Year: 1870

from the London Post, May 25.]


Horrible as was the narrative printed by us yester
day IN reference to the appalling tragedy at the vii
lage OF Denham near UXbrldge, the full extent Of
the atrOciy not depicted, inasmuch as SIX VIC
TINS only were enumerated whereas the complete
tale OF the slaughtered ones Is seven for in addition
TO Marshall (the father Of the family, his Wife, his
sister, and the three children the aged mother OF the
man also fell beneath the savage attack.


The incidents Of the dread event, they have sue
cessively come to light, show the extreme ferocity
with which the murderer was actua.ed; but at pre-
sent nothing known for certain as to the order
which the victims met their fate, though the most
feasible supposltlon Is that the father was first
deprived OF life, and tnat then, there beng
no protector left, one by one the remainder
Of Ills household were stricken down The
cottage which Marshall resided situated the
corner OF lane, near the Oxford road at some dis
tance from any other houses. The murder Is sup
posed to have been committed on Saturday night or
early on Sunday, Marshall having been at work until
working clothes. The grandmother was found mur-
dered in the same ROOM Marshall's head and face
were slashed and cut about In fearful manner and
covered over with sacking His hands were
scratched in several places and there were marks as
If he had been dragged about the ground. His head
had also been beaten In the same manner as those
OF the other victims. The weapons employed ap-
pear TO have been two-a backsmith's sledge ham
mer and an axe being found IN the room, both
bloody. 1t was at first supposed that Marshall had
Killed the family and then committed suicide; but
The medical men who were called in pronounced 1t
TO be impossible for him to have done It, from
the position In which he was found, and they were
OF opinion, moreover, that one man could not
have committed so many murders without some as
slstance. Nothing appears to have been taken from
the house. although IL is supposed have been
tered for that purpose. The police yesterday morn
Ing thought they had sufficient reason to regard the
crime as one prompted by malice. Shortly after
Christmas an incendary fire took place at Ivy House
Farm, near Denham. Marshall was at the fire, and,
used by four men. TWO Of them he subsequently
identified, Iand they were sent to prison for two
months. Their term OF Imprisonment has just ex-
pired, and suspicion, rightly or wrongly, at once
connected them with the MURDERS the more so, be-
on conviction they threatened that they would
be revenged on Marshall


The idea OF The police Is that 1t was all the work
Of one man, VINO murdered Marshall first, and then
the women and children as they came down stairs.
fOllows:-


The house in which the family lived is in pretty
Y s % e tnS be s
and about seventy YARDS distant from any other house
engineer and smith small The com.


orab sober and industrious Beside the forge his
bar Of or poker bent broken and stained with blood
MARSHALL was very early riser and very early to bed A
this time Of the year he used is said to get up between
The body when the forge had clean shiri


Il hs IsssaRF as
a. the bottom OF the ,ar IN the cottage Her gown was
u n meaning
struggling n the The forge Possibly the murdered man may
cient the house, for by side and partly
so had
skulls completely shattered by the blows OF
From this Il would that Mrs. Marshall heard the
noise OF the butchey in the forge and throwing
round called to her ssern-law and woke
slew them at once and apparently without trouble
for there no sign or any trouble or disorder
The heads beaten in with several blows, and


they lay at ,sPs. Ss SS Sdyep OF s . stairs " ssa pool
ak and nine evidently murdered they rushed down
stairs bearing the cries. The bodies Of were


stated found almost under the fireplace the Kitchen
grandmother, the mother OF Marshall found
She had Doubt been Drained In her sleep. All had
IDENTIFY been killed with the same hammer. This
implement found in the house. covered with blood hair
and portions of brain. With found joiners
which also bloody. Yet as far have been able
ascertain, wounds have been found victims.
That the murders done before the Sunday morning there
of doubt The little, clean things belonging
children ali untouched and their little shoes, left
clean Sunday remained they had placed
Saturday night.


Two watches are missing. One has been traced
and found to have been pawned on Monday at Mr
Butchers, in Uxbrldge, for few shillings. or the
other watch there Is yet no trace. The description
OF the man who pawned the watch Is somewha
vague, for little notice was taken OF hun; even th'