SYDNEY.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1118, 12 September 1871, Page 2

SYDNEY.

SUPPOSED MURDER IN PARRAMATA. STREET. A Shocking case, supposed to he of murder, came under the cognisance of the police early on August 20. Tha victim is about twenty-four years of age. His real name is Crawford, although he is said to have frequently gone by the name of A»'ia.»trong—that home-by his mother's present husband, she having married a second time The circuinstances connected wjith the find ing of Crawford, alias Armstrong, by the police are as follow :—About half, past three o'clock that morning, Constable Thomas Graham, while walking in Green's lane, off Parramatta street, heard, coming from somewhere on the opposite side of the lane, a moaning noise. It was dark at the time. He crossed the lane to ascertain the cause of the unusual sound, and noticed lying on some flagging the body of a young man, surrounded by a great quantity oj blood. The body was resting on the back, with the knees bent upwards. Some little distance off in the lane lay a hat, supposed to have fallen from hU head. He had no coat on. With the exception of the hat and coat he vas dressed. The right sleeve of the shirt was literally saturated with blood, The whole of the clothing on the man's right side appeared to be in a similar condition. On examination the constable found that the man was still breathing, but wholly unconscious. Graham at once procured a cab, in which, accompanied by the constable, the man was taken to the Sydney Infirmary, where he was handed over to the care of Dr Markey, the house surgeon. On the way to the Infirmary no signs as of returning consciousness were perceived by the constable. Graham ai rived at the institution at about a quarter to four o'clock, and the man whom he had picked up died within an hour afterwards, without being in a condition to make known by what means he received the injury which caused his death. Shortly after Crawford's death the vicinity of the spot where he had been found was gone over by the police. Marks of blood were traced from GreenVlane, at its junction v\ ith Parramatta street (as soon as day had broken), along the pavement on the eastern side of Parramatta street past Charles-street, Linden lane, and Carlton street. Thesa traces reached some forty yards south of the latter street, and to about midway between it and Abercrombie street, when they suddenly stopped near the front of the shop of Mr Moss, pawnbroker. Further search disclosed clots of blood in <* small hollow in the roadway in the centre of Parramatta street, almost immediately opposite the part of the pavement where the traces were lost. Green's lane, Charles street, Linden lane, and Carlton street are all narrow thoroughfares, striking off from the eastern side of Parramatta street, and situated to the southward of Messrs Tooth's Brewery. The extent of pavement along which there have been found stains of blood is about 130 yards. Although the marks are generally drops, the blood was found in patches evejy few yards. Judging from the appearances it would seem that Crawford had received the injury whicb caused his death while standing in the centre of Pairamatta street, opposite Mr Moss', near which a man's coat was found j that he had soon afterward) crossed over to the pavement, and staggered along to Green's lane, where he was found by Graham. The injury is said to be an incised wound in the fleshy part of the right arm, immediately under the shoulder, by which an important artery had beeri divided, but still not sufficiently deep to penetrate to the bone On the occurrence being reported to him, the City Coronet directed that a post mortem examin* tion should be made. It has not yd transpired by whom the injury was ifl' flicted. Crawford is stated to ha* been in the habit of keeping late houi* The previous Saturday night he v$ seen with five or six companions, -i>o near his own age, and others ni'tf' l voimger, in Parramatta street tuw with these it is said he was-driQtugj about midnight on Saturday, in a jubltf house on the opposite iide of the .trcct to Green's lane.

HOW PID IT. Here is a domestic sketch evidently from the pen of the inimitable i{ Mark Twain":-— I found fault, some time a <yo, with Maria Ann's custard pie,, and tried to tell her how my mother made .custard pie. Maria made the pie after my recipe. It lasted longer than any .other pie we ever had. Maria set it #n the table every day for dinner; and you see I could not eat it, because I forgot to tell her to put in any eggs or .shortening. Tt was economical; but in ja tit of generosity I stole it from the pantry and gave it to a poor little boy in the neighborhood. The boy's funeral was largely attended by his former playmates. I did not go myself. Then there wt-ve the buckwheat cakes. 1 told Maria any fool could heat her making those cakes ; and she . said I had better try it. So I did. I emptied the batter all out of the pitcher one evening, and set the cakes invsolf. I got the flour and the salt water ; and, warned by the past, put in a liberal quantity of eggs and shorten in; : I shortened with tallow from roast beef, because I could not find any lard. The batter did not look right, and J lit my pipe and pondered. Yeast, yeast, to be sure I had forgotten the yeast J went and woke up the baker, and got six cents' worth of yeast. T set the pitcher behind the sitting-room stove, and went to bed. In the morning 1 got up early, and prepared to enjoy my triumph ; but I didn't. That yeast was strong enough to raise the dead, and the batter was running all over the carpet. I scraped it up aucl put it into another dish. Then I got a tire in the kifchen and put on the griddle. The fiivt lot of cakes stuck to the griddle. The second dittoed, only more. Maria came down and a-<ked me what was burning. She advised me to grease the griddle. I did it. One end of the griddle got 100 hot, and I dropped the thing on my tenderest corn while trying to turn it around. Finally, the cakes were ready for bieakfast, and Maria got the other things ready. We sat do wn. My cakes did not have exactly the right flavor. J took one mouthful, I nn<\ it satisfied me. . I lost my appetite ufc once. Maria would not lei me put one on her plate. I think those cakes may he reckoned a dead loss. The cat would not eat them. The dog ran off, and stayed away three days after one was offered to him. The hens wouldn't no within ten feet of them. I threw them into the back-yard, and there has not been a pig on the premises since. I. cut what is put before me now, and do not allude to my mother's system of cooking.