The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-29 00:00:00

TIE g,4XF4ESS, FRIDAY EVENING,

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in : Aakwortb, Boehm, &slimes Fastail,Greti Look?
war. Historian, Paris, °Gears', Masasin, Dame; Deinfook
Odds, Count avow' Vaaderealde, asteball, Balkans,
Perrena, ileireia-sw, Hornlslowar, Ogesod Outer, Pao-
taws, SlagL
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Plutoi.LA Fortune, flatter o, Bleak Drought, Moldavia,
Skirmish, ilas Robb* sad limo.
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10 to 1 Privateer toff; 100 to S L&oido*O (off)
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Yesterday af lemon, Mr. C. J. Carttar, ooroner
for WUI tent, resumed an 'equity at the Ashbunthem
Arms, Cb•II•W1011, Into the chwasestaness attending the
death el Mr. Elizabeth Reeve. aged 40, wife of • veterinary
stupon, residing at 62, Ashburshant-grove, Ormewieb, and
which, it is alleged, wee occasioned by the administration
of aortae deadly pots* known as war* or white het-
Ithoes, as reported in them columns on Friday last
Mr. Norton, solicitor, of Clifford's-ion, attended fur the
busload of Ve ;bowed.
I Mr. 0. H. Hall, of 1, Charleretreet. Wareedowsquare,
Eastarreed, who was es anted by the coroner for sot being
in atteadasos at the last examination, said—l kid bees dis-
peaser to Dr. Hops for 18 months, but left him on the 31st
August last, baying given hint notice of my intention to do
BO on the let of the same month. Dr. Hope bad bees en-
gaged to attend deesseed is her gosfinsonat, ared haring left
home for lilimpas he gave me directions as to kis patients.
Oo the morning of the 14th Aorta, about ten o'clock in
the morning, the husband of deceased came to
Dr. Hope's, and inquired far Dr. Hope I told
him that Dr. Hope had gone away for a day or two.
He said his wife had been taken ill during tb• night, and
was very poorly, not being better that morale& He asked
me if 1 would come dow had
n. 1 &Mod him the sympt
oms
of the dammed, and he said site had been sick mos or
twice, but he did not *tot she bed been purged, and he at-
tributed her illness to having partakes of plum pie on the
tidedi He said he should like me to attend me soon as
possible, and hawing another case to attend 1 west to the
'a house about ball-past twelve. Mr. Reeve
asked me into the parlour, and his wife came down stairs.
The deceased said the had bees W during the night, and
attributed her illness tom attack of bile. She eoeupislned
of • pain in her head. I asked if any of the vomit had
been saved, and Mr. Reeve.said It had been thrown away.
I sotioed that the complexion of the dimmed was sallow,
sad she was desponding. I telt her pulse, which was then
about 70 or 75. The deceased complained of having
.an
affection of the liver. She asked what I Mantled pang
her, and I told her a saline 'dormant draught, and that
it would be nommeary to give
e one of the powers with the
medicine I should send. l'h deceased said she had not
eaters anything during the day, but her husbaid
in her presence, attributed her illness to having eaten
• plant pie on the day IKSTIOOI. The deceased said that
she had been in the habit of having a few pills for the
affection of the liver before her confinement, mad I told her
I would give her some pills afar the gee over her thee
rll-
use, I remained about 20 minute', and afterwards sent
a saline mixture. (The witness here described the proper-
ties of the mixture, which it will be remembered was stated
by Professor Rodgers, in his malysis. to have been perfectly
pure) I am aware that there is a drag known as waste*
1 have seen such drag, but never in Dr. Hope's surgery.
At four o'clock the same afteenoon Mr. Rears spin came to
the surgery. He appeared breathless sad pole, as it from
hurryine, and asked me if I would go directly to hie wife,
as she bad had fits about ten minutes after she had par-
taken of the medicine I had sent. I asked him if he had
not been to any other medical man, our house being two
mile* from Reeves'. He asked if I had made any min-
take, and had sent the wrong acid. I told him I had sever
• made any mistake in mixing medicines. He said he had
called upon Dr. Scott, and • brougham being ready at the
door he end I got in and drove to the home. On our way
he told me his wife had had fits. On arriving at the house I
found deceased is bed insensible ; the pupils of both eyes
were dilated, but there was then DO mamba" action. Her
husband then said he must go sad fetch • Leased from the
Blackfriars-road, and left. There was a sweat girl in the
house, sad I seats note by her to Dr. Scott. I administered
several spoon( ols of sal volatile to deceased, and let the
blinds down to keep out the light. The deceased mur-
mured "Gorge" coos or twice. Dr. Scott came down in
about half an hour. The deceased had ems convulsive fit
while I remained. Her eyes were turned up and partially to
the right. Her whole frame was ocievulsed, her same swathed
out, and her hinds clinched. There was no noise, and
so sermalting. I remaised until same o'clock, sod then
left bar husband and her aunt, whom he bad brought with
him, with her. When I left she was apparently improved,
the stertorous breathing which I noticed after the coned-
alone having ceased. I said I would attend spin in the
sowing, sad went at half pest nine of my owe sword. The
dammed was then slightly. improved, and appeared man-
Meetly sensible to reimpose perilous is the roam, but not
to mak, except wing "George* several timed I pro-
posed an injection of warm water, and her husband brought
the water, and the injection was adonaistemd. I left at
half past ten, at which time the injection had not operated.
The next morning, at nine o'clock, I west to the home,
