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THE SUN, LONDON, 'THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1864.

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second horse to save his stake. Red House in. 17
subs.

train by which the accident happened was the last to leave
The witness Clarke was recalled, and stated that he locked
the entrance door to the station on that side before he
crossed over to the other, and that nobody could get on to
tha platform after he had done so.

Mr Dre.witt's Diomed, 3 vrg, .4 - •
Mr J. 04borne's Nell Digby, a,yrs, bet ' I.o'l4...(l4(Pardrroalnl) 1
2
Sir J. Hawley's Argonaut, 5 yrs, 9st ...... (Wells) 3
The following also ran :—Walloon, Gallus, Trumps,
Exquisite, Rapture, Usher, The Tyke, Garotter. Confede-
rate, The Doctor, Kapunda, and Gownsman.
Betting-5 to 1 each agst Argonaut and Diomed, 7to 1
agst Confederate, 10 to 1 egg Gallus, 12 to 1 each agst
Trumps and Walloon, and jpo fc, apt Rapture.
After innumerable failures they were despatched to an
equitable start, in which Galhis obtained a slight lead, fol-
lowed by Argonaut, Exquisite,. Noll Digby, and Diomed
to the half distance, where the former was beaten ; and
Diomed, in company with Nell Digby and Argonaut,
singled themselves out, and finished the race home, Diomed
winning very cleverly by half alengfh, Nell Digby defeat-
ing the top weight by a couple alengtlts for second ;
was fourth, Exquisite filth, with Confederate and Gar-
rotter side by side close up. The others were pulling up
as they passed the post.

AJurymanTWhy did you go over to the up side ?

Witness—l thought I heard the up train, which was due
last, and so I went over. The down train was due first, but
came in last.

The Juryman to Rance—lt appears there was no porter
at all on the down side when the accident happened.
Witnebs—l could not say.
The Juryman—Dont you think there should be two men
there ?

The Coroner, interposing, said that was a matter of
management which rested with the company, and for which
they would be responsible.
The Juryman—When the accident happened ono porter
was upstairs locking the door, and no other porter was on
the down platform.

_ -
Mrs Jane Wolff, of 7, Homer• street, Marylobone, said
she was at the Portland-road station on Saturday night.
She was in the last down trains having taken a ticket from
Farringdon to Edgware-road. She road in a third-class
carriage. When the train arrived at Portland-road she saw
a woman come to the door of the compartment next to that
in which she sat and take hold of the handle. The woman
beckoned to some one, and said "Come along." Witness
could not see who it was. Her attention was called away
for a moment, and when she looked again towards the plat-
form the woman was gone. She did not hear any shriek,
but she saw the guard dragging part of a woman's dress—
a shrivl or a cloak—from among the wheels, in which it was
entangled.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added,
for 2-yr-olds. The winner to pay
House in. 43 subs.
15 nova to the fund. Bed

Mr Elphinatone's Tesane, Gat 111 b ........ (Carroll) 1
Mr C. Peck, jun.'s Exceller, 7st 31b..„„ (E. Harrison) 2
t
Mr R. Sutton's Furze Chat, Bst 41b.......... (Thomas) 3
The following also ran Lelio, Anonymity
Blackbird,
Dubiety. f by Rusbborough
Vest colt, Rose of Denmark,
Verdant, Viola, Bunch, Renfrew, Audax, Mongrel, Ethel,
Rialto, Scheldt, Lop-ear, and Herschel.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Audax, 7to 2 agst Exceller, 10 to 2
aget Rialto, 100 to 8 each ttgatlrstkt colt and Tessa., 100 to
7 agst Scheldt, 100 to 7 net Blackbird.
After a tedious delay at the post they were despatched to
a fair start, Tesane immediately showing in front with
Scheldt, Audax, Rialto, and Exceller in attendance. The
leader went on increasing the distance to the stand, where
he had all his horses safe, and with only Mr Peck's colt
near him won in a canter by two lengths ; Furze Chat finish •
ing three-quarters of a length from Buttner. Mongrel was
fourth, Audax fifth. The rest finished in a cluster.
ERRATA.—In our Fourth Edition last night Audax was
given as the winner. Mr. Wright, the telegraphic agent,
now writes us that the error was caused by the similarity
of the colours of Tesane and Audax.

