The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-20 00:00:00

is a game. Thom kinds Olgitiees were all very clear ; but
a rattle ia a lottery and not a game.
Invector Bushnell said he was informed by his super.
inten.lent that paattycooks had been summoned for hav-
ing lotteries and con% icted.
Mr. [layman said that in these cases the offence was not
sgaisst the tenure of their licenses. His own impression
was that a raffle was not a game. If it had been decided
that a rattle is a e there would have been no end of
ca.-es. He then • the summon,.

THE CLERKENWELL OUTRAGE.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Serjeant Payne, the coroner, resumed the
;„,,,,. at (adjourned from last Tneadayl, on the bodies of
William elution, Sarah Ann Hodglrinson, and Minnie
.lidiA Abbott, this morning, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
paring yesterday Martha Evans died, and the jury went
to vior the body, in order to include that case in the
in miry.

Tln• tint witness was police•sergeant Whiting, who de.
pow a as follows—About 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon,
after the explosion, I saw the deceased Evans strug-
Oing amongst the ruins at No. 3A, Corporation-lane.
With the assistance of others I got her out of the rains
.ina had her sent to the hospital. She seemed much hurt
about the head, and her face was bleeding and blackened.
She did not speak.

John Wells, an artilleryman—l was coming down Wood.
bridzestreet, when I heard the explosion. I ran to the
epot and saw a woman's arm protruding from the ruins. I
also heard voices amongst them. The woman, who was
the deceased Evans, was got out, and I brought her to the
hospitaL
William Evans, son of the deceased, said his mother was
in good health on Friday morning. He had attended her
I.iy and night ever since she bed been in the hospital.
Mrs. Crawley—l was passing by Corporation-lane about
a quarter to 4 from the direction of Rosoman.street. I
was walking along under the prison wall, and noticed what
seemed to be a large package as soon as I entered the
lane. Upon getting nearer I saw it was a barrel covered
co er upon the footpath, and quite close to the prison wall,
sith the end towards the wall. I saw nothing of a truck.
I saw two men standing at the corner of the court oppo-
site (St. James's-court). Another man was standing near
the barrel, and one of the two at the corner of the court
stepped forward and threw something towards the man
near the barrel. Two little boys were standing by, and
one of them stooped and picked up something. The other
lad said, " That belongs to the men." The other who was
looking at the man said, " That will do, master ; it will go
now--referring to a squib which as I weed by I saw
lighted and stuck in the head of the barrel, the man still
being there. I ran across the road towards Woodbridge-
street. After going the length of two houses I met a
policeman, and called his attention to what I had seen.
The policeman went towards the bat rel, and the man who
was there made off in the direction of Roeoman.street. I

saw the policeman in the act of running after him when I
was blown down. I could not see what became of the
other two men. Al soon as I could see from the smoke
I ran away. I saw a man yesterday at Millbank who, I
believe, threw the matches. I cannot identify his features,
but to the best of my belief he is one of the men who
stood at the corner, and who threw the matches across.
The Coroner—How long do you think it was between
your seeing the light and the explosion!
Witness—About a minute. I should say the squib stuck
out of the barrel about the length of my finger, and it was
covered with blue paper.

Sereeant Whiting ;aid the prisoner to whom the witnese
bad referred was Allen.

A juror—Did the policeman see the man standing at the
barrel?

Witnees—Yes, he must have done so ; he was straight
before him.
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A juror—Yon say you saw one man throw something to
the other which you presume was a box of matches : did
you see him pick it up?
Witneos—No ; I only saw the boy pick up something. I
don't think I should know the boy again.
A juror—How many prisoners were there in the prison
when you saw Allen?

Witnesa —I was shown two men—one at a time,—and I
identified the second.
John Moore, chief warder at the House of Detention,
Clerkenwell, said—On Friday afternoon, at the time of the
explosion, I was in the centre of the prison. From conver-
sation I had had with policemen I went to the front lodge,
and in consequence of persons loitering about the governor
ordered the men to take up positions with loaded carbines
to meet any emergency. Three-quarters of an hour before
the explosion I saw Allen come from the direction of
Strutton's-yard and join the prisoners Justice and Desmond.
They conversed together, and I saw them pointing up a
private way that led to the prison walls. Allen was
seen on the the top of one of the houses In Woodbridge.
street. The officer who saw him is not here. My atten-
tion was again called to the houses overlooking the prison
wall about six or seven minutes before the explosion, and
I saw a woman leaning out of • window from the top
floor of the last house but one in Corporation-lane. They
were looking intently at the spot where the explosion took
place. I gave a description of the woman, and thought to
find her amongst the wounded, but have not succeeded.
In answer to questions from the Coroner.
Witness said—We had information which led us to be
on our guard. Our officers were put under arms, and sup-
plied with breech-loaders. Half the staff was put on duty
in the night with instructions to watch all the yards of the
prison._ _

