The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUICIDE OF MR. CHARLES RUSSELL.

Yesterday Mr. Bedford. coroner for Westminster,
held an inquest on the body of Mr. Charles Rumen, aged
70 pan, late shatemsn of the Gnat Wirers Railway C.ter
may, at that gentlessaa's residents, No. 9, Argyll-streets
Ramat-street.
The jury having viewed the bath the following evidence
was adducted:
Mr. Osage Lake Ransil, buriater, of 62, Lowed's-
square, deposed that the demised gentleman was his Mother.
In early life daseased was in the any, and had spat some
I portion of his time is laths. He was at the time of his
I death living lima his forme. He had bran suffering lately
from indismisitkin, having complained of pains I. his sheet
sod heart, bat had sot betrayed any alarming symptoms..
Witness knew of no reams why his brither should have
takes his life sway. Thews wee no pecuniary embarrass-
! sent, deceased beWg a gentleman of ample fortune, the
great balk et which be gave away in Malty. Last week
deceased dined with witness three times, and al,hiegb at
the *inning of the week he complained of Why very
towards the sad of the week be appeared to gat better. Os
Tuesday last he complained of pains la his onset and beast,
and on Wednesday abs,, when he said that if he did sot feel
better he should send fa his medical adviser in the morning.
Heard so more of his brother until be received inlormatiou
of his baying csommitted suicide. (Here the wits's& became
deeply &Hear", oilseed audibly, and for some time was
unable to proceed.)-
By the Cornier—Had no reason to dcabt that his brother
died by his own band. Did not know he bad the pistols in
the house, bat amounted lot them beteg in the hoses by
the feet that souse time hack the door of the house wee tried
is. the purpose of theft, since which deceased might have
kept them for his own protection. His opinion was that as
deemed bad complained of his chest and heart, the amels
bees., °heti-sets 1, and the blood flew te the brain.
Elbert Howard said he was valet to the deemed, who
had for more than a year complained of beim; very unwell.
He gene/ally somplatood of pains in his sheet and brae,
and was esessissally depressed in spirits. On Wednesday
night deceased west to bed about eight o'cl ck, whoa he
eimplaieed very much. and said if he did not get better be
should send foe the doctor in the inanity. At 10 o'clock
'ls was simple. soundly. Oa the following (Thutadat)
' morals& about a quarter to 7, witness went ti deerteed's
room and found the door open. He went into the room and
booed deceased lying on his left side is the bed in his dress-
ily gown. Two pistols were by his side, and blood was
calling from his swath. Promared mdical assistmea.
teased was imessible bat sot dead. There was only another
servant in the house besides whams, and that was a female.
Witness slept at the top of the basso.
By the Coroner—Did sot hear any report, aer smell pow-
der, when. he sauced Me ram. Ho felt his master's pulse,
and found he was warm. Never !mew he had the pistols
until whams found item es the bed. Deceased did net
'peek. He gradually mak, and died at two o'clock on the
sane afternoon.

ldr. John Walser, 4, Tyler-street, legenbetreet, sur-
geon, mid be was sidled to see deceased Wheat emus o'clock
as Mandel wasenfing. He was bleeding his. by nestrils ;
.&.lealndsbeg aa eismiesdes. wawa dismend •
Imp owe is sberea ttorestball the Nettie eiave th• nreb ofstered.
the a et might hfe
The= was peel* end finend to react high up is the
brain. He was Inhillt imenesism podmily saok, and
expired at I o'alselt. Me bed se disibl dessosed died from
amiss IS the heeds. awes& WSs ersesd. The base
W set bees Isweiteli Beth glade had bees flied, bet the
bullet Mil seemined Is the made if me of them the
= now
seehed, emsesseese of the barrel sot
.. I
wen stelae of blood es the
amg rgot es the M about tear bat from the bedstead.
MO Imaglesi Semmitted the set @wadi'', and
Man Me 1.1. Pren Oa barniaMe Nate ot the blood
be shiegeeld Oink the w lland bed been hillieted two or lane
hours before be saw him. He thought deceased had 031 M•
witted ir-felele. hat it appeared strange to him low the
deceased gel to Me bed after the wooed was inflicted.
Mr. Charlie IL Heetes, surgeon, of 6, fkishope-placi,
Hyde-;ark, wed bad bees in the habit of attending
do-
ceased, gave evideses as to hie health whea he last saw him,
and mid that, elehregh be bad complained, yet did
not expect to best a his Weide. Believed the decreed=
rod lowness ef iwirtis Right have deranged the mind. Had
no reason to *KM that deceased committed suicide, bat
thought it Snags how the unfortunate gestisseas could
stain? back to the bed after the indiction of sash frightful
injuries.
Howard, the valet, was recalled, sad said he did net mom
the pistols from the bed.
In anewer to the Cowan the medial madams ex-
pressed en °piston that deeesied might have c sighed the
blood out of the month on to the esepet and table.
The COMMIE thin samened up, and the jury esteemed •
verdict " that demised destroyed his life while la a sate of
Weaponry inisaity."

