The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-27 00:00:00

SUICIDE OP YOUNG WOMAN THROUGH
PASSION.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Mr. Richards, deputy-coroner,
held as Inquiry at the Monmouth Arms Tavern, Singleton-
Omit, Horton, respecting the suicide of Mary Ana Hut-
chens, aged 28 years.
William Hutchens, 50, Singleton-street, • bootmaker, said
that deceased was his daughter. She was a chenille net
maker, sad she lived with lima and her elder sister. She
was very passionate, and she lived uncomfortably with
her sister. Oa Friday morning last his eldest
daughter came and told Min that the deceased
was going to ran away from home. He went
downstairs, and the doomed told him she would take •
room if it was only to poison herself in it. She was half
oat of doors, and he used form to pull her back, as he was
&tidal what she might do. Ultimately, to calm her, he
let her out to take • room. She returned in ten minutes,
and shortly afterwards he found her on the stairs poimmed.
He took her into the parlour and sent for • doctor.
Elizabeth Hutchens, • cbenilln net maker, said that else
wan invited oat to tea on Sunday last, and the deceased
m the previous Monday said that she would go with bor.
Witness demurred, saying tint only one was invited. De.
ceased got into • furious passion about the matter. On
Thursday she renewed the quarrel and would not go to bed
all night. At 4 o'clock in the morning witness entreated
her to go to bed, but she said " No. When daylight comes
I will poison myself." At 9 o'clock on Friday morning she
was in a desperate passion, and she began to demo to go
out. Witness said that she would go with her, but she
refused to permit her, and said she would tsko a room.
Witness dreaded mischief, and celled her father,
who prevented her going out at the door. She then rushed
to the window, and was going to jump out, when
she was prevented by witness and her father. She
maimed in the room for an hour in such • passion, that
witness suggested that to calm her she should be let out to
take • room and try the experiment of living by heraeU.
She went out and returned in ten minutes. She got a tea-
cup fall of boiling water. Witness did not like the look of
it, and upset it, saying, " You shall not take that."
She laughed, and said, " I don't care for your upsetting
that." She went into the parlour and after staying there
10 minutes she returned to the kitchen, saying "I have
does it!" Witness said "Yon never mean to say you
have taken poison?" She answered "I have taken enough
to settle me." Witness called her father. She tried to
walk upstairs hut she fell and had to bs carried up.
Mr. W. C. Worley, surgeon, said that he was called in to
the deceased, and be found her lying on a sofa, cold, clam. '
my, and is excruciating pain. She had taken nearly thrc s-
quatters of an ounce of oxalic acid. He applied what re-
medies he could. but she resisted as far as she was able.
She expressed no contrition whatever, though for some
time her mind was quite clear. She gradually sank into •
state of coma, sod lost her sight. She died at 4 o'clock the
sans day. She bad taken oxalic acid enough to kill six
people.
The Coronet having summed up,
The jury returned • verdict of Suicide while in a state
of temporary iamaity from violent and excessive peasion.•

mum TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND RAM

WAY..Z.(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
Mid ►t 1 o'clock, at the Fenchnrch•etreet station ; Mr.
C.J. ELZT in the chair. _ _

The rePoii.,Whieliliad been previonaly limed, having
hen taken es road.
The CIUIRMLN, in moving its • !option, congratulated
the proprietors on the continued iirresae of the traffic—an
Norreue which wu the more important on account of the
smallness of the capitaL It wig intended to de-
velop the Thames HavAa trefilo as far as poo-
dle, and be united the result would be that the
company would get the greater part of the cattle traffic.
The stoppage of the cattle tr.ffic would of course affect
them, bet on the other baud it must be borne in mind that
deed meat traffic was more profitable than live meat traffic.
finder any clicumstinee they would of course continue to
receive their guaranteed at: per cent.
The report was adopted ; after which Mr. Fenny was
dieted a director is the room of Mr. Cops, who had retired.

WILTHRR REPORT.

-(THIS DAY.)
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