A murder of a peculiarly dangerous character has this week
shocked London. Mr. David Samuel, a dairyman; has a small shop in Kentish Town, and on Friday week, at 3 o'clock, he left it to go his rounds. Shortly after, three men drove up in a " trap " of some kind and entered the shop, which they left hurriedly in a few minutes, after placing an iron safe, which usually stood on a shelf in the shop, upon the threshold. A little girl, attracted by the eight of the safe, entered the shop, and found Mrs. Samuel, a woman of fifty-seven, lying nearly dead in a pool of blood, with her head split open. The poor woman was taken to a hospital, but expired upon arrival. None of the three men have been arrested, though it is known that they drove towards Wandsworth, nor has the " trap " been traced. There appear to be strong objections at the Home Office to the offering of rewards, which in some cases diminish energy, the police losing time till the offer has appeared ; but if these murderers are not caught, gang-robbery may become an epidemic in London. It is a curious fact in the case that the murderers attacked an apparently poor but really prosperous shop. That indicates that the robbers knew the circumstances well.
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