The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,_ FRIDAY

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READING RACES.—TIGIRSDAT.
To ortessore advantageously for racing men the authorities at
Reeding decided this year that their meeting should take place in
the same week as the Abingdon gathering Instead of • few weeks
after, and the result has been highly succesaful. A week in
Berkshire is, at this season, far from unpleasant, but when the
week can be divided between two interesting fixtures It is a great
advantage, and the "powers that be" will have no ootasiou
to lament the change. Visitors ti Abingdon, of course,
decided without 7iesitation to patronise Reading, and on
Wednesday evenum the town presented a busy appearance, the
Influx of racing men being numerous. There was also
tin= snivel of hones. Early this morning the
commenced, and by six o'clock a complete array of
tents was visible. The improvements made on the course were
generally approved, and the pound was in capital going order.
The King's Meadow is always extensively patronised by the
poole living in the immediate vicinity, but this year there was
ael ht falling off in point of attendance, which may be ac-
counted for by the fact that many who would otherwise lave
participated in the sport were engaged in haymaking. The racing
was decidedly good and the fields pretty numerous, as the fol-
lowing details will show :
Txs Kline MiluDoW STAKES (Handicap; of 5 son. sack with
30 added . winners extra. One mile. (8 subs.)
Mr. Pryor's Troublemome 1
Mr. &seey'srron's Bitter Sweet
Captain Ba
Betting : 6 to 4 on Troublesome, 2 to 1 sirst Hidalgo, and 6 to 1
oat Bitter Sweet
Tits BRIML/11111.11 OTAILBS (Handicap) of 15 son. each, 10 ft,
and 3 only if declared; winners extra. About a mile and a half
(17 subs.)
Mr. Heathcote's Skirmish w. 0.
Tux Leona PLATS of 25 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 3
sons each, for all ague; selling and other allowances. Straight
five furlongs.
Mr. Delete Heliotrope 1
Mr. H 's Victoria 2
Mr. Ten k's Usher
The following also ran :—Yellow OK Practitioner.
Pabur,Alberts, Rotteniass filly, and Novelty.
THI 'SLUM STAR'S of 15 son, each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for
2-yr-olds ; winners extra. Half a toile. (28 subs.)
Mr. W. 6. Cartwright's c by Musjid—Miss Alderoft 1
Duke of Newcastle's Misfortune
Mr. 1. Woolcut's Blush Rose 3
Texans filly and Defiance also ran.
Betting : sto 4 apt Misfortune, 2to 1 apt the Mir Alderoft
colt, sad to 1 agst Blush Nose.
Tins Wernir STAIUS Handicap' of 10 are each, 5 ft, and 2
if declared ; winners extra. Seven furiontis straight. (26 sutra.)
Mr. C. Wanton's A. D. Wagner 1
Mr. Rickards' Opposition
MY, Smith's Boum
Desiree and Her Ladyship also ran.
Betting 7to 4on A. D. Wagner, 7to 2 wit Begum, 6 to 1
" bar two."
Tai CAVZ2IIII4I STALIN (Selling Handicap) of 6 sore each,
with 30 added; winners extra. Half a mile. ,12 subs.)
Sir. IL Ten Broeck'a
Mr. York's Blrkdale
Sir. Bench's c by tit Albans—Rosaline
Virtuous and Bay Dayton also ran.
Betting: sto 4 apt liirkdale. 3to 1 apt Virtuous, 5 to 1 aget
Usher, and 8 to 1 or Bay DayrelL
Till :iceman Prez (Handicap) of 80 son., for I-yr.olls
winners extra.
Mr. Headman's Aggravator 1
Mr. A. C. Douglas's Miss Frances 2
Mr. Trimmer's Mimulus 3
The following also ran :—Regentess, Vigor, Weather Star,
Rose Stock, lady Craven, Brown Tommy, Chevalier dEsprit,
Defiance, c by Kohinoor —Topaad, (rattan, 1 by surpikro—My
Niece, and Carnage.
AUDITIoNAL ARRIVALS. Vulcan, Frog:non colt, Puebla,
Devotee, Enrol:ma, Cutuit 8010, Blackbird, Elcot's dam Ally,
Defy, Under the Cloud. Elegance, Varnish, Little Rover, tam-
bours' Lrs, Plying bloattross, Nursery Girl, Bisbopton, Crafty
Prior, Maturka, &modal colt, Discretion, Captain Kidd, General
Bierman. Gay tom, Bee,Marshal Ney,Jevington, Deerfuot,
Alice Lee, Stud, Swore*. filly.
SCI ATCHINGs.—AII the Marquis of Hastings' and Mr. Hugh
Smith'. horses are struck out of their engageureuta at trading ;
also, Coder the Cloud.

