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

I DEATH FRO rif CRUELTY AND
STARVATION.

Woolwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner
An inquest was concluded yesterday at the Red
A.nt, on Eliza Fisher, aged 35, who died on
hire
of January. The deceased formerly lived
fLtooni2c,3d
at Southartzp, ton, and was the mother of four children
by a gentlemtm residing there. The two eldest chil-
dren had been
,placed at school by the father, who
paid for them. About 18 months ago she went
with her two yonngest children to reside with a
brother, a telegi 'aph clerk, residing at Carlisle, and
upon his being oi Tlered to another place he agreed
with his brother _Henry Fisher, an artilleryman,
stationed at Woolw ich, that he should receive her
and her two childrev. Her furniture, which was
very good, was remov ed from Southampton to
Woolwich, and an arranh-ement made by the father
of the children to continut' an allowance of £5 a-
month for the maintenance of the deceased and her
two children. She was ailin a when she went to
Carlisle, but at the time of gmkg 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 fins
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 thatshe was a burden
upon him, although the fact was he and his family
together had a good income, and received the al-
-10 wance for her maintenance regularly, and had
besides all her furniture, which was very good, far
beam- than is usually enjoyed by soldiers. He had
little of none of his own. He gave his evidence in
*
a very pl"evaricating and unsatisfactory manner.
Two neigillbours, 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 L.
tie 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 gi Yen 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) perfectlynaked. Mr. Woods
Harding, surgeon to the Union, callfd on the sth
Dec., in consequence of an order from the relieving
officer, and saw deceased, who was in a- miserable-
lookingfound the
place, with a bad light. He .
woman lying upon a straw bed, apparent
_v 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. He depicted it as truly horrible, and
one of the worst that he had ever seen in his
lengthened experience. He found the woman in s
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 en 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 retirned a
verdict of manslaughter against Fisher. The coro-
ner then made out his warrant for the committal
of Henry Fisher to Newgai,'', 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
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