The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

THE RIOT AT ASETON.

At the Ashton Town-hall yesterday morning a
full bench of magistrates assembled for the exami-
nation of the militia-men apprehended on Friday
evening for being concerned in the riot. The Mayor
(Mr. H. Booth) presided. Adjutant Russell and
Lieut. Fleury were present. The names of the 14
prisoners produced were as follows :—Jas. 111‘Der-
mot, M. Riley, P. Caley, P. Garrerdy, P. Coyne,
J. Mallabond, J. Kane, J. Skelly, J. Murthie, J.
Bayley, P. Walsh, E. Conolly, P. Smith, and J.
Cuff. The number of militiamen apprehended was
16, but they were delivered up by t, ,e police to the
custody of the officer in command of the regiment
on the understanding that they should be brought
before the magistrates yesterday. Only 14, how-
ever, were produced, and it was stated that two had
given wrong names on their apprehension.
Mr. N. Buckley, the chief constable, stated that
about seven o'clock on Friday evening a cicifian,
named Murphy, went to the Shepherd's Inn, Old-
strs,t, and quarrelled with the persons drinking
there. On leaving, he said there would bs a dis-
turbance, and he returned shortly with six or seven
militiamen, carrying their belts in their hands, and
one of the said, " Where is the man who dare
' strike me ?" Another cried out, "Go on Milli-
gan," and they then attacked the civilians with
their belts. They were driven out, and when out-
side they broke the windows. Their numbers in•
creased, and they divided into parties, by one of
which the shop of Mr. Stanley was entered and the
windows broken. They marched through the
streets, brandishing their belts and shouting. The
fire-bell was rung, special constables summoned,
and 20 militiamen apprehended, but four were
afterwards discharged, having been taken to the
Town-hall merely to protect them from the crowd.
The first witnesses examined were John Harling,
a tripe-dresser, who was at the Shepherd's Inn at
the time of the riot ; Eliza Cunningham, the land-
lady ; and Dunn, tho policeman sent for to the
public-house. These gave evidence corroborative
of the chief constable's statement, and proved that
the gas-piping of the house was torn up and the
glasses smashed.

Dr. Lees stated that he was passing along Ohl-
street shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday evening. On
going up the Avenue he saw shopkeepers putting
up their shutters, and some of the windows broken.
On going towards Cunniugham'a public-house he
saw three or four militiamen running from that
direction, and carrying their belts in their hands.
Three of them rushed at witness, saying, " Thats
him," They struck him several times over the
head and face with their belts. His hat was
knocked off and broken in. At th4t moment a
person in the crowd called out, " That is Dr.
Lees," and witness siid, "I am not a policeman,
why do you attack me I" After that he received
no further molestation. His upper lip was bruised
by a blow from a he.t. He could not ideutiiy
lay of the prisoners.
Sarah Ann Stanley said she assisted in her
father's shop at the corner of the Market Avenue.
On Friday evening she saw the militiamen break-
ing windows at Cunningham's house with their
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breast, knocking her down. There were several
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across the face, entirely Rua bing his nose and
rendering him senseless. He was found in a field
near Kenworthy's pit, whore he had been carried
and thrown down. He did not ree)ver conscious- f
news till next minting._ _ _

The prisoners were all identified as having taken
part in riots, except Bayley, Kane, and Conolly,
who were discharged. They all denied their guilt,
asserting that they had only used their belts in self-
defence; 2n€l some of them attAnpteci to show that
they wore intoxicated, but the evidence on this
point was not conclusive. The I 1 prisoners against
whom the charge was proved were committed for
trial at the Salford Sessions.

THE SERIOUS DISTURBANCE A]IONO
THE _PAUPERS AT p.REsToN.

