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London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

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provided
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take offices
intoiu Saul-street
custody
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;near the moor ;the other half of the labourers cause it was owina r
h 4 can
arsenic
thoroughlyil
present in the infirmary of Camberwell. wo_
in such a state that it is almost impossible s ..
recover. .
d to belt. ,
The unfortunate sufferer was pronounced
4. , might be disorderly, or who might attempt to Did you '-
aainte,old .
evening last tilt ,
so dangerous a state on Saturday
..t 1 he a disturbance on not receiving their day's put on ,-
Mr. Smithers, the master of the workhouse, Wirt e 4 r for half a day's work.
sanv-
hi 3 .
on Mr. Norton at this court to request, that Ascroft—
The labour-masters should make a '
would proceed to the workhouse and take her de - turn to you of the ringleaders.
position, and did so in the presence of the prisoner, Toe Chairman—The labour-masters name'
who had been taken into custody. On being put ho are great " spouters" (talkers) am'-
to the bar yesterday the deposition of her daughte r hey are active man, and are always
as taken by Mr. Norton was read over as the only Mr. Aseroft--You should sun,-
evidence at present against her, and was as fol- you, and let them know that '-'
lows :—" About Monday fortnight my father and
.With the view of enforr'
mother were quarrelling. My father wanted to , 'ribbons undertook to
beat her, and I tried to prevent it, and she gave me c' to workhouse, ar '
a push and threw me down stairs. My father hit ai Id he left the
her, and gave her a black eye and set it bleeding. The reli,
I was suffering then with erysipelas, and was going tb e In,-
to lie down on the bed, but she turned me out of it, th(
got into bed herself, and compelled me to lie on '
the floor. My mother was very tipsy at the time,
and my father on coming up stairs found me on the
floor, and this was the reason for his hitting my
mother. I was following down stairs and begging of
my father not to have any more words with my
mother, when she pushed me down stairs, and I fell
with the back part of my head on the edge of the
stairs. The push she gave me was a violent one,
and mother always spat her spite on me when she
had a quarrel with father. Immediately after the
fall I felt great pain in my held, and I have been
no better since. I had been ill a fortnight before
this, and had not done anything to provoke her.
When mother gets drunk, which she does at least
once a-fortnight, she is like a mad woman. She
has struck me many a time, but not so badly as
this, but I hope you will not punish her, for she
has a young baby."

house near the moor ; the other half of the labourers cause it was owing. On Monday I mixed the
to be paid by Kenyon at the offices in Saul-street ; arsenic in an old quart pot, which I cleanssd
policemen to be provided to take into custody all thoroughly afterwards.
who might be disorderly, or who might attempt to Did you eat any of the butter that you say was
create a disturbance on not receiving their day's put on your son's pudding ? Yes ; we had all the
pay for half a day's work. . same.
Mr. Ascroft—The labour-masters should make a' Did you mix the arsenic with butter ?—Yes ;
return to you of the ringleaders. with fresh butter.
Tee Chairman—The labour-masters named two ' Did your son Frederick know where you kept
i In
gdtohne' t
same Mink
time
hee a
s I did.
did.
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aetiv
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th
Mr. Ascroft--You should summon them before i Wasn't
y?eomurowlote subject to fits of a morning ?
you, and let them know that they are watched. Yes, nearly every morning. When she came to she
With the view of enforcing the regulations, Mr. Aiould do anything. She looked as wild as a hare,
e gibbons undertook to provide 30 police officers at and did not know what she was about.
t' to workhouse, and 30 at the offices in Saul-street; ; Mary Aun Fleming, who lives next door, corro-
ai td he left the meeting for that purpose. bbrated as to the nature of the sufferings which the
The relieving officers were directed to go and pay several persons had undergone. She had always
tb e men immediately, as they arrived, and before thought there was something peculiar about the
the ry assembled in a crowd, and a number of guar- deceased woman, but she did not consider her at
dig ns volunteered to attend at each place. all deranged. Believed she was subject to fits, and
re!he Chairman said the disturbances were no had heard that she was rather intemperate in her
doudot provoked by a score or two of refractory men. htbit4, though she did not know it to be true.
It was resolved that the labour masters should Never saw her more cheerful than ou Thursday
be re quired to furnish immediately the names of morning, and heard her singing two or three times
all tb e leaders and agents in the mutiny, and also during the morning.
give -.notice to the men that all who were willing Edward Henry Moore, chemist and member of
to work a full dal/ might receive a shilling. The the Pharmaceutical Society, deposed that he mate
commit tee was further empowered to purchase an examination of what had been represented to
wheelbarrows, spades, and other implements, and Win as the vomit of the woman. In that he dis-
to take such means as were necessary for carrying cove red arsenic. He had also analysed a per, ion
out the labour test. Mr. Ascroft promised to of the pudding which he had received from Mr,
attend while the men were being paid. This was Fuller, surgeon. In that he also found arsenic in
the state of things when our reporter left. To great abundance ; infect, so great was the quantity
prevent a misunderstanding, it is necessary to LI arsenic in the pudding that he believed 20z. of
state that ls. a-day is not the only sum the it would be sufficient to destroy human life. He
parCesreceive ; a man with a wife and two children, also examined a quantity of flour, about 2oz. or
for instance, will receive 2s. in money, 2s. in kind, 3oz , which had been taken from the bag, but he
and six pays on the moor—total, 10s. The men did not discover the least trace of arsenic. From
intended on Saturday night to make an aft ick upon Mr. Fuller he had also received a'dark-coloursd
the provision shops in the town if they had not fluid, which was said to be the evacuation of the
received their shilling. man 20 hours aft a- he was supposed to have taken
the poison. In that he also succeeded iu discovering
the presence of arsenic.
Tue 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 Fuller, surgeon, of Shoreham, gave evi-
dence as:to his being called in 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 bearing 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 sail 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 Codies. Arsenic was
not to be detected in either of the bodies with the
naked eye, although the redness of the intestines
would lead to the belief that they had died from
tire effect of arsenic. From each ho had tskeu 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 Puttick, had
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, he
asked the deceased woman if she had broughtdown
any arsenic ? She said she had 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 Irsel also been present at the &eelr of the bay.
Just before his death he implored him, if he had
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 the East Sussex constabulary,
deposed to having received two packages of arsenic
from Mr. Fuller, and that they had not since left
his possession.
Teis 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
evidenca did not go. It would be for the jury to
say,whether they would return a verdict to that
efect at once, or adjourn the inquiry for further
evidence.
Toe jury then retired; and after a short delibera-
tion decided upon adjourning the inquest for a fort
night.

