The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Humphreys, Mid-
i dlesex coroner, held an inquiry respecting the death
of a man, aged about 30, who is believed to have
committed suicide, and who is supposed to have been
the murderer of Emma Jackson, in George-street,
St. Giles's, last Apzil.
The case, from the nature of the rumours afloat,
excited extraordinary interest, and the court was
crowded.
Richard Reilly, examining officer in the customs,
said that last Monday evening he saw the body of
deceased floating past witness's boat off the St. Ka-
therine's Docks. Witness assisted in getting it
ashore. It was that of a man about 30 or 32 years
old. It appeared to be that of an Englishman rather
than a kreigner. The hands were tied together
with a twine, apparently by himself. The face had
not the black appearance then that it has now. The
cost, trousers, and waistcoat matched. They were
made of brown and grey crossed tweed. The coat
was a lounging coat. The trousers had a russet
cord. A red shirt, a white all round collar, and a
black silk tie, completed the dress. When searched
a fusee box, a leather belt, two pieces of comb, and
a handkerchief, were found in the pockets. No
money or knife was found. Deceased was about
five feet seven inches in height, and was more stout
than slight built.
Inspector Henry Beckett, Thames Police, said
that he was present when the deceased was found.
He produced the articles found upon deceased. The
combs were apparently of caoutchouo, and were of
French manufacture. The cord on deceased's hands
was fastened in a running knot, such as he could
have put on himself. Witness thought that the body
had been from eight to twelve days in the water.
Witness should say that he was a clerk—not a la-
bouring man nor sailor. He arrived at that opinion
from examining the hands and nails. Deceased was
respectably dressed, and had on a red Garibaldi
shirt. There were slight whiskers and a small
moustache. There was a tuft on, or rather over the
chin. It was larger than an " Imperial." The face
was discoloured from decomposition now. The hair
vi's brown or chesnut, and the eyes hazel.

The Coroner said that he should take deceased to
be a foreigner from his appearance. The boots had
kid tops, and they were certainly more slightly

fashioned than was usual with English ones.
Witness said he was inclined to think deceased
an Englishman. The boots had side springs, and
were slighter than usual. The front of each was

slit up for almost an inch.
ofon the e
andve r a
they
hey de-
tectives r Pherardyh,
been
nrodnoewesn officer, said
t 3 that several
had brought with them Margaret Curling, the ser-
vant who had opened the door of the brothel in
a black man, and
George-s
glimpset r e e t,Bloofomt::busurysp,
efeorteEdmpmera:ackson and
her murderer 013 the morning of the 13th April ,
and also Wm. Stokes and George Henley, who .
had
El' The de-
fortunately become liidkeentthitat.
the body was as pallid as the hands, 9
recovery of
de-
ceased's e ase caughtd ' s aface, however, which
s, had 3
since un-
they were unable to
been subpaetned, the y it. Although they
y had iu,t, had
giving evidence, J gene away without
The Coroner said
should that it was
be sworn essential that they
and examined,
ad-
journ the court
body
should for
that purpose. Meanwhile, the
not be
workhouse buried, but be taken to the
so that, f
deceased had gaineda tera minute description of the
any one might have thepublicitymatter opportunity of identifying
of considerable
was, importance if the de-
ceased Jackson.
as supposed, the murderer of Emma

The comb found in deceased's packet was marked
Fauvelle, a Paris, caoutchouc ;" it was about six
inches long, and was broken in two. A large
white cambric handkerchief was also in the pocket;
ouc corner was torn off, evidently by design, and
i with the view of getting rid of a name or initials.
The Coroner directed that it should be shown to
the relatives of the murdered woman, _
The proceedings were then adjourned.

ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL DEATH THROUGH CRINO-
LINE.—The circumstance of another shocking death
through crinoline were investigated before Mr. Payne, the
Southwark coroner, on Tuesday evening, at Guy's Hospital.
It appeared that a young woman, named Catherine Odell,
aged 26, was in service with a Mrs. Doggett, at Elizabeth
her
steep,d r dress, anddiffi epuulsthteod
getup,
over
andon tobe
before
al,
Ehe
Cottage, St. James's-place, Kent-road. OP Friday
went into the coal cellar with a candle, which she placcc
on the ground while she stopped to get some coals. Her
flame of the candle, and she became instant) in -
The
cellar
distended
step
her shrieks procured aid she was terribly I
whole body. She was ultimately yin a blaze.-
conveyedurned over the
pita!, when death put an end to her t 3 t°
GuY,,d, 1108.
last. The Coroner said that u erings
this on ztonda
tion of the extreme dangerease was a gad ilI y
in theof domestic ustra-
propterous fashion servants
indulging
returned a verdict n of wearing crinoline. The
verdict of
"Accidental Death
Y
by Fire."

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The Weather—Sun Office, May 7, 1863.

THERMOMETER.

Highest since Noon yesterday 64
Lowest during the night
This day at Noon.. • . •
Wind—Northerly ; light, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 312. 42m.—Afternoon, 4h. sm.
To-sioßnoW.-Morning, 4h. 26m.—Afternoon, 4h. 50m.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1863.

A copy of a daily London newspaper, the name
of which is simply world-renowned, the influence
of which is such that the journal referred to has
long since come to be recognised as among the insti-
tutions of the land—a copy of this the most dis-
tinguished and powerful of all the Organs of
Public Opinion, has this day come before us in
" so questionable a shape," that we can hardly call
it, as it nevertheless calls itself, The limes. The
date of it is Wednesday, October 3, 1798. The
number of the journal is No. 4,298_ The price
affixed to it, in the opposite corner (the right
hand corner) of the first page, is " Sixpence." We
turn back to our own file, and, running through the
pages of the second volume for that same year-
-a period removed from the present by exactly
sixty-four years, seven months, and four days—we
have now lying open before us The Sun of Wednes-
day, October 3, 1798, the number of it, 1.881, the
price of it also" Sixpence." Each of these journals
(of from sixty-four to sixty-five years ago) is not
only a single sheet, or four diminutive pages,
but each is very small indeed in its superficial
dimensions ! Both being exactly of the same size
(2 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 7,1 inches), both four
columns to a page, that is sixteen columns alto-
gether in each. The 7 imes being published
then, as it is published still, in Printing-house-
square, Blackfriare. The Sun being published
then, as it is published still, at 112, Strand, in the
precinct of the Savoy. Our great morning contem-
porary of this present Wednesday, May 7, 1863, is
numbered as No. 24,552. We ourselves this even-
ing number for Wednesday, May 7, 1863, No.
22,107. Reverting, however, from the present
moment to a period removed from us by an interval
of nearly sixty-five wonderful and momentous
years, we will cursorily glance though the
contents of the two—we can hardly call them
broad-sheets, they are so small—we might rather
speak of them as doable flyleaves of very moderate
proportions. The limes of October 3, 1798., and
The Sun of October 3, 1798. In each appears, as
the great news of the day, an account of