In consequence of the threatening attitude of the
pauper labJurers, as reported in The Sun of yes-
terday, the magistrates on Sunday evening issued
the following proclanntion :
"PROCLAMATION,
" BOROUGH OF PRESTON TO WIT.
"Whereas information has beengiven to her Majesty's
jastices of the peace acting in and for the said borough,
that large numbers of persons have tunou:tuout-ly aseetn-
bled together io the immediate neighbourhood of the
offices of the board of guardians, and used threati tend-
ing to a breach of the peace ;
" The mayor and tnagidtates of the borough hereby
warn all persons that such conduct is illegal, and that a
repetition of it will subject the offenders to severe punish-
tnent.

" The mayor and magistrates further give notice that
due means have been taken for the preservation of the
future peace of the town.
" By order,
"THOS. DODD Clerk to the Magistrates.
"Preston, Jan. 3,"

Theiniu.ing of this manifesto caused considerable
sensation in the town. Yesterday (Monday) morn-
ing the moity of the men paid by Kenyon, reliev-
ing officer, went to work on the moor, but ceased at
no n, refusing to be employed the whole of the day.
The other half of the paupers (who have been put on
in the afternoon hitherto) refused likewise to com-
ply with the order, and, instead of going to their
work in the morning, did not attend till noon.
There were large quantities of stones on Saturday
night in the yard of the relieving offices, Sand-
street, where the men are paid, and it was appre-
hended at the time
that the (UsaffeUed labourers
would use these missiles in the outbreak of their
violence. Yesterday the atones were c trted away to
prevent their being used. The magistrates also
swore in 50 special constables, and communicated
with the commandant of the military at the bar-
ricks, Fulwood, near Preston. At half part 1 o'clock
in the of ernoon the guardians met at the Boardroom
to consult as to the best method of repressing the
mutinous spirit of the men and enforcing the regu-
lations. There were present Messrs. M. Satterth-
waste ( he chairraan),Dixon' Long worth, Dewhurst,
Wad, Jones, C. Satterthwaite, Dobson, Maynard ;
Mr. R. As croft (the Town-Clerk), and Mr. Gibbocs,
the Superintendent of Police. Mr. Acroft sug-
gested that the paupers should be kept as separate
as possible when they were paid ;and with that ob-
ject that they should be paid in different places and
et different times. Mr. Dixon sugges' ed that the
practice of dispensing the relief half in meal should
be discontinued, and the men paid eutirelyininoney
He knew the men were in the habit of selling the
meal below its value—one man sold 41b. for 3d. It
was agreed to pay the men entirely in money after
the following rate : —ls. for a full day, and 6(1. only
for half a day. It was further arranged that Roscoe,
relieving officer, should pay his men at the work-

house near the moor ; the other half of the labourers
to be paid by Kenyon at the offices in Saul-street ;
policemen to be provide-1 to take into custody all
who might be disorderly, or who might attempt to
create a disturbance on not receiving their day's
pay for half a day's work.
_ _ _

- Mr. Ascroft—The labour-masters should make a
return to you of the ringleaders.
The Chairman—The labour masters named two
who are great " spouters" (talkers) among them.
They are active men, and are always spouting.

Mr. Aqcroft—You. should summon them before
you, and let them know that they are watched.

With the view of enforcing the regulations, Mr.
Gibbons undertook to provide 30 pol;ce officers at
the workboose, and 30 at the offices in Saul-street;
and he left the meeting for that purpose.
The relieving officers were directed to go and pay
the men immediately, as they arrived, and before
they assembled in a crowd, and a number of guar-
dians volunteered to attend at each place.
The Chairman said the disturbances were no
doubt provoked by a score or two of refractory men.

