The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-07 00:00:00

SUICIDE.

Yesterday evening an inquisition was taken by Thomas Shelia,
Esq. the Coroner, at the Crown and Anchor in Fleet-market, on
the body. of Elisabeth Cress, who destroyed herself iu the follow-
ing shocking manner.
Mrs. Ann Bevan, the wife of James Bevan, a tin-plate worker,
residing at No. I, Bear-alley, Fleet-market, deposed that she knew:
the deceased, who occupied the attics in the above house. She
was a married woman, but her husband was abroad, and had not
been at home for two years. Witness not having seen the de-
ceased the whole of the day of Sunday, considered that she wail
indisposed, and in the evening she went up to her room, the door
of which was locked inside, but the key was taken out. , She
procured another key, and entered the room, when she found her
boots placed in the middle of the room, and the deceased as if
sitting in a chair by the bed side, apparently dead; she was much
, alarmed, and ran down stairs and alarmed her husband, who wort
up immediately, and discovered that she was suspended
~by her
neck to the bed pest. Witness had Neu her the night before,
when she came into her room for a light; she then seemed very
low-spirited. Indeed, she always appeared depressed, and was fre-
quently shedding tsars about her husband's absence.
Coroner—Now did she obtain her living ? Witness--She was •
was a dress-maker, and had plenty of business.
Coroner—Do you know where here husband is abroad ? Wit-
ness--I believe he is in .New South Wales.
The beadle said, that her husband had been transported, and
the deceased had petitioned the Secretary of State to be permit-
ted to go to him but the application bad been rejected, ss ap-
pears by a letter he found in her room that had been sent to liar
by Mr. Capper, in answer to the application of the deceased to
Mr. Peel.
Mrs. Bevan said, that on the Saturday she seemed very de-
sponding, and said that all she wanted was to join her unhappy
husband.

Coroner—How old was she? Witness--About SS.
Mr. Bevan, the husband of the lest witness, stated► that when
his wife alarmed him, he run up into the deceased's room, and
found her hanging by a rope, to the iron rod of the bedstead. She
was quite dead and cold; witness cut ber4lown immediately, and
Mr. Jones, a medical gentleman, was sent for, and promptly at-
landed, but nothing could be done, and Mr. Jones said ills hod
been dead six or eight hours. Witness never had much conversation
with her, but whenever he saw her she, always appeared low-

spirited. - • ,
The medical gentleman who was called in was examined,, and
stated that when he saw her she was quite dead, and had been 11°
for many hours.
Several jurymen, who knew the deceased, said, that she had
been in expectation of being tent to her husband for a long timis
and at length a denial arrived from Mr. Capper, who said, that
Government would not send her to him unless she could *drams
211., which of course she could not do, and this seemed to prey.
muds upon her mind, and had evidently been the cause abet coal—
mhtingthe rash act.

The jury returned a verdict of " Insinity."
It was stated by the brother of the deceased, thst.she and her
husband had been tried together, for robbing the house of AO*
Keighley, in Harley-street, Cavendish-square, of jewellery end
plate to the amount of two or three thousand pounds. Ilis
un-
fortbmate sister had lived with Mrs. Keighley, as housekeeper, for
18 years, and was intrusted by that lady with the whole of her pro-
perty. Unfortunately she married the men who is now olio,.
ported ;he was then a teacher of languages. He at length in-
duced her to plunder the house (whilst the old lady WAS be.il•
-ridden up stairs) of all the valuable property, which they, W'
gather with the man's mother, pledged at different pawobruk""*
and with the money they absconded to -Brussels: however, they .
were ultimately taken and tried, and the man was convicted and
sentenced to death, but it was afterwards -commuted to transpet-
tation for life. His sister was acquitted, and had never h"W
right in her mind since.

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