SPORTING.

MANCHESTER RACES.
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APPEAL TO THE OARSMEN OP EItOLAItD —lt will
be rwaestbsted that sot law daft the ea-champion of the
T saw was sfil cad with a sadden attack of Ham, par
%skies of the wine of a fit, while eagsawl la bit daily
vacation—ea attack to setae as to give fist to the rumour
sod a galena be lst t t his death. Prom ibis attack, we
wtret to any, he nu by to awes seamed. sad Hem is
silted to bodily etili Hot a sesta, satiety arisiss from tbs
prospect et peesetery diatom. Combo. his a Tory large
fast ly, aid tM Ws maw of sappentiog Rims his batistes
as • lightimaaa. All aft to hub afar a lose and labotrioss
If. was hit barge, wh eh he sow fiars be stall be obliged
to part with is ordwr a. put ID sff.ire stns get, sod. wide
Hie barge. led OS* Ot life as Selma Ito, his. Mich a
isslascialy o so sash groataeo—as usdetertsi as it
wr aadamolo—ers fool du omega of England, new ap-
pealed to is this nest earnest mate; will sot permit.—
Bars Life.

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1856.

gatardayfollowing I saw the deceased in bed at the Talbot
Anne. The prisoner took me. The same day I received a
swage from the primmer requiring me th go to him and
take a receipt stamp with me. la consequence of that
message, I went to his how, and purchased a 'billing
worth of stamps on my way. I found the pawner in
his sitting-room, and be said he wasted me to write oat a
cheque, sad he minced. espy. I did me he requested, and
he said it was for mosey that Mr. Cook owed him. I left
the ch.qu in the parathion of the prisoner. He told me
tee reason ha wanted me to write the cheque was that
Mew,. Weatherby, epos whom it was drawn, would know
his handwriting, and be said he wee going to take the
cheque for Mr. Cook to sign.
Mr. Weatherby, the secretary to the j oekey club, was here
called, and he explained that it was his duty to pay the
stakes to the owners of winnirg racehorses, and he also
kept a back. The deceased had a backlog account with him.
He knew Palmer. He kept no socioust, bat he had paid
him stakes that he bad won. Oa the 21st November he
received a cheque boozing the signature of the deceased. He
returned that cheque to the prthoner by poet. The amount
of the cheque wet 9501. (The cheque in question was then
called for on the part of the prosecution, but it was not
produced.)