In reply to the questions of the mother, the poor
girl, who seems rapidly approaching her end,
acknowledged that her mother had gone to Dr.
Flowers's for her, but she was then tipsy. She de-
nied having fallen out of the bed herself, and said
her mother pushed her out. She (the mother), she
said, aggravated her father before he struck her,
and in conclusion she said she (her mother) had
pushed her down stairs purposely, and caused the
injuries to her head from whioh she was suffering.
The prisoner, declining at present to say any-
thing in defence, was remanded.

TEE SEIOREHAM POISOSING CASE.-

INQUEST ON ME BODIES.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Burrell
Arms Inn, Shoreham, before Mr. F. H. Gell, co-
roner for East Sussex, upon the bodies of Est' 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 as follows :
I, am a butcher at New Shoreham. Esther Ann
liuttick, 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 weot 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 ?—Well, I cannot tell you exactly. I think
I said " You may as well make a little pudding."
What sort of a pudding ?--A hard pudding—dour
and water. After that I went away, and came back
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 aril put the 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 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 ob
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 nay appetite away. I did not
eat so heartily as Ido sometimes. In the course
of the morning I had partaken of two pin's of por-
ter. My sea 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 7—Well, it con-
tinued all that day and all night. She was at the
-same time purged. For some time, about a mouth
before, she had complained of a pain in her chest,
and she did se also on that morning, about nine
o'clock, just before I went out I also experienc.al
symptoms of sickness very shortly afterward.%
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. Hors, and
told him how she was, that she had got a pain in
her &de. He asked me what she had been eating,
and I told him. He said she bad the spasms. I did
not mention the vomiting and purging, because the
had not begun hardly when I went away. She kept
ou retelling 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 I found my wife rather worse
than when I went away ; she was distracted almost.
The people downstairs, 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 hal been cut off, buttered,
and placed in the oven for him. He did not eat
any of the cabbage, but took the pudding that
had 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. H-3 also
vomited. He then went upstairs and lay in this
bed. We were then all ill together, but 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 I—lt was bought the day before.
Who bought it f—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 hail
also bacon and cabbages. The filar was bought at
Mr. Adams' ; he is a miller. I did not experience
any evil consequences from the dinner on Welles-
day. On Thursday morning I saw the bag in
which the flour is usually kept. It contained
something which I believe 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 made of
the same flour as that on Wedueday ?—I 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 0. irdee.
It was cut partly on the same morning and partly
the clay before. It was not put in the cupbeard.
The Coroner—Now, are you in the habit of
using arsenic for any purpose ?—Yes, sir.
For what purpose ?—For destroying mice, sir,
for farmers.
Had you any in the house on Thursday ?-
Yes, sir.

