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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: The Power of Conscience - exemplified in the genuine and extraordinary confession of Thomas Bedworth - - -Author: Thomas Bedworth - - - -Release Date: August 23, 2020 [eBook #63018] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE*** - - -Transcribed from the 1815 Wm. Hone edition by David Price, email -ccx074@pglaf.org - - - - - - THE - POWER OF CONSCIENCE - - - EXEMPLIFIED IN THE GENUINE AND EXTRAORDINARY - - CONFESSION - OF THOMAS BEDWORTH; - - DELIVERED TO ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF NEWGATE, THE - NIGHT BEFORE HIS EXECUTION, ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1815, FOR THE - - Murder - OF ELIZABETH BEESMORE, - _IN DRURY LANE_. - - * * * * * - - RELATING HIS HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS - UNTIL COMPELLED TO SURRENDER TO PUBLIC JUSTICE BY THE CONSTANT - SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS - OF THE MURDERED WOMAN, AND THE FREQUENT APPEARANCE OF HER - - APPARITION. - - [Picture: Man with expression of terror] - - FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPER, - NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE PUBLISHER. - - * * * * * - - Including interesting Particulars of BEDWORTH’s former Life, his - behaviour before Execution, and _an original and full_ Report of the - _Common Serjeant’s_ Address on passing Sentence. - - * * * * * - - _LONDON_: - PRINTED FOR WM. HONE, 55, FLEET STREET, - By J. Swan, 76, Fleet Street. - _PRICE SIXPENCE_. - 1815. - - - - -THE -EXTRAORDINARY -LIFE AND CONFESSION -OF THE LATE -_THOMAS BEDWORTH_, -AS RELATED BY HIMSELF, BEFORE GOING ON -THE SCAFFOLD. - - -THE following brief statement of the life of an almost obscure -individual, drawn up from his own lips, is published not from any wish to -diminish the just indignation and natural horror excited by the dreadful -crime of _murder_, of which he was found guilty by his own confession, as -well as by the Verdict of the Jury, but from an anxious desire to develop -such particulars as exemplify the sad consequences of ungoverned passion -and depraved pursuit. However different from all rational views that -extraordinary portion of his relation may be which details the frequent -_horrible appearance of the murdered woman_, there is no more reason to -doubt his solemn belief of the reality of the TERRIBLE APPARITION than of -any other part of his edifying Narrative. The criminal related the whole -himself, in compliance with the wishes of _one of the principal officers -of the prison_, whose humanity and attention he gratefully acknowledged, -and who had long expressed a desire to know his melancholy story. He -commenced his relation about midnight before his execution. He solemnly -and earnestly, as a dying man and in the presence of Almighty God, -protested the truth of every circumstance, and the whole is here -faithfully given as he delivered it. Although scrupulously examined upon -the _supernatural appearance_, which was reasonably conjectured to be the -effects of his disturbed imagination and wounded conscience, he eagerly, -positively, and repeatedly asseverated it to be a fact as certain as that -he was then in the cell, to die that morning. This his full confession -upon the brink of his falling into the grave, was taken down in writing -in the presence of and by the direction of _the officer_ before -mentioned, and the _original paper_ is now in the possession of the -_publisher_, and is as follows: - - - - -THOMAS BEDWORTH’S CONFESSION. - - -THOMAS BEDWORTH was born in the year 1764, in the parish of _Bloxidge_, -Staffordshire. His parents were of honest reputation and industrious -habits, and could well afford to instil into his mind the principles of a -good education; but to this he was obstinately averse, and they not being -firm in their purpose, he successfully opposed every attempt that was -made to furnish him with that knowledge of good and evil, without which -he fell a sacrifice to the consequences of sensual indulgence, and -expiated a crime, conceived in jealousy and stimulated by intoxication, -on the scaffold of Newgate. - -Arriving at the age of _fourteen_ years, he was placed as an apprentice -in the town of _Walsall_, in Staffordshire, near Birmingham, to learn, -with a respectable tradesman there, the art of bridle, bit, and stirrup -making. In the year 1782, his father having died, and the term of his -apprenticeship being expired, he went to _Birmingham_, where he was -employed a considerable time. Being of an unsettled disposition, -however, he left that place, and went to _London_, where he soon -afterwards obtained employment in the manufactory of _Mr. Rowley_, of -Prince’s Street, Drury Lane, where he remained until the year 1795. - -At this period, and during his residence in London, Thomas Bedworth was -united in marriage, to _Mary_, the daughter of _Mr. Bainer_, a -respectable tradesman in St. Anne’s, Soho, but, again becoming restless -in his mind, he left London, and having gone a distance into the country, -he, in an unguarded moment, enlisted into the _Fifeshire Fencibles_, then -commanded by Colonel _James __Durham_. With this regiment, he visited -most parts of Ireland and Scotland, as well as this country, but finally -left the regiment in 1803. In the course of this period his wife -continued with him, and they had _three_ children. - -After Bedworth’s discharge from the army, he left his wife with his -friends, at Walsall, and went to Birmingham, whither, however, she -followed him. In a short time, Bedworth went to London, in search of -work, and entreated his wife to remain in the country, and there await -his success. She consented, and he had not arrived many days in town, -when he obtained employment from Mr. Birch, of Rupert Street, Haymarket. -Here, however, he had not long been engaged, when, unfortunately for -Bedworth, his employer failed, and he immediately formed the resolution -of going to _sea_. - -In the year 1804 he entered the Navy, and in the course of his service -suffered many hardships, and was in several severe and celebrated -engagements with the enemy. But, however the last sanguinary act of his -checquered life may have stained his character, he had at least the -reputation of being a good seaman, and it was also his pride, at the -moment of his narrating these facts, that he had faithfully performed his -duty to his country. He continued in the service until the year 1813, -and at that period received his discharge, and was made an out-pensioner -of Greenwich Hospital. - -It was now his melancholy fate to learn, that, instead of joining his -long-absent partner, and spending the remnant of his days in domestic -peace, a widely different lot awaited him. His _wife_, the partner of -his bed and the parent of his children, had, during his absence, formed -an illicit acquaintance with another man, to whom she was actually -_married_, and had _three_ children during her unlawful union. - -_Bedworth’s_ horrid reflections, in consequence of this discovery of his -wife’s unfaithfulness, distracted his mind; and the very means he adopted -as a consolation, became a train of circumstances tending to the -commission of the crime, which, with bitter tears, he repented, and -atoned for by an ignominious death. - -In time, his mind became more calm, and he seriously bethought himself of -settling into regular habits, which a seafaring life had deranged, and -subsisting upon his pension, and by his industry. He once more, -therefore, obtained employment in his own trade, but, to his -irretrievable mishap, became acquainted with _Elizabeth Beesmore_. This -unfortunate woman, _who was also married_, was _the sister of his own -wife_. Her husband, _John Beesmore_, had grossly neglected her, as well -as a _child_, which remained in her care: he had not only denied her and -her infant the necessaries of life, but had also declared his -determination of never more residing with her, or even in the -neighbourhood where she might be. Her case naturally excited the unhappy -Bedworth’s commiseration, and he took advantage to complain of the -conjugal infidelity and baseness which his _own wife_, her _sister_, had -manifested _towards himself_. The similarity of their situations induced -a sympathy in Bedworth’s mind; common acquaintance ripened into a kinder -intimacy, and he ultimately became attached to her. Bedworth then -proposed that she should place herself and her child under his -protection, and that they should consider each other as a wedded couple. -With this offer she complied, and, while she solemnly swore to unite her -fate with his, and never to hold communication with her husband, but to -be faithful to Bedworth, as his wife, he as sacredly pledged himself to -be a husband to her. - -_Thomas Bedworth and Elizabeth Beesmore_, thus connected, lived together -until the month of April, in the present year, 1815, being a space of -about two years and two months. At this period, _John Beesmore_, the -woman’s husband, who had hitherto been employed in the town of -_Wedgbury_, in Staffordshire, came to London. He discovered the retreat -of his discarded wife, and contrived to communicate to her and -_Bedworth_, a repetition of his formerly-expressed determination not to -cohabit with his wife, and also an assurance that he would not disturb -the connection which