The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 393: what you’re looking at

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362 THE COURT OF LONDON tion of the mysterious deed. Upon the person of the assassin- suicide nothing was found to show who he was, and his features were so completely disfigured by the means he had adopted to ensure self-destruction, that no description could be given of his countenance so as to lead to his identification. The remains of the baronet were interred in the parish church at Windsor, and the corpse of his murderer was buried by night in a neighbouring cross-road, without the performance of Christian rites. | To the reader the tragic occurrence is no doubt easy of solution. The assassin-suicide was James Melmoth; and the strong resemblance which existed between Sir Richard Stamford and the Prince of Wales had led the monster-man to mistake the unfortunate baronet for the heir apparent to the British throne. CORNIELIOOLKS (E(0)