It was resolved that the labour masters should
be required to furnish immediately the names of
all the leaders and agents in the mutiny, and also
give notice to the men that all -who were willing
to work a full day might receive a shilling. The
committee was further empowered to purchase
wheelbarrows, spades, and other implements, and
to take such means as were necessary for carrying
out the labour test. Mr. Ascroft promised to
attend while the men were being paid. This was
the state of things when our reporter left. To
prevent a misunderstanding, it is necessary to
state that ls. a-day is not the only sum the
part;esreceive ; a man with a wife and two children,
for instance, will tweive 2s. in money, 2s. in kind,
and six pays on the moor—total, 10s. The men
intendel on Saturday night to make an flit ick upon
the provision shops in the town if they had not
received the'r shilling.

THE SHOREHAM PO ISO V ING CASE.-
INQUEST ON THE BODIES.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Burrell
Arms Inn, Shoreham, before Mr. F. H. Gal, co-
roner for East Sussex, upon the bodies of Estt.er
Puttick, married woman, aged 37, and her step-
son, F. Puttick, aged 15, who came by their deaths
in the manner and under the circumstances de-
scribed in the following evidence :
The jury having viewed the bodies in the cot-
tage in which the tragedy took place proceeded to
a bedroom in the same cottage to hear the deposi-
tions of Thomas Puttick, who is still too ill to leave
his bed. On being sworn he deposed follows :
lam a butcher at New Shoreham. Esther Ann
Puttickt, one of the deceased, was my wife, and F.
Puttick, the other deceased, was my son. My wife
was 37 years of age, and my son nearly 16. He was
not engaged in any business. On Thursday morn-
ing last, 31st of Dec., about 9 o'clock, I went up to
my slaughter-house. We talked about the dinner.
I think I said " There is a little flour in the house,
you may as well make a little pudding."
The Coroner—Who proposed this pudding, you
or she I—Well, I cannot tell you exactly. I think
I said " You may as well make a little pudding."
What sort ef a pudding I—A hard pudding—flour
and water. After thatl went away. and came b tck
a little after 1 o'clock, when I had done work. My
little boy was then gone up the hill, and my wife
was busy washing. When I came in she left off,
and came and put tke dinner on the table. She
placed pudding and cabbage and bacon on the table.
—Did you see her take the pudding out of the pot I
—I think that was done in the other room. It was
not on the table when I came in, she pre-
pared the dinner in an adjoining room. It con-
sisted of boiled cabbage, pudding, and bacon, all
hot. My son, the deceased, did not dine with us
then. My wife and I dined together. She partook
of the pudding, bacon, and cabbage. I did not 01)
serve whether she ate heartily or not. I also par-
took of everything. I ate more of the cabbage
than I did of anything else. Just before I left the
slaughter-house I had a bun and a pint of porter,
and that rather took my appetite away. I did not
eat so heartily as Ido sometimes. In the course
of the morning I had partaken of two pins of por-
ter. My son came home about an hour afterwards.
The first thing after dinner my wife cleared away,
and she came over very sick and pale. She had a
pain in her chest, of which she had complained for
some time. That was about a quarter of an hour
after dinner. Some people then came in to see
what was the matter. My wife's sickness continued
a long time, and she vomited a great deal.
What do you call a long time ?—Well, it con-
tinued all that day and all night. She was at the
same time purged. For some time, about a month
before, she had complained of a pain iu her chest,
and she did s© also on that morning, about nine
o'clock, just before I went out I also experienced
symptoms of sickness very shortly afterwards.
About half-past 2 I began to vomit also. People
still kept coming in, and I said I would go up to
Mr. Hore, surgeon. I did go to Mr. lore, and
told him how she was, that she had got a pain in
her s'de. He asked me what she had been eating,
and I told him. He said she had the spasms. I did
not mention the vomiting and purging, because she
had not begun hardly when I went away. She kept
on retching and retching, but could not bring any-
thing up. Mr. Here did not come to see her, but
gave some stuff in a little bottle, the half of which
he told me to give her then, and the remainder in
half an hour. I was gone about a quarter of an

