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it a plaeo. On tlio otli lm camo of ago. 1 gavem a purse worked in tho colours of his rogi-1 (..---Did he leave it behind him when lin wont ro;vlt;l - You; in a desk, with Mrs. (Josfonl. In A 7 ;■ ho. returned ii, nnd 1 have it now. Ou Jan. U iito wn i a tenants’ and servants’ bull nt. Tii h-nno. 'I’li'ii' wovo. otlo r guests besides him th«-ro. r woit invay im (hi; lllh or RMli. llo g ivo mo whito iihi' oo'tor ro.-ary, wiili :i silver cno In did not give mo anything else. 1 wiry. I 1 'ho witness produced il ■as handed to the Attorney-General, ] ivo him anything on that pnrliouhir noon. ion. -id you over giw* him Hum artiolo (a raowd, diioh tho plaint ill' swore you gave him: No. -vo the md it lid notin order to recover full possession of his health, which hud boon injured by the sunstroke. Among the luggage found by the detectives at Mr. Minor's lodgings, were several very bo mtiful sketchos of London and Iho surrounding country, which had been drawn by the prisoner. A great quantity of money and draughts on bankers vvevo also found and carried to the Towor-atrent police-station.On Sunday the police received a great number of c.mmiuneut ions, one of them hoiug the following: A man named Thomas Pallington,employed as a warehouseman at the Lion llrcwery (.company, Ihlvodere-voad, has n wife in the (dolney 1 lateh Lunatic Asylum, and upon lu-r death lie becomes entitled to £1700, but if he dies if he swore that it isunfiue 7 Yes, it is. It that money goes to other persons. Last wcok it lever belonged to me. On Jan. 11 my fatlu r wiu rumoured that Mrs. l’allington vrns dying, vished Roger to leave', because 1m saw that there and it is now stated thnt Minor called last week vns an attachment springing up between us, and m did not wish it. There was 110 i xpLmul ion ictweon myself and ltogor before thnt day. On that lay we. camo to an understanding. We cxcluing ocks of hair, llavo you his 7 Yes, I produce t wo pieces of his hair one given then, and one about the end of tlm month when lie came hack. [The pieces of hair wore handed in and inspected by the jury. |You were in court when tlm plaintiff was e.revs-exnmined as to his intimacy with you 7 Yhs. I was awaro of tlm charge. 1m was going to make.It was by my desire 1 wns present.—You hoard what ho said: Yes. — Is there one word of truthin what lm said 7 Certainly not a single word.—no less than t hree times at tlm Lion Bvewery to ask if lm could see. Pallington, tvnd that ho also aski d at what, time Pallington was in tlm habit of I earning to tlm brewery. It is insinuated that if Pallington died money would oomo to him. One thing is certain, and that is that 1m is accurately dos. l it md as the person who called nt tlm brewery and asked about Pallington. A friend of Palling-ton on Sunday showed a letter which had been writ'on from New York, and received in Lambeth ou Friday morning, in which these words wore used: “These Yankees must be put n stopto.” That letter, it is believed, referred to the proceedings of a society, and it is said that Minor Was Roger ever guilty of taking any liberty with raw it.you 7 Never.—Did anything pass that you wished ■ A statement has been made that Minor was Into keep from the knowledge of your mother 7 i duocd by a young woman to enter a houso noar Certainly not.- Is everything tlm plaintiff has said Teuison-street, anil tlmt lie was afterwards robbed, on the subject absolutely false : Completely and and that it was while ho was waiting on Saturdayentirely false.—Did anything pass from him to you morning to shoot the man who had robbed him in net or word that aii liououruble man might not do to a pure-minded girl 7 No; certainly not.that he mistook Merritt for him and shot him.