The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-02 00:00:00

THE PIMLICO MYSTERY.

Tt'RTHER DISCLOStyRKi.

Frill:re at the Weatminwer Pol;ce•emtrt. the
hetrine roomed of the elsarre. mtrinat Mr.
Ad.. Bartlett. sled X. of Era IMlwich. and the
lb.e. George Wm." elm! 21. a Weelerto
rmirline at Bottler. the farmer heimr .4large.l with
etuairer the derth her hn,laanl. E !win Thom*.
.ti.. az.l IA hr ti,. vif.ul a Insiniatration of
chloroform. at tI.N, elevertont•atrart. f.imlic thw
toter with twine •ot •^en....re bnt.re the feet. Mr.
11' atne I inalrnetel lir Mr. F. Tirlrling. of the
Domirtineer to the Tr.:revert sesin ron•
&sant the Mr. E itar-iater.
a•nwared fr Ms". Itt,tintt awl Mr. I,iekfortl
T.... 1.14 an I Lesrial 44..0.4 the Her. tieorre
Hymn. Mr. Toomcbw ~.hall. of the Crini;nal
In vnatinalii.m 111•Ittrtni.nt. watched tbn Clan on behalf
of rile iv of l'olicer.
The n. nut KA-. a. .1.1 the forwent...axiom crowded.
npub.e isf I 01..11 bniony ammemt them tweeent.
The Aral witmwe railed mit Me A. Bra‘ton Rieke
the !termite Como. r for W....minaret.. who rlei.temi
oleo be .toeettni the inquest on Mr. Bartlett on
I Jannarr 7th.
%fr. Lietford moreetmi that the coroner's eramina.
o%n. ..horrid 1w metponnal, Ao that he might commit the
amhorirsom.
This smarm VIM 111701§P4 to. and the comm.r kit the

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%Ir.. Caroline Doggett, wife of Frederic* florgett.
ra•iilin• a, A fllaverton.street, said she reroll'acted
NG.. and Mr*. Bartlett coming to live at her hone..
Nina Bartlett said that A gentleman would cone. to
dinner once a week. Zr. Drum afterwards visited
the hours.. At finst his visits were not frequent, but
atilesennently they beelnel more so. He need b. egtifie
A. all times of the day. I think ea early ash 'Breast
nine. Mr. Bartlett generally left for leptine. about
eight o'clock. Sometimes Mr. Dv•son's vimita were
short. sued at other timoa !eaterl all day. lie we...some-
time* there when .fr. Bartlett. earn.' home to dinner.
The prisoners necaaismally went out for a walk
together. A enat and 'dinners were kept for 'sir.
Dyson's nse. T WAS not in the habit of going into the
room when Nis% Dyson and Mee. Bartlett were there.
recollect Mr. Bartlett iteex3Millf ill about the 7d,
of Tlonemher. After that Mr. Mason.* visit* became
leas frequent. I do not know whether 'sir. Dyson
neal to go into the room where Mr. Bartlett was
arisen he ars. ill. T a times let him in. If.. some.
times went into the dining-room. and at other* into
the ante-room. Thefmnaleprianner %twat,. went tohim.
—.Do you rerolleet the illat December. the rla• before
Mr. Bartlett died !—Yee. I maw him alsont nine
o'clock in the es ening after he had had hi* tooth
taken out. At hi* reassrast I sat down with him; and
Mr.. Bartlett. He told me he thonght the worst was
over, and that he wax getting letter. }re MAN gitt:llo
in an essay ehair in front of the fire. 'sir.. Bartlett
was reading while he was talking. Both of them said
that Dr. Leach had ordered him Away for a Aeneas
to Tourisme, and Mr*. Bartlett remarked that she
thosseht the journey would be too far. —Di I \frit.
Bartlett *ay anythinT to von about times I—Yes.
She said. "Have you ewer taken chloroform?" T
replier! that I had once. and she then 'Aced if it MAN
a nice 'sr pleasant feeling. I said it war year* scam,
and T did not know anything about it. She said Mr.
Bartlett was in the habit of taking some drop* to
make him sleety. And that lfi drop* was A strong dn.*,
hot ales would never hersitate to rm.. him 12. Mr.
Thwth.it remarked how he had onioved his dinner of
issrmsal hare. 'Jr. Ity son railed that day at the
dinner hoar. and wont upstairs to Mr. Bartlett. T
think he then went to Dr. Leach', Mr. Bartlett had
half.a•iloren soraters, some bread Ind Warr's-, and
Alm,. for 114.'11111er. I think he had tea with it.
Whan 'IA von neat rem, Mr. Bartlett?—At a little after
rims' is'eloak nest monsieur when he scut dead. When
meant down T noticed then, was a very good fire.