hour. On my return Ilound my wife rather worse
than when I went away ; she was distracted almost.
The people downst sirs, or one of them, sent for
Mr. Fuller. I was in such pain that I did not know
what to do, and could not go. When my little boy
came in, that was about half-past 3, I said to
him, " Fred, don't eat that cabbage ; it has
upset me most terribly." I then set out the
pudding, which had been cut off, buttered,
and ph iced in the oven for him. He did not eat
any of the cabbage, but took the pudding that
bad been cut off for him, and some of the
bacon. After dinner he went up to the train to
watch for Mr. Fuller, who was absent when first
sent for. On the road the boy also took ill, and
could hardly get home.
By a juror—The pudding was prepared and
cooked in my absence.
The Coroner—did you see your son on his return?
—Yes ; he looked very pale indeed. He also
vomited. He ►hen went upstairs and lay in this
bed. We were then all ill togetherrbut my symp-
toms were not so violent as theirs. Mr. Fuller
came about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and attended
to us. My son died on Thursday evening at 7
o'clock, and my wife died on Friday morning be-
tween 11 and 12 o'clock.
The Coroner—Do you happen to know where
the flour was procured of which the pudding was
made ?—lt was bought the day before.
Who bought it ?—Why, my little boy went
after it. We had a pudding of it the day before,
of which I partook. On the previous day we had
also bacon and cabbages. The fl Mr was bought at
Mr. Adams' ; be is a miller. I did not expel ience
any evil consequences from the dinner on Wednes-
day. On Thursday morning I saw the bag in
which the flour is usually kept. It contained
something which I loctlieve was flour. The re-
mainder of the flour was consumed on Thursday.
The flour was kept in a bag in a cupboard.
You think the pudding on Thursday was mach of
the same flour as that on Wednesday Is—l am
certain it was, sir. The bacon was kept in the
same cupboard. The whole of the bacon was eaten
on Thursday. The cabbage came from our garden.
It was cut partly on the same morning and partly
the dsy before. It was not put in the cupboard.
The Coroner—Now, are you in the habit of
using arsenic for any purpose ?—Yes, sir.
For what purpose I—For destroying mice, sir,
for farmers.

Had you any in the house on Thursday ?
Yes, sir.
Do you know what quantity I—No, sir, I don't
know exactly ; 2 oz or 3 oz. perhaps.
White arsenic ?—Yes, sir.
Where did you keep it I—ln a chest, sir, in the
next bed-room ; I have kept it there for years.
Is the cheat kept locked?—lt was in general kept
locked. My wife very often wanted the key, as
she kept her apparel in the same chest. It was not
locked that morning.
Had your wife the key that morning I—Well, I
think sh© had, because the key was in it. She had
access to the chest as well as I. sometimes I kept
the key and sometimes she did. I did not see the
chest that morning.
You had not been to it fur any arsenic ?—No,
sir, not since list Monday ; a week to-day. I think
since then my wife kept the key. The key was
found in the lock of the chest. _ _ _

Now, what way was the arsenic kept in the chest?
—One little lot of about two ounces as near as I
cm tell, was contained in a bladder. That I used
to carry about with me. The remainder, about the
same quantity, was iu a paper.
Did you notice, when you last went to the chest,
whether the paper had been disturbed at all ?—No,
s:r, I did not. When Mr. Fuller took it out of the
chest I don't know what stale it was in.

How near was the flour placed to the arsenic ?---
The flour was placed in a cupboard down stairs,
and the arsenic was kept in a chest which was up
stairs.

A juror—Did your wife ever use any arsenic for
any purpose ?—No, never ; she would never touch
it ; and when anybody came from the country for
some " stuff," she always waited until I came home.
She knew that it was arsenic I had in the chest,
and could not have, taken it out in a mistake for
flour. After her illness she did not say to what

cause it was owing. On Monday I mixed the
arsenic in an old quart pot, which I cleansed
thoroughly afterwar is.
Did you eit any of the butter that you say was
put on your son's pudding Yes ;we had all the
same.