she had formed with _Bedworth_. _She_ also, at this -critical period, took occasion to renew her vows of attachment and -fidelity to _Bedworth_, whom she justly represented as having saved -herself and child from starvation. - -In a short time, however, the affairs of _John Beesmore_, the _husband_, -became unfavourable; he was out of employment, and he applied to his wife -to afford him pecuniary assistance from the earnings of _Bedworth_. -This, after some hesitation on her part, she complied with, and -_Bedworth_ made the discovery, that his little property was daily wasting -upon a man, whose neglected wife and child he had supported, whom she -herself had most solemnly renounced, and in whose fortunes or -misfortunes, she had sworn never to interest herself. - -Here commenced a dreadful spirit of jealous bickering and hate between -the unhappy _Bedworth_ and _Elizabeth Beesmore_. Unable to endure the -insults offered to his feelings, by the renewed acquaintance of -_Beesmore_ and his wife, _Bedworth_ determined no longer to be the means -of her husband’s support. He abandoned the society of the deceased, and -took a private lodging. His heart was agonized, his mind distracted, and -_Elizabeth Beesmore_ discovered him in his retreat, in this state, and -visited him. She herself was in a very distressed condition—she renewed -her sentiments of affection towards him, and trusted he would yield her -some assistance. A multitude of conflicting thoughts now agitated his -mind at this meeting. It is difficult to say whether pity, jealousy, or -indignation, was most predominant. At length he took compassion on her. -She had some refreshment with him, he gave her some money, and she -departed.—Her renewed protestations of regard towards him, he considered -as the mere affectation of attachment: his mind became hourly more -unhappy, and he at length flew for relief to that source of treacherous -consolation, the _gin-shop_. For many days he remained in an unsettled -state of mind, neglecting his work, and occasionally visiting _Elizabeth -Beesmore_, in a state of intoxication. - -On the 19th of _June_, he called on _Elizabeth Beesmore_, at an early -hour in the morning, but not much in liquor.—On this occasion she -received him not only with coolness, but contempt. She informed him, -tauntingly, that she was about to live again with her _lawful husband_, -and desired that he would not again come to disturb her, or the house in -which she was. He answered her coolly, that it was not his intention to -disturb _her_, he only wished to disturb _himself_, and would immediately -leave her, and proceed to the only enjoyment he had left, namely -_liquor_. He then took his leave, and, having drank to excess, retired -to his lodgings, and went to bed. - -On awaking the next morning, the 20th of June, his mind was on the rack: -besides, the powerful effects of the former day’s intoxication, jealousy, -and indignation deprived him of reason. In this state of distraction, he -walked up and down his room, and at length formed the horrible resolution -of murdering _Elizabeth Beesmore_, the cause of his distress.—With this -intention, having furnished himself with a shoemaker’s knife, which he -found in the house where he resided, he put it in his pocket, and -proceeded to her lodgings, in _Short’s Gardens_, Drury Lane. On his way -thither, he met with a woman who worked at her needle with the deceased, -and they went to a public-house, and drank gin together.—After parting -with her, he went elsewhere and drank a quantity of beer, so that, by the -time he reached _Elizabeth Beesmore’s_ apartments, he was in a state of -inebriety.—She, upon his arrival, perceiving his situation, prevailed -upon him to go to bed, and, during the time he lay there, she sent for -_gin_ several times, of which he drank freely. In the course of the -morning, her son came into the room and struck and insulted him several -times, while on the bed, which aggravating _Bedworth_ exceedingly, she -ordered her son to quit the room. Soon after he had gone, _Bedworth_ -rose with an intention of leaving the house, but found that his coat and -shoes had been taken away while he was asleep. These he asked for, but -she refused to let him have them, and he left the house without them, and -went to an adjoining public house and had more gin.—He soon returned to -her apartments, and she prevailed upon him to drink some tea, into which -also she infused _some gin_. - -At this period, _Bedworth’s_ mind was dreadfully unsettled, and he once -more laid down upon the bed, but the irritation of his feelings would not -let him rest. In a short time he again rose and peremptorily demanded -his shoes and coat. These _Elizabeth Beesmore_ gave him, and strongly -advised him to go home without delay, and go to bed, in order to attend -work the following morning. He left the room, and she followed him down -stairs, where they had some conversation. She returned up stairs, for -the purpose of bringing him an apron and a handkerchief, and, upon her -again descending the stairs, he told her he wished to speak with her in -the kitchen.—She replied, she must first put on his handkerchief, which, -having done, they retired to the kitchen. Each remained for a moment in -mute anxiety.—The unhappy woman, however, broke the pause, by clasping -her right arm round his neck and embracing him, at the same time saying, -with much agitation, “_O my dear Bedworth_!” These were her _last_ -words, uttered in the last minute of her life. She kissed him during his -conflict between jealous passion and strong affection: _his_ injured -regard and _her_ perfidy rushed upon his mind; her deceptive embrace -maddened him: whilst her kiss was warm upon his cheek, he suddenly drew -the knife from his right hand pocket, and, as he supported her head with -his left arm, he, by _one_ rapid and determined cut, across her throat, -_nearly severed her head from her body_!—She fell lifeless, to the -ground, without a groan! - -Scarcely had he raised his hand from the bloody deed, when remorse seized -him. He instantly meditated self-destruction, but as instantly, -imagining a possibility of escape, he abandoned that intention.—“Thanks -be to God,” said the unhappy criminal, as he related the intention that -he had momentarily indulged, “I was not permitted to do this, and thereby -deprive just vengeance of its retribution.”—He put the bloody knife in -his pocket, whilst he looked at the blood rushing from her throat, and -quitted the house. - -_Bedworth’s_ first steps of _flight_ were directed into Spa-fields, where -he remained until dark, and then returned into _town_.—Passing over -_London Bridge_, he, for the first time, bethought himself, that some of -the blood of his victim might be upon his clothes. He therefore examined -his dress, but found that all parts had escaped, except his apron, which -he pulled off, and tossed through the ballustrades of the bridge, into -the Thames. He then wandered through the _Borough_, over _Blackfriars -Bridge_, and afterwards over _Westminster Bridge_, and thus roving about, -he, by day-light, the following morning, reached the Regent’s Park, where -he threw the _knife_ into the Canal. From the Regent’s Park he pursued -his way to _Hampstead_, where he passed the whole of that day about the -fields, and where he also determined to pass the night.—About eleven -o’clock, while in a hay-field, where he had betaken himself to rest, he -was suddenly disturbed by the deep groaning of one, as in great agony, -whose voice was exceedingly like that of the deceased, and he passed the -remainder of the night in much disquietude and alarm. - -Early on the following morning, he pursued his route toward _St. Albans_, -and thus spent the remainder of the day. At night he once more fled, for -a hiding and resting place, to the fields, where having laid down, he was -disturbed by a dreadful noise, similar to that which he had heard the -night before. This was now accompanied by the voice of the murdered -woman, who emphatically said, “_Oh Bedworth_! _Bedworth_! _what have you -done_?” The address was followed by other expressions, complaining -bitterly of having been hurried into another world, and particularly -these words: “_You have deprived me of all the happiness of this life_.” -He was so far persuaded of the _reality_ of this visitation, that, “_in -the name of_ GOD,” he entreated the horrible phantom “_to go to rest and -leave him_!”—Unable to sleep, he arose at an early hour, still wandering, -and _returned towards London_. - -It was the time of the general illuminations for the late battles, and -_Bedworth_, entering the city about _nine_ o’clock in the evening, -traversed the streets, to divert his distracted imagination, by gazing at -the lights. Thus wandering about, he retired to Smithfield, in order to -pass the night in one of the sheep-pens. Here, however, he had scarcely -laid himself down, when the _murdered woman appeared to him_ with a -dreadful noise, and bitter exclamations! His entreaties and prayers -were, on this occasion also, most earnest, that she would “_commit -herself to rest_, _and cease to torment him_!” - -Unable to rest, he arose from the earth, left the sheep-pen, and walked -towards _Islington_, in which place, and at _Highgate_, he spent his time -until the following evening, and once more _returned to London_, again -viewed the _illuminations_ in the city, and again wandered about, until -half-past twelve o’clock, when he directed his course once more towards -_Islington_ and _Highgate_. No new scene, however, or course which he -pursued, could lighten the load of his crime, or chase away the guilty -horrors which pursued him. On this night, while walking up _Highgate -Hill_, the _murdered woman again stood before him_! Imagination may -paint, if it can, the horrible feelings of _Bedworth_ at this moment. -_She walked with him_, _side by side_, until they reached the other side -of the hill, and then _taking the hand of the miserable man_, _placed it -upon her severed throat_, and groaned and mourned deeply!