The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-07 00:00:00

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ANOTHS3 MATH PROM STARVATION.

A shocking ow of death from starvation formed
the subject otinvemiipitioe at an inquest held laid night by
Kr. John Humphreys, Middlesex Oceimer, upon view of the
WI of Thaw' O•r•wrielk a trier/under, aged es yearn.
The deceased lay in an uedergreand cellar, and destitute
of furniture. A gridiron was the only implement of
cookery there, but it was oceveded with nut, and could not
have been used for a month-a circumstance that appeared
quite in accords's:* with Use gaunt and emaciated figure
of the deceased, lying on a wretched heap of rap and rub.
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The fret witness called was the brother of the deceased, 10
who presented only too shocking • resemblance to him. He 111
was emulated sad feeble to the Last degree. He had a wife el
and family in Purr, bat be had come up to Loodoe to try
to earn something to keep them out of the workhouse.
Hairy Cartwright, King's-road, Kinghood-road. laid—
I am • type-founder. I worked for Mr. Figgins for 36 years,
but I wee disettarged when I got too old. My brother
worked in the nameplate 26 years. He left also bemuse he
was too old. He wee older then I was. He, like myself, there
got his living by paring rep paper in the streets and neer
warehouse, and than it in Longslbry for
owt. Sometimes he could get 1 owt. be • week ; sometimes
not more thaa 10 pomade. Pon the lain three weeks he
got little it none. He left Mr. Figgie' about two years
age. He got so pession or allowance. I think he went
into the workhoure seven or eight mouth' ago, baths was
not there lore{. He suns out to get a living in the streets
the same u myself. He had nothing after he left the
workhouse. He went to lodge at 67, astrut,
Hiap-
I•ud-rod, is November lest. His rent wee at lint
le. 9d. • week, but es he could not continue to pay so
mace, the landlord lowered it 3d. • week, f met him
on Thursday week and he told me he was very bed. I
visited him on Friday night, as asked. We had • little
gruel together, which I pea for. I was as had as be was.
He had no fire, bat I got some bits of wood and made cue.
On Saturday I earned • shilling and I went to him at,
night. I fated him on his bed—pieces of dock, rap,
paper, ho., In • owner. He we. covered with pieces of ea
Old sack and his old out. There was no fire. I got •
halfpenny candle, • half ay worth of oatmeal, and three-
halfpenny worth of . and we both made a supper of it.
At 11 o'clock I placed • little gruel on the ground near him,
sad I left him not so bad for New Year's day. I went back
at 4 o'clock, and found the place all blank and cold. I sold
cot rouse him. There wee no candle or matches, and I
about in the darkness and found him cold and dead.
ripned•ance that his death wee accelerated by want of clo-
thing and necesserian. Of late be did not earn more than
2s. • week, nor I either. When he collected 2s.
or as. worth of pa he had to go about
and sell It. He hod DO relative,ktiper, ves to help him for I could not.

The Coroner asked the witness whether he would not go
to the workhouse,' and he would give him a not* recom-
mending his ease for attention.
Witness mid ha had hardly eaten anything whatever

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that day, bat he would not go .to the workhouse, for if he ■
did his hme would be broken up and he could never get iss
it spin. to
John Barton, deceased's landlord, said that deceased vu
• sober man while in his lodging. Witnesss did sot know IC
he sou in such want • but he had given deceased some food ill
two or three days before his death.
Mr. C. Bewley, M.R.C.S., maid that he was called in and If
found deemed dead, and looked starved. He was much
emaciated—hollow cheeks, sunken eyes, and flattened
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abdomen. The post mortem examination showed an sib.
mace of fat, and blood thin and small in quantity. The 1,
intestines were very thin, denoting long abases* of food.
Death sues from inflammation of the lungs umlauted by g
long continued privations and want of food. There was
evidence of its bang • very slow death. The thieness of
the intestines was a marked feature in the cases in the
Irish famine. t,'
The Coroner having remarked upon the sad nature of the `1
mee, returned • verdict of "Death from inflammation of
the lunge, secelerated by long continued privation, and want s
of food?'
The 'my made up • shilling subscription for the brother I
of the It was stated that he had a daughter in
Erin, disabled by rheumatism.

THE ALLEGED MEDICAL NEGLECT AT THE
UNION, AT ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN.

INVESTIGATION BY THE POOR-LAW BOARD.
(THIS DAY.)

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This morning an inquiry was opened in the board-
room of the Holborn Heim by Mr. Parnell, one of the own.
minimums of the Poor-law Board, touching the death of
Timothy Daly, who met his death, as wan alleged, by the
neglect of the medical officer of the union.
There wan a large attendance of the board of
Mr. Wonteer appeared for Mr. Norton, trearal
miedical
officer, and Mr. Lewis, jar., for the widow of Daly.