The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1865.

GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of
MAGIC, Secoud sight, and " Begone, Dull Care,"
every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3.
" The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide
the Press. Admission, ls.

PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.—:,
Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and
the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre-
deric r the great Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic,
and character actor.

FREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic,
in his original entertai►►ment, " Begone, Dull Care,"
"Miss Mary May, " Early in the Morninz." Balcony, 2s. ;
reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at )Ir. Austin's odiee,
James's hall, 2S, Piccadilly.
A, NIMSIO, Acting Manager.

QTODARE.-164T11 REPRESENTATION.-
THEArttE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARVELS in MAGIC and VEVTRILOQUISM. by Col.
STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and
INSTANTANEOUS ORO NTH of PLOWER TREES, as
introduced for the first time in this country cn Easter Mon-
day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed
by him and the Indian Magicians.
Every evening-at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes-
day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33,
Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall. Admission,
Is., 28., and 3s.

"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1865.

THE X F OR D.
6, OXFORD STREET. W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
_ _ _

SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma-
dame Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry; Messrs. A. ht. Albyn,
Husk, and Green, with full Bandland Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Bane', Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au-
bans, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESY
and SARA.. GUANISS.

NO PUCE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated,
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock.
The Classical Ballet, entitled TH i BRIDAL of BEAUTY,
in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will
make their re ap,,earsnce THIS EVENING.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO KO RI KO.
This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EV PRY- EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the establshment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Durlah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur
Lloyd.
Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.

All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment. •

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.

NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the
Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now ou view.

Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CONSTANCE KENT are now added. -

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Slxpenoe.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
MENADE is N, W OPEN for the Season.
Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.
The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock.
Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.—
Set DINNERS served from Four to Nine p.m., at
2s. 6d., 38 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7s. each, at five minutes' notice.
Elegant SALOON DINING ROOMS for Ladies and
Families.
Prices on the "Carte" moderate.
Private Rooms for Large or Small Partier.
Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms.

riIHE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER-
CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA
direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COSII'ANY. China,
Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is, 10d. per
lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City.

SWEET OPOPON.A X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S
new Perfume.—OPOlN) AX is a native flower of
Mexico of rare tra9,-ranee. This scent, and a thousand others
for choice, 2s. 6d. and ss. each. Soli by all fashionable
chemists and perfumers.—Laboratory of flowers, 2, New
Bond-street, London.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d. ss. Si., and 'Os.
6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROS ,'S CHIROPO.
Tills preparation gradually dissolves the corn in a few hours,
removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps
—248, High Holborn, London.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holbotn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID onrl4
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 3s. 6d., 6s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, SI, and 144
stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps.

C REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
or ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYFI produces a perfect colour
immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in Pile t. Price 3s. rd , 55. 61., and 100. 6d. ; sent by
post for 54, £4, and 141 stamps.

[7AIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX.IROSS'S DEPILA TORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face.
neck, and arms. Ss. 6d., ss. tid.. and 10s. 6d. ; sent the same
day as ordered by post for 5f , 84, and 144 stamps.

Lately published. id., sent free by roost for two stimps.
AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its
Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by
the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London.

PIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin
are Improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness,
&o. 2s. M. and 7s. 05. • or by post for 40 and 100 stamps.—
ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.

THE COD-LIVER OIL of DEROCQUE,
Paris, 55, Boulevard :,ebast pol, Sole Purveyor to the
Hompitals. This superior oil, proceeding from his fisheries
on the coast of Norway, is used throuchout France for its
efficacy in Glandular Disorders, Pulmonary Consum/tion,
Bronchitis, and Leanness in Women and Children. May be
had of Ang. Whitburn, 174, Regent-street, London, in bottles
of 2s. 6d. each.

COOL and REFRESHING TOILETTE RE-
QUISITE.—OL DRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA
is the most certain iemcdy for Restoring* and Strengthening
Vie Hair. By it Whiskers and Moustaches are produce I and
beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable. as the
most delieate bead-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear
of soiling. Sold in bottles, :zs. 6d., Os., and lls. -C. and A.
OLDItIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
icon, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
,uffer from bilious and dye* nomplaints, indigestion, wind.
-palms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro-
note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,le. lid., and three
times the geantity in one, 25. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square
green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Sail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. K.G.

This Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a conAderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
eo.,tainiiig several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite tunds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward NT as
erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;• ',Terries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barred and
yo . Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD SMITH, Secretary.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to thn 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected Trom
want of FUNDS and room, makinfi; a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. r., aged If, ftllen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeles,,, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., aized 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fal•en, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
B. 8., aged 17, fallen, both par nts dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged IS, fallen, both parents de.td.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who
have been led astray front the pith of virtue. --r."1,2
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs,Queen•atreek Cheapelde; or by Messrs
Barclay and GO., Lymbard-streel:

AT a GENERAL COURT of. PROPRIETORS
held at the BANK of ENGLAND, on Thursday, the
14th September, 1E65 :
RESOLVED,
"That the cordial thanks of this Court be given to the
GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR, and COURT of DI-
RECTORS of the RANK OF ENGLAND for their great
attention to the affairs of the Coreoratton, and their
successful management of the' same during the p ast
Half-year."
ORDERED, -
" flat the said Resolution be advertised in all the
Daily Horning and Evening Papers."
11AX1MOND CIIUBB, Secretary.

ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta-
blished A.D. 1837. under. Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
place, London,
ARTillltt R. HAMILTON. Secretary.
Agents wantel in towns not yet represented.

MARK YOUR LINEN.-BOND'S PERMA-
NENT 11 AIMING- INK is by far the best for
marking CRESTS. NAMES, an.t INITIALS upon House-
hold Linen, Wearing Appirel, &c. Price is. a bottle. No
6d. size ever made. Sold by E. K. BOND, 10. Bishopsgate-
street Within, Lon 'on. E C., and by all respectable chemists
and stationers in the kingdom.—N. B. Purchasers should be
careful to, observe t',e address 10, Bishopsgate-street
Within, E.C.—upon the label, without which the Ink is not
genuine.

The Mysterious Death of a Young Lady at
Salisbury by Poison.

On Monday afternoon the prisoner in the above case was
brought before the Mayor of Salisbury, James Hussey,
Esq., and F. Attwood, Esq., at the Council House. He
took his place in the dock with a nonchalant air, and the
Mayor, addressing him said—William John Storer, you
are charged, on the information of Mr. Superintendent
Caldow, on suspicion of having caused the death of Emily
Sophia Blake, by administering certain poisonous pills to
her.

The prisoner made no answer to the charge.
Mr. William Martin Coates, surgeon, of Salisbury, was
then sworn. He said—About 12 o'clock on the night of
Tuesday, the sth inst., I was sent for to go to the house of
Mr. Blake, in Castle-street. I there saw the deceased,
Emily Sophia Blake, who was in convulsions. I know of
nothing but nux vomica or strychnia that would produce
such symptoms. I immediately asked her if she had taken
anything that could have made her so ill, and she replied
" No." I did not tell her that she was dying. Finding
that she was likely to die, I requested the attendant to
sendfor Dr. Roberts, When he came he concurred in my
opinion as to the cause of the symptoms. I was present
when the young lady died. On Dr. Roberts asking her if
she had taken anything, she said "Dont," I think three
times. Her father also asked her, but she made no reply,
except that she was dying. At length she said that she
had only taken some pills. On Dr. Roberts asking who
had given her the pills, she replied, "Mr. Storer." (An
exclamation of surprise from the prisoner.) I asked her,
then, for what purpose the pills were given her, and she
replied, "To keep me well." On my asking for an expla-
nation, she said, "In my poorliness."

Mr. Lee—Did you know Mr. Storer previously ?
Mr. Coates—Yes. He was formerly an assistant to Mr.
Blake. ls it necessary to state that Miss Blake indicated
where other pills were to be found?
Mr. Hussey thought not. Sufficient had already been
stated to justify a remand.

Prisoner—l have a statement which I should like to
make.

Mr. Hussey—You had better reserve that.
Prisoner—Yes, but I have had no chance of saying
anything. I am perfectly innocent of the charge against
me.

Mr. Hussey—Every opportunity will be given you for
defending yourself.
Prisoner—But it is not a pleasant thing to stop in prison
for a week upon a charge of this kind. (Producing a paper.)
Shall I read this statement ?

The Mayor—You are privileged to do so, but I should
advise you not.
.Mr. Hussey—lt may be used as evidence against you.
TheMuyor--Th6 Ingtaimele-strongly advises you not to
make any statement whatever in the absence of a profes-
sional adviser.

