The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-06 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF d YO--------"LUSrit --•
INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, Mr. Richards, deputy
bald en inquiry at the Green Gate Tutu, ohy
re. apecting the death, under very *dui lr ed. •
Mr. Tomsop Bradbury, aged 47 years
Aloysius J. Warman said that km.
seabed intimately. Hs bad been • olerk eks e_
don and Westminster Bank for twenty ran, Lir*
superannuated some two years ago. go gad ,itua ir•
members of the 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artiliery....l4
tieened lived at 30, Westmoreland-phut, • -11.4
Witness lived at the Angel. On Tuesday ereolus,
28, at a quarter past 10 o'clock, the deceased ruiteevi
nese at the Angel, and left at once. He was quite AA..
be
well. refused to take a glass of ale, saying be did noiz
Mr. Edward Bradbury, solicitor, 40,
Southwark, brother of the deceased, said that %WWI,
bad been under a doctor for softening of the
He used to become giddy at times, but would retouch
memory before falling to the ground.
In answer to questions from Hr. Bradbury,
Mr. Warman said that deceased used to attend entia
drill regularly, and never bad a lit go
understood all about artillery pract.j©, H• tel4l,
drunkard.
Poliee.seriwant George lade', acting birder ed 16,
street station, said that at half•past 12 oda* air
morning of Wednesday week the deemed wee In%
in by a polioe-eonstable, whocharged him with hiss
and • in Tabernacle•row. Witnees took the AA
DDssooeeaasseedd smelt very strong of rum. He said Am
his name "I shan't tell you." He staggered about.
had him put into a cell made purposely fat haik
persons. It was a boarded sell, the floor bung as sok
It did not strike witness at all that it was a fit dre%
suffered from.
By Mr. Bradbury—Witness did not see any Minn
deceased's bead or neck when he was brought in. in
blood or marks of blows. Deceased was silted ened
times during the night. He took off his coat rail
coat at 7 o'clock in the morning ; when told to dre%
took of the remainder of his thinp. He wee Lio
into the charge room when he began to rye •
if in want of sleep. At 8.15 Dr. Yarrow, the pi,
surgeon, was sent for, and he said that delirhuare%
was fat coming on, and directed him to be removed telb
workhouse. He was sent there shortly after 9 s'eleek
Police-constable Clark, 149 G, said that he sad uele
constable removed deceased to the workhouse at et%
quarter to 10 o'clock on the Wednesday morn*. Wilia
saw no blood or marks of injury upon him. BR poi
sensible ; he could not be got to speak. He 'anodes.y
workhouse upon being led by the band. He Imhof rei
slow.

Crces-exarnined by Mr. Bradbury—Deemed am at
dragged along the street.
Mr. Bradbury—lf I bring witnesses to prove that Mau
dragged along the streets, will their evidence be num!
Witness—Yes. I did not see him dragged. I essye
sitting in a chair in the charge room ; the doctor at*
at 9 o'clock. His eyes were open. He wee Wahl
drunk. Witness did not see his ears rubbed to Mt
him to. He smelt very strongly of drink. Tim ea
stretchers for carrying people who could not walk. A
ceased could walk. The other policeman, as well si 11,
nee',, only held his band—not his arm or ',boulder.
Mr. Warman stated, in answer to the ooroner' thia
did not see the deceased after he left the Angel
• quarter-past 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, until lass
him when dying in the workhouse infirmary Thvnig
Mr. Bradbury asked polices instable Clark whedimils
deceased's cost was muddy or not.
Police-constable Clark said that there was some IA
mud on the back, particularly on the shoulder.
The deceased's clothes were produced. There mil
little mud on the shoulders, and a great dial ca
skirts.
Clark swore that the &boulder w.ui in the am Min
when he saw it on the decay(' last, but be 4111
mention the skirts.
Mr. Bradbury—You swore that ihere was no Bede
the deceased ? Look at the blood on that cost sad mat
coat. . . . . . .

