The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-17 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZEWE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1869.

probably emented his male,
esereen oomde on the
etriffold. For &moment there meats
All !..
was stillness,
VO }kernel/tired rt uP,
becomes the aucutioser was absel
L.-1.0 11 ef the bel The convict espied
NO
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furtively around, and the . whispered $ where"
Calash r immedietely the executioner entered
the yard, with oae hand behind him tarrying
ttn seksdec straps. lie is • stont-built man,
e trials heard, and he has a peculiar sidling
wait. He wad en inctairing look around, evidently to
Epee who wee the 'Worn, and, being signaled towards
, he calmly went up to him, and at once
D"prostedsreirto 'trap beet his aims. Detheridge looked
=a with • piercing wowif el glance, sad Latently
the straps. At the beginning he n*Yer winced
in the elighest degree, nor was there any of
that con' dsi vs &Slaking of the bands which
Is not infrequently the impressible indication of
emotion manifested by convicts when undergoing
this trying preliminary to the last fatal act.
Two straps wore bound nand awn arm above the
elbow,
end then they were drawn together and buckled,
after whisk straps were pot ou his wrists, and they
Wer• 1006144 lip to the ALM straps, so that, in
short, he was utterly helpless so far so hi, arms
.re ceuraft, no doubt, has experi-
eeeed convicts of an sorts of dispositions, but
even he remarked the WOO look Dethosidge gave
and his remarkable fireman. At this time the
convict wee wearing a cap. This Celtic...ft took off, and
threw upon Use floor, and then removed the stock from
his neck, and unloosed his shirt. The conviet then
looked rather soared, end be seemed to shrink and
realise something of his dreadful position as the atona-
ble.er toweled his neck. AU being ready, • proceseion
was formal, and the march to the scaffold was com-
menced. The convict had only to walk about al yards,
along a corridor, an either aide of which were cells:
through trial ward No. 2, sod into the exercise yard
adjoining it.
The scaffold was a woods% erection only a few yards
high, and wag painted • deli hue. From its elevation
could be seen nothing but the walls of the prison, pierced
with the nanteroue,but lifeless,eyes of the sell windows,
and the score or so of horrified spectators, among whom
the convict must have felt there was none who would
sympathlo with him, though all would pity, and none
who would give hint the slightest applause for any
bravado he might show. The glorious sun was dining
in an almost cloudless blue sky, and the beautiful face
of Heaven might have drawn the convict's heart, if he
could have listened to the teaching of Nature, from the
avenging earth to the world when alone he could
expect mercy.
On the way to the scaffold Dip Chaplain read several of
the sentenese at the opening of the burial service.
Detheridge never faltered, and commenced to run up
the steps of the gallows, when be stumbled and fell, and
had to be pillared up by the warders. Without assistance
he took his position on the drop, and stood firm, while
Caleraft went up to him and pulled • thin white clip over
his taco, through which the prominences on Detberidge's
fain were plainly oteervable, giving • peculiarly hor-
rible appearance to his head. The executioner then
took from his pocket a stout new hempen rope nearly an
inch in diameter, and adjusted it round the neck of the
oonvict, leaving the knot nr,ler the right jaw. On the
rope was an eyelet, which Cslcraft slip ped along up to
the noose, apparently to secure it in its position. At
this moment
The Rev. J. Mean amended the scaffold quickly, took
Detberidge by the hand, and in an earnest tone 0444
"Try to pray ; pray to the Lord to have mercy on you.
Time cep was not low enough to obstruct Detheridge's
utterance, and he exclaimed in a rather fierce tone,
"Who must I pray to? Who hu brought me here?
That is what I want to know. Has God brought ma
here?
Mr. Marta. Imploringly: "I want you to try to be
saved. The Lord have many upon you."
Caltraft then pulled the cap entirely over his face,
and Detheridge exclaimed
" What are these men here now, and whet are they
same for r.
Mr. Mann: "Try to pray try to pray I"
The rev, gentleman then shook bands with him, and
said, " Good-bye, God bless you," and left the scaffold.
To Cacraft the convict mattered "What does he

