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THE HORRIBLE MURDERS AT STANFIELD HALL.
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In ow last number , we stated that a moit horrible assassination took place on Tuesday , the 28 th alt . Befor « giving the particulars < jf this horrible affair , it will be necessary to state the construction of Stanfield Hall . It is a large building in the Norman style of atohitootnre . with a moat before it , and an eifceniiTapark round it . Of late years a wing has been added , comprising the servanta' apartments . In front of the main building there is a poroh entrance , leading into a spacious hall , from which there is a passage to the dining and drawing rooms on the left . To the right of the porch there is an entrance and
passage for the servants , leading into their compartment of the building . This passage and the preceding one ran front to back . A passage runs from left to right across the centre of the building , intersecting the servants' passage and leading to the dining and drawing rooms . ' Mr Jermy , Mr Jermy . jun ,, and Mrs Jenny dined together on Tuesday evening . The butler , two female servants , and a man servant were on the premiies . Two . ; female servants hid gone to . Wymondham , and had returned to the park , bat were not in the hall before eight o ' clock . About haif . paat eight o ' elpok , Mr Jermy , gen ., left the dining room , and walked through the hall to the front oi the building . On returning , just as he entered the poreh , a man wrapped up in acloik , and wearing a
mask , fired a pistol at him , aadthe shit lodged in the upper part of hii left breast , close to theshoalder . He fell down and . instantly expired . The assassin went to the servants' entrance to the right , passed through the passage from the front , torned to the left into the passage aoross the building , and met the butler . With a piatol in each hand , he beckoned the bntler to go back . Being greatly alarmed , the butler retired into Ms pantry . The uniun proceeded onwards to the turn ot the passage , where there was a dark recess ana adaw cnesiug intoancUierpassage , leading to the back of the premises . He appears to have arrived in the recess jut as Mr Jermy , jun ., alarmedat the report of a pistol , Ieftthe dining room . The young gentleman went to the door opening into
the back pauage , and there the man fired at him and shot him through the right breast . He instantly fell down dead . Mrs Jermy , heating a noise , went to the same place , and while standing over the lifeless body of her husband , the umediabolioal auuiin fired a pistol at her . The shot shivered one of her arms and wounied her in the breast . . Her maid went to the same epatto ses what wu the matter , and while supporting her mistress , the murderer discharged a pistol at her and severely wounded her in the thigh . The female servants , thinking they ihon ! d be all murdered , hid themselves . The man
servant , who was then in the stables , hearing all this firing , and supposing that the house was attajked by k number of ruffians , swam across the moat and set off to Wymondham , where he gave the alarm whioh causeda telegraphio message toba tent to Norwich police station . The murderer had , therefore , no difficulty in making his escape . The two women servants who had gone to Wymondham returned with two young men , and while they stood outside of the moat talking they heard the report of-a pistol and sawthefluh . They thought Mr Jenny , jun ,, wm trying to frighten them , and , they went to the ltdge . ¦
Constable Pont and the city police remained in the hall for some time , and found the ramrod of a pistol . About two o ' clock in the morning all the police went to watch the house of Mr Rush , at Bethel . They remained all night watohingthe pro-Biises . About fire o ' clock , they saw Mr Rush strike * light , and heard him ring for his se ' mnt . The ; then entered the premises , and teok Mr Ruth into custody . The house was searched , and a cloak , quite damp , was found upon Mr Rush ' s bed . Constable Mortar took the cloak into his possession , and Font took charge of a pair of Mr Ruth ' s boots , whioh were quite wet . The pqliee also toek charge of a couple of loaded fowling-pieoes , and two powder-flasks , Mr Ruth , who is a farmer and auctioneer , was brought before . Mr Cann , the' magistrate , examined , and remanded to Wymondham Brid » well ; I second tnuamm op the rasoHKt sum . 1 - '• On Thursday , Not . 30 th , at the Bridewell , Wr-1 rflondhua , the Hon . and Ret . R . Wilson , Sir J . P . : Beileau , Bart ,, W , R , Cum , E ^ ., Sir Thomas
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. ^^^^ A ^ w —^—i^——— ^ ~ " ^ v * £ " Beevor , Bart ., and J . Soott , Esq , held an inquiry" ? and Mr Rush was brought before them . Tne inquiry lasted'the whole day , and ^ waa intended to be striotly private . Mr RuBh was- accommodated with a seat at the table , ' aUo with pen , ink , and paper , and he cross-examined all the witnesses at gteatlength . ' "¦*• - - _ ' '«'" .-. , Eli z * Cooper , a drftss-tnaker , rending at East Carleton , was the first witness examined ; and Bhe stated ; that , on the previous Tuesday afternoon , about fire o ' clook , as » he was returning from Stan field Hall , Mr Ruth followed her , and called out to her . atking her . whether , she had been at the hall . ^ fc . ^^^ a ^ M ^ biiSSSSS ] SS ^| S ^ SS ^ aSSaSJSJSJBSJSJS ^ SJMSMl ^ S ; iSSSSBSSliiM
and she replied that she had . He then asked her w hether Mr Jermy and his son were ' at home / and glje answered in the affirmative ; after some further ggl ^ T sation , ha went through a gap into a meadow . Tbit tofizdom w « not far from Stanield gate . 'Emilr James deposed , that she lived with Mr Ruth , Ml * , not as a servant ; she had gone to live with him » > housekeeper , but that arrangements had not yeCl *™ ma <» . On Tuesday evening , Mr Rush camehm ** ° tea about six o ' clook , and remained at hom 9 t ainineo olook ; he then went out for about ten mi * v » t when he returned , and did not go ( out any . && . " * . that evening . This wltntaB was questioned very X cutely aa to tha exaot time of Rush ' s leaving the bK ' ^ , and returning , but did
not appear to be very em ab ° ut **• She was reading abookj she said , whioh int erested her very muoh , and she did not keep a very accurate account of the time . . ¦ . „;• Solomon Savory , a youth ia - Mr Rush ' s emplo y , ment , saia \ that he lived in the , ° uee , and wasin the habit of cleaning Mr Rash ' s boo *' - fnd he sometimes cleaned them with a wet cists , w . tich accounted for the pair found being damp . Ja answer to questions from Mr Rush , he stated partioslan as to the situation and construction of the , fcoase and premises , with a view to show that the priem « could not have got the pair of boots , found bj the P oli ? e - without some parties in the house being htm ° ' . > he cleaned those boots at six o ' olock on ft » pire . vioue evening .
