The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

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SUICIDE FROM ILL-TREA7VIENT.
Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, opened an inquiry at the King's At
Ta-
vern, St. George's-street, Camberwell, ms
an thy' bod
of Jane Louisa Olerman. The investigation created
great interest in the neighbourhood owing to the
many reports raised as to the cause of death.
Eliza Jon e, wife of a labourer, residing at Nov 70
Bath-street, (amber well, said that on Saturday
afternoon she wont t,n No. 1?-, in the same street,.
and there found theydee, cased retching on a sofa in
the kitchen, her head beie'g supported by one hand.
She appeared either dead o. C ,dying. She called her
hes moved. She, with
aind rested it on her
by name, but only her eyelas
one to go and fetch
her son's wife, lifted her head,
atakened, her nose
shoulder. She cried out for somt":
her body, and
a doctor. Both her eyes were
Boccie of the had bled, bled, and there were bruises on .
her arms appeared displaced. I saw.
saw three
juries inflicted on the previous night,. I
le, a man
blows given with the fist by Richard Tat.
with whom she lived. I found in her pock
ket two
papers labelled " Poison." I believe she poisoned
herself, as at 2 o'clock the same afternoon she said,
iti
" So help me God, I will make away with mys‘ali
consequence of my husband's ill-treatment." I ad-
vised her not to do so. When she came into nay
house she seemed very ill. I told her I would have
gone into her house when she vireo being beaten so,
only I was afraid he would have served me the
same. She replied that her husband had beaten
her, so he should bury her next week, as he was
leading her a most unhappy life.
The Coroner—How long has this Bert of treat-
ment lasted?
Witness—l have seen her twice before bruised
and her eyes blackened—once, a fortnight before
her last confinement. The whole time she was
with me on Saturday she was crying, and com-
plained of great pain in her head anti all over her
body, caz,ised by the brutal treatment o f Tace.
A daughter of the deceased, an intehligent little
girl only six years of age, said that sh e saw her
mother take two paper packages out of her pocket,
put them into some warm water in a wive-glass,
and after stirring the contents with the cane, she
drank the same. She .asked what she drank, and=
she said salts and poison.
Mr. Chabot, surgeon, of Camberwell, said that
on Saturday afternoon he w,ls tt:ltched to see the
deceased, whom he found lying de
,ad e'
he floor.
ying a printed
He saw two paper packets, each ha
label of poison. He ordered a seal-chi to be made
for any vessel that might have bepn used, and a
wine-glass was shown him that had been wiped out,
but there was a minute portion of acid ad. hering to
one side. He tasted it, and had no dotib,t, it was
oxalic acid. He examined the body and
bruises on the head, arms, and aide, and be' two
eyes were blackened. It was his opinion that she
had died from the effects of the oxalic acid, biat
could not be positive in the absence of a post mor teta
examination. found
The Coroner explained that the child had seers
her put the powder into the glass, mix it in water,
and drink the same. And that she then said it was
poison, and, from the fact of his tasting the remains
in the glass, he was of opinion that it was oxalic
acid, He therefore thought those circumstances had
removed all reasonable doubt on the subject.
A female named Goodenough, the landlady of the
house, gave corroborative evidence, and added
—She (deceased) asked me in the afternoon to lendl
her 2d., which I did, and she said, if this was poison
I would take it. I believe that she was induced to
destroy her life owing to the ill-treatment she re-
ceived from Tace. I heard her say, when he was
ill treating her the previous night, " Dick, you
have almost murdered me, but you shan't Jo so any
more"—when he gave her three more blows on they
head. (Sensation.)
Mr, Woodman, the summoning officer, said .that
owing to the death he saw the man at present in
court. He said his name was Richard Daniel Teen
and that he had lived with the deceased, but he'
was not married. He said when he entered the,
room, "What a pretty mess I have got myself into
The learned Coroner summed up, and
The Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the
deceased died from poison, but there were causes
affecting her mind.
The learned Coroner then addressed Tace, and
told him that he ought to feel exceedingly thank-
ful that the deceased had not died from the
effects of his brutal treatment; if she had he
would have sent him to Newgate for murder.