The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-15 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT PRESTON.

The inquest on the body of the murdered woman
was opened at the policooourt, at noon, yesterday, before
Mr. M. Byres, coroner.
After the jury had been sworn the Coroner said he did
not intend to finish the inquest that day. He would adjourn
it for the purposes of seeing whether Berry recovered or not.
B. had been taken to the blouse of Recovery that morning.

[Berry ae; other betterwalked
into the cab which oonveyed him.]
• Mr. E. Ambler (foreman of the jury)—Will there be •
post-mortem a:antimafia:a of the body
The Coroner—l do not know.
Mr. Spencer—l have not yet made a post-mortem exa.
mination.

After some conversation between the jury and Mr.
Spencer, the coroner mid be thought it would be as well if
• post-mortem examination were made.
The inquest wee then prooesded with.
Catherine Leach, wife of Edward Leach, 29, Ormskirk.
road, was the first witness examined. She said—l knew the
deceased, Mary Berry. She was my sister. She was about
thirty-three years of age. Her husband's name im
William Berry. millet. They stayed at oar house on Mon-
day night. I- went for him, and he came with me. She
followed. I saw them before we went to bed on Monday
night, between 10 and 11 o'clock. Berry and his wife
slept together in the front room next to our apartment.
I never beard earthing until about 4 o'clock, when I
got op to Quiet the dog, which was downstairs. 134
said he mold not sleep on account of de going uparfal
down the stairs. He told me that he was frightened
of it. I went downstairs, put the dog in the
back kitchen, and returned direct) y afterwards. I went to
bed, and had to pane through the bed-room in which they
were sleeping. Hastened our bedroom door, which opened
into the room in which they were sleeping.. After I closed
the door Berry got up to see if the door on the landing was
fastened. Abort half-past five the deceased celled on me.
She said " Kate, oh, Kate." I got up and went into the
room. I saw her ; she was shouting out of the window.
Afterwsrds I saw her at the door. I saw Berry in the
room. He had something in hie hand. My husband held
him down. Hs (Bony) wadi tryingto cut his throat. When
I saw the deceased at the door she was calling out for some
one. I went to the window when my husband had hold of
Berry, and called out for help. When I next saw the
deceased she was upon the sofa downstairs. She was dying.
She died between 6 and 7 o'clock. Berry never spoke to me.
By • Juror—When I first saw the deceased, Berry was
following her towards the window. I did not as him strike
her in any way.
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By the Coroner— When I went for Barry,on Monday
night, he said to me, " Will they atone ma I replied,
"No." Afterwards, when I was taking him to our house,
he mid, " I don't see anyone laughing at on ;" and I said,
"No, what most they laugh at you for
By a Juror—He was quite ether.
A Juror—Had he been in the habit of drinking?
Witness—Sometimes.

Mr. Blackhiust (who appeared for the police)—An that
will be gone into when yon meet again. Particulars of his
conduct for son., time put will be given.
In reply to • juror. witness said—l did not see any blood
about the deceased when she was at the window.
At this stage of the proosediogs the inquest was adionroed
until 10 o'clock on Friday forenoon.

EXTRAORDINARY CAME AT GDILDIORD.—Yeder-
day, at the magistrates' clerk's office Guildford, before the
mayor (Mr. Jacob) and Mr. Weide, borough magistrates,
Robert Human Collier, M.D., Ph.D., Y.C.S., Im., was
charged with threat's* to shoot Mr. Marreaduke Wilkie.
The defendant is well known in the scientific world es the
nicoeuful inventor of • promo for convecting the fibre of
straw into a pulp capable of being manufactured into all
kinds of paper, and at the International Exhibition of 1862
received the only prize medal and special mention for sups-
tiority of process in the treatment of raw veget-
able substances. The complainant is • paper-maker,
residing at Stoke.next-Guildford. The complainant
deposed —I live at Latirel-villa, Stoke-road. Yesterday
morning I was at Mr. Elkins's office, in Great St. Helen's,
London. The defendant came in to see Mr. Elkins on brui-
ser. I was in an outer office at the time, and presently
wee called in to disprove something which the defendant
had amid. He threatened to print and publish • libel on
my mother. I told bim that if he did so 1 should consider
it my duty to rive him • good horsewhipping. Upon this
the defendant jumped up in • violent passion and called me
a great many names. I rushed up to him. and we closed.
He pot • finger to are of my eyes and tried to gouge it out ;
he also tried to bite my nose. I struck him, and defended
myself as well es I could. We were eventually
separated by a person whom Mr. Elkins called is.
The defendant them said, " I will go and buy •
six-shooter this afternoon and have. your life, and
the lives of all the d—d Wilkins's. This wu about
half-peat 12 o'clock. I left the office and went out for •
walk. I clone down to Guildford by the 5 o'clock train
from London. The defendant was in the same train, but
not in the same wrists, and when we got out in the eta.
tion-yard, he called out to me, "I am reedy for you this
evening ; I have got it !" I suppose that be meant the
revolver. He followed me through the town to the corner
of the Commercial road, all the war making Olt of threat-
tieing and abusive language, and the most dreadful oaths.
He left me io the Commercial-rod, and I went home. The
defendant briefly eross-examined the complainant, but the
facts of the case, as deposed to, remained unaltered.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said be had no re-
collection of making nee of the words imputed to him con"
cerning the pistol. He denied that he had any intention
in any way to injure the complainant, to whom, however,
be considered himself quite equal without the aid of a pistol;
but when the complainant spoke of "chastising *ad
"horsewhipping " him. be felt himself bound, se a man of
honour, to resent the affront. if the magistrates thought
that be ought quietly to submit to such an indignity then ,
hawse guilty, but he reiterated that he had not the most
remote intention of doing the complainant any bodily injury.
The magistrates decided that the charge was proved, and
ordered the defendant to find one surety of 501., and be
bound over himself in the same amount, to keep the peace
towards the complainant fords months. The defendant en-
tered into the required security, and the parties then left
the court.

RAILWAY COLLlaloW.—Yederday , afternoon
serious railway collision happened to the train out of Staf-
ford for Wolverhampton at 1 50. Nt hem the train, which
was well filled, and consisted of about seven carriages,
arrived sear the Bushbury junction, which it was to
peas. it mine into collision with • coal train, and a great
shock was the result. A large number of the pummel"
received ocecuseices, and were more or lees bruised
about the face and knees principally, and several were
cat about the face. The poses erg most injured were
three in the font-dosecerriagee, cud those who required it
received surgical aid to Wolverhamptou. It is understood
that the coal train was being shunted at the time of the
widest, but the driver of the pareenger train asserts that
the distenos signal was not up to protect it. Fortunately.
however, be saw what was before him in time to mime to
some enters the fines of emenasion. Home the results
were 'sot so swims se would hove boo otherwise the am.