“Ah! that ring is for me. I know who it is,” and immediately went downstairs.
She was down a considerable time without any suspicion being occasioned in the mind of her fellow-servant, as the deceased was often in the habit of going down and standing at the door for a considerable time.
When she was first discovered it was surmised that she had perhaps killed herself by falling downstairs, but a further examination proved, beyond doubt, that a terrible murder had been committed.
Mr. May, surgeon, who examined the body, said that when he saw deceased lying on the floor he observed two wounds on the head and face. There was a very deep wound on the side of the head. There was also a wound on the forehead, and one over the eye, and five stabs on the face. He believed that the wounds had been inflicted by a small iron poker or iron crowbar.
A man, who was suspected, was arrested; but there was no material evidence against him, and he was discharged.
The murderer of this ill-fated woman has never been discovered.
A still more extraordinary crime was committed on Wednesday, July 10th, 1872.
Two persons, a mother and daughter, were murdered in a small shop, situated in Hyde-road, Hoxton.
The ill-fated women were ruthlessly assassinated in broad daylight in the very heart of a crowded thoroughfare.
What renders the case more remarkable is that a number of shops, the owners of which drove a thriving trade, were directly opposite to the one in the occupation of the two victims (Mrs. Squires and her daughter).