The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-21 00:00:00

THE ADJOURNED INQuF.ST.

On Saturday evening the coroner's jury empanelled on
Wednesday last, met again in the board-room of the
Marylebone Workhouse, for the purpose of receiving addi-
tional evidence of identification. Dr. Lankester, the co-
roner, as at the previous sitting, was accompanied by his
deputy, Dr. Hardwick. Mr. Oreenwell, the vestry clerk,
and several of the local authorities, were also present.
The identity of 12 bodies remained to be proved, and of
these the had already been seen by the jury ; the other
sen n recovered since Wednesday remained in the dead-
house to be viewed by them.
The Coroner, on taking his seat, after reminding the
jury of what took place at the former sitting, said he re.
&retied to have to inform them that there was every pro-
that all the bodies of those who had fallen
through the ice into the water had not been found. Should
that prove to be the case, although he was not aware whe-
ther the authorities intended to continue their labours for
the recovery of bodies to-morrow, they would have to
determine the course of action they should pursue with re-
ference to them when they reassembled on Monday
morning.

Mr. Douglas, the mister of the 31arylehoue Workhouge
said, with regard to there being more Lilies under the ice,
be had no doubt of the fact, from the number of applicio
Cons Which had kept pouring in, with descriptions of the
parties.. _

Mr. loyls, the stunnioninz officer, said that Mr. Ed-
waails, the mis•rintendent of the Ret.ent'sipark, hail in-
formed hint that it was the intention of the Authorities to
continue the search for the balks the who)... of Sunday,
and that he believed the operations of the divers would
ttlso be continued.

The Coroner remarked that in that Cave they might pos-
sibly have several more bodies got out between then and
Monday morning. He had received a large amount of
eelTkyoll.lcoCo from perssms who stat d that they had
witnessed the accident on the ice, but which he did not
think it neeeseeiry to read to tho jury they could, how-
ever. see it if they wished to do so. He begged, however,
to state publicly that those gentlemen who had written
this correspondence, if they attended the court, would, if
they chose to tender their evidence, be examined. If the
jury would now view the other bodies they would then
proceed with their identification.
The jury then proceeded to the dead-horse, and viewed
the ha:jun still lying there, and on their return the
coroner said they would first the the eases of the five
nut identified on Wednesday evening, and the seven which
had teen recovered since.

James Justice was first called, and said I reside at 4,
Hun ts worth •TI iews, Derint•siluare. lam deceased's (James
Justice's) father. He was 21 years of age, and assisted
ne in the corn husineas. I was not on the ice with hint.
I know nothinu of the accident, bit think it wrong: that
the g. tee should have been open for /simple to get to tho
ice.wh;.le.in an unsafe state. _

Pullum. examined—l reside an 13, Hyde-place,
Hoxton. The deceased, Edward Milian. was my son.
He had been married tire months, and was a commercial
travel:en Ido think that it was very wrong to allow
persons to go on the ice when it was no !inside: many mole
boanla ought to have been put up than there were to show
that there was d.triger.
James Mid;ley, tr. Ibil.ford.read. Holloway—The dc.
ce.v.ed, Mr. Thomas Wiliam Spencer. was my coo-in, and
was a solicitor, residire: at Yorkshire. He was
'26 years of age, and single. The tin:l- remark I can make
as to b iug on the ice is that which has been previously
made, that it Tvz> n great shnme to allow people on the ice
in the state in which it was.

liarnah Gamble said—Deccanc.l. Ifen:-y Gamble, was my
sou, and was LF years of Hi* 'tither in ire, and his
name I, Gamble. I have uutbing to say to tLe jury
shoot the accident.

res;•le at '.!;;', Mallon-road, Kentish.
town. The deceased, Tiiianas Chadwick, w lily he ahand.
wa.•!-1 years of age, wax a shoelai:lo r by trade, but
was working :is a porteron the London and North Western
Railway at Camden station.
. . _

Tl,ese were the live ho lies viewed by the jury on Wed-
nesday evening. but not identified.
John Glanteld said—T ic,:olc at lg. Frsncis-street,
Tottenham-court-road. 11,cea.c,l, Frank Glantiehl, was
ray son. He was 1:ot in busin,•,s, but had just left school.
Bin age Iran 14. _ .

Thomas George 01ley—I reside at SO, Ltolsover-street.
The dece:a.e.l, taniuel 011( y, was my ion. He was 20
years of age. end wax a turner. The only remark I have
to make is that if thtre should he shallow water in St.
James's-park I think othera ought to be the same.
Septiums Long said—l knew the deceased Janie, Jobson
as a friend, and I have attended here on behalf of his
mother. He was 3.; years of :ize, lied was a painter. I
consider it a merciful Providence that I was not with him
at the time of this accident, or I might have been one of
the sufferers, as I had promised to go with him, but was
unahle to keep my engagement.
Helen Robinson acid—l reside at r,9, Christian-street,
and am deceased's sister. His name was William Robin-
ten, and he was 33 years of age. lie was married, but
had no family. He was a dentist, and resided at !1, Stan-
bope-street, Hampstead-road.
Willi Giles said—l reside at 40, Highfield-street,
West Derby, Liverpool. lam brother of the deceased,

