The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Humphreys held
an inquest at the White Hart Tavern, Kingsland-read.
Shoreditch, on the body of Joseph Hallows Robinson. aged
53 years, an engineer, who hid committed suicide at N 0.3,
Cook's-place.
The evidence went to prove that the deceased had been
in a low state of mind through the removal of his wife to
a Roman Catholic hospital at Ascot. She had been ill for
about six monde with • complication.; of disesees, and
had been removed to the residence of her sister, at Sarah-
street, Kingsland-road, but subsequently she became worse.
An attempt was made to get her into one of the metropo.
litan hospitals. The sister waited upon the curate of the
parish of Shoreditch, and through his interference the de-
ceased woman was removed to the institution at Ascot,
where she lingered for several days. Alarming symp-
toms then supervened, and the authorities of the place for-
warded a letter to the husband informing him that the
deceased was in danger. A letter to the sister miscarried,
and when she reached the place deceased had been buried
on the day before. Thu fact was made known to the
husband, who became deranged, and said that she might
not to have been taken there, as she was a protestant. On
Thursday nightllast the deceased maa,who had been low:sind
desponding, retired to rest with his younger son, and on t►e
following mowing at an early hour was found suspended
to the rail of the bedstead. Dr. Burehall, of the Kings-
land-road, was called, but life had been extinct about six
hours.
The chief witness (Esther Pemberton), the sister of the
deceased, said that when she visited the hospital she found
deceased very comfortable, and the inmates seemed to be
brought up in the catholic religion. They were attired in
robes and hoods with scarlet linings and crosses.
The Rev. Mr. Brockman, the curate of St. Leonard's
Shoreditch, said that he bad recommended savant persons,
to the establishment, which was supported by private
ch►rity.
After a deal of evidence,
The Coroner remarked on the case, when the jury returned
the following special verdict :—" That the deceased com-
mitted suicide by hanging, arising from the belief that his
wife had died in a Roman catholic institution where she
had been removed by the recommendation of the curate
of the parish."
The inquiry, which had lasted for three hours, then ter-
minated.

THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER IN DRURY-LANZ.
—Yesterday evening Mr. Leghorn resumed his inquiry at
King's-college Hospital into the circumstances connected
with the death of Catherine Roberta. aged 42, lately residing
at 17, Short's-gardens, Drury-laue, who it was alleged had
died from the violence of a man named Burke. After •
protracted deliberation the jury returned • verdict of
" Accidental death."
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDIL—An attempt
to commit one of those now too frequently recurring double
crimes was made on Saturday morning lag, at the Great
Western Docks, Plymouth. About seven o'clock. an old
Irishman and his wife were there standing on the pier,
apparently for the purpose of taking a p• eage in one of the
Cork Company's steam-boats, which was lying alongside,
when the old man suddenly threw his wife overboard, and
then jumped into the water himself. The woman fell into
• boat that was floating there, and fortunately escaped with
but a few bruises. The man, who made no attempt to save
himself, but lay on his face with his head under water, was
promptly dragged out by some workmen, and conveyed to
the police-station at the Guildhall, from whence he was
taken to the Workhouse, where be remains until this morn-
ing. when he will be brought before the magistrates for ex.
emulation. His wife went to Stonehouse. where it appears
they have some relations living. The old couple are maid to
have come over here from Cork only about a fortnight
since.— Western Morning News.
ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER IN BRISTOL.—OH
Saturday night • coubsniith, named Webber, living in
Pump-court, St. George's-road, formerly known as Lime
kiln-lane. made • serious attempt to murder his wife. It
appears from a statement made by the injured woman to
her sister-in-law yesterday morning, that after her husband
came home on Saturday night they had • few unpleasant
words together respecting some money. and shortly after-
wards, whilst in the act of changing his boots, he seized a
knife and stabbed her with it in the abdomen. The poor
woman cried for help, and on assistance arriving he was
apprehended and taken to the station-house, and she was
conveyed bleeding, and to all appearance dying, on a
stretcher to the infirmary. The medical officers of that
institution immediately attended her, and found that a
large portion of the intestines was protruding, and that the
injury was of so serious • character that the magistrates
should be at once apprised of her conditioo. Mr. Herapath
Promptly repaired to the infirmary. and, with the assistance
of Mr. Williams, magistrates' clerk, took her depositions,
but she then stated that the wound was the result of an
accident occasioned by herself. Her husband, however,
sines his apprehension, has admitted having caused the
injury, and stated that be was advised to do it by some of
his friends. He has been remanded to Brie:Lowell—Weems
Dads Press.
Two BROTHERS SUPPOCATED.--GALLAFT AT-
TEMPT AT Rxecor.—On Saeday morning a sad accident oc-
curred at Cbalkwell, near Elittingbourne, Kent. About •
quarter to eleven o'clock two labouring men, named re-
sportively David and George. Hudson, brothers, proposed
that they should get ups pail which their sister had let (all
into the well on the preceding Sunday. Having placed a
ladder in the well, George, the youngest, about twenty
years of age. descended ; but on getting to a depth of five
feet returned, saying to his brother that it smelt queer.
David, remarking to him that he most be afraid, went down
himself and reached the bottom, where he bad not been
more than • minute in ruching for the pail, when he
reeled and fell against the side of the wall. George
then descended to rescue bis brother, but be also became '
affected by the foul air, and according to the account
furnished us, a kind of scuffle ensued between the two,
es to which should get up the ladder first, neither
of the brothers being totally insensible. They, however,
were overcome by the poisonous gas, and their goiter, who
had been standing over the well, on seeing the state of her
brothers, called for assistance. Some of the neighbours
coming up immediately pulled ber off the ladder, down which
she had gone a few steps. A man named Hinge then went
down and round to affix a rope to one of the Hudson', but
it slipped in the attempt to bring the man up, Hinge at the
same time being brought up to the surface almost loam-
Fable. A man named Arnold next attempted to save the
men, but with the same result as Hinge. A man named
Hamden, a platelayer. then volunteered to descend, seeing
that one of the Hudson. gill gave signs of life. He made
four attempts to do so, but on each occasion we. driven
back by the foul air, and a candle which be had lakes
with him the three but times was put out by the gas at four
or five feet from the surface. Finding himself getting
weakened by the inhalations of the " damp," he gave up
the attempt to reach the men, and procuring a grapnel,
to managed get hold of the body,
which appeared to be pos-
sessed of life, but before it was quite to the surface some
of the clothes gave way, and the body fell back. At the
next attempt Hamden succeeded in raising the body,
though at that time life had departed from It. The other
body, that of David Hudson, was next raised, but life was
extinct. 1t 'modem was very much exhausted by his re-
peated efforts to get up the men. The bodies were imme-
diately conveyed to the King's Held public-house, where
an inquest was held yesterday. The jury found • verdict of
" Accidental death."

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Fount HinwnwoTow Muestrw.—During the week
ending Sept. 13, the visitors have been as follows :—On
Mooday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 32,667 ; on Wedneeday, Thursday, and
Friday, students' days (admission to the public 6d.), opm
from 10 cm. till 6 p.m., 5,661 ; total, 38,228. From tie
openiog of the museum, 3,2/37,354.