>From The Cork Examiner, 7 June 1879 - THE EUSTON SQUARE MYSTERY. Hannah Dobbe, charged with the murder of Miss Hacker at Euston Square, London, was again up for examination at Bow-street Police Court yesterday. Mr. Poland for the prosecution. Mr. Meade defended. Francis Riggenbach, merchant, deposed to having lodged in Euston-square with the Bastendorffs in 1877. Has no recollection of any other lodger being there in September of that year. Peter Bastendorff said he formerly worked for his brother in the house, 4, Euston-square. Recollected when the prisoner went to service there. Kept company with her. Did not believe the prisoner wore a watch when he first knew her. She told him for a long time before that she wore one. She was going to get a watch and chain from her uncle. The watch and chain produced are not like those she wore ; her['s] had a white face, and the chain had larger links. Afterwards saw her with a smaller watch. She told me she changed the other for it. Remember the prisoner telling me she cut her finger with the lamp-glass. Never noticed a bad smell in the house. Doctors Davis, Bond, and Pepper testified to the appearance of the remains, the latter saying that the woman had suffered from inflammation in the right leg. Owing to the absence of witnesses the case was adjourned for two weeks. A number of stories are in circulation at Maidstone, Kent, respecting the visit of the Bastendorff brothers, witnesses in the Euston-square mystery case, to the neighbourhood. It seems that they were temporarily engaged hop-picking about September, 1877. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dennis Ahern wrote: > From The Cork Examiner, 7 June 1879 - > > THE EUSTON SQUARE MYSTERY. > Hannah Dobbe, charged with the murder of Miss > Hacker at Euston Square, London, was again up for > examination at Bow-street Police Court yesterday. Mr. > Poland for the prosecution. Mr. Meade defended. > Francis Riggenbach, merchant, deposed to having > lodged in Euston-square with the Bastendorffs in 1877. > Has no recollection of any other lodger being there in > September of that year. Peter Bastendorff said he > formerly worked for his brother in the house, 4, > Euston-square. Recollected when the prisoner went to > service there. Kept company with her. Did not believe > the prisoner wore a watch when he first knew her. She > told him for a long time before that she wore one. She > was going to get a watch and chain from her uncle. The > watch and chain produced are not like those she wore ; > her['s] had a white face, and the chain had larger links. > Afterwards saw her with a smaller watch. She told me > she changed the other for it. Remember the prisoner > telling me she cut her finger with the lamp-glass. Never > noticed a bad smell in the house. Doctors Davis, Bond, > and Pepper testified to the appearance of the remains, > the latter saying that the woman had suffered from > inflammation in the right leg. Owing to the absence of > witnesses the case was adjourned for two weeks. > A number of stories are in circulation at Maidstone, > Kent, respecting the visit of the Bastendorff brothers, > witnesses in the Euston-square mystery case, to the > neighbourhood. It seems that they were temporarily > engaged hop-picking about September, 1877. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts > Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do we ever find out if she really did it or not???