdon Down, of Harley Street, and Eastcote, Hampton Wick. Since the commencement of the Southend murder case he has taken quite a morbid interest in James Canham Read, and during the past few weeks has mad with avidity all that the newspapers published referring to the ease. In fact, he brooded over the matter, and there is little reason to doubt that a fixed idea had taken possession of his mind. On Sunday, November 25th, on the understanding that he was attending a local church, he escaped from supervision, left Eastcote, and reached London. Here he seems to have strolled about Kensington until a late hour, and then met the unhappy woman Dawes, with the result that he is now accused of her murder. The next trace which has been discovered of his movements is that he went to a school at which he was formerly is pupil, and requested a lean. He was given twenty-six shillings, but on the representation that Ibis would not be enough for his purpose more was given to him. By the aid of this sum he was able to make his way to Belfast, where he presented himself at the house of a relative. Subsequently he wrote a letter to a friend which contained a confession that be bad murdered a woman at Holland Park. The matter was then placed id the hands of the police, the result being that the eherrywood stick and the knife found at the mime of the murder have been identified by pupils of the institution. The knife was used for woodcarving, and the stick belongs to a fellow pupil. Assuming that the charge against him is well-founded, it is evident that on realising the enormity of the mime committed, he instinctively turned towards his native country, reaching Belfast by the means indicated above. Thence he seems to have made his way to Nalisalagh Belturbet, seven miles from Cavan, where the warrant obtained for bin arrest was executed. The officers engaged in the case will leave Ireland with the orisener in due course, but the date of their departure is not yet determined. It may be mentioned that Reginald Saunderion had previously left F.witcote, when he enlisted in the Surrey DLlitia, and remained undiscovored for two months. When discharged his character was reported to be "very bad." Physically the accused poaseßses an attractive personality, being good looking, with an enraging manner. He is over six feet high. He excelled in most physical exercises whilst at Eastcete, especially in football, boating, and swirnmitg, and was allowed a good deal of Liberty at the institution. Great eyin• pathy is expressed generally for the relatives oil the young fellow over whom hangs so terrible charge. Although it is considered by those best entitled to judge that, in confessing to the crime, young Saunderson speaks truthfully, still the statement must be received with a certain amount of caution and reserve. There is little doubt that the police, for reasons which it is impossible to state here, felt themselves justified in suspecting the young man now in custody, although they did not like to go to the length of arresting him for fear of waking a mistake, which could not easily be rectified. The story of the foreign artist, who, after so strange a delay, divulged that he had witnessed the crime, put a different complexion on the affair, and the authorities being by his means provided with a minute description, at once proceeded to action as described above. The artist in question is a resident in Holland Park Read, and his action has been to a certain extent, in some quarters, misrepresented. It niust be borne in mind that, when looking from his post of observeviol], he saw the man assault the woman, he noticed no knife, and had no idea but that a mere brutal assault had been commie:ed.._  At a late hour on Wednesday night it was rumoured that the prisoner had attempted to commit suicide in gaol. Idr. Jones, solicitor, saw Saunderson in prison on Thursday morning, and took lengthy instructions from him. Several relatives also visited the young man, who appeared affected and seemed to keenly feel his position. Preparations have been made for the magisterial investigation as soon as the police and witnesses from London put in an appearance. Saunderson was early on Friday morning handed over at Belturbet to the London police officers, and driven to the railway station, where a first-class compartment had been reserved for his removal to Dublin. On arrival at Dublin the :accused was taken to Store Street Police-station, where be was kept until the time to catch the night boat for Holy. head.  The Empress Eugenie left Windsor Castle on Thursday for London.  MATCHLESS CLEANSER has swept away a thousand wnrries of washing day. 142378.  The will of the late Viscount Dromlanrig, private secretary to Lord Rosebery, who accidentally shot himself, has been proved at Dumfries. lie left personal estate amounting to £10,626. Sir Morgan Morgan, solicitor, died at Cardiff Thursday morning, at the age of 51. Deceased was Mayor of Cardiff in 1837 and unsuccessfully contested Glarnorganshire 89 a Conservative in 1892.  Xmas. Hampers / Xmas. Hampers I