asy?"
Calereft : "Pray to the Lord to save you."
Detheridge, in a scornful tone "Pray to tho Lord to
save me r
Calanft, having shaken Dctheridge's hand while doing
which he gave a professional slam* to see that the roPe
wee properly acij stated, then went behind bitu,.ndstrapped
his legs together below the knees, rendering him almost
Incapable of voluntary movement, but even now there
was no tremor, and the convict stood its firmly as ever.
Calcraft finally shook bands with bum, uttered a formal
" good.hys," and glided noiselessly down the scaffold
seeps to the bolt.
Instantly the bolt was drawn, the convict fell about
two feet, and swung heavily round, his feet being within
a yard of the ground, and his head bent to the
left by the pressure of the rope that suspended
his body. Life was prouounoed by Caloraft to
to be almost instantly extipot ; but them were several
. convulsive struggles of Oil body, and in a few minutes
the whole frame trembled as with • horrid spasm. Then
the body heaved, the lap were drawn up, and from
his abed there appeared to come his lad expiring sigh.
The Surgeon shortly afterwards felt his pulse, and
found the blood still circulating, but this was supposed
to be merely the effect of the continued muscular action
of the heart. At the moment of execution a black flag
was hoisted on the staff (surmounted by a crown) erected
over the gate of the gaol; but only a few children and
otheis were attracted thereby.
The body hang until nine o'clock, when it was out
down, and examined by the surgeon, who certified
that life was extinct, in the following form :
E, John (oml. thoSurecon fib. I)..rnet County Caoldietch)
melt() that I Litt, .1a) ...endued the Inni 4 Jonah
butheri4.,,, on whom p.l...unent .4 death oar thin ilay
ryei-utall in the 1,1,4 county Gaol. and that ott than
c•amination I hand that the said Jonah Dethertilizu am
dead.

John Good.

