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MURDERS IN RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY.
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nute. A little before one he heard a violent ringing at Mr.
Marr’s bell., which continued at intervals, till about a quar-
ter past one. He then went out to ascertain the cause of
the ringing. Witness then described his clambering over a
wall at the rear of Mr. Marr’s house, and entering it, where
he found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Marr, the infant, and
James Gohen, as already described, weltering in their blood,
and lifeless, though still warm. He stated that Mr. and
Mrs. Marr came into the house No. 29, Ratcliff-highway,
about the latter end of April last. Mr. Marr seemed to be
about 24 years old, and Mrs. Marr about the same age..
The child was about 14 weeks old.
G. Olney, a watchman, stated, that on Sunday morning,
about half-past one o’clock, he was standing at Mr. Marr’s
door, with the servant girl, when Mr. Murray opened the
door from the inside, and he went in directly. Mr. Murray
said, “ For God's sake come in, and see what dreadful mur-
der is here.” Witness first saw Mrs. Marr lying on her
face, with all her clothes covered with blood, and her feet
towards her door, which at first prevented its being opened.
She was dead, but not cold. Her brains seemed to be hang-
ing out on one side of her head, and he saw a great deal of
blood about. Witness then described the situation of the
other bodies, which has been already sufficiently stated.
This was all the evidence adduced before the Jury. The
ship-carpenter’s maul, which the desperate villains had left
behind them, as before observed, was produced, covered with
blood, and human hair still adhering to it; which left no
doubt that this was the instrument with which the horrid
facts were perpetrated. The Jury, without hesitation, re-
turned a verdict of Wilful Murder, against some person or
persons unknown.
While these investigations were proceeding, the premises
were examined by the Sheriffs of London, and by all the
Magistrates; rewards were offered, and associations entered
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nute. A little before one he heard a violent ringing at Mr.
Marr’s bell., which continued at intervals, till about a quar-
ter past one. He then went out to ascertain the cause of
the ringing. Witness then described his clambering over a
wall at the rear of Mr. Marr’s house, and entering it, where
he found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Marr, the infant, and
James Gohen, as already described, weltering in their blood,
and lifeless, though still warm. He stated that Mr. and
Mrs. Marr came into the house No. 29, Ratcliff-highway,
about the latter end of April last. Mr. Marr seemed to be
about 24 years old, and Mrs. Marr about the same age..
The child was about 14 weeks old.
G. Olney, a watchman, stated, that on Sunday morning,
about half-past one o’clock, he was standing at Mr. Marr’s
door, with the servant girl, when Mr. Murray opened the
door from the inside, and he went in directly. Mr. Murray
said, “ For God's sake come in, and see what dreadful mur-
der is here.” Witness first saw Mrs. Marr lying on her
face, with all her clothes covered with blood, and her feet
towards her door, which at first prevented its being opened.
She was dead, but not cold. Her brains seemed to be hang-
ing out on one side of her head, and he saw a great deal of
blood about. Witness then described the situation of the
other bodies, which has been already sufficiently stated.
This was all the evidence adduced before the Jury. The
ship-carpenter’s maul, which the desperate villains had left
behind them, as before observed, was produced, covered with
blood, and human hair still adhering to it; which left no
doubt that this was the instrument with which the horrid
facts were perpetrated. The Jury, without hesitation, re-
turned a verdict of Wilful Murder, against some person or
persons unknown.
While these investigations were proceeding, the premises
were examined by the Sheriffs of London, and by all the
Magistrates; rewards were offered, and associations entered