BETTING AT MANCRESTEB.—THuunAL
GOODWOOD 5T.11(..
to 1 eget The Special toff. 100 to 7 *get Lucifer (t)
kto 1 La Fortune off 10to to 0 lkadamente ,t)
100 to 7 Black Prince.t)

MTSTERZOIFraurHs AT 13111011T011.

The inquest upon the body of Dr. Alfred William
Warder, who was 46 years doge, was held on Wed-
nesday afternoon, before the borough coroner, Mr. David
Black, at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton.
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- Mr. Richard Bramwell, surgeon, was the first witness
called, and deposed that deceased married his (Mr. Bran-
well's) sister about five months ago, without the know-
ledge of any member of the family. He was a perfect
stranger to witness till he came to Brighton about the end
of May last. The last time be saw him alive was on Satur-
day, at the funeral of his wife. Witness never observed
the slightest symptoms of insanity in deceased ; on the
contrary, he was a remarkably cool and collected man.
By the Jury—l did not speak to him at the funeral of
my sister, because the circumstances of her death ren-
dered it disagreeable forme to do to ;in fact, I believe him
to be her murderer.

—kiia;6h7.riCiteTansdell, the landlady of 36, Bedford-
sguare, deposed that the deceased hail lodged with her
since the 23rd of May last, and the last time she saw him
alive was on Monday evening at about 9 o'clock. He re-
quired nothing done for him then, and said he had dined ;
but asked her for his account. She sent it up the next
morning by her servant, and it was then discovered that
be had not retired to bed, but bad left the house. She
subsequently received a letter, which was given her by
the police. It was addressed, "To be forwarded imme-
diately. To Miss Lundell, 36, Bedford-square," and was se
follows :—" My dear Miss Lansdell,—You have already gut-
tered enough through me and mine, and another death in your
house would of course be worse. When you receive this
have the kindness to telegraph to Miss Gunning, 7, Syd-
ney-street, Brompton, London, S.W., to whom you give
up what I have left in your house. I have left on the
table the cash for the bills, and 31. in addition, as some
compensation.—Believe me truly yours, A. W. Weitaisa.—
P.S. Inquire for my keys and watch."
Mary Miles, servant to the last witness, corroborated as
to the time deceased returned to the house on Monday
evening, after being absent all day, and said she left him
sitting in the dining-room, at a quarter past 11 o'clock,
when he asked for a pen from the sideboard. Witness
proved finding sonic money and some bills on the table
when she took up the account for the last two weeks and
discovered that the deceased had left the house. When
she left the room on Monday night he appeared as cheerful
as usual.

Evidence was then given by the servants at the hotel of
the arrival of deceased at a quarter to twelve o'clock on
Monday night, and of his being found dead in bed on
Tuesday afternoon, when the chambermaid went to the
room in consequence of being told that he had not been
seen.

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Dr. James H. Pickford, a physician residing on the
opposite side of Cavendiah-place to the Bedford Hotel,
proved being called to see the deceased, and described his
appearance, which was characteristic of poisoning by prus-
sic acid. He appeared to have been dead about twelve or
fourteen hours. On a table by the side of the bed was a
small blue bottle, which would contain ten fluid drachms,
and there were in it about four drachma of
what witness believed to be Scheele's prussic
acid, which contains four per cent. of the pure acid,
twice the ordinary strength of that employed in medi-
cine. Four of the six drachms of which the bottle was de-
ficient, supposing the bottle to have been full, would cause
almost instantaneous death, unattended by convulsions,
and witness believed that quantity had been taken by
deceased, from the easy position in which he lay and the
undisturbed state of the bed-clothes. In one of his trousers
pockets the chief officer of police found a very small bottle,
which contained two pills, each containing four grains, if
not wholly, principally of opium. Dr. Pickford here
called the attention of the jury to the rounded edge of th
lip of the bottle, which he said was "an old stager," the
edge being much worn by friction in being carried a long
while in the pocket.
Witness, at the closeof his evidence, asked the coroner
if he could give permission for the body to be examined
for the sake of medical science. It was not abeolutely
necessary for judicial purposes, as there was no doubt of
the cause of death, but it was very rarely that a case oc-
curred in which such an extraordinary quantity of prussic
acid had bet n taken, and for the sake of science he wished
to ascertain its action on the body.
The Coroner said he could give no such permission, unless
the jury thought it requisite that a post-mortem should be
made, but he thought there could be no objection.
Mr. White, the chief officer, then gave evidence, and de-
posed to finding, among other things, the letter given in
Miss Lanadell's evidence. He had searched what papers
he could find in the boxes of the deceased, but found
nothing relative to the death of himself or wife—no testa-
mentary document whatever. lie bad telegraphed to
Miss Gunning, but had received no reply. At his lodgings
witness found three other small bottles, which he pro-
duced. One of these bottles contained tincture of aconite,
purchased from a chemist—Mr. Colby, in the Western-
road ; another contained spirits of wine, but whether it
held anything in solution the medical men present were
unable to say ; and the third bottle was empty but
labelled " Opium.—J. Buchanan, physician and surgeon,
Campbelton."
The Coroner remarked that Campbelton was in the ex-
treme north of Scotland, where one of the other of de-
oeased's wives died.

