The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06 00:00:00

decesied had a quarter'. rent in her possession wher
she /eft home, only 6d. and a bunch of keys were
foum on her.

On Monday an inquest was held on the body, in one
of thewniting rooms at the Broad-six eet Station.
The first witness called was Edward Roth, of 10,
Barmxstreet, Stepney, who said that he Was in the
wine Ind spirit trade, and deceased was his wife. He
was a German, and she a Dutch woman. Her age
was thirty-three years, and she was in good he,lth,
and very abstemious. He last saw her on Monday,
the Nth of October, and when he left his home at
eight i'eloek on that day to go to business be
parted with her on the most affectionate terms. She
expressid her intention of going to the Polytechnic
Exhibiton, and said she should call on some friends
and ask them to go with her. When witness reached
home ir the evening the deceased was absent, and did
not retirn. She had £3 or more in her possession, and
she intaided to pay the rent with it; but had not
done so. Witness made every inquiry after her, but
beard titling until he was sent for to the station on
Friday sight, when he identified the body as that of
his wife. She bad once before left home for three
days at n time without accounting for her absence be-
yond easing that she had been staying with a sick
friend, aid her account was found to be true. He
had alwap treated her with the greatest kindness.
Mrs. Isaacs stated that she was in the ladies' wait-
ing-room in Friday evening at the Broad-street Station
and went towards the retiring-room, and on opening
, the door she saw deceased lying on the ground incest-
bible, and groaning heavily. She at once ran for as-
sistance, and a porter and a female attendant at the
station came, and with their assistance the deceased
1 was moved to a sofa, and a doctor at once sent for. She
was searched, and in her pockets were found an ad-
dressed envelope sixpence in money, and a brooch
containing the likeness of a man, not her husband.
Mr. Eoch, being recalled, and questioned by the
Coroner. saki he recognised the brooch, and he hail had
words with his wife about it, stating that if he got
hold of it ire would destroy it; but she managed to
keep it out of his way.
A witness who Inited in deceased's house stated that
she was in the habit of receiving visits from men un-
known to her husband.

Pr. Wilkinson said he was called to see deceased,
and found her dying, quite insensible, and beyond all
chance of recovery. She died about ten minutes after
his arrival. He had made a post mortem examination,
and discovered no trace of poison. He was of opinion
that death resnited from an apoplectic ht induced by
drinking ardent spirits. The bottle found in her
pocket, and which contained a mixture, of which
ammonia was the chief ingredient, was probably some-
thing which she had obtained from a druggist to allay
the effects of the alcohol she had taken.
The coroner summed up, stating that it was a very
painful case, and if the jury thought fit he would ad-
journ the inquiry to see if it were possible to trace the
deceased's movements from Monday', when she left
home, to the date of her death. The jury, however,
returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
evidence, " that deceased died of apoplexy induced by
excessive drinking."