The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'

E WATERLOO-BRIDGE MYSTERY.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST-THIS DA.Y.

The inquest was resumed this afternoon at the Board
Boom of the Strand Union, Bow-street, before Mr.
Bedf,rJ, coroner for Westminster.

The first witness called was
Samuel Ball. He deposed—l rende at No. 10, Grove-
place, and am a general dealer. On Thursday night,
October 8, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock,
I passed over Waterloo-bridge from the Strand aide. I
paid Errington, the toil-collector, and bid him good
night. Wile:. I got to the first recces on the bridge I
pulled out my pipe and went back to the toll-gate for a
light. There I saw Errington and a short female.
Errington said to the woman "If you can't lift
the bag, why don't you ask some one to do it I" I
then saw Errington lift over a carpet bag, but I did not
notice the colour, or whether it bad leather sidef.
The woman had also a parcel with her. I saw
her face distinctly. She was of sallow com-
plexion, with rather sunken eyes, and a mark
like a mole on the left aide of the nose. Her hair wa3
like white, but it did not appear of a natural colour.
The woman passed him, but he soon overtook her and
passed her. I dal not see the woman again. On the
other side of the way at the end of the bridge I 8%
a man sauntering alongtowards the Strand.
By the Jury—The woman had a brown paper parcel,
which she tarried underneath her arm.

By the Coroner—lt appeared like a brown paper par
eel, but am not certain. I was not close enough to her
• speak with certainty.
Mr. R. B. Painter recalled, said—Professor Taylor _
has been associated with me in examining the remains
since the former examination. On the day after the
last sitting of the jury I made a further examination of
the remain., the chief result of which was that in ad-
dition to confirming my previous opinion, I discovered
a fact whisk set the question of deceased's sex at rest.
Mr. Painter having detailed the circumstances that led
to him formiag that opinion, added that in order to pre-
serve the remains in an unaltered condition, I placed the
23 portions in an anti-septic solution, but before doing
so I separated a portion of muscle with some of the saline
particles I before spoke of, and placing them in a bottle
retained them carefully in my own immediate possession
till I handed the bottle and its contents to Dr. Taylor
for analysis. The examinations I have made clearly prove
the remains to be those of a male person.
Dr. Alfred Tayl...a- sworn —I am a Fellow of the Col-
lege of Surgeons, and F.R.S. I have made an exami•
nation of the remains of the body shown me by Mr.
Painter, under an crder of the Secretary of State. I
have made an aualy•is and gone into the whole case, and
have drawn up my report on it. It is as follows
made an examination of these remains on three
separate occasions, viz., on the lath, 19th, and 21st Oct.
Tney were shown to me on each occasion by the divi-
sional surgeon, Mr. Painter, in the presence of Inspector
Durkin. These remains are part, of a human body, and,
making some allowance for the miesingfportion,, they
admit of an accurate adjustment to each other. 20 pieces
of -the body were shown to me consisting chiefly of
bones with theilesh adhering to them. The flesh had been
roughly cut from the bones, apparently with the view of
removing as much of it as possible, and the parts had.
been cut and sawn into small lengths, probably to re-
duce their bulk, and to allow them to be packed within
a small apace. The trunk, including part of the chest
and spine, has been cut into eight pieces ; the upper
limbs have been out or sawn into six, and the lower
limbs into nine pieces. The deficient portions are the
head, with the greater part of the spine, namely, 14 out
of 24 vertebra (7 cervicle and 7 upper dorsal) the hands,
the feet, and some portions of the left side of the chest.
The whole of the viscera of the chest and abdomen are
also deficient. [A. drawing which accompanied the re-
port, showing the missing portions, was here put in.]
When Compared with the average weight of the body,
the quantity found is small. Tne 23 pieces produced,
after soaking in brine for some days, weighed only 1810.
This is about one-eighth of the average waght of the
*kilt body. . _ _

These remains have been examined especially with a
view to the solution of the folio wing questions :-
1. The sex, age, and stature of the deceased.
2 The presence of any physiological or pathological
peculiarities, in reference to identity.
3. The presence of any marks of violence with refer-
ence to the probaule cause of death.
4. The general condition of the remains, with a view
to det.•rmine wht,ther they are parts of a dissecced body,
and whether they had undergone any chemical process
for the pm pose of preservation.
5. The length of the period which has elapsed since
the death of the deceased.