—Driven to -despair, he fled into a _field_, where he threw himself down upon his -face on some hay, hoping to elude at least the sight of his ghostly -pursuer. Such, however, was the consequence of guilt, that _he felt her -lying by his side_ and crouching against him! - -After spending the whole of the last-mentioned day and the _next night_ -in indescribable horror, without being able to leave this situation, he -_again came into London_, on the following morning; and—it would be -incredible, if it were not true—he actually _applied_ at the _Justice -Room_, _Guildhall_, for a “_walking pass_” to Wolverhampton! Such was -the fact, and being told, upon application, that he must come the next -day, he retired for that night into the fields near _Islington_, where -his rest was rather less disturbed than before. The next morning he -again applied at _Guildhall_ for a _pass_, but, after a strict -examination, as to who he was, and where he last slept, he was ordered to -go before the Magistrates at the _Public Office_, _Queen Square_. This -he instantly _did_, and having there undergone the usual enquiries, he -actually succeeded in obtaining a _pass_! At the moment the whole town -was in alarm at the atrocity of the _murder_, when _Police Officers_ were -in pursuit of him, and _placards_ were posted in every direction, -describing his person and dress minutely, and offering a reward for his -apprehension; at this moment he applied to the _Police Office_ for his -pass, and obtained it from the Magistrates themselves, without being -suspected! - -Possessed of his pass, _Bedworth_ set out for his native country. He -slept the first night in _Kentish Town_, and the next morning pursued his -journey towards _Coventry_, receiving at each town, through which he -went, the relief to which his pass entitled him. He arrived in -_Coventry_, on Monday, the 3d of July, and slept there the same night. -The following morning he pursued his route to _Meridan_, about twelve -miles from Coventry and six from Birmingham. From thence he _went back_ -to _Coventry_, where he _again slept_, and, on the 5th arrived at -_Horseley_. - -During these travels and retravels, conscience was still crying -vengeance, and though he, for a while, flattered himself, that he could -familiarise himself with the horrors of his mind, if not eventually -stifle them, he still anticipated the dreadful expiation of his life, for -the _murder_ he had committed. Terror, shame, and remorse were the -conflicting passions which accompanied him in his escape; but the -violence of these having in a great measure subsided, reflection assumed -a more rational seat in his breast, and now it was that he began to look -with a steadier eye upon the deed he had perpetrated. - -From Horseley, _Bedworth_ once more _returned_, on the 5th July, _to -Coventry_, but his compunctions, while on his way to the latter place, -had become so alarming and irresistible, that he finally resolved to -_surrender himself to justice_. - -For this purpose, on the morning of the 6th, he went before the _Mayor of -Coventry_, and made a full confession of his guilt. The candour and -ingenuousness with which he related his horrible tale, occasioned doubts -of its truth in the mind of the Magistrate, who, with much humanity, -supposed it might be the imagined story of a perverted intellect. He -was, however, put into confinement, and, proper enquiries being made, was -forwarded, in custody, to London, and arrived at the Bow Street Police -Office, on the 11th of July. Here he confessed, fully, before Mr. NARES, -the Magistrate, the murder of which he had been accused, and, in the -presence of others, signed his confession. - -In concluding his narrative, which has been related with the strictest -accuracy, from his own lips, the unfortunate culprit added, “I have now -been most justly condemned, for this foul and barbarous murder, and after -surrendering my forfeited life to public justice, I have only to look to -that awful moment, when I shall meet my Heavenly Judge, whose merciful -pardon I hope for and implore, through the merits of Jesus Christ, the -Redeemer.—Amen!” - - * * * * * - -The TRIAL of _Thomas Bedworth_ took place on _Friday_ morning, the 15th -of September.—Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, Sir S. LE BLANC, Mr. JUSTICE BAILEY, and -the COMMON SERJEANT were on the Bench. - -The facts which were adduced in evidence were not so strong, although -they in some measure confirmed the truth of the foregoing confession. -The best evidence that could be given by the few witnesses who were -examined, went to a presumption that _Bedworth_ effected the bloody deed -with a razor, and it was so stated in the indictment.—This, however, did -not prove to be true; but Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, in summing up, observed, -that this was immaterial, in point of law;—the charge implied being, that -the prisoner had done the act with a _cutting_ or _sharp_ instrument. - -Throughout the trial _Bedworth_ manifested a good deal of agitation; but -this the Editor ascertains to have arisen in consequence of the evidence -of two women, who made, as he supposed, some misstatements, as to _time_, -on the day whereon the murder had been committed. Indeed, such was the -effect of these trivial inaccuracies upon his mind, that he _twice_ -solemnly addressed the court, calling upon God to witness, that the women -had _forsworn_ themselves in this respect.—This conduct was _mistaken_, -_by the court_, as an attempt to deny his guilt.—But the fact was -otherwise, and the whole tenor of his conduct in prison, from the time of -his surrender, in July, as well as his confession, furnish the best -proofs to the contrary. - -The trial did not last an hour, and Mr. JUSTICE HEATH having charged the -Jury, the latter almost unhesitatingly returned a verdict of—GUILTY. - -The wretched man was then asked by the clerk of the peace, what he had to -offer in an arrest of judgment by the court—to die according to law. - -The prisoner replied, in much agitation, “nothing beyond the false -swearing of the women.” - -_The_ RECORDER _being absent_, a short explanation then took place upon -the bench, as to the passing of the sentence. Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, who -tried the prisoner, declining to perform that duty, and the COMMON -SERJEANT expressing a wish to evade the painful task, never having been -called upon to execute it. It was however, at length, settled that the -COMMON SERJEANT should pronounce the sentence of death, and, in doing so, -he addressed the prisoner to the following effect:— - - “_Thomas Bedworth_,—After a painful investigation of the crime which - has been laid to your charge, a humane and impartial jury of your - country, hearing the evidence adduced against you, as well as your - own voluntary confession, have thought it their duty to find you - GUILTY of the horrid crime of MURDER! - - “We see that, in all ages of the world, a terror has been held out - against those persons whose ferocious and unbridled passions have led - to the shedding of innocent blood, and that the life of the guilty - has been demanded in retribution—a retribution however which scarcely - atones for the foul deed. This is exactly the situation in which you - are at present awfully placed, but it is sincerely to be hoped, that - the motive which induced you to make a full and unreserved confession - of your guilt, arose from devout and serious reflections upon that - eternity to which you are fast hastening. Your appearance in this - court, to day, before the bar of man, may have for a moment drawn you - aside from that truth you had hitherto asserted, and induced you to - attempt a denial of it, yet I do most charitably hope, that as you - had been led to disclose the weight of your sin and guilt, as read to - us this day, so you will now reflect upon the dreadful consequences - of that _confession_, and turn, with full purpose of heart, to - serious repentance and prayer. And let me inform you, that the - repentance you are called upon to evince, is not a mere sorrow for - the consequence that would await our crime, but a sincere and hearty - sorrow for this and other crimes which you have committed, and for - which you must shortly give an account. - - “It is now my painful duty to acquaint you, that your time in this - world is of very short duration, but you have the consolation to - know, that it is not too short, or too late for repentance, and for - pouring out your soul, to your Maker, in supplication and prayer, - before you are called to appear at his awful tribunal. The mercy - that is thus held out to you, you ill deserve, as, in a moment of - jealous rage, you hurled into quick eternity, the wretched victim of - your passion and lust—sent her to her dread account, without a moment - for repentance of her numerous sins—without even time to implore the - mercy of her God, for the base and guilty connection she had formed - with you! - -(_Here the prisoner lifted his eyes towards Heaven_, _struck the bar with -his hand_, _and_, _bursting into tears_, _bowed assent to the remark_.) - - “I have now only to beseech you that, as soon as you leave that bar, - you fall before God, on your bended knees, and, with thorough sorrow - and conviction, implore that mercy you so much require. In your - prayers you will be assisted by a pious man, who will zealously aid - your applications to Heaven. Fly to him for his advice, his - assistance, and prayers—you need them all—and let the conduct of your - future hours, in this life, be so devoted, as to prepare you, through - the mercy of the Redeemer, for that awful eternity which shall - shortly receive you. - - “There is now nothing left for me, but to pronounce upon you the - dreadful sentence of that law, which you have so grossly violated, - which is:—_that you_, THOMAS BEDWORTH, _be taken from hence_, _to the - place from whence you came_, _and from thence_, _on Monday morning - next_, _to a place of execution_, _where you shall be hanged by the - neck until you are dead_.