and found that the patient was dead. I went
into the house. Mr. Reeve told ma he had
been to see several doctors, and he objected to
my touching the powders or medicine which were in the
room, and I left him where they were. The dammed was
insensible when I sew km • little after four on the after•
noon of the 14th of August. She wee sensible afterwards,
•D3as to call " George but could not utter anything con-
nectedly. The deceased got up is bed during the fit, and
wit in a horizontal position and remained so. The hothead
appeared mamas about the condition of deceased. end also
after her death. Dunne the time I was there Mr. Reeve
wished to give her something, but I told him that I had
gives her some sal volatile. He rushed up to the bedside
sad asked what he could give her. I bad the sal volatile
with me. 1 had ordered brandy and soda water, bat that
had not been given her.
Mn. Elizaceith Besjerodt, of the Blackfria*
road, said the deceased wee the wife of my
nephew. On the menial of the 14th August he came to
my house and said his wife was very ill indeed. I west to
Greenwich and forted doomed in bed, and in an insensible
state. 1 remained with her until her death next moreiag.
During the night there was fit after fit at interval', and
Thom six o'clock in the morning (two house before death) the
fits were more (repeat Her heads were sot clenched
until the was dying. There was hard breathing, and she
would turn from one side to the other, bet did not fall off
the bed. The deceased had bees mairied abort 20 yea*
and there are 5 children of the marriage living. During
the night Mr. Reeve prayed for dammed, who put up her
hand and seemed phased, and the, became usage-
scions. The deceased was not given to despoodeney, bat
she had • great dread—almost a terror of her approaching
confinement. Bed seen deceased and her husband fre-
gamily. He appeared • food father and affectionate
Mashhad.
Mo. Mary Ann Green, a neighbour said—A little before
eight ea the meriting of the 16th Angina, • little boy (the
deoeeesd's son) came for me. I west into the house and
saw the last witoese and another female there. Deceased
was in bed totally insensible and in a dying state. She
died in about five manta afterwards.
By the Coroner.—Mt. Reeve has told ms that he thought
there had bee. semi mistake in the medicine. He asked
me to register the dimmed's death, because I was premet
at the death. He gave me a certificate. He had previous'
to that, on the same day, said that immediately after his
wife had taken the draught she became worm, and that he
had asked DelSoott to taste it. He had wrianale eta*
meat giving it to me, and which I thought Amid bays
beta made public, ea a peregraph had appeared is the''
newspapers concerning her death.
Mo. Sarah Kidd, another neighbour, deposed that after
the funeral, bat not before, her husband told her that he
thought she had been poisoned through • mistake in lb.
medicine. Deceased had told me that she would rather the
child would die, as she had had so many child I saw
the body at eleven o'clock the MOO morning, also n
o
Wednesday 'wenn* when it was so decomposed that it
was teamed down in the actin.
Dr. Hops, of Deptford, who had been engaged to attend
deceased in her coalleemeat, was re-called. He aid—On
Wednesday, the 17th August, Mr. Reeve came to me and
asked me for • certificate of deosased's death. I told him
I could sot give hint a certificate, as I bad not seen her
previous to or at the time of death, but that I would
go and see Dr. Boo* I treat sad sew Dr. Scott, whe I
declined giving • certificate, but said be had so obis,-
tau to sign it after Mr. Palmer, who last saw de
ceased alive. I went to Mr. Palmer, who, after ODDS
hesitation. signed • certificate, giving the cense of
death, " Combing." I took the oatificate to Dr. Scott,
who signed it, sod I then added, "Mr. Hope's modem,*
showing that he, too, had been in Maeda's* Os the day
following my giving the certifies* • Mr. Lloyd came to me
and told me that Mr. Reeve bad mierepramated the ems
altogether, sad asked how it was possible I should have
given a certificate, not having seen his relative. 1 told him
be was mistaken ; that I bad sot gives the certificate, bat
that it was mimed by gentlemes who bad seen her. There
are two deseriptione of hellebore poieee, Mae sad white.
I know that one of them is gives for the purpose of pro-
curing abortion.
Mr. E. Childs, pawnbroker, of Knightsbridge, was called,
and produced the deed of a marriage @Mammas, dated 13th
January, 1846, by which the deceased, who was thee Miss
Elisabeth Rill, of 8, Brunswick-tames, Commercial-road
Rest, was satitled denim; Mann, to the interest on • sem
of 1,0001. Three-lades-Quarter per Coat. Annuities, med in
the event of William George Reeve (her Mahood), of
Camberwell-rood. Camberwell, veterinary sergeen, send-
ing her, the money was to revert absolinely sad solely to
him for hie own use.
Mary Ann Lloyd, of Shirley, Survey, mid—The deemed
was my cousin, and oe the last comion of seeing bar at
my house, in July lest, she told me she expected her
confinement in September, and said, " If earthing hap-
pens that I die quickly, will you see into it?" I replied,
" Go along with you—nonsense," not thinking anything
of such remark& Tbe deceased had before told me her
husband would not marry her until her money was settled
upon him, and that she expected her money would be
her death. When she beds me "Good-bye" she said,
" Perhaps you will not see me age*"
Elias Marks, the servant girl, wee re-called, sad re-
mated the 'widows given as • previous acessioe. Is an.
ewer to questions, she said it was a rhubarb and not a plum
pie that her master and deemed had for dinner on the

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