The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-17 00:00:00

DEATH FROM ARSENICAL POISONING.

Yesterday evening Mr. John Humphreys, the
coroner for East Middlesex, resumed at the dash and Cocos
Tree Tavern, Wilson-street, Paal•street, Shoreditcb, the
ioquiry respecting the death of Elizabeth Anne Abdalls, •
girl aged 14 years, who was rupposed to have died from the
effects of sucking artificial flowers.

It will be recollected from the evidence given on the pre.
via= occasion that the deceased was on Sunday, the 20th
September taken soddenly ill with pain. and cramps in the
stomach, and died the next morning. Mrs. Abdalla, the
mother of the deceased, stated that her daughter and
another girl bad been out walking together, and that the
other girl had given deceased some artificial Bowers which
she bad been made a present of by her mistreee, who was a
milliner. The deceased, her playmate said, sucked only
one green artificial grape. After death Mr. Chandler,
R.R.C.S., made •post-inortem examination, and found that
the coatings of the stomach were ulcerated, and that there
' were trace* of en irritant poison. The inquiry had been
adjourned for the purpose of getting Dr. Letheby to make
an analysis of the contents of the stomach, and also the
artificial flowers for the purpose of ascertaining whether
they contained arsenic.
Dr. Letheby said that he had made an analysis of the
contents of the stomach, and found that the liver contained
arsenic to the amount of three grains. The tissues of the
Moine& contained no poison, but the stomach itself was of
• dark red colour, ea if from irritetion. The bile and liver
had absorbed the poison into the system. The colouring
matter of the artificial leaves and grapes was analyzed.
The blue and pink kinds contained no poison, but the green
ones were covered with arsenical green, anemia* of ooppm.
Ten grapes contained three grains of poison. He produced
a specimen of the metallic arsenic obtained from a single
amps. The artificial leaves are also stained with arsenical
green. Each leaf contain. about • grain and • half of poison.
7'he quantity of poison contained in a leaf is perhaps suffi-
cient to kill a child. He had heard from Mr. Chandler •
statement of the case, and he (Dr. Letheby) attributed
deceased's death to poison. In November, 1861, Dr. Letheby
heard of • similar instance, that of two children who kept
their toys in a cupboard lined with green paper. Both
were taken very ill, and one died. Upon making
an analysis of the paper be found six inches of it to contain 13
grains of arsenic, • quantity sufficient to kill two peruses.
Them are &somber of different kiwis of green sold, they
contain from Mt to 71 per mut of arsenic. In many cases
the green colour is mixed with chalk and planter of Parts
to lower the depth of the colour. Arsenical green is used
for paper toys, artificial flowers, and even ladies, dreams. A
wreath of 50 green leaves, cootains enough to kill 10 men,
and • green tat-NW drew' of 20 yards contained 900
grains of arsenic. lie bad heard of several cases of this
description, and thought that the public ought to take some
precautions against them.
The jury after some deliberation returned the following
verdict :—" That the death oldie deceased, Elisabeth Anne
Abdalla, was caused through inadvertently sucking artificial
grapes which contained armpits of copper.*
The jury stormed a hope that WWI measure would be
taken to prevent the use of arsenic as • colour.

CRIME AND THE DI/FIRMA IN LANCASHIRE.—
The Michaelmas quarter sessions were commenced at the
Court-house, in Preston, on Wednesday, before T. B. Addi-
son, Er., the chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions.
The calendar was an unusually heavy one, and contained
the names of 88 prisoners for trial, 66 of whom were
charged with felonies of various description; and the rest
were indicted as misdemeanants. In the course of his charge
the learned chairman said : " I am sorry to say that the
' number of care in the calendar is very large—it ranch ex-
ceeds the average. These are not fewer than 66 cases of
felony sad 22 of misdemeanour, which is for the last class of
cases • very large number. Our first inquiry on
observing the number of cases for trial is, how far the dis-
tress that has, unfortunately, been so prevalent for some
time in this part of the country has conduced to increase
the number of prisoners. However it may have done so
indirectly, I do not think, so far as I can judge from looking
at the nature of the caeca as they are entered in the
odendar, and after such inquiry as I bare been able to
make on the matter, that the distress has been in any
considerable degree, at any tate inunediately, the cause of
crime."
ROBBERY OF FIRE ARMS. •••-• A correspondent
of tbe Freeman's Journal writes :—" Cerriek-ou•Sbannoo
Oct. I:s.—last night an armed party went to the house of
Owen Gilroy, a respectable farmer residing near Drowse;
in this county, when he was in bed. Some of his family
were up in the hitches, at which one of the party knocked
and asked for a light for his pipe. On the door heitig
upend, about tee men, some of them 'armed, rushed in and
blew out the candle and demanded Imirms. They then
went to Gilroy's bedroom th:er (who, on hearing the now
in the kitchen, tried to secure it on the iosidel and made •
similar demand. Fearing they would break the door, and
iofiict some hijury on Gilroy, his wife opened it, and
handed them • gun. They then asked for pistols, which
they said they knew to be in the house, which Mrs. Gilroy
also handed them, when they departed without doing any
injury to the inmates. It is evident that one of the attack-
ing party was well somainted with the hone, as he actually
mentioned the place where the pistols were kept. Gilroy
rya he caner identify any of the party. Mr. De Gerona,
IL ki., is ioquiring into the matter."
ACCIDENT TO THE SHERIFF OF KINCARDINESHIRE.
—An accident of • very serious nature has befallen Mr. J.
Montgoteerie Bell, the Sheriff of Kincardineshire. Mr. Bell
has been residing during the summer at Linwood, near
Mid-Calder, and on Tuesday afternoon he mounted at the
door of Lis house there • spirited horse. scarcely was
he seated on its lack than the animal became
unmanageable, and sloshed away down the lawn
in front of the house. Its progress in this direc-
tion being arrested by • wire fence, the excited animal
turned round. and galloped at the top of its speed towards its
stable, where Mr. Bell was thrown off, his heed coming in
contract with a stone wall. The unfortunate gentleman
was carried home insensible, and the assistance of Dr.
Dick, of Mid-Calder, obtained. The report of that gentle-
thimem as to the severity of the injury was so serious as to
lead to Professor Syme and Dr. Burt being summoned from
Edinburgh. We uodentand that then is great reser to
fear the fracture of the skull, but our latest intelligence re-
ports that Mr. Bell is going on as favourably r ear be ex-
pected.—Seotrinan.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM,
AIM DOVER IdAILWAT.—An accident, which was fortunately
not attended with serious consequences, occurred last night,
neer the Faversham station of the Loudon, Chatham, and
DO,CR Railway. it apron that the up lain leaving
Canterbury at 7.40, on arriving at a point on the line which
is crossed by a turnpike road. was °Wrecked_ by the two
large gates on the railway, which were kept dosed from the
inattention of the man to charge, who is supposed to have
been asleep. The result was that the engine with the treat
dashed through at full speed. completely smashing the gates
and slightly iojuring the carriages. Considerable alarm pre-
vailed amongst the pinworms, the shock being felt through-
out the whole of the carriages, sad it was fully believed
that another serious &Albion had takes place, but fortu-
nately no person was injured.
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