Did you mix the arsenic with butter ?—Yes ;
with fresh butter.

Did your son Frederick know where you kept
the poison ?—No, I don't think he did. He left
home in the morning the same time as I did.
Wasn't your wife subject to fits of a morning ?
Yes, nearly every morning. When she came to she
would do anything. She looked as wild as a hare,
and did not know what she was about.

Mary Ann Fleming, who lives next door, corro-
borated as to the nature of the sufferings which the
several persons had undergone. She had always
thought there was something peculiar about the
deceased woman, but she did not consider her at
all deranged. Believed she was subject to fits, and
had heard that she was rather intemperate in her
habits, though she did not know it to be true.
Never saw her more cheerful than on Thursday
morning, and heard her singicg two or three times
during the morning.
Edward Henry Moore, chemist and member of
the Pharmaceutical Society, deposed that he maoe
an examination of what had been represented to
him as the vomit of the woman. In that he dis-
covered arsenic. He had also analysed a portion
of the pudding which he had received from Mr.
Fuller, surgeon. In that he also found arsenic in
great abundance ; infect, so great was the quantity
of arsenic in the pudding that he believed 2oz. of
it would be sufficient to destroy human life. He
also examined a quantity of flour, about 2oz. or
3oz , which had been taken from the bag, but he
did not discover the least trace of arsenic. From
Mr. Fuller he had also received a dark-coloured
fluid, which was said to be the evacuation of the
man 20 hours aft r he was supposed to have taken
the poison. In that he also succeeded in discovering
the presence of arsenic.
Tee inquiry was then adjourned for a short time
for the purpose of awaiting the medical evidence
respecting the post-mortem examination which the
jury had ordered to be made.
On resuming,
Thomas Ful er, surgeon, of Shoreham, gave evi-
dence as,to his being called iu to attend the family
on Thursday. He described their symptoms,
which were such as would be occasioned by arsenic.
When first called in he had not been aware that
Puttick was in the habit of keeping arsenic in
the house, and upon hearing it from one of the
neighbours he asked Puttick, who admitted it was
true, and described where it was kept, and the
position in which it was placed in the chest. up-
stairs. In answer to his inquiry, the deceased
woman ad I she could not account for the poison
getting into the pudding. Witness then spoke to
the post-mortem examination, which he had just
come from making on the bodies. Arsenic was
not to be detected in either of the bodies with the
naked eye, although the redn-ss of the intestines
would lead to the belief that they had died from
the effect of arsenic. From each he had tiken the
stomach, kidneys, and a piece of the liver, and has
them preserved in separate jars for analytical pur-
poses, should any subsequent discovery render that
necessary.
Ro! ert Puttick, cousin to Thomas Patrick, bad
been present white the family were suffering from
the effect of the poison. Knowing that Puttick was
in the habit of keeping arsenic in the house, ha
asked the deceased woman if she had broughtdown
any arsenic 1 She said she bad not. He then asked
her if she ever touched the arsenic at all on any
pretence ? She said "she never touched it ; she
would not do so. No one was allowed to go near
it but herhusband, who was very particular." Wit-
ness had also been present at the death of the boy.
Just before his death he implored him, if he hid
anything to say to him to say it at once. The lad
gave him no answer, and very shortly died in the
greatest agony.
Sergeant Parnell, of th e East Sussex constabulary,
deposed to having received two packages of arsenic
from Mr. Fuller, and that they had not since left
his possession.
This being all the evidence,
The Coroner spoke of the mysterious nature of
the case, the absence of any motive to lead any one
to the commission of the crime of administering the
arsenic, and also the absence of any evidence tend-
ing to implicate anybody in its commission. It was
clear beyond doubt that the two deceased had died
from the effect of arsenic, but beyond that the
evidence did not go. It would be for the jury to
say whether they would return a verdict to that
effect at once, or adjourn the inquiry for further
evidence.

