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. qbese *^ ^^ E ^ RYSfiy& ^ saakiwm . CajjHifcal Palace , at 'Syaenham . Rapidly ace tbje ^^ l ^ adTa ^ cing towards completion under * the dic- ^ ^ oqrflitp ^ pfiSir : Joseph £ ax . ton ; and order la gradi ^^ becocaing ^ sible &g wdl as beauty * . £ > n the opening Unjtihie Queen wiU « tt ona dais under a canopy . ' AVoufid tier % ^ be a throng of all that is most distinguished and conspicuous in the realm ; 1400 vocal and
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< 3 KEAT CRIMES . Some Crimea are recorded this week , not altogether novel in their character , it is true , but Attended by circumstances that forcibly remind us how base and brate-likeis the " paragon of animals" at all times * wh « n passion gets the mastery over right feeling and conscience . The first case we shall narrate is really terrible and revolting ; illustrating with new force the proverbial hard-heartedness of the stepmother . It is a tale of
CHIL , T > MUKDJCE . Mary Aim Alice Seago , aged 82 years , the wife of a bricklayer ^ , residin g at N ° - 2 , York-street , Commercial-road East , was ) brought before Mr . Ingham at the Thames Police-court , Charged wi | h ttie wilful murder of William Seago , her step . son , . aged six . years , and -also with violently assaulting Ann Cooper Seago , hex stepdaughter , aged nine years . WiUiamWataon , a , po lice constable No . 88 K , stated that at 9 o clock on Sunday night he received information that a child bad been "badly treated by its stepmother and taken to the London Hospital . He proceeded to tlie hospital , and there Ascertained that a child was brought there by the prisoner at 6 o ' clock the same evening , and that it was dead when admitted . He saw tho body of the deceased , which was in a very emaciated state . The cliild had been neglected ,
and appeared to hare been balf-stniTed . I hero was a severe wound across tlie forehead , a . bruise on the lip , a scratch on the nose , and discolouration on the elbow and other parts of the body . The surgeon's opinion was that the child had died from tho effects of ill-treatment . He afterwards took the prisoner into custod y and locked her up . Ernest Henmun , a tailor , of 2 , Yorlc-utreet , said : The prieoner , her husband , and family live m my honsp-. On Sondny afternoon , between 4 and 6 o ' clock , 1 heard Mrs . Seago come home and go upstairs to her own room , which she had no sooner . entered ihan she commenced beating tho deceased child violentl y . I heard the blows , and a noise « b of toinctlang railing on tl , e floor , which was succeeded by ( he screams ot the child . The noise and the screaming continued for fomei time till the ficreniniiif ; became weaker und weaker . A knock enmo to the door . It wi , s the priwoner's husband , and his htfle girl let him in , after ho had twice knocked . Tl : e
paftontr ' SohuBband went upstairs , and came down again almost immediately , . and the # 4 , who remained in the yard while he was in . the house , wrent upstairs , and I beard the prisoner asfc : her what she had been doing ? After that I heard farther -ill-usage , the child screaming , and most piteous cries and moans proceeding from it . There was a noise freqaently repeated , as if a board was thrown about the room . All at once the ch 3 ld ceased crying , and one of the ci&dren was sent pat and returned with some brandy . I hSaVd the prisoner say , "My God ! what have I done ? 4 & * Y % fi 9 jffve ™? strength to . go through 3 t t" I repeatedly hearaoieJLown child intreat her to leave off beating tie deceased wjile she was ill-using the child . After the brandy was brouffhtin t heard the -prisoner gar , " My darlurff boy ,
