The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-08 00:00:00

THE RUDER 41 HALIFAX.

The coroner's inquest on the body of hires
Jacobs, the ovipositor employed st the Halifax Guardian
aloe, who was murdered while at his work on Wednesday
afternoon, by en appreatios at the some office, mated Wm.
Dawson, was held at the Town Hall, Halifax, on Thursday.
Mr. Foster mein steended on behalf of Mr. Welker, pro-
prietor of the ReliJas 01111)1400 ; and Mr. Franklin appeared
again for the prisoner.
The following evidences was given
James Hyslop, aompsehor—l have been employed at the
Getardiara office eke mars. William Demme wee en appm-
ties when I went. Jamie Jacob., the decreed, had been
employed at the odes all the time I hays worked there.
Then have been no quarrels, to my knowledge, between
Dawson and the deosseed, or say of the other men. Yes-
terday smarmier, the doomed came to the office about ten
o'clock, end left about half-path eleven. The prisoner
went to dinner shout we o'dosit. I went five or ten
minutes afterwards. Myself, Jacobs, &mud Barrie, and
Frederick Foster retained hem dinner about two o'clock.
Dawson also Maned soon afterwards. He 0001113111108 d me-
ek* Wein with a pair of dumb-6.4 which had been in
the pimp five ar six months. When Damon returned to the
Moe, Jambs said to him, " Let as have a walk, Dawson, sad
nal senambere end her a rat." Dawson made no reply
bat herbed. I wee nesseet to Dawson and Jambs, end I
▪ " Dunes cannot have a walk sow, he is not en piece."
I did not her anything mom for a urinate or two, and then
' Jambs inked Dawson to (etch him a pinch of snuff. Dawson
mid nothing, but went into the srljoiniog room (the news-
office), and returned with a snuff-lax. Dawson then com-
menced using the dumb-bells by way of exercise. I pseud
between Dawson end Jacobs to set up a line at smother ans.
Jacob wee then on my left, very neer the prisoner. In Item
than a minute afterwards I beard a sudden cry from one of
the other men • and on looking up. I saw Durkee in the art
of striking Jambs with the dumb-bells to a very violent
manner. Frederick Foster shouted out, " Daemon is killing
Jacobi I" Foster and Herd, than rushed towards Jacobs on
the side, sad I went os the other. Upset that Dawson came
towards Foster sad Harris, striking violently at them with
both dumb-bells. He drove them both oat of the
roam, and named Wards Jacobs. I wee dud-
tug and on seeing me he rushed to the
frame width estisrated us, end held u_p ass of the thumb-
bath se if about to throw it et eon Hs said ramidaing
which I could not understand, end I then made towards the
door, Demme following me. When I had got about there
part moose the news- office I turned and looked back.
Dowse, wee then in the act of shutting the door of the
jobbier-othes, which opens Into the news-office. I imme-
dissely returned to the door, and toned it 6/toned. I
called out to Foster and Bothwell, the only two men In the
neweselace at the time, and they cams to me at the door.
While we tried the door Damon rushed to it, with a large
bee pin in his hand. We could see him through ea
end we at once ruchedfrom the doer, thinking he
wee going to force his way with the press pin.— [The peer
pin, an iron rod, five feet six inches long, and weighing
twenty-one pounds, wee ben produced, with hurasn blood,
heir, end brains upon it, as it bad been used by the mar-
derer.)—l called out for some one to come up stairs, and in s
fur seconds a person named Betas earns up. He asked what
wee going on, and inquired why we did not break into the
nom (jobbinr-officei where Dawson end Jacobs were. We
said we wanted to do that, and offered to go in with him.
We all went to the door. Bates pushed the door and
looked in, upon which Dawson came tower& it with the
press pin. Bates maw him through the nick end rushed
out of the room, saying he would not face him for the
world. Myself and Bothwell continued in the news-office,
sod Foster fetched a piece of iron piping from doWnstairs,
for the purpose of forcing open the door. The youngest
appeintioe, John Tiffany, come upstater with Foster, and
he broke in • portion of the door by kick-leg it with his
clogs. Demon then rushed towards as again, and we all
ran off. Tiffany and niter went below, hot Bothwell and
myself remained at the top of the stairs. Dawson, I be-
lieve, then took the hemming from the door. I came down-
stairs, end Bothwell followed me. Bothwell looked beck,
end, observing that Demon bed no weapon in his bends,
seised him at the bottom of the stairs. Dawson come down-
stairs of his own accord. lie snuggled hard at the bottom
of the stairs, bat was secured by Bothwell, sedated by Buse
and others. When be bed forced hie way into the street, im
front of the office, some one then asked, " Where IN Jambs?"
Dawroa replied, "Jambs is all right—he is all right—Jacobs
I. all dee." I then went upstairs, and I saw ten
or three peenone coming out of the jobtthroffice,