Mr Standley , merchant , Wymondhatn , bs ? 4 , h . ™" he went to Stanfield Hall soon after the intrtligent of the occarrenoe had arrived at WymondhBinv He rode to the hall , and when'he arrived in fropir . of it he found the doors closed ; he obtained admiBsito by stating who he was ; " He'found that the ' serva ' ats were very much alarmed , and heard of certain papers having been found , whieh were shown him . He be- - lieved those produeed were the same . He understood that . the servants had beea reading these papers ; Thepurpprt of them was , to threaten the servants that if they did not keep quiet they would be shot—He ' was cross-examined at some length by
Mr'Rub , as to the reason why the doors were barred and closed , in order to ascertain whether he considered that they wera so clotei . ia . eottBcqaenoe of those papers being found ; but he did not admit that it was so . ^ He , with the assistance of another , had removed the body of Mr Jermy , sen ! , from the poroh tothediBingroom ... He believed there were three or four females in the hall at the time . , Mrs Bailey , who keeps the Stanfield gate , Baw Mr . Rushr on the Tuesday evening , at balf'past five o ' clock . He asked whether her son was at home . He went away , and followed a young woman . Eliza Cooper , down the road .
Mrs Jenny Is nurse was called . She had been at Wymondham on the evening in question . She returned to the hall after eight o ' olock , in company with the cook . She went tip-stairs to her mistress , who called out , « Oh , nnrse , I am-shot , I am Bhot ' She went below-stairs for some hot water , and was alarmed by . seeing _ a man , like Mr Rush , in the passage . ' .. " ... ' . Mr Jenny ' s cook was next examined ; and she stated , that she had been at Wymondham en the Tuesday evening , and when she returned , while standing outside the moat , she heard the report of a
piste ) , but did not then know theocoaaionofit . When she entered the hall , she saw a short thick-set man in » deak , and she believed the mail was Mr Rush . [ The magistrates ordered the cloak to be brought into the room , and Mr Rush pat it on . ] She did not thiak the cloak was so long on the man that she saw ; but perhaps he might have * held , up his arms , which would have , made it appear shorter . The mau had either a short gun or a long pistol in ' his band , She was very much afraid , and goc into the servants ' ball as aoon as she ' could , fearing that Bhe Bhoeld be shot .
Constable Mortar produced the oloak , whioh ho had found at Mr Ruth ' s house ., There were several others of the city police in waiting , bat they were not called . Several ether witnesses were examined , whose evidence was not material . While the examination was going on , Mr Rush , jun ,, case into the room , and bad some conversation with hit father ; who told him to take care of the property and the business , till he should be set at liberty . The young man appeared very muoh affected by the situation of his fatberJ Tha magistrates , finding that they could not hear
all the witnesses on that day , thought it would be best to adjourn the inquiry . Mr Rush objeoted to that , as it would detain him in custody , and he considered there was no evidence againBt him ; as what had been adduced against him that day was very contradictory . The magistrates assured him , that they had made up their minda to commit him en the capital charge , though'then they might further remand him . He expresied great surprise at this decision , and requested thathesheuld be allowed' ci have his own bed and bedding from his own house . This request was granted , and the inquiry was adjourned tlil Saturday .
¦ - THI THIRD EXUJTWATIOH Of THK PBISORBR , Wtmohdham , Saturday . Dae . 2—The magistrates met this morning at the Bridewell , and further examinations were taken , but with closed doors . It is generally ramonred , however , that Emily James , Mr Rush ' s housekeeper at tho PotaBh Farm , has made some important disclosures , contradictory of her former statement , as to the absence of her master on tho evening of the murder , stating that he had been out the greater part of the evening . When he came home he appeared to be in a state of great agitation , and rushed into the house saying he was very ill . He went into his own room , and shut the door . She looked through the keyhole , and saw him take a covering from off his face . She stated that he frequently went out in dugutse , and on Tuesday night he cursed the poachers , pretending to go out alter them .
Mr Bacon , the sheriff ' s officer , gave evidence as to certain expressions of Mr Ruth , showing revengeful feeling towards Mr Jermy . The magistrates to-day refused admission to even magistrate ! and police , except those specially engaged in the inquiry , Tbey « at till a late hour , not haying adjourned till half-past nine o ' clock . There wero many reports as to the statements given in evidence , and of discoveries made ; the principal we have notec above . : One rumour asserted with great positi veness is , that , on Rush being asked whether be had any questions to put to the woman JamsB , he replisd , 'No ; she has said enough to hang me already . ' About ten o ' clock the prisoner was remanded to Norwioh Castle , lie was fettered and placed in a carriage tobeconveyed to Norwich , a crowd standing round to see him taken away . He bad previously taken leave of two of his children in a very affectionate manner .
