The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-14 00:00:00

The Murder at Guildford.

Last night Mr. Capron, borough coroner, held a length-
ened investigation at the Town-hall, Guildford, relative to
the death of Elizabeth Waterer, who was found at the
Coachmakers' Arms beer-house, North-street, Guildford,
suffocated and strangled. Mary Ann Waterer, wife of
Henry Waterer, gamekeeper, Headley, near Epsom, deposed
that the deceased was her daughter, Elizabeth Waterer.
She recognised the earrings as being those worn by her
daughter, and a petticoat, a pair of cuffs, and a collar, as
belonging to her also. The portion of a letter on pink paper
produced was in deceased's handwriting. Deceased was 23
years of age. Wm. Humphery said he was an indoor ser-
vant to Mr. Faviell. The bonnet, shawl, and dress produced
belonged to the young woman Elizabeth Waterer, who was
during the previous week in the same servicg. He last saw
the deceased on Sunday evening week at his master's house,
a little after 6 o'clock, when she wore the articles of apparel
produced. She then left, and never returned. She entered
Mr. Faviell's service on the 23d October. Police-Sergeant
Steel deposed that on Friday mornicg last he went with Mr.
Superintendent Vickers to the Coachmakers' Arms, where
he forced open the door of one of the bedrooms. He found
the deceased woman lying in bed with a pillow over her
face, and one of her feet protruding from beneath the bed.
clothes. She was quite black and dead. By her side he
found the soldier Maghe with his throat cut. There was a
shawl on the table, a bonnet on the man's shako, and a
dress on the bed. W hen be took off the man's trousers he
found the letter on pink paper in one of the pockets. The
deceased had several letters in her pocket. Mr. Phillips,
M.R.C.S., stated the result of the post mortem examina-
tion made on Friday and Saturday. The body was in
an advanced stage of decomposition, so far as the head and
neck were concerned. The limbs were not decomposed,
though flaccid. From a partial analysis of the contents of
the stomach, there was just ground for supposing that
poison had been taken. The analysis had not, however,
been completed. Tests had been given for strychnine, and
the result of the experiment, so far as it had gone, was that
poison had probably been taken; but he could not at pre-
sent state positively. He was decidedly of opinion that the
immediate cause of death was suffocation, produeed by
strangulation. The state of the neck indicated this, and
he knew of no poison that could produce such appearances.
The appearance presented by the lungs was such as might
be produced by strangulation. They sere collapsed to a
greater extent in this case than usual. The state of the heart
was not altogether consistent with death by suffocation. Its
very contracted condition was rather indicative of the action
of strychnine. From the general appearance of the body de-
composition must have set in above 48 hours before the dis-
covery of the body. Mr. Sells, surgeon, who assisted the
last witness in making the post-mortem examination, also
described the appearance of the deceased. He concurred with
Mr. Phillips as to the result of the analysis of the contents
of the stomach. As to the cause of death he was not quite
satisfied that the deceased died from strangulation, though
the state of the neck and upper part of the body would in-
dicate that she did. He could not say positively that death
had been caused by poison, though there were internal ap-
pearance, indicating that some poison had been used that
bad acted on the nervous system. Mr. Phillips, in answer
to the coroner, said that the man Maghe, who had been re-
moved to the union workhouse, had been progressing fa-
vourably until Friday, when the wounds in his neck re-
opened, thus placing him in a precarious condition. He
would not be able to be brought oat for ten days to come.
The coroner said it was very desirable that Maghe should
be present if possible, and he therefore proposed not to take
any of the evidence on this occasion which specially re-
ferred to him. A juryman asked if some one should not be
present to watch the case on Maghe's behalf. The coroner
said, as far as the evidence had gone, Maghe was not at
present charged with anything. Atter some further con-
sultation the court adjourned.

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