THE STOKE NEWINGTON MYSTERY.

Brr.tal Murdor of a City Cleric.

[FROM OUR LONDON COBKESPONDEST],

A crime of singular atrocity,perpeprated in one of the outlying districts of London known as Stoke Nowington, has arisen to horrify and alarm the public in tho open ing days of tho New Year. The victim is a young man aged nineteen, named John Broomo Tower, a clerk in nn underwriter's office, and from all accounts a most respect able and exemplary youth. He was last seen on New Year's Eve.or rather morning, when after attending a "watch-night" services with some friends, he bade them a blithesome " good-bye " and turned to walk homewards full of life and spirits. Tho circumstances attending the discovery of the crime were as follows :—A constable on duty in Stoke Newington was informed by a lad on the afternoon of the Ist. that he had found a hat, a collar, and a necktie, with a scarf-pin in it, on a piece of waste land off Queen Elizabeth Walk, Stoke New ington. The constable (Davey), in com pany with anothor officer named Dowty, at once proceeded to the spot, and found in dications of a struggle having taken place and footprints leading up to the Now River Water Company's reservoir. Assist ance was at once obtained, and having secured, the use of the company's boat the reservoir was dragged until night-time, but without effect. The search was resumed on Wednesday morning, however, and at about eleven o'clock the body of tho young man named John Broome Tower, was recovered. The matter was at once reported to the police, and was placed in the hands of the Criminal Investigation Department, who immediately proceeded ie make diligent inquiries into the matter. It was then as certained that Mr Tower was a young man of about 20 yearg of age, and ongaged as a clerk in an office in the city. He had at tended a " watch-night " service on New Yeir's Eve, and parted with a friend named Cordon at Green Lanes some time after midnight, when he stated that he was going straight homo. When his body was re covered he had a white handkerchief, which waa tied in four knots, round his neck. His overcoat, witli the buttons torn off, and his slaeve links wera found on the waste land near tho reservoir, but his watch and chain and a new silk umbrella, which he had with him when he left Cogdon, were missing. His keys, one halfpenny, a card case, with a scarf pin in it, and a plain gold ring, with a small diamond in it, were found «pon him. Another diamond ring, which he waa supposed to be wearing on the fatal night, was found by the police at his lodg ings. Description of tl:s Spot. Itis stated by the servant at his lodgings that Mr Tower had i':2o or £15 with him on I New Year's Eve, but the police have been unable a* present to verify the assertion, and it does not seem probable, from other circumslanceH which have come to their knowledge, that he was in possession of much money when attacked. The reservoir where the body was found is oval in shape, andjsurrounded by a quick-set hedge. There are marks indicating that a struggle took place near some trees on the waste land near the reservoir, and also on the embankment leading to the reservoir, as though the body had been carried up to the water. The water is exceedingly shallow at the edge of the reservoir, but deepens as it gets nearer the centre, and it appeared that the body was carried into the water and care fully placed where it was sufficiently deep to drown a man or to conceal the body the event of.the victim being already dead from the effects of the violence used. The reservoir is some distance from the roadway, and it is obvious that no one could have taken the deceased there against his will, and if lie had not been already rendered un conscious. There are a number of houses in close proximity to the piece of waste land whore the strugglo would seem to have taken place. Vet. no one heard a noise or cries for help. A servant girl at ono.of the houses states that she heard some one get ting through the hedge round the enclosure at tun minutes past twelve o'clock, but as tho deceased did not leave hi? friend Cordon until after that time it could not have'been Mr Tower, and it would seem almost im possible that it could havo been the murderers, as they could have had no know ledge that Mr Tower would go into the en- Closure, unless indeed they were lying in ambush for him. Mr Tower wa? in no way addicted to drink, and was perfectly sober when he left Mr Cogdon at Green Lanes. The "Daily Telegraph," reviewing tho circumstances of the case, says at present all beyond tho murder and the robbery is buried in Profound Mystery. Here is a young gentlemen, under twenty years nf r.j;o, walking home to his lodgings in a tolerably well-populated part of the metropolis, when he is set upon by two or more rullians, who manage to render him in sensible after a desperate struggle, and then drug tho lifeless, or almost lifeless body to a reservoir, and there deposit it, after plundering the corpse of the murdered youth of watch and chain and all the money he had upon him. A most shocking incident in the tragedy, showing the determination with whicli tho murderers went about their work, is found in the fact that one glove had been ripped open, in asearcli for rings which might bo on the finger of the victim. One such ringthere was, butthemurderershad failed to draw it off tho hand. Probably, after rifling the pockets and stealingthe watch and chain tlie ruilians thoughtit time to decamp. They did not do so, however, before carrying the body of the dead or dying gentleman away from the enclosure were the death struggle took place, up a high embankment, and twelve yards into the shallow water of the New River Company's reservoir. It seems certain that the body could not have been thrown in from the bank. Consequently tho murderers, one or all of them, must have come away from their hideous night's work dripping wet, and perhaps their circum stances may yet put a weapon in the hands of the detectives. What the objectof placing the body where it was discovered might have been it is impossible to decide with certainty. I'oßsibly the motive was to complete the dreadful deed beyond any doubt by drown ing ; but it seems equally probable that tho assassins really considered that they had a chance of concealing all traces of the crime, at least for a while, by hiding the body of the youth they had already despatched. This view gains substance from the con sideration that the reservoir in question is a large one, and that the body was carried some way out from the shore ; indeed, it took tho searchers a day before the waters of the vast tank yielded up their dead. On the other hand, conflicting with this last mentioned theory, is the fact that tho murderers allowed plain traces of their crime. to remain behind them. Why, if they thought of hiding the corpse, did they not also conceal the hat and coat, the collar and necktie, bolonging to the deceased youth, which wore found close to tho water's edge* Fear of discovery may have led the assassins to hasten fro-n the spot befoie completing the task of burying all trace or record of the struggle.