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John North, 5.i, Wilatead-street, Komers-tovrii—De.
ceased David North was my brothel ; his age was 1:1 years.
He worked with lily brutlar as an oigan metal pipe canker.
Alfred Deer sahl—l identify the hody of the decerimal,
Frederick Beer, as my brother. His age was 21, and he
resided at -.g, Rom:time:ail. Islimiton. Ire was a house
decorator.
These being the whole of the cases in which the bodies
had, up to the present time, been recovered and identified,
the coroner said he would now adjourn the inquiry till 10
o'clock on Monday morning, when lie proposed to resume it
at the Mary's-hone Court-house, which had been granted
by the vestry for the porpoise.
Mr. Dyason, a ineinher of the jury, said he thought that
some attempt should be made on the part of the office' of
the government board of works to alniw the water off, lint
only onaccomat of the immediate recovery of the bodies
which might still be lying there, so that the anxiety of
their friends and relatives might Is• allayed or their fears
confinited, but also r.. test in what state the bottom was
- whether it ice. full of mutt as alleged, and what its
depths were—points which he thought the jury ought to
be made hilly acquainted with. (" Hear, hear," from the
juts-.)
The f '..tua.l -- I' is no doubt very desirable that every-
body a lio la.e. 'won pi as:Mina...l into awl still I..maitis in
the lake should be found before the jury pincer ; w.i.li this
imp airy; hut I am not aware at pre-cntwillther then. is any
means by which so large a Maar, of water as is at pre -ent
t olitaine.l in that lA.. cmi he emptied. It t he a source
of legit% hi every cue, and I :.al sure that every one must
feel that what ought to he now done. if it has not been
done before. is to render the Regent'sleirk ornamental
is ,ter wore shallow, so as to prevent the recurrence of such
, iliemlful calamity; but I hardly think the jury are at
present in a position to make any representation on the
subject, or as to having the lake emptied at pr•isent. I
think there can he no donlit from what bass transpiaeal that
the local authorities tire fully willing to aid the jary in
such a matter. Their high approval of the course which had
beenielopted with regard to the officials under their co. it i ..1
is an evidence of that ; and I think it is due that I should
MAO add my *dimity. as I believe I can do that of the
juts- and the public. to the humane anal zealous, as well m
judicious proceedings adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas,
the master and matron, the inealimil staff, and other officers
of the establishiuent in doingall they could to mitigate the
horrors, awl relieve the sufferings of those in any way
connected with this sad occurrence. No doubt, if there is
a means of at once emptying the lake. knowing the wishes
of the jury, the local authorities might 'mike some repre-
sentation on the subject.
The summoning ot'icer said he understood that there
was a sluice by which the lake could be emptied in come
way into the Regent's ('anal.
. The (ironer—l have no doubt if the Chief Commissioner
of her Majesty's Beal-dot Works, I.ord John Manners. were
niatle acquainted with what the wishes of the jury in the
int.irests of the public are, he mut be inclined to direct
the water, if it can he .lone, tots: drawn off, but although
at a subsequent period when we may have hail some evi-
dence before the jury to prove in what state the bottom of
the ornamental water is, if it should then be proved
that it is in such a muddy condition as to be calculated to
hold the hodies of some of the unfortunate people who have
fallen in by. that calamity, then I think it would be corn-
potent for this jury toss paa resolution, and send it to the
l Chief Commissioner of Works. expressing their opinion
that they cannot proceed satisfactorily with their inquiry
unless the water is drawn off from the lake. I have no
. hesitation in saying that I think it ought to be done, but
at the state time I. think it would he premature to
come to a resolution without evidenee as to the fact that
there are bodien still retained there which cannot be reco-
vered without such process takes place.
Mr. Greenwell, the vestry clerk of Marylebone, said he
agreed with the coroner that unless the fact was esta-
blished by evidence that there were other bodies :it the
bottom of the water, they could not be in a position to peas
any resolution on the subject,
'The Coroner—l think it will be much better to wait
till we have some evidence on the point of whether
1 there are any other bodies at the bottom of the water,
but in the meantime the vestry as the local authorities
might net, and send sonic resolution or memorial to the
Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, in whom the
I authority over the Regent's.park and the ornamental water
lis vesittsL - _ . - ..

Mr. Mains, a jurymen, and who is also a guardian and
member of the Marylebone vestry, said he thought the
jury bad a perfect right to give some expression of their
opinion, that sere prompt and energetic measures should
be taken to recover the bodies, there being strong prima
fade evidence that more bodies were there. He believed
there was a general wish on the part of his brother jury-
men that some such step should be taken—(" hear, hear,"
from the jury)—and be felt quite assured that if it was in
the power of the Marylebone vestry to effect this object,
knowing the wish of the jury, they would carry it out.
Mr. Greenwell observed that the subject was one re-
quiring deep consideration, and if it could be done with-
out emptying the whole of the lake, it would be desirable,
as there were the inhabitants of the most respectable
neighbourhood, facing it on the western side of the park,
also to have their feelings considered.
A juror wished to ask the coroner whether he was aware
if the Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, Lord
John Manners, WAS in town.
The Coroner said he was not aware if Lord John Manners
was in town or not.

Mr. &Immix the park superintendent, was understood
to say that his I,rdship was in town.
The Coroner thought, however, the matter had better
stand over till Monday, and the court was then formally
adjourned till this day.