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questions except did her master look any different. Mr.
Briggs was then present. He did not say anything to her
then about the shutters. Mr. Briggs had not been with her
before the police came. He came in whilst they were in the
parlour. She is sure Mr. B. said nothing to her about her
master having told her to put up the shutters. Mr. Bolam
has been very kind to Millie. She has known Bolam give
Millie clothes besides the coat which she mentioned, and
also meat. Mr. Bolam bought houghs of beef and she stewed
them, at Mr. Bolarn's request, and Millie's children came
for it. Bolam had been in the habit of doing this all last
winter and part of the summer. She was in the habit of
taking his dinner and tea to the bank. It was on the occasion
of Millie being elected a clerk in the savings' bank that he
dined with her master. When she broke the pane of glass
in the window she did not cut her hand at all. When Mr.
Bolam wen away at six o'clock on Thursday night he did not
seem at all agitated. He always came in at the back door.
They were checked, not striped trowsers, which Mr. Bolam
had on.

Jane Dees said that she lived at the end of Jackson-street,
in Gateshead. She was Mr. Bolam's housekeeper for three
years and a half, and she left him about three years ago. She
was at Mr. Bolam's house on Friday last, and has not been
there for six weeks before that. She went there in conse-
quence of hearing of Mr. Bolam's misfortune, and bearing
that he was not come she continued there and is now staying
there. When she went on Friday before dark she saw no
one but Mary Walker. Welkt said she had seen her mas-
ter, and he said a bad job had ;appened, but she has so bad
a recollection, and her is so dull, she often does not
hear what is said to her. .:walker told her that Bolain had
been at home on Thurs:.• v night for a short time. She
did not say that he had 1..01en a pane to get into the house.
She said that he had come home to caution her to shut up
the house. She did ni-,t Lst% the reason, nor did she say any
thing about the letter on Friday night. Witness was there
about an hour before the police came over. She does not
know anything about Millie.
The inquest was adjourned to Thursday morning at nine
o'clock.

THURSDAY.
The evidence given by the surgeons to-day was very im-
portant. We extract the following passage from that of Mr.
John Baird :—The cut on Mr. Bolam's throat was about two
or three inches in length, and merely went through the skin.
The cut in the neck is so clean a wound that I think any per-
son giving it could not have intended to do hint any serious
harm. It the blood on the shirt proceeded from the wound
in the neck, I should say that Mr. Bolam, after he had re-
ceived that wound, must have been either standing or sitting
upright. The wound is in such a situation that a person cut-
ting himself would naturally cut on the left side, and not the
right.—Mr. Baird stated that he had examined Bolaud's head
and found no contusions upon it.
Mr. Glenton, another surgeon, said that he observed a
contusion, though not a violent one. over Mr. 13o1arn's tight
temple, and three marks over his body, which appeared to be
the effects of blows. He thought that if Bolam had been
lying on his back the blood 'night have stained his shirt in the
way in which it was found. lie might have lain insensible
for four or five hours.
Mr. Nesham, another surgeon, was of opinion that Mr.
Bolam had been rendered insensible by smoke, and not by
any violence he had sustained.
The inquest was again adjourned to Friday.

bad been raised up, and supported by some people. On Mr.
