The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED POISONING CASE AT HULL.

On Thursday Augustus Wells, assistant to Mr.
Day, surgeon, and George T. Wright, landlord of the Tyee-
mouth Coatis public-bowie, Osherm-street, charged with at.
tempting to get poison administered to ea illegitimate
child. we,. again brought up at the Hull Police-omit before
Mr. Travis, the stipendiary.
Mr. Gresham appeared for Wells, and Mr. Stead for
Wright.
The witness Woadmascy was recalled. sad, io mower to
Mr. Oresbum, said—l limy a rallying& named Robert
Norris. I remember meeting Wells in Wellington-street
some Ma ago, and sekiog him for the 2.35. Alice owed me.
I emir sand him to ere his watch up. I never spoke to
Norris about having men Wells in Welliogtonetreet
os that ocresioe. •I know a person of the rum, of
David Deltas. • rullyman, sod if be says that I told him I
had meted Wells for Xhe is not speakieg the trunk. If
Norris says I told him I had &eked Wells for his watch be
Is sot speaking the truth. The box in which the two
bottles were kept I bought in Loedon, when I was up in
London at the £xhibitioe last year. It ens 9d. or a
shilling, in the Leirtber-arieda (The box was produced in
court sod identified by the 'imam)
Mn, Woodamecy was also recalled, and in answer to
Mr. Gresham rid-1 remember the nolimometehiel coming
to my house last friday to fetch this box I. which the
bottke had es. (The box was again produced
sad identified.) e I
told him I would( get the key and
empty it of Its 000teots if he would wait. He
replied that he was ia a hurry, sad I was to bring it
down to the Mansion-house. The box bad some money
and papers in it. We have bad the box about eaves
years. (Sensatioe in mud.) [The stipendiary aid if the
persona in the piton did not restrain their feelings, be
would hem the emit sheered, as it should not be turned
into • Mar masa.] Withers oontinusd—My husband bought
it for our little gal, who is deed. It we. a money box,
sad when the child was Brim she used to put her money into
it. After the child died the box was pat away, and sone
of the other Middies wire allowed to have it. About
three months ago my husband wanted a box to put his
papers is, lbe I brought out thin one, and it has been in
UM duet We have no other box in our house like this
use. I we. sot at the Rxhibitioe lan year, but my bus band
was. He brought bow a dollar apiece for the children,
and a ersebstaad for me. He brought neither myself nor
the children a box like theme produced. Of this I am quit*
positive. My husband never told me that he had purchased
a box at the Lowtherercede. I never beard him my on.
word about having brought anything of the kind. He could
not have brought the box hone without my knowledge.
The Stlpsediary—l shall give no further opinion about
the ease, but discharge both prisoners for the present.
(Applause in court.)
The prisoners were then set at liberty.—Hell Packd.

ATTEMPT TO POInON FIVE Gibs AT HULL.—
At the Hull polke•coart, ea Thursday. Mary Asa Richard-
eon, 14 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with
attempting to pokes lee other young girls. The prisoner
aad the you; girls ie Co. were employed as packers at
Mews, Howard gad's starch mills, Eaform-etreet,
Hell, sad being in the habit of dining daily on the premises,
they had formed • club, in order to provide themselves
with coffee. On Mooday last it was the prisoner's turn
to prepare their daily meal, and five girls, earned
respectively Roe, e 011100.• Watson, Yonil, sad Ashton,
having wish., of the coffee, soon afterwards showed
evident signs of having imbibed poison. Memos and
frequent vomiting resulting, medical emeistaaos was sent
for, and Mr. Haltom, surgeon, attended. He administered
*stetted, sod applied the stomach pump, and is • abort time
imoseeded in restoring the girls to append:it consciousness.
However, two of the girls, named 1' oull and Ashton, now
lie ha a very pressions condition, with but little hope of
recovery. Some difference, existed bete sec the prisoner
and the girls poisoned, in ooneeimenee of the latter having
chargedßichardson with the theft of a penny that had been
which she denied, and retaliated with • threat to
the e~aet that she would serve them out some day.
Some poison having been seen in her possession led to the
mreheados of the primmer. who was takes into custody on
Wednesday. The girls being unable to give their evidence
from Maas, the sem was remanded until Monday,
SUICIDE PROW BEING JILTED.—AO
bold oe Monday lost, at Willoughbysin-tberWolda, Meek.
lag the death of s young woman named Elimbetk Parser,
aged SO, who had destroyed benalf by drowning. The der
ceased, whops parrots resided at Rempetono, bug ts
the employment of Mr. Widdowese, farner, Mace February
lest, Mr. Widdowsoe stated at the inquest that he was
called out of hod at six o'clock oet Monday amain by use
of his fens servants, whodold him that the desomed was is
the prod drowning. He get op hastily sad Meet le the
sad with the assistaaes dooms nee suesseded, after
an beer's search, in elsaggmg the deemed eat of the
water. He believed ohs had drowsed hareeM
spgioiateaset in love, • yang men mated Frederick *-
dins bevies meetly left her for mother woman. Castl►
dime, who was simakeed, mid he was a weggeeer at WW-
II* bad bees martin the deemed, ht a few
afar he hod Odd her that he did ant wish to keep
her easepay any longer. He molter after chapel ea See-
gay ~plan, end told her again that he did nee went he..
Be. said that if he did mot havelter aohody else shed, sad
that she should never leek up spin. She alsesaid tha• she
elhenbil "de soussehieg." He told her net to be foolish. awl
NM after bade her goad eight. Hassles meek had tad
gip &mow ass be (witness) did set Mesa bow say=
sea that he had smetber I. Neetinghem. The
yea urbis to write his mime to his &peados. The jury
reemsed the fellewleg vordiet.—" Tim• Mee desseemd
demised himself whilst in es Waned Mate el salad."—Ser.
efejelims efesimest.