jBpeakto ; nwjr < Qh , speak to me ! What shall I do ? Why i should vlill-TtBeii ? p 8 e . chUdreB 7 " # j Harriet Henman ^ wife of the last witness , confirmed the evidence ' of her hrisbaad . . j ^ Watson produced tlie gown worn . by the prisoner on Sun- ; ; daj , and $ aid it was very much , Staiaed with blood . ,,. OnI ' e ^ smuu ^ g the room in which . the murder was committed thafc morguiqft he Jonnd staiasof blood on the floor and walls . llfiere mite ™ 63 * &P > # bloo-d on tb * wiX . .,. ., : / - ; xasn Cooper &eago , a little girL ^ nly nine years of at ^ and : ivery intelligent , Tjotvlooking ^ nuch younger than she reallyis , ) jsas sext -cS ^ ed ; Her appssrance excited the greatest "com- 1 iuueeratun ?* ofl -contjeasted * tro ^ igly with tbe bealttiy and comfortable appearance of her stepmother . The flittle
cxeatuxe avpeaxed to have beea dreadfully perfected and MBstarved A xagged frock twos aJl she had " to cover her nakedness . Site was very dart j , and feer limbs were "much attenuated . There were marks of brttal violence on her ; fa < ee Md arn » i » fid »<«! fej 9 B « cat over her sight « ye . Her ^ afiMt ^ « nrative « reatedintiiich senstt@em in ^ court , « ad tbe « iKistr « te-mm * « £ ffec 4 ed « vmito fteass . ^ be girl , hawig siltisfaeternySlunTiered the : ffaestions pnt to her-jelafcingio ^ eJ 3 Mitt ^ * f ^ <| ith , i « aid---I * ni mne ytam of -age ; * b » t Si n ^ fflsrther : ( p * ioting 4 : o the prtsonec , . iwt ieariagt ^ look nqp -at } Mjr );' > ^ he" ? W «» Sn the > xoom > whcn £ ? cainBJxoi 8 aeuuD Sontey . f | uy two bro&ers were in the reom—« ne is lemmy , * fo »* evetfy «« re « tf * ge , aod Willie - ^ itae fleceasedi , wi » is * ut veat 8 ? oid . wbea another came m yotterday sce ^ beat say brother iWilliain . Billv comDhuned Aliat Tommy Mt bun .
» nd steld f « tfeer who hit ^ ommy ^ wlen . jmethdr tcwaaenia Tojnnfy told 'my aoother tbat ^ Bifly had got him in ajr » w . ^ h « n ^« iotbCT : « h |> ped Billy « a )^ -put hion-to bed . iHeigott ^ up eam ' "iuidiat oa tnebox . MotheritnfKfc ^ d ioxa off tberbex ' With her fist . Then he got up again , and mother gob . a strap « td « str % ped ^ im . She besat Mm * at tfaeiarm with tie « trap «« i ^ belay on tiie ^ oox . ^ e got up ^ ain from o&fche floor wldrundressed ^ iimself . * S « riiad his . clothes ^ n when ite was pat ^ itfto * ed the first tkne . Whenshe sgot up * gam she hit him vf itb lier bands . ; She . hit him . on the side of the bead twicft . Then myamotber pat Jrim in : a * ubiof wafce * . He Was naked .. She hit him once on tbenarm and onceen Uje tettipie : while -he was- in tbe water . His -jioae ¦ - was ? pdurigg With Moodwiien she hit him . Me could hardly staad up . Ske hit him aeveral times in the tab , Aod . bis nose poured attt with blood blithe time lie was in the water . He could
hardly move before she put him an the water . He could not get out of the water . Met was lifted out . My ibrotuer Tommy wiped him and pot him to bed . Willie cot < up again , and mother told him to rub a tea tray a kittle while . Then'my another took hint up by bis feet , and shook him a long time . ' Then my mother took him Qp again , I % hink it was < by his hain , and itbrew him across the room . IHefell upon ihe boards . She took him up again , and threw liim on a box and kicked bim . I don't know on what part of his tbody ahe kicked him . She took him up and . threw -him on the chair on his back , and Ms head was hanging
^ j ' _ _ * _ i _ \ __)_ i . _> id -vt _ . _ j : _ « _ tdown , and she said to me , u Now , yoacrafty *— - ~ , you may take anddo what you like . " I said , "Willie , get up from the chair and let mewashyou , " and lie could not get up . Tbenftny mrfther hit me . Then my mother threw me down and kicked me -over the eye and made this wound , and kicked my face . Then my father knocked at the door . I did not go down because I was wiping up the blood and water . He knocked again , and she said , " -Go down and let the in . " 1 let him in . He came upstairs and stopped a minute . I-went Into the yaad , so tiirt my father should apt see my iace .