Glenton's arrival I left, and went back to our own office. In
about ten minutes afterwards I went to Mr. Glenton's, and
found Mr. Bolam there. About three o'clock I returned to
the Bank, and continued to go between the Bank and our
office all the morning. When we found Millie in the morn-
ing, there was a little fire in the grate. I could just perceive
it. I did not see in what state the candles were, but I sent a
supply from the Courant office. I had known Mr. Bolam
about sixteen years, during the whole of which period he had
been actuary in the Bank. He was always very correct in
his accounts with the Bank, and I have no reason to think
there is now any incorrectness in his accounts, nor any de-
falcation in his accounts :—there cannot be, because none of
the money passed through his hands. He might receive
money from individuals, but it would be at their risk, and not
at that of the Bank. I have not heard that he has received
money in that way, and not accounted for it. I found the
keys of Bolam's desk in the lock of the desk on the morning
of the fire. It is the desk nearest the window. The desk was
open. There was no money in thatdesk; but there was settle
copper in the one adjoining, which was also open. I have
known Millie for about 12 or 14 months :—during that period
he has been occasionally employed in the Bank up to May
last, and since then constantly employed. He had not, how-
ever, received his appointment as permaneet clerk until
Tuesday week, when, at a inee•ing of the directors, lie was
so appointed. I believe Mr. eaclain bad interested himself
with the directors to get Millie the!. appointms ;t. Bolam
and Millie were upon good terms, at least as far as I ever
saw. I have seen Mr. Bolam wear an office coat at the
Hank:—it was a blue coat. He has not lately been wearing
sleeves above his coat. I cannot say how long it is since I saw
him wear bis sleeves. Mr. Bolam had the charge of the keys
of the safe; but there is a safe within the large one, the keys
of which Mr. Cooke or I kept when any money belonging to
the Bank was put into it. Mr. Bolam had the key of the
inner safe on the night of the fire. The key of that safe has
never yet been found. The inner safe has been opened, and
amongst other things found in it were about £81) in notes, be-
longing to Mr. Bolam, and his own money. I was not aware
before the fire, how many keys there were belonging to the
door of the large room leading into the Arcade. I then learnt
there were three. lam not aware that any key was taken to
Sir Matt. Ridley and Co.'s Bank every night. About 10 or
12 months ago, I heard Mr. Bolan say something about an
anonymous letter • but I do not recollect what he said about
it. 1 think if he clad said it contained a threat to take away
his life, I should have recollected it. 1 am quite sure that
within the last six months he has not said anything to me
about any anonymous letter. A person passing from the
Bank door to go to Mr. Bolam's desk would go within six
feet of the place where Millie was lying. When I went into
Mr. Glenton's about four o'clock on Friday morning, Bulain
said that he had received some anonymous letters.—Mr.
Blackwell then asked him if he had ever shewn any of the
letters to any one—he said he had shewn one to Mr. Bulman
—and moving his body towards me, said Mr. Armstrong you
know about them. Ido nut know whether the letter he had
shewn to Mr. Bultnan was the one he spoke to me about 12
months ago was the one he meant, or it was one he had lately
received.
Mary Bolam.--I am a single woman living in Pilgrim-street.
I clean the Saving's Bank offices and have done so for nearly
six years. To enable me to get into the offices I have a key
which opens the door of the large room. I have also a key
which opens the waiting room door. I cleaned both the offices
on the morning of Thursday the 6th inst. There is generally
water left in the jug for the use of the wash-hand basin. On
that morning there was water left in the jug as usual. There
were two towels hanging up in the closet, sometimes called
the safe. There would also be two I think in the washstand
drawer. They were what we call chamber towels. They were
all of the same kind. lam quite sure of that. These towels
were mucked, and the mark upon them was S.B. I did
not mark them. 1 left the offices that morning after clean-
ing them about nine o'clock. Millie bad come to the.
office before I came away. I had both my keys thatmorning.
I keep them in my pocket. 1 use the large room key only;
I take them both home afterwards. I have only one now;
Mr. Armstrong got the other; the key now produced is that
of the waiting room door leading into the Arcade. [The two
towels found in the drawer of the washstand and waiting room
by Inspector Grey were here produced and examined; one of
them was stained with blood. A piece of paper was found
at the same time which was also produced; it was stained
with blood, as if a person had wiped his fingers upon it.]
These towels are the same as those usually employed. 'Two
other rough towels were also produced, having been found in
the safe by Inspector Grey.] These rough towels are not the
towels which I have just alluded to—they are used for another
purpose. lam quite sure there were four towels in the Bank
on Thursday. I do not think I ever saw that key before. The
key is like the one which I have, and which opens the door
of the large room. I cannot say that ever I saw Millie's key.
