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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1940

REAL LIFE DETECTIVE TRIUMPHS

CRIME OF NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

on

In the Fall of 1845 a neighbour same. Then Williams and his assis- heard screams coming from the house tants began to check up on his history. of Sarah Hart at Salt Hill, near Wind- They found he was posing as sor. She found Sarah Hart on the Quaker, had becn transported floor, moaning and in great pain. Her the charge of forgery when he was clothes were torn. Everything about 25 years old, and released on ticket- the place indicated there had been aof-leave in Sydney, where he estab- violent struggle. A doctor was called, lished a chemist's shop. Both his .but by the time he arrived Sarah Hart wife and his partner had died under

was dead.

mysterious circumstances, He was taken back to Salt Hill where the woman who had rushed to the aid of Sarah Hart identifled him as the man whom she saw running out of the garden. It was also proven that he had been living with Mrs. Hart.

A postmortem established the pre- sence of a large amount of prussic

-By- GEORGE BARTON

acid.

That explained the great agony of the woman and her shricks for help.

Before the examination

was made the neighbour who had run to the as- sistance of Mrs. Hart was questioned. She said she went into the house, caught a glimpse of a man running toward the gate. She couldn't give a very clear description of him but had a vague idea that he was in Quaker attire. Local police remembered that a train was leaving Salt Hill at that time and immediately wired to Lon-

don.

SAID HE WAS BLACKMAILED

Thereupon he admitted that

had

in the tumbler. As she did so she fell on the floor in great agony.

The allegation of suicide sounded promising, but unfortunately a chemist in Bishopgate St. testified that Tawell had called at his shop on the day of the murder and purchased ก quantity of prussic acid, which he hehad carried away with him.

been with her just before her The trial was a sensation, Tawell death. He claimed she had been being defended by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, blackmailing and obtaining money afterward Chief Baron Kelly. De- from him under threat of exposing | spite a brilliant defence, Tawell was their relations, At

Before her request he convicted.

his execution he said he had sent out for some porter. made a complete confession, saying When her glass was filled he said she that he was driven to the murder by had produced a phial and emptied it the threats of the woman,

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TRACKING HIM DOWN

The message was received by the London police. Scotland Yard was not in existence at that time, but Sergeant Williams acted with all of the speed and eleverness of a mod- ern detective. He went to the sta- tion, saw 11 man in Quaker attire alight from the train. The new- comer took bus near Paddington. Williams, slipping off his uniform coat, put on another. He jumped on the bus and, posing as the conductor.. collected fare from the stranger. When the man alighted he followed

him. The first halt was at the Jerusalem Coffee House. After that the Quaker-like person was finally tracked to a lodging house in Scott's Yard.

Having located his man Sergeant Williams called for assistance and the next morning returned and confronted him. He accused him of being at Salt Hill the day before.

The man denied this, answered all questions with apparent frankness. He said he was John Tawell, a member of the Society of Friends. He insisted it was a case of mistaken identity, said his position was sufficient to cleur him of any complicity in the alleged murder. He was locked up just the

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