Possible Clues.

Mr John Broone Tower, the murdered gentleman, was at the time of his shocking death & clerk in the oifice of a firm of under writers, in Winchester Buildings. His friends live in the North of England, but he himself had been resident in London for some time, and was dwelling at a. house in Dyneyor Road, Stoke Nowington. He is described as being a young man of quiet and steady habits ; besides which he was of slender build, not capable of offering stout resistance when attacked. The indications which remained in the trampled grass of that little enclosure adjoining Queen Elizabeth's walk, and about the body and clothes of the deceased, are all in favour cf a desperate struggle having taken place, and no doubt the poor lad, for he was little more, put forth "his utmost strength to save his life. Undoubtedly, however, tho point wrapped at present in the greatest mystery is now Mr Tower got into the enclosure at all, instead of pursu ing his way along the road which led to his lodgings. We must first understand what the deceased was doing on the night in question. It was New Year's night, and young Mr Tower had been attending what is called a " watch night " service at a Highbury church. He had seen the Old Year out and the New Year in within the walls of a place of worship, an i about half an hour aftermidnight left thebuilding with some friends, whom he accompanied part of their way home. Then he turned in the direction of his own house, in company with an intimate personal friend, Mr Co<?den, and according to the latter's statement it was as late as half-pastonebeforethe twoseperated. At that time Mr Tower is described as hav ing been of life and spirits, and all he had to do to get home was to walk along either Queen Elizabeth's Road,adjoininjethe reser voir, or Lordship Road.either of which would soon have brought him to his destination in the DynevorKoad. It is impossible now to tell which route the young man purs ued. By some means and for some reason or other ho must have got over or been dragged over a tolerably high wooden paling and a hedge into the enclosure which stretches at the side of Queen Elizabeth Road, between the latter and the reservoir bank. Why and how did he make his way into that fatal enclosure, where apparently the assassins were lying in wait? It is possible thatin tho roaditself, a rather lonely thoroughfare dotted here and there with villas and houses, Mr Tower was set upon and stunned. He may have been dragged over into the enclosure, and his body there plundered, and then consciousness may have returned and the struggle recommenced. Or, allured by a craftily devised tale of somebody lying in need of helpf he may have scaled the railing and got into the vacant space of his own accord. Certain it is that he was alive and struggling desperately in that lonely spot; yet nobody appears to have heard a cry for help, or any sounds of a conflict going on. The awful nature of the life-and-death encounter is sufficiently manifested by the indications left on the ground, and by the state of the clothes and the body of the mur dered youth. The hat was staved in, and there was a wound at the back of the ear. Both collar and necktie had been torn away, and the great -coat worn by the deceased must have been ripped open, for tho buttons had been torn bodily off, and the vest was also dragged open. A handkerchief, tightly knotted behind, which was tied round the neck, may have only been used for tho pur pose of enabling the murderers more easily to carry the body to the water, but pro bably was intended to help in the actual murder. Indeed,it is said to be the opinion of the medical men who have made the post mortem examination that the causo of death was strangulation.

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