The black flag was then hauled down, antl the crowd
outside which lead slightly inereswd, gra.ludly dispersed.
Much leas interest than usual was shows in the exo•
cution, and Dorchester was relieved of the annoyance
of crowds of brutalised people who wed to gaze with
morbid satidaetion at the public executious. Severed
persons, however. espremed thdr anxiety to witness the
death, and elf orts were made to obtain ad inission
to the gaol. Among those who desired to be proems{
was an elderly person of respectable appearance, and •
visitor at Weymouth, who applied to the Secretary of
State for an order to be present, and, though checked
at first, succeeded in obtaining admittance with the re-
porters, to witness what he considered a " a very in-
teresting sight." The whole of those present at the
execution were very much shocked at the painful ex.
hibition of hardened depravity on the part of the con'
vict, who than passed out of this life defiant of knman
feelings, of the law, and of his God.
An inquest was held at au office in the Prison, at 10
o'clock, before H. Look, Esq., the deputy-coroner, the
Governor, deputy-governor, surgeon. &a., being present.
The jury viewed the body, which was lying in the
coffin underneath the scaffold, and afterwards returned
to the office, where the Governor deposed to the identity
of the body, the sentence, execution, fra., and Mr.
Good, the surgeon, deposed that he had examined the
body of Detheridge, and was satisfied he was dead.
Those whose.. dead Detheridge were math impremed
with his peculiarly peaceful appearance. The bitter
rim-Alas spirit, which animated hiin in his last moments,
had now departed, and his face presented the innocent
thins of a sleeping child. "Life for life" he bad for-
feited, and his poor body, having met with the demands
of human justice, appeared purged front its offence.
The following are the formal documents in the calms:—
13°,1 ,"....ts„hitt An Inquisition icntoth taken for our
l" So. ere's° Lady Gm queen, at the Don-et
County Priem, In thy Parish of St. Peter, In
Dorchester, in the County of Dorval, on
Thursday, the Phit dm of August, in the
thirty.third year ,4 the reign of our Sovereign
Lady Victoria, In the Grace of OW, .4 the
United hinedonof Gruit Britain and IrelantL
Queen, Wender of the Faith, and in the year
of One Lord, one th.ooand eight hundred and
tatty-nine, beton Gilt. Symonds, gentleman,
one .4 the coroners II °Ur AM Lady, the
Sleeve, for the said eounty of Dorset, by Henry
Lock, gentleman. hi. deputy, duly appointed
In that behell, on view ot the body of Jonah
Dethcridge, now here bine deed, upon the
.eth. .4 Henn. Mills, Thomas Po+ Joseph
Voe., Chart. o«,nr. 1,1°1.A1 Cr"*.
lUehard Maher, Mallard Gould, Thomas
Durrell, John Day, John Phelps, James
Henry Groves and Alfred Sams-a3-s, the
'corral persons whese nom+ are hereunder
n nitro and web affixed, good and twilit' 'soon
of the ield emoity, duly chosen, and who being
to+ here duly sworn and charged to Inquire
for our nil Lady the queen, into and ascertain
the Identity of the hotly of the +iti Jonah
Detherbige, and whether Judgment .4 deals
had heen duly executed upon him, the said
Jonah Detheridge, do, upon their oaths ley,
that the aid Jonah Detheridge, having been
end
at tl6.l,,rttro,lntiy;,rolaotioul,T:rultser.
cheers. In and for the count) aforesaid, on the
t•ent) 41re 4toy of July. In thy ) ear stf..n...aitl,
;Ina then amt there conneted .4 thy I. rime .4
wilful murder, end stinteneed to be hanzed by
the tie.k tantil dead, Within the well. .4 the
Priton aformeid. imigment of death was on the
rail day of August aforesaid, In the jeer
aforesaid, within the wall, of the prison afore-
said, In the parish and county aforesaid, duly
executed on the mill Jonah Detherldge, In
onvallainn and coecoti,,n of the eentence
pawed uism him tbe sad Jonah Detherldge, In
, in MAIIIICT and at thy tone and place store-
Ito witntss whereof as well the mid Conine
as honey 11111. the foreman .4 the mid Juno"
and the rest of hi.. said fellows, have to this
inquisition no their hands and eels the day,
year, and place first above written.
Henri Lock, Coroner. LO.
Henry Milts L.S. Thomas Voss L.B.
Joieph Voss LS, Mark* Jisdgce LS.
°tong Rickard Crook Ins. RicAard Malay L.R.
Edward Gould LS. Thomas Durrell L.S.
Jobs Day LS. Jots Phelps LS.
James Henry Groves L.S. Alfred Samovars L.S.