Witness said that he had not noticed any blood.
Mr. Bradbury said that deceased's arm was 114
jured, and he pointed out that no marks of blood ma
the sleeve of the coat.
The witness, in answer to a question, swore that don
did not fall in the transit from the station to the es&
house. He was put into No. 11 ward.
Sergeant Eades, recalled, said that be had predombia
posed that he noticed mud on deceased's shoulder d is
station. He did not notice so much mad as at pima
upon the coat when he left the station. He could mum
got that mud in the station. Witness did not deem id
blood on the mat or waistcoat.
Mr. Bradbury—But you rust have seen it If Oa
there when deceased was in the station I
Wither—l believe I must have seen it.
Mr. Bradbury remarked that it was strange that vii
the coat and waistcoat were stained with blood, am m
visible on the scarf or linen collar.
Witness said that he sent two policemen with ties
ceased because the doctor said he had ckfirisd rem
and not because he was unsteady in his gait. If be di
been unable to walk he shouti have been lest se i
stretcher, but there was an unwillingnese to rat rap*
able people on • stretcher.
Polioaeonstable Swan, 90G, who assisted Clark bleak
the deceased to the workhouse corroborated the friths
of that officer. Deceased did not fall on the way, asr is
he complain of his head. Witness did not noun
blood streaming from his head. He appeared as if liqb
Red and smelt of drink, brandy spparently.
Ormaammined by Mr. Bradbury—Witham ball i
erased's right hand. If Clark had dated
he held the' right hand he was wrong, Wham
not injure the right arm. Deceased did nee
_mai;
he did not know where he was going to W
told, but he appared to be inscneible. Witnem n
seen the blood on the clothes if it was as DOW CS lb WI
and waistcoat. He did not notice any on his Sem:
not knocked down or struck by anyone. Ns
paned. Witness did not know whethei themmititi
which deceased was put was a lunatic ward.
J. Richards, 250 fl, said that a few minutes Wes
o'clock on the evening of the `2Bth August, • emenadlif
his attention to the deceased in Taberneels-dslill alit
that he was very tipsy. Witness teem ila
leaning up against • wall, surrounded by Ise •
twelve people. Re was drunk, and emit
spirits—rum apparently. There was mud on hisehisides
Witness saw so blood. He and another acesbailliii
him to the station, leading him. He did not fall. Emil
he was an officer in the army, but he would sel ids* '
name or address. Witness charged him with bill dttli
and incapable, and, with another constable, placed Mil
the cell. He left the deceased sitting on the seat.
Wright, 177 G, corroborated the last witness's Mama
Crossexamined by Mr. Bradbury—Deceased me ed
knocked down or struck with a staff. There was so em
sion, for he was very • quiet. Witness could not If
whether the blood was then on deceased's clothes, tat d
did not see any.
Parsons, 57 G, said that he had charge of the calls
the night in question. He saw no blood oe deaseD
hot:,
coat or waistcoat when he put him in the cell. Diode
could not have fallen in the cell.
house by two policemen at half-vast I/ 0'67.
on the morning of Wednesday week. Wither didW
phsaidMadtdhocatk,
deceased
porter
house, fibtegLehtkOw7..eiebe,
notice any dirt upon his coat. There was eosselitileill
trickling from the right ear. Witness did not adds W
slk
mark of • blow behind the ear. Deceased was
He was taken to the lunatic ward by order of the trade,
to whom witness reported the ease, stating that W
wPeararcemWthebe doubtful if
°west Wbraosugaht
having been drunk and incapable. ml
Cross-examined—Witness saw deceased strityla
observed no marks of blows or blood on him. Did 80.6
him get any bath. He could not use his leis MOS
chanacally. The two policemen reportedsu him-
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ho[uArtlthis stage the proceedings
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SHOCKING CASE OFSTARVATION AND DLitt

Mr. Richards, deputy coroner, held as hie°
at the Sir George Osborn's Head Tavern, Prioesailed
Mile-end New- Town, last evening, on the body of Jaffe
Carter, aged 50 years.
MU/ Ann Brown, a dreadfully emaciated looking
tore, and who feinted from apparent exhaurtionray
gi% :ng her evidence, said that the deceased 6
maker, and he lived at 30, Prescott-street, Examples. es.
had lived :th him as his It :fa for six yam alL_ 11.;
deoelha: dii.rrldbinnocin.,:ttoed og "Hit:im' ha
died O nanoP7l
bSundaywasotndodabfyyew lightly
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had hardly eaten anything that day. tele
The Coroner remarked that the witnem eve
silly from want herself, nd he could hardly believe ve-
she said about the deceased's being in full work up to O.
time of his death. tut Os
Edward Normanton, deceased's landlord, so •
deceased was a sober, Indust/iota man, but whstlies
went out to work or not latterly witness could not 10...1
Mr. W. Proffitt Dukes, surgeon, said that he of
srf,
to the deceased oa Monday night. and found his Srl
He was vety much emaciated. The pod morieVlS,_
nation showed that there was no trace of fou
al •
stomach. There was extensive effusion of serus
brain. The state of the internal organs shored no;
ceued was not a drunkard. He had annst•al,
recently attacked with typhoid fever. Deastawsoisiss
sinned by the effusion on the brain, and was
want of food.
The Coroner having Rammed un.
The jury returned a wesdict " That deceamed, , o•
effusion of serum on the brain, and that ha aw'
accelerated by want of food."
On the con clusion of the irts: i 3 ayl
informed the deputy-coroner ingn
that t the
Ann Brown bad been seized outside the wort ••__..ajc
seemed to be cholera, and that she was being sew.";.:-,g,
the London Hospital. She was attacked with
and her her arms, bands, and lips turned blue.