The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-10 00:00:00

MURDER OP A POLICEMAN NEAR BOSTON.
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The dastardly deed of shooting a polictinan at
Wyberto• • Ilertatibt ego hes no
a...wined the serious
Owe of wok,
fee the par fellow who was the oaf ode.
gate victim at that feel sad ooloovok,el &id ham bnstbisl
bus no, balm, steer lisienng just • week, ex-
pand as Tbateiq, the let lautant. Ppm!' the time he was
abut veal allaillMint bad prreailai In the aeighbourbood,
but mace hie death this ezeitesoent had bow pestly intro-
mile& The iity dellowiag the oecurreace the poboi fore*
emmereol am MOM search, sad, aided by the deweriptios
white Wail= el the tenon by wham he woo shoe,
taw • blooms ssated litkhardwat,
whole goat lbw to be bat IkW dowbt. This ma.
ewe tato lase Yf. /he pewees .4 11*Driss e• he ley is
lei, e. ea boa oessoloso the dying r..lieeensa emphat ally
aid, "That% the esaliwhi! shoties,

As lagent was Mid Were Mr little. contort, at th.
Mop kw, Mkiriwelt Order, wham after all the dereeti.ek.
lad boss Wilk Um priwasow w•a recomidd f.,e • mei.

MI MS AND LOSS OP LIPS IP Nasal
ONAPPELVS PIANOIO2III MAIMPAOTOItr.

Lent night Mr. Brent, the thr the
western divides et the gaiety el hat • keg
inquiry, at the home of Mr. Wibrow, the ing'e Head
Tams, Lithe Irmo Ilgereirest. fit. Weis, reeptethe the
death et Mon. Pathan Mowed 37, who lost bm
=ban egdesiee which took place at the tire winch 00.
on &today morning last in the pianoforte manufac-
tory belonging to Messrs. Chappell and Co., of Amis.
street, Bello.
Mr. Impactor Itranscombe, of the E division of pebee,
attended to mesh the owe ce behalf of sherbet meth&
titles ; arid Paul Gland end Wilkinson Ws 41
attendsnee um behalf of the ere brigade.
The jury having been sworn, proceeded in the
the learned deputy-coronerto view the body, 74 it tidy
return to the inquest room the following evidence was
taken:

Mr. W. Pitt, of 26, Castle-street, Longa," a varnisher,
said—Oo the 4th inst., about 1 o'clock a.m., his dat"!
cams and mid, " There is a great Are in PlNeulx
and he said he would go and WO what it was. His
said she would go also. Not intending to Mop, ke said he
would llama home ; and as he was going away to inset his
wile in Stacey.strset, knowing that he lied some working
tools in the pleas, he said that he would retura and save se
era, thium as he could used in his trade. A few Wastes
after they had got back to the piece an exploit= monied,
and he then beard dreadful screams preened* from the
court in which he and his elle were standing. He called
for assistance, but upon several persona coming to the spot
they were unable to render any assistasee; but a young
man offered him to assist hie wife to this heaMtel, and upon
her arrival there she was found to be quits dead.
The house sort in of Middlesex Hospital said
that about half-put 1 o'clock he was called to
see the deceased, and found blood Sowing from three
wounds in the head, and tie skull was hectored. He exa-
mined her, and found that life was extinct. He had opened
the head, and found before he did so that there was a
went injury to the head. There were external inveigle.
Upon opening the lsAly he :ound that death win must
from fracture of the skull and effusion of blood on the
brain. . _

0. Rice a baker, living in Denrnarkatreet, the drain(
Lloyd's!court, when As explosion took der oth the
deommaied and about 21 others were knocked them He
did not thee know that the decreed wee killed. He heard
screams proceeding from the next house ; sad be then saw
a large piece of iron piping an the top of the bed over
.1 mall bmg there. He moved the iron away, but it we. so
hot that in putting it away it burned his hands. When the
explosion took place wham and about 20 others fell to the
ground.
fir. William Shepherd Smith, ef 23, Charterer's*,
Fitaroyequare, maid that his factory wee at Is, Phosix-
garret, where he meth Ord rice for Mews. Chappell sad
Co. Wither inewed the stock for 2,0001., esdllesnre.
Chappell's far 1,300 f. He should say there were from 70 to
100 machetes in diNerentiors7:: the premier nose
were from 30 to 40 nom es the pourer He
paid theist about half-ped or s quarter to 11
Alter that he went over the
tees with a ptheemen's
lantern, and to all aggerres plass was hes from Ars.
The ',editing was warmed by errs pars, one cif which ex.
ploded, but he could sot tell hew the explosion took place.
Engineer Paul Ginned add that the explosion took place
just as the roof fell is, bet he was usable to tell how the
explosion occurred.
By a juror—H. turned the gas of at the main after the
pismire were closed.
Giraud—lf the gas had been turned on fl
would not bar the mama effect as the fire hailV, for the rod
was is the evens of
infew minut:sigerf
The jeeer—The tro thatettly heon.
took a
lantern and woe wee the whole of the premier
whore the both, wes, end he wanted to Meow whet=
falling of the laadss sead would not have caused the &tree
to generate sorer it otherwise would have done- if
so, that would assert for the explosion.
Engineer thread meld. that if any water had been left
in the boiler it wee partially hot, sad the application of
cold water frith their MOW would in all probability have
the effect c 4 ettrieg the fete to expand and explode.
The Conner Mein seated up,
The attic emindting, returned the following var.
did :—" That Gthellee Pitt died from the mortal effected
an
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et Weed sod other injuries to her heed,
tart MIN MIN* did ink*, die, cad that the mkt =leer
vendee sad Wier Wei nen sewed hy =tend via
leoeeby ranee et lees peogided spied bee
body b 7 as arphollea dddei • b WI
that the cease of die alenesid is to then (the
jurors) exinies."