The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-20 00:00:00

AN UNMITIGATED SG`OUNDREL.

A young girl of 11, named Mee Emma Cumurin., coal-
mittrl inc de on Thiele, eta hhadtog-htuse in Ox'ord-
uoerece, L .od •hero she was residing, uisler circum-
Wanc roof same i sinful nature. The deceaa•ol said tonere
been a very lwautiful L Tbe per icul as will be learned
tr the ewdeoce giv• nit the inquest, b.•la o.lThurerlay
last, I efnre Dr. Thomas, Kt Pridlem. solicitor, sppear..d
on neboll of tuefri .ndso the terma ed. Mr. HearyCuuarnittas
(Wher of deceased, who was nsuch Aden ed, deposed that
he resided at 7. Wood-street, Kennington, sod is employed
at the St. Mar.in:e Baths. Deceased was his daughter,
and bad been in the employ of Messrs. Spars and Pond, at
the C.ikrion, Picce•llll_,v lion. of tieir armeids, wore
May lest VII the 23th November, when she left blocs
abs left be had been informed by an eider daaghter, Mrs.
Harrington, that the reason sue Dad done so wail to go sad
See with Lieut. Poneraby. R.N., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde
Park He saw norhing of her till Friday„ the Itad inst.,
when she retuined to her home in dreadful distress of
mind. Both ennead and hie wife tried to console her,
and urged her to stay at home, but she said she bad to
get bock again to see some gentlemen with respect to
L cotenant Ponsonhy, sad she then left with her eater
in • cab. Toe next he heard of her was on Tuesday,
the 6.13. winio the landlord of the house in Oxford-
terrace came to him with • letter, and from what he
then leaned he accompanied him luck ii the house.
He found hie daughter lying on a bed in a front room,
and he then learned she Lad taken poison. She was
very P. ana vomiting, aud • doctor attended her, end
continued to visit her until ohs died. The deceased
before she died told him that she had taken poison,
and was sorry indeed that she had done
Mee Ellen Harrington laid the die:awed we. be, sin.,
laud in May last went to toe Criterion aa • barmaid. She
frequently t:eited her on her holidays, and was in good
health and .pirate Os the 20th November demoted called,
and said she thought she should leave, as a Lieutenant
Pontonby had mud o bet • handsome oiler, and agreed if
she would live with him to allow her £25 • mouth for
twelve months, and that • deed to that effect should be
drawn up by • so"citor. Sbe implored deceased not to
consent to any such thing, but sloe seemed so determined
and tempted by the money that the would not listen to
her remunstranse. Oct the RIM November deceased again
visit •d her, and told her she was going to leave and live
with L cotenant Ponsonby that evening. She again
ent-wited h-r sister not to do se, but she was best upon
it, awl ten wen; away. Wiliam cud eaLie see her
till the 2nd instant at her father's house. She was then in
deep distress of mind at her treatment by Lieutenant
Poosoaby, and witness joiued her father and mother in
aoploring her to stay at bottle ; but ithe would nit, saying
she meet go beck to meet some hi- iris of Lieut. Poolsonby,
who were t tell her the position ah • was in with regard to
the stets .if Lieut. Poneenhy. She was of terwards Informed
by d• ceased thee these gentlemen represented to her that
she hut been left by L cur. Poasonhy in burl a condition
that it was too pain. al for them to ii..for us her of, but she
had better at once see • medical man Soo Informed
them tb at he had left her without moue, to pay •
medical man, iusd the following cuorolog AlO was left
with the servant wed given to the deceased. On the
Saturday following witness visited her sister and found
her v,,ry ill. and Dr. Capon, of the Edgwar..-road, was
wi-h sir. Sue wee. in a very low and deep-ending state,
and whilst trate &reseed wrote to Lieut Ponsooby, who
loaa loft her for some days. Wins..., with her husband
and °Mar relatives, went to the St. Albaia Club to try
anl see Lieut. Punionsiy, but there anforined mere that
be bad p int, Suffolk —The Ooroner inquired
whether Lieut Ponsonhy or sty of the getalemen
referred to had been ournmoned to give evidence. to
which the summoning Aker replied that he could
not And where Lent. Pomouby was, and he wars
Informed he had not been to his club for three
weeke—Mr. Herbert James Capon., surgeon, of 193,
E .gware-roel, stated that on Saturday, MA 3e,1
inst., he wee called to me • lady then called Mrs. Ferry,
end she complained of suffering from what an. was in.
furmed was • theorem., contracted under circumstances
which she explained to him. He prescribed for her, and
aga a saw tier on the Monday. On Tuamisy morning he
was called and found deceased vomiting. There wag a
great smell of phosphor poiaori,and on the dressing table he
found a bottle labelled "T. James's phosphor peate, for
killing tate mice, ste..," • pair of scissors, and two papers
One had written on it "To he given to my sister after I
am dead." Deceased told tam she had taken the paste,
and he believed she hail also Liken the lotion he had pre-
viously prewribeil for her. Sipco death be bad made a
poet moment and found that cis ath was from fatty de.
generati en of the organs, following phosphor poisoning.—
Dr. Etward Herbert comae, of 4, Gloucester•strest,
stated that be had attended the pet mortem ex aminatian
aerepresenting Lieut Ponsonby, and he quite 'greed with
Dr. Cipoo as to the cause of death.—The Coroner at this
stage read the letter d. ceased had addressed to her sister
It said—" I have made up my mind to kill myself, as I
can't endure to live in this horrible pain. I may he iU for
weeks, months, or perhaps. yews, or perhaps never get
better. You know the worst new. You know the man
who has caused all thee, and do tot spare him for his cruel
condo xto the, for he has killed ma, If this shall be •
warning to persons wh . will be tempted to avoid such, I
shall not die in yam. I hops that my mother and father
will forgive rue. It seems so bard for me that for one wrong
act if my life I muse close it. I only wish that the stuff
will prove torah If Ico ild see a ray of life ter iughout
all tots darkness, I would try and live.—Enna;'—The
jury, after a private con...ileum tor some tithe, were of
opinion that the inquiry thou-1 not he closed without the
evidence of Lieut, l'onsonby, and it WU adjourned till the
Oath sat for his attendance.

AN ENGLISHMAN SHOT IN SPAIN.
MADRID.

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