The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-24 00:00:00

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IXTBAORDINABY CASE
ER,. OF ALLEGED cal
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A protracted inquiry WM held by mt. j,
Humphreys, Middlesex Coroner, last night, at yin,
Bear Tavern, Lemsa-street, Whitechapri, 'nee
death, by 'unposed wilful niffocitioa, of tlbs ,44
01114 child of Mary Palmer. "ws
The eiretuneemose elicited in evidence were of
what singular character, and in the course of the
lugs a suspicion arose that another child, aged --"s
u
had been made away with. tea;
Mahal Altai, 19, Gnat Pear-coast, Wlffeele.d
that Mary Palmer was a married woman, pa
servant at the weal-end. On Sunday last die railed 174
house and handed him &brown paper pared. Bern
know what it contained. She aired him to les
taker about burying a child. He said " Ware 7'
child!' She answered "I bare given the child ya
buried," when witness, to whom she had Omit
" You know what the paper parcel contains,' Be
opened it aped found that it contained the body Of a (ix
and he felt like a man paralysed.
Ana Altai mid that Mrs. Palmer warn &eared oh
child hi bee bales five years ago. Was it as ef.,,„,
months old she took it away, saying that she was phi"
send it to bee greed/nether in America. She did BA:.
by what ship sae was pie. to send it, or what fam„,"l
aim to take it. The child might be dead for all
knew. Witeees had aver seen it, or heard of it mica .
Detective W. Chandler said that, on Tuesday eigit
half-past 11 o'clock, he went to the White Selig
how, Whitechapel. Ha was informed by My, •
the manager of the public-house, that Mrs. Palmer
there as cook wider the name of Mary Gramm..
was thee out, but she returned at 1.2 o'clock, sad eib;
took her into custody. Mr. Aldridge thee asted
to come out of the room, but witness said, "Th.
must bear all you have got to say." if:.
then said. " You know what those thine us
twain man and man ; met we square Ude'
nese said, "Certainly not," and conveyed his pips k
the police statical. She wee theses carried to the Raw
Infirmary, where she I. a 1 prima in custody, In*,
the surgeon's are. While at the police-etatice da,
that the child was born in a cab while going to Aim
Louse on Sunday morning.
Mr. J. S. Watts, licensed victualler, Ladled of ai
White Swan, said that it would have bees imam%►
the accused to be absent from his 110111 mlt
o'clock on Saturday night, even though his maseger.}.
Aldridge, might have connived at it. Waage al
impacted that die was in the family way. She heed
in Mr service three years.
Mr. Alfred Budget", surgeon, said that he was calla'
Altos's house in Gina Pear-court on Sunday mess I,
see a sick woman. The Altos. told him that the ea
bad bees given to se undertaker. The same ay is
banded a child very neatly and elemly dose ap la a hp
paw prod. Even if the mother had euplied heed*
brown paper ands Ades, it would have ban Obi
possible to have delivered herself in a sub and made
the child as he saw it. She herself told him that she
been delivered at 12 o'clock the previous (Samar) di
is Altos's halve in the presence of Mrs. Alas.
Dr. J. C. Budgett deposed that the child as s(
grown one, and was remarkably healthy. It was a rat
child. It had lived ; the lip were livid aid black mI
from pressure. Death bad been caused by offficatim.
Mr. Budgat, jun., said that be had hem told hy
Palmer that she had sent her other child to Iran& rh
said nothing about its being in America.
The Outcast said that the ease had assumed a vaginas
aspect. It was proved that the new-bora child Wei
suffocated. Hs should adjourn the inquiry, to Ps a
detectives time to discover what had Poems of the die
child of the prisoner.
The proceedings were then adjourned.

THE " HOME OP COMPASSION."
At the the Marlborough-street Police-court y
Dr. Lankesier, the coroner for the ceutral district,' Ili
Mese', attended before Mr. Knox, for the mew if el
log attention to en ailvertitemeut which had syserniit
the Morning Poet, IPA follows :—" Home of Commie
Oskiercreecent, City-road, patron the Earl of DMus*
established for the reception of foundling childres mini
mothers. —Funds are greatly needed to relieve the mums
applications from ell parts. Dr. leak/Mee. the ereasw(eisi
wdie,
on the committer), the Morning Post, and Daily Norm*
highly of the endeavour to stop the mined I
child-murder. Any amount eratefully eckso ky
the assistant secretary, Mr. Thomas Pam, No. 6,
street, Greenwich." He had with him a guile=
who was prepared to state that the Home has slid
hes bad an existence. He had so kw*
of the Home whatever, and had never heard of lira
Parry, of Burney-street. He believed the advertiser'
was only an attempt to get rii• nay from the man. lh
gentleman present, who was connected with an imeleliad
a bona fide character, would prove that no Home adad
end es hi, (Dr. Laithestert's) same had bees used, 641
it was his duty to emus forward and disclaim all ime
of the advertisement.
Mr. John Allen' of No. 8, Little Woodalocketmelme
of the St. Joseph', Society, Marylebose, Meted UM 6
society had an institution for repressing infaMiskie s 6
its charge.
Dr. Leakiest. said Mr. Allen was well bums tea.
Mr. Allen said he went to Mr. Pony, and mind* I
he wee secretary of the Home in Oakleyeameent, Nth
said he was. He asked if the Home was is Oskleyesinst
and he replied it was. He gave Mr. Perry it 61..1
asked him to give the name of the lady saperier. It
Parry maid he did not know, neither could he tell therein
of the inmates in the alleged " Home." Hewes dank
Parry • list of subscribers, but he would not let Wu he
it, as it was the only one, Parry said, he bed, threeslik
negligence of the printer. He noticed that Dr. Laden",
same was on the list es one of the committee. Mr. NM
promised to seed him a list, but had sot dames. la 6
course of ontiversatioe, Parry said there had Imellsail
articles in the Daily Nero and other ioursale advsmil
the " Home." After leaving Mr. Parry he made Mgrs.
and the result wee that there hod lees some " limn
of the kind somewhere, but never io OaklepanceMil
that the Home bad already caused to exist. He ash s
application to Mr. Maude at the Greenwich rain4o4
and Mr. Mande told him that had he spoken to his WI
of the court be should have said it was a swisdle. HO
advertiseirmoth in some of the local papers mood% IN
subscriptions might not be sent for the Hoene.
Mr. Knox thought Dr. Lsnkseter'e end would le le
attainel by the publicity which his statemset of el
appeared nothing hem than a fraud would ressimi

