The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-19 00:00:00

INQUEST - (THIS DAY.)

This afternoon Mr. Payne, City Coroner, held an in-
quest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital respecting the deaths
of Leonard Tillett and Harriet Stalion, who were found
dead at 33, Fleet-lane on Saturday last.
Detective Smith said that on Friday afternoon he was
called to the house No. 33, Fleet-lane. He there found in
the front floor room the two bodies of the deceased man
and woman. In a cupboard he found a razer. A boy,
aged 10, told witness that ho had put it there. That boy
Tillett's son. The boy had entered the room first.
The Coroner read the following letter, which was found
in the coat pocket of Tillet :—" I have done a foul deed
because she took Pickering, a married man, and used to go
with him, and his wife knew it, and that is through hOw it
was done. May the Lord have mercy on my soul.
Amen ; so good bye to this world."

Harriet Stalion, a girl aged 17, said that bet mother had
refused to marry Tillet. Wi'nesi3 thought that he was
mad because he threatened to kill her mother.
Alfred Stalion, son of the deceased woman, said that he
was sent to Holloway gaol for stealing some cigars. On
Saturday morning Mr. Picke-ing, Mrs. Pickering, his
mother, and Mrs. Rawlinson came in a cab to see him come
out of gaol. Tillet met them and rode on the top of the
cab. They all stopped at a public-house near the Cattle-
market. They afterwards went to Fleet-lane. His mother
then gave witness a shilling for a pot of beer and a quartern
of gin. When witness returned he saw Tillet trying to hold
her down upon the bed. Tillet always appeared to wit-
ness to be in his right senses. He said, I will do for you
and myself too.";,The witness did not state when he heard
Tillet say that.
Thomas Pickering said that he went on Saturdry morn-
ing to Holloway Gaol to see the boy disaharged from pri-
son. He rode in a cab with his wife, Mrs. Rawlinson, and
Mrs. Stalion. Tillet rode on the box. Coming home
they stopped at public-houses and had some drink. They
were not under the influence of drink.

By the Coroner—lf the deceased had been in his right
mind he would not have been jealous of witness. There
was no improper intimacy between witness and Mrs.
Stalion. On Friday Tillet knew that witness was going
in the cab on Saturday morning.
The jury, after some deliberarion, returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder" against. Tillett for the murd3r of the
woman Stalion, and a verdict of " Felo do so" in the case
of the self-murderer.

THE EX-RAILWAY KING.—The result of the final
appeal on the long litigation between the North-Eastern
Railway Company and Hr. George Hudson was to confirm
the reversal of the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and
reduces Mr. Hudson to a state of penury. He is now in
France, said to be utterly destitute. In addition to a sub-
scription to meet present wants, and in:the belief that the
" Railway Bing" was as much "sinned against as sinning,"
a large shareholder has intimated his intention to ask his
co-partner in the North-Eastern Company to grant to Mr.
Hudson an annuity of £2OO a year. An interesting dis-
cussion is looked for at the next general meeting, and
=AY believe the feeling will be in favour of the project.