The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-03 00:00:00

THE DOUBLE MURDER IN SOMERS TOW

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.--(THIS DAT

This morning Dr. Lankester again presided
a jury previously impannelled, at the Rising lash
Euston-road, for the purpose of further coneedals
circumstances relative to the deaths of Emus sal
Butcher, the children alleged to have been taw&
their mother, at 67, Wilstead-street, Somers-Mss
It will be remembered that at the last sitting in
adjourned with the view of having the woman bdere'
This, however proved impossible, the Mlowing n
certificate being handed to the coroner by inel
Fraser, of the Y division :
" Anima 11
" I hereby certify that Mary Butcher is this dal
very weak state and quite unfit to leave her roes.
"EDWARD MAHONT, BLR.C.S., 18.4
dent Aseistant-Surgeon to the St. r
Workhouse Infirmary."
Inspector Frazer sail he had seen the woman
nurse in charge, and she appeared worse dun Were
nurse said she was quite unfit to leave the room.
he rni.fe ed.
three Het examined. James Butcher, the father and husband, wss f
imarel;erdady.veSrYheilwLas vHeeryatiquiet,s6ddbe 1:1
recognised him. She sometimes asked sitar the&
and wanted to go home to them. She asked 011
being kept there. He had told her that he Tao
work, when she replied, " You'll starve the child'
we all were last winter. They'll lie, and so will ye
By the Jury—On the Friday night the children"
to bed at 8 o'clock. At 11 o'clock he left to pta
The children were alive then. When be was r
she said "The police arc all round the windows.
A juror said he had seen the poor woman du
week, and in his opinion she was melancholy and.
The witness Brown was recalled, and in answer t
Mons by the jury ; repeated his previous evident
minutely described the state of the womsn's dim
she was taken from the water butt.
There being no further evidence, the comet% eh
the jury relative to the kind of verdict they &emit
After a long discussion, a verdict was given d
murder against the mother, Mary Butcher, sleek*
time of the committal of the acts in an mama
mind."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE NEW.=
STATION, BIBJUNGEAN.

A serious accident occurred at the Lod,
North-Western Railway station, Newetrset,
(Thursday) afternoon, which is likely to result in a
of the sufferer, Mr. John H. Franks, of the firm of MI
H. and W. Franke, corn merchants, of Liverpool.
Franks is in the habit of attending Birminghsq
and yesterday afternoon he had been detained in
setion with some friends up to the time for the de
of the Liverpool train at 5.10. Instead of area
line by the bridge, he endeavoured to cress the a
the c ossmgused by the company's *enacts for 1
"glance luggage. The unfortunate gentles
jumped from the second platfarm on to the balled
the permanent way, when en engine cominf teem 9
him
end of the station struck bun the
him some distance along the line. The engthe wth
immediately, and Mr. Franks was raised by 5
friends who saw the accident and some of the cos
servants. Mr. Adey, who, in the absence of Si.
has been performing the duties of atitiormnsetee
past week, lied the sufferer conveyed to the GISH'
pital, where he was attended to by Dr. Stael
th
ante& nine found that Mr. Franks was video
compound fracture of both legs, the left hand e
pletely smashed, and there were several scalp wale
Bolton and Mr. Oliver Pemberton, two of the
surgeons, were in the hospital at the time, an
imitation was held, and it was deemed advisable
potato the hand just above the wrist. In man('
the weak and dangerous state of the sufferer it
considered advisable to amputate his less, 104 ,_lll
expire under the operation. Mr. W. Freaks, o'.
the sufferer, arrived at the hospital shortly ether '
and remained with his brother some time. Theti,,
holies of his recovery. Mr. John Franks is wth
to large numbers of gentlemen in Birmingham
widower with cue child.—Birmingham Gautte.

The King of Prussia has conferred the den
of th. Black Pyle and the grand cross of the Bed
General Steinmits for his services in the field
the late battles in Bohemia. The Sing, to
meat* these honours, rya that he intended s
himself the order of the Black Eagle on the field
but regrets that he was not able to find the en"
glorious day of July the 3rd.