Deceased's first wife bad four children by him when she
separated from him, but was subsequently induced to re-
turn and live with him. She died in a few weeks after
renewed cohabitation. His second wife, whose life he in-
sured, died eight months after their marriage.
As the inquest was being brought to a conclusion, a gen-
tleman, who said his name was bland, a solicitor, of Tra-
falgar-square, London, entered the room, and said he had
been requested to attend and watch the case on behalf of
Miss Gunning, who bad received a telegram announcing
Dr. Warder's death.

In reply to questions asked by the Coroner,
Mr. Eland said that Bliss Gunning was the sister of de-
ceased's first wife ; and he produced three letters which
she had received from him since the death of his last wife.

The first letter was dated July 3, the day after she died,
and before the inquest upon her was held. It requested
her, " in the event of anything happening to me," to see
to the disposal of his property, which it detailed, among
his children. It consisted of land in New Zealand, depo-
sit notes, shares in various speculations, kc. The second
letter was dated July 9, in which he said, " I thought it
best to leave this little property in your hands to
take care of. I will write to you again." The third letter
was dated the same day as the second, in which deceased
said, " I write to you for the last time. When
you receive this I shall be no more.. I feel happy
in leaving the children in your care. When you
write to the girls, don't tell them all things." The re-
mainder of the letter consisted of instructions as to what
interest certain shares realised, and telling Miss Gunning
what to sell out and what it would be better to keep. Mr.
Eland then said that it was represented to him that mem-
bers of deceased's family had exhibited insanity, and that
his own conduct at times bad been that of a mailman, but
he was not at present in a position to prove it. He asked
for an adjournment.
The jury considered this point, and after half an hour's
deliberation they said they had carefully weighed theappli-
cation and the grounds upon which it was made ; but they
felt that, assuming the fact stated to be proved, they could
not in the face of the evidence before them alter an
opinion which they had formed as to the state of his mind
at the time of his committing this act. They would, how-
ever, direct an examination to be made of the deceased's
brain, to ascertain if there was any organic disease in it,and
would adjourn for a day. What their verdict might be if
such disease were found they could not say ; hut if no such
disease existed they would certainly find that he was of
sound mind when he destroyed himself, and return a ver-
dict of frh.-de-se.

Yesterday the inquest was concluded. Dr.
Pickford detailed the result of the pntt-ntoriem examina-
tion. Deceased's brain structure was normal and healthy,
and its substance exceedingly firm. There was an absence
of all evidence of disease of the brain or its investing
membranes. There was an odour of prussic acid in the
contents of the stomach.

Dr. Taaffe proved that he tested for prussic acid in the
contents of the stomach, and found it by both Scheele's
teat and Liebig's sulphur test. During his four or five
weeks' attendance on Dr. Warder's late wife, he had never
observed even the slightest symptom of insanity about
him. He had frequently talked to Dr. Warder
about Mrs. Warder's illness, and considered him perfectly
sane. After the post-mortem of Mrs. Warder's body, Dr.
Warder asked him for a certificate of death, and when he
refused it, drew attention to the appearances of the liver
and brain as being sufficient to account for death. Dr.
Warder also said he wished the body buried immediately,
saying he did not t iduk it would keep this hot weather.
The jury returned a verdict of fel° de se, and the
coroner ordered burial accordingly.
Mr. Eland, solicitor, suggested that the property of
deceased had been given in trust to Miss Gunning, and
claimed it on her behalf for the benefit of the children of
the deceased.

The Coroner recorded the claim on the inquiaition,
leaving the law officers of the crown to act as they might
be advised.

THE THREAT TO ASSASSINATE COUNT BISMARCK.
The whole of yesterday afternoon, at the Brighton sessions,
was taken up with the trial of Wilhelm Goergs, 28, a
doctor of music and teacher of music and languages, for
sending a threatening letter to Count Von Bismarck,
Prime Minister of Prussia, under the circumstances re-
ported some time ago. The prisoner, who resided in
Hampton-place, Brighton, is a mild looking and slightly
built young man. He was found guilty, and sentenced to
four months' imprisonment.

