The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POI
last an inquest was held, befere the dep__, _
Middlesex, on the case of Joseph Hagget, ages, ‘,.,
workman of Messrs. Le Paige and Co., composite candle
manufacturers. It appeared, that on Christmas Day the
deceased complained of his hand being poisoned by the
arsenic used in the manufacture of composite candles.
He was unable to attend to his work, and became so ill
on Saturday that a surgeon was called in, but he died on
the following Monday morning, about seven o'clock. He
had been three months in the employ, and was frequently
sick during that period. He attributed his ailments to
standing over the steam of the ingredients used in making
the candles, which, he said, affected his breath. Mr.
Roe, the surgeon who attended the deceased, stated, that
he found him with the left hand and forearm swollen ; the
glands under the arm were also swelle

—On Friday

aty coroner for

late a

►rick was also
an abrasion of the skin on the back of the hand. The
angry appearance of the limb satisfied him that it had
been poisoned ; and he told deceased so, who, with some
reluctance, said, "Yes," and that he-imbibed the arsenic

from the composition of which, wax stearine candles are
made. After his death purple patches gradually covered
his arm and side, showