The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

THE TRIPLE. MURDER IN A CAB.

Dr. Laukester yesterday resumed the inquest on
the bodies of Mrs. Meet Ind bee tire itagitees, is the
beard •rocen of the 84. Merfs H.'ilde

Mr. R. Ring appeared on behalf of the relative of
the deceased tEN4O, Willlent Huai and Mr. Thomas Beard,
at 10, Basiogball-straitt. for Mrs. MOO.. 00 behal of the
police authorities 8a_ p, 1144, of the D
and Payne, of the ?a, were meant. inspector Tanner of
the Scotland-yard detective fame, who bad charge el lb.
case, woe also in attendance, in carapany with Bmgeasit
Beard, by order of Sir Malted Mayne, to watch the cem.
John Blake, 124, St. John-street, Smithfield, mid be woe
• cab driver badge No. 7,858. He bad men the wow
and two children lying deed in the heepilele The woman
was his daughter, aad the children were his grand-
daughters. The name of his daughter was Mary lan
Blake, and titer marriage Hunt; the name of the elder
child was Jessie, and that of Um scouter he had heard was
Emily. The name el his daughter's husband wee William
Samuel Hoot. He wee a Awn* but was doing lathing
whim he was married to bar. He last saw bin deserter
alive about nine month', ago. He knew shofived nahmmily
with her husband. •

By Mr. Riarg—He bad as beard itian aim bad
thrsaleaed to commit suicide in rensequenas at bar

ushappiems.
By the Jury—He bad heard her comp's= of Hanes eon-
duet towards her, tad that ha ill-used her, and he advised
by to lean him. That was more the. twelve months ago.
He had always beset ea friesay terms with his daughter.
She had told his other &tighter that Hunt bad attempted
the.
i▪ 11/ Harriet Blake said she lived at 144, SI. John-inst.
the wee Aker to Mary Aar Haat. The two althea were
her daughters, Jesse, mad Emily. Jessie sae seven pant old,
' and Emaly four years old. ithe saw her eider a month ago.
She was quite well thou, but ocenpienald et her am.U,
' She showed her the plasm, and the poker which Hie said her
hothead had bent over it, meaning that he had streak her
with it. Her husband had ill-busted her for years. She
had sem the dscessertrith bleak epee, out shoulders. Mad
eat heed aid leis frequeetly: • She lived with them four
Ciareell.wben thesyßeed at the imam et the W
sad he thee in-treated her. He oulitar=
by thee with • primate= jam sad another time with a
dap, Nellie] to Poison RIM gait slant fres wistigZ
,She Weft to see her deter at St. Aaseipecthage, 'Wa
read. bet way limemethre--ned-Isemst- ha bed hied le
Pam low -Preirkert. Soo tad vitimmtio bat
Id to poise set ea 1M parka Nam ifiatea!keid he
reek a math battle out of the espbeerd and tried to poiaoa
Mr. She had Fee to bed loth whoa beams smith% woke
her °Naiad tried to paerthe poison down her throat. She
jumped up sad *mid the window and screamed, but
thready ante to her asentssen Ne temeatithe ciiliett
very kindly eimathally, but tattled) he heattheily very hadlA
He wet vary lied to hr thithren, oath a few words odotrrid
between boos sad bit next deer darlthow is aelmiligeothe et
ik • 7,l4tir *se slag tehleihadlen•ttlla In that
Had sea hiemamtliasaigi be would gems thath airePie=
lag within& ear bar bar that It wee her deter that
was died meth IsatTernday monism when she mesa le thew
the body.
By the jury—Her sister was not given to drink. fshe
bad never sees her 11111111 d. • Hunt was very brutal sad
violent ocautheally,
By Mr. Ring—He was they feud of his =anthills, and
sitar the quarrels they used to make it up and be very
happy. Thee. wine • pad assay geared@ about a young
lady when he used I. Mend balms. The (MAIMS ware
tonally side up over some spirits. He would resew the
quarrel the neat day, hot pot the sale Mervin
L slimy. stetted find of Ile wife sad
By the eiroater—The Met time diai•Wic kellso.
*both Is wain rim Hut 'apt kr tire , *dug
under his pillow, and threatened to do for t em
•By the Ociresia—He trtilleatly did not sleep with hie
wife for wed= or snosths lirsgether.. She slept io the 01)11•11
Ur den that. Hist bed the rear under the mikes. • She
het know it until out antirniag, sod never slept there
Mb. Blake this pawed is the bads of the iltelmer •
dumber el Wan from her sister, Mary .44,44aplakeing
4 her husband's atreetment of her.
, The Coroner said those letters would net ter' pare
that Hunt =ordered his wife is the alb, and tieriifeee titer
had biller nerve them and refer Inv=47thrtliat might
be sennenty ste merge of the is • •
Oharlde OWd, the cabman who took up woman sad
Etehildren at Oambermill-green net Saturday yea, wi-
th@ evidence which he gave before Br. (Arta, the
for Sorry, ore Friday, at the inquest ea Bentlille
Has. Hunt sad the two children mat the. mss,ris.rltat, m the micas whom he took to O Embers
Qsutties Itaslway.
By Mr. Ring—He was positive Hunt-wee the
ellliengtt he wore a moustache. The children trade -
naterk whitlow!". The man told him to stop the tab at dm
thisreist's shop in Neftes Fethate, and the ways pat oat
sad went intothe shop. He did not see her hood an'thisig
• to %be man.
James Parker, the adman who took the demised from
the Great Eastern Railway, said be' had tees tie min 'be
took his cab a Saturday week. He • was lying deed et his.
own house, Se. Amereottage,Welliegton-road, OsmberwelL
He thew him directly he saw him.
• Mr. Cyrus Fay, chemist, 18, Nectars Foliate, repeated
likwevidence he gave on Friday, relative to serving a woman
*lli two draft. for a tipsy man. She was dressed is a light
deice and light shawl. He had at mesa the body at the
Bsepital, and thought he weld ire ids•tilY her. Iltii_bc4.•
10 which the draught wee dant tae Molls% b 0 .L. bed
.04 sees it sum. . •
' ljla William hark. OA Strad, • kahmimeser, repeated
Mir Wiese, as to sell* Haat • belly enseaselienn the
amine d Wednesday rTheist week. •
Otwreseraimed by lfr-Rieg— • bed shiskßps, :dinette
wee be Kilda demo se two moastaelass a day.
Pref , • .
De. Joha Basthall. ILD. ei Leedom, lad ew
Medina Jestipmedeneeel Bt. Haagospital, rem belted
made a post imam ethadasaim rd the bodies of the
demised in mejthetim with Dr. )(silkiness, • leans% en
medial Jarispredense at St. Mary's Hospital.
Dr. Marniessea was also ewers, sad agreed= the Meth
to be read by Dr. BandalL
Dr. Sandell thee read the report of the ?wilt
analysia They had steed fear jets for
sad examinthiss, all et shish was stoppered. tisYlows.
and sealed. They had also Icier pewter pole banded le
them. Merin the ram of " Panne. Oran Ram esi, IVA
Biehopegateolinet Without." Oe wombed jar No. I. white
asetiumad the stomach and ithestises of idea Haat, there
walla faint smell of nitwit tahlinarl="i4 aeid4' The
stomach externally smelt of prom= mad had in Ka
seastioe. At the posterior sepia of Umatilla of the lwear
erne ties there were three palms a dark, plum-oeloand
the site of a ehiWeg. and the other two
=lB47lTr. Internally the stomach presented
a emend bright red esemetion, sad contained one ounce
mei a half of thick light brows fluid of the coil/idea, d
tweeds. The reactioa was acid. The odour of prumis acid
wee doubtful from contamination of other smells, of which
that of beer predominated. The fluid was mixed with
water and distilled in a water bath. After half an mime
bad distilled over it wea tasted for prussic acid by the
silver, the inn, sad the sulphide of antetesiest leset,
all of which gave decided evidence of preemie said.
• few drops of sulphuric acid were Afterwards added to
the contents of the retort, and another half-ounce was dis-
tilled °ear. Only slight traces of prussic acid ware (mad.
A small quantity of sloshed was produced from the gnat
distilled portion. Os distilling portiossof the duodesum slight
*sees of prussic acid were discovered. During the niter
d_ lotion a quantity of oily substance floated ore tie sier-
We, which was collected. Other pimps of the intestines
were subjected to ethereal trituration from which an oily
substance was again produced, of the appointment and smell
of raseid batter. This oily substaaos was gives to a kitten
in order to Slloll4lllill whether it contained any poisonous
subsidises ; the result was la jar No. 2, containing
the brain, there was eo smell of prosaic acid sod no iodi-
entice by Meta. Os opening jar No. 5, containing the
stomach of the elder Maid, there was no smell of
prom= acid. The vessels ass the madam were composted.
Internally the stomach had a healthy appearance, with
the exceptioo of a patch. of • dark VIIIIOOII oramatiou about
the aim of two crows pieces. There was • smell of beer end
cheese, but none ot prussic acid could be detected with
certainty. The contests were subjected to the same testa
as dime in jar No. 1. with similar result& All other tante,
se in the contents of No. 1 jar, met with similar results.
Upon opening the fourth jar, containing the stomach,
heart, and kegs of the younger child, the small of prussic
sail was doubtful. Internally the stomach preseuted a general
slight red oongeNtion and contained *boat two minces of a
thick pulpy, light-coloured mass, chiefly isossisting of bis-
cuit, cheese, aid numb. No small of beer or prussic
acid could be detected. After distillation tests for prussic
acid were applied with affirmative results. The lungs were
congested and the bronchial tubes orsetaised frothy mucous.
which, when distilled with water, yielded evidence of
prom= acid. On incinerating the oontasta of the stomachs,
a small quantity of poises wee detected by the usual teeth
Having detected prosaic acid in the stomachs sod a small por-
tion of the imestines of Mrs. Hunt and the lungs of the
younger child, as well .as from the post-mortem
appearances, they arrived at the conclusion that the mother
and two children died from the adminittratioc of music
acid. It appeared that during thepost-mortem examination
the room became strongly impregnated with prussic acid
vapour, a fact which did not coincide with the evidence ad-
duced from the jars whim opened. Hanoi they arrived at the
conclusion that the essential oil of 'bitter almonds was not
administered, for the smell of that substance would have
been stronger, move decided, and would not have disappeared
so quickly from the contents of the jars, and would not
have been liable to so rapid decomposition as the poison
under question, as well as that no traces of the essential oil
were detected. They were inclined to believe that the
poison administered was not in the form of cyanide of
potassium, as the amount of Fetus is the eostesits
of the atoms& was found to be very small. They wore also
much Mailed to believe that the preemie said, or a prelim
of it, might have been gives in the porter and ale for the
follow's' MUM/ : —They found that prima acid mixed
readily with pater ; that, having added two drachms to a
pint of port.= ad peered me-half late a tumber and the
remainder in a pewter pot, we found that the porter very
anal., if not quite. especially in the power pot, enemata
the smell of pouic Acid. That OXIVITIMMIt was fully cone.
hoisted whim submitted to perm= who were not aware that
any additions bad beam made to the porter ; that oa
the mixture the flavour of mimic acid was coneasied,last
only beans evident I. the taste after a abort time.

By the Coroner—The appearances of the stomach w, re
goesiegeut with the taking of prosaic acid. In the chim
tbere was no trace of porter. The children might LiIVO bees
sick, awl it would not then be detected. He had tried ex-
periments with guilds oi Inotinenium, end lowed that a waft.
dent qatality todM,om life would give s greater odour,
and be more likely to be detected, than a proportionate
dose of prosaic add. There was always a aerials youth,
of potash in the stomach, but sot so much as to lead to the
oonclados that woad& of potassium had been med. Ten
drachms or 120 drop of,pharnmootxxia strength of hydro-
cyanic add would be sufficient to destroy life, and would
not be awiliniont to render the taste of the porter offensive
to the palate. He did not think the oily matter found is
the dome was aniseil oil of alma&

By Mr. Bing—He and Mr. Maftkieeses were audited to
think that baring obtained an aromatic draught. Hunt, the
MAST. had ► bottle of prussic acid on his persoe, and that
imitated of that draught Wog given the munite acid wee
administered, and they thought more was gives on the road.
The smallret dose that would kill wan forty-nine minims
They thought the deceased might have take• the prank
acid some time before anything to alarm them was oh.
@usable. .

-1;;;;stor Holey pee the widows be hid previously
deposed to at the forma of Hoot. It woe his miasmic,
that he had takes the poison before they knocked. Thar:
was bate Pert pee between the lint koo* and the open.
ins at the door. If he bed. been an /sour later be behoved
they should have food bhp dead.
By heir. Hip--At the station-home the • dammed. Hank
mid, " Let me lay down, lam ping to die." He • let bin
lay down and they thought Lbe was deed, bat anddeely I.
started /grand said—" I know bow she died ; it was fres
Penefkr slid."
By *4 —Hut einalil re 94 have aatiaigeted their ell',
etleep apos privateuiftworatices.
Mr. A. Rid" Icemasia to Hanes emploesra,
his *Adams helms He. Outer at the tannest elitegiati.
About ejs, weeks ago he want with him to aso his sister at
Bbepte,sed raltsused the same evesiag.
y IlLs. Bertg—He we sokia peenniare driberaties ; the,,
mkt dos to kink mend he bed aotliing of test kind to
loan.
Charks If Wee& mid be the dna of Bella
and M'Calloch, them bang so =T.. Bait had bees ia
kag merivy three Imes H. knew INA* 01 his piny
• Ble, Aisissa,spi inprmakry dificaltiee ;oa the =Mary,
be always sppeared I. boa *sty ot money. He me
Hunt as theilifidar, owl then ems nothing diderat
„rvis By Clorceer—Hail collected samey for him, sad ea
Moods, . fee , eolledod • •assall• smog • sad banded It
over to bias. •
Th. oorm, Myles aped sp. •• • •
_atom_ we clamed. and altar steed La as Wore
Use jary retarieed the following verdict :
=r"n the 7th day of November Mary Asa Bunt me
footed deed he a sob nem the Royal Oak, geillYed,
Bayswater, in the with el Paddington, and the seed prom
pky the' aid death mom from Frames mid. ;pad the said
further in; the said prams acid was nethawaslyseg
eleeiond,y sdestokteeed to the • add Mari Aare Haat for
'the of depriving of life the mid Hely Ana Hunt."
Tb..ame verdict wee fain/mid Is the seas of each child.