—_Your body will then be delivered over to - the surgeons_, _for dissecting and anatomising_, _according to the - statute_. And may the Lord God Almighty, through the merits and - intercession of the _Redeemer_, have mercy upon your soul!” - -The prisoner heard his sentence with great firmness, but, at the -conclusion, seemed deeply affected, and wept bitterly. After regaining a -moment silent at the bar, he assumed an air of resignation and, -respectfully bowing to the Court, retired. - -He cordially shook hands with some females and others, as he passed to -one of the condemned cells, where he evinced a resignation and calmness, -in every respect suitable to the death he was to die. Soon afterwards -the _Rev. Mr. Cotton_, the _ordinary_, in virtue of his office, visited -him, and in the evening he was called on by one or two religious -characters, who had serious conferences with him. He continued constant -and fervent in prayer throughput the night, except at those times when, -exhausted by weakness and strong feeling, he sunk occasionally to rest. -At intervals he related some extraordinary circumstances of his varied -life, which were taken down in writing from his lips. He was asked to -give a full relation by the _respectable officer of the prison_, to whom -he afterwards completely detailed it, but he for the present excused -himself, by saying that the number of persons, religious and otherwise, -who were visiting him, prevented him from delivering it, then, as he -wished. - -_Saturday_ was spent by him chiefly in devotional exercises, and in -receiving the kind and charitable visits of religious characters. -Throughout the whole of this day and night, he displayed great piety, a -repentant disposition, and strong faith in the mercy of Heaven. - -On _Sunday_ morning, _Bedworth_ sent a message to the _ordinary_, -entreating permission for the “_convict school boys_” to come near his -cell, and join him in singing a hymn. This was of course complied with, -and they repeated their singing, at his request, on Sunday evening, when -he joined the children, and expressed himself much happier by this social -act of devotion.—The number of youths who united their voices in these -gloomy vaults amounted to about _thirty_, and such sounds, floating -through the dreary passages, might well have been supposed to impress, -not only the criminal, but the children themselves, with edifying -thoughts. The _Rev. Mr. Cotton_ remained several hours with _Bedworth_, -on Sunday evening, and his labours were succeeded by two gentlemen, who -were dissenters, one of whom remained with him throughout the night. On -this occasion he was reminded of his promise to completely detail his -_narrative_ and confession, previously given in these pages, which he did -with perfect composure, with an apparently entire recollection of the -events of his life. Having done this, he continued incessantly in prayer -and religious conversation. He sang with his companion two or three -hymns, and he repeated, and sang with great fervour, the Hymn beginning, - - “Jesu, lover of my soul, - Let me to thy bosom fly,” &c. - -As the morning dawned, Bedworth conversed with much animation, and -amongst other things, asked his friend, whether he thought the _populace_ -would assemble in any great number to witness his ignominious death? -Being answered that it was likely there would be many, he remarked, “_I -would that the poor creatures would remain at home_, _and pray for_ ME, -_if not for_ THEMSELVES.” - -At _six_ o’clock on _Monday_ morning, the _ordinary_ again attended -_Bedworth_ in his cell, and continued with him in prayer, until half-past -seven, when one of the sheriffs also visited him. After remaining with -him some moments, the latter retired to assist in the necessary -preparations, and _Bedworth_ was again left in prayer with his companion. -The crowd, now assembled to witness the execution, was very considerable; -though certainly it did not amount to _half_, perhaps not _one-third_ of -the number collected upon the occasion of the extraordinary execution of -the unfortunate _Elizabeth Fenning_. - -At about three minutes before _eight_ o’clock, _Mr. Newman_ arrived at -the Justice room, in the Old Bailey, to announce the time. The High -Sheriff, _Mr. Leigh_, and the two Under Sheriffs, Messrs. _Leigh_ and -_Rooke_, proceeded to the cell of the criminal. _Bedworth_ walked forth -with uncommon firmness and resignation, and, with a countenance open and -serene, advanced towards Mr. Sheriff _Leigh_, whom he cordially shook by -the hand. He very much facilitated, by his activity and presence of -mind, in knocking off his own irons, after which he walked with composure -towards the executioner, who bound his arms, and tied his halter round -his body. He then requested one of the officers to give to a -fellow-prisoner, his pair of _leggings_, or leathers, to protect the -flesh from excoriation by the fetters, and with them his remembrance and -prayers. After expressing his deep sense of his sinful life, and the -crime for which he was about to die, and expressing strong hopes of mercy -and pardon hereafter, the dead bell tolled, and he moved on, in the -customary procession, to the scaffold. The _ordinary_ prayed with him -whilst they passed through the dreary avenues, _Bedworth_ walking with a -firm, undaunted step, and bowing, in silence, to all whom he observed -within the dreary passage. On the _scaffold_, he manifested the same -firmness, but directed his eyes imploringly towards heaven, while the -executioner made his fatal preparations: the _ordinary_ continued a few -moments in prayer with him, and, the awful signal being given; he was -launched off, in the act of fervent supplication. - - [Picture: Drawing of ghost] - - Just Published by W. HONE, 55, Fleet Street, - _La Pie Voleuse_.—Price Sixpence. - -THE NARRATIVE of THE MAGPIE; or the Maid of _Palaiseau_, being the -History of THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE, founded upon the circumstance of an -unfortunate Female having been _unjustly sentenced to Death_, on strong -PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. _With a_ PREFACE, _and curious_ ANECDOTES. - -*** This _most interesting Story_, as it is dramatised, has been put into -Narrative. 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Hone edition by David Price, -email ccx074@pglaf.org</p> -<h1><span class="GutSmall">THE</span><br /> -POWER OF CONSCIENCE</h1> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">EXEMPLIFIED -IN THE GENUINE AND EXTRAORDINARY</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>CONFESSION</b><br /> -OF THOMAS BEDWORTH;</p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">DELIVERED TO -ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF NEWGATE, THE</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">NIGHT BEFORE HIS EXECUTION, ON SEPTEMBER -18, 1815, FOR THE</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>Murder</b><br /> -OF ELIZABETH BEESMORE,<br /> -<span class="GutSmall"><i>IN DRURY LANE</i></span>.</p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">RELATING HIS HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS<br -/> -<span class="GutSmall">UNTIL COMPELLED TO SURRENDER TO PUBLIC -JUSTICE BY THE CONSTANT</span><br /> -SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">OF THE MURDERED WOMAN, AND THE FREQUENT -APPEARANCE OF HER</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>APPARITION</b>.</p> -<p style="text-align: center"> -<a href="images/tpb.jpg"> -<img alt= -"Man with expression of terror" -title= -"Man with expression of terror" - src="images/tps.jpg" /> -</a></p> -<p style="text-align: center">FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPER,<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE -PUBLISHER.</span></p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">Including -interesting Particulars of BEDWORTH’s former Life, -his</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">behaviour before Execution, and -</span><span class="GutSmall"><i>an original and -full</i></span><span class="GutSmall"> Report of the</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall"><i>Common Serjeant’s</i></span><span -class="GutSmall"> Address on passing Sentence.