The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

PAINFUL TRAGEDY.-SUICIDE OP A NEWLY
MARRIED HUSBAND THROUGH THE INFI.
DELITY OP HIS WIFE.

A most painful and protracted inquiry was Lcld
last night before Mr. Jobe Humphreys, the coroner for the
county of Middlesex, at the Roebuck tavern, Lover Tot.
tenham•roed, into the circumstances attending the death of
• civil engineer, named Mr. Gabriel Tregear.
The first witness called was

Hrs. Georgina Tregmr, who said that she resided at
No. 3, Percival-place, Tottenham. She wee 17 years of
age and had been married ten mouths. Deceased was her
husband. His same was Gabriel Tower, he was a
engineer, and he was 23 years of age. She had been sees.
rated from him for two nights before hie death. He
resided at their house at Bedferd.terraoe, Camber-
well New-road. A month since witness had cows
to Tottenham for change of air, as she was
unwell. He came down to his sister, Mel. Wheaton,
at Home-cottage, Tottenham. on Thursday week. and wit.
ness went there to him and remained with bim till Monday,
when she returned to laer apartmente in Perrival.place. lie
remained at his sister's ill. There was no quarrel. His
sister sent her away. His Eisler said that she would hate
her (witness) taken away if she did not go. She made no
charge against witness then. She said that deceased would
get better if witness was away from him. He was in bed
ill for two days, but witness could not get to see him
as her eider-in-law ordered her not to go out. in
Wednesday night at • quarter to 10 o'clock, the
landlady let him in ea witness had gone to bed. He came
into the bedroom and shut the door. He stood for • quarter
of an hour without saying one word. His laid flowers on the
table, and he put there also the first letter he ever received
from her. He placed several portraits on the table. His
sister came into the room and wanted him to leave. He
ordered her out, saying he wished to speak to witness.
The sister stood with her husband outside the door. De.
ceased looked very strange, and witness asked his
sister to come in again. He again ordered her out, nod
she left, saying, "If anything happens to him you
shall be given into custody." He then walked round to
the opposite aide of the bed. He pointed to the dowers
which he had brought, and said that he had plucked them
at Hampstead that day, at the house where he had first
met her. He pointed to his hat, on which there was a new
black hat-band, and asked her, " Do you know what that
means!" She said that she did not. He said that be had
seen her papa that day. (Her papa bad died before they
were married, and he was aware of that.) He said he
had waited lotig before he saw him, and that then
he told him (demand) "to go end see her." He said
her papa told him he wee married again. Witness did not
molten' that he said anything else. She was terrified, and
went to all Mrs. Wheaton, who was outside. He said, "I
will blow out my brains." Witness ran to the door and
called "Sarah," but she beard an explosion sod saw him
fallen to the bad. She found he had shot himself through
the he►d.

Dr. E. May said that he was called to deemed on Wednes.
day night about a quarter to 11 o'clock, and found him in.
esosible on the bed, and his sister trying to atop the flow of
blood from hie bead with bighead. A bullet bad entered 4
the right temple, and the bone at the opposite side woe
broken, and crackled under the touch of the finger. He
died in an hour, acid of course witness could know nothing
of the state of his mind at the time he shot himself.

Mrs. Sarah Wheaton, Home-cottage, Northumberland.
perk, said that • month ago Mr. Tregear had sent his wife to
Tottenham, not so much on account of ill-health se on at.
count of • slander affecting her character in her
former abode. On Thursday week he came down
to witness is • frantic state, having just discovered an
improper intimacy between his wife and Mr. Cowen, the
secretary and bandmaster of the London Irish Volunteers,
and which had subsisted for five months. He insisted as
seeing her, and said he would be calm if witness would fetch
her. Wither did so, and left them alone for • short time.
Witness returned, when he accused his wife, and she ad-
mitted her guilt in witness's preemie.. He seemed almost
insensible with grief, is witness thought, but she afterwards
learned he had taken poison. At 7in the morning of the
next day his wife called wither and said he had taken
poison. Dr. Hall wassailed in, and obliged him to sake an
antidote, and the poison was expelled. Hs remained till
Saturday, when he said he would go up to town on business
with his wife. Witness knew of no business that
could take him to town, but as hie wife was with
him she imagined no danger. He returned at night.
On Sunday he was so ill that witness, as • precast•
lion gave him an emetic disguised in a cap of
tee. It acted, and be rallied. In the evening Mr. Elwell, a
friend, called, sod in the absence of Mrs. Tregear, deceased
told him that while in town on Saturday his wife had goes
with him to several chemists' shops in Loudon, and he par.
chased poison, and she allowed him to take it in the
eight. Witness then had her taken over to her lodgings, feel.
jog that it via not gale to have her near him any longer.
Witness told her the reason, and desired her not to leave
the house. She said, " I have also taken poison and Gabriel
knows it," Witness said. "I do not wish to speak before
the servant of these things," but she said, " I do not care
whether the servants know about that man (Mr. Cowei)or
not" Oa Wednesday moduli( Mr. Tregear seemed mere
rational and said he would go to lewd= to see a solicitor sad
get an immediate divorce. At night witness found lee
had retuned and was at him wife's lodgings. Witness went
there and saw hiss. His countenance looked so
that he appeared as if going to have a fit of dying:MT-
Dees. While outside the wife's door witness heard the
click of a pistol, and rushing in heard the explosion, and
saw the pistol fall from the deceased's hand as he fell bleed-
ing on the bed. Witness believed that this domestic grief
bad made him perfectly imps. He had not exactly for•
gives her. bat he was so food of her that he said to her,
"I will die, Georgina, in your sight." She treated him
with the greatest pride and callousness. They had agreed
to take poison together, bat she had evidently so intention
of doi so.
The Coroner rid that it would have been truly diabolical
if the wife had accompanied her husband up to London to
purchase poison under an agreement to take it with him
when she had no intention that it should be fatal to more
than one.

