The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-29 00:00:00

itIYTEMOUS CAS2 OF POISONING.

An tltotsually deep frit sensation has beet' caused
at Ilarrf-rf,ite and its nc•iglibloyhon4l, dirity; the
last week, by the following Inr:terlotsly trogie,i

events :
On Sonday week Mary Coa•es, a young- woman,
wife of a labourite., man ill the employ of-Mr. Wil-
kinson. of Ilarrowate, butcher, was taken stoldeney
ill, after eating her dinner,. con.:isting of gooseberry
pie. Coates '4 m oon has been to remain at liar-
rowgate- (which is II far mlistaiit from his own
house) (luring the rte 11101 retort' home on Sa-
turday cvenipgs to spoil the Sunday. Up to the
time Of eating her dinner his wife was in pet feet
health; brit soon after, oil her vomitin, excessively,
and other dangerot s symptoms makhmg their ap-
pearance, the unfortunate woman's pro ents were
sent for. Their flame is Swales ; their house is
situate about a quarter of a toile from Coates's
Mouse, and they were consequently soon on the spot.
They endeavoured, by whatever means they cotdd
think of, to alleviate her agonies. - The efforts used
itt the sufferer's bel a'f, however, proved freimles-,
and her deallt took place•in less t ho'' boors after
eating of the fatal pie. In addition to her father
and mother, there were iii the house at the time of
her death a little brotSer, named Richord, and u
sister, somew hat younger than herself, named
Jam,. 0:d Swales, after the decease of his daughter
(finding his preseeee no longer necessary ), thought
of returning home with the I ttle boy. It does not
appear that any stspVon had then e mitered the
mind of any one in the house that poison had been
the cause of death; and before leaving his son-in-
law's, he ohserved a cake anti the remainder of the
fruit-pie. He gave the totcooseions boy a portion
of the fruit, and partook of the latiVr himself. This
was on the Monday, about their listed hour of din-
They then set out on their jottroey, but be-
fore they reached home, lode Richard comp! tined
of a bornieg pain, atol said he had something in his
throat. '1 hi, \Va. followed by excessive vomiting;
the old matt also was taken ill soon after, and vo-
mited through the whole !tight of Monday, after
which the damigerous sympeems abated a lode; not
so, however, wi.li the poor bdy, Who died about
six • o'clock et: Toesday evemtiog. Jane u!so, the
other sister, having uofortmmely carat either of the
cake or pie, was seized with excessive sit 'twos, and
eomiemol mees-antly.
An inquest on the bodies woe held on Thursday
mot-My:4 last, before T. loot, Esq. of Wakefieli,
:eel a verdiet was returned—" That the deceased
mlied by the isitation of God." The bodies were
eonseq.mentiv consigned to the silent tomb, "
to ear.h, asfies to ashes." As the formalities of the
law had so far becusmrictly complietf with, all fur-
ther iorptiry appeared nate to be at an end; and the
tnystcrions secret of their fate seemed to be to:-
pipit:A in the impenetrable darknesa of the grave.
Att oven ruling Providence, however, ordabled other-
wise.
On the afternoon Of Thursday, after the faneral,
Earth -Etat', a neigl.b.mr, and another person, were
in Coates's house. Time conversation turned upon
the events which had taken place. One of theta
said, "We had better throw the p'eces ett,;:e and
pie away, as they may be sniiillerl (infected) by hav-
ing been in the same hawse with the dead." ",day
(said Etty in reply) we trill not throw them away;
for though they may be :minieri they cannot loot
pigs or chickens, amid 1 w;11 take them away with
me.", She wok them accordingly; and, on her
arrival at home, steeped a part of theta in weter, told
gove to the poultry, amoanthig in all to about thirty
head. This WM near the time of the fowls gong
to roost, nod the estonishmelit of the good woman
next morning .exceeds belief, when elle discovered
that every one rf them taus
This, as may well be expected, set busy g-oF.4p
again at work, amal Mr. Thomnpson, Ilarrowgate,
surgeon, wept to the spot and preserved the remnant
of the cake, which, after the death of the poultry.
:tad been consigned to the ; and, in or-let
to render the investigo4ion satisfactory, Mr. Wesr,
the emineot ehemist of this tools, was sent tit. to
,issist ;it the examination of it. The result of Mr.
We-t's experiments was ettell as to Ultimo! a strong
belief in that gentle nan's mind that arsenic was
mixed up im the pintino Of food preserved by Mr.
Thompson, and of which Etrv's poultry had eaten.
A number of the fowls were next opened, and the
matter found in their crops, upon being exposetl tO
the same chemical tests as the -cake, gave similar
proofs of the presence of arsenic.
Mr. Scott now gave directions that time bodies of
Mary Coat es and d Swales should be - ex-
humed. ditty w.t pet formed en Saturday;
and, on time sane din, Mr. Thompson, assisted by
Mr. Richardson, amolier -surgeon of 1-larrowgate,
made a post taorion examitmanon of the bodies.—
The outer coats of the stomach, in both subjects,
were highly iilflamed; the contents of the to omachs
were next subjected to a chemical analysis, but here
the result was not so conclusive of arsetur, as time
instances before 'mentioned.
. Still, the circumstanees were altogether of such a
nature, as to cawe sospicion to rest open Coates,
the, litt,band of Mary, the unfortunate deceased.—
liewas, consequently, taken into ctuoody, ooldoitas
under one an examination, but we refrain from pub-
lishittg what might tenil to operate to his prejodice,
pending the Magistrate's decision. We may, how-
ever, state the (0110 Wing
:
About a week preceding the fatal Sunday, Mary
purchased " a baking of flour," the• greater part of
which she made into bread, but reserved a small
quantity of the flour for occasional purposes. 01
the bread so mode, she subsisted during the week,
in her husband's absence, end c=ontinued in the en-
joyment of the most perfect health till Sunday morn-
ing week, at which time her husband was present
She then made the cake and pie; after partakhig
which, the several events above related took p!ace.
Coates has only been married about ten months
We hear that the unfortunate young womaim's pat
rents were notch against the match, and did over)
thing in their power to prevent it. We beliete one
child has been the fruit of their connection.
Coates was token into custody on Sonday, after
art:gull:lg Divine Service at Partial Church, in the
grave-yard attached to which his wife had been in-
terred a few days before,—Leeds Paper.

ncr.

A fine trout, weighing about 121bs. was
caught la't week at Methnenham, by the fisherman who
rents thewater.—Berks Chronicle.

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