The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-25 00:00:00

THE HUP.DER 511 AR CARLISLE.

THZ INQUEST.
The inquest an the body of Jane Ethtuernon, aged
see entydwu, whowee barbarously murdered at the Botcherby
level crooning of the Newomtle and Carlisle Railway, on
Thursday night, was opened at Boteherby on :Saturday,
before Mr. Carrick, the county coroner, and • respectable
jury. The jury. having viewed the body, the coroner pro-
ceeded to examine the following witnesses :
.lobo Parker, stationmuster at Carlisle station, identified
the lady as that of Jane Etumerson. who was gatekeeper at
the level Crossing of the hoe between Butcherby and
Diann-bill, where the line =sees the turnpike road.
William Blaylock, a platelayer on the line, who dis-
covered the murder on his way to his work, and elm, kisser
the dece..sol well, described thug the state in which be
comet things at the crossing :—He found the first gates
lying back .sgainst the road fence, leaving both the railway
and the road open ; one of the gates on the other side of
the line was is its proper position across the road ; but the
other was wide open. Four iron pins, each about two feet
king, are used to keep the gates fast. Two of these were
iii their places, one was lying on the railway, and he did
not see the fourth, as it was nearly dark. There was a large
cobble stonee near the south gates. The body of the
conies was !rug between the gates and the cottage, a little
way fnsu the line. :She was lying with her bead to the
cottage, and a great deal of bloat had streamed from her
mouth. She was quit* deed. Witness went end called
epos two men for assistance. They went to the porch-door,
sod found that • nail which the deceased used to put above
the meek to fasten the door when she went out, was nearly
out. There were marks ,in the door as if sane heavy Metro-
merit had been used to break it open, a pane was brakes in
the porch window. and the window looking east in the
garden was oleo broken. Some of the drawers in the room
were pulled out. sal letters sod papers were strewn upon
the thew. The lied weeniest as if it had never been slept in,
but the pillows were turned over at if some one had been
searching for somethiug ha the garden they found, stained
with b bssl, a hedge slasher (a billhook used for trimming
heigaii, lying in front of the ',dodoes. They took the body
tato the house. It was quite limber; it was not stiff.
There is a wooden cabin tenor the craning gates, on the
opposite side from the cottage, into which the deceased
usuolly went when soy trains were coming from Newcastle.
Site put two lamps there after dark, one showing up the line
and the other down. After the last train from Cathode had
pawed she would take one of these lamps away, and after-
wards eee it as a baud lamp when she was moving about,
and lie neat to the Mow to remove the other lamp and
Awe the gates aerom the line when the last Maio had passed
bun the east. Both them lamps were found under the
holy el the deemaisei. There was a small socket Limp found
in the hawse which had not burnt out. A pickaxe, the
handle of which was stained with blood, was found uosier
the bed, and the marls upon this corresponded with the
mark' on the drawers and on the door.

George Hind, a workman on the line, mid he had bean
going through the rates to bis work sl:ortly before mid-
night. The gates were disordered. H. mw no light, beard
moo Doan. and pawed down the line without touching tie
gates or seeing 'milking further.
The Coroner said they could proceed no further that day.
The cue was use of a very brutal character, and involved
in very great mystery at present, therefore it war their
duty to adwurn to allow the police to inquire fully into the
circumstances.

The inquest was adjourned till Monday week.
It haa been ascertained that in addition to the money
stoles from the drawers some spume cod linen were also
taken away. The murderer is still at large. The police
deemed it aimaimary to isterrogate two tutu, one of whom
is a tramp, as to their whereabouts on the eight of the
murder, but their Rumen being perfectly satisfactory they
were not detained.