Prisoner—l shall do it whether or not. I never made
pills of any kind for Emily Sophia Blake, except compound
rhubarb for digestive pills, which I frequently made for
her, and which her father and mother sometimes used.
As near as I can remember, nine or ten weeks ago Emily
Sophia Blake came to me in the surgery and said she
wanted to consult me. • I was busy, and said, " Nonsense,
I can't speak to you now." She said, "I must speak
to you." She said she was two or three days over
her time. Would I make up two or three pills for
it ? She said her mamma was frequently speaking to her
about it, as if she believed something wrong, not that
I had any intercourse with her, for I had not. I made her
some pills, compound of myrrh and rhubarb, and told her
to take them at bedtime. I don't know whether she took
them the next day, or the day after, but she told me they
had the desired effect. I never made pills for her of a diffe-
rent drug. She used to take cough pills, in which there
was naphthaline, but they were kept in the surgery, ready
prepared, and she used sometimes to get them for herself.
Of the digestive pills I saw her take one, three or four
days before I left. Sometimes she took one before dinner.
Sometimes I made her 12 pills, and sometimes 24. Shortly
after my asking her father's consent to our engagment, her
mamma spoke to her in the drawing-room. They were
rather against it at the time, and said she ought not
to make up her mind so quickly. I was outside my bed-
room door, and I listened. I heard her say that if she could
not have Mr. Storer she would have no one else. I then
came away, and came downstairs. She told me downstairs
what had passed between her mamma and herself. She
told me she would have nobody else but me, and that if her
pa and ma tried to alter her she was sure to poison herself.
I remonstrated with her, and told her that if they objected
I would wait till she was 21. She said she hoped to be
mine long before that. Since my leaving Salisbury, on
the 17th of last month, I have never sent her medicine of
any description, nor a prescription to obtain any. As
regards strychnine, I never had such a thing in my
possession in my life. After leaving Salisbury I wrote
two letters to her when I was ill in bed—so ill that I
didn't think I should write to her any more. When I left,
on the 17th August, it was considered by ourselves and the
family that we were engaged, and that we were to corre-
spond. It happened that about a week after it was broken
off somehow or other. Does it stand to reason—do you
think I should have poisoned one who was dearest io me,
and to whom I was looking as my future wife ? I swear
that I gave her no pills of any kind for five or six weeks
before leaving the place, except the digestive pills. She
might have had some previous to that. I declare before
God and man that Emily Sophia Blake never received any-
thing poisonous from me during her existence. I didn't
know that I was charged with murder until Mr. Lee told
me yesterday. Then I didn't know whether I was charged
with having shot her or out her throat. If I had thought
of such a thing I would have died with her. When Mr.
Caldow came I told him that I knew nothing about it, and
that I would willingly go with him.

Mr. Superintendent Caldow—l read the warrant to you.
Prisoner—Ye; but I did not know, until Mr. Coates
stated it, that when she was dying she said she had some
pills from me. She formerly had; but certainly nothing
poisonous from my hands. I cannot say that she did not
say so, with the intention of hiding the deed she had done
with her own hands. She avowed that if the engagement
was broken off she would poison herself, which she appears
to have done—in what way, I declare before God and man,
I have no knowledge. I shall be most happy to court
inquiry. Strychnine was a thing I don't think I ever saw
in the surgery, and I certainly never had any in my pos-
session. Where she got the pills containing strychnine or
any other poison, I cannot say. If I had
given them to
her why did she not take them before ? I had been away
from the house for three weeks.

The Mayor—ls that all the statement you have to
make?
Prisoner—Yes.
The Mayor—Then we remand you on this charge till
Monday next.
Prisoner—Shall I not be required to be present at the
inquest to-morrow ?
The Mayor—That will be a question for the coroner.
The prisoner was then removed, and shortly afterwards
lodged in Fisherton Gaol.

The inquest was resumed on Tuesday morning, before R.
M. Wilson, Esq., at the house of the deceased's father, in
Castle-street. The Coroner said, on hearing that deceased
was supposed to have died from the effects of strychnine he
immediately telegraphed to Professor Harley, asking him
if he could make an analysis. The professor, however, was
not in London at the time, and accordingly he thought it
necessary to send Mr. Collins, one of his clerks, up to
London to Professor Taylor, with whom he had since been
in communication. The professor informed him that it
would be first of all necessary to obtain the authority of
the Home-office for the analysis. He at once matte the
necessary application, but had only that morning received
the motion of the gooretary of Stato to the proooodinge.

