The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1804.

The Tragedy in Hatton-Garden.

CORONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY.

This morning Dr Lancaster, the coroner for the central
division of Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Three Tuns
Tavern, Cross-street, Hatton-garden, on the body of Eliza
Wilkinson, who met her death on Monday last, under the
circumstances already published in The Sun.
The jury having visited the body,
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Jane Freman said she rekided at the White House,
Sheppard's-bush, and was sister to the deceased. She
was about 27 years of age, and was married to Henry
Wilkinson, a stonemaspn, whose father kept the Reindeer,
at Lincoln. They had been married 10 years, and There
were two children living, one aged four, and the last about
12 months, They lived very happily together, but the
deceased had told her she had had words with her hus-
band, but witness told her she believed ono was as bad
as the other. Sho was not in the habit of drinking, but
the husband occasionally got intoxicated. He did not
neglect his home, on the contrary he always acted with
the greatest kindness to his wife. •

William Chipperton said, I reside at Shrewsbury-cottage,
Angel-lane, Hammersmith, farrier. I have known deceased
and her husband about six months. I met them first at
Shepherd's-bush. I met Wilkinson at that place on Sunday
last about half-past two, We had some ale, and then I,
Wilkinson, and his niece came to London. Whilst wo were
in the train Wilkinson invited me home to tea. I went and
stopped in the house till six o'clock, during which we had
one pot of ale. Wilkinson seemed to have had a little drop
too much, but he was not intoxicated. The deceased and her
husband seemed on excellent terms, as they were playing and
chaffing together the whole of the afternoon. When I and
the niece left Wilkinson and his wife accompanied us to the
train. As we were early we stopped at a publichouse and
got a pot of sixpenny ale. After that all four went to the
station in Farringdon-street. We were all laughing and
chaffing together. When the train came up we
all shook hands together. Wilkinson kissed his
wife's niece, and turned round and said to me,
"Don't be jealous, old fellow--kiss my old woman,"
which I accordingly did. lam keeping company with the
niece of the deceased. I never noticed anything strange
in Wilkinson's manner when I kissed his wife, but
she coloured up very much when he (Wilkinson) kissed
her niece. I never saw him ill-treat her. Deceased was
very jealous of her husband. She had no cause to be so.
I and the niece went off in the train, and got to the sister's
house at Sheppard's Bush at half-past 7. After we had
been in the house about 20 minutes, Wilkinson came in. I
asked him what brought him down so soon after us, and
he said, " My old woman's been blowing me up, and I've
come down to get out of the way." Wilkinson re •
turned to London by the twenty minutes past ten
train. He drank about three small glasses of rum,
one of brandy and some ale. He was intoxicated when he
went away. He said nothing further about his wife than I
have mentioned. I have heard that they have had quarrels,
and once deceased pointed to her husband's nose, which she
said she had scratched.

By a juror--I never knew the deceased kiss any other man
but her husband, and I should not have kissed her had the
husband not told me to do so.