The Coroner—Was any one with the woman when she
was trying the door ?
Witness did not see any one.
The Coroner—lf there had been any one near enoagh to
push her you would have seen ?
Witness—Oh, yes. The train was in motion when the
woman had hold of the door. She did not get it open.
A juryman—Did you see any man trying to got into a
carriage ?

Witness—No.
The guard Giddens said he had never hold of the woman's
dress.

The Corporation Plate of 100 sovs in specie, added to a
handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 6 ft, for all ages;
winners extra; the owner of the second horse to receive
15 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 66 subs.
Mr John Day's Master Richard, 3 yrs, Bst (Fordham) 1
Mr Naylor's Gazza Ladra, 3 yrs, 6at 51b (J. Grimahaw) 2
Mr H. Wilkinson's East Lynn, 2 yrs, Est lOst (car Sat
121 b (Crenshaw) 8
The following also ran :—Suburban, Gemma, Lufra,
Rose, King George, Countersign, Antoinette, Theobalda,
The Warrior, and Lyra.

Mrs Wolff said she could not have been mistaken. She
swore positively that a shawl, or cloak, was pulled from
among the wheels and laid on the platform.
Mr Burchell, the solicitor, said ho had not heard of that
before, and that no part of a woman's dress was found on
the platform.
The guard, in reply to the Coroner, said he had his flag
in his hand while the train was leaving the station.

The Coroner asked Mrs Wolff if she could have mis.
taken the flag for what she thought was part of a
woman's dress.

Betting-6 to 2 aget Antoinette, 6to 1 eaoh apt Master
Richard and Suburban, 6 to 1 apt La Qazza Ladra, 8 to 1
apt Gamma, 12 to 1 agat Theobalda, and 100 to 8 agst
Warrior,

Mrs Wolff replied that was possible. She added that if
,here was a man with the woman he must have got into a

carriage.

Lufra made play, followed by Gemnta and Warrior to the
bend, where Lord Stamford's mare gave way and La Gazza
Ladra, in company with Master Richard, Lyra, and the
favourite, came on together to the stand, where Fordham
brought Master Richard to the front and won by a length,
two lengths between second and third ; Antoinette was a
bad fourth, East Lynn fifth, and Warrior sixth; the others
beaten off.

Mr Burchell produced a ticket, bearing the number 3,666
and a cancelled mark, which he understood had been given
up at the Edgware station; and the ticket clerk at the
Portland-road station identified it as one of the two which
he had given to the man and woman in question. It ought,
he said, to have been given up at the Edgeware station.
The Coroner—Then the person who took it must have
gone on to the Edgware-road station ?
The ticket clerk replied that the ticket could not have
available for any station beyond that.
Mr Burchell said it must have been delivered up at a
station beyond tho Portland-road, and the same night too,
as that wits the last train.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; 3.yr-olds, Bst 31b; 4-
yr-olds, 9st 71b s.yr-olds, 9st 131 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged,
10st. Cup Course, about 2 miles 6 furlongs. To name
at the same time as for the Fitzwilliam Stakes.
Baron Rothschild's Evelina, 3 yrs, Bst 31b.... (H. Daley) 1
Mr Saville's Alabama, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Morgan) 2
Glasgow's
Light Bob,
Bo6b,y4reY,lbst .... . . gat 71b (Aldcioft) 3
. (Challo4r) 4
ML orr d i
Anson,B
Caller
J. Hawley's Merry Wife, 3 yrs, Bst 311;..(Fordham) 6
Betting-6 to 4on Caller Ou, 3to 1 aget Evelina, an -1
10 to L agat Alabama.

In reply to the foreman, the summoning officer said the
other ticket had not been found.

The Coroner remarked that it was very odd that other
persons besides Mrs Wolff had not come forward to state
what they knew on this occasion, for many people in the
train and at the station must have seen the 'occurrence.

