The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

FATAL AO(IPENT ON THE LONDON
AND NORTII- WESTERN RAIL WAY,

Mr. W. Payne yesterday held an inquest at St. Tin).
mas's Hospital, on the body of J. W. King, aged 52,
who died from injuries received on the London and South.
Western Railway.
William Rouse, of Sussex-place, Battersea-fields, said
he was an engine-driver on the South- Western Railway'
On the 30th jury, at about 25 minutes past four in the
afternoon, he was proceeding from Hampton Court to
Lodon, with al empty tain. When the engine V'
poachedthe Thames Dittonr station, he saw a wan sud-
denly emerge from the upper end of the platform, on the
down side of the line. He was about 60 or 70 yards
from the station when he first observed him. Ile blew
the whistle, but the deceased still proceeded from the
down to the up line (the same way witness's train was
going.) When the whistle was blown the man made A
pause, looked at the engine, and then resumed thecourss
he was taking on the up line. The line was here per-
fectly straight, so that the deceased could have AO
doubt whatever which line the engine was on• refers
they could stop the engine passed over him. When be
was first seen they were going at the rate of 15 or ~2z)s
miles an hour. Witness at the same time as he blew m;
whistle shut of the steam and reversed the engine, and
when the engine passed over the deceased they
.As soon
going at the rate of four or five miles an hour.
as they stopped witness and his fireman went and picked
up the deceased and laid him on the platform, and they
found that one leg was found nearly severed from Pis
body. A doctor was sent for, who advised his immediate
removal to the hospital. were not
Edward Williams, fireman on the engine on the day ill
question, corroborated the evidence of the engine driver,
and added that be applied the break when he saw t"
er
0
dece 'se(' on the line. He appeared to be perfectly' sob
Thomas Wm. King, brother of the deceased, said le
had seen his brother in the hospital, and had had cors
venation with him as to how this happened, but 9.
mind was affected he could obtain no satisfneiti.
statement from him. He had been to Esher tor_n;
with a friend, and left there at half-past three pen
at'bhe time.

sober.
Mr. Sydney Jones, house surgeon, said the denol
was brought into the hospital on the 30th of JuIYP
a compound comminuted fracture of the left leg, arn
amputation was performed the same day. He viellih°;
pretty well for some time, but as he had been ja,;,;(l
habit of drinking, delirium tremens came on, and be.,`s
on Thursday morning. The cause of death was " ?e:*

rium tremens," produced by the injury.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental deatb.7;

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE ON A 1,
RAIL WAY.

An accident of an unusual character occurred 3les.rtti•iirrd
day morning on the Great Western Railway, at -1-1;
mingham. Immediately beyond the station In
centre of the town the line crosses Great Charles-strit
about 10 feet above the crown of the public road; tt„b•M;
are sidings leading from engine sheds and out a S.
main line up to the verge of the embankment, Dues
the public street, to which the embankment is el?; - •
tirely open. Within six or eight yards of the edge,',e
turn-table is fixed. At an early hour in the ranIIIIT'
an engine left one of the sheds in charge of the stbker, •
youth, and proceeded in the direction of the turn
at a speed of five or six miles an hour. From some Otitis;
or other (possibly from a slight mistake iq directing tuli
movement) the engine was not brought to a stand alit
turn-table, but ran over it, and the next incultell
plunged completely off the line into the street beneatil.:ti.
its flight, the engine tore down a considerable pbrtion,:
thick brick wall built for the protection of the en,b3r,f.•
ment ; upon a portion of this one end of it filially resw47. •
and the, other embedded itself in the footpath bel°l*lrn,.:
the engine, in fact, resting upon one end and nearly r • •
right. Of course it has sustained very great darosgt
The youth in charge of the engine, seeing what Wl.' •`
going to happen, jumped off, and escaped without in; „01
jury. Had the accident occurred at a later period
the day, it is by no means improbable that, in so great
public thoroughfare, there might have been
on whom the engine might have fallen. The pub°,
safety requires that some means shall be ado
pted. to an
an end to all possibility of the recurrence of such All
accident.
passersb..!

THE SUICInE IN A _RAILWAY

CARRIAGE.