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HOME CIFWITIT. —HißTronn, JULY 12.

The business of the amiss@ was brought to a close to-
day. The civil business was very light, and none of the
cases presented any features of interest.

(Before Mr. Baron Channell.)
Eases Whyles, 18, a rather good-looking glii, was
charged with feloniously wounding Mrizabeth Pa Ingham
with intent to murder her. In another count the intent
of the prisoner was laid to be to do the prosecutor grievous
bodily harm.
Mr. Clark prosecuted.
This charge was one of a very aggravated character.
The proseoutrix was the wife of a farmer residing at a
place called Banco, in the neighbourhood of Hertford, and
the prisoner and another girl were in her employ as
domestic servants. In consequence, however, of some
misconduct on the part of the two girls, the proeecutrix
had given them both notice to leave, and she refused to
give the prisoner a character. This seemed to have made
the prisoner very angry, and she exhibited her ill-temper
in a variety of ways before the period arrived when she
was to quit the service. On the night the occurrence took
place it appeared that the husband of the prosecntrix was
from home, and when she went to bed she was about to
lock the door, as was her custom, but could not find the
key. She asked the prisoner what had become of
the key, and she replied in an insolent tone
that she knew nothing about it. The prosecutris.,
upon this, seemed to have gone to bed, but, before
she did so. she placed some article of furniture against the
door of the bedroom to prevent it from being opened.
Nothing particular seemed to have occurred until about
six o'clock on the following morning, when the proaecu-
trix, who is an aged woman, appeared to have received a
violent blow on the temple, which awoke her, and upon
looking round her, she saw the prisoner standing over her
with a large carving knife in her hand, with which the
blow appeared to have been inflicted upon the proaecutrix.
Fortunately very little injury was inflicted upon the poor
old lady, but it appeared that this was partly owing to the
circumstance of the proeecutrix having had a bandage tied
round her forehead, which to a considerable extent deadened
the force of the blows she received from the prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of wounding with
intent to do grievous bodily harm, and the prisoner was
sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for fifteen years.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WAEwicK, JULY 12.

(Before Mr. Justice Mellor.)

Genre Warwick, 16, was indicted for the wilful murder
of John Price, 19, at Birmingham, on the 30th April.
Mr. Adams, Q.C. (with bun Mr. Bennett) prosecuted ;
and Mr. Fitsjames Stephen defended the prisoner who
was accommodated with a seat, and wept bitterly through-
out the trial.

The deceased, who was a well-conducted youth, and the
sole support of his widowed mother, was employed as a
metal spinner at the prisoner's father's manufactory at
Birmingham. About six o'clock in the evening of the 30th
April, the prisoner, while standing close to the deceased in
the workshop, discharged a pistol at him loaded with
shot, and the contents lodging under the right ear
proved fatal in a few hours. With the excep-
tion of a slight misunderstanding a month previously, the
lads had been on the most friendly terms. There were
eight persons in the shop at the time the pistol was dis-
charged. One of them, a man named Street, who was very
deaf, caught the deceased as he was falling, and the pn-
soner said to him, " I did it ; I meant to do it." A lad
named Harding, who was present, stated before the ma* -
tastes and the coroner, and to the prisoner's solicitor, that
he did not hear the prisoner say, ' I meant to do it." On
being cautioned in the most solemn manner by the judge
and the learned counsel, he repeatedly affirmed that he
heard the prisoner say, " I did it ; I meant to do it," and
admitted that he was now telling the truth because a friend
of the mother of the deceased, had threatened to indict
him for perjury, and the witness Street had told him,
" He would make it hot for him" unless his statement
was like his (Street's).
In reply to the judge be confessed that his previous
statements were false, and that he had made them with
a view " To save the life of the prisoner, who was a
great friend of his." The pistol with which the fatal
wound was inflicted was without a trigger, and the pri-
soner explained to the police the curious manner in
which be discharged it.
The jury returned a verdict of ManalauftAler, and the
prisoner was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment.
Uu hearing the sentence the mother of the deceased,
who appeared much affected during the trial, exclaimed,
in an indignant manner, " That is all for wilful murder !"

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—AsnroDoN, JULY 12.
(Before Mr. Jostioe ghee.)

