The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUPPOSED MURDER IN THE CITY.

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Last evening a protracted inquiry was held by
Mr. W. J. Payne. at St. Bartholomew's floepital, respect-
in the death of John Dean, egad 46 years.
&rah Deem. 41, Little Loosardetreet. Finsbury, said
that the deceased was • watchman under Mr. Smith,
builds:, and on Thursday night last he left home is good
health to ask& • new budding in course of erection is
W.:mein-street. On Frldaymerniog she was lateen's* that be
had Lean found ea the prem jured
ise* in. She went to the
hospital sad ma him there, Mt he cansgaits hasseadis, and
could make No seitenect.
Mr. J. Sell. Upper Graoge.rwid, Old Kentesad, said
that be Was sapwatoodent ef the bedding in more of
erection in Weekly- tweet. Tbs 60/11•11d was employed
ea watchman from 9 st night wail i in the meroing.
On Friday owning. whet lainsse was& to the Prelalleit
be could sot obtain &Molnar. and he heal to order the
gates to he Woken. seem The decease* was fcmod es the
basement hoot iresaalhia. De was aloha to the hospital

at coos.
The Coroner lobed II therm was any apprannce which
would lead to the iattoesee that a palm lead got over the
gnu and injured the derameact
/be witmeon mill that the back gates were bloolood up
with a pies* of quartering, bond of Utopians:sod wit a
bee, as devalued eau* secured it. The padlock was at •
put distance from the gates.. A pesos mould hie got
over by warn of • ladder.
Coroner--M as these soy *oleos' of a eseffle ?
Waimea—lf ally vetoes bad taker' plus there mad be
so sign of it, as the ones wu paved. Bid the demaied
hind oe the basement Sur, seven feet to the ban
of a step ladder, lthlieg down to it. If le bad scothot-
ally fallen off the ladder be wield have Mee, of cume,
is hut of the leeter, and in as opposite erection twthat
is which he wee fund.
The Comer legend whether there woe aay person oho
Lad • teeing of waft towards the deceased
Whams mid that at Whitseutide • workman bad nee
dieskorged, and • few days afterwards the deem,* no
=tthat he hart discovered this man on the pismires at
at two is the moronic. In • short time due the
Dees was broken opts for the ennui of pebboy, end gee
the &tenni* bong dated is, they gave it so their °pions
that the discharged employe was the 'silty party. en
last that was sees of this man wee at 9 *Week as the
'maim; before the dumped was found as described; he
was then to angry altercation with the clueseed.
Win. Sargent. &labourer, pave similar evideon).
Mr. John A. Bostoek, home surgeon. said that the de.
~ad was brought in to St. Bartholomew's Hooded
on Friday moron'. last, in as iestosible coeditiou. 'Thom
was • bruise over the right eyebrow, intending to the side
of the farm ; • wound over the centre of the heed ; • wand
on the right side of the bead, and a dares" one oe thole&
Tbe right eye was damaged. The wane& wore not deep,
they oily penetrated tie skin, bat the skull woo fractured.
Such injuries °odd hays hese ocusiosed by • fall. Death
superveried as Sunday moaning.
The Corner maul that taking into consideration that the
deceased was bet sees in eampaoy with • man and to have
• oases of enmity oiliest him, and that be wee found
injured is sash • penal= that it was hardly possible he
could have tapes into it aceideetally, sod that the pte
fuleniop were disarnapd, it was very ttesposary to call in
the aid of the police to follow rep the cue. Be should
',Mourn the proceedings at this stags for futile, evidence,
sad to give the police time to investigate the matter.
The Goan was umedingly adjourned.