The circumstances in connection with the above eat
which have arisen since our last publication have on'O
tended to shroud it in still greater mystery. One fat,
however, has been elicited, that the "missing" at
vi
present time amount to several, Mr. Hitchins Wine ,
received 11 letters from various parts inquiring for
titulars. Among them, one conveyed information which
induced further correspondence, and, as it appearedg
carried some convictions in the minds of those more iln;
mediately interested ; so much so that their solicitor Wail
requested to visit Lincoln, and obtain detailed informs
tion. On Sunday he arrived at the Great Nor theta •
Hotel, and had au interview with the superintendent of
police, who is in possession of the articles found in the
carriage, and of the clothes worn by the deceased. Its
consequence of what Mr. Mason ascertained, an inter-
view took place with the coroner, who stated to the soli-
citor that the circumstances attending the discovery of
the deceased were not confined to the act of suicide, but •
such as the public felt a deep interest in, and which
must, as far as it could be done, set at rest or confirra
the suspicion which prevailed, and that it was aloe •
equally as momentous to the family of the deceased
The solicitor fully concurred, and stated that be had
noted down some questions which he was desirous on
the part of the family to have answered, and which he
would name.—" Had the deceased a mark under
his
chin as if it had been cut ?" " Yes, ho had, but it wag
now cicatrised."—[The solicitor here stated that so°.
weeks aeo the person he was inquiring for left borne; ,
and had tried to destroy himself by cutting his throat.)
—" Was he dressed in black ?" "He was, with,ati:
rently a new suit, and a black great coat. Jul
he shaved his whiskers off, and was his hair Olela
. • .
and of a natural curl ?" "He bad, awl big bast
was as described."—" Had he a portion of female h.%
about his person ?" "Yes, he had."—[This cluest°o.
arose from the circumstance, as stated, of his having rhe
tamed some hair upon the death of a sister to wildl3l
was much attached ]—" Had he a red rosette of ices's? ;
bone ?" "Yes, he had, as if it bad been used se
shawl pin."—The solicitor expressed surprise, ndPr9;
him
ceeded to ask whether the deceased had with iia
volume of " Paley's Natural Theology ?" On heing:bs
formed that he had, he said it was most Eingular,
and •
person he was concerned about had on ling
theh?6oe
taken a volume, but it was a bound one, an
found in the carriage was unbound. Upon the 01°tviuci,
being shown, particularly the boots, be said they trio.
him to be his, from the smallness of the foot. rho
being asked how he could account for the blood on. he
boots and on his clothes, the solicitor admitted 00
f the
could not, but he stated that, from what he knew
to
party he was inquiring for, he would be the last Maiibio •
commit an act of violence on any one, though) fr°;fespe; •
indulgences, he was unfit to be alone when su
sobs
from delirium tremens. The solicitor then said th
facts now made apparent certainly conveyed to sonl°oo
tent an identity, but fully to convince him that be TO
the party it was desirable he should see the bocIP
"dentitY of
coroner observed that if it was merely for the but
the individual as a suicide it could not be
pet at
as circumstances of a different character were neuv
to be elucidated, there would not be an oljecticariesh,
permitted, a
he should wish to consult the clergyman of the 11 the •
as he (the coroner) had a great dislike to distur
ea,
quiet of the grave-yard. The Rev. C. Nairneorboil
from home, between four and five o'clock in the trap pre'
of Tuesday the body was exhumed. Decompositem wed
vented a facial recognition, but the mark r had.
under the chin, and on the shoulder blade tbeover
been a mark or wound, which had been Passed ad Fee
the woman who swore she washed him over,.oP_aciati
thlatr'ongly
no bruise or wounds. The slurring over of
by decomposition prevented it being so, 13 stated,
marked as he expected, and gave him, as Pea opted
there
some doubts as to his identity. The coronbeie
to him that whatever doubts there might 'conci°;
was a combination of facts sufficient to earl „ore •
tion to the mind of any one. It was not to' he stiPrbleek
their
that two men would have cuts under the chino,
curled hair, whiskers shaved off, female hair snots`]
persons, ivory or bone red rosettes, PaleY'e into the
Theology," and other matters. The solicitor OW octet
facts as evidences of circumstances strongll.,_COn„ soiree'
with the party inquired for. The coroner tue"fo,sber
whether deceased, if he was the person had si dead'
alive ? The solicitor stated that his father wa'' the
but the mother was still living, and the deceasedp.„,oo
party, was about to be married, and the lady rag
he was affianced had only a mother living. 1- n'teieel
said the coroner, showing the letter which The a°le
the 51. note, do you know the handwriting that th
citor did not know it, and he was confident not for
letter so written, and forwarded by post, %Wite had
warded by any relative of the deceased. The
certainly struck him as most remarkable ; no hintnic-eoe e
ses ;
had been received about the person about wetft h ;
anxious since the 9th of August, when be
nor did he believe he would write to any one. '•l3'% for
for whom he was inquiring had with biroaaytlrtad albhis clothes, and not a carpet bag as found. 7, 010*
with him 1831. in Bank of England notes, an,_u_e been
able gold watch ; but yet all these might Pa:. The
taken from him when under delirium trensee'..son re-
letter; the coroner observed, stated that the PeLsoiti
ferred to had been religiously trained, that b
ilis
d that "
was from over study, and that he must die, the nigh-
t
would die near Derby, in a railway carriage initor, ,
train. "The party lam seeking for," said the t nOt
" was not a great reader, and most certainly I', tbat •
connected by ties of relationship with the writer. of
letter. He was the landlord of a large hotel, and °,O, of
the last few months he had furnished it an OP% Ives
5,0001.; his establishment employed 30 servants Ile Jai
about to be married to an amiable young be at
having been fixed, and the meeting en routed as 0000
the station. He arrived first, and statethat of
ladies would be there by the next train ; but the
arriving so soon as he expected, he ordered a cab,,n be
away his luggage, and upon the arrival of the tv_aeis the •
was gone." We have refrained from giving Oar!
propriety of which will be admitted while so
.7c/00 •
mystery, intricacy, and difficulty exists ; but 14:::.; pea
bearing SO strong a semblance to truth has been .°'ll.abe
eventually it may be cleared up. The solicitorrit.o.
next morning, and further communications
_. 0,1;0 •
changed; and more certainty of identity; it is IWP,e,v_i_ 0,0
raislead be obtained. The letter sent from Louden °call. ot
much difficulty, and whether intended to
annot be Anertained.—Stanzford gercury.