He had written to Professor Taylor, stating that although
it was probable he would not be able to complete his
analysis that day, yet he should feel much obliged if he
would examine the box of pills which was found in the
deceased's drawer just before her death, and which she
said had been given to her by Mr. Storer, her father's
late assistant. It was from this box that she said she had
taken three pills on going to bed. He was sorry to say,
from a letter received that morning, that Professor Taylor
had not yet examined the pills, and, therefore, he must
proceed to take such other evidence as might. be forth-
coming.

The first witness called was Mr. Thomas John Blake,
who said—My daughter's name was Emily Sophia. She
was 19 years old in April. I had an assistant by the name
of William John Storer. He came to me in October last
year. He left my employment about three weeks before
the death of my daughter—l think on the 17th of August.
Whilst here he boarded with my family. He was on
friendly terms with my daughter, and professed to be
paying his addresses to her, but against my wishes. I
discharged him for his irregular conduct and habits of
intemperance. I gave him notice three months before, but
he begged to be allowed to stay on. On Tuesday night I
was sent for to go to Harnham a little after nine o'clock.
My daughter had not then gone to bed. She kissed me,
and bade me good bye. She had gone to bed previous to
my return, which was a little after 10 o'clock. When I left
home she appeared as cheerful and well as ever she was in
her life. She was perfectly cheerful ; in fact, there was
no alteration observable in her. She had been out several
times during the day. She went out for a walk with her
mamma in the evening. About half-past eleven o'clock I
was sitting down stairs talking to my wife when I heard
some one screaming. My wife at first thought it was
somebody in the street. Then there was another scream,
which I knew to be my daughter's. lat once ran up-
stairs, and found her in a dreadful state. There was
no light in her room. My wife followed me up as soon as
she had lighted a candle from the gas. I went on without
a candle. My daughter was undressed, in bed. I said to her
" Oh, my dear, what is the matter ?" She said, " Oh, papa,
I woke up so ill." I said, you shall go and sleep with your
mamma to-night, and I will sleep in your bed." I thought
she had been frightened, but after the lapse of a few
minutes, I found that something worse was the matter. I
soon gave up the idea of its being hysteria. She said,
"Hold me, hold me," every moment. We held her, and I
asked her mamma if she had ever seen her like it before,
and she replied, "No, do go for Mr. Coates." lat once
sent for him. She had had two or three slight attacks of
hysteria, but not frequently. Before Mr. Coates arrived I
asked her if she had taken anything to cause her illness.
She replied, , " No, pa; no." There were bottles in the
room, but none of them ever contained poison. I was led
to make the inquiry in consequence of the violence of the
attack. Mr. Coates came in rather more than half an hour
after my daughter first alarmed us, and I took him up to
the room. I heard Mr. Coates ask her if she had taken
anything, and she said, "No, no." Mr. Coates took up a
glass, and asked what it had contained. I told him it was
a glass from which I had just given her a dose of chloro-
dyne. He said, " Give her another." I gave her 30 minims ;
she had previously taken 25. Neither dose appeared totake
effect. I afterwards went for Dr. Roberts, and brought him
back with me. This was about one o'clock. My daughter
had previously said to her mamma, " What can this
be ? What can this be ? I shall die. I shall die." Dr.
Roberts pressed her two or three times to say if she had
taken anything, and I believe he added, "Because you are
dying." I pressed her also to tell us, and she then replied,
" Don't, don't." I said, " What have you taken ?" and she
said, "Pills." That was in answer to the inquiry of both
Dr. Roberts and myself. We were both speaking toge-
ther. I asked her how many, and she said "Three." I
said, " Who gave them to you ?" and Dr. Roberts put the
same question. She replied, "Mr. Storer." I then said
" When ?" She said, " About three weeks ago, just be-
fore he left." My wife came forward and asked, " Have
you any more of them ?" She replied, " Yes, there are
some in a box in the clothes-drawer." We pulled out the
top drawer, in which a box of pills was discovered. I be-
lieve my wife took them out. Afterwards we found
another box, marked "Digestive pills." There was no in-
scription on the other box. The second box contained
only three pills. My daughter had been in the habit of
taking digestive pills for some years. The first box of
pills was shown to my daughter by Or. Roberts, and she
said it was the ono from which she took the pills. She was
asked by Dr. Roberts for what purpose the pills had been
given her, and she replied "To keep me well." I cannot
say whether this was before or after the box was found.
She was shortly afterwards seized with convulsions; and
died about half-past one.
By the Jury—She was perfectly sensible for most of the
time; up to the time of her being convulsed. Bhp had
never threatened to destroy herself.
By the Coroner—l know that Storer wrote to her two or-
three times after leaving, but those letters were inter-
cepted. I read them myself. They were addressed to her
here, without any concealment on his part. They were
sent back to Storer by my directions on Tuesday, together
with everything belonging to him. My daughter took
the parcel to the railway station. I have no copy of those
letters.