The Coroner—What was done outside ?
Witness—l ion not in a position to sae, but I heard it
was intimated that Sir Richard Mayne would take care of
the outside, if the governor took care of the inside. I
believe the governor told a police inspector that.
The Coroner—Was any information given as to what
MIA likely to be done?
Witness—l only know what I have been told—namely,
that a threat bad been made to make a breach in the
walls. We exercised the prisoners early in the morning in
consegnence of that information, and double locked all
the prison doors at midday. Under ordinary circum-
stances the prisoners would have been exercising about
ten minutes before the explosion. Burke would have
been amongst the them, but not Casey, who was generally
exercised in another yard.
The Coroner—Row did you receive this threat?
Witnesa—We received a verbal message from Inspector
Thompson, and Mr. Pownall. the chairman of the maps-
trite*, came and saw the governor. The information
given MY that on some day a breach would be made in
the prison walls in order to rescue the prisoners.
The Coroner—Do you mean to say that knowing this
you took no precaution ea to the protection outside of the
prison ?

Witness—That rests with the commissioner of the
police. I cannot say what be did.
The Coroner—But don't you think some one should
have watched the outside to see what was being done.
11-anon—Of course, as far as the governor of the prison
ins concerned, he took no further steps than those which
'elated to the inside of the prison. What steps were taken
by Br. Pownall and the visiting justices I don't know. I
believe there were special officers outside of the prison.
I may say that about • month ago, I was sent the
goeernorto Clerkenwell station to see the officer on duty,
cud he said that officers were on duty in the neighbour.
hood of the prison with instructions to inform the
governor whenever they saw poisons of • suspicious ap-
pearance loitering about.
A juror—It is very important we should know what
steer were taken.
The Coroner—Yes, it la very important.
A juror—I must say the arrangements seem to have
been very loose indeed; that when information was given,
no steps whatever appear to have been taken.
The Coroner—ls Inspector Thomson here?
Inspector Potter—No, air.
The Coroner—Then we must have him. Send for him.
Inspector Potter—l can tell you that daring the de-
tentioa of Burke and Casey we have had several anony-
mous letters, saying that there might be an attempt to
rescue them.
A juror—It Is essential, I think, we should have Mr.
Pownall or the visiting justices here, or the governor.
The Coroner—l can't make out why they are not here.
Inspector Potter then repeated what he told the jury in
his evidence last week, as to the extra officers on da'y in
Clethertwell ; and several of the jury said the arrangements
seemed eery inadequate. An irregular conversation took
place, in the course of which Mr. Potter said he never
anew it was intimated to the governor that there was
likely to be an attack upon the prison.
John Abbot, aged 13, who gave his evidenoe with re-
markable clearness, said—l lived at 5, Corporation-lane,
and was at home on the afternoon of the explosion. About
a quarter to 4 I was playing upon the door-step, and saw
something covered with • white cloth on the pavement
under the prison wall. I stood there for a few minutes,
and saw a man come across the road from Bt. James's-
eemn, over to the barrel. He had two squibs in his
Reaff. and he moved the cloth • little way from
the barrel He put a squib on the pavement. Some boys
were them playing with lighted paper. They picked up the
'quilt from the pavement, and the man put the other in
the barrel. The boys offered a piece of lighted paper, and
then the man lighted a limiter and put it to the squib in
the barrel. The man stood there • minute with one foot
on the kerb and the other in the gutter, and he
saw the
sinners'i the squib waa burnt half way down he began ta run
sad the boys ran too towards Rosoman-street. Mr. Bird,
• milkman, told • policeman who walked toward,' the
band, which went off before he got to it. I think I
should know the man who lighted the squib if I saw him
again.
In answer to a question, Inspector Potter said the men
who bad been seen in the house looking at the wall were
there at work.