We have been informed that in Mr Rush ' s bed three dagger * were found , and that a disguise for the faoe was also found in a box . We have great doubt of tbe aocuracy of these rumours . Our reporter was informed that no mask was found . MrYarrinjtoncsme over to Wymocdham in the afternoon , aad in the room he stated that the woman who had given information respecting two masks having been sold , then pretended to know nothing About It .-Mr Rush has engaged MrWurr , of Leadon . ta oonduot his defenoe , who arrived in Wymondham on Thuwday . .
. Accounts from Stanfield Hall state Mrs Jenny to be recovering . A general rumour haB prevailed that the shattered arm had been amputated . Such , however , we are authorised to state , is not the case . The ady ' a maid has rallied considerably , but it is difficult to ny what will be tho result of her injuries . The fire arms employed by the assassin have not as yet b » en discovered . It is supposed that they will be found in the moat , which has not yet been completely drained . P 90 RTH sxiunrmo 5 of ins PiusoNin . WiMONDHAM , Monday , Deo . 4 ;^ -James Blomfiold Rush underwent another examination before the Hon . and Rev . M . Williams and other justices , but Jute the preceding magisterial inveati gations , the K * 1 " 1 . !* ww . eono throngh in private , at Norwich Castle . The prisoner heard on Thursday that the magistrates had determined to commit him for trial at the ais-zes . but that hewould be brought upatthe CasUe to enable the depotitions to be properly
com-COROMIR ! iNqTJEST . . Wtmordbam , Thursday , Nov . 30 . At twelve o ' clock at noon , this day , Mr Edward Prets , one of the epronersfor the county of Norfolk , held * n in queitnpon the bodies of Mr Isaao Jermy and lia son . The jury was composed of the yeomanry and other inhabitant * of the district . It was stated that in the early part of the dBy the coroner forwarded to the accuied ( Rush ) a list of the jury summoned to attend , with aview of ascertaining if he objected to any of them . The list was returned with four names erased . - . ¦ ¦ . -
The deceased gentleman , Mr Lsaao 5 ttmy , was described as lixt / . nine years of age , and his ion . Mr Isaao Jermy , jun ., as thirty . The jury , haying bwn sworn , prooeeded to view the remains of the unfortunate deceased , whioh lav in the drawing-room of Stanfield-hall , and presented a melancholy sight . Both bodies were stretched on thecarpetinthe apartment , and death apparently with both of them had beea instantaneous . Mr Jermy , sen ., had been shot by the asiassin in the leftside , thoball pawing through tbe heart . The ion reoemd the ball m bis right side , whence it paswd throBghnM body . The coroner and jurywere j hown by the domesHcs the mode wd plRcoin Wfl the murders badbeen oommittod .
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The only evidence gone into before the jur . y was tbat relating to the identity pi the-deceased . The inveBtiga'tionwasthen . tidjourned'tintil Friday . "A vast number ' of labijarers ' are emplojed emptying tho moat which surrounds the mansion , in the hope of'detecting the fire arms of the murderer . THB iDJOTONEn IMJOTST . '' - . Fridit , Deo . 1 . — The second day ' s inquest was held on Friday , at the King ' s Head , when Mr Freu , the coroner , 'stated'that he should take thesevidecoe in eaoh oaaa perfeotly ' -. distinot from ihe other , as i&would'be neceaaarvi and would facilitate
bnsi-The first case proceeded in was that 6 F Mr Ta ' aao Jermy , when the following evidence waa given : — Mr W . P . Nioholaj surgeon , of Norwich , upon being sworn , stated—On removing the dress 1 found a largo wound , situated , about two inohes above the nipple of the left breast ' . The wound passed through the' skin , three of the ribs—the fourth , fifth , and sixth—directly backwards , destroying the en tire body atd apexof the heart , thence through '' the posterior part of the left spine , where'there were several
portions of singular shaped pieces sf lead lodged . They were lodged in the muaoular mass behind the tubercles of the fifth and sixth ribs on the leftside , both of wbioh were destroyed . In the substance of the lungs found a foreign body , whioh I will produce to the jury . I believe that substance to be the covering of a cartridge . ( The substance was exhibited to the jury * ' who minutely inspected it . ) Mr Tunaley assisted taein the examination , and will produce the pieoesofiead . I toek them out and gave them to Mr Tunaley . ¦ ¦ ' ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : . . . . The Coroner . —Can you state the cause of death .