and they told roe that Jacobs was dead. Daw-
son has been a very quiet, inoffensive lad. I have
WPM seen him commit any sot of violence before, or known
him use say threats. He would do anything we wanted him
to do without grumbling. I never knew him quarrel with
anyone. He wee on very good terms with Jacobs, for any-
thing I know. When we went away Ice half a day any-
where Jacobs always treated him.
Frederick Foster, a compositor, corroborated the lest wie-
ner. Ho said—l think the drat shriek I baud some from
Dawson. I observed him making retinues and grinning
with his teeth. He looked quite wild when he ran at me.
He made a curious noise all the time when he was striking
Jacobs and when be ran towards me. I had averred him
Immediately before, and than when I spoke to him he ap-
peared perfectly right. Jambe did not Mese him, sad
nothing took place between them.
Samuel Hurls, another, commoitor, gave similar seldom.
Poli mean Cnlpan—l was the fired person who went into
the jobbing Aloe after Dawson left, end I sew the body of
Jacobs lying on the Boor. I conveyed the priming to the
lock-up. When I re 4 tuned I took posseadon of the dumb
belle, the press-pin, end the hatchet. I found the teem
pin about a yard from the body. The hatchet was picked
up from a frame by Thome* Seeds. One of the dumb-bells
was on the floor, dons to the body, and was covered with
blood, hairhatchet], wee also the case with the press-pin
and the
Mr. Tooker, sergeon—l sew the body of the deemed yes-
terday afternoon. The ice ad forehead ware way much
mutilated, the bones being broken end drives lute mad upon
the brains. The beak pert of the heed wee violently con-
tused, and the beam Wires le mewl War. There was a
large pool of blood about the head, sod the braise sad teeth
wore spattered about the ream. The recta k heat and the
Hews appesr to have bees so Attlee se to seethe the brides
and teeth over half the satire epees of it. I hand one %-
dad wound on the right side of the rhea, and three ethers
on the left leg. The more arks' wands on the head and
fees appear to have been Indicted by a heavy blunt trim-
mest There were mho niusesee or emetty lashed wounds
es the bead and ism wised by a sharp bithwast. The
barest roared is Hatay to hew taw' the latter wink,
which ware billeted apparently when the deemed was epos
the door, and after his death. The first blow evifteMly pre-
dated death. The durum at the bath of the heed are
likely te have been produced by the dumb-beds, sad the
Ant blow would awe death, by driving fa the shell
wpm the bran. The este es the thee rem te ham bees
made by the hatchet sal Wised up by thew eieht of the
pems-ple. The paw ethealted ma priselonally
some months ago, coming every day kw weal lays to me,
wad there was tome dieted!? then is petting him is explain
Ithessif. Me manner wee wawa end very eesaitrio. At
hest .ter a while, he began to araphda of psis i different
par of his body, sad el a dhow which had sew Wald
la hlr. With sass Tethering he e ther (het he
was imbecile in birthed awes o Gomm had the vi-
lla said this them the primast whe we seated at the bet-
tors of the table bermes tenremahlemesithely Ward up,
threw his arras. wildly about, sad appeend as if he wanted
to get at the Warm - Hs w ismaffistely Wed by the
policemen, bat his shwa weasel that at dra It
as if they wash( be amble bell Na pwaios Ws=
uttered the moot bard& bowie. set WWI ea, " W'lty
die be mastics their He WY pi bid Wit
extreme difficulty by a washer of paww sed others, and
irons were pat on him, and be wee held lowa in a ewer of
the room, bat all the thee he Wend lead seesaw
and ft wee found necessary to remove him from I
the room.)—Mr. Tucker then went on to star—
t had Weed en opinion that he wed bean en
to d during the
last six ameba I should not have surprised hear
that he bed committed suicide; I thought him
too isolisam to commit an sot areassisr. lam deddedly
al apart Ilia he
his
laws whoa he committed this act.
din wain Wes his Wire we le me during the
Marva of his attending at , end I told her that
he was suffering from some dlsslered state of the brain,
which, at some time or other, right lead to Warty. She
said she bad obterved trim In be exceedingly Menge, and
more peculiar in his monism then ever bdore. He was
moping and sitting for hours together, she said, without
speaking. She seemed very much concerned about hint
The jury, after a abort consultation, returned a verdict of
wilful murder widest William Dawson. They abstained
from pawing any opinion as to the mental state of the
prisoner.
The prisoner was then taken before the borough magis-
trates, when the following additional evidence wee ad-
duced
William Bates, emobitepler—T mikes& is the capture of
the primmer, who raid to me, " These Is one point I have
missed." I asked what it wee, and he replied, "la not
teeing taken his (the dewed's) heed off, and thrown it gut
of the window."

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