The ezamiaation of the water Cheshire was then re-
sumed. He said—l remember that the cheque was drawn
In favour of ttua prisoner, sad that the amount was more
then 3001. The prisoner sent for me again on the following
Friday after Mr. Cook's death. He was in his kitchen, end
be went out and brought back a quarto shoat of paper, and
he gave me a pen end asked me to sign it. There was
writing on the paper, and I asked him what it was. He
said I knew that Cork sad he had had dealings together, and
the document wee one Cook had given him BOON days before
end he wonted me to within it. I asked him what it was
about, end he said it was some business in which he bad
tined with Cook, sad that it was all for Cook's benefit,
and this was the document statirg so. 1 think the
handwriting of the paper was Mr. Palmer's. I told him I
eolith not sign each a document, as I hal not seen Mr. Cook
sign it, and that I might be called spin afterwards to give
evidence respecting it, and the poit-otfic• authorities would
not like my leaviog my place for such a purpose. The pri-
moor then said it did not matter. (The production of this
document was then called for. It was not produced.) I I
believe there was &stamp upon the paper, and it contained
a statement to the effect that certain bills were ul for Mr.
Cook's benefit sad net Mr. Palmer's. The amounts were
rather large, but I do not remember the precise sums; but
eee was for 1,0001., and another 6001. It was 'tithed 't Jae.
P. Cook." I was la the habit of /ivies( the primer letters
addressed to his mother, who resided at Rageley. During
the months of November sad December, 1866, I cannot say
whether I pie him any lettere. I used to give the prisoner
listen addressed to Ur. Cook. While the inquest was going on,
I remember the wiener asking me HI heard anything fresh
to let him know. i thought it was a temptation fur me to
open a letter, and I told him I could not do so. The letter I
ea stafferieg imprisonment for le one addresed by Dr. Taylor
to Mr. Gardner. I read a pieties of that letter, and Goo-
senalostod what I bad reed to the prisoner. I fafonnted
him that Dr. Taylor said that no traces of strychnine had
been found in Cook's body. The prisoner, when I told him
this, ?gilled that be knew they woald not, for he wasps:-
Golly innocent.

Captain Mottos, the chief eenstable of the Staffordshire
pollee, here produced a letter seat by the prisoner to Mr.
Ward, the eorooer. It was road, and stated that be knew
that Professor Taylor bad statist that he could not discover
either stryennins or prune acid in the body, sad that he
hoped the verdict would be that be died from natural causes.
Itecaeiadsd,"Broryours, W.P."

Is answer to question put by Serjeant ghee, the witness
Cheshire said that he knew the deemed well, but he maid
not speak to his handwriting. He was sure [bat the pri-
mmer asked him whether In bad sooner heard any thing, and
he told him he had seen something, but it would be
wrong to tell him. He saw the prisoner at Repay on
Wednerlay, the second day of Pageboy rocas.
Mr. Ellis Crisp, inspector of poises at Rugeley, said—On
tbe 17th .f December I assisted to search the prisoner's
toast, and found the book I now produce. It contains the
following entry, Strychnine kills by causing a titanic fix-
ing of the respiratory muscles." The entry was in the 'mi-
asma's handwriting.
Mr. Burgos, s superintendent of police, produced another
book found la the prisoner's house, which also contained as
carry on lb. 'abysm of stryohnine.
Mrs. Elisabeth Hawke. said—l keep a boariiag-
boas, in Beaufort-buildings, Strand. I knew the prisoner
He was at my home on the let of December last, and I
purchased some game and a take for him on that day, and
the porter purchased some fish. The things were all picked
up in a hamper, and I directed the hamper to Mr. Wad,
the coroner, at Stoke-open-Treat.
Mr. G. Herring said—l live at New-cross. lam inde-
pendent. I item the deceased, and I saw him at Shrews-
buy MM. I put up at the Royer, and occupied a room
seat to that occupied by the prisoner sod Mr. Cook. Os
the Wedemdey of the races I saw a considerable sum of
money in bank-notes is the comession of the deceased. He
showed me his betting-book, aid It contained entries of beta
he bad made upon the rams. Oa Monday, the 19th of
November, I received a letter from the mimesis, in which
he regneeted me to call upon him at his lodging in Beaufort-
buildings, I went at the time appointed, and caw the
prisoner. I asked him how Mr. Cock was, and he raid
be was all right—a physician bad given him a dose
of calomel and advised him not to come oat. The pri-
soner then said what be wanted me for was to cattle
hie moment. He had • sheet of note peper in his hand, sad
said, Tuts is it." He told me I had better take it down,
and his paper would be a cholla against me. I then took
dews from his dictation the ;meta:elan of the beta to which
Cook was entitled. The result was that 9841. was to be re-
solved net, and he said be would give me 161. to make up
1.0001. He then directed me to pay Mr. Pratt 4601., and Mr.
Pedwick 3501., out of the money I was to receive. He
asked me to draw cheques at once for these amounts, but
I refused, as I had not yet received the money, and be
said it would be all right at Cook woald net deceive
him, and be was particularly anxious that I should
nay Mr. Pratt as be said it was for a bill or a
joint bill of isle oa the mare. He then trusted to
know what there was between me and him, and I told
hiss he owed me 461. Semothiag was theta said
about 401. being paid to a Mr. Sargent upon the Liverpool
meeting, and I told him the money bad not bees paid. He
then took a 501. Bank of England tote out of his pocket,
and he wanted 291. oat of it, but I bed not got sufficient
rash. He than said that • cheque would do as wall, and
I gave him one for 201. and nisi sovereigns. Before the
prisoner left be said that when i had settled the account I
was to write down lathe, to him or Cook. I ?spited that
I shoals: ceitaiely write to Mr. Cork, as I thought I woe
orttlieg his account, and the prisoner then said that it
did not auk aster which. I then went to
Tattersall's and received all the money incept 1101.,
and I sent a cheque for 4501. to Mr. Pratt, and
potted a letter addressed to Mr. Cook at Penalty, as
the prisoner had directed me. Oa the following day
I received a telegraphic message from Rusteliy, in cons.
queoce of which I again wrote to Mr. Cook. The witness
then produced three bills of ezehaugs, end he said that one
of them was drawn is Palmer's handwriting, and the other
two accepted la the tame hand. The acceptaoce of one of
the hills was in the handwriting of the decessel. and be
appeared to be the drawer of the other two. He said he
received these bills from Mr. Fisher and gave cash for