Mr Nichols—I have no doubt that death ensued from the result of either gun or pistol shot . ¦ Mr . Robert James Tunaley , surgeon , of Wymondham . confirmed this evidence , . The following evidence was given with reference to the death of Mr Jermy Jermy : — Mr Nichols Bpoke to being called to the hall ss in the previousoaso . Uponsxamining thebody . ef Mr Jermy Jermy , I observed a small hole in the waistcoat covering the right Bide of the chest I yesterday , with Mr Tunaley , made &poit mortem examination of the body . In removing the dress I found a small wound , about an inch above and to the inner side . of i'he right nipple of the breast . The wound I found « ent backwards between the third and fourth ribs ,
tbt . °° gh the base of the heart , a portion of the right Iud | , destroying the body of the slxtVdorsal vertebra into h ^ einass of muiple situated behind the spine . Attbe . baek of the spine were deposited several portionaof . lead of irregular shape , wliioh I gave to Mr Tmalsy * It was those pieces wbioh oauied . the woBDd ] have jest described . The wound was produced by s gun or pistol shot , whioh mast have bean firetf very close \ o thei deceased . . ' AtaBuiM ^ aerit state of the inquiry , it having been requeutR ^ by tbv jurors that the lead sftonld be weighed , it wiv state * that the two piece * of lead ; taken frsm tbe tody of Mr : Isaao Jermy weighed ,, the ene thirtotn fc-raiDB and the other eleves . ! The lire pieces takeafrsm tho Body of Mr Jermy wefehed two thirteen grains ' , and tiie others eleven eacbi ¦
Jamea Watson stated—I am bntler at StajsSield Hall ; About a quarter past aifeht Velook on Tuesday evening I wstrin my pantry , wtian'I . heard the . tfecharge ot&gmw pistol shot at the front of thehouse . The * ps » try is in frontr of tlw . housej and 1 nearly adjoins the poroh , I leftw / paoiry immediately after heaThjjf the report , acd-when 1 got to thff domer of the passage , not more thsfi-flve or' six fset from the pantry door , I saw a n » H' walking past fromtheback passage towards tbe' staircase hall , He was turning the corner . Immjdlately fronting the kitchen passage was a small lamp . The man was not past the lamp at the time I first saw Mm . His face was towards me with something over . it , apparently a mask . Be ha * a oloak on . It bad a cape
; o it . I do not know whether it wsb \ m § or short ; ! do not know whether it was above or below his knees . His head was covejed with ' somethiDjc , but I do not know what- H ) e was a short man , and stout . It was a dark oloak . Tho man was carrying a pistol in eaoh hand . They were large pistols , but I cannot Bay the size of them or the-leagth of the barrels By the Coroner—At the time I saw the man passing the corner it occurred to me that it was the-pereon of Mr Rush , whom I had 1 often seen at Stanfield Hall lately . The last time li saw him there waa on Sunday , the 26 th of November , when ho came in at the door . W was about four o ' oleck in the afternoon when be oame to tbe servantB hQlli fie atked me if he could speak to Mr Jermy , therefore I knew Mr
Kubu perfectly well . The man I ! saw was like Mr RuBh ia s " z ? , height , and it his < walk . The man was passing me quiokly towards the dbor leading to tbe staircase hall , tho door of whioh was opened by Mr Isaac Jermy Jermy at the instant of time that tbe man that I suppose to be Mr Rush reacned it . I saw the man fire a pisto ]} . and Mr Jl Jermy instantly fell baok I Baw it pomted at Mr J-. Jsrmy . we Jermy fell backwards into the hall- $ went back into mypanfry . As soon aaJwaa there I heard two other reports . I then oame out , and went towardsthe ball staircase . When in the passage Mn Jerm ? rushed- passed-me towards the baok staircase .. went on and opposite- the . door into the hall staircase I saw EVm Chestney lying soreamf
ing . She said , Oh ! take me up or I shall die . ' I did take- her np , and took-her towards the back stairoasa . The nursery bell rang for some water . 1 went toget some . I then-went to the etable-yard & * d saw the groom . I told him not to take the hone , but to go the backway . It went to Mr Gbwet ' s , and he and his two sons came soon after . I and Mr Gower afterwards went to the frontof the house , whes by tb » light from a gig whioh -had driven np we saw the body of Mr Isaac Jetmy lying in the-porch , It was about half an hour after I saw Elba Chestney tothe tirae I saw the body ; of Mr Jermy . The body of Mr Jeraoy was lying on the face , with the head * towards the door . The body was removed into thedrawing room . I saw losae persons remo-nns It .
Tbaglass door of whioh 1 have spoken , and through which-RuBh entered ' on the Sunday , was never looked until 1 about sine o ' clock . Mr EiuBh was in the habiti of eoming into the house by that door , without knocking « r ringing . I never saw Mr Rush come in at any other door , excepthe had seen Mr Jermy on the premises . Mr Rush waa in the babit of coming to that dbor late at night . All persona , esoept company , who west to the porch door , entered the house by that aide door . I never Baw Mr Rush dressed with a oloak except on that oooasion . In the servants' hall passage I picked up a paper , whioh . I threw down again without reading it . ' I am unable to say whether the pistols i have mentioned were double or single-barrelled . ' The witness was > then sworn relative to the death
of Mr Jermy , jun .,. and gave precisely the sane evidence , except as Mgards the finding of the body of Mr Isaao Jermy . : Margaret Read ; , eook at Stanfield Hall , stated : — On TueJday eveaing , the 23 th of November , about a quarter past eight o ' clock ) I heard the report oi a pistol , proceeding from the front of the bouse , the poroh , or from that direction . After hearing the report , the young person who was sitting with me in the servants' hall ran out . The window is in the front of the servants * hall . I did not'leave the servants' hall . I then heard a second report , a third report , and then a fourth report . The reports followed each other very quiokly . After I heard the last report I went to the door of the servants' hall , leading to tbe passage of the staircase hall . I then saw Miss Isabella Jermy
within a few yards of tha door , running along tbe passage towards the servants's hall . ' When she reached the place where I was standing , I saw a man coming towards roe down the pauage . He was near the foot of the back stairs . I remained at the servants' hall door . There was a light there , but it did sot show any light on his face , as the greater light was at his baok at the top of the pauage . Miss Jermy was near to me , and 1 had a better opportunity of observing her than I had the man . I can describe the appearance of the mat . " There was quits sufficient light for me to observe and deaoribe his general
appearanse and his dress . I did not see his faoe . The moment I saw him it Btruok me it was Mr Rush , who bad very frequently within the last five months been at the hall . The man was dressed in a loose garment . I cannot Bay whether it was a oloak or not . It had a email cape . His right hand was down by his side , and had rather a long p istol or a short gun in it . I did not observe the position of his left hand . The nan waB short and stout .- He held his head a little on one side , just in the way Mr . Rush always carried it , and had apparently a very short neck . It struck me , the moment I saw him , from his form and his carriage , that it waB Mr Rush ., ,
The witness was then sworn in the case of Mr Jermy Jermy , which was of course precisely the same as the above . ¦ . ^ Maria Blanpbflower , nurse to Mra Isaac Jermy Jermy , stated ; on the evening of Tuesday , the 28 th ult ., she heard the report of four shots , one after eaoh other . She did not know exsotly what time it was , but it was about eight o ' clock , she was in the nursery . The nursery is at the end ot the house , looking towards the servants' hall . When I got to the Bervanta' ball door , having heard a footstep , I turned round and saw a man coming in the tame direction bb I had bean , between the foot of the stairs and the passage leading towards tbe Bide entrance ] did not see either Mi » Jermy or the cook . I ran as fast as I could . The man who followed me was a low stout man I do not know whether I ever saw the man before . ¦ .. '
The inquest was then adjourned until ten o ' clook on Saturday moraine .
