The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-06 00:00:00

tiou-lane. This witness then repe:tted the evidence
he gave at the inquest with respect to the calamity.
It will be recollected that it was to the effect that
he was standing at the door of the house No. 3,
Corporation-lane, justbefore the explosion occurred,
and that he saw the man strike a match and put it
to the head of the barrel. He also saw previous to
this a man throw a box of Moiler matches across
the road to the man standing near the barrel. After
Ihe match was applied to the squib in the barrel
both men ran away up St. Jante,;'s-place.
Mr. Giffard—How near was the policeman to the
barrel when the man stooped' down to pick up the
lucifers ?

Witness—About five or six yards.
Mr. Poland—Wnat wa3 the policeman doing be-
tween the time of striking the first match, which
you say went out, and the Second one, with which
the man lit the squib ?
Winvss —He was walking towards the barrel.
Mr. Poland— When the inch ran .up• the co in
what did the policeman do ?

u—brri\iflde, d round and ran
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explosion take place?
Witness—About two seconds after the squib was'
lit. The constable had just passed my door. I
saw the yellow flame. Little Johnny Abbott was
wisthirmTe.
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thist
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—anld—espidsir. the explosion render you in-
sensible
it blew me about 12 feet inside
Witness—Yes
v?
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the passage. Johnny Abbott, when I came to, I
found clinging round my neck.
blown off. 1 got up as soon I could,ly thumb w
andthen
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found the whole of the house had been destroyed,
and I afterwards got my wife and sister out of the
ruins. They are now lying in a very dangerous
state in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. I afterwards
got Minnie Abbott out of the ruins quite dead.
Mr. Poland—Look at the prisoners ; do you re-
cognise any of them ?
Witness—Yes, the first and third (Timothy Des-
mond and Allen).
Mr. Poland—Where did you see Timothy Des-
mond on the day of the explosion?
Witness—In St. James's-walk, between 112 and
1 o'clock. He was walking up and down.
Mr. Poland—When did you first see Allen ?
Witness—At the corner of Rosoman-street and
Bowling-green-lane, that same day, and soon after
1. had seen the other. He ran against me as I was
leaving the publichouse I had been into to have a
little ale. The end prisoner (William Desmond) is
something like the man who stood at the barrel,
but he had a different coloured coat on then, and
wore a black silk hat. He appeared also a little
stouter than that man.
By Mr. Harper—l did not see the barrel brought.
The constable was close by me when the matches
were thrown, but be could not see that as he was
going in the opposite direction. The policeman
was not near when the squib was lit. He was be-
tween me and the man. He could have prevented
the explosion, and so could I if I had thought
it had been filled with gunpowder, but I've no
doubt had I done so the man was armed to defend
the barrel. I did not see the man who lit the squib,
but I did see the full face of the one that threw the
lucifers. The man who lit the barrel was somewhat
slimmer than the prisoner Desmond.
Mr. Giffard —What is your belief as to his being
the man?
Witness—l should not like to swear to him.
Sir T. Henry—Yon are not asked to do so.
Have you any belief on the matter?
Witness—Well, I am almost led to think he is
the man, and then again I don't think he is.
Sir 'U. Henry—Did you see the man long enough
o form a belief about his being the man?

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