It is supposed that the woman whose mutilated corpse was
found near the Edgeware Road, was Sarah Ricketts, or Day, of Willesden; who left London some time ago for Buckinghamahire, where she ex- pected to receive 700/. The prevalent opinion is, that some of the boatmen on the Regent's Canal murdered her ; as a herd, evidently belonging to her body, was found in the canal, near Stepney, by the man who attends to one of the locks. The gates would not come to- gether ; and upon examination he perceived a woman's Lead jammed between them at the bottom.
At Hendon, on Monday afternoon, John Lincoln, the servant of a Mr. Lawrence, attempted to shout his fellow-servant, Emma Haynes ; but the gun missed fire. The girl ran out of the house end called for help. Two of the horse-patrol accompanied her to the house, which Lincoln locked and barred, threatening to shoot any person who rip. proached. The policemen made a rush at the door ; o hen Lincoln again attempted to let off his gun at one of them, but again it missed fire. The policemen forced their way into the !armee, and the fellow then presented a horse-pistol at his own head, but he was prevented from pulling the trigger, and carried off to Barnet Gaol. The cause of his desperate conduct was intoxication.
John Pegsworth, a messenger in the tea department of St. Katha- rine's Docks, having had a dispute respecting the payment of a bill due to John Ready, a tailor, in Ratcliffe Highway, deliberately murdered Ready on Tuesday evening. He bought a large pig-killing knife, and then went to Ready's shop. Ile had some conversation with Ready's wife, and afterwards with Ready himself; respecting his debt. He asked whether payment would be enforced, and was told that an execution would be put in his house if he did not pay. Ile then started up, say- ing, " Take that !" and stabbed the poor tailor to the heart. He died immediately. The murderer has been committed to take his trial : he has exhibited no signs of remorse, but admits that lie had resolved to kill Ready, and bought the knife for that purpose. The man must be mad.
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