Mr . I ngham : Why did you do that , little girl ? Witness : Because I should catch it . Mr . Ingham : Why should you catch , it ? Witness : My eye , sir , was pouring -with blood . All my things at home , and all my brother's tilings , were smothered in blood . J ust as I was going upstairs father was going out . He said , " What is the matter with your eye ? I said , " Nothing , " and went upstadrs again . She eaid , u What is tbe reason you were not here when your father was in ? " I Baid , " I was in the yard . " Mother said , " It's a lie , you crafty , you was outside the door on the landing while your lather was here . " I said , " 1 -was not . " My brother Willie was in bed then . My mother told him to get up and ¦ vri po his forehead , but he could not get up . Because he did not get up my mother kicked him down . He was sitting up in bed and could not move , and because ho couldn't , sho took him oat of bod nnd kicked him , and made
a great lump on his forehead as big na n walnut . She did that with her foot . She kicked him about half a dozen times . She kicked hrm once on the forehead , and once on the chest , and once on the side ; I don ' t know anywhere else . She took him by hid hair and threw him right across the room , and he fell down on the floor mid couldn't move , sir . —The girl then continued : My eldest brother Tommy said , "Oh , mother , don't hit him ; oh , mother , *! on ' t hit that poor littlo fellow , or else you will kill him , and 1 >« hung . " Mother took up the pepper-box , and was going to throw it at Tommy because he snid that . My mother took Billy up from off tho floor , nnd was R"ing to throw him down again , but he was dead I him , and she H . iid , "Oh , Billy , I do Rive you . " Then , sir , sho wrapped him in n fihrot , and . took him to the hospital , and tilio said , " IJe qniet , the people are listening in the house . "
Mr . Inglinm : What rrmdo her siiy-that ? WitncBd : Because my brother lummy said hive would bo hung . Mr . Ingtmm , in consequence of an intimation from Mr .
Symons , tlie chief ' clerk , asked the witness if the prisoner Was her own mother ? "Witness-. No , sir , nrtmy first mother . 3 Ir . Ingham : How long has she been 'marrjed to v » b * father ? ' 7 Witness ^ About a'twelmnonfh , * ir . Mr . Ingham asked the prisoner if she would lie to p ^ t any question to tlie witness ? The prisoner at first answered , * * No , -sir ; " but aftex a pause said , ** Now , Annie , look at me , ray dear . " Tim to *
said , in a soothing tone , but tbe child , whose back was to the prisoner , 'trembled excessively awl < Kd « ot more . Theprisoner : Now ., look at me , Arose . The girl's agitation increased , and she did not move . Mi . Ingham : She don't like to look on you . ; she is afraid . You can put any question to her through me . Tiie prisonerV : who told you to tell that tale , Annie ? N < rt one third of it is true . M > . Ingham : Has anyone to 3 d yoatotelliihis tale ? Witness : ^ No , sir , not anybody .
Mrs . Ann BaWdail said : I am female -searcher at the station adjoming this court . I was « aM 6 d last * ight to sesreh the prisoner , and I saw some blood « n-tbe bosom of her chenase . I asked brer bow that came there ? And she said , "ftodoabt it eame from thechfld . ft is blood that vanb i fin > nn my-dear ' Billy . It seaked throug b p ay dress . I have not tbe « ame dresaron new « s I badwhenit ^ occurred . " && also said , " I was wasbing the cbild in salt'Jffid water . His . anas"were roxm& ^ my neck , « nd 'he seemed Jo drop Mke as if lie-was taken for « de * tb . He was Ukea ekekton , and ladia iffiseased heart . '' Mr . ^ Major -Greenwood , Ixrage " snrgtwn at the London HospHwl , said : The prisoner brought a ^ child to the London Hostntai Testeraajr ^ eveninei it wsas « aite dead . I examined
tbe tlHTd ; it Twts very nocb « m » ci « ted , « ad bad bsto greatly neglected . Uherecww a 8 evere « t « CQ 8 ion ion the left 'fiftew the % ead , two inches > above ttoe «« r . 3 & « re iras a worod-stPetelrifig tcjmavw ^ It was * cwtused mnd ' teewrated "wwurid , two and altalf irckesiia l ^ igth , fi » -edges of ^ wbich -had vMmt&ifc to * bottt th » e-^ ti « rt er »/ ef an « eb % i width . Tb **»« n * caae cov « iDg the sktill was partiy ^ efarcbed . Xhewf ^ was a «« tttsed wound * t f ^ a » xrpper ^ E f , » i ^* r tna « i >« of )^ £ i % « BMM » , and ^ uees ai ^ vanaus •^ wa * ehes « m 1 ^ -fiwe ^ cJieBt , aad /* nns . Tlie chfldi was « iDid and the iiwwwe bbmehed . -Tbis afternooiL
