The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-05 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER IN LINCOLNSHIRE.

An inquest was opened at Chapel-hill on Tuesday
morning last, before Mr. Clegg, oa the body of Edward
Longthorne, aged 24 years. Damaged wee a young man
well known in the neighbourhood as the driver at the
market packet between Chapel-hill and Boston. Oa Sunday
evening a party of gentlemen wished to proceed from Tea
tershall-bridge to Baotou, in ceder, it was understood, to
take the train for Loath, sad a target. was strut with
tho decreed to harem his bone and bard the boat down
the river to the Grand Slane. The party strived in Boston
somewhere about one o'clock, sad demised was seen by seve-
ral: persons returning home aloes. Beyoad bowl& Ferry
be was seen at sear ten o'clock pllopping his horse on the
bank towards Chapel-hill. The wort morning an alarm
fa/ Iffed, the horse being tolled on the both. nod dm
the cap of the deemed. On the rine brag marehed the
dead body was very soon discovered, and as the face wen
much discoloured a rumen soon rapidly spread that de.
mend bad been murdered. As the inquiry is sot yet con'
eluded we forbear to express any opinion, but the billowing
evidence taken at the inquest will afford the fullest parti-
culars se at present know.:
Gamin Slothael. parish oonanMe. said —oe Moeday mora
fag, at 9 o'clock, I woompanied George lAm
and Mr. Hatch to make march for the deceseed,ereard
Loophares, who was reported to be drowned or killed. We
took a boat and went about a mile and • half from Chapel-
bill towards Baotou. There were many other pressa
westhe bank also looking for soy signs of the body. we
pot opposite the "roved been I ea. ham lying at the
bottom of the water. He was flat on his beck, tie arms
ailed and elbows doubled. We got him into our beat. His
left cheek-bow and forehead sentied much bombed.
Mark Baker —I was going home along the Witham beak
last Sunday night about 11 o'clock, when I pared a mart
who was lung on the pound against the river, opposite
the "round-hones." He was on his face, as if saleep or
drunk. I did not think it my beelines to speak to him or
disturb him. When I got farther on towards Olia;e1-hill,
about 100 yards, I saw a horse standing against the gate
trying to go through. I thought it looked like the pas.
bane ;it had Using pars oft. I know seething farther. I
met no other porno op the bank sad maw se one. Towards
Chapel-hill 1 could hear loud voices as of people quarrel-
ing ; the voices appeared to be oe Mr. Goose's form.
Joseph Holmes—l was at Tattershall-bridge last Sunday
evesiog, when I hoard a party is • boat segue the doomed
to haul them to Banos. I saw thus start, deceased hiving
pot the pars cm his horse. About 4 o'clock the mart morn-
log I started to go to Boston. When 1 got about • mai and
a half pest Chapel-hill I saw a hone studies at OD4I of
the gates on the bank. I knew the horse, It befogged to
deceased. It had on the hauling gears. It wee reined up.
Or et the lames was broken off by the collar, sad the
lessistall of the bluff was broken in two. 1 thought that
deceased roust have gone on the other side the hedge for a
certain purpose, sad I pared nu Farther on I found a
hat on the beak. When I get to Unpick Ferry I made
inquiry, and a man, whose emu I do not Uwe, said that
he saw deemed galloping towards Obspel.hill between 9
and 10 o'clook the eight before. I then gave the alarm to
the friends of deemed.
Alfred Barker--I am an engineer. On Monday morning I
heard that the body of deceased had been found is the
river, and I went to examine the spot. Close to where he
was found I observed that • horse's foot had slipped from
a Mead pen of the bank, and had ploughed up the sod
downwards, as If the bone Ind fallen. At this spot there
wee also a quantity of vomited matter, showing that some
person had -bun sick. There were also the footmarks of
au person at this spot right down to the water. These
footmarks wen distinct. Male was no sign of waffling or
of soy straggle having tikes pima There were limey foot-
marks of people who Ud been on the beak that morning,
bat they were several yards to the right el this particular
Charlie Blades, surgeon, of Tattershall—l have care-
fully examined the body of the damned. satiated by
Mr. Pitcher, surgeon, of BOOM. The lugs pre-
sented all the appearances which death from drowning
would oceaaion. The stomach son distended with thuds,
having an odour of spirits. We oerefully examined the
head. There was a braise Oil the forehead and left cheek
bone. We divided the scalp, and especially examined these
bruises. They were very slight and superficial, red auld in
no way Dave nand death. I have no doubt that death
was caused by drowning.
