The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

THE SUSPICIOUS CASE F
POISONING AT BROMLET. why
The case of the young woman, Harriet Menckten9olo.,
was poisoned by prussic acid two years back at %rot
and the subsequent extracrdinary conduct of the at
with, reference to the transaction, continue to crea.l:a a.rfor
deal of interest in the neighbourhood, and some' C,de-
stances have recently transpired which render it rely
sirable that the matter should be brought to some teTteet
Lion, and that the guilty party—for that the done enter
her death by foul play there seems to be no &V.'
tained either by the jury or the medical men whoWereirbote
mined—should be discovered, or that those againstf
bit
romsuspicions have been entertained should be exonorate.ud
all share in the foul transaction. As so long a ,ocriv:en
elapsed since the commencement of the inquiry, it. n,t,"B de'
not amiss to state briefly under what circumstances. `. a-bes 6
ceased was discovered, and the facts upon which t. he btov,
opinion is founded. It appeared that Harriet DI oecoani
wag is described as being a tine, handsome young
..wbbor
was the daughter of poor parents residing in the neik•s ber
hood of Bromley, but they had contrived to giv'e,rsioei
rather better education than ordinary, and she bad e'. bira
a situation as a teacher at a school in London, lir,
shortly before the period at which she came by Ile.
timely end, she had given up, and was about to ta
other of a similar character at Arundel, in Su" in,
before proceeding to her new situation, she be
Bromley to pass a few days with her mother. bon'
Monday when she was last seen alive she t Etiz
apparently in good health and spirits, saying t' 135 se,6.
should return shortly, and was never XBll
alive. Search was made for her that evening at!„00,;
next day, but without avail, until the evening of ofc",
when it was suggested by one of the party who was Atoten
of the deceased, that they should examine a closet, t nil/,
at the rear of a Dissenting chapel in Widinore-lane, lw,""Dclle
and, upon going there, the deceased was found dead ILP;fectil:
floor of the closet, in a sitting position, and from the Pei 009
placid and composed appearance of her features, it We iglyr
supposed that she had died a natural death, PartiSi
"
there was no trace of any deadly- instrument or ingreU, en- roe.t
ble by which the deat h could haN-e been occasioned. The
for;thi i division of Kent held his inquest in due course to Of,
the suggestion of the jury., a post mortent exainig,dibe:
the deceased was made by Mr. Kott, a surgeon, rts;lbeljj
Bromley, and another medical gentleman. It
the d
covered, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the; orv,
had cone by her death by means of prussic acid, 11.4 of °e
being found in her stomach sufficient, in the opiniOit
medical gentlemen, to have killed a dozen peoPle;_,,vc4
appeared that the unfortunate girl was very:far anv.,:re,ll,",
the family way, and anearly full-grown child had sof
fate of its unha mother. Upon the re-assembliA,d of!,
jury there additional facts were givenjn evidence, 5..101,
strong testimony was adduced to show that it Isrl.rbelt,
impos:ible that the deceased could hose destroyetil
In the first place, it appeared by the medical testimony To P,.;
effects of the poison must have been to destroy be plfeo
most immediately, so that she must have taken it io t,,op
►
where the deceased was found, but no
discovered that could have contained the poison, eitilf Odorr
or anywhere near the place. In the next places iatlisol
ceased had herself taken the poison, she woulii, no dVid,in 0
fallen immediately to the ground, and her dress w°43torPot
phial or , 'et ti.
probabil.ty, have been in 'onfusion; but, on the coqtior,
above stated, she was found in an easy sitting Pes,lal
cloths apparently smoothed clown, with her left JoAerd,o
ing easily upon her thigh, and with a white h8,"11,,,,cei
under it. The impression produced by the was,
the jury, and upon almost all who beard it, vras,,becl'
A;
the poison had not been taken by the deceased in
god tb
but that it had been administered to her elsewhere,
ea ire;
she was dead that she had been carried and p1ee054,..0
position in which she was found. Some adjournnv orco-,1
made by the Coroner's jury, but although upon ea.c!‘ 03°40
nothing transpired in any way to al -er their opileigiy
tofix guilt upcn anY
deceased met her death by foul play, no direct deslitst
adduced tending
since the last adjournment, which is now UpWAVIS i0r1.4
months ago, the Coroner has declined to call the
gether, although repeated applications have bee 051
him to do so. The jury was originally conillesed'l3oY
individuals. but of this number one is de ad, the rtr, 5
abroad, and a third has left this part the cot' ootipt?;
however, leaving twelve, a number that Would be coo :ef
to come to ►
a decision upon the subject. A i.‘herttil C e
,
these twelve gentlemen sent a communication to toEe z!
requesting to know when he intended to call I`,.heit',„o'„
and they receivedreply, stating.'d *avl
a
shortly; but since then nothing more has been
the subject. The jury, however, feel so strong(:' 1;130$ 't,,J
city for public inquiry into this mysterious affair,' ..fet'
understood to be their intention to apply to the r-,8"
State upon the subject.

