The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-15 00:00:00

INCWIST OS THE WOMAN POUND IN LENS
WOODS, 11111 STOL

The coroner's inquest was cona_menned on the body
Vaket, 12 o'clock, stir New Inn, Rownham, before
eared deep Wert. The body prorated
• elessVestagetesie, net only from the extensive wounds cm
the end bled, but aloe from the rapidly advancing
slate elf dierepralee in wldek it wen
Wort dewed that be was gamekeeper to William
liar, ILP., at Leigh-court. About belf-pest four
ragora live o'clock on Monday seeming, be was
=neer through Leigh Wood, when he Land the
of • wore, apparently about 30 yews of age.
He had meld the was spot at between An end Warm
o'er* dory primly, and was purr that it was not
own or that dam Witaier's attune was der read by
some blood
the The blood w Finite he wee wa/kingqbeitheirmci before
on him as cowered up with
diet On oohing at it per eew that there
wee a handkerchief Ammonk as rarei up with the dirt end
dyed with blood. Could not as, whether that pillitivaidd
wnkh had been washed) was the era, bat the
was brought to the New Inn in the cent with the body, and
was left with the police. After be had men the Mood covered
up se be had dated, he examined closely to see what foot-
Fet2.Le were about, and he then noticed finger marks as
some person had gathered up the dirt with his hands.
H.; Also obried tootrarb. They were evidently their of
a sea with • bred heel, bat without any nail marks. Wit-
tier them had sorb:ion that somebody had been manterod,
end he went and looked ore. the rock, and there saw the body
of • woman lying on her beck. He did not go imero!kmi body
ne
as he was frightened, bat ran away, and afteroating what he had mean to • men named Sege, went
and gave information to Mr. Jones, the supenotendent
of police at Ashton. Afterwards returned with Mr.
Jones to the vat and pointed out where the
body lay. Should think from the appearance of the earth
and the body that it might have been there from the day be-
fore. Saw that the woman. throat was cut when first he
saw the body. Whin he saw it the second time, thine are
flyblowinp in both north, sad also in the eyes. With the
present warm weather, and irk manna of ffies as there were
about, Sy blows might have came le for or Bee hours after
death. When he saw the body them:and time, he touched
it ; the hand was oold, and it was atiff. After the body was
lifted up out of the hole in which it was found, witness ob-
served • hole en the right olds of the head, as though it bad
been made with a bullet. The hole or pit in which the body
was found was to or twelve feet deep. Where with saw
the blood covered with earth was about two yards from
the edge of the rock under which he found the body. The
body was not doubled up, but was lying straight The
were not rumpled at all, but appeared
rod r if the body had been laid out there.
The lair was 'swift loose about the heed. When
wirer took the herbaria( out of the mould, the blood
was motet, but the handkerchief was stiff from the quantity
of blood in it. There was no board or shawl near the body,

nor had witness been able to find either.
By the Jury—There were no rinse of any kind on the
demand woman's engem; there was blood on her fingers; •
little on the inside.
Edward Jones deposed that he was superintendent of the
Some setahire county constabulary, Maimed et Long
Ashton. Accompanied the last witness to Leigh Woods at
about a quarter before 7 o'clock on Friday evening. Found
• quantity of blood on the ground, which hail been covered
over with earth. Wort showed witness the body of e
female ; It was in a lyiwpneition, in a quarry, on the bode,
but with the head ; ahghtly turned to the tight. Mee
clothes were smoothed down to her feet. There wee
nothing covered over the body, but two or three stones
were placed under the bead, which raised it • little The
body had no bonnet nor cap on tho heed, nor any shawl,
cloak, or mantle. Her eye. were open, and there were Ny
blows in each of them and also in the nostril.. The throat
was mach eat, and afterwards, on getting the body up into
the light, witness observed a bole on the right side of the
head,
_which appeared to have been canoed by • bullet wound.
The body was not quite cold nor rigid. The weather was
very hot. On raising the body by the arm, witness found a
quantity of blood in the sleeve, which must probably have
lodged there owing to bee arm having been held up. The
keeper produced to witness a handkerchief saturated with
blood. Finding no evidence of identity, witneop had had it
wombed, to search for initials ore name, end he had found
the initials C. P.; her stockings and chemise were both
marked Y oak C. P., 6 • and her under flannel
C. 1", Is zed satin. Wither gave direction, to
Me. Lassa, mean, to examine the body, out ho
did se he eta morning. When gat witness now
as buds Is sedisd hat a pucka had been cut away from
Ib gamed', dam, sad that the upper part of the pocket
w Nand enildia. Witness lad mince received a portion of
elsehsi howl Ashiesish bziLiht, a gamekeeper to
Mr. Owen Sark Bola it with the portions
delis pedal sin ssmehiss the so
it corresponded
saint kr Is way pwilisalar. Wilms noti,c.l w-hen ...uniting
the sire whin Ow lady Tr *wad that there were several
ENO beam bringbig from the edge of the precipice beneath
width the mpg lay; they were claim d with t lood, ow also
INN the rests and come projecting stones at the bottom of
the preciploe. There was nbct a dent or work in the Boil on
the POttota, near the lady; that mark woo doubtless cawed
try being *truck with the head of the corpse. Had no doubt
that the body was r Moil down the precipice and then removed
sad placed where it woe found. Had Pouched minutely for •
pistol or knife but could find nothing.
Themes Fry, keeper to Mr. Start), depeeed to finding the
plion of the pocket under the park wall of A,Loou-park.
There woo a stone in it, sad it appeared to have Leen thrown
over Law the sad.
By •jurer—lt wee found nearer to Bristol than where
the body wee discovered. A person going to Bristol from
(bet sett, by the road, would have pared the top of Roan-
ham-hill, ethers tho pocket was picked up.
Mr. Rudd Lucas, eurrein. defer the.' the nature of the
Injuries intlit hal on the body, and said It Was scarcely pos-
sible that the de, rased could hove destroyed herself. N't hen
he saw the hotly Saturday, at eleven o'clock, it might
have been deed two
The inquest wise aiteitirned till Saturday neat.