</span></p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><i>LONDON</i>:<br /> -PRINTED FOR <span class="smcap">Wm</span>. HONE, 55, FLEET -STREET,<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">By J. Swan, 76, Fleet Street.</span><br /> -<i>PRICE SIXPENCE</i>.<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">1815.</span></p> -<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span><span -class="GutSmall">THE</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">EXTRAORDINARY</span><br /> -LIFE AND CONFESSION<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">OF THE LATE</span><br /> -<i>THOMAS BEDWORTH</i>,<br /> -<span class="GutSmall">AS RELATED BY HIMSELF, BEFORE GOING -ON</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">THE SCAFFOLD.</span></h2> -<p>THE following brief statement of the life of an almost obscure -individual, drawn up from his own lips, is published not from any -wish to diminish the just indignation and natural horror excited -by the dreadful crime of <i>murder</i>, of which he was found -guilty by his own confession, as well as by the Verdict of the -Jury, but from an anxious desire to develop such particulars as -exemplify the sad consequences of ungoverned passion and depraved -pursuit. However different from all rational views that -extraordinary portion of his relation may be which details the -frequent <i>horrible appearance of the murdered woman</i>, there -is no more reason to doubt his solemn belief of the reality of -the TERRIBLE APPARITION than of any other part of his edifying -Narrative. The criminal related the whole himself, in -compliance with the wishes of <i>one of the principal officers of -the prison</i>, whose humanity and attention he gratefully -acknowledged, and who had long expressed a desire to know his -melancholy story. He commenced his relation about midnight -before his execution. He solemnly and earnestly, as a dying -man and in the presence of Almighty God, protested the truth of -every circumstance, and the whole is here faithfully given as he -delivered it. Although scrupulously examined upon the -<i>supernatural appearance</i>, which was reasonably conjectured -to be the effects of his disturbed imagination and wounded -conscience, <a name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -4</span>he eagerly, positively, and repeatedly asseverated it to -be a fact as certain as that he was then in the cell, to die that -morning. This his full confession upon the brink of his -falling into the grave, was taken down in writing in the presence -of and by the direction of <i>the officer</i> before mentioned, -and the <i>original paper</i> is now in the possession of the -<i>publisher</i>, and is as follows:</p> -<h2>THOMAS BEDWORTH’S CONFESSION.</h2> -<p>THOMAS BEDWORTH was born in the year 1764, in the parish of -<i>Bloxidge</i>, Staffordshire. His parents were of honest -reputation and industrious habits, and could well afford to -instil into his mind the principles of a good education; but to -this he was obstinately averse, and they not being firm in their -purpose, he successfully opposed every attempt that was made to -furnish him with that knowledge of good and evil, without which -he fell a sacrifice to the consequences of sensual indulgence, -and expiated a crime, conceived in jealousy and stimulated by -intoxication, on the scaffold of Newgate.</p> -<p>Arriving at the age of <i>fourteen</i> years, he was placed as -an apprentice in the town of <i>Walsall</i>, in Staffordshire, -near Birmingham, to learn, with a respectable tradesman there, -the art of bridle, bit, and stirrup making. In the year -1782, his father having died, and the term of his apprenticeship -being expired, he went to <i>Birmingham</i>, where he was -employed a considerable time. Being of an unsettled -disposition, however, he left that place, and went to -<i>London</i>, where he soon afterwards obtained employment in -the manufactory of <i>Mr. Rowley</i>, of Prince’s Street, -Drury Lane, where he remained until the year 1795.</p> -<p>At this period, and during his residence in London, Thomas -Bedworth was united in marriage, to <i>Mary</i>, the daughter of -<i>Mr. Bainer</i>, a respectable tradesman in St. Anne’s, -Soho, but, again becoming restless in his mind, he left London, -and having gone a distance into the country, he, in an unguarded -moment, enlisted into the <i>Fifeshire Fencibles</i>, then -commanded by Colonel <i>James </i><a name="page5"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 5</span><i>Durham</i>. With this -regiment, he visited most parts of Ireland and Scotland, as well -as this country, but finally left the regiment in 1803. In -the course of this period his wife continued with him, and they -had <i>three</i> children.</p> -<p>After Bedworth’s discharge from the army, he left his -wife with his friends, at Walsall, and went to Birmingham, -whither, however, she followed him. In a short time, -Bedworth went to London, in search of work, and entreated his -wife to remain in the country, and there await his success. -She consented, and he had not arrived many days in town, when he -obtained employment from Mr. Birch, of Rupert Street, -Haymarket. Here, however, he had not long been engaged, -when, unfortunately for Bedworth, his employer failed, and he -immediately formed the resolution of going to <i>sea</i>.</p> -<p>In the year 1804 he entered the Navy, and in the course of his -service suffered many hardships, and was in several severe and -celebrated engagements with the enemy. But, however the -last sanguinary act of his checquered life may have stained his -character, he had at least the reputation of being a good seaman, -and it was also his pride, at the moment of his narrating these -facts, that he had faithfully performed his duty to his -country. He continued in the service until the year 1813, -and at that period received his discharge, and was made an -out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital.</p> -<p>It was now his melancholy fate to learn, that, instead of -joining his long-absent partner, and spending the remnant of his -days in domestic peace, a widely different lot awaited him. -His <i>wife</i>, the partner of his bed and the parent of his -children, had, during his absence, formed an illicit acquaintance -with another man, to whom she was actually <i>married</i>, and -had <i>three</i> children during her unlawful union.</p> -<p><i>Bedworth’s</i> horrid reflections, in consequence of -this discovery of his wife’s unfaithfulness, distracted his -mind; and the very means he adopted as a consolation, became a -train of circumstances tending to the commission of the crime, -which, with bitter tears, he repented, and atoned for by an -ignominious death.</p> -<p>In time, his mind became more calm, and he seriously bethought -himself of settling into regular habits, which a seafaring life -had <a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -6</span>deranged, and subsisting upon his pension, and by his -industry. He once more, therefore, obtained employment in -his own trade, but, to his irretrievable mishap, became -acquainted with <i>Elizabeth Beesmore</i>. This unfortunate -woman, <i>who was also married</i>, was <i>the sister of his own -wife</i>. Her husband, <i>John Beesmore</i>, had grossly -neglected her, as well as a <i>child</i>, which remained in her -care: he had not only denied her and her infant the necessaries -of life, but had also declared his determination of never more -residing with her, or even in the neighbourhood where she might -be. Her case naturally excited the unhappy Bedworth’s -commiseration, and he took advantage to complain of the conjugal -infidelity and baseness which his <i>own wife</i>, her -<i>sister</i>, had manifested <i>towards himself</i>. The -similarity of their situations induced a sympathy in -Bedworth’s mind; common acquaintance ripened into a kinder -intimacy, and he ultimately became attached to her. -Bedworth then proposed that she should place herself and her -child under his protection, and that they should consider each -other as a wedded couple. With this offer she complied, -and, while she solemnly swore to unite her fate with his, and -never to hold communication with her husband, but to be faithful -to Bedworth, as his wife, he as sacredly pledged himself to be a -husband to her.</p> -<p><i>Thomas Bedworth and Elizabeth Beesmore</i>, thus connected, -lived together until the month of April, in the present year, -1815, being a space of about two years and two months. At -this period, <i>John Beesmore</i>, the woman’s husband, who -had hitherto been employed in the town of <i>Wedgbury</i>, in -Staffordshire, came to London. He discovered the retreat of -his discarded wife, and contrived to communicate to her and -<i>Bedworth</i>, a repetition of his formerly-expressed -determination not to cohabit with his wife, and also an assurance -that he would not disturb the connection which she had formed -with <i>Bedworth</i>. <i>She</i> also, at this critical -period, took occasion to renew her vows of attachment and -fidelity to <i>Bedworth</i>, whom she justly represented as -having saved herself and child from starvation.