The latter made play to the hill, where Light J3ob headed
her and carried on the running to the bend into the straight,
where Mr Saville's filly again resumed the lead, having
Evelina and Caller On in attendance to half way in the die-
tune°, where the favourite was beaten, leaving the issue
with the two, Evelina, who headed her opponent at the
stand, winning cleverly at last by a neck, four lengths
separating the second and thix C., Caller Oa was fourth, and
Merry Wife beaten off.

Mr Thomas Sear, of 105, Hampstead-road, said he was
at the Portland-road station on Saturday night, and was a
passenger in the last down train from Gower-street to
Bishop's-road. After the train had started at Portland- I
road he saw a man, dressed in dark clothes, on his hands
and knees on the platform, and about five or six yards be-
hind the train. The man was not a porter, for he was not
in the dress of one. Witness was in the second compact•
ment of the last carriage from the engine. lie know
nothing of the accident at that time.
Ranco was recalled, and, in reply to the coroner, said on
crossing over to the down•platform he got on to it on his
hands and knees.

BETTING AT MIDNIGHT.
CESAREWITCII STAKES.
25 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken)
26 to 1 aget Gratitude taken)
25 to 1 agst Fanfreluohe (taken)
28 to 1 agst Alabama (taken)
30 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken)
33 to 1 agst The Giant (taken)
33 to 1 agst Retainer (taken)
40 to 1 agst Vermouth (taken)
66 to 1 agst Bartadoes (taken) •
CAIKBRIDGRISE.
30 to 1 aget Alabama (taken)
33 to 1 agst Trap (taken)
40 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken)
40 to 1 aget Vermouth (taken)
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Mr Isaac N. Jakins, a surgeon, deposed that he was called
to see the deceased about half-past 12 o'clock on Saturday
night, She was then quite dead, Ho had einoo examined
the body. The lower third of the left leg was nearly divided
in two. There was a large wound on the thigh at tho same
side, and the opposite thigh was nearly separated from the
body. All the great vessels wore divided on that side, and
the wound there would be sufficient to account for instant
death. The right fore arm was smashed. Sho might have
died from hemorrhage. The deceased was about 30 years of
ago, and he thought it right to state that there was a shawl
or cloak on the body when he first saw it, so that the wit-
ness, Mrs Wolff, was, perhaps, mistaken in what she had
said respecting the guard. The deceased wore a ring on
the wedding finger.
Mr George E. Douglas, the master of the workhorse,
said the body of the deceased was brought there about 20
minutes past lon Sunday morning. Along with it was a
entail reticule, containing a packet of envelopes, some note-
paper, and 12 lead pencils, with a portmonnaie, in which
were Gd in silver and Gd in copper. 'rho witness gave a
minute description of her dress, but as that was with the
view to the identity of the body, and as it has since been
identified, it is not now necessary to state the details. lie
added that 23 people had been to view the body for the
purpose of identification.

The Mysterious Death on the Metropolitan
Railway.

Thomas Crossley, ticket collector at the Edgware-road
station, said the cancelled ticket produced by Mr Burchell
appeared to have been delivered up there on the 10th inst.,
bnt he could not say at what time of the day or night.
Mr Henry Fisher, acting fur the general manager of the
line in his absence, explained that the ticket in question
had been found in a bundle returned from the Edgware
station.

An inquest was hold yesterday in the Board-room of tho
Marylebono Workhouse on tho body, by Dr Lankester,
Coroner for Central Middlesex, and a jury chosen from
among the principal inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and
of whom Mr Jamos Brace was foreman.
Mr James Burchell, of Broad Sanctuary, Westminster,
one of tho solicitors to the company, attended to watch the
proceedings on their part.
The jury proceeded to view the body, which was that of a
fair-complexioned woman, about 30 years of ago. Tho hair
was light, and was plaited over the temples and at the back
of the head.

George French, the ticket collector at the Portland-road
station, said he could not have collected that ticket, and no
one had passed without a ticket.

