The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-26 00:00:00

1865. 3

THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH Of E YOUNG EtHAN
IN THE NEW RIVE&
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bat evening
re
Dpperoisser. Lahiaatise bald an • inquiry at
the list Tavern. 17h ~au, late 16e oireuen•
Amuse attending the den th of Naiads Gonad, aged 16
yam
The 00110111 e said that he bad sot Won slue to have
the man, anon Young, who was arrested on the charge
of mardoriag the deosend, brought before them as yet, for
then did sot apron to him (the Caroms) to be a prima
frier ease spines him.
Thomas Gourd said that he lived in
Stoke Newington, and was a house derrottcebil7=
was hie daughter. Ma he last on her alines Friday
mornin. She was then gales_ to be plus of. badness, in
the Ckey, to pt mantles, whin she was to boa( home and
make op. He did sot en bar whoa he west home. She
bad not Maned. Oa Battu& wren his wife was
afraid to tell him that d had not bees horn all
night, so ha knew nothing about he Wag miring. Daring
the day a labourer mid to him that a young vomitn bed
been taken out of the New River. Whoa he not home at
night kis wife told bins that the dunned had not bees home
all night. As she had never bees out bolero be
booms oilmen, and is cousequaos of whist the
labourer bad said he west with hie son to the Islington
deed•house. He was shown the body, and be mid " Good
God, it is Hatilda."
The Oorooer—You know that a yang man has been ar-
rested on the charge of mailing her death. Are you aware
that he was impaisted with hew?
Ihe witness said that he was not aware ol the fait, bed
he wished to state that there was a yang man is court
who had formed a °commies with her. Ha hd a desperate
paerel with her on the maim she remaind away from
holm That was the awe el he net coming boom
John Charism Horn, 1, LanadowseUrsoce. •
rood, Stoke Newington, • solicitor's clerk, 17 yrasealiZ,
was thou sworn. He Mid-1 mw the deceased at 20 nuns
to 9 o'clock on Friday night Let. I not her in the street.
I geld her that she had been backbiting ma. She denied
that, and I celled two rang awn to say what On bad
hood. Then she said, Yea •am I not entitled to nee the
same wank as you did ?" Us then got into 6 pest rage
and swore.

KZ IJinaid—l sour Mow her to swear.
Coroner—Let that patisman be removed from ass the
witness.
Wham coatinued—l then told secrete a/ her, the same
as she did of me, sod she went away. Albert Lawrence
and Lilly mot after her. She maid Albert Lawmen to
take a parcel that she had with Ler. She this said to him,
"Now that I bare quarrelled with MN* meadeg me,
'• I will go with you," meaning that she wood keep company
with him. He said, " I dust want to intro& my company
on you. Good night" Elbe went away the,. See had
often add that she woo tired of Mr life, sad had dies
threatened to make away with he She core met to
the tiger Lea to drown herself, and two young men had to
ran after her and bring her back. The seat day she thaaked
them for doing so.
George Burckhurst, 111, Waterlomod, mid
that he was present at the guard den •W by Let
witness, and it took piece at the comer of Minden&
MThe previous night also there was a weird betweea
en. and the deceased. It was known by all their soca-
milieus that Horne was her sweetheart. Five =oaths ego
she tried to drown basalt is the Lea oa account of a pmerel
with him. She tan down a fildto the water, sad two young
man bad to run after her.
Charles Keats, 7, Speneer-mad, said that at half-past
nine o'clock on Friday night he saw the deceased fa John-
street, Back-reed„ Lapland, tinerquarters of a ode from
where she was found drowned. flin was crying, sad bad
her handkerchief op to her eyes and her head beat down.
Dr. H. &Hinton said that whoa be was called to the
demised on Saturday morning, she had been dead from
three to four hours. Than were so marks of violence, as
if a struggle had takes place. Her clothe, were aot tom
Death resulted from suffocation by drowsing.
John Dater, 459 N, said that he was present whim the
body wits tabu out ol the water. Near her was a Pees
of paper, as which was be, mew sad the address of her
employees in Wood-stud. He thought the piece of paper
had been tom amt of something, for there were the words,
"To return to me again,' on it. He hid seen a man on
the bridge at half-past 4 o'clock that worming. That nun
(the prisoner) asked the way to the Berea Sines' Railway-
station. Winne damned him to p acmes she Sold dose to
where the body was afterwards foiled, but the men sad,
could he not go the other way, sad did not appear to mat
to go through the gall. He said, pouting to the river,
" I had a —tussle in there." His clothes were wet. He
was not drunk, he was sober, but ha had been drinking.
The Cornier said—We will not go into this quake with
respect so the prisoner now. It lupus to me that he was
arrested and remanded only bemuse hi clothes were wet.
Importer Judge said that was not so. He was remanded
because he denied being in the Bald as all on the morning in
question, while, loath:Utica to the polies evidence in respect
to the matter' three witneeaea had SUM come forward to
prove that he Ind bees sun trying to dry his clothes at the
tire in the bricideld, within 2U yards of the spin dare the
young woman was (*wad. It was also ascertained that
situ the quarrel with Horne deceased mid that she would
go sad sea a friend in Holloway. The segued lived in
Brandetniet, Holloway.
The Detour said that if there was sot the, charge of
murder amines Young the jury might have returned a
reenlist of suicide on tee endues as it stood. But sow it
would be necessary to go Blether, and investigate the erase as
regarded the onscreen.
After long deliberatios by the jury.
Mr. J. linos' sea., was called. He stated that his soa
returned home at s little before 10 o'clock cis Friday might.
The deceased was a determined young emu, but he did
not think she would take her own life. TM interval that
elapsed Detente the time the constable sew the primer on
the bridge and the finding of the.body of the Paused was
about four hours, which was the time the doctor said she

kid been dead.
The Corona rebuked the wits's' for this batter remark.
Dr. bilingual said thatdeeeeeed had ben a well-oosductod
young person, and so violence had been aired to bar
pima
The jury requested as adjourumeat. is order that the
amused might be brought up baton them.
The court was therefore odjoaraid.