fashills were read. They wen each for 2001., sad were
dated &Islay, September 15, 1555. One was at at One
month and the other at two =laths date.

Essmination coatinued—When the first bill became due
Cook paid me 1001. upoa it, and he paid ma the ri minder
at Shrewsbury. He thra produced smother bill of ercharge.
Kr. Strawbridge the =muter of the bank at Rugeley,
wu here willed, sad he amid that the bill which had just
bees produced was drawn and endorsed by the prlsooer, hat
that the acceptance, which purported to be that of the pri-
soner's mother, was a forgery. It was for 6001., at three
1 moths date.

Mr. Herring then further stated that this bill bore the
genuine endorsement of the dewiest He received the
bill from Mr. Fisher, and he nee the prisoner 2001., and
Mr. Fisher 2761., retaining 251. for the diecouee.
Crots-szamieed Several pools Well taken ill at Shrews-
bury at the time of the rase. He was aqacked by diarr-
hea himself. He was took several times oa the race-
soarer. It was very wet and damp and he rentoastrated
with his upon hie being out in snob weather.
Frederick Smith, the porter of the house in Beath,*
buildings, said that he purchased, at the request of the
prisoner, • oodlish, a barrel of oysters, a brae. of pheuants,
sad a turkey, and they were packed up, and directed to W.
W. Ward, Req., Stoke-upon Treat, Stalfordah,re, and wit-
ness took the hamper to the railway.
It berg now within five minutes of sin o'clock, the court
intimated its intention act to proceed furthe/ with the
cue that seeing.
Lord Campbell suggested that some leaky of breathing
fresh air should be afforded to the jury before the sitting of
the court on the following morning. Were it not that ha
made it a practice to take • walk early in the moratog in
ffeasiegton-gardear, ha should himself And it imro.eible to
endure the fatigue of so arduous • trial. An omnibus, or a
ample of thee, ought to be engaged for the aceommoda-
ties of the jury that they, too, might enjoy similar rem-
atlas.
Mr. Baron Aldereos—Why should they not take a walk
in the Temp's gardens ? There could be no sere tranquil
spot. (A tech.)
The Sheriff, intinated that they would attend to the
reermendatioas of the learned judge.
The court then adjnorned at sin o clock until ten o'clock
this day, the jury being conducted, anon the previous servi-
le", to the London Coffee-houe in charge of the Sher:ffe
often.