Henry and Thomas Wainwright have' both been committed for trial,
the former on the charge of the wilful murder of Harriet Louisa Lane, the latter on the charge of being an accessory to the murder; and the Coroner's Jury have returned a verdict that the- mutilated remains found are those of Harriet Louisa Lane, and that she was murdered by Henry Wainwright. The counsel for Thomas Wainwright, while admitting that he wrote the letter signed "E. Frieke," which was intended to lead Harriet Lane's - friends to believe that he had gone off with her to France, warmly maintained that his client had no knowledge whatever of the murdered woman, and that he had only played this part to help his brother when under the pressure of what Henry Wainwright reported as mere attempts to extort money from him. The purchase of the chopper and spade for his brother he admitted, but declared this also to have been done wholly without knowledge of the purpose for which they were needed. As regards Henry Wainwright, the only new turn in the evidence of any im- portance is that the earrings found, and which were supposed to belong to the murdered woman, are identified by a former house- keeper of the house in Whitechapel Road as her own.
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