“Wilful Murder” is the verdict returned by the Coroner’s jury against Minor.MURDER IN LAMBETH.An extraordinary murder was committed early last Saturday morning in the Belvodere-road, Lambeth, near tlm south end of llungerford 1Bridge. Gcorgo Merritt, a stoker, employed at amtlm Lion Brewery, in tlm Belvede.re-rond, was! Mi proceeding to his work when he was shot by a | mi man named Minor, an American. In the course |tlii of tlm day tlm accused was taken before Mr. I Mi Partridge, at the Southwark Police Court, and j pri gave tlm name of William Chester Minor, and at was described as an American physician, aged thirty-seven, residing at 41, Tenison-Btreot, York-road, Lambeth.It appeared from the evidence of Poliee-Con-stable. TiG L., that a little after two o’clock that morning ho was on duty in the Belvedere-road when ho heard a report of fire-arms. He proceeded in that direction, and saw the prisoner comiug on the opposite sido of the road, lie went over to him and asked him who it was that had fired. Prisoner said he had, and witness asked himwhohohad fired at. Ho said, “A man. I should not bo sucli a coward astoBhootawoman.” Witness seized hold of him and took the revolver produced from his right hand ; it was quite new. Ho then took him to the station-house, and on the way met other constables, whom ho directed to proceed to Tcnison-street while wituess proceeded to the station-house. In the station-houso a “bowie” knife was found concealed under his coat. Tlm prisoner was very cool and collected, nnd did not appear the least excited from drink.BuxtoD, 108 L, said he mot last witness taking tlm prisoner to the station-house, and, from what ho said, he and another oflicer proceeded to Teni-son-street, where ho found the deceased lying near the wall of the Lion Brewery Store, bleeding from wounds in his throat. Another constable came up, and they took the body to St. Thomas’s Hospital, when life was found to bo extinct.John Chapman, a labouror employed at the I,ion Brewery, identiiied tlm body as that of George Merritt, who had worked with liimou the brewery seven or tight years. Ho roused him up to come to his work a little after two that morning. The deceased was about thiity-six years of age.Ho had a family of seven young children, and his ; j wife is again near her confinement. tRichard Stcggles, G L, who was on duty at , theTower-street police-station as acting-iuspec.tor j t when the prisoner was brought in, said that when j o the charge was read to tlm prisoner he made no : 1 reply. lie was perfectly cool and collected, and | I •quite sober. The pistol produced was handed m a him by Sergeant M'Gillicuddy. It was full t cocked, and all the chambers appeared to have ^ o hcen exploded. Witness took possession of it, ; and at ten that morning handed it to Mr. Woods, j d i gunsmith, 41, Waterloo-road, who examined it , dhein his presence and dotaohed the chamber (also produced). On searching the prisoner he found the knife (produced), which lie thought was called : h a “bowio knife.” It was conceded under their back of his coat. As soon as wituess took hold of j lt;1 it the prisoner said, “I don t always carry this j t knife. It is a surgical instrument.’’ Witness,! found on him a gold wateli and hair guard, a p iir j t of spectacles and case, keys nnd ring, a small , 1 mirror, two boxes of medicine, a penknife, nnd i Aft IDs. 8d. in gold and silver.Theprisoner was remanded to Horsemouger-lanoHe seemed quite unconcerned, and asked no •questions. The detective polico connected with tho Lambeth division have been engaged in trying to discover some facts which might throw a light on the motive of the accused. It appears that ho is a member of the New Y'ork College of Burgeons, and that he is also a man possessed of considerable wealth. Last Saturday night Detective Sergeant Mullard was ordered by his superiors to proceed to the house where prisoner liadlived, und take possession of all papers, documents, Ac, that ho might find which he accordingly did. On Sunday all his papers wcro carefully examined. One of the letters'found mentioned that Mr. Minor was a surgeon, that ho had been a Captain in the United States Army, and that while on active service he had received a sunstroke, which affected his mind to such an extent that ho could no longer practice as a medical man. Another letter from a well-known American was addressed to Mr. Kuskin, and was a letter of iatroduction. It stated that Mr. Minor was desirous of visiting England for tho purpose of making sketches of its picturesque soenory, and that he was an artist of merit. A third letter stated Mr. Minor had beou advised by Us friend* und doatora to travel through Europe
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Sat, Feb 24, 1872
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