</p> -<p>In a short time, however, the affairs of <i>John Beesmore</i>, -the <i>husband</i>, became unfavourable; he was out of -employment, and he applied to his wife to afford him pecuniary -assistance from the <a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -7</span>earnings of <i>Bedworth</i>. This, after some -hesitation on her part, she complied with, and <i>Bedworth</i> -made the discovery, that his little property was daily wasting -upon a man, whose neglected wife and child he had supported, whom -she herself had most solemnly renounced, and in whose fortunes or -misfortunes, she had sworn never to interest herself.</p> -<p>Here commenced a dreadful spirit of jealous bickering and hate -between the unhappy <i>Bedworth</i> and <i>Elizabeth -Beesmore</i>. Unable to endure the insults offered to his -feelings, by the renewed acquaintance of <i>Beesmore</i> and his -wife, <i>Bedworth</i> determined no longer to be the means of her -husband’s support. He abandoned the society of the -deceased, and took a private lodging. His heart was -agonized, his mind distracted, and <i>Elizabeth Beesmore</i> -discovered him in his retreat, in this state, and visited -him. She herself was in a very distressed -condition—she renewed her sentiments of affection towards -him, and trusted he would yield her some assistance. A -multitude of conflicting thoughts now agitated his mind at this -meeting. It is difficult to say whether pity, jealousy, or -indignation, was most predominant. At length he took -compassion on her. She had some refreshment with him, he -gave her some money, and she departed.—Her renewed -protestations of regard towards him, he considered as the mere -affectation of attachment: his mind became hourly more unhappy, -and he at length flew for relief to that source of treacherous -consolation, the <i>gin-shop</i>. For many days he remained -in an unsettled state of mind, neglecting his work, and -occasionally visiting <i>Elizabeth Beesmore</i>, in a state of -intoxication.</p> -<p>On the 19th of <i>June</i>, he called on <i>Elizabeth -Beesmore</i>, at an early hour in the morning, but not much in -liquor.—On this occasion she received him not only with -coolness, but contempt. She informed him, tauntingly, that -she was about to live again with her <i>lawful husband</i>, and -desired that he would not again come to disturb her, or the house -in which she was. He answered her coolly, that it was not -his intention to disturb <i>her</i>, he only wished to disturb -<i>himself</i>, and would immediately leave her, and proceed to -the only enjoyment he had left, namely <i>liquor</i>. He -then took his leave, and, having drank to excess, retired to his -lodgings, and went to bed.</p> -<p><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>On -awaking the next morning, the 20th of June, his mind was on the -rack: besides, the powerful effects of the former day’s -intoxication, jealousy, and indignation deprived him of -reason. In this state of distraction, he walked up and down -his room, and at length formed the horrible resolution of -murdering <i>Elizabeth Beesmore</i>, the cause of his -distress.—With this intention, having furnished himself -with a shoemaker’s knife, which he found in the house where -he resided, he put it in his pocket, and proceeded to her -lodgings, in <i>Short’s Gardens</i>, Drury Lane. On -his way thither, he met with a woman who worked at her needle -with the deceased, and they went to a public-house, and drank gin -together.—After parting with her, he went elsewhere and -drank a quantity of beer, so that, by the time he reached -<i>Elizabeth Beesmore’s</i> apartments, he was in a state -of inebriety.—She, upon his arrival, perceiving his -situation, prevailed upon him to go to bed, and, during the time -he lay there, she sent for <i>gin</i> several times, of which he -drank freely. In the course of the morning, her son came -into the room and struck and insulted him several times, while on -the bed, which aggravating <i>Bedworth</i> exceedingly, she -ordered her son to quit the room. Soon after he had gone, -<i>Bedworth</i> rose with an intention of leaving the house, but -found that his coat and shoes had been taken away while he was -asleep. These he asked for, but she refused to let him have -them, and he left the house without them, and went to an -adjoining public house and had more gin.—He soon returned -to her apartments, and she prevailed upon him to drink some tea, -into which also she infused <i>some gin</i>.</p> -<p>At this period, <i>Bedworth’s</i> mind was dreadfully -unsettled, and he once more laid down upon the bed, but the -irritation of his feelings would not let him rest. In a -short time he again rose and peremptorily demanded his shoes and -coat. These <i>Elizabeth Beesmore</i> gave him, and -strongly advised him to go home without delay, and go to bed, in -order to attend work the following morning. He left the -room, and she followed him down stairs, where they had some -conversation. She returned up stairs, for the purpose of -bringing him an apron and a handkerchief, and, upon her again -descending the stairs, he told her he wished to speak with her in -the kitchen.—She replied, she must first put on <a -name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span>his -handkerchief, which, having done, they retired to the -kitchen. Each remained for a moment in mute -anxiety.—The unhappy woman, however, broke the pause, by -clasping her right arm round his neck and embracing him, at the -same time saying, with much agitation, “<i>O my dear -Bedworth</i>!” These were her <i>last</i> words, -uttered in the last minute of her life. She kissed him -during his conflict between jealous passion and strong affection: -<i>his</i> injured regard and <i>her</i> perfidy rushed upon his -mind; her deceptive embrace maddened him: whilst her kiss was -warm upon his cheek, he suddenly drew the knife from his right -hand pocket, and, as he supported her head with his left arm, he, -by <i>one</i> rapid and determined cut, across her throat, -<i>nearly severed her head from her body</i>!—She fell -lifeless, to the ground, without a groan!</p> -<p>Scarcely had he raised his hand from the bloody deed, when -remorse seized him. He instantly meditated -self-destruction, but as instantly, imagining a possibility of -escape, he abandoned that intention.—“Thanks be to -God,” said the unhappy criminal, as he related the -intention that he had momentarily indulged, “I was not -permitted to do this, and thereby deprive just vengeance of its -retribution.”—He put the bloody knife in his pocket, -whilst he looked at the blood rushing from her throat, and -quitted the house.</p> -<p><i>Bedworth’s</i> first steps of <i>flight</i> were -directed into Spa-fields, where he remained until dark, and then -returned into <i>town</i>.—Passing over <i>London -Bridge</i>, he, for the first time, bethought himself, that some -of the blood of his victim might be upon his clothes. He -therefore examined his dress, but found that all parts had -escaped, except his apron, which he pulled off, and tossed -through the ballustrades of the bridge, into the Thames. He -then wandered through the <i>Borough</i>, over <i>Blackfriars -Bridge</i>, and afterwards over <i>Westminster Bridge</i>, and -thus roving about, he, by day-light, the following morning, -reached the Regent’s Park, where he threw the <i>knife</i> -into the Canal. From the Regent’s Park he pursued his -way to <i>Hampstead</i>, where he passed the whole of that day -about the fields, and where he also determined to pass the -night.—About eleven o’clock, while in a hay-field, -where he had betaken himself to rest, he was suddenly disturbed -by the deep groaning of one, as in great agony, whose voice was -<a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -10</span>exceedingly like that of the deceased, and he passed the -remainder of the night in much disquietude and alarm.</p> -<p>Early on the following morning, he pursued his route toward -<i>St. Albans</i>, and thus spent the remainder of the day. -At night he once more fled, for a hiding and resting place, to -the fields, where having laid down, he was disturbed by a -dreadful noise, similar to that which he had heard the night -before. This was now accompanied by the voice of the -murdered woman, who emphatically said, “<i>Oh -Bedworth</i>! <i>Bedworth</i>! <i>what have you -done</i>?” The address was followed by other -expressions, complaining bitterly of having been hurried into -another world, and particularly these words: “<i>You have -deprived me of all the happiness of this life</i>.” -He was so far persuaded of the <i>reality</i> of this visitation, -that, “<i>in the name of</i> <span -class="smcap">God</span>,” he entreated the horrible -phantom “<i>to go to rest and leave -him</i>!”—Unable to sleep, he arose at an early hour, -still wandering, and <i>returned towards London</i>.</p> -<p>It was the time of the general illuminations for the late -battles, and <i>Bedworth</i>, entering the city about <i>nine</i> -o’clock in the evening, traversed the streets, to divert -his distracted imagination, by gazing at the lights. Thus -wandering about, he retired to Smithfield, in order to pass the -night in one of the sheep-pens. Here, however, he had -scarcely laid himself down, when the <i>murdered woman appeared -to him</i> with a dreadful noise, and bitter exclamations! -His entreaties and prayers were, on this occasion also, most -earnest, that she would “<i>commit herself to rest</i>, -<i>and cease to torment him</i>!”