The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Inquiet. —On 'Thursday the 26th an inquiet Mile
held before Giles SyMOnde, Fem., coroner. at the Turk's
Head Inn, on the body of Mrs. Fennel. Herren!, aged
N. It. Grn, Req., surgeon, raid that he bail attended
I c deo.aaed,
_off and on, for some months past. For
some sleeks before her detatli elm was in • very excitable
nervons state. When she bad WWWII to Lim she repeat-
edly mid for several dayi runnidei hugged be uglitll giec
her soifiethlng to quiet her neryse, and he did glee ter
medicines for that ptitpuse. Whee ehti had been at his
Loose he bad frequently requested her to sit Joao. Ste
would do so for • few meanie and then rise again. He
begged her to sit still, bat she said she could not sit
quiet. She mimed to mine for medicine about ton days
ago. On Saturday morning lost he was sent for to at.
tend her. Hs went and found her in lier bed room.
shg was suffering Irian great collapse, immular puler,
and considerable dialeulty of bre •thing. On denim-
inc the lungs with a •tethomope be found there was a
great deal of muens in all the air nausea., and he con
.i.tered that .he esj suff.iring from causation of the
lungs in the early stage of bronchitis. She said nothing
to account for her Mee., and lils impnaion was that
she had causht • alit, and, consideting her great age,
would probably dn. from an •ffection of the lungs. Ile
lilistered her and treated her for cold, as no symptoms
presorted themselves that led him to think dlfferently
of her ease. On the following morning he heard some-
thing which induoed him to ask her what she hart taken,
and she an.wered oxalic acid. Ile asked bet where .he
got it, teed she replied that she had had it in the house
• long time, sod that she walked up and dean the room
on Friday night and *se very sick aid bad. Her symp-
toms at first improved, but bet irritability nf stomach
afterwards increased, and she died on Wednesday.
Denbo acid Was an irritant poison, and would wades,
sickness and congestioe of the longs, according to the
quantity. If the did take °Rabe acid, he shoal imy she
took but a very small quantity. She gave no reason !
why she took et, nth did he ask her' she appeared to !
apoak rationally. He believed thiitethen she tjold him
what she bad taken she added "I ought not hold it," or
something of that sort. He had heard that for some
months on previous occasions she lied suffered from
severe natant; affeetion, and from what he knew of her
he diil not believe that she Wad at all times responsible
for her actons.—Mrs. Mary Seceder* said that she had
known the decemed from • child, and she had been
lodging with her for the last nine weeks. Decemed
took her brealthat on Friday sod was out until about
half.paat an o'clock at night. Liar lion came home with
her and lighted her upsteirs. on Saturday morning
vritnem's servant went into deceased's room and noire
heck end •••d deceased was very ill. Deceased we, wry
ill and sick sash. had been about three meek, before.
Witneas attributed it to • bilious attack. Waness had
hard nothing these ottani acid until that morning, and
.he never saw about the hence any piper or bottle eon-
toning ox•he acid. Deceased frequently couipained of
her atonisoh and suffered much front lowoes• of •piritie
She woo coo S igetiy and wandered from place to idea,
whish she said was caueed by her complaint. —Mary
Ann Honeys...ll mid she had known the deceavil, who
was at her house hat Filday inght, many year., Some-
times she wet very cheerful, at other time, very melan-
choly and complained of her stowash. She saw her the
nest day (Saturday). Deceased kissed her and mid
"01. my deer, las very bad." Witneste too her again
in the afternoon and evening, and on 'Sunday morning
end evening. Witness', daughter was elm with ber
On Saturday manias decreed said, "I have taken
pillion," witness was defy MdCh frightened and said
"had you not better have • doctor r and Dr. Ginnie
was sent for. Deeeasel said it was oxalic acid which she
bad taken, Search ass made for ilia bottle or pap r
that had contained it, but nothing could be found. On
her death bed she frequently said she should die road.
Elko Flaherty, in the mewl.* of Mr.. Saunders, aid
she went upstairs with deceased on Friday night and left
her In bed. about lon Saturday moraine deemed caned
her and told her she *as very ill. Witness and the
other wryer-A went in. Deceased was sitting on the
side of the bed and won very sick and threw off a
quantity of yellow sort of phlegm. She told them to
go for • doctor and for some brandy. Witness got her,
some brandy, and deceased was sick again. Deceased
said she had drank "to-. mash of her medicine, which
tied made her bad." Witness asked her where she gaO,
it, and she replied, "Down In the parlour." There I
were some bottles in the parlour, bet there were no
bottles or papers containing oxalic acid. She said she
went down Into the parlour about 12 o'clock on Friday
night, for her medicine. She was nick three times on
..turday said threw up maid. • itariii.h yellow or brown
colour—The Coroner, in summing up, sad that there
had been no paper or bottle found cootaining oxalic
• althongh march had been matte; and as It was ex-
tremely difficult to suppose that the deceased would
! hays destroyed it, there was no evidence to confirm her
statement that she had labile oxalic acid. They had
the evidence of Dr. Griffin that the deosesed was not at
all times meountable, and Mrs. Saunders Aso was of
the same opinion. The only thing to lead them to some
to the aosiesion of her having taken poison was the
poor woman's own statement, on perhaps awaking sud-
denly out of a claw, "I have taken oxalic acid." The
jury, after • very long consultation, returned a verdict of
' Died front congestion of the lungs, arising from natural
causes."

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