The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

SUSPECTED POISONING OP A CHILD BY ITS

YOTHI&

The quiet village of Kingsbury, near Edgware,
and the adjacent parts have been excited daring the last
few days onnsequent upon the death of • child aged shout
four year., such death having taken place under rimer-
stenos@ that have given rise to a very strong suspicion of its
having been eased by the administration of prima by its
mother, Aoa Clarke, the wife of a journeyman carpenter,
named John Clarice, whose antecedent history is of a more
than nuestiosable character. It appar. that these people,
who bad three children, went to reside at Hyde, near Kings-
bury, earns few months ago, and that the husband
obtained work and lived at • small dwelling called
PoPtar-ooltillt• About three mouths ago one of the
children died. end Mr. Blesses, • surgeon of Edg-
ware, not feeling quite @Welled, called a • Mr.
Evans,i who lives at Hyde, and immediately apes the lad-
gentleman entering Clarke's cottage be recognised •
:airpot that bad beer miming mane short time previously
from his house, when Clarke had been working. He spoke
dit to Mr. Blame, saying, " Bless e, this is my carpet,"
sad Mrs. Clerk. overhearing the remark, without coming'
into the room to the two gentlemen, wart off to when her
husband was at work, and he appeared no more. An ex-
anabiation of the child was made, and from the statement.
and appearances a certificate was given that the child
died from Waldo convulsions. About a fortnight
ago another child died, and the doctor wrote to
the summoning einem, stating cimunistanees that
made it neemeary there should be an investigation.
The mother refused to allow • post-martem amminabou,
and Mr. Bird, the coroner, being apprised of the fact, sent
down • warrant, and Mr. Ramon mode a post-mortem
examiaation. On Wednesday, the 14th instant, Mr. Bird
opened an inqueet at the Bed Lion Ina, whoa the following
evidence was sakes: _

Clarke em the wife of John Clarke, a car-
miaow. The deceased was my daughter Elisabeth. She was
three y4llOl old last November. About tea days since she
ma seized with what I thought was a It. Hook her to
Mr. Blume. He attended her nearlvery day. She died
on Thuro'clock
sday last, about 4 in the diorama.
Mr. Wiliam Masson deposed that be was a sumo* at
Edgware, and bad made a post-mortem examination of the
diseased child. lie was unable to assign the came of death.
He bad taken out the contents of the stomach for analyse-
tics. The inquest wu resumed yesterday with the following
miasma

Nary Asa Miele& a governess, living next door to Mrs.
Clarke, mid—l bay the deceased child. On Thursday,
the Bth inst., 1 ant saw her between 8 and 9 o'clock in the
sioning, and she appeared to be suffering from mievulsious,
mid at that time the eight was quite goes. I remained there
half an ham sod the COOVILWOOII continued. I have sees
children in convulsions before, but never like that. limn
never Mill anybody who died from the aeon of poison. I
went is several times during the day, sad at 4 o'clock to put
on • leech, but the child wag just deed. I made a remark
to the mother that I had sever men say death
more like strychniae, end she mid, la • quiet
way, " Yee yei," but nothing more. I had
read • peat deal about the effects of strychnine.
end meided the appearances of the child's death the
some. The ecemilsicue were twitching of the heeds, the
south wee very much draws down as ose aide, and the
back beet in very much.
The Coroner—Curved you men. I suppose'
Witteme—Yes; very much. The child threw banal' about
so much thot the mother was obliged to steed by the
held on which the child was laid to pretest her throwing
berself off. I laid out the child about ball an hoer after
death, and the limbs were then rather rigid, but the mouth
was sot drawn up. I have laid out other children gene-
rally about se boar after death, but sever found them eo
rigid. I should certaiely my the limbs were more rigid
than usual. The child did not vomit while I woe present,
nor do I know that it was purged.
By the jury—An hour is the usual time that% allowed to
elapse alter the death of • child helm. tinier out.
Illsaboth King, • straw-planer, stated that she also saw
the child several times during the day of its death. It was
Is strong eoevehions. moving about its feet, hands, and
head. lta stomach projected, and Its. back was very much
beat inwards. The heads were rather clenched. She dad
never seen a child die in convulsions before.

The Coroner iiriMTeeWedl;;; •711s;easelyeis. was sot
oomplete, another adjournment would he neesseary ; Red
ultimately Friday was the day fixed.
The mother of the child was not potent yesterday, and
at the close of the inquiry it transpired that she had re-
moved all her goods sod sold them to a broker at Hilburn,
without evils, any address, and moved her home to a house
in Samen-lowa, where it is probable they am seder the sur-
males°, of the polies. She has sot maid at the house for
acme days, and baa with her the other child, which was, as
deatiribed by a neighbour, almost dying. The husband is
" wasted' by the police, for Marling the carpet from Mr.
akeedy referred to.

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