The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-09 00:00:00

THE INQUEST.

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On Sunday Dr. N. 0. Whyte, the City Coroner,
formally opened an inquest on the °Koehn of the two
rentletnon, in the Lecture Theatre of the Hospital.
-I went, Jere= were summoned over night, with
the exception of two, they answered to their names. A
poise of mounted police were drawn up in front of the
hospital, sal subsequently the men offoaddled in the
yard at the back of the °capital.
The Coroner having addressed the jury, they
retired, and the Coroner said that after they had
viewed the remains he saw no objection t ism:mine soy
gentleman present to me the bodies. The jury were
then conducted to a room in the hospital, where the
remains were lying in their clothes, just as fou
upon two beds, covered with a white shoot and a quilt.
When the clothes were drawn down, the mangled and
, gashed condition cft the bodies mused • thrill of horror
amongst ths jurymen, some of whom betrayed signs of
great emotion Mr. Burke, who was lying on a bed on
Me left side of the room, wore a snit of grey checked
tweed. The vest and scarf were disarranged, disclosing
a fearful wound in the chest; whilst further investiga.
lion showed that • knife had been driven with
desperate force into the victim's throat In an upward
direction, smashing several teeth. Another Ironed ma
the side of be mouth had Laid Kum° bake. The
lower patifs the face was cog with elated hje,:id,
The four ars Of the tie h were cut to the wee,
as if eneiteed b clutched the knife with
daeperse energy in the death-struggle. The body of
Lord Frederiok Cavendish presented • most dreadful
appearance, the entire upper part of the body being
bathed in blood. A wide gash was seen in his chest,
the weapon having apparently penetrated deeply into
the langs. The throat and chest had received several
other limbs and wounds, which from the appearanme
had been delivered in quick suomesion. The left arm,
which had °silently been raised in defeece, bore
traces of having been literally hacked across with a
heavy knife or dagger. The inqueet was formally
edjourned. Little doubt can be entertained that tho
fate of Mr. Burke had been decided by • wpm i°l4
and it is suspected that Lord Predmielr•Oamwtin
sacrificed his life in a gallant Wang* to save Mr.
Burke. It Is • matter of general surprise how a crime
of the kind amid be committed in so public a pert of
the park without attracting attention. Members of
the detective police were scattered ht all directions
throughout the night.
Intelligenoe of the murders spread rapidly in London
and throughout the provinces. At first it was received
with inoredulitY, followed by expressions of the
strongest indignation. The Court Circular speaks of
the "deep grief with which her Majesty remised the
horrible new," The Cabinet, hastily summoned, nisi
at three o'clock in the afternoon, an‘t remai ed in deli-
bsration until ball-Paiit ti, Mg. ter had celled
upon the Prime Mints' ter earlier in three day, and, it is
announced, geared his serviors provisionally Chief
Secretary for Ireland—one which, is it believed, will
be accepted.
The news of the memeination created antamment
and horror in New York. The almost °singed
minutia Ins ;—" Th.i. limb Os Lai at IpiW

sad deems this downfall of Mr. Gladdens." Among
the Irish leaders the news caused dismay, as well as
astonishment. All the Irish ale agreed that a greet
calamity had befallen Ireland. The Ameddill papas
csonnent on the dud in terms of unmeasured abhor.
rows and oondendiation.
Telegrams from the principal Marva= °Was show
the feeling of horror with which the news of the
crime haa been received on the Continent.
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, the brother of
Lord Martlegton, is the mond surviving son of UM
Doke of Devonshirwi mid was been in IM6. He was
educated at Milky Onlieg*, Cambridge, was private
secretary to Lord Granville from 166910 1864. and to
Mr. Gladstone from July, is% to Amoy's,. 1878.
From August, 1873, t* Fs beady, 1874, be was • Lodi
ol the Tredary, and in Aped, MO, he was appointed
Financial tkierothry to the Treasury. It. has sat in
the Noose of Commons for the North Division of the
West Riding of Yorkshire sines July, 1866. The
Chief Secretaryship foe Ireland is worth 194,415. Tbe
other murdead gentleman, Mr. Thomas It. Burks,the
Under Secretary, reoelvei_a salary of 92,000.

The following maoifeeto—bas been leaned by the
Irish Pectins:maw, Party
"To be People of lrelo.4—tht the eve of what muted
• bright future for our c Autry, that evil demon, whimo
hot apparently pursued urn KW Yoakum hie struck samba
blow at out hopes. which mehot be exeggeretim in a.
disastrous consequence. la tam hour ot sorrowful gloom
we venture to give as expremion of out prolosodest
sympathy with the people el Ireland to tee calamity 1
which me befallen our emu, through • horrible deed. and 1
to tame who had determined at the Met sour that •
policy of ooncaliation should supplement that of
terroasin and national distrust. We appeal to you to
show by every manner of expression possible that
amidst the unmated teebeg of norm. 'remit this mem
aination Lae excited. no people feel so lemmas • detesta-
tion of its atrocity, or so deep a eightieth, for Mom
whom hearts MYR be Mated by li. the oclon up's
whose p‘oapects .ad nettled hopes it may email maw,
usenme more ruinous tam have yet t•ban to to. OA 01
ushappy behold donn the protest meseratioa. We feel
that no am has era been perpetrated in our country
during the emitting streaks tot model sad prelatical
mete of the past nay 'ears that hal so mused the name
of howittable Imbued se We cowardly and unprovoium
rweamination of. itimally stranger, sad that until the
murderers of Lord Frederick Uevesauelt and M. Burke
are brought to Justice that stela will sully our cowatry's
0•0111. _ _

"Cam. FL PLanzu.
"Joan Diu.on.
" MICJIMIL Divrrt.'

(By rekr•rt)

The arcitemant i. London. oonsequest ow ths
Dublin murders., oontiattos, sad & lone arowd
notwoaads ib. Praniaes boos*. likunnacaoss bays
bona Wood for. Cabins Council at two o'clock this
atuirsoos.

Mr. Gladstone and 60010 cambers of kis funny will
strand tits funeral to-morrow.

Lady Frederick left Eit. Phocraa et noon for
Ckstewerth. Her ladyship wept when entering the
tram

A Dublin telegram says the Irish Attorney-G*oora'
haw arrived sate at Viceregal Dodge to-day. The
inquest oo the murdered meo was resumed at eleven
o'clock to-day.
The Central News is enabled to state definitely Mr.
Forster has been re-appointed Secretary of dfate for
Ireland, sod will leave ill ad likelihood for Dublin
to-night.
We are enabled to state that Mr. Gladstone intends
to greatly :modify the recently proposed cheeps in his
Irish policy.
Mr. Joho Holmes, M.P., succeeds Lord Frederick
Cavendish at the Tremory, and Mr. Herbert Gladstone
succeeds Mr. John Holmes.