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The Magistrates flit it anpear to have ),.on
rroontly mad. np!—Witnoss: It tnight have been
within an hour.
errent-ossmin..l by Me. Lickford: Mr. Ilartlett
viola on a chair horlstoad in the drawing-room, and
Mrs. Ilartlett in an armchair. Whon witnoss took
chloroform. it was many rosrs ago, bo- an operation.
—My Liokfold was pr.vreeding t.) cross.ovamine tho
witness as to tho statornont about tho drops at tho
in,' e..t. when ti,' magistrato interposed. hut talti•
merely alloworl tho witness to he askod whether she
had nail anything about the drops on any previous
ocossion to the pro.on*,,
Mr. Liekford HMV, VOll over said this, that Mrs
llartlett spoke of Mille drops that Mr. Bartlett took,
saving ton drona wl:it stem.- dose!—Witneas : Yes.
at the inuncst. hilt not in thin,* She
maid ha took 'lngo to nr.ke him sloop, but T do not
remomber Si,, namo —that ten drops was a strong
a... 0, but sho noo.r he.itated at giving him twelve.
This statoment aloud do. ten Trope and not hesita-
ting to giro him twelve drops of chloroform followed
the conversation alomt the chlomfonn. Th.
.leenteul was in the n 0.,.., and amid have heard tit.
cvmvorsation. . _ _

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N.ns. et,neerning this mysterious etAt. 11as Nfra.
ftsillett. to vtmr knowledge. 'teen .fr. wearing
it -T .1., riot know. I hare mean the coat hanging
iii the Issirnotn. and anybody who wan net Wind
ronl.l have welt it. I have ,Hily wen Mr. 1/ysins
in the ilrawina-r.s.re

Mr. Partridge: Ih4 he wear the coat on thoee
tweleion.?
Witnewt

T .3W In with it once.

By Mr. L;eldord A large fire wall kept in the
deceased's bedroom nearly the whole of the tone of his
you know that towards the end of Mr. Bart-
lett'. MONA Mr. Dyson was on a visit to his friends
at pmt, No. T heard Mr. Dyson say so him.
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arlf. Mr. DPI.II ha. onnoltnnea ;tied with Mr.
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and Mr.. Bartlett, and remained .01n• time after.
wards.

--lipr:Naminsul by Mr. Mooney: (In the occasion
that yen saw Mr. I)yeon wearing this serge coat in
the drawing.room -now, just rscollsct,
Mr. Bartlett in the room at the time—No.
Alice Fiddler. servant to last witness, depoeed to
remembering Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett coining there
to lire. They moved in on a Monday. and she
thought Mr. Dyson roads his first call during that
week. Hi. visit-it after that Isseame frequent : on the
week before Mr. Bartlett's illness SS many as three or
four times. (Witness generally corroborated her
mistress am to the length .4 the visite.) She had
never seen Mr. Dyson change hi. coat, but Mrs.
Bartlett had brought the slippers in the bedroom,
and warmed them pricy to Mr. Dyson wearing
them. Bad seen Mr. Dyson and Mrs. Bartlett
sitting on the sofa together, and the curtain., in
the drawing-room pinned together before the win-
dow.

