The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL.
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Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, into the cuearootaese ;
the death of Peter Mann, a comic singer, who, it -
alleged, had been stabbed by his father-hides while ,
beating his wife.
Inspector Dendy, of the H division, had the managemett
of the case for the police authorities. •
The deceased had been, some four OT five years No
Anger at a music hall, but was dismissed on account A big
violent character, since then he has been well inns
amongst certain classes in the East-end as a same slog
and dancer in public-houses and penny gaffs.
The coroner directed the jury to observe, while viewing
the body of the deceased, that there were two wouwie ea
the chest, one on the right alai the other on the left aids.
Ellen Mann, widow pf the deceased, said that she lived
at 5, Bakers' Arms-alley, Whitechapel. Her husi,and was
a comic singer, 2K years of age. On Sunday night last the
deceased, his lotheroritness, and her fatherorere drinking
At 12 o'clock at night. inlitekers' Arms-alley, there was a
quarrel; her husband knocked her down. Wines
picked up a broom to defend herself ; he dm* '
her, and she struck him twice in the face. They
then went out of the court. Before that her father sad
her husband's brother disentangled her Istabands beak j
from her hair. They then left the court, going into
street. They left her father in the court and did sat so ;
him in the street. She did not see anyone do anythi4 to /
her husband. All had had a little drop of beer. fat •••
winter her husband left her for 17 weelu, and she had to r
go to the workhouse with her four children. A neighbour
took her into her room after she came out, and a seems
talked about this on Sunday and said that witness had a
plan with her in that room. Deceased said, " Men, you
!'hall take out a summons against her on Monday and des
your character." In the evening he got • hammer and.' r
about looking for witness to kill her, and he had a Wel
his pocket then.
The Coroner said that the quarrel between the winos /
and her husband had nothing to do with the case.
The witness, who gave her evidence with great Asa
ness, insisted that it had, as it was the beginning of the
whole disturbance, but
eye,as, of course, overruled. aim
Lad • frightful blank , the result of her husband's
violence.
Cornelius Leary, a tailor, said that he sew the last wit.
seas and her husband in the street (Rosemary-land, new
the Bakers' Arms-alley. She had a broom handle, and me
defending herself. Her husband struck her three times,
and knocked her down. She got up, and they struck se
lanother again. Patrick Harrington, last Inman. fader,
, came out of the court and struck the deoeased, whothen mad
round, and said, " You have stabbed me." He fa
' on his back, and turned over, apparently dead.
A female deposed to seeing the fighting between the
deceased and his wife. She saw Harrington rush at the
deceased, but did not see whether he struck his se
whether he bad a knife in his hand.
Win. Shields, a little newsboy, proved that he maw a
man pick up the knife produced out of the gutter new
where deceased lay. The man flung it down again sad
witness picked it up and found blood on it. Witness gm
it to a policemen. •
(The knife was a formidable clasp knile, with a cod
passed through the handle so that it might be WM so
pended about the neck or the waist.)
Michael Mann, brother of the deceased, said that be
helped to separate his brother and wife in Bakers' Anus
alley. The woman went into the street, and deceased fol.
lowed her af rrnsvontly te beat her for not going Judaea
Witness and • ri stopped behind while witness ire
lighting his pipe. arrnigton followed them. Presently
witness heard a cry of " murder," and upon going into the
street found his brother dead. The knife produced intim
believed was Harrington's. He used to carry such a turfs
suspended from his neck, to cut laces which he sold lathe

street.
Ellen Mann (re-ealled) said that her father serried s
knife, but it was a shorter one than that produced. She
believed the one produced was not the one he carried. Re
was not left-handed.
Police-constable Greathead, H, said that he took
Harrington into custody on the charge of killing tlis
deceased. Harrington said, " I know nothing about le
Richard Ellis said that he heard a cry of " Murder" k
Rosemary-lane, and upon going to the spot heard decemei
say to Harrington, " Old man, you have dabbed
then fell. Harrington said nothing.
Mr. G. Baxter Philips, M.R.C.S., said that at hapset
12 o'clock on Monday morning he was called to she dr
ceased and found him dead. Dr. Loans was also present
The poet mortem examination showed that there were tee
external wounds, one on the left side over a rib, the
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on the right aide, penetrating the aorta. The rig
was collapsed by the knife having penetrated through it
Death was caused by arrest of the heart's action, oneg
the effusion of blood from the wounded aorta.
Dr. Loans said that be agreed with the testimony
Mr. Philips.
The Coroner then summed up, and said that it wee -
circumstance very _material to the case that the accusal
man Harrington had the knife about him at the timed
the disturbance. Witness proved that they, saw I 1
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rington strike the deceased ; the deceased said, • Teno!
stabbed me," and Harrington did not then deny it Of
anything. The knife was then found coveredwith blood!
by. Under this state of facts, it was quite clear that
rington had stabbed the deceased, and the question a
whether the ease was one of murder or manslaught
Looking at the provocation given to Harrington by
deceased's beating his daughter in his presence, and t
fact that Flarrington did not go indoors toget a knife,
show any premeditation, the case seemed to be not milli
wilful murder.
The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughte Nana'
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Patrick Harrington, for killing and slaying Peter
The Coroner issued his warrant for the detention of Kw:
rington in Novrgate until his trial at the Central Crain"
Court.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF AN ITALIA.
MERCHANT.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, coroner
last evening, at the George and Dragon Tavern, High-strait,
Shadwell, relative to the supposed suicide of Mr. Chula
Alfred Pallas, aged 30 years.
Mr. F. W. Powell, 42, St. Mary Axe, a erchant,
that he knew the deceased, who IVAII 1111
chant in London. Be was latterly in pecaniarY
ties, and was desponding from losses in him the
hips
Bank. He lost in speculation. Witness saw
alive on Mondweek, and he said that he was
to join the army under Garibaldi. lie bad his Pas,"
signed.
Mr. T. Parker, clerk of the deceased, said that di
was very desponding lately through domestic
tunes and other causes.
Other evidence went to show that deoeased ins
seen from the Monday evening, when he met Mr. re
until Saturday last, when his body was found fl rate
the Thames near the Tunnel, by a seaman name

Cox.
Dr. De Ross proved that there were no hadmarks
lence on the deceased's body, and that death
cauhedThe ibtiryy droreturnedwnipg. a verdict, " That deceased "s
drowned ui the Thames ; but how be came into the
there was no evidence to show."

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