THE MURDER 01, PRINCE ALFRED'S COOK AT
BORN.-41. letter to Gelimusi says :—•• The cook (aPrersch.
man) was quietly in the evade; walkieg in Co. of the
streets at Been when he met some officers, one of whom
said, " Get out of the way, you bear." Some words then
took place, and one of the gentlemen drew hi. sabre and cut
the cook down the head ; sot satisfied, however, with this,
he rushed at his victim and gouged one of his eyes out
with the bat of his sword. The poor fellow was
Wen to the licapital with his eye batwing down
an his cheek, and died the next day.* A w-
rap:widget in a late number of the Europe says:-
-" Ott had not even • case in him heed, and was utterly
defines/ass. He wee taken to the hospital, where his
wounds were dressed, and be wee thee able to go borne
but died next day, as is supposed, from tetmus. The
SlStalin is nt Yon Ealsotworg, son of the Home Minister
of Prussia, kris 20 years of age, end a volunteer for • year
in the Hussars. When he learned that Ott was dead he
fled to Berlin. The inhabitants of Bose deemed that the
law should take its mums, regardless of the rank of the
offender, and iodinated their feelings by giving poor Ott as
impcsini publio fumed. There wee a long proosssloo or.
foot, sad a number of the wealthier dames sent their oar-
t Tita" "ORDISaIIY OUTR•01 UPON A LADY AT
BKOVORD.—On Saturday night meat excitement prevailed
is Bedford owing re • report beim circulated that a man
bad entered • house in Visitants-terrain sad cut off the hair
from the heed et • Italy. The tale was so strange that some
refused to believe it, while others were much alarmed at
such an occurrance MMus plant. All doubt, however, as to
the truth of the report was removed yesterday by
the chief constable, after the usual petty maims
heehaws was finished, stating the circumstance to the
magistrates. It appears that shout five o'clock on
Saturday afternoon • man respectably dressed in black
was sees looking in at the fanlight over the door
of Captain M'Cay's house, when Mrs. M'Carthy went
to him, sad he 'eked her if Captain M'Oerthy 'rust home.
She told him he was, but he was upstairs, end she pro-
ceeded to all him, when the man stated that *Demonic' do
as well, and she was about eateries; meet the sitting rooms
with him when he caught hold of her heck hair, and with a
clasp-knife out it off and ran away. Mrs. M'Carthy was so
terrified at seeing the man aprrombing her with • knife in
his hand that shells!' senselees to the groun
ad, and the fellow
escaped before her husband mold be made ware of the eir-
cumatimoss. Unfortunately the lady can only give a very
mesa* description of the man, and although Gm polce are
mattes themselves to discover the miscreant, up to the
' pretest time they have failed ta do so.
A SAD bilaill•Off FROM Taff BRA .-.-011 SIIIXIRy
afternoon a small bottle was Modred up on the sands at
Searborough, by a boy who sew it thrown on the beach by
the waves. Os being opened, It wee toned to contain •
slip of Oak coloured note-paper, slightly stained, ea which
was writhes, in lead pencil, perfectly distinct sad legible,
the %Bowie( ral report : Ship Mr George Signiors,
foundered off Cape Cod, U.S.A., October 22ed. 1864,
heed from Bristol to New York. Cargo, true sad cloth.
Lest 18 ; saved 22.. in two beats. We are halt starved.—
Jong TauSsOl, wooed mate. Oct. 98, 1864."—Narcastit
Chronicle.
I [Advectieement.] •—•HOLLOWAT'II Pnaa. Im-
tto the Sick.—Biome the mind be dome:set and the
estieebied by continued ind.spositlos. the sufferer should
at season make aUM effort to regain health by baring Rol.
"mays purifying Fills, which by cleansing the blood will search
oat the hidden canoe of mischief and met the seeds of most
Assam& No invalid I. too much reduced to underlie We very
gentle treatment with safety ad advantage Neither youth nor
old ape need tear any Injury to the system from a regulated
MOM of them Plils. They're infallible In stomach csondaints.
bilious affections, Manses, went el appetite. disordered bowide.
omastleation, and the annoyances which spring from &nap.
meal of Use sitgestAre erg irdedlating awes.

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