The Autobiography of William Jerdan
Murder of Perceval
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DEATH OF MR. PERCEVAL.
[With the annexed plan of the lobby it was
intended to engrave the fatal pistol, of the exact size; but its entire dimensions a
little exceeded the length of this page. I have, therefore, merely to state that it was
strong, with a wide bore, and the barrel, as nearly as possible, three inches long.]
PLAN OF THE LOBBY.
7, 8, 10, 11, are the pillars which support the ceiling.
1, Mr. Eastaff at the door of the Vote-office.
2 and 3, Messrs. Taylor and
Kennedy, the door-keepers at the entrance into the house, at
the farther side of the lobby.
5, 6, 9, 12, and 13, Mr. W. Smith,
Lord F. Osborne, Mr. Burrell, M.P.s,
Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Dowling—I am not
precise as to the exact place, but they were nearly so situated.
15, Mr. Boys, a Solicitor, and several persons
from Ramsgate engaged upon a bill concerning the pier. This Mr.
Boys was an important witness, though not called upon at the trial. The
other marks indicate parties whom circumstances did not bring forward to the knowledge
of the writer.
16, 17, and 18, were Bellingham, Mr.
Perceval, and Mr. Jerdan, at the folding door which
gives admission to the lobby; and in their relative situations, when the mortal crime
was perpetrated.
19, Where Mr. Perceval fell, and where he was
carried, as indicated, into the Speaker’s room.
20, The bench on which the assassin seated himself.
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