Has he ever found fault with you for speaking to him?—No, he has never found fault, because he told me never to speak to him, and I did not.
The letters found near the scene of the murder created a good deal of bewilderment as to what they related to, and who were the authors of them.
These letters were found the morning after the murder by police-constable Ward, in Mrs. Else’s grass field, opposite Mr. Dyson’s house, and handed over to Inspector Bradbury.
Amongst them was a pink envelope enclosing a cent. American coin, the envelope bearing the words “C. Peace, Esq.”
The directions and other writing on the covers were evidently in a woman’s hand, and written by one who apparently was carrying on an intrigue with Peace.
These letters and papers were by the police evidently believed to have been written by Mrs. Dyson to Peace, for during the examination of Mrs. Dyson by the Coroner, the letters were handed to the latter, who thereupon closely cross-examined the witness as to her knowledge of them.
The Coroner, in alluding to the letters in question, said—
Have you ever seen this writing before (handing witness a quantity of letters)?—No.
Have you looked at them?—Yes.
Did you ever lend Peace a book?—No.