</p> -<p>Unable to rest, he arose from the earth, left the sheep-pen, -and walked towards <i>Islington</i>, in which place, and at -<i>Highgate</i>, he spent his time until the following evening, -and once more <i>returned to London</i>, again viewed the -<i>illuminations</i> in the city, and again wandered about, until -half-past twelve o’clock, when he directed his course once -more towards <i>Islington</i> and <i>Highgate</i>. No new -scene, however, or course which he pursued, could lighten the -load of his crime, or chase away the guilty horrors which pursued -him. On this night, while walking up <i>Highgate Hill</i>, -the <i>murdered woman again stood before him</i>! -Imagination may paint, if it <a name="page11"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 11</span>can, the horrible feelings of -<i>Bedworth</i> at this moment. <i>She walked with him</i>, -<i>side by side</i>, until they reached the other side of the -hill, and then <i>taking the hand of the miserable man</i>, -<i>placed it upon her severed throat</i>, and groaned and mourned -deeply!—Driven to despair, he fled into a <i>field</i>, -where he threw himself down upon his face on some hay, hoping to -elude at least the sight of his ghostly pursuer. Such, -however, was the consequence of guilt, that <i>he felt her lying -by his side</i> and crouching against him!</p> -<p>After spending the whole of the last-mentioned day and the -<i>next night</i> in indescribable horror, without being able to -leave this situation, he <i>again came into London</i>, on the -following morning; and—it would be incredible, if it were -not true—he actually <i>applied</i> at the <i>Justice -Room</i>, <i>Guildhall</i>, for a “<i>walking -pass</i>” to Wolverhampton! Such was the fact, and -being told, upon application, that he must come the next day, he -retired for that night into the fields near <i>Islington</i>, -where his rest was rather less disturbed than before. The -next morning he again applied at <i>Guildhall</i> for a -<i>pass</i>, but, after a strict examination, as to who he was, -and where he last slept, he was ordered to go before the -Magistrates at the <i>Public Office</i>, <i>Queen -Square</i>. This he instantly <i>did</i>, and having there -undergone the usual enquiries, he actually succeeded in obtaining -a <i>pass</i>! At the moment the whole town was in alarm at -the atrocity of the <i>murder</i>, when <i>Police Officers</i> -were in pursuit of him, and <i>placards</i> were posted in every -direction, describing his person and dress minutely, and offering -a reward for his apprehension; at this moment he applied to the -<i>Police Office</i> for his pass, and obtained it from the -Magistrates themselves, without being suspected!</p> -<p>Possessed of his pass, <i>Bedworth</i> set out for his native -country. He slept the first night in <i>Kentish Town</i>, -and the next morning pursued his journey towards <i>Coventry</i>, -receiving at each town, through which he went, the relief to -which his pass entitled him. He arrived in <i>Coventry</i>, -on Monday, the 3d of July, and slept there the same night. -The following morning he pursued his route to <i>Meridan</i>, -about twelve miles from Coventry and six from Birmingham. -From thence he <i>went back</i> to <i>Coventry</i>, where he -<i>again slept</i>, and, on the 5th arrived at -<i>Horseley</i>.</p> -<p><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 12</span>During -these travels and retravels, conscience was still crying -vengeance, and though he, for a while, flattered himself, that he -could familiarise himself with the horrors of his mind, if not -eventually stifle them, he still anticipated the dreadful -expiation of his life, for the <i>murder</i> he had -committed. Terror, shame, and remorse were the conflicting -passions which accompanied him in his escape; but the violence of -these having in a great measure subsided, reflection assumed a -more rational seat in his breast, and now it was that he began to -look with a steadier eye upon the deed he had perpetrated.</p> -<p>From Horseley, <i>Bedworth</i> once more <i>returned</i>, on -the 5th July, <i>to Coventry</i>, but his compunctions, while on -his way to the latter place, had become so alarming and -irresistible, that he finally resolved to <i>surrender himself to -justice</i>.</p> -<p>For this purpose, on the morning of the 6th, he went before -the <i>Mayor of Coventry</i>, and made a full confession of his -guilt. The candour and ingenuousness with which he related -his horrible tale, occasioned doubts of its truth in the mind of -the Magistrate, who, with much humanity, supposed it might be the -imagined story of a perverted intellect. He was, however, -put into confinement, and, proper enquiries being made, was -forwarded, in custody, to London, and arrived at the Bow Street -Police Office, on the 11th of July. Here he confessed, -fully, before Mr. <span class="smcap">Nares</span>, the -Magistrate, the murder of which he had been accused, and, in the -presence of others, signed his confession.</p> -<p>In concluding his narrative, which has been related with the -strictest accuracy, from his own lips, the unfortunate culprit -added, “I have now been most justly condemned, for this -foul and barbarous murder, and after surrendering my forfeited -life to public justice, I have only to look to that awful moment, -when I shall meet my Heavenly Judge, whose merciful pardon I hope -for and implore, through the merits of Jesus Christ, the -Redeemer.—Amen!”</p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p>The <span class="smcap">Trial</span> of <i>Thomas Bedworth</i> -took place on <i>Friday</i> morning, the 15th of -September.—Mr. <span class="smcap">Justice Heath</span>, -Sir S. <span class="smcap">Le Blanc</span>, <a -name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>Mr. <span -class="smcap">Justice Bailey</span>, and the <span -class="smcap">Common Serjeant</span> were on the Bench.</p> -<p>The facts which were adduced in evidence were not so strong, -although they in some measure confirmed the truth of the -foregoing confession. The best evidence that could be given -by the few witnesses who were examined, went to a presumption -that <i>Bedworth</i> effected the bloody deed with a razor, and -it was so stated in the indictment.—This, however, did not -prove to be true; but Mr. <span class="smcap">Justice -Heath</span>, in summing up, observed, that this was immaterial, -in point of law;—the charge implied being, that the -prisoner had done the act with a <i>cutting</i> or <i>sharp</i> -instrument.</p> -<p>Throughout the trial <i>Bedworth</i> manifested a good deal of -agitation; but this the Editor ascertains to have arisen in -consequence of the evidence of two women, who made, as he -supposed, some misstatements, as to <i>time</i>, on the day -whereon the murder had been committed. Indeed, such was the -effect of these trivial inaccuracies upon his mind, that he -<i>twice</i> solemnly addressed the court, calling upon God to -witness, that the women had <i>forsworn</i> themselves in this -respect.—This conduct was <i>mistaken</i>, <i>by the -court</i>, as an attempt to deny his guilt.—But the fact -was otherwise, and the whole tenor of his conduct in prison, from -the time of his surrender, in July, as well as his confession, -furnish the best proofs to the contrary.</p> -<p>The trial did not last an hour, and Mr. <span -class="smcap">Justice Heath</span> having charged the Jury, the -latter almost unhesitatingly returned a verdict of—<span -class="smcap">Guilty</span>.</p> -<p>The wretched man was then asked by the clerk of the peace, -what he had to offer in an arrest of judgment by the -court—to die according to law.</p> -<p>The prisoner replied, in much agitation, “nothing beyond -the false swearing of the women.”</p> -<p><i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Recorder</span> <i>being -absent</i>, a short explanation then took place upon the bench, -as to the passing of the sentence. Mr. <span -class="smcap">Justice Heath</span>, who tried the prisoner, -declining to perform that duty, and the <span -class="smcap">Common Serjeant</span> expressing a wish to evade -the painful task, never having been called upon to execute -it. It was however, at length, settled that the <span -class="smcap">Common Serjeant</span> <a name="page14"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 14</span>should pronounce the sentence of -death, and, in doing so, he addressed the prisoner to the -following effect:—</p> -<blockquote><p>“<i>Thomas Bedworth</i>,—After a -painful investigation of the crime which has been laid to your -charge, a humane and impartial jury of your country, hearing the -evidence adduced against you, as well as your own voluntary -confession, have thought it their duty to find you <span -class="smcap">Guilty</span> of the horrid crime of MURDER!