The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-22 00:00:00

The Alleged Poisoning of a 7v:otuag Lady
by her Lover.

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A portion of the folloWing appeared in on r ThirdEclition
of last evening :-

SALISEVRY, Thursday.
The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending
le death of Miss Emily Sophia Blake, aged 19, who was
alleged to have been poisoned by William John Storer, a
surgeon, and late assistant to the father of the deceased
lady, was resumed this morning at the Town Hall.
The prisoner was not present at the inquiry,
Superintendent Caldow aaidL-I went to Yalmouth on
Thursday, the 7th of September, to appreliwnd William
John Storer. I did not meet with him there, but went on
the Bth to Eketer, and from there to Topsham. I found
him there. I informed him that I was come to apprehend
him, and read the warrant which I had. I searched his
person in Mr. Salter's house. He wished to go up-stairs,
when I said, " Mr. Storer, you must recollect.you are my
prisoner, and where you go I must go." When I read
the warrant to him, he said, " I did not murder her. I
have been absent from her father's house three weeks." I
gave him the usual caution, and then said, " Mr. Storer,
did you give Miss Blake any medicine previous to her
leaving her father's house, or have you sent her any since
leaving her father's house ?" His reply was " No, nerd."
He then said, "Is she dead ?" and I said, " Yes, poor
girl, she is." He then said, "If she is dead, her father is
the cause of it." Then it was he went up stairs into his
bedroom, and took out of his coat a bundle of letters,
and placed them on the dressing table. I said, " Mr.
Storer, I must take possession of those letters,
and everything else that belongs to you here."
After washing himself we came down stairs. He opened
his portmanteau, and I saw a quantity of letters and wear-
ing apparel. I left the house with him, and got my war-
rant backed. I took him to Exeter, and thence to Salis-
bury. I. afterwards went to Falmouth to the prisoner's
lodgings, and there I found two cases, one of which con-
tained a small medicine chest and a number of letters. In
the medicine chest there was a variety of drugs, which I
have shoWed to Mr. Martin Coates and Dr. Blackmore.
There were also sonic drugs in the dressing case. I took
one packet of drugs out of the medicine chest to Professor
Taylor on Monday last. The pink paper produced con-
tains six grains, and the professor has taken five grains out
of it. It has on it a portion of a label, of which the letters
" tyre" only remain.
The Coroner then read The letters found by Superin-
tendent Caldow. The following were amongst the corre-
spondence :
One of the letters says:—" Thanks, darling, for the
powders. I have taken two, but no good yet. Mamma
wrote to aunt and said it is my time ; I was to take care of
myself. Do' you think you had better send me something
stronger? I mean pills=-also more powders. lam always
down in the morning to take the letters out of the box, so
you need. not fear sending the pills, so long as I have them
in the morning. I hope 1 shall be all right before I come
home, for mamma will be sure to ask me on Friday. Write
to morrow. Good bye, pot."
No. 2 :
" My Darling,—Mamma says that papa is in a way about
me, and is going to examine me. Do you think ho will find
it all out. Mind, I shall still say you have taken no
liberties with me. Say yes or no to ' Fernand& whether he
will find it out or not. Burn this."
No. 3 :
"Dear Pet,—Do you think you will go away before
Saturday ? If you eh you will write to me, darling, won't
you. But I hope you won't go. I think if you get better by
the change you may come back again; that is, if you want
to. Do give me something to make me poorly by to-morrow,
or mamma will know it ; and if you love me you,will seek
to keep all trouble from me. Oh, lam miserable. I really
think it too bad of you not to send me something to bring
it up." .
No. 4 i
" Mamma asked me this morning if lam poorly. It has
not come on at all. If it does not come on this evening or
to-morrow morning mamma will find it out, and then papa
will examine me ; that is what it will be. Oh, you don't
know how miserable I am. Do put me up something this
morning for it, and put it in the back parlour, where you
are going to put the other. Do you think that I shall be
all right? I thought I should have been yesterday after
what you said. I don't know what I shall do. I shall die
if lam not. If you love me, darling, you will try all you
can not to get me into trouble. Now don't forget to put
me up something directly after breakfast."
• No. 5 :
"It is just coming on, darling, a little. I don't think I
ought to take any more pills, and that I shall be all right
now."