Mrs. Tregear, recalled, said that Mrs. Wheaton had not
told the truth in every particular. Wines, took the poison
as @send upon with her husband, and she was ill as well as
he on the Sunday. Mrs. Wheaton gave them both the
same tea and out of the same cup, and fed wanes with it
as she lay in bed. Witness would admit her husband was
jealous of her—he was very jealous alwaya.
Mr. Wheaton produced the following letter, written by
deceased, and signed by Mrs. Trogear and himself, io which
they stated that they would kill themselves together. It
ran as follows :—" Fellow countrymen, we have drazez
this statement that you might know why we have
to die together, and the villainy that drove us to do it. We
wen married on the 6th of July last. and we met for the
first time only • year ago. We slept together for the
first three months, and nothing disturbed oar happiness.
Then we took the house in Bedford-terrace, and as we hid
only • very small income to lacrosse our means we let rooms.
On of thole lodger. was Mr. Cowes, bandmaster and seen
tary to the I.nos Irish Valuation. In February I re-
ceived • Tannin, iutimatleg that my wife bad an adul-
terous intercourse with Mr. Cowes. I gave Mr. Cowen
notice, and he removed to Mr. Rod's house next door,
giving out as his reason for putting up so near that he did it
to show his contempt for the a/Ander in questioa. I
noticed that after this my wife's health faded.
and four months ago I sent her down to lodg-
ings in • highly respectable place, three minutes' walk
from my ester's, at Home Cottage, Tottenham. I received •
letter from my inter, saying that she had discovered • letter
written is slang terms to my wife, and she said I ought to
put • stop to any much clandestine correspondence. I
anspeeted Cowen, and I called at Mr. Rod's, but Cowen wall
not to. I said to Rod I had got the letter, but Rod repe-
-1 &and the imputation on Cowen, and said that he suspected
some one, that it was the same person that sent the
Triestine. and that he would pledge his honour that Cowen
, was of the man be suspected, whose name be could not
give. He said Cowen always spoke of my wife with respect
and esteem, and es a father would of a daughter. But ou
Thursday I received a letter, stopped by my orders at the
post-office, addressed to my wife at Tottenham, canting im4
to her not leave her letters about, as she was watch
and one of them was fond. The letter was only •
"A Wellwisher but as Mr. Rod was the only one
that I had mentioned the affair to I knew at once that the
caution came from Rod's house. I had se interview with
my wife, and she admitted the intrigue. She was my adored
idol. I had cagy seen her first 12 months ago, and I could
not survive the blow. I had for her an undying love.
She implored pardon, and I forgave her. took laudanum.
She called my sister,' and I was forced to take ea amine.
Let me say that my wife was only six mouths past sixties
years of age when we married, and she was then pure as •
baba. Now I call on you, fellow-oountrymen, to root
out from society the man who infamously prostituted her
to his lust. He is 43 years of age, and is married, but is
not living with his wife. He committed • rape on my
wife's penes, and then by threat, compelled her to keep
the dreadful secret, and so made her subservient to him, and
by Arlan frightened her into secrecy. Her health was
dragged down by the slate of her mind. All you that have
daughters, sister,, or wives polish this wretch. I cannot
wish for life. We can not live, and, two young
and shattered heart. we dedicate ourselves to death.
He has letters which she wrote to him, but they were
written to him because he made her do so by frightening
her with the secret. My love was so great that I never
would spare any expense for my wife. I cannot now bear
that she snald be made as exhibition of to punish that
man. I hope you will all pnaish that diabolical wretch who
has crushed two young hearts is the spring of their life
"Groacnia Ttgout
" GAIIRILL TIZCZAIL"
Mr. Wheaton said that all the statement, in the Utter