. . A » J 0 WtHBD 1 HQUBST . Saturday , Dec , 2 . —On Saturday morning , at ten o ' clock , the jury re-afliembled in the large room of the King ' s Head Inn . The Coroner called for the constable in attendance , and when he appeared he asked for the su » perintendent . iThe Coroner , sent the constable to Potash Farm , to bring Emily JameB and Solomon Savory from thence . . The Constable having returnsd , said tbat Emily James was in the Bridewell , and he could not serve the warrant ¦ , he , however , brought Solomon Savory , wbo , being sworn , stated—lam in tho lemco ot James Blomfield Ruiu . I went into hi ) Borrise jna
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after harvea || / Hfeeaiii ® nBe . Mr Rush Bid not reBide there . . He ' sometimes stays at this farm , and Bem > timeB at his other "farm at Felmingham . HejoamiftofiiePotasKArm j $ nt a week or % tnight since . ^ Hehas noH i beenJAftaT for a week . He went to Norwich on Saturday , came home at night , nd did set go out » fterwarda . I saw him last Tuesday afternoon . " He was about the farm in the afternoon till about half-pfiit fire , when he came home , He went into the house . 1 saw him in the back , kitchen about half-past six o ' clock . He spoke to me in the kitchen . I saw h im again between seven and half > past sevea o ' clock . He came to the door , and spoke 'to' meTand' went in again . 1 never saw him after tbat . He had his in . door dress on . He pulled eff his boota when he came home ' .. and put hig slip
shoes on . It was his uiual habit to do bo when ho camahbme . Icleaned his two pair of boots that night between five and six o ' clock , the same boots he had worn on that day . I put them to the fire to dry . Mr James Rush and his wife left the . house last Monday , and Susan Merley , one of the servants , went to her mother . The other , servant , named Howes , went away ill , about a week before last Monday . ; Mr and Mrs JameB Rush and Susan Morley left between four and fife o ' clook in the afternoon .- I never knew Mr Rush to be at the Potash Farm before when Mr and Mn James , Rush acd all the female servants were away . A female lives with Mr Rush that I have not before mentioned . She has lived at the Potash Farm about a month , and ,
to the best of my knowledge , she . sleeps in a room adjoining Mr Rush ' s room . She oame to the town after me . She is called Widow , James . I have never seen her with Mr and Mra James Rush , nor with Mr RuBh .: I got up on Wednesday morning between five and six o ' olock . I waa called up by the team man , who told me that the police were there , and they wanted to see Mr Rush . I « rentdownand spoke to the police ; I then went to call Mr Rush up . After I knocked I said , VI want tospeak to you . ' I called out two or : three times . He , knocked once or twice when . 1 called him , but he did not speak . I then went to the front of the houte , and rnng the bell . He opened the window and paid , ' What do
you want V I said , * Mr Pont has come , and told me to tell yon that there waa a very serious thing took place , at Stanfield Hall ; tod Mr Cann wished Mr Pont to let you know . ' He answered , ' 1 will be downdireotly . ' He then shut , the window , and he came' down almost directly . I was intke back kitchen , - whin he came into the kitohen and said . 1 What is tiui matter V I Baid , 'I do not know . ' He opened the outer d « or . The police stood against the door , and he said , ' Walk in . ' I w . ent out . When I have , ealled , Mr R-jsIi before , he used to answer me with A ' Tsnook . : . : The witness was sworn in respect to the death of Isaao Jermy Jermy , and said , that what he had stated was true , To the best of his knowledge , Mr Jamee RU& 4 was at Felminghara on the Tuesday
evening .. .- -. . Mr Bailey was called , and she repeated the statement she bad made before the magistrates , that on Tuesday , afternoon Mr'Ruih spoke to her at theKetteringham Lodgrgate , and then left her Abruptly to speak to a young woman . ¦ ¦ Eliza Cooper repeated the evidence she gave before the magistratea . on Tuesday afternoen . . Jc 6 n Mortar depwred—I am a oity tonstabte . On Tueaiay night , November 23 th , there was some infDrmaltKra sent to our Btstfen-honse at Nonrfch . Myself and seven other polieesaen were seat by Mr Hudson , the magistrate ; to St » r , fiold HsH . On arriving tfewe I received instrnstions from Inspector iteaisa- ;; axd about two o ' clock 1 aooomps 7 iied' hiur and eight others to a piaoe callsd Potasb Farm , \ ¥ egot ? to&is farm , and we surreanded the house :