Tue jury then retired, and after a short delibera
tion decided upon adjourning the inquest for a fort.
night,

ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES AT LIVERPOOL
AND CLEVER CAPTURE OF NIB TMEVES.

On Saturday evening last, a telegraphic commu-
nication was received at the Gre-nwich
Police-
station, giving the description of twa men who,
after sleeping at the coffee shop of Mrs. Armitage,
148, Dale-street., Liverpool, absconded alter forcing
an entrance into the bed-room and stealing there-
from 1351. in Bank of E ,gland notes and gold,
together with two gold brooches. Whilst staying
aethe'coffee-Itouse one of the men had a letter di-
rected for him tcea collegein an in Greenwich Hos-
pit.,l, and on the robbery being discovered, the first
thought that sueg,sted itself was that the thieves
belonged to, and might possibly be found at Green-
wich. Accordingly, an officer of the Liverpool con-
stabulai y, with the son of Mrs. Armitage, arrived in
Greenwich on Sunday, in order to prosecute their
search. Yesterday morning, about noon, they were
together at the' Prince of Wales Tavern, London-
s,r, et, Greenwich, when the band of the Royal
Marines happened to pass through the town play-
ing. Tifis attracted the attention of the officer and
Mr. Armitage, and whilst listening to the music
they espied the two identical me;) whom they were
in quest of, and having obtained tl,e a-sistance of
Constables Smith, 213 R, and Wyman, 72 R, both
men were speedily in custody. A cab was then
called, into which they were bpth forced, when one
of them was observed to throw something out of
the window, which, on bring picked up, was found
to be a 101. note. They were then taken to the
station, and on the cib being sub equently search-
ed, a purse containing 51. in gold was found under
one of the seats. Ttiey gave their names He--ry
Smith, 23, and Robert Moore, 20, but refused
their address. Yesterday afternoon, from fuither
information received, Mr. Inspector Wilson caused
a Greenwich Collegeman, named Phillmore, and
his wife, and a woman named Minze, to be appre-
hended on a charge of feloniously receiving a part
of the stolen property, and from facts then divulged,
the 641. in gold, and seven Si. .notes were after-
wards taken possession of by the police from a man
with whom the amount had been deposited, uncon-
scious that it was the proceeds of the robbery, and
who will appear as a witness against the prisoners.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT TOTTENHAM.

On Saturday evening a long inquiry was gone
into before Mr. Baker, at the Chapereaux Inn,
Park Station, Tottenham, relative to the death of
Mary Anne Herb:rt, aged 21, who was thrown out
of a chaise cart, in Marsh-lane, on Thursday last.
Iti appeared from the evidence of several wit-
nesses that the deceased was in the vehicle, which
was drawn by ole horse, with two male friends.
They were going down the lane about four o'clock
in the afternoon, at a steady pace, when they were
inet by a cart going in a contrary direction. In
order to avoid a collision, the driver of the vehicle
in which the deceased was caused the near wheel to
pass up a bank. in doinc, this, the wheel came
suddenly in contact with the stump of a tree that
had been cut do wn, when the chaise cart was turned
completely over, the deceased and one of her com-
panions being under it. She was removed to the
Chapereaux Inn, and a surgeon was sent for, who
at once stated that life was extinct. There was a
severe injury on her forehead, and it was the
opinion of the medical gentleman that she had re-
ceived a fracture of the skull, which had caused
instant death.

In answer to the Coroner, it was stated by some
of the witnesses that the sp-t in question in Marsh-
lane the road was only 16 feet wide, and too narrow
for two vehicles to pass.
The foreman and some of the jury observed thkt
Marsh-lane was a great thoroughfare to the Eattern
Counties Railway, and that it ought to be widened
at the pat t where the accident happened.
The Coroner observed that ho would write to the
Tottenham Board of Works, and that he had no
doubt, upon the representation of the juty, the
roal way would be widened.
Verdict—" Accidental death."

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