Tho Coroner said it was a groat point that the man should
be found, and ho hoped any questions that might occur to
the jury might be recorded by the press.
Mr Brewer was called, and said he did not think the man
to whom he issued the tickets talked like a foreigner or with
any peculiar accent.
Mr Charles Samuel Swift, of 15A, Cleveland-street, a
juryman, said he was a stationer, and on Saturday last some
one bought pencils of him exactly like those now produced;
indeed, ho believed they were the identical pencils. They
were of white wood, and had stains on them like stains of
blood, but they were stains of logwood. They were bought
by a shabbily-dressed man, who had the appearance of a
foreigner.
Mr Burchell said the authorities of the Metropolitan
Railway were most anxious to give every facility to tho
inquiry. That was the first person who had boon killed on
the line, out of an enormous number of people who had tra-
veiled on it during the twenty months it had been open.
Tho Coroner adjourned the inquest until three o'clock on
Monday, the 3d oi October, remarking, as ho did so, that it
was much to be desired that persons who had seen the
occurrence at the Portland-road station would come forward
and state what they know about it.

Edwin Brewer, ticket-clerk at the Portland-road station
of the Metropolitan Railway, was the first witness called.
lie said he had seen the body of deceased. On Saturday
late he
'Witness told should have
stood a glass
night last she came to the station about 11 minutes past 12
o'clock, accompanied by a man about 45 or 50 years of age,
of middle height, wearing a shepherd's plaid coat and a felt
hat, lie took two third-class tickets for the Edgeware-road
station. Witness told him to be quick,as the train was due
and it was the last ono that night. lie turned round and
said to
had
ie notdid n
beoet sen:m late d
him to make haste or he would lose the train. Re called to
deceased to come on. They were the last who took tickets
that night, and the numbers of the tickets were 3,650 and
witness
of if
ale
it
.
3,651, The tickets would not be returned to him.
Richard Giddens said he was the guard of the last train
on Saturday night frcm Farrin•
gdom!treet to Portland-road.
rminutesThey arrived there about 14 or 15 past 12, the train
being a little late. After the train had started and he had
got into his own break van, he saw a woman trying to enter
a carriage, with ono foot on the step of 4,, ,
kue uoor. A man
was behind her, and they. were close together. Ito did not
see the man enter. Ile jumped from his van and tried to
prevent
them entering the train, but could not, Before ho
reached them tho woman had fallen between the car-
riage and the platform. In the excitement of the moment
he did not see what became of the maxi, lie could not at-
tract the attention of the dri▪
ver,
.and the train went on to
the next station. lie did not at first see any porter at that
side of the station when the train arrived there, but he saw
one before it left. There was always one porter there, and
generally two, but he did not see more than ono that night.
Wm, Clarke —I am a porter at the Metropalitan Railway
and was on duty at the Portland-road station on Saturday
night at 12 o'clock. There are usually three porters at that
station, one being stationed on either side, and the other
going backward and forward. Ono was ill on Saturday
night, so that there were only two on duty, one on each side.
The train was due at 9 minutes past 12. Before it arrived I
ran up stairs to see if there were any more passengers.
That would be about 5 minutes past 12. The train arrived
while 1 was up stairs. As I was going up I met a man and
woman. The man asked me if there were any more trains.
I said there was ono each way. I told him they must be
quick, as the train seas due. 1 went down stairs again, but
did not see them. I aftorwards saw a woman lying on the
line, I could not say she was the woman I met on the stairs.
I had left that side of the station to go to the other side. I
crossed over after I had been up stairs. I did that as the
train was in the station, and before it started again.
Wm. Rance—l am a porter on the l‘letropolitan Railway.
I was on duty on Saturday night, and recollect the 12
o'clock train arriving, I was on the other side of the plat.
form attending to the no train. After the up train passed I
crossed over to the celblu platform, just as the train was
leaving the station, having heard the guard call " Stand
back," After I had crossed I saw the deceased lying on the
line, and I assisted Clarke to raise her up. I heard her
groan once or twice after wo took her up. Clarke went for
14 decter directly, owl I waited until 119 cam Pack, ILto

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the deceased's eldest child, a rather pretty girl, poorly clad,
about 11 years of age, who cried very bitterly. The police
are about to take steps for at once finding the man Powell,
and Dr Lankester has been communicated with to ascertain
whether under tho altered circumstances ho will hold the
adjourned it quest at an earlier date than the period to
which it has been postponed,