</p> -<p>“We see that, in all ages of the world, a terror has -been held out against those persons whose ferocious and unbridled -passions have led to the shedding of innocent blood, and that the -life of the guilty has been demanded in retribution—a -retribution however which scarcely atones for the foul -deed. This is exactly the situation in which you are at -present awfully placed, but it is sincerely to be hoped, that the -motive which induced you to make a full and unreserved confession -of your guilt, arose from devout and serious reflections upon -that eternity to which you are fast hastening. Your -appearance in this court, to day, before the bar of man, may have -for a moment drawn you aside from that truth you had hitherto -asserted, and induced you to attempt a denial of it, yet I do -most charitably hope, that as you had been led to disclose the -weight of your sin and guilt, as read to us this day, so you will -now reflect upon the dreadful consequences of that -<i>confession</i>, and turn, with full purpose of heart, to -serious repentance and prayer. And let me inform you, that -the repentance you are called upon to evince, is not a mere -sorrow for the consequence that would await our crime, but a -sincere and hearty sorrow for this and other crimes which you -have committed, and for which you must shortly give an -account.</p> -<p>“It is now my painful duty to acquaint you, that your -time in this world is of very short duration, but you have the -consolation to know, that it is not too short, or too late for -repentance, and for pouring out your soul, to your Maker, in -supplication and prayer, before you are called to appear at his -awful tribunal. The mercy that is thus held out to you, you -ill deserve, as, in a moment of jealous rage, you hurled into -quick eternity, the wretched victim of your passion and -lust—sent her to her dread account, without a moment for -repentance of her numerous sins—without even <a -name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>time to -implore the mercy of her God, for the base and guilty connection -she had formed with you!</p> -</blockquote> -<p>(<i>Here the prisoner lifted his eyes towards Heaven</i>, -<i>struck the bar with his hand</i>, <i>and</i>, <i>bursting into -tears</i>, <i>bowed assent to the remark</i>.)</p> -<blockquote><p>“I have now only to beseech you that, as -soon as you leave that bar, you fall before God, on your bended -knees, and, with thorough sorrow and conviction, implore that -mercy you so much require. In your prayers you will be -assisted by a pious man, who will zealously aid your applications -to Heaven. Fly to him for his advice, his assistance, and -prayers—you need them all—and let the conduct of your -future hours, in this life, be so devoted, as to prepare you, -through the mercy of the Redeemer, for that awful eternity which -shall shortly receive you.</p> -<p>“There is now nothing left for me, but to pronounce upon -you the dreadful sentence of that law, which you have so grossly -violated, which is:—<i>that you</i>, <span -class="smcap">Thomas Bedworth</span>, <i>be taken from hence</i>, -<i>to the place from whence you came</i>, <i>and from thence</i>, -<i>on Monday morning next</i>, <i>to a place of execution</i>, -<i>where you shall be hanged by the neck until you are -dead</i>.—<i>Your body will then be delivered over to the -surgeons</i>, <i>for dissecting and anatomising</i>, <i>according -to the statute</i>. And may the Lord God Almighty, through -the merits and intercession of the <i>Redeemer</i>, have mercy -upon your soul!”</p> -</blockquote> -<p>The prisoner heard his sentence with great firmness, but, at -the conclusion, seemed deeply affected, and wept bitterly. -After regaining a moment silent at the bar, he assumed an air of -resignation and, respectfully bowing to the Court, retired.</p> -<p>He cordially shook hands with some females and others, as he -passed to one of the condemned cells, where he evinced a -resignation and calmness, in every respect suitable to the death -he was to die. Soon afterwards the <i>Rev. Mr. Cotton</i>, -the <i>ordinary</i>, in virtue of his office, visited him, and in -the evening he was called on by one or two religious characters, -who had serious conferences with him. He continued constant -and fervent in prayer throughput the night, except at those times -when, exhausted by weakness <a name="page16"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 16</span>and strong feeling, he sunk -occasionally to rest. At intervals he related some -extraordinary circumstances of his varied life, which were taken -down in writing from his lips. He was asked to give a full -relation by the <i>respectable officer of the prison</i>, to whom -he afterwards completely detailed it, but he for the present -excused himself, by saying that the number of persons, religious -and otherwise, who were visiting him, prevented him from -delivering it, then, as he wished.</p> -<p><i>Saturday</i> was spent by him chiefly in devotional -exercises, and in receiving the kind and charitable visits of -religious characters. Throughout the whole of this day and -night, he displayed great piety, a repentant disposition, and -strong faith in the mercy of Heaven.</p> -<p>On <i>Sunday</i> morning, <i>Bedworth</i> sent a message to -the <i>ordinary</i>, entreating permission for the -“<i>convict school boys</i>” to come near his cell, -and join him in singing a hymn. This was of course complied -with, and they repeated their singing, at his request, on Sunday -evening, when he joined the children, and expressed himself much -happier by this social act of devotion.—The number of -youths who united their voices in these gloomy vaults amounted to -about <i>thirty</i>, and such sounds, floating through the dreary -passages, might well have been supposed to impress, not only the -criminal, but the children themselves, with edifying -thoughts. The <i>Rev. Mr. Cotton</i> remained several hours -with <i>Bedworth</i>, on Sunday evening, and his labours were -succeeded by two gentlemen, who were dissenters, one of whom -remained with him throughout the night. On this occasion he -was reminded of his promise to completely detail his -<i>narrative</i> and confession, previously given in these pages, -which he did with perfect composure, with an apparently entire -recollection of the events of his life. Having done this, -he continued incessantly in prayer and religious -conversation. He sang with his companion two or three -hymns, and he repeated, and sang with great fervour, the Hymn -beginning,</p> -<blockquote><p>“Jesu, lover of my soul,<br /> -Let me to thy bosom fly,” &c.</p> -</blockquote> -<p><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span>As the -morning dawned, Bedworth conversed with much animation, and -amongst other things, asked his friend, whether he thought the -<i>populace</i> would assemble in any great number to witness his -ignominious death? Being answered that it was likely there -would be many, he remarked, “<i>I would that the poor -creatures would remain at home</i>, <i>and pray for</i> <span -class="GutSmall">ME</span>, <i>if not for</i> <span -class="GutSmall">THEMSELVES</span>.”</p> -<p>At <i>six</i> o’clock on <i>Monday</i> morning, the -<i>ordinary</i> again attended <i>Bedworth</i> in his cell, and -continued with him in prayer, until half-past seven, when one of -the sheriffs also visited him. After remaining with him -some moments, the latter retired to assist in the necessary -preparations, and <i>Bedworth</i> was again left in prayer with -his companion. The crowd, now assembled to witness the -execution, was very considerable; though certainly it did not -amount to <i>half</i>, perhaps not <i>one-third</i> of the number -collected upon the occasion of the extraordinary execution of the -unfortunate <i>Elizabeth Fenning</i>.</p> -<p>At about three minutes before <i>eight</i> o’clock, -<i>Mr. Newman</i> arrived at the Justice room, in the Old Bailey, -to announce the time. The High Sheriff, <i>Mr. Leigh</i>, -and the two Under Sheriffs, Messrs. <i>Leigh</i> and -<i>Rooke</i>, proceeded to the cell of the criminal. -<i>Bedworth</i> walked forth with uncommon firmness and -resignation, and, with a countenance open and serene, advanced -towards Mr. Sheriff <i>Leigh</i>, whom he cordially shook by the -hand. He very much facilitated, by his activity and -presence of mind, in knocking off his own irons, after which he -walked with composure towards the executioner, who bound his -arms, and tied his halter round his body. He then requested -one of the officers to give to a fellow-prisoner, his pair of -<i>leggings</i>, or leathers, to protect the flesh from -excoriation by the fetters, and with them his remembrance and -prayers. After expressing his deep sense of his sinful -life, and the crime for which he was about to die, and expressing -strong hopes of mercy and pardon hereafter, the dead bell tolled, -and he moved on, in the customary procession, to the -scaffold. The <i>ordinary</i> prayed with him whilst they -passed through the dreary avenues, <i>Bedworth</i> walking with a -firm, undaunted step, and bowing, in silence, to all whom he -observed within the dreary passage. On the <i>scaffold</i>, -he manifested the same firmness, but directed <a -name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span>his eyes -imploringly towards heaven, while the executioner made his fatal -preparations: the <i>ordinary</i> continued a few moments in -prayer with him, and, the awful signal being given; he was -launched off, in the act of fervent supplication.</p> -<p style="text-align: center"> -<a href="images/p18b.jpg"> -<img alt= -"Drawing of ghost" -title= -"Drawing of ghost" - src="images/p18s.jpg" /> -</a></p> -<p style="text-align: center">Just Published by W. 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