ROBBERY OP BANK NOTES AT LIVERPOOL,
AND CLEVER CAPTURE OP THE THIEVES.

On Saturday evening last, a telegraphic commu-
nication was received at the Greenwich Police-
station giving th, description of two men who,
after sleeping at the coffee shop of Mrs. Armitage,
148, Dale-street, Liverpool, absconded after forcing'
au entrance into the bad-room and stealing there-
from 1351. in Bank of Erglaud notes and gold,
together with two gold brooches. Whilst staying
at the coffee-house one of the men had a letter di-
rected for him to a collegemanin Greenwich Hos-
pital, and on the robbery being discovered, the first
thought that suggested itself was that the thieves
belonged to, an 4 might possibly be found at Green-
wich. Accordingly, an officer of the Liverpool con-
stabulary, 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-
sir, et, Greenwich, when the bawl of the Royal
M trines happened to pass through the town play-
ing. This attracted the attention of the officer and
Mr. Armitage' and whilst
tlaiisnteendinthgetao.istihsetanmceusoicf
they espied the two identical men whom they were
gct obtained
and
Wyman,
caban 72 It, both
was then
men
Constablesuwesetreofs,spamenei and having
ya2vilni3nstb
called, into which they were both forced, when one
of them was observed to throw something out of
the window, which, on being picked up, was found
to be a 101. note. They were then taken to the
station, and on the cab being sub .equently search-
ed, a purse containing Si. in gold was found under
one of the seats. They gave their names He,.ry
Smith, 23, and Robert Moore, 20, but refused
their address. Yesterday afternoon, from further
ieformation 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 Wt. in gold, and seven 5/. 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.

inquiry was gone
ion; inquiry
intOonSat
before
u,
rlttlyr. evening
Baker,a loattli Chapereaux Inn,
Park Station, Tottenham, relative to the de all of
Mary Anne Herbst, aged 21, who was thrown out
of on Thursday last.
nesses that the deceased was in the vehicle, which
l a
t chaiseapp appeared from
in Marsh-
evidencelaws
of
several
wit.
was drawn by one horse, with two male friends.
They down the lane about four o'c'ock
in
at a steady pace, when they were
tli wereafafternoon,
r goingoon,
met 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 doing
this the wheel came
suddenly in contact with the stump of a tree shit
had been cut do wn, When the chaise cart was turned
completely over, the deceased and one of her coin-
panions being under it. She was removed to the
Chapereaux Inn, and a surgeon was sent for, who
at once stat-d that life was extinct. Thera 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,
instant death. which had caused

Do you know what quanti►y ?—No, sir, I don't
know exactly ; 2 oz or 3 oz. perhaps.
White arsenic ?—YeP, sir.
Where did you keep it ?—ln a cheat, sir, in the
next bed-room ; I have kept it there for year..
Is the chest 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 ?—Well,
think she had, became the key was in it. She ha,

In answer :to the Coroner, it was stated by some
of the witnesses that the spot 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 that
Marsh-lane was a great.thoruuuhfara to the Eastern
Counties Railway, and that it ought to be widened
at the" pact where the accident happened.
Tue Coroner observed that he would write to the
Tottenham Bo rd of Works, and that he had no
doubt, upon the repre3erita.tion of the juty, the
roadway would be widened:
Verdict—" Accidental death."

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 for any arsenic ?—No,
sir, not since list Monday ; a week to-thy. I think

since then my wife kepi the key.
fulled in tho lock of the chest.

The key was

Now, what way was the arsenic kept in the chest?
—One little lot of about two ounces as near as .1

c:n tell, was contained in a bladder. That I used
to carry about with me. Tho lemainder, about the

same quautity, was in a pape-.
Did you notice, when you fait went to the cheat,
wln..th3r the paper had been disturbed at all
sir, I did not. When Mr. Fuiler took it out of the
elicit I don't know what state it was in.
II OW near was the flour placed to the arson-c ?
The fic)
an( ur was. placed in a cupboard down stairs,•
1 the arsenic, was kept in a chest which w.ts up
stai ti
rs.

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Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected
a our of a disorder in my liver
and stomach, nbich all
the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over
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and E. Muir, Malta.

A juror--Did
any purpose 7—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 yam arsenic I had in the chest,
Your wife ever use any.arsenic fur
and could not have taken it out in a mistake for
flour. After her illness Eshe did not say to what

5, 1858

MEhANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A RESPECT-
ABLE TRADESMAN.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Hope
Tavern, Park-sireet, Do; set-square, Maryleb
before Mr. Wakicy, Coroner for the Westorn
Division of Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr.
Henry Mayne, aged 32, a perfumer and hair-
dresser, residing in the above street, who put a
period to his existence by swallowing a quantity of
the oil of almonds.