By a Juror—She was perfectly willing that the letters
and things should be sent back. I did not observe any
change in her demeanour in consequence of the intimacy
between herself and Storer having been broken off. She
appeared somewhat low for two or three days after he left.
He asked my consent to his marriage with my daughter,
when we first discovered the existence of an intimacy be-
tween them. Mrs. Blake first taxed him with it. I told
him that she was young, that I could not entertain his
proposal for a moment at that time. He told me he had
fully made up his mind to marry no ono else. I still re-
fused my consent, and told him that being a minor she
could not marry contrary to her father's wishes. On a
second occasion I told him it must go for twelve months,
and that we should see how matters stood then. I was
not aware that Mr. Storer had ever prescribed for my
daughter, but he had dispensed medicine for her under my
directions. I was informed that my daughter's symptoms
were similar to those which would be caused by strychnine.
I had no strychnine or nux vomica in my dispensary, nor
in the house, to my knowledge.
The Coroner—Had you any Battle's vermin killer in the
house ?

Mr. Blake—Not of late. I think there was some kept in
the house about three months before Mr. Storer left. I am
aware that Mr. Storer had a private medicine chest of his
own upstairs, containing various drugs. lam not aware
whether that chest contained strychnine. The digestive
pills were mixed, in all probability, by Mr. Storer. There
were 12 of the other pills left. On searching cver the
house we found ono little document, which has been given
to Mr. Superintendent Caldow. [The document was pro-
duced, and read by the coroner, as follows :—" Miss Blake,
at least Mrs. W. J. Storer, must soon follow, or the conse-
quences will be her husband must go to Salisbury to fetch
her sharply."]

Mr. Blake said the document was in the handwriting of
Storer. It was found in his daughter's bedroom.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blake was then called, and deposed as
follows—The deceased was my husband's daughter by his
first marriage. She was of a cheerful disposition, and was
on very good terms with myself and husband. She was
out once alone on Tuesday afternoon, and in the evening
for about two hours with me. She did not complain of being
unwell, and had no appearance of illness. It must have been
about half-past 11 when we heard her scream. I said, "My
dear, what is the matter? Are you frightened ?" She said,
44 Oh, no, mamma ; I feel as I have never felt before. 1
awoke very ill, and on getting out of bed found that I
couldn't stand." She had another convulsion, and then my
husband sent me downstairs for 25 drops of chlorodyne,
which she took, with a little difficulty. She did not say I
that she was to keep secret the fact of her having received
pills from Mr. Storer. The box containing the pills was,
an ordinary pill-box. Mr. Storer showed great temper on
one or two occasions. He did not make use of any threats.
My husband told me that when he gave him notice he said
he would be revenged. Deceased would not be possessed
of any money in her own right until after her father's
death. Mr. Blake was displeased with Mr. Storer in the
surgery, because of his intemperate habits. Mr. Blake
and myself told him that he had better leave, as he was
unable to do anything. My husband thought his illness
had been produced by drink.
The Coroner--Had you any Battle's vermin killer in the
house ?
Mrs. Blake—About three weeks before Mr. Storer's
leaving I think a packet was obtained to kill some mice.
A part of it was used. The remainder was used a night or
two afterwards, and the paper was burned. We placed it
near a hole where we thought a rat came out. The next
morning it was gone. That was the only time that
Battle's vermin killer was introduced into the house for
some years.

Mr. W. M. Coates was then called, and repeated the
evidence which he gave before the magistrates on Monday.
He added—l made a post-nzortem examination of the body
on the evening of the day on which she died. I examined
the brain and spinal chord, the chest and abdomen, but
found no disease. I sent the stomach, and the small in-
testines, with their contents, a portion of the liver and
spleen, some of her blood, and a box of pills to your (Mr.
Wilson's) office, with a short description of the symptoms.
The whole has since been transmitted to Dr. Alfred Taylor.
Poiponing by nux vomica, or strychnine, would leave no
traces of strychnine in the stomach. There was great ex-
travasation of blood in the muscles,which were contracted.
_ _

Dr. Roberts was the next witness. He corroborated the
main points of Mr. and Mrs. Blake's evidence as to what
took place in the young lady's bed-room immediately pre-
ceding her death. The symptoms were those of tetanus.
The inquiry was then adjourned until Thursday nut.