naught; so Jousts Detheeides wee gale! and MUMS'
able enough when Mr. Ooroner Lock and the "twelve
&pod men and trete" was to inspect his remains. We
deaduponird't, my.thlielrinacitgteh'aeinfitilm,
think that the public may nodally Unger • little along
with this in eontemplation of this somewhat noteable
toinuateenyaonede wcrbodme.edhi.tatdesi.
craft aliectld simply snob a thoroughly effective anodyne
to a sprit so ferocious! No more crimes nor bloody
!Larders from those pinioned heed., no new words of
was-hard defiance from those blue lips The neok that
, would not bend is wrenched into limp abjectness by the
Top.; the heart that would neither greet nor ask mercy
ire weekend still enough now, gorged with ita own bad
Mood I Whet hem bappeeed' then, to Jonah, besides
the brief constriction which marked his throat with
that dak-red line and stiffened his murderous fiugers no
queerly? If the surgeon should look inside him, there
would be nothing conspicuously changed from the
living condition of the man who was so hideous in his
anger cud so fierse in his impen turner-nothing, perhaps,
but a slight blackening of the congested vital fluid, and
a certain disariangement of the contents of ventricle
and aorta. We are wont to cut short the difficulty by
calling the phenomenon " death ;" but what does
" death" mean, and what has become of that bitter and
strong spirit which only • few hours before had made
this fellow the ferocious creature that he was proved to
be alike by his life and his death? The very name of
the man, Jonah Detharidge, it bard, unueth, and
gloomy; and he was like it in his lifestime....There are
those who conquer the fear of death by religions faith,
by thileeophy, by the 00011dO0MOI5 of a good life, by
the frenzy of battle or theeireet passion of Relf•surifiee ;
but this man Detheridge7with no such aids or incen-
tive., went his way to the other world gay with despair,
and calm with the courage of an indomitable ferocity.
" A birdseed criminalpeople will no doubt
ejaculate. Yes ; bullet justice be done to the aingulu
hardness, while the crime is execrated. Estimate the
steely fibre of that brain - the adamantine resolves of
that evil beset-the immoveable fiuty of those obstinate
',ergo., which were sereng up to defy God end MAD,
and to aurae death itself with the last gasp. What
animal but man, after hi, could exhibit that sublime
wickedness, that wonderful self-oontrol in the face of
Heaven and earth combined together against him?
Take such • Jonah Detheridge from his cradle,
Icy him a changeliog on the knees of some
tender mother In a ',respectable home-end might
not that metallic fentitude make him a hero, a
great soldier, a resistless admiral, a ootiqueror
without fur or failure? Is there anything in the
Infinite forum of the world so wonderful as that which
we call "the soul of man sometimes beautiful in
its musifeetations, sometimes, as here, terrible-but in
each ease outside our farthest analysis, baffling the
fineness of our finest weighed and resumes. Yet we
see that even a spirit like this fierce malefactor's is
quieted by Caleraft's necklace. Whither was it gone
when the jury were doing their function upon the
peaceful carcase of our human tiger? The question
was raised by Jonah himself. after • fashion, during
the last few moments of his uuplacable eliateatie.
After quoting our report of Li. last words on the scab
fold, the article propped' ;-There was, therefore, aft&
all • desperate theology In the man. To go within the
mind which uttered those words is like entering a cave
peopled with foal creature, and 'welling of blood. The
light breaks inn little at the mouth, enough to show
how hideous is the darkness ; yet there Is light of •
savage and Rembrandtish kind-light enough to fight
he, in • last angry struggle against that kind of mercy
which the man never asked and floes not care to have.
Mr. Mann would have lieu, perhapo mauled to reply
satinfactorily to the dead man's muffled catechism, even
if the reverend gentleman bad enjoyed more time for
argument and quotation than Calcraft usually allows
between the first wed last processes of the gallows.
toilette. It was • renewal of the dismal sarcasm of
" the impenitent thief," forswearing a clemency which
will not draw the nails from the cram, will not loosen
the hangman's noose. Detheridge disdains the tender
methanol the Providecoo that has let him grow up what
be was, and allowed his existenoe to pais through
poverty, temptation, and hereditary pashon, to the
sonvict gaol, the quick madness of rags and murder,
the Dorchester patent drop. The new "impenitent
thief" is doubtless logical in his own way. He might
have said-if the jerk and the knot under his sax had
only given him time-" Since you are so sure that I
must be damned if I fail to 'repent,' as you call it, then
why do you hang me? I haven't repented, and I will
not repent; sad therefore, according to you, I fun to
pay with soul and tool, to! Do then, your lawn,
which I bate and which I broke, adjudge a murderer to
damnation as well as to death ? If they do. you ire
bloodier than I was- for I took my enemy's life only;
If they do not, be logicel, or else silent I" So, perhaps
-judged by Lis usual line of t,slk and reason-would
this hard and angry heart bare spoken ; and in truth
such a. murderer might prove a puzzling casuist to those
who believe that "as the tree fails so it lies." It is
not altogether easy to reconcile the orthodox Christian
doctrine, that the impenitent sinuir pules to *attain
and eternal oondemn•tion, with the spectacle of •
Christian hangman "launching into etetaity"-to adopt ,
the usual phrase -s soul which departs conspicuously
sinful and persistently impenitent. We are obliged t.:
Weed that the law cannot take engnizanos of things
spiritual ; yet the presence of the gaol chaplain, and the
service read on the way to the sceffold. fix no somewhat
awkwardly to the fact of the lee's grave belief that the
sentence of physical deeth may also prove a sentence of
irreversible, endlue, and immeasurable torment. From
such • dilemma-more dreadful even than the contem-
plation of a nature like that of Detbridge-humanity
breaks away, after the pitying and hopeful if not exactly
logical fashion of Mr. Maon. When the good minister
had given up his difficult mil,ject, he said, " Good-bye !
God bless you I" God bleas Jetfoil Dethridge l-the wish
werns difficult to realise no anything but a mere phrase
of aspiration ; and yet-ebo knows? The corpse which
is shovelled under ground with the lime in the prison
shell looks not less pe•e•fil than the remains of those
who ilie in better hope, lion can any of us tell that the
wicked heart, so still and pleceble now, may not have
learned wonderful secrete of haven's mercy even in the
last spasm of its ntoning crony ? -that the lips might not
utter penitent and worroulul snoplioations, if they could
open once more ? -that the ;;;.,rol eyes have not seen
things which 0000 of the hvi,.c witness? The silence of
the dead murderer is mow lopeful than his speech.
Yes, indeed ! "God blew .localf Detheridge." If we can
only venture to say ho 101101, sil.eig with Mr. Mann, we
shirk the awful problem, and refer the Ravage soul to
Him who made It.

