The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

The Alleged Murder in Gower-street.

Last night Dr. Lankester resumed at the Lord
Wellington tavern, University-street, the inqsiry
into the circumstances of the death of Michael Quin,
aged 45, who was alleged to have been murdered on
the night of the 27th of June. On the night in
question, it will be recollected, deceased was seen to
fall off the steps of 87, Gower-street, and being
picked up insensible he was carried to the station-
house as being drunk. He was subsequently re-
moved to the University Hospital, where he died in
a few hours. It was then found that his skull was
fractured and several of his teeth knocked out- The
endeavour to find out who had inflicted the terrible
injuries on deceased brought to light some strange
facts. It appeared that deceased was a native of
the south of Ireland; where he had a wife and
family. Some time since they fell into great dis-
tress ; the eldest son enlisted in the 18th Royal Irish
and the wife came over to England. In her absence
the deceased formed an illicit connection with a
young woman named Margaret Fergusson. This
intrigue being discovered by the neighbours, he
came over to England, bringing his paramour with
him. He found lodgings for her in the house where
his wife lived. When that fact became known there
was, of course, a great disturbance, and the woman
was turned out. Quin followed her, taking with
him his furniture and leaving his wife in great dis-
tress. Meanwhile his son had deserted, and had
become almost the sole support of his mother. The
deceased asked the son to leave his mother and go
to live with himself and Fergusson, who would
"make him more comfortable." The young man,
at first, it is said, refused indignantly, but after-
wards said he would go, and take " the - Fer-
gusson from his father." He went, and in a month
induced Fergusson to elope with him, and at the
same time carried off his father's furniture. The
father, furious at having been duped, gave informa-
tion to the authorities with a view to having his son
arrested as a deserter. The latter, however, got
clear off, and it is said he cast off Fergusson within
a month. The deceased then formed a connection
with a woman named Walshe, and it was said that
threats of various kinds had been made with regard
to him. Inspector Garforth now produced several
witnesses whose evidence merely went to show that
deceased was a very sober man, and was quite sober
when seen near the Marble Arch on the night in
question. The inspector said that all efforts to dis-
cover the deceased's son had been unavailing. The
coroner, •iu summing up, said that there appeared
to be every reason to believe that the case was one
of wilful murder, but there was no prospect now of
evidence of . the fact. The jury returned a verdict
that deceased died from fracture of the skull from
a blow, but how or by whom the said blow was in-
flicted there was no evidence to show."

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