The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-27 00:00:00

SINGLLAR DEATH OP A YOUNG WOMAN IN

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DTQUIST.--71118 DAT.)
This afternoon an inquiry was held at the Lon-
don Hospital, by Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, touching
the death of Elisabeth Rosetta King, aged 16 years.
Joseph Hinds, 79, Leadenhall-street, said thet the de-
ceased was • domestic servant in the employ of his mother.
On last Monday morning, at haltpast 6 o'clock, heard
load screams and • crash of glass. He went into the
hackeus remises where the business of an optician was
on. He there saw the deceased lying on the floor
underneath a skylight which was in the roof. She had
fallen through. Blood was issuing from her legs. She
had "kept conversation" with • young man who lived
next door. She would have had to get on to the roof to
carry on the conversation with the young man next door.
He would stand at his window while she was on the roof.
Mr. Edward Tuck said that she was in the habit of
biking to the young man. He believed that she stood on
the skylight to lift up • kitchen window. The skylight
was made of plate glass, and it had broken under her
weight. She caught hold of a parapet when she was fall-
ing,
but the cement had given way. She used to lark with
a charity boy who came next door to clean the windows.
She was carried to the hospital, where she died in two
hours.

The Coroner said that the deceased was evidently carry.
Ins on a diriation with a young man when she was killed.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

ANOTHER FEMALE SUICIDE AT THE STEPNEY
JUNCTION.

INQUEST.—A_THII3 DAY.)
This afternoon Mr. Humphreys, the coroner,
held an inquest at the London Hospital respecting the
ehvumstances attending the suicide of a young woman
*llse name was unknown.

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The case created great interest in consequence of its
being the -ccond act of suicide committed in one week by
women at the Stepney Junction. The first case was that
of a Mrs. N irtha Sayers, aged 22, who, on Monday night,
threw bend( underneath a train after having been mar-
ried only two months.
Mr. William Pen, station-master at Stepney Junction,
said that he did not know the deceased. She was dressed like
a very respectable servant girl. On Wednesday evening he
saw the deceased standing on the platform. As the 8.25
Pat. Nort`k Woolwich train from London entered the
station, she leaped from the platform in front of it. She
then faced the engine and threw both her arms up in the
air and then Rung herself down on the metals. Both her
were cut off at the thighs. Witness leaped from the
IPrtform on to the line, and rushed to the deceased before
she threw herself down. When she saw him coming she
looked at the engine and threw herself forward. He in-
tended to hove caught her before the engine came down
Upon her. When the train passed she was not dead. A
doctor offered her brandy, but she said, "Give me
water." She also said, " I shall not tell my name." She
had half a return ticket from Hickney in her pocket.
Day. surgeon, said that she died at the London
Hospital, to .which she had been carried, at half-past 6
o'clock on Thursday morning. When dying she said
" Ratcliff."
Mr. Pen said that she was about 18, and was a girl of
dark complexion with blue eyes. She was 5 feet 6 inches
in height.
The coroner said he would adjourn the ease until her
friends came forward. They would be sure to do so when
the facts of the suicide became known.
The inquiry was then adjourned.