The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

A YORKSHIREMIN VICTIMISED.—A young man, who
gave the name of John White, who is well-known to the
policeunderh from wate the alias
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a silver f Mr. Joseph Strickland, a
manufacturer in business at Farsbury, near Leeds, in
Yorkshire.

It appeared that the prosecutor had come to London for
the purpose of seeing the Foresters' fete at the Crystal
Palace, last Monday, and on his return was proceeding
from the station at London-bridge up the Borough, accom-
panied by a friend, with the intention of taking an
omnibus to Kingsland, where he was lodging. When
he came to the corner of Union-street, he and
his friend stopped in order to allow a pro-
cession of teetotallers' to pass, and while he was
standing there he felt some person press against his
side, and he perceived the prisoner running away. He im-
mediately missed his watch, which had been broken off the
chain. His friend informed him that he had seen the pri-
soner in the most deliberate manner place himself against
him, and snatch his watch out of his waistcoat pocket, and
then be caught hold of the prisoner. A struggle ensued,
but he succeeded in detaining him until a police constable
came up, to whom he gave him into custody, notwithstand-
ing that some of the prisoner's companions attempted to
rescue him. The watch was not found, as the prisoner in
all probability passed it to one of his associates, who are
well known thieves in the neighbourhood.
Some amusement was caused by the energetic manner in
which the prosecutor gave his testimony, and his evident
mortification, as a Yorkshireman, at being robbed, even by
a London thief.

The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for

MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN HOLBORN.

Yesterday Dr. Lankester, the Central Middlesex
coroner, opened an inquest at the Queen's Arms,
Red Lion-passage, Holborn, upon the body of Eliza
Chandler, aged thirty years, the wife of an assis-
tant at Prosser's oyster shop, in Holborn, and re-
siding at 13, Red Lion-street.
It appeared from the report of the police and
from the evidence adduced that the deceased was
discovered last Tuesday night by a Mrs. Perkins
lying in the passage of No. 12, Hand-court, Red
Lion-street, apparently drunk and incapable. With
the assistance of some lodgers in the house, who
were friends of the deceased, Mrs. Perkins conveyed
her to a room where she was laid on a sofa, and,
being supposed to be drunk, she was suffered to re-
main there unnoticed until the following morning,
whoa, on an attempt being made to arouse her, she
was found quite dead.
Mr. Shean, a tailor, living at 12, Hand-court,
deposed that on his return home on the night in
question he found Mrs. Perkins attempting to get
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the body, and discovered a severe fractureina examination nthe
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skull over the back of the head and great bruises
and depression on the bone. Internally it was as-
certained that the occipital bone was fractured
nearly under the seat of the bruises extending from
I the upper part of the back of the head to the base
of the skull, with considerable effusion of blood.
He examined the brain, and found clots correspond-
ing with the depressed surface of the bone, and con-
siderable effusion. All the other organs of the
body were quite healthy. The cause of death was
from fracture of the skull.
By the Coroner—He could not conceive that
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was caused but by a very severe blow. It was not,
in his opinion, such a fracture as might be produced
from falling downstairs.
The Coroner thought it unnecessary to examine
further witnesses at present, as the case assumed
too serious a nature to be at once disposed of.
Inspector Pierce, of the E division of police, pro-
duced a large stone which he said was kept to
fasten back a door at the foot of the stairs where
deceased was found insensible, an
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such injuries.
The Coroner adjourned the inquiry, to enable the
police to make an investigation of the affair.

FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.--On Thursday an acci-
dent resulting in the death of two men—Thos. Reynolds
and Elisha Hampten—occurred. at the Great Tywarnhayle
West Cornwall. At about half-past 9, on
withoils aolouthdesnrZe deceased got into a
"gig" for the purpose of being. lowered to a spot where
some damage hqd been occasioned on Wednesday from a
trivial accident, with a view to examine and repair it. Four
labourers took their places at the caphead or perpendicular
theltCoapi Ipmwlyn3'Siinti angteio,ofn ' Thursday,
been unloosed when
windlass, and the descent. cfommenced hi safety. Scarcely,
close to the caphead,
and the cage and its
.occupants were precipitated to the IC-
fathom edit. On being brought to the surface life was
found to be extinct. The bodies were frightfully mutilated,
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and Reynolds, when found, was still alive and conscious,
but before he reached the ottrf4o-
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