William J. Filcher, surgeon, of Boston—l have are.
tally examined the body of the dunned, and mad* a poet-
mornm examination. The bruin as the forehead sad on
the cheek-bone wee a diffused bruise, as if deemeed had
fallen on • broad flat studios ; sot at all the broils which
would be comaioned by a blow from stinker other weeps.
If those bruises had berm *dieted by sa emelt, trams
would certainly bare been left. A coocessioa on the fore-
head from a fall of a hone would cause exactly the son of
bruise we Awned. The bruises could not ban caused
death, or even dagger to life. The rendition of the leap,
heart, and stomach showed that demised died from drown-
ing led suffoostios.
By a Juror—He might owleisly have bees *masa by
the violence which nand the breast bat I maul say
whether be would be so stained as to be whim to walk.
Wm. Fetchell—l am fathenia-law to diseased. I maw
the body taken out of the river. I examined the bank, arid
saw no sips of soy struggle having taken place. The
clothes of doomed were is no way disordered. I saw Dr.
Blades sad mutable. Stotherd sad Athlone examine the
pockets of deem/ed. He had not nbbed. His esessy
was right (U. (Ss. 3td.) I do not believe that he was
assaulted by say cu.
Thos. Lune Pearce—l sat a runty amiable. I produce a
portion of the broken Mines of the horns collar, whisk was
feud sticking is the ground as if the horse had falb a. and
also the whip of the doesesed, loved on the some spot I
have beard that some Irish's.. paned down the beak ea
Sunday night, but I have sesertained that they turned off
to the farmhouse where they were employed, folly a guitar
of a mile before they would have arrived at the spot when
the body wee found.
The Coroner said, before proceeding further, he wadi I,
take the opiate. of the jury oo the evidence they led
heard. It was proved that deemed, in retureing frame
Boston ou Sudsy wooing, posed Learrick and was seen
on hornbook galloping towards his residues at Chapel.hill. The slip of the bones foot on the beak sad the
broken gear rendered it highly probable that the bans
stumbled and came does heavily ; this would fully
account for the diffused bruise on the forehead of the
decamped, sad this view of the ease was readered espeolaTly
probable by the proof that some person at that partioular
spot had vomited. Sickness would he the rebind Tema
of any oescamien to the brew esise=besi the
stocaseit was sonimiliat diMended with
If, after bowie, the oviduct the Jury ware M epleietZ
demised, haring fall* from his horse and being partially
stinted, had by mieedmature got into the river end been
drowned, it would be sulkiest by their verdict to my that
he was " toned drowsed." If the jury ware not &idea
the inquiry must be inetissed.
The court was then rimed. sad after seer", as leer's
deliberation the jury seat for the coroaar, and the freemen
(Mr. William Stotherd) said—" We are uneabseeely speed
that we believe he was first meaulled, and the *rein kiln
the river.*
The Coroner— is reneder. On what peril= of the
widows do you fouled year *him I
The Coroner
—Tbrit is car neenimens epirries•
The Coroner —Thee le order timt deperirrimilsel Meese
and his cemstablen may make everppeseilie higher *phi. '
this inquest stands stairwell meid this dap week. et kW-
pest nine clock.
Tee juryo'were *ea basal corer is appear to {fir Afar
The exe'beset hi the Ihelot et Chapel-lel is
peat. The opinion seem * be Mawr that thii
unfortunate young was was nuni~ by a .usher of
harrestmes, our tbs. be wee found thessibis on the
and by them thrown Me the river, Thep.** emu
Irishmen sot to appear* the perish ter the present.—
Mercury.