Wirmours as • PLcirearknox.—The followlag
letter has been received by H. Edwards, Esq., our
borough member :
"Genera Post.-41kt, London, August 11, IRS.
" I stn directed by the Pottmaiter General to sesnovrledge
the receipt of the memorial alike you have promoted to hie
Ltabt,ip teem the (Mennen, lutd of the
boron,h of Weymouth and kleloanbe Regis, cel lug atiettino
to the ads antages to the ptilthe alnico that would result from
making Portland the packet MatlM for the arrital and dispatch
of mak to and from fore*n port; and his lordship desires um
to asoire )ou, and thoutat you tae memorialiets that the sub-
ject 14 the memorial shall mettle his host attention. 1 am,
ear, your Most obedieut servant,

U. F.dward..., 11. P."

"FWISCVDAMORI.

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL

•_
The quarterly meeting of the C,ouncil was held en
Wednesday m ruing last, at the Guildhall, when there
were present the Mayor (J. Tigard, Esq.), Alderman
Howard. Councillois Eliot, Drew, /Jetts, Munn,
Ilaunton, Cummins, Brown, with F. C. StUlll,Esq.,
Town Clerk.
WSTMOOTH AS A. MAIL PORT.
The MATOR AtAted that Le had an interview with
Captain Harobro at Brdport. lio had leetl Mr.
Edwards, and they had endeavoured to &image for both
members to be preteut at the presentation of tho
memorial ti the Postmaster-General on the subject of
making Weymouth a port for the landing of the foreign
mails. This arrengetnent ooald not be carried out; but
Mr. Hambru bad an interview with the Marquis ol
Hartington, who stated that the memorial would
receive every consideration !rout the Government. The
Government propose to have a cunialittee Of the HOltee
to. enquire into the advantages of the various ports, so
that he supposed they would have all opportunity of
pleeding their own cause.
Mr. Dadiv migrated the tdvisability of having a per-
son who well understood the whole matter to ruprtstat
the advantages of Weymouth to the committee.

PROMS'S.; FUNDS.
A memorial to the Lords A the 'I ressury for permis.
lion to sell portions of the Corporation property to pay
debts due from them. was road by the Town Clerk, sod
approved of by the Council.
OAS IS THS MB MARKET.
On the application or Mr. J. Newport, it was ordered
that rne gas jet should be placed in the Fish Mulct,
at • good height.

ACCOUTIL
Mr. Arden's account for the balf-year showed that
1:21 re. lld. had been received for lines, and his es-
proses amounted to £l2 lbs. 101, kuiving a Wane. of
10s. Id. due to the Council.
11120388. pounds
Letters were read from Mr. .1. Dodson and from
Messrs. Norman and Co., in reference to the laud pro-
posed to be leased to the latter firm. Mr. Dodson re-
minded the Board of his waterside rights, which he
feared would be interfered with by the proposed lease
to Messrs. Norman. It was stated that the Pies* to be
leased would not interfere with Mr. Dodson's rights.
Messrs. Norman considerol that £1.5 was too n.uch
rent for the land, as the Board did not intend to let
them as ma& as had been occupied by Mr. Reynolds.
Thu matter was referred to • committee.