Have yeu mem them .itting anywhere el.e !—I
hive ...en theta aitting together on the floor.
(Laughter.) Anywhere elan ?—Yes :I have seen
Mr. Dywn titling in a low arm chair, and Mr..
Bartlett peated on the floor with her head re.ting on
Mr. Dron'• knee.—Witnes., continning, ...id she
recollected the day before clereayel died. She WAN
in the habit of waiting upon hiln and going int.-, hi.
r bon frequently b. take the meal* in and fetch thing.
out of the nom. Mr. Bartlett ...id he could .mell
the dinner down.teirs, and a.ked her Ca hying Rome
in. b. him. When .he went tuetairn with the dinner
Mr. Dyem we., there, hut witnen did sot know when
he left. Mr. Bartlett went out between half .pa.l
fif. and Kix o'clock. On that day he had had oyster..
for lunch, about twelve o'clock, After Mr. Bartlett's
return witness took tip tea between nine and ten
...lock There were oyster., bread and butter, and
rake. Ife wanted MOM ClystPl44 but wise...e could
not get theta. When witnese cleared away the tea
thing.. .leased told her to get hit. • largo haddock
for his tweakryt, and that he would get up an holy
...ler for the thought of having it. She took up the
coala to, tin. night at Si minutes to eleven, and Mr..
Bartlett ...id to her, "Put the beein for the bee( tea
outside, and don't come in the room again." When
ate took the coals into the room Mr. Bartlett was im

vol notiat Mr.. Rsrtlett then; was *h.. doing
anything !—T believe alin WSW ;ending—than. wrrn
...lair nes...paper. on the Uthle, Ws. Mni. Bartle',
ri wow., or nndra.aol!—l>resand.

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Now tell me, were you in the habit .1 going into
the room every night whilst Mr. Bartlett was ill !
to ttke tlw coals up army night. No, that in
not whet I wean. If you thought it necessary, wrr.
T.. 1 in the hal•it 1 going into Mr. Bartlett'a betlroom
Isrfory. going to beil !—Ymi, I have done so.
Mr Partridge : !MI you ever go into his room after
leaving tlw coals at five-and•twenty minutes to eleven
at night! —Ye., I have done to. I have been into the
room later than the.

Mr. l'art;lier—Tiinre than mar !—Yaa, mon than
onco bUt.not

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Mat time in thr morning did yon ewe the basin
containing the Ire( tea! When I came down, &hoot
four o'clock in the morning, when Mrs. Bartlett
called

-Hrh-rr;l.lbl you me it l—On the tiibir whire I bad
planed it thr night perilously.
Had it born wind ?—No. I sleep at the top
of the hmee. Met. Bartlett came to tne about lime
o'clock on air morning of ch.. 21e, saying,
at once fir l/r. Leach. I think Mr. Bartlatt is
died.

Did you notice how dild Wad dressed'? —Bhe had
light (Irina on.
Waoi that lb* dinar` dfdda, ..hp had on when yon saw
her the previotoi night !—No. I wing for Dr. Leach,
and he retnniod with me.

lisamination continued : I fetched a tray init of
the deceased's room lie.wreen half.past nine and ten
o'clock. There were some glasees on the tray. On
the morsino of the 14 January—the day the deceased
died -I saw Mr. Drum in the drawing-room. Mrs.
Bartlett was with him. I only saw Mr. I)yson at the
house on the Saturday following the deceased's death,
and not afterwards.
Crow-examined by Mr. Lickfold : I tiesl to take
the thingn up bw dinner. I have dose en when mi..
Dyson and Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett bare been
dining together.
Mr. Toeltfold : On Chose occasions how was Mr.
Deenn dossed I—ln the long coat he used to weer
obeli he came in. I will not swear whether I hare
seen Me. Dyson wearing the &tippet" it hen Mr. Bart-
lett warn pelmet,

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