TEE ALLEGED lIIIRDER AND kiTZYPTID MICE
At Bxergaerw.—The investigation into the eireminase
of the alleged murder by polio!, of William Ault, as 061 J,
aged 5 weeks by
.his mother, Mary Aso Aslit Ike
herself of the crime and eodaavoured to mu& smelt
was lut night resumed and concluded by Mr. W.OOO
the coroner for Surrey, at the Wandsworth aniesims
Mra. Ann Howell, with whom the wand 100;
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G. B. Shaw, from whose surgery she bought. *WO
daughter, a penayworth of laudanam; Yr. G. ilhaw,ehle
celled in as a surgeon immediately after the enmeeldsalw
tration of poison ;aod Dr. Pettigrew, furies hipmemeist
Polios-oustable Stirliog said that Mrs. Ault was stil
florsemonger-lane Gaol under remand, charged will' 111
murder of her child, and with attempting to concur rib
by bisogirg herself. Shona, seemed to be quite Wiwi
The little girl. Mary Ault, whore stated hestbseoMo
surprised the coroner on Friday Vat, said that
father " never told her nothitie sisa. ad lie kW
nothing about another world, sod bad never mid a
PP
or knew the differeece between right and wrist. Ike
donee, therefore, could not be taken. The renew „as
that though no doubt the mother intended to kill tiodol
by administering laudanum, yet the medical miasma wl
conclusive that she had failed in musing death kf
meson, and abe oould not be charged with lb* OM
Williamry found the following verdict, "That * 66.
Ault, died from natural mute sod set fwe
poison."
Fattotrrrin SUICIDE ris TIIE Isis 07 NIX-4
inquest wee held at Douglas on Monday last, 114
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onslf b iMri lumping out of s.
°la wb:torissimahisbabilailli
Cumberland Tavern, Jaisee's-street, Destogi
eight. From the evidence of Mr. Quirk, the beillasil
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brother-in-law of the deemed, A enquired that
months pest the deceased bad been rushing Is hiss.
and his intellect had become affected. Os SatuVE:
he went to the Cumberland T .vern abut 8 o .
after partaking of emu refreshment he retired is
room at the top of the house. lo • few mina* oftw7i
however, he was seen mooing out into the sweetie
dressed state, and he had gone ,one distanen
he wee overtaken. Be was persuaded ""ljai
bed in the IMMO room, and there
drawled he wail left aloes
few minutes afterwards be arose, the mahimssif halo'
person's clothes which were hanging in n
(*din to throve' eat elarogs
down which was open, and fell headiest istw
"".r•
He died in • few minutes. The deceased uses
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sidereble property, about 55 years of sr. wad 7gli
Owing to his eareotrie habits during the hit
his family had intended to apply to the astisontimi
island ow Tuesday for a commission of Meaty to
his state of mind would justify big confiammet is 6
asomo
rpm. The jury returned a verdict that the
nutted suicide while in • state of usisoned mind-
PILCRAZDS.—The Cornish fishermen has nj
got fairly to work. and in the week flailed on lfaskfiri
fortune attended the labours of a large
MM. The drift boats are much mere mummer eY~
te•-.,
year. and there are two or throe new semis. At 91.!
nearly 240 hogsheads of floe pilchard' were taker on
while two other wines each took about 200 neP . •
Cawesod upwards of 300 borbleds were tam' fede
week, and the quality was particularly good. Them.'
and bemight ashore on Thursday horn 3,003 to ikon;
and oe Friday from 3,700 to 4.501 The esteca_WM
to Mevergiesey were out ie per on Friday; the atirtri
during the week took from 500 to 2,000 perms` 7
0.."1
Monday the obis'. were from 9,000 down
Ives boats have hitherto been oneueegsdni. tb.
cratels of say boat being 3,000, and these woe lekes,7"
fire league o. Ready sale hal bun feud fir liwor,
shards. and it is said there are soros naususfil Vol 0
nsimioes for the London market. The
peat west avenged from la. 6d. to la. U. Wm"'