The reason why I asked Bell to allow me to take the key out
of the door was to see if it was Mr. Bolam's xey, which, I
think, I have had sometimes in my possession. I was at inv
own house all Thursday afternoon. I did not see Mr. Bolaen
on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Bolam was not at my house
that afternoon ; he has not been there for some weeks. I dill
not see him at all on Thursday. I was always first in; the
window shutters of the Bank at this season of the year are al-
ways put in—the bars on the end windows looking to Pilgrim-
street are always fastened. The shutters of the windows look-
ing into the Manor Chare are always shut; the bars are very
seldom fastened.
John Bulinan.—l am secretary to the Savings' Bank. I
have known Archibald Bolam for several years. I cannot
bring to my recollection that he ever told me he had received
any anonymous letters. As far as my recollection goes I
never saw any anonymous letters which he sheaved me. I
have not the least reason to suppose that there is any thing
wrong in Mr. Boletus accounts with the Bank. I know that
Mr. Bolan interested himself very much to procure Millie the
situation in the bank; he was uncommonly kind to Millie;
no one man could be kinder to another. I recollect Bolam
once sheaving me a letter front a person whose name he told
me he could not find in the books—that however was not at
all a threatening letter, but merely a letter to give notice for
the withdrawal of money.
Ralph Little.-1 am an Inspector of Police in this town ;on
Saturday morning last, Mr. Smith, task master in the gaol,
gave me the whole of Bolam's clothes, except his flannel shirt.
They consisted of coat, waistcoat, trousers, shirt, shoes, and
gaiters, and a pair of drawers • . I took off on Saturday morn-
ing Bolam's flanuel shirt myself; they are now all in the same
state as when they were delivered to me, except the lining of
the coat sleeve which has been cut up by the seam this morn-
ing for the purpose of examining the inside of the lining:
When I searched Bolam on the Friday night I found a pen-
knife in his waistcoat pocket. There are no marks of blood on
that penknife—and from the dust inside the haft I imagine it
has not been cleaned—l also produce a pair of half gloves,
which I found in Mr. Bolani's desk on Friday morning; there
are two or three marks upon them, but I do not think they
are marks of blood. I also pro :ace three keys which I found
in Mr. Bolam's pocket; the sgest one Mr. Bolam told um
was the key of the front dor, of his own house.
John Smith.—l ant task-master at the gaol. About half-
past eight on Friday night Archibald Bolam was brought to
the gaol. I took off his clothes that night. I left the flan-
nel shirt upon him. I delivered those clothes to Little, an
inspector of police, in the same state they were in when I
took them off Bolam.
George Grey.--I am one of the inspectors of police. I pro-
duce two towels which I got yesterday iu the wash-band-
stand drawer, in the right hand safe in the wait ing.room. 1
had found the stand on Saturday last in the same state. It
was locked away by Belt. I never forced the drawer until
yesterday. It was not locked, but for some cause or other
I could not get it open. The reason why I removed the wash-
hand-stand from the safe was because I saw some marks on
it, which I then thought were marks of blood. I brought the
wash-hand stand away from the bank on Saturday last and
gave it over to Mr. Bell, who locked it up with the other
things. I also produce two pieces of paper found in that
drawer; there are marks upon these pieces of paper which 1
think are marks of blood. A very short time after Bolan
was removed front the bank I examined the place where he
had been found lying, and I found no blood on the floor—
not a single mark. 1 examined the place the same morning
by daylight. I found no marks of blood whatever. [The
wash-hand stand was here produced and examined by the
j ury°l
William Armstrong, Policeman 72.-1 am one of the po-
lice-officers of this town. I produce a stock and handkerchief
which I took off Bolam's neck on the morning of Friday last,
whilst he was lying on the floor of the Savings' Bank. They
are in the same state now as when I took them off his neck-.
The blood on the outer handkerchief was rather damp but not
wet. I did not see any blood flowing at the time trom Bo-
lam's neck. I saw no blood on the floor where Bolam was
lying. Mr. Bolam never spoke during the time he was car-
ried to Mr. Glenton's.
John Blackwell.—l am a printer in this town. On Friday
morning last, about half-past two o'clock, I went to Mr.