SHOCKING DEATH.
On Tuesday forenoon Samuel Brunt, of Clarell!;s9'
Hulme, aged nineteen, employed at the brewe'
Joseph lileackley, Downinwittreet, Ardwick, as 4,
brewer, was engaged in cleaning out a porter ,s,
had undergone the process of sweetening, .t
his life under the following circumstances
night before, five barrels of bottoms and ulna 700,
water had been put into the vat for ibis
about half of it was drawn off by Thomas Dueun—dri,K
on Tuesday morning. The deceased then ,vent $
ladder into the inside of the vat, taking with
to stir up the remaining water and dregs, so that
might run off together •he had not descended fa 11
fell to the bottom of the vat. Assistance was Pr°lq
in about 20 minutes he was got out, by means w,
tached to a rope; one of the men attempted 'troir,i
but was obliged to return by reason of the foul tdttlyst`
surgeons attended, but animation could not be res
inquest was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Cball
it was stated by Dunbabin that the vat, which he) ' pot Pik
•h
rels, had been emptied and properly cleaned , ~,1?
about two months before. There was a ani-ofq
biar.bo
door at the top, which stood open. Four barrels '
and water were then put in, and closed up; tbi'7
in a week; it was then let off; and a man iven..,t
letli
swept out the vat. The bottoms -and hot
then put in as before stated; the vat was thee 05! if
-kept so until Tuesday morning, except when lt„/.1:,,EJ!
to put in some additional water. Witness had "-.; C.
brewery thiry-nine years, and they bad
this method of purifying the vat, except that,
used salt and water before • but he did not thito` belt
noxious had arisen from t'hat, as one of the Ole%
down and cleaned out the vat when the salt ant, for/.*
drawn off. He never knew such an occurrence, etea
half-a-dozen similar occasions he had gone iul'n
had never met with any danger. The deceased has
months in the brewery; he had never been in br4
similar cccasion before. The liquor was onlY,,,3 do/
inches deep in the vat when he began to stir it,e
vapour or gas which arose had everpowered
was 11 or 12 feet in diameter. Witness did nll
there was any risk. The vat had been used as I ,0,0
30 years ,• it 'had stood em t. about five years; ~913,4
d
been taken down and repapire yd, and was fitte
spring; but the liquor having a tack, they 11.,3;II t'!
,befj
purify it as stated. They did not use candles ;Ls
was a sufficient light from a window, as in th's ; -111,$`1
ness has gone into a vat without danger. Oi„ii-E; ,4
where a lighted candle was extinguished hi:
u
The jury, in agreeing to a verdict of Aejid.ed oaz
cated," recommended that in future the trail, ;ter
vats should be left open two or three days 's
went in.—Manchester Times.
M A.RKE r Nt; V ESTBi." 4 /it/
COR.N..EXCIEILN'; S•
The supply of English Wheat here vrtv cm-f-
-bd~Fof Monday's unsold parcels—the fresh arrivals etvo34,
being extremely small. Owing to the thin ain '0 14
both tows: and country buyers, the demand was V 40114
state, «t the late depression in the quotations tu efss4
free Foreign Wheat was brought forward, Yet/13,4,e,,
that article was inactive, at unaltered
the hold Art
of a furrier decline in the duty caused the boldest, VI!
Wheats to demand higher prices, which were "aiita
submitted to. We had a large quantity of Eng Or
on the stands ; however the sale for it was heali'ere•
late rates. Malt was a slow inquiry, but not cl ,l"
Beans, Pease, and Flour,
ARRIVALS. 64'
Data
Barley. 30 no- /
were almost nominal in 0
630 qrs. 1,800
4
1,230 ,080
Malt. 560 ars,
WHITECIELLPEZ. 00 etji
The supply of each kind of meat was by Itao .
yet the general demand was inactive. to Beel''-
3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s c"; -
Pork, 2s 8d to 5s 4d per Blbs
[ADVERTISEMEN T.]—ANASPASIA. I.
t 11110,(d
MENT OF CoNstimprioN.—The Dispensary for ilt
Consumption, Asthma, and ether Affections of Pe •"„:117,
pasta), is removed from 113, Strand, to 14, LeiceicrThip_
Cronin, itysician to the Institution, has removed
street, Strand, to 14, Leicester-place, Leicester-squ: ci;io friar,
and Dele„„4o Vt 4
Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the 0-6,1,11
post.-39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 21;,,isibolel
tie-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments. Mar
Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears;,,,,al"4!
comfortable. nor more perceptible than having a a par!,,,,r,f)
wool in its place. They enable individuals at 3u dia, I,
and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' stall he gof/
to join in general conversation, and to catch The I'olo
distant low speaker at church, theatre, &e•~$ i afk,
conversation into the ears to such an extent tu'libt):4ol.op:
severe cases deafness cannot be observed. lioitic
Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish et • 'of' °
and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every desa '
0.„,10%
of those instruments have received the aPP-ori 0;4
Royal Society-and Royal Institution of Great re of 11
newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they a utt,fu ,
extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its Y 7
and original state. Also, Achromatic Te! and,
Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. Is (010,r
Thous, Opticians, are not in any way connecte;
oaa
of the same name in their immediate neighbour,. cso•W
put of the country. To prevent mistakes, ovee, P ,
Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-st,riejtre
opposite the York Hotel, and 25, .South Caa'
v- Or
burgh. •ntft ,1$
We believe we may state, with certal trois 011,
Robert Peel has bestowed the deanery of IY,e,,,alogVect/l,
Dr. Buckland, the well-known professor or b-
present a canon of Christ Church, Oxford•der
will, in consequence of eii' an arrangement desol"
siastical Commission, devolve upon the arc
diocese.— Herald.

