The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-15 00:00:00

Mysterious Death in the Green Park,

Last evening Mr Langham, deputy coroner for West-
minster, held a protracted investigation at the Westminster
Hospital into the circumstances of the death of Geo. King,
who was supposed to have been murdered in the Green-park.
The facts of the case sere of a singularly mysterious cha-
racter. The deceased was a gasfitter, and on last Friday
week, at four o'clock in the afternoon, he left a friend named
Castell, to go across the Green Park, on his way home. At
twenty tainutes before five o'clock Police-const ,ble M‘Far
lane, 618 A, found him lying on the ground. He got upon his
feet, but fell heavily again, and then seemed to be dying. He
was taken in a cab to St George's Hospital, whence he was
conveyed to the station-house and locked up as being drunk.
He partly recovered consciousness, but made no complaint
of ill-usage. Ho was bailed next morning, and was after-
wards taken to the Westminster Hospital. •
Mr Charles St. Aubyn Hawker, house surgeon to West-
minster Hospital, said that ho saw the deceased on his being
brought in. There were dreadful bruises on the top and back
of his head, and on his back, chest, hands, abdomen, and legs.
The skin of the shin was broken, and appeared to have been
kicked or knocked away. He was quite insensible, A fall
could not have caused the injuries ; they must have been
inflicted either in a fight, or in an assault of a most brute
character. He ded on Wednesday week, and then it was
found that there was an extensive fracture of the temple,
and that the lateral sinus of the brain was ruptured. This
witness added that it was impossible that one individual
could have inflicted such injuries. The wounds on the legs
appeared to have been the result of kicks ; those on the body
were caused, to all appearance, by blows of the fist.
Inspector Swanston of the A division, deposed that when
the deceased was bailed out, at 8 o'clock, he observed no
bruises on him. He could not, or did not speak, however,
although he could stand and notice what was said. In half
an hour he was carried into the Westminster Hospital, and
then Mr St Aubyn Hawken saw him as described.
Mr Jones, resiient medical officer at George's Hospital,
said that when the deceased was brought in on the Friday
night he could observe no bruises on the face or hands. The
body was not examined. He believed that the deceased was
suffering from drink. Ho smelt strongly of liquor. For
two hours he was insensible, and then he revived somewhat,
and the police took him away.
The Coroner—The witness Castell states that when the
deceased set out to cross the park he complained of being
queer, and said that it did not arise from drink, but from
the eff eta of blowing down gas pipes.
he witness said that the smell of drink was unmistak-
able. Witness found the deceased atter death, and found
the body covered with the marks of injuries described byl‘lr
Hawken. The fracture of the skull could have been caused
by a fall or by a blow from a blunt instrument. Falls about
the police cell might in his opinion have caused the injuries.
Witness was sure that the deceased was not suffering from
the fracture of the skull when he was brought into St.
George's Hospital by the police.
Mr S. G. Freeman, house surgeon at St. George's Hos-
pital, gave similar evidence.
John Hollands, servant to.Lieut-Colonel Paget, said that
he saw the deceased lying on the grass near Stafford House,
on the evening of the 30th ult. There was a bruise or
swelling on the right side of the forehead. A military gen-
tleman said " It is a wonder he has not killed himself by a
fall against the railings." The deceased seemed to witness
as if he had been drinking beer.
John Dobson, who bailed the deceased out of the King-
street station, said the deceased had then bruises on his
head and hands. He could not speak. Witness said to
Mrs King, " There has been foul play here."
Mrs Harriet King, 2, Pensonby-terrace, Pimlico, corro-
borated this witness, and said that she told the police they
had murdered her husband, and asked why they had not
examined his pockets to get his address. They replied,
" We are not allowed to pick pockets."
Inspector Swanston explained that by the regulations it
was forbidden to search a drunken man, or anyone else not
charged with a felony.
The witness said that if her husband had been injured by
a fall his nose, which was uninjured, would have been
bruised as well as his forehead. She did not believe he had
been robbed. He was not of a quarrelsome die position, nor
was he given to drink. He was an inspector of gas meters
to the Chartered Gas Company.
After some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned.

THE CASE OF FIVE BOYS BURIED ALIVE...—
DEATH OF ONE OF THE SEFFERERS,—The boy John
Holmes, who was crushed in Dukinfield Park on Tuesday
afternoon, while he and four other b )ys were delving in a
small seam of coal, as reported on Wednesday-, has since
died.

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