The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-05 00:00:00

DEATH FRO if CRUELTY AND
&STARVATION.

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An inquest was concluded yesterday at the Red
Lion, Woolwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner
for Kent, on Eliza Fisher, aged 35, who died on
the 23d of January. The deceased formerly lived
at Southampton, and was the mother of four children
by a gentleman residing there. The two eldest chil-
dren had been placed at school by the father, who
paid for them. About 18 mouths ago she went
with her two youngest children to reside with a
brother, a telegraph clerk, residing at Carlisle, and
upon his being ordered to another place he agreed
with his brother Henry Fisher, an artilleryman,
stationed at Woolwich, that he should receive her
and her two children. Her furniture, which was
very good, was removed from Southampton to
Woolwich, and an arrangement made by the father
of the children to continue an allowance of £5 a-
month for the maintenance of the deceased and her
two children. She was ailing when she went to
Carlisle, but at the time of going to Woolwich had
rallied so much that no person except a medical
man or a close observer would have perceived that
anything was amiss with her. She was then a fine
handsome-looking woman, but on her arrival at the
latter place she got worse, very rapidly so within
the last six months, and had been bedridden, im-
becile, and helpless for about four months previous
to her death. Henry Fisher, the brother of the
deceased, was called, who gave an account of her
illness, and endeavoured to make it appear that he
had done his best for her, and that she was a burden
upon him, although the fact was he and his family
together had a good income, and received the al-
lowance for her maintenance regularly, and had
besides all her furniture, which was very good, far
better than is usually enjoyed by soldiers. He had
little or none of his own. He gave his evidence in
a very prevaricating and unsatisfactory manner.
Two neighbours, named Mary Stay and Isabella
M'Vea, stated that the room in which the deceased
was kept was very damp and dirty and had no
fireplace ; that the deceased was kept there during
the recent severe weather in a state of nudity, and
lying on straw with no covering except a piece of
blanket or rug over her shoulders; that she, being
latterly quite imbecile, made a great mess, for which
she was often tightly strapped up to the bedpost ;
that she was insufficiently supplied with food, both
the witnesses having continually heard her crying
out for food, which when given to her, as some oc-
casionally was by the witnesses, she ate ravenously;
that they had often heard her cries upon being
beaten, and had seen her crawling about the floor
(being unable to walk) perfectly naked. Mr. Woods
Harding, surgeon to the Union, called on the sth
Dec., in consequence of an order from the relieving
officer, and saw deceased, who was in a miserable-
looking place, with a bad light. He found the
woman lying upon a straw bed, apparently naked,
but rolled tightly round with a dirty sort of quilt.
He asked her some questions, satisfied himself that
she was suffering from imbecility, and gave a cer-
tificate accordingly. He hurried from the room as
soon as possible, owing to the dreadful stench,
which he was told arose from what she had then
done, as she had been cleaned that morning. Saw
no indication of death. Imagined that she would go
to the Union, as he was told that Fisher could not
afford to keep her. Benjamin Wates, the relieving
officer, deposed that he visited the case three or
four times. Ile depicted it as truly horrible, and
one of the worst that he had ever seen in his
lengthened experience. He found the woman in a
little back room with no fire, lying upon a straw
mattress, apparently naked, but wrapped up in a
rug, and altogether in the most deplorable condi-
tion that it was possible for a human being to be
in, She was not lying like a human being, but
appeared to be rolling about like an animal; the
smell was very offensive, but was worse on the last
occasion. The Board of Guardians made an order
for her to be admitted into the house, and witness
saw Fisher on the 23d December and told him so,
but witness heard nothing more of the case until
he heard of the woman's death. After some other
evidence of a similar character the jury returned a
verdict of manslaughter against Fisher. The coro-
ner then made out his warrant for the committal
of Henry Fisher to Newgate, and intimated that
he should call upon the parish authorities to prose-
cute.

A box of precious stones, worth 12,500 dollars
which ought to have been brought to England last week
in the Royal Mail packet Tasmania, was lost at St.
Thomas.

PASSPORTS IN BELGIUM.—The Belgian Moniteur
contains the following :—" With the view of facilitating
international relations, the Belgian Government has de-
cided that the verification of passports on the frontiers shall
be suppressed from the Ist of February next. Nevertheless
foreigners will continue to be required to have passports, is
order to stay in Belgium; and the vtsa remains obligatory
for travellers belonging to countries in which Belgians are
subjected to that formality. The exceptions established in
favour of the Dutch, and of the inhabitants of the adjacaut
French departments, and of the Prussian-Rhenan priviDc•
are maintained."

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