TIMBER OBSTRUCTION&
Mr. HOWARD spoke of sonic timber which had been
left between the Bank House and Pulteney Buildings,
and the Harbour Master was sent for. and informed
the% he must not allow anything to be left on the Quay,
as as to boa nuisance, and especially to take care not
to allow any timber to be moved about while the bend
is playing in the Kings. Mr. Howard also naked
Harbour Master to keep the King's steps clear for tbe
lauding of passengers from the hosts
The Harbour Master promised to do his best.
Till PORTLAND RAILWAY NUIRANCL
The Tows Ctuag stated that several notion' had been
serv.d, and he bad interviews with the otticial•, and
at last there was a probability of • remedy being applied.

rscanistft.
Specifications for paving and repairing various parts
of the town Isere produced from the Surveyor and sub-
mitted to the oommittee.
The Surveyor also reported on several nuisances, and
orders respecting them were made.

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H &WK IN G.
The MAYOR mid that he believed 'Mr. Smith did
everything he could to collect Me Market-house tolls ;
but great numbers of carts hawked about the town,and
',aid nothing to the tolls, which was • great
injury to the Market•house Fund.
Mr, HOWARD, who was called to the their, on the
retirement of the Mayor, suggested in consequence of
the complaints of the bondholders, the sale of cheap
tickets to hawkers; but the ToWN CLERK stated alit
any hawking would be contrary to the Marke•house

Act.
mAter was referred to a committee, mad the
Board shortly alter rose.

THE MELANCHOLY DROWNING OF FIVE
SOLDIERS.
The body of one of the unfortunate men of the 5151
Resit., who were drowned on Sunday week by the up-
setting of a sailing boat, was washed ashore at the
Breakwater, on Tuesday morning last. The provost
sergeant, Mr. Woodland, identified the body as that of
Charles Paul. of Hatch Beauchamp, and the inquest was
appointed by the coroner for the island, R. N. Howard,
Esq., for four o'clock, p.m., at S mama's Breakwater
Hotel. The jury. of whom Mr. W. Mabry was fore-
man, viewed the body which was in a shocking btate,
the mouth, eyes, and ears, being gone, and the follow-
ing evidence was taken ;
William Woodland, provost-sergeant of the Mgt
K.0.L.1., stationed at Portland. The deceased, whose
body the jury had seen, was a private In the Slot.
Witness saw him last at the barracks at Portland, about
• fortnight ago. Witness had known him about eleven
years. and the deceased'i, character was good. Ile was
30 years old, and a man well liked in the regiment, and
there was no reason to suppose his death was occisioned
in any way than by accident- Had no reason to suppose
he wiei going to desert, for he had just re-engsg d to
serve another 11 pars ID the regiment.
William Way, labourer on the Breakwater. said that
about half-past nine o'elock thia morning, he was on
the Breakwater, standing on the pier, and saw the
dead body on the rocks, about 250 wards off. He in-
formed Sergt.-major Barrow, R.E., who directed him to
get a boat. and with five other men, he rowed to the
spot, and took the body into a boat, and brought it to
where the jury had seen it. The body was washing
backwards and forwards with the waves. The mouth
was eaten away and the eyes were gone, and the back
of the heal was injured by washing on the rooks as the
waves robe and fell.
ltiohard Baker, licensed waterrnan at Weymouth,
sail he had been • coastguardsman, and was a pensioner
having been in the navy and coastguard upwards of 27
years He owned a 12Ift. punt cilled the Elisabeth,
which was rowed or sailed, and fitted up with a mast
and sprit sail and foresail. The boat was not licenud
to be let on hire. Witness did not see the deceased at
all ; but missed bin boat last Sunday week. Ile had
been in a canoe round the end of the Breakwater and
nearly to Pennsylvania Castle with a party.
lie left at ball-past three and returned about
six. Did not see the boat while be was out;
but on his return, from what his wife told
him, he found his boat had been let to five soldiens.
Their belt, and canes had been left at his house, and at
half-put ten the boat had not been brought back. Ile
wan uneasy about it, and reported it to one of the
sergeants of the 51st. giving him the belts at the time.
The weather that afternoon was very rough, and not fit
for such a boat to go out with sails. Ile had not seen
his boat; but had seeh the redder, which was 'picked
up about two miles and a half from Bat's Head, before
Lulwortb. If be had been home, he would nothave let
the boat out with her sails.
By the Foreman : The boat had oars with her. He
left particular orders before he left home that if any
one came to hire the boat, they were not to have he