AiJouta qsarter after sir in tbe-morning I saw , It c « bi oome to the door . After hearing tbe bar slip opened 1 the door and want in , and > seized him by the arm , sayisg , Tou are ay- prisoner / Inspector Amim * Pbnt ,. aid several others , entered the homeland Pont handtraffed him . While doiagso , he said ' * The two Meesn Jermy have beea Bttot and you are Buspected'of doiag it . ' Mr Hbeh' ithen said , 'Gtet / b God , 1 hope they do not suapsct me : '' Pont , Amia ^ and myself went with Mr RualMnto hi > bed-room . We asked'to go to'his bed-rooB > ,. and he efaowad us to it . I commenced ( Karohing , and' on the-bed I found the cloak which I now produce .. It w » s-spread out on the bed ? where I found it . ( Thewitnesa-, by request , put the closlt on , and . the jury axumined it . ) Inthe coufMof the taarch , Mr RnBh'Baid to me , ' I understand it wm done a liltle after eight ? o'clock . ' said , 'Ffonvwhom , sir , did you understand tbat V
The Coroner said <—You had no right tc ask that question . Witness . —B asked Km that because I am sere he had not heard it- He Baid , ' I should have been there last night about that time , had' It not understood that young Mr Jermy was at home .. The young man fe-a great enemy of mine ; . but the old gentleman and- me have been better friendB than-we were . ' . Thomas Osborne ,. of the oity police ,, deposed * -I went with Inspector Anus * and others to the hall ; . I was ordered to go with others to Mr Rash'i house : After he was- taken : prisoner , and after the eearch i . Mr Ruth was left in my charge by Inspector Amiss .-When Mr Rush was getting his breakfast there wa «
a woman , dressed' as a widow , who made the tea .. He said to the woman , Mam aeousecBof ' murdering ' Mr Jenny but that scoundrel Clarke has d » n » this . It is he that has done this . It is he that has caused' me tO' be awpeoted ; but you and * Savory can clear me ,, as Savory washed- my boots at half-past five , and' you know D did not go—— . ' He paused and then said to- the woman , 'Bid they ails jou any questions ? Sbs-said , 'They asked me if you went out imthe evening . ' He said , ' They had no right to ask such questions . ' He said , ' What did you toll them ! '' She answered , ' ¦ I Hid you were out b e tween sight and nine for a quarter of an hour / He uid , 'I wai not out ten minutes /
To a Jurcry-He did Bit speak haishly . He was not at all agitated . By the Ceroner . —He-said , You know X had my slip shoes on . ' - James- said , < I do not know if you had or not . 'I did not see yon put yeur boots on . " He then Baid to me , 'Whioh one below stairs was it that named the time- the murder was-done ? ' I replied , tbat not a word was nunticsed . Rush also said , I haw no doubt but that I shall be suspected ,, because we have lilted om suoh bad terms , but latttrly the old one and me haro been snore friendly . The young one was my greatest e&tni ? . ' He asked about hitoloak , and said , 'What is the reason they will not allow me to have it ? I want to put it on . ' He asked , ' Do . yo « know what they have aeainst
me ? ' I said , ' No . We are seDt by Mr Cann to ap . prehead you ; and that is all tbat I know of the affair / I made notes of this comwreatiaa « W soon aa I waa by myaolf . I have now lepsated it from memory . After bwakfaBt I delUered Ruah into Post ' s custody . Stephea AsoSss , inspector £ the Norwich pslke ^ confirmed the last evidence . , Robert Thompson , inspeetonef the Norwioh police force , corroborated the evideiMie of the other police officers . Mr Standley , jun ., was then called , but his evidence was not taken . Hft produced the paper picked op in the passage in Stanfiald Hall by one of the servants , as stated in his evidence before the magistrate . The following is a copy : —
There are ibvod of us . Three of us outside and four Inside the ball . All armed as you see us two . If any of you serranti offer to leave the premises , or to follow , yon will be ihot dead . Therefore all of yon keep Inside the servants' hall , and you , nor any one else will take any arms , for we are only com * to take possession of Stanfield Hall property . Thomas Jehus , the Owner . There were no more witneiies present ; and the coroner sent the parish constable to the Bridewell to ask the magistrates , whether they would allow either the constable Pont , or the housekeeper , to come and give evidence?—On his return , he Btated that they were both under examination andowld not attend . The inquest was adjourned to Tuesday ; the coroner issuing his warrant for the apprehension of Rush ' s housekeeper .