In the case of Neville Maskelyne Teenier, who was
charged with rape on Miss Georgiana Partridge, his
housekeeper, on the 11th of June last, and the particu-
lars of which were reported yesterday, the jury re-
tired at twelve minutes past six last evening to consider
their verdict, and they slid not return into court again
until nine o'clock, when the foreman stated that they
could not agree. The learned judge having ascertained
the points upon which a difference of opinion had arisen,
explained the law to them, and recommended them again
to retire. About half-past 11, the jury again returned, and
delivered a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner, accom-
panying it with a recommendation to mercy, but, when
asked. they were unable to state the grounds upon which
they did so.
The learned judge most impressively addressed the pri-
soner, stating that he had been convicted of a most flagrant
outrage upon a young lady, whom he had received into his
house as housekeeper, and was therefore bound to afford
every possible protection. There were no mitigating
circumstances in the case, and he must be punished with
severity. His lordship then sentenced him to 15 years'
penal servitude.
The prisoner was astounded at the sentence, and ap-
peared to feel deeply his position. His father, an aged and
respectable tradesman in Newbury, was present during the
trial, and was greatly affected at the result.
The case excited intense interest at Heading, and a large
crowd was at the railway station to meet the last train
from Abingdon after the trial, and were much disappointed
on learning that the jury had again been locked ,up. The
result was not known at Reading until this morning, and
then the excitement prevailed for many hours.

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn.)

.19*rph Richards, a respectable looking young man, was
indicted for feloniously killing and slaying William James
John Ducanu on the 2.lrd May last, at Deptford.
Mr. Sleigh prosecuted, and Mr. F. H. Lewis. with whom
was Mr. Straight. defended the prisoner.
From the evidence presented to thebury it appeared that
the deceased, a very respectable young man aged about 23
years, came up from Portsmouth to visit his father at
Deptford, and though usually of sober habits, he was,
being holiday time, seen in Deptford considerably the worse
for liquor. His demeanour attracted the notice of a gang
of idle boys who beset and annoyed him, and the de-
ceased in irritation struck one of them. The pri-
soner came up, and told the deceased that if he re-
peated the blow, he (prisoner) would give him
enough. An angry and vulgar altercation ensued
between them, in the course of which the prisoner struck
the deceased several severe blows, the last under the left
jaw. the result of which was that it was fractured, and the
deceased became insensible. He was taken into custody
by the police on the charge of being drunk, and remained
all night at the station, no suspicion being entertained that
his jawbone was broken, and it was not until the following
morning that he was seen by a medical man, when the
fracture of the jaw was discovered. The deceased was in-
sensible for a long space of time, and even when he
slightly rallied he had no recollection of what had hap-
pened. and eventually he rapidly sank and died.
Mr. Sleigh, in the mune of the trial, proposed to put in
evidence a deposition which had been made by the de-
ceased before his death.

Mr. F. H. Lewis objected to its reception in evidence,
on the ground that it was not signed by the magistrate
before whom it bad been taken and who had merely ap-
pended his name at the end of the masa of depositions of
the other witnesses in the case.
The Lord Chief Justice said he was inclined to think
that the objection was well-founded, and remarked that it
would be well if all magistrates would affix their signatures
to each page of the depositions taken before them. If, how-
ever, it was pressed, he would allow the deposition in
question to be put in, and reserve the point raised by Mr.
F. H. Lewis as to its admissibility.
Mr. Sleigh, however, on this intimation from the court
declined to put the deposition in evidence.
•

Mi. F. H.-Lewis addinssed the pry on behalf of the pri-
soner, and urged that the death had been accelerated by
the removal of the deceased to the station by the police in
a costermonger's barrow.
Several witnesses were called who gave the prisoner an
excellent character.

The Lord Chief Justice summed up, and the jury, after
a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Lord Chief Justice, after severely animadverting
upon the conduct of the prisoner in brutally striking the
deceased while he was in a helpless condition from the
effects of drink, sentenced him to eight months' impri-
sonment with hard labour in the House of Correction.

Jane Cushion, who was tried on Wednesday at this court
for an assault un her husband with intent to murder, but
who was convicted of the lesser offence of assaulting with
intent to do grievous bodily harm, was brought up to re-
ceive the judgment of the court.

The Loid—Chief Justice, addressing the prisoner, said
that she had bees convicted of assaulting her husband
with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm ; and it
had been proved that after binding him band and foot
while asleep in his bed she had cut his throat in two
places, evidencing that her intent was to kill and murder
him. The jury had recommended her to mercy, and but
for that recommendation be should have felt it his duty
to sentence her to penal servitude for life, and from that
duty he should not have shrunk. She bad acted in a most
treacherous manner, and the sentence upon her was that
she be kept in penal servitude for the term of ten years.
The prisoner was removed, shrieking violently, by the
cams of the court.