Glenton's, and found Mr. Archibald Bola there; he was
lying on the table in the kitten. Mr. Glenton was adminis-
tering something, Ido not know what. When he came to
himself the first words I heard him say that I ant sure of,
were in answer to a question from Mr. Glenton; but what
the question was 1 cannot say. His answer was, " Yes,
sir." After that some questions were asked him, about how
he came to be in that state? He said "It was the man who
followed me into the bank." Some one said, " what man ?"
He said, "a man disguised, his face was blackened." He
was asked "if he knew the man ?" He replied "No." He
was asked "if he suspected any one having-will against
him ?" He replied " No, but he had received several anony-
mons letters." I asked him if he had shown those letters to
any one. He said Mr. Bullman had seen one, then looking
at Mr, Armstrong, he said, "you know about them."
John Blakey.-1 am a shoemaker in Newcastle. I knew
Millie, the deceased, I have been well acquainted with him
for the last 18 months. On the evening of the.loth of Octo-
ber last, Mr. Millie called upon tne to pay a small bill. We
entered into conversation, after he had paid his bill about
the Savings' Bank. I asked him "if he was likely to get
appointed ?" He stated, that the person who was in the
bank, or who had just left, was doing every thing in his
power to prevent him getting the situation; stating that the
same person had sent letters to Mr. Bolatt, defaming his
character. That Mr. Bolam had behaved so honourable to
him as to let him see two of the letters that had been sent.
He also stated, that notwithstanding, these attempts to pre-
vent his appointment, he expected that, with Mr. Bolani's
assistance, he would succeed. He thought it was very cruel
on the part of the person who had left the bank to act towards
him as he had done. Mr. Bolan did not show me any of the
letters which he had received.
John Turnbull.—l am a cabinet-maker in Newcastle. I
knew Millie, the deceased, quite well. I have heard him
say that he had been threatened by some one six or nine
months ago. I heard him say that a letter bad been sent to
Mr. Bolam about his character. He said he was afraid of
having some harm done to him by the persou who was in the
situation before him. I heard him also speak very highly of
Mr. Bolam. He said that the person who had held the
situation before, had written to all the directors to try to get
the situation again. I understood that Millie had obtained
that information from Mr. Bolan). I understood from him,
that the wife of the person who had filled the situation before
had wrote that letter. He never told me that he had been
directly threatened by any person.
Anne Turnbull, (wife ofthe above witness.)—l knew Millie
the deceased. I have heard him say that he had been threat-
ened by a man, whose name he did not mention. 1 under-
stood him to say that he had beard from Bolan that he was
in danger of losing his situation. I heard him say it was
strange that this person's wife could have taken part against
him when she could have known nothing about it, except
what was told her by her husband. I never heard Millie say
that any person had to himself threatened to do him any harm.
I heard him say that the person was malicious, and that he
(Millie) was afraid. I have often heard him speak about this,
so, I may say, I know much about it. The last time I heard
him mention this was four or five weeks ago.
Here the evidence was brought to a close, and the usual
proclamation as to whether any other persons were ready to
come forward, and give evidence in the case having been
made, the Coroner proceeded to read over the depositions.
Turning his face towards the Jury he said :—lt now becomes
my duty before reading over the important evidence which
has been brought before you to make one or two observations
on this very mysterious case. That the crime of murder has
been committed is a fact upon which there can be no ques-
tion; but a most important question does arise, and that is,
by whom was that murder committed? It will be your duty
carefully to examine the evidence, and to draw your own
conclusion from that evidence, and from that evidence only.
I need hardly tell you, and I am sure I need not caution you
as to any reports which you may have heard, during the
course of this enquiry, that those reports ought- to have no
weight on your minds at all. Dismiss from your recollection
all reports which you may have heard, and attend to the evi-
dence, and to the evidence only, because it is from that you
are sworn to form your opinion, and to deliver your judg-
meat in this case. There can only be two verdicts which you
can, from a consideration of the evidence, give in this case.
One would be a verdict of Wilful Murder against some per-
son or persons unknown. Upon a full consideration of this
evidence, should you be satisfied that Mr. Bolam is the man
who has committed the murder, (because there is against no