ADJOURNED INQUEST . - - Wtuondhaw , Tuesday night . —The proceedings before Mr Coroner Presi , adjourned from Saturday last , was resumed this msrning at ten o ' clook , in the petty sessions of the King ' s Head Inn , in this town . On the jury re-assembling , the coroner oommenced the busmen by remarking that since his Arrival that morning he had received a communication from the magistrate , stating that a witness for whom he hai issued a summons , Emily James , was at present in the Bridewell , for safe custody , and it appearing to them ( the magistrates ) very easeatial that her evidence should be placed before the eoroner * g jury , they suggested that the coroner and jury should adionra
to the Bridewell for that purpose . From the peculiar nature of the oaie it was deemed advisable that no one should be admitted to the inquiry but the coroner and the jury , and he ( the ceroner ) therefore hoped the gentlemen of the press would not esnsider him as exercising any undue power , or wishing to interfete with the right they claimed as representatives of the press to attend any public inquiry , by no * per * mitting them to be present . He , however , should be happy to afiord tnenrall necessary information as to the general purport of the inquiry , and he trusted that they would not press their right to be present nor think they were excluded from any improper motive . ¦"• • . ¦¦• • * r f "
The coroner and jury then prooeeded to the Bridewell , , where the inquest was resumed , but tbe inquiry being conducted privately . And the represen « tatiTM of the press being exoluded , it fellowsthat the BketoheB of the evidence given must be based on hearsay information . Suoh being the cm , and feeling assured that any unauthenticated accounts of the Ste-W ^^ f ^^ J * . ° « " » ° f the « ng ^ nto indindnAwhose life hat stake , we forbear from giving at Any length the information received . Sr * & £ * *• ? # » ¦*• ««» w wi «> eaution th « outlinei which we publish of the statements made $ » forca tka coroner at the Bridewell . «« . ft m n ty *«*• UM mblin g in the board , rown of the BndeweU , wai brought in by the matron , MdhMiDg beta fcwwnodstfld with »( mt ( baipr ^
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eeinte \ was examined , nearlyas idllbwii' ^ -idy parae is Emily James , and I have beeti'living at Potash farm as Mr Rush ' s housekeeper . I have aoted in that capacity for the last three weeks ' . ' " Ojct Taeaday even , ing , the 28 ih ult ., Rush agreed with me to go to * Madame Duloken ' s concert at Norwioh ; ( seven mile * distant ) , and ordered an early tea . ! I got myself dressed to accompany him , when about fire o ' olock be oame home and said , ' I don't ; think 1 shall go to Norwich now , for I don't feel very well , Doyon mind going , because , it you : particularly who it we'll go . ' I said , 'I had aowiBhto go , ' and after
some further conversation it was agreed we should remain at home . The tea wfis prepared about six and we delayed over it until eight o ' cleck , when Ruth got up and said , ' I want to go out for a short time ; ' and aB he waa leaving the room I aaid , ' Yoa had better not , as you'll increase your cold . g made no answer , and went to the back kitchen and thence up stairs to his bedroom ; and after remaining some few minutes he came down and went out . Tbe door not fastening properly he said , ' Emily come and fasten this door / I went and dosed it . I did not see how he waa dressed I did not see him at all , as he held the door outside so dose as to prevent me seeing him I am not positive as te the exact time be went out ' but it was somewhere about eight o ' olock . I retired to the sitting-room , and as boob aa I deared am *
too things I commented reading a novel , and about nine o ' clook I heard Rush return to the door It wbb fattened . He knocked with his knuokles , and I went and unfastened it . He paused 6 utside fora moment or bo . I said , 'It is undone / Ho mada somereoly . I returned to the sitting room and after remaining at the door probably a minute ha came in and went direot up stairs to his bedroom saying as he passed the door of the room , ' You had better go to bed / He went up stairs in the dark and I hjard him immediately lock his door , ( a juror inquired if he waB in the habit ef lockinehw
oearoom aoor , Dut tne coroner declined recefvini ? the an 8 wer . it not being evidence . ) Not havinea light when I unfastened the door , I conld not Bee how he waa dresoed . I did not see hid , for , as I walked into the sitting room , he followed l » hind . and proceeded hastily up to his room . He kept patent wax tapers in his room , and could procure a light at his pleasure . In abeut fireminntes he cam a down Btaira mhiBshirt-Bleevesihavinghis coatoff . He looked in at the Bitting room door , and Baid , ' What a large fire you have got ; take tbe head off and put it out / 1 saw hewas agitated . and looked verv nil * ..
iremarserltohim , 'Isthere anything the matter ? ith you V He aaid , < Nothing / and tnried his face away . After a pause he gaid . 'If auy one asks you about me , say I was not out more tban ten minutes . ' He then went up stairs to his bedroom , and I haviag quenohed the fire with a can of water , also went to my own bedroom , which adjoins Rush ' s . When I waB about half undressed , I heard RuBh unlock Mb door and godown ¦ tain without his sheen . He went very quietly and I could hear him as if he was feeling his wav down . I don't knew whether ho took a light with him , or for what purpose-he went down . He might have been down two or three minutes . I heard him come back and go into his room again . I oannofc say if he went put . I don't know if he onened th «
tront door . 1 . did _ not hear it opened . I heard no . thing mere until the following morning . About six o clock I heard a bell nag , a rather nusa&l oirenm . stance . Heard Savory Bay , Master , ewne to the window / Rush opened the window , mi said ' something I could not hear . Afterwards he- said , I'll be down direotly / ' lopeaedthedoor , and ealled down stairs , 'Whafa the matter ) ' He' saak ' 'there ' s something up at Stan § eld Hall / I got xn ; dressed myedf , and west down stairs . Saw the police had KuBb in CDBtody . He said , 'They Buspwt me for tho mardera of tbs- two > Mr Jennys / He mis-hand-CB ^ d '; and looking down at the liandou £ r » he said 4 Idont like these / I asked Rush if the charwomaa hatfeome . Hereplredj . 'No / Soon afterwards-the police took him away , H « was not in the habit of wearragra- eloak . New * saw masks or pistol * in-tha hons e ^ r
At abouttwo o ' olook the coronwand jury returned fromtheBrJdawelltothe inqutrtroom , and pro . ceededwith the open inquiry . William Bacon , sheriff ' s-offlcer , living at Norwichwas then crfkd and axananed . Tha witness proeeededtodbtailsBmefaota he knew about Rush ; when hewas mpomuion of PptaBb Farm , in OcK , law He : bs * not spoken to ziim sinse that period The coroner stopped him and'saiflba thought the ' transactionhad ' no bearing oponthecase . The witness-feaew nothing immediately oonceminff " the murders-,, an * he withdrew . George Pent , a constable in tho oonn&y force , No . 07 , waa-Rextoailed , hisevidenoebeine a reoapitulatlen ef what has already appeared .