at iojur ¦ o ^ clock , ^ in ade a port mortem exatmxwtson , exactly tweoty-lwo hours « fter wKChv « 0 b venwviBg . the « c % h > I found marks of contusions almost all owtr i « ne iKad , loore especially-on tbe Mi side . < te mofingthe ^ p of 'the skull llonhd effosioDS « f Wood in the ^ nembrciws < tf the brain correspondhig witfc Jtbe inark « 'ea £ ten ^ y , <« peda 31 y that bn % he left ; -side . The lateral verttri « k »* M * e 4 ued ^ rath Bexmn , mi a conmderatee -quantity < tf blo « d was « B the under part « f the sku 31 . In « tJ » er rejects the ikr * in was heaithy . Those appearances we »« ufiioent 1 »» co < wpBit for ^ death . < Cta wpenin ^ Sh e body 1 1 <> und tbe heart 4 * d 4 tmgs healthy loere- was no disease of the heart whatever . ^ Soroe of the
tikesenteric ghinds were enlarged , but ^ otherwise free . from disease . The liver was large , but that had nothing-to do with the cause of death . Tie liver in children is always large . I am decidedly of opinion that death was caused by eoDcusBion of the brain , the effects of recent violence . The stomach was healthy ; there was food in it partly digested . Mr . Ingham : "Will yon pat any questions to this gentle * man ? Theprisoner : Ho , sir ; thwe was -only-a cut on bis forehead that long ( measuring tbe nail of her thumb ); that was all , sir . Mr . Greenwood : The wound on the forehead was two inches and a half in length . Mr . Ingham eaid , this was the whole of the evidence , and , having delivered the usual caution , to tbe prisoner , and reminded her of the serious nature of the charge against her , said , he was now ready to hear any defence she bad to make .
The prisoner , who had become more composed , in a very distinct and impressive manner said : —I have not anything to say except that tho principal part of that child ' s statement is fake—for instance , the hair of the head . His hair w jis obliged to be cut veiy short , and was not sufficiently long for any one to clutch it . as she represented , to throw it across the room . May God forgive her I Mr . Ingham : Is there any thing-else you wish to say ? The prisoner : Yes , but . I have beon ever kind to the deceased child , and to them all . I have been the mother of eight children myself , and hav « always done my duty to all tho children . I nave ever b « en indulgent to ttoem all . Mr . Symons , the chief clerk , having read the depositions , JVlr . Ingham said : I commit the prisoner for trial for the wilful murder of her stepson , William Seago . You will bind orer tho witnesses , Mr . bymons . The proceedings did not terminate till eight o ' clock in tho
evening . It appears that of four children living -witlh the prisoner and her present husband , two of them were by lier first husband . They wito well treated by her , but Seago's children were half-starved mid ill-used .
OTHER 3 IUBXMBIVS . Nor has London been the only theatre of trngedies in real life , like this . The far distant counties of Xanoushire and Devon supply each a case of murder . In the north of Devon , last week , a young woman of . Langport , named Mary lticharde , went to Torrington , nnd carried hoaae tho gloves she hud made during the preceding week , receiving payment for them . She tct out the same evening on her return liorne , nnd she "was observed passing through the villuge of Tuddiport , but she never reached home . The next morning a workman heard groanB , and found the poor creature nearly deud from severe- injuries . fclie was carried to Touring ton und there she died . As it was evident she had been violated und robbed , us well as murdered , the question arose as to who committed tho outrage ; and suspicion fastened on a tramp who joined hej at Taddiport , ascertained her
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Leader (1850-1860), May 27, 1854, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2040/page/10/
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