The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1866.

DASTARDLY AND FATAL OUTRAGE.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, this
morning held an inquest at the London Hospitnl on view
of the body of William Henry Elosworth, aged 21 years,
who lost his life through injuries inflicted on him becuu=e,
being a teetotaller, he would not pay for liquor for his
assailants.

Mrs. Sarah Guken, the wife of a hairdresser living in
Bethnal-green, identified the deceased as her brother. He
was a hairdresser by trade, but he worked in the tea
department of the West India Docks. Witness knew
nothing of the circumstances which led to his death. She
had visited him in the hospital, but he was then suffering
from his injuries. He said that he did not remember
being struck. He also stated that a number of young
men, who worked with him in the tea department, were
constantly wanting him to treat them with drink, cud
that he once was obliged to do so because he was afraid of
them. He was a teetotaller and used not to keep bad
company.
Mary Middleton, 11, Little Collingwood-street, Bethnal-
green, said that on the evening of the 9th inst., at half-past
5 o'clock, she was in the Whitechapel-road, when she SaW
the deceased and four others coming towards Mile-cud
from the direction of Whitechapel Church. One
of the men In particular was evidently asking the
deceased to do something which he did not
want to do. She heard the deceased say, " I cannot
do it." The question was asked again, and upon the de-
ceased repeating, " No, I cannot," the man struck him a
violent blow under the left ear or behind it, and knocked
him down. He fell with great force on the pavement, and
remained motionless, as if dead. The men then all crossed
the road. The man that struck the deceased came back,
and looked at him as he lay on the ground, and then
crossed the road again. A second time he returned and
looked at the deceased, and then took to his heels and
ran other men also disappeared.
%%'itndowgidthe not think tree could
didentify any of them. A
police-constable came up, and wituess told him of what
Witt happened.
William Gibbons, a shoe-black, corroborated this evi-
dence, and said that he heard the man who struck the
deceased the knock-down blow twice say, " Will you do
it? " and it was upon the deceased's persisting in his re-
fusal, that he was struck under the ear. This witness
said that he could not identify the men who were with the
deceased at the time of the outrage. They were all sober.
Police-constable J. Wooley, 391 K, said that he found
I the deceased lying on the pavement not far from the Lon-
don Hospital on the evening in question. He was quite in-
sensible. Witness got water and tried to restore con-
sciousness but without success. He was removed to the
hospital.
A police-sergeant said that he had gone to the W t
India Docks, and, from the general description he had re-
ceived, picked out a man and took him to the station. The
witnesses, however, not being able to identify him, he was
let go, but be was now present to answer questions.
Thomas Curry, 2, Anthony-street, Commercial-road,
said he was • carpenter, but he worked in the tea depart-
ment of the West India Docks. He knew the deceased by
sight, but he did not know his name until the police came
after him. Witness was not with the deceased on the
Lord Mayor's Day. He did not hear any one at the docks
talk about the affair. Witness was not a teetotaller, but
he did not drink a pint of beer in a week.
The police-sergeant stated that the police bad spent two
days at the docks making inquiries, but they could get no
clue to the guilty parties.
Mr. It. Lane, house surgeon, said that the deceased was
brought in with his skull fractured on the night of the 9th
November, and he died on the 21st. He had been struck
on the left side of the head, and bad fallen on his right
side. He was nearly unconscious the whole time he was
in the hospital.
The Coroner said that it was intolerable that a well-con-
ducted man like the deceased should be set upon by ruf-
fians and deprived of his life because he would not supply
them with drink.'
The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against
some person or persons unknown for feloniously killing and
slaying Wm. Henry Ebsworth," and they recommend that
the Home Secretary should offer a reward for the discovery
of the guilty parties.

CHARGE OF CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH.

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SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

ORB o'CLOOL
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stocks are in request, and have improved 1 per I
cent. South-Eastern has also risen 1, while
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settlement still occupies the attention of the i
dealers.
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