Wheat.
900 qrs.

English . • • •
Irish .. •.• • • •
Foreign

2,790

tPer
Dead'
BIRTHS me ~of
On the 7th inst., at Diptford Rectory, near TO '
~,,- r
of the Rev. W. C. Johnson, of a daughter. 4 gal° ;, 01,
On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady' -
_Ate i
Tickell, C. 11., Bengal Engineers, of a Son. a. PA", jv
On the Bth inst., at Bath, the lady of Henry v.
r;,/
IV' 1 ''
a daughter. .
On the 9th inst., at Bromley, Middlesex, Marla' the
0/1114
Jennings, inst. of a son. ofJ .. t
'Oa the 9th, at Wimpole-street, the ladY ' -.10 C:
Eal., of scn. immund IWYL, IP
On the 9th inst., at Essex-street, Mr5...,-- p'' /
of a son. wi (OP° sri IP
On the 9th inst., at Borden Rectory, the —l.O ")
Raffies int, of a daughter. sstl''.
eat,
On the 9th inst., the wile of John Charles Far-
.401
common, of a daughter. OO- i
MARRIED. v(l,, •rf
Oa the Bth inst., at Twickenham, William Blake, ~,. .40 ~i
. renhar.iropP4 it
to Mrs. Ana Downes. of Ansa-park-villas, Twie,',,ri, 1 „itili
On the Bth inst., ut tit • British Embassy' M •`,:.1.-it..ie'" ,t,"
rick ii-iiiik,t, I*.s,t., to Endly, eldest daughter of ol .spit,
..... i.:ortDitq
DIED. ,lreeti 001 e Pl'
On the 11th inst. at No. 9, Upper Charles-0 ocr of
square, Flora, the youngest daughter of Mr. Alelite Wife
On the Bth inst., at Winchester, Elias Anne, tititi.i
nant-Colonel Hunt, 3d West India Regiment. , 65, os-_,,,,,
On the Bth Inst., Moses Mendes Da Costa, age," gar1,,,,,e.
On the 9th inst., at Grove Hall, Hammersrniti'fe of I'
45
On the filth inst., a*. Edenbrid3e, Kent, Mary'. 'flq' ~ o,
ander, Esq., aged 50. bah SCIP ,
On the 9th inst., at Clay,hill, EpSOITI, Elizabeth ~iii
viving daughter of the late S. S. Ward, Esq. ..--4,A' V
On the 10th inst John Irving Esi• M•P' ---- of
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