The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

nuasnruL SUICIDE IN BERMONDSEY.

INQUIDIT.—(THIS DAY.)
This forenoon Mr. W. Csrtsr, the Surrey
enterer. held es inquiry et the King John's Deed Towers.
Durneendsey, respeeting the suicide of Yr. Thome Bangs,

aged 29 pan.
Bonin W. lfcachsbt said that ke had been barmen
to Kr. Billings for the last eighteen months.
Mr. Billings _was • liesond vietwiller, sod he had
ben the landlord of the Bing John's Head 'riven,
Bermredseyertnere, for mend years. On Thursday
last, at 4 o'clock, WHIMS was in the bar, when the
lomat told Vanilla that when she west up to the deceased's
room to call him she found the door looked. Wit.
nee that went up to the top front room, sad
burst epee the door in the messes of Mrs. Billings. The
room was and with smoke, and the donned lay on his
beck at the foot of the bed. His heed was ehattered. end
the brains and blood were scattered about. A pistol ley
war his right side. He woe quite dead. Mrs. Billings be'
same very ill when she sew her husband dead,
and whams bad to early her down the stain
in his arms. A donor end the polios were
at ones mat for. The de eased had looked himself into his
room, arid the key was found on the inside of the door.
Witaese believed that the demand died by his own hands.
Demand had risen at 7 o'clock that morning, and he m-
oaned in the her wain o'clock. After dieter be went up-
stairs to dress, He was much addicted to habits
of inteatpersnee. For the month previous to his
death De had not been sober for • single day. Witness had
heard so report of firearms to the bone that day. rwo or
three days before the donned's death he Weenie very
excitable. He had never threatened to commit std.
aide. He lived on very bad terms with hie wife. Two
of the customers bad remonstrated with the deceased
about his drinking habits. Oe one occasion the downed
struck witness he had fastened no the
house • misute before 12 o'clock. He was In the bsbit of
drinking pa and milk, sod thee he followed it up with
lemonade sod brandy. Witmer, bad not known that the
deceased hod lost mosey by betting, and that he was under
*Woe to quit the King John's Hea
d. The
of betting. house
Witness
was not
resorted to by mesons for thee
did sot know that the &mimed kept • betting list. Winos
had nee the donned bet, bat be was not present whin the
demand bet lately._ Witness bad soma him lately bet half-

eovereigas on herbs.
George Bowers, 841[, said that on last Thanday after- I
noon he saw a large crowd ooegregated outride the Bing
John's Bead. Be entered and west up to the dersosed's
bedroom. The roof of the dimmed's skull and his right
eye bad been blown completely horn the body. Witco=
searched the room, but found no letter. A telegram was
found in deceased's pocket respecting betting on a obtain
hone.
The Coroner's officer producod • pistol, found near k
be dammed. A telegram found in deceseed's pocket
was then produced. It gave the names of several homes,
and it requested the debased " aot to forget Lothhury."
It was dated London-bridge, Oct. 9. It wee presumed to
be for the use of detoured's oustorners.
Mr. P.S. Wood, brother.inJaw of the deceased, raid
that be had frequently bad to restrain the deceased from
committior acts of violence en the customers and on the
human. His wife wee sometimes afraid to romans with
him for be was oftea &Mated with the violence of
maniac. Be must have destroyed his life in a delirium.
Be wee accustomed to my, early in the morning,
" I will brace myself together," and then he was
accustomed to take draught of gin and milk. Ile had
not lost a larp sum of mom at betting jost previous to hie
death. The deceased p the pieta the day before
his death.
The Ooroner having summed up, the jury returned a
m Itedia of " Suicide while of almond miad."
was slated that during the morning of Thureday the
deceased said to a friend, " lam goieg shooting traday."
Dario( the inquiry some of the jury expired an opinion
that the ecocide was surrounded by cinnuastaitoes of great
fberatiort,!bull the Coroner warned them that a verdict of
do de or awars. entailed the forfeiture of the property of
the deemed. The jam were threrquartere of ea hour dm
liberatieg in private before they returned their verdict.

SHOCKING DEATH THROUGH TER KICK OF
A
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INQUEST.—(TIII9 DAY.)
This morning an inquest was held at the Mulberry
Tree Tavern, Upper Holloway, touching the de•was th of Wit.
Lam meld 11 years, who it was alleged killed
by being kicked by • bores at Holloway.
Mr. Itiaketta, solicitor, of Frederick-Ansi, Gray's-bre-
road, appeared to watch the ems as behalf of the friends
of the deceased.
The evidence west to show that the hone belonged to a
butcher I. the neighbourhood, and on Ifooday was
loose is the field. A boy who bad to look thet horse
wee endeavouring to catch it, and m he could not he asked
the deceased to midst him. He did so. The demand mad
he would, end he went in treat of the bone and palled
the the
chain. The bores ran backward, turned, and kicked
demoted with both hind legs. 'The demised was knocked
down, ,Put afterwards get up, walked • little dictum" sad
then lay down. The boy was taken home, sod died on
Tuesday morniog.
Mr. Thomas Whittle, of 1, Northampton.place, Hollo-
way-rya& mid he had used the horse in his business for the
last tour year..
By Mr. Biokette—Had sever knows thehome injure may-
one before, sod was not aware that it was a vicious bores.
The jury alter hearing farther evidence returned a verdict
that the decamped died from rupture of the intestines, pro-
duced by the kick of a horse, sad that the death wee caused
by *widest.