The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

The Coroner then read the statement of the prisoner,
which was the same in substance as the statement opened
by Mr. Kehoe at the Police-court, on Monday, so that
it is not necessary to repeat it here; It was a detailed
account of how he conducted the business of the
deceased, and how Mrs. Townsend (Mrs, James' sister)
and her two sons died in the house, as already stated.
He went to Manchester for Mrs. Cafferata by direction
of deceased. He admitted having made the sago for
deceased on the morning in question. He went for Mr.
J. B. Lloyd about a fortnight before to make her will,
hut he did not know how she had disposed of her pro-
perty, although he knew she had considerable sums of
money.

Mr. Horne then went on to say—l took the prisoner
into custody on Saturday last, between seven and eight,
as he had been with me several times, and said he sus-
pected Mr. Cafferata, as he was the son of a chemist. I
called him out of the shop to the back parlour in Vauxhall-
road, and told him that I was taking him on suspicion of
having administered antimony to Ann James, on the morn-
ing of the 10th of June, in sago, as the sago that I took
from the parlour had been analysed, and antimony found
in it ; told him he need not say anything. He said he
made the sago, but did not put any antimony in it, as he
knew its use, and did .not use it for the last eighteen
years, when he used it for cattle. The sago that he made
he took from a package off a shelf in the cellar. That
was analysed, and found to be pure. He then pointed
to a drawer, and told me to take care of it. I found the
will and £35 in gold in it, gold watch, bank book, and
gas shares. Mrs. James had the keys at the Hospital.
He was not aware that Mrs. James had told
me that he made the sago. He told me no one
knew what the old lady was worth, only himself. If
be had been disposed he might have run away, as he
was with me every day, and threw suspicion on the
nephew and niece in Manchester. He offered to assist
me in every way.

Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb—l got the book in a
corner (the book alluded to before). Mr. Cobb said
there was not a word about antimony in the book. Mr.
Horne said there was something about murder in it.
Mr. Cobb cross-examined the inspector at some length,
and he said the deceased told him the prisoner was a
faithful servant to her, and that she placed every confi-
dence in him, and that he transacted all business most
faithfully. The shares in the Gas Company and the
bank book are in the name of the deceased.
After some short conversation, the inquiry was ad-
journed to this day, at eleven o'clock, when it will be
resumed in the Sheriff's Court, St. George's Hall.

The Newcastle Chronicle states that the Marchioness
of Londonderry has declined the ptition of the Roman
Catholics of Seaham Harbour for a piece of land on
which to erect a chapel.
A Newry paper mentions that the police had succeeded
in arresting a young man en route for the Papal recruiting
depot in London. The captured hero extenuated his
offence by at once enlisting in her Majesty's service.
DESTRUCTIVE FIKE GLASOO W.—On Monday morn-
ing the Lancefield Cotton Spinning Factory, Centre-
street, Tradeston, was totally destroyed by fire. The
loss in stock, buildings, and machinery is estimated at
£B,OOO.
The London correspondent of the Leeds ifercpbry says :

_ .
—" It is not impossible that the Queen may visit Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire before she goes to Germany. I
do nqt know the motive."
JUMPING FROM A TRAIN.—The son of the station-
master at Oarrickmines was returning from Dublin, on
Wednesday evening, and, falling asleep, was carried
past the station. On awaking and finding how he was
situated, he jumped out, and had one a his logs broken.
INAUGURATION OF TICE HOGG MONUMENT.—The
Scotsman annonnees that the monument to the Ettrick
Shepherd, opposite Tibby Shiels' cottage, between St.
Mary's Lake and the Loch of the Lowes, is to be
formally inaugurated on Thursday next, and the event
is naturally exciting great interest in the district.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT BRAT.---On Friday last,
some workmen were employed in slating four new cot-
tages, belonging to Mr. John Bruce, in the valley of
Diamonds. They saw some water suddenly gush out
of the bank of earth which rose to a considerable height
above the cottages and, becoming alarmed, made _ their
escape into the road. They had hardly done so when a
large portion of the bank fell, bringing with it part of
the boundary wall of Miss Hutchiusou's of Palermo, and
utterly destroying two of the newly-built houses. On
Monday night, between forty and fifty feet of the north
wall of Bray Church yard fell. The whole mass tolled
down a very steep declivity, and was stopped by the
rear of the houses in Brewery-lane, which narrowly
escaped destruction. Both of these occurrences are at-
tributed to the late heavy rains.

FIGHT WITH SNAKES.-Mr. James Lankford, of
Fearing township, had a severe tight with three enor-
mous spotted black snakes on Monday morning last.
He had been repairing a barrow by the side of a large
tree, in one of his fields, when a strange sensation came
over him, paralysing him to such an extent as to render
him powerless. He felt conscious that danger was ap-
proaching, yet seemed unable to save himself. He
heard a rustling noise on the tree beside him, and was
partially aroused from his stupor by a snake, six feet four
inches in length and seven inches in circumference,
striking him on the back, passing over his shoulder,
around his body and under his arms. Another snake
coiled itself around his body. Seeing a third approach-
ing, and aroused to desperation, he seized an axe, which
he fortunately had with him, and by a lucky blow
severed it in two, six inches at the back of its head.
This one was five feet eight inches long. Mr. Lankford
then turned his efforts to ridding himself of his other
two foes, then beginning to tighten themselves unplea-
santly round his breast. A severe contest ensued,
lasting 15 or 20 minutes, during which Mr. Lankford
was thrown down several times. The snakes kept up a
constant hissing noise, and emitted a fetid, sickening
odour. At length the largest snake, in endeayouring to
strike Mr. Lankford in the mouth, at which it made
repeated efforts, was seized by the back of the neck be-
tween Mr. Lankford's teeth, and literally crushed. The
snake instantly uncoiled, and threw itself from him to
the ground hors ate combat. The third did the same,
and made his escape, Mr. Lankford being too much
exhausted to make an attempt to pursue it. It was a
narrow escape. for Mr. Lankford, who is a farmer, and
whose veracity is unquestioned. We had the narrative
from his own lips.—Maietta Home Hews.

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