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140 kiEby’s wonderful museum.
supposed it was the old man crying out for relief, after he
had been wounded. In about seven minutes afterwards he
saw Turner descending from the window by the sheets. He,
along with others, then went up to the house, and broke
into it.
In consequence of Mrs. Vermilloe having said, “ that if
Cornelius Hart had been examined by the magistrates aS
closely as she had been, something more would have come
out,” Hart was again brought before the magistrates, when
he gave precisely the same account of himself that he had
on his previous examinations, and his story having been
confirmed by the enquiries of the officers, he was discharged.
Harrison, the sailor, underwent a second examination, rela-
tive to a new French knife he had seen in the possession of
Williams, which circumstance he had omitted to state on
his former examination. He had asked Williams to return
a handkerchief he had lent him, to which Williams replied,
e( Go and take it out of my pocketon doing which, the
knife fell out—it had a white ivory handle and narrow blade.
Williams told him he had just bought it. This circumstance
occurred three weeks before. The witness, after Williams
was taken into custody, searched his chest, as well as every
part of the Pear-tree public-house, for the knife, but with-
out success). Notwithstanding the suggestion of the sur-
geon who attended the coroner’s inquest on the bodies of
the Williamson family, that the throats had been cut with
a razor, there can be little doubt but this dreadful deed
must have been accomplished with, this instrument, which,
though probably not so sharp, must have been, from its
firmness, much more convenient for such a purpose.—The
magistrates, in consequence of a suggestion that Williams
might have thrown the watch he had taken from Mr. Wil-
liamson into the necessary, behind the house of Mrs. Ver-
milloe, ordered the place in question to be emptied, and
rigidly examined, where it is probable the knife might also
supposed it was the old man crying out for relief, after he
had been wounded. In about seven minutes afterwards he
saw Turner descending from the window by the sheets. He,
along with others, then went up to the house, and broke
into it.
In consequence of Mrs. Vermilloe having said, “ that if
Cornelius Hart had been examined by the magistrates aS
closely as she had been, something more would have come
out,” Hart was again brought before the magistrates, when
he gave precisely the same account of himself that he had
on his previous examinations, and his story having been
confirmed by the enquiries of the officers, he was discharged.
Harrison, the sailor, underwent a second examination, rela-
tive to a new French knife he had seen in the possession of
Williams, which circumstance he had omitted to state on
his former examination. He had asked Williams to return
a handkerchief he had lent him, to which Williams replied,
e( Go and take it out of my pocketon doing which, the
knife fell out—it had a white ivory handle and narrow blade.
Williams told him he had just bought it. This circumstance
occurred three weeks before. The witness, after Williams
was taken into custody, searched his chest, as well as every
part of the Pear-tree public-house, for the knife, but with-
out success). Notwithstanding the suggestion of the sur-
geon who attended the coroner’s inquest on the bodies of
the Williamson family, that the throats had been cut with
a razor, there can be little doubt but this dreadful deed
must have been accomplished with, this instrument, which,
though probably not so sharp, must have been, from its
firmness, much more convenient for such a purpose.—The
magistrates, in consequence of a suggestion that Williams
might have thrown the watch he had taken from Mr. Wil-
liamson into the necessary, behind the house of Mrs. Ver-
milloe, ordered the place in question to be emptied, and
rigidly examined, where it is probable the knife might also