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' TALLOW.—TIto tsllow iambi Ina bass iron,. Irby.
Thifilinthwe Urn Ibt bob I, sad mosidaAralr
WOW bat Its 4 Itsou mob lab& wiarbwasi annals of
Isbatraiiikinplbs lispaiWorle
_ksorfrrontast
artist abilnallo as llaffsslng. Our
are .1-7-01pat1Ww db. ; oldoi 411 s. *V to 411 a. ;.3
born', 43a. ; 43a. 3d. to 43a. 6d. ; Jimmy to
YEW* 44a •442.• to 465. Tows tallow,
49A. M. sot ark; l'apnewi gas op, 43a. ; ins bag, db. ;
,North Ameba% 49a. 64. flim. to 40a. low sal mbrior ;
Amarbila. OIL OIL bob pipe ; 46. 6d. yellow.
Australian bet 42a. Cooas-sat oil sandy ; Cook* 4T.. 6d. ;
Corks, 445. 6d. ; 6ydn y, 445. 6d. Sas to 43a.
middllasfair. Pam of quid, be Lagoa. dra. 6d. ; palm
ant ell. Ifs. to 360. Harm gram. 37a. • rough fat,
2. bd.—firms eireadaz it Yaws. Saa' sad Charles,
dated Araby orfswiwg.)

OOTTON.—larisroot, Nov. 16.—Oar market is serf
quirt today, with • small boleros, sod prioes, if any**,
rat Seri' issuer of the burr. The odes eft 3,000 bass,
of whisk 1,000 are as spessitiso sad for export. 2,E0
Barak, 174. to 2444. ; SOO NerpOio, NIL to 304 d. • 30
NAM eN Noesio, WO. Tim wssk's import is 24,417);i1e5.

CATTLE—Livzsvock, Nov. 18.—The supply el eat&
and *hasp at this day'. axial* sea about sbe moo se so
last ]lamay The &mad wry pad for the primed guar'.
bee ad bawl 'at Other clawarlptiona without
change. gimp Ztrt =v. prima

COALIL—LoiDow, Nov. 16.—DaddWs Waal }bailey,
16a. • Hymen Beholds West flastlay. les. ;
15s. 4d. ; Hrf6P Hartley. li.. ; Unties Wart=
15.. 9d. Walker Primrose, les. 6d. ; Walla Mod
170. ; Wills 174 ; Walls Feld Tasstall, 17a;
Walls Mod Csas, Ns. 6d. ; Walls Eod Haugh MA,
18a 6d. ; Walls fad East Badalspool. 19.. 9d. ; Walls Esi
80. S NAL% Us. 8,1.-Bbips at inset* 105 ; sold, 61.

Yortaimrs Siam's/3.-11e annual Martinmas
hiring fairs for agrieethural and domestic cunt. have Dow
esometescad is the Yorkshire tom The efforts of the put
three years be beano, female servants to forsake the open
marks{-plams have certainly bees surcessful this year, there
being a marked diminution of girls with the lads " stand-
ing the biriio.' while the plasma provided for the girls were
dowdy
crowded,. This was particularly the ems at Melton,
sae Saturday, w the Cora Exchange was placed at the
disposal of the girls, who were provided also with a good
dinner for 3d. or tea for ld. At Driffield, also, a note.
rawly boisterous place, the improvement. bas been very
10 addition to these, the efforts of the Yorkshire
groat
certain of the clergy of the FAA Ricihug here re-
presented to the North Eastern Railway Company the pro-
irof providas separate carriages for female nirvana.
plos the company tried no Sattuday, when all the
trains cesveying servants to end from the Melton statutes
had carriages marked " For females only." In the morning
a few girls slid eater them, but during the day the attempt
to separate tbe girls "from their sweethearts" caueed a
never-ending subject of comment, and at night the appear-
mice of the "old maids" carriages was received with decisive
laughter, and in nearly every instance they went out empty.
As en experiment, therefore, the plan has failed ; bet it
must not be forgotten that the plan, now no successful, of
providing biring-planes for girls was equally derided three
years aro. Os the whole the statutes on Saturday were
vary orderly, and presented a hopeful contrast with put
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