Saturday's Carlisle Examiner ram :—" Two men have
Dana apprelmoded on suspicion. One Is Denied 'Mullen
and the other Fitzsimmons. Both have been hanging about
the place lately, owe at trumiu-hill, and the other at the
Nominate aad Carbide Railway indium and have, of course,
Mon ampaolod id booming somethieg of the horrible crime.
fitiaimmosa, we are told, quarrelled with the old woman
col • few' sights ago. He wantal to enter her house to
light pipe, rho would sot let bias, sod a quarrel emend.
meu ere now lodged in the Comity Constabularroftice,
sail Defuse they are wit at liberty they will doubtless have
to give• satisfactory amount of their whereabouts on the
eight of the murder. It is rumoured that one of the men
to custody bad beet. applying for the old wouato's situation.
It is a1..0 rumoured that the amount of money abstracted
from the drawer is somewhere about 40/. flow far these
rumours are true remains to be eau. At preaut the whole
tragedy memo clouded in • mystery, and it will require both
tea and judgment—more especially as aceoliat of the little
evideues of • decided nature that can poraiWy W oblaised—
to bring the criminal to *Um."

SMOCKING neaps OUTBAOI AT SHIPTIELD.

SHEFFIELD, SATC BOAT.
Otte of the most atrocious trade outrages which
have ever occurred ia Shelflekl eras perpetreted this morning.
Two persona are fearfully injured, sad its feared that one
of them will die. The victim of the outrage is a man named
tieurge Westaidge, who lives in Acorn-street, Shalesunior ;
and the outrage was committed about one o'clock this
soorunig by throwing a tin vessel ooeteisius gunpowder
into cue of the bedrooms. Viestuidge, his wile, end his
child (about six years of eel, were sleeping iu the gar-
' ret. A woman named (YRourks, a widow who lodged
there, wee sleeping in a bed on the floor under the win-
dow, in the chamber below. It was into this room where
O'Rourke was sleeping that the combustibles were thrown.
About the time nieutiocied, the inmates of the houee were
aroused im the shim of the chamber window bromides sad
something being thrown into the room, accompanied by a
hissing some. The wise was mused by the bursitis of the
rose attached to the combustibles, which was festered to it
was to explode the oeutenta. Mrs. O'Rourke got up, and
saw what she supposed to Lea brown paper permit lying oo
the floor. In her bewilderment. she picked up the mirth,.
At the more moment, Mrs. Westuidge, terrified at the
Prim. crane down stairs to see what it was. Mrs.
i'llourke met her, end, not knowing what she did, put
it in Mts. Weatnidse's hand. The poor women took
it, and is a few niornente it exploded in her face.
Bewildered with terror and psis. Mrs. Westoulge lost
all control of herself. :She rushed up again into the garret,
dashed past her husband, who tried to stop her. went to
the window. and jumped out. Weetnidge's losModiatte meg,
now that his wife was wine, wen for his child. He took the
little creature in his arms and hurried with it down stairs,
cud it romped unhurt. The two women were conveyed in
a eel. to the infirmary, where their injuries were preessel7
attemled to Ly Mr. Knight, the boom surgeon. Mrs.
o. very eenously in)jured, and her life is OM.
Indere,' to he iu danger. She has bed hum on the
mum an.' truuk. Fortunately, she suffered no
injury from the fsll heyoad a severe contusion on the left
leg. The other woman, Mrs. O'Rourke, is also badly
burnt, though sot ee eerinuslv as Mn. Weetnidge. Her
prieened injuries are on the right Iris, elbow, sod the legs.
Tbo only other person hurt is a non ranted Willem
Thempeon. He happeued to Le going by. and went le to
tender assistaiam. He was partial'', suffoosted by the sul-
phur. There is no doubt this disholical mange is a trade
eSsir Westoolge is a fender grimier, and works at Mr.
Houle's, 01010.1ene Stove Grate Works. Mr. Houle, wish-
log to get lop some cheaper gates, • short tint. moos
brought some men over from Rotherham to work on them
nt what lower prices Signe diet time there has been
perpetual war between those toes sod the union. Only
last week three of them were attacked as they were going
home from their work, and knocked dews.

Mr. Charlax Bridger, s solicitor, of Winchester
committed suicide es Friday. He was treasurer of the
own y 61 Heals awl of tam Hues Comity basaltic Asylum,
sod ales se the sew biesthseiptue mad isle of
Wight Osuipaey.
PALACU. HALF-A-01011M DAY.—
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