Mr Hubbusty ; a superintendent in- tba- Norfolk constabulary , Baid—In consequenoe ofipformation I received IsearohedPetash farm on the mornlne following the murder . In a ohair in- Mr Rush ' s bed . ropmrfound » furcapand wi g . ( It was a large blaok long-haired wjg . The officarput it on , and it could be so arranged 1 as to add maoh < to the-oonoeal . ment or the face . Coroner-Did yoofind these thinga-afr tbe bottom of the bos ?' . Witaesi . —ThewigBftund neariyat the-top .. It appeared as lfl it had been wdely shoTed < in . The caa was lowerdown bfthe ride . I do not know whether the box had beea previously searched ; . It was- not locked . The box stood in a dark eloset in the bed . room . The Coroner , aftergrving thejurya-ahort adjourai ment to prooura refreshment , resumed'the examina * tlon !^
-| The other witnesses examined were-John Stubbi . . a labourer , who resided at Wymondham Lodge , had ? ibeenintheemploy of the deceased and of Rush , iwho deposed- to Rush ' s-differenceswiththedeoeasedi iW ^ tson , the butler to-the deceased ^ mi examine * ' as to the dosfcandl wig said to have been worn by Rush , and upon other points . Margaret Read , the ; cook , waa the laBt witness examined . ; The ioojuiry was then adjeurned for-a week , and ¦ ¦ the jurymen were bound : over in the usual form .
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MtB Jermy and her maid , Eliaibetb Gheatney , are proceeding favourably at Stanfield Hall . FoNBKAfc op thb Dwbasbd . —On Tuesday th * remains of tha murdered gentlemen were buried in a newly-formed vault on the south side of Wyraondhan ohurefa . In the early part of the day all the shops in the town were closed , the blinds of all the private dwellings were down , and many of the inhabitants were attired in mourning . The vicinity of the church was greatly crowded . Amongst the ohlef mourners were Mr Thomas Preston ( brother of Mr Jermy ) . Sie Thomas Beeyor , Bart , ( brolhewn-law ) , Mr T . Beevor , Mr Foster , Mr Chevalier , Mr Jepson ,. M » Chambers , and others . Mr Pressthe coronar . and
, the whole of the jury ( who , to attend , had adjourned their private sitting in the Bridewell for a short time ) also took parfc in the mournful ceremony . In tbe course of Monday the police . in consequence of a communication they received from the Widow James , again made a strict search at Potash Farm and , in a pile of papers , discovered a domino ( half mask , blaek ) . The police think , however , it was not the one worn by the disguised assassin . From oircumstanoes that have oome into their possession it is not believed that the murderer wore a mask Tho one found would have to be held to the face by tha hand , and as the assassin is sworn to have a piBtol in eaoh hand , the difficulty in wearing the domino is
obvious , t , i Thb / , E i £ ? Rdbh ' -A loeal papersays : ' Jamea Bloomneld Rush has long been kuownia that part ef the country , having been for Many yeara a farmer and land agent , to which he added , till within the last four or five years , the business of an auctioneer . He was a natural boh , Lib reputed father being a gentleman near Wymondham ; and hw mother subsequentl y married Mr Rush , of Felmingham , who waB found dead in his kitohen , his gun being near him , . ' and a coroner ' s inquest returned a . verdict of Accidental Death , or felode-ie . wa cannot [ remember wbioh James Bloomfield , after ais mother ' s njarriag » , always went by the name of Rmh . He marriid early in lifeaIadyofAylBham , and occupied afarminthaft parish under Mr Pitman . From thence he wmoved to Wood Dalling . where he rented a farm L ?« S
we neieve , to Sir Richard Paul JoddreU . A ° fiw took place on this farm during his occupation , which he was s « Bpeoted of having caused . He was tried for arson and acquitted . From Wood Dalling X Sl ^ W m ndhMn ' * «« £ fomed nearly 500 acre ; under Mr Jermy , who had w awob confidence m him thathe appo ! u » ed hi * his bailiff or steward ; HeaUo occupied » farm at Felmingham , the prop " S tU & •' P ° P ° fty « bnt wasmortgaged to Mr Mh Lt -S ^* very Mn > fortabl / , till Oct . ' Sri nU-iOM en dW T ^ t WflM Pttt * * f " « i & ? M S W Jenay J ) bUined vmtOaa of thi & ?]? I ?* f" ? Md ' ho ' in » n MUon aeainst Rush for breaoh or ooyenant , obtained a verdict , the & i 5 " * amounting te £ W 10 « lOd . £ S . 'Jr SIS' ^ F « l « w « bam cxpiredat Michaelmw , 1843 , and he oneht in {? . «»;«» , ¦» .
lw £ i 2 te WI ? 5 . . IWlW « Rnjl 1 h » dbeen H "' J t . tofo ow wive , are dead , but he ha » alargefamily , it is Baid , of nine ohildren . One of hu wu hves at the Potash Farm / ' tatto and hii wothera wd . siBtfln were not At homo on the night the mardera were committed . The Nobwioh Mbhcoat has the feltowing :- For some time past thBra nave been leealdifferenoes between him and the Ute-Mr Jwm ? . Rush was not long sinea the tenant of a farm now m the occupation of Mr Colman , and there became bankrupt . A mortgage off 5 . 000 , due to the deceased gentleman , ought to hate been paid off on Thursday , the 80 th of November , on the noond day l , ^ the ' i at ' il ^ "Pla W' We learn that ob ^ . WJ ' ,. " * ¥ » ft !» noon , the prisoner came to hM \ ? f » w » M late Mr Jermy . and thai M , Zll oiw > \* ° *¦?«* " «» "l-ftted Keatleman to allow fte tftortgage to remain for three years more-ISMiiH ^ ww nimi ' ** Twy m
The Horrible Murders At Stanfield Hall.
THE HORRIBLE MURDERS AT STANFIELD HALL .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1500/page/2/
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