By a Juror : He saw the boat going out of the har-
bour. Bee was not under sail, the men were pulling
with the oars, and he did not know they had the sails.
When they were outside the Nothe. be maw them make
sail, and atelainsed to a man named James Cook "My
God Übe, have got the mils; they will make a mess

By a Jame : He was then 0 the Nothe steps. he
did not make any attempt to go after them. When
witness's wife told him that they had said they would
take down the sails and row if it was rough, he thought
they bad gone into Newton's Cove. There was a squall
of wind and rain about four, and he supposed they must
have been upset in that squall.
By a Juror to the Coroner: Does the law permit a
boat to be let out without any one being in charge
alit?
The Coroner: Yes.
Witness in answer to a Juror, said he knew one or
two of the men had been to sea, and he thought they
understood about the management of the boat, which
tees had hired before.
Mrs. Susan Baker, wife of the hat ...items, said that
on Sunday week about three o'clock in the afternoon
she was up stairs in her home. A soldier came and
said be wanted the boat. There were only the two
peate outside, and witness knew he meant one of them.
She said he'could have it, and ho wanted the sada ; but
she told him her husbend was not home, and before
he left, he bad given orders that no no was to
have the sails. The mils were overhead in
the purr, where they generally stay, and
he took them down, and said, "You leave all that
to me, ma'am, there will be nothing the matter, it
will heal' right." Two little boys were th the yard
waiting for the other both. There were some other
soldiers on the Quay, and she went outside to let the
little boys have the other boat. One of the soldiers,
not the one who had taken the sails gave her five belts
and three canes till they should some back. He said it
was a quarter after three, and she said no more; but
let them get into the boat.
The Coroner: Have you seen the body?
Witness: Oh no, I hope you won't wish me to see
that!
Examination continued : She believed she had the
three canes before. She was examined as to how the
soldiers could tell that was the sail of the boat in the
passage.
Sergeant Freeman explained that the sails were
on a rack in the passage, and witneee thought the
soldier' might have had the boat before. She often
let the boat to others when her husbanit was away bet
she was more particular with the boys, but she thought
men ought to know better than hermit.
The Foreman thought the sails should be locked up.
In farther examination the witness Mel alma soldiers
took • pair of oars with them.
A juror pointed out that the boat would only be
limn/seed to carry three and here were five.
Witness mould not answer why they Intent this boat
when she was not harmed ; but said they had not had
her long. She had not sinoe seen the man that hired
the boat, or the one that gave her charge of the belts
awl mines.
In answer to a juryman, Mr. Comben said he 00110
owned the boat, and bad six in her, besides himself mil
a boy. He bad been at the hack of the island in her,
when other boats were reefing, and he never took •
reef.
The jury seemed to be of 'opinion that the accident
happened entirely through want of • captain to manage
the boat.
The Coroner called attention to the points of the
evidenoe, and animadverted very strotgly on the oath.
Imenees of watermen, who seemed only to are about
getting the money. He remarked upon the fact of two
little boya being allowed to take out a best on a Monday
afternoon. Me faired that at where there

Sr. bye-laws regulatiog the number of persons the boats
are to Garry, the watermen ere disposed not strictly to
obey thee. bye-laws. But if he presided in f attire at an
inquest where it was proved that death bad occurred
through a waterman having disregarded the terms of
his license, he should feel it his duty to address the
jury with a view to a verdict of manslaughter, for be
considered that* waterman No disobeying would incur
that guilt. He pointed out that in this case the evidence
tended to an open verdict.
The jury several times expressed their approval of
the Coroner's remarks with reference to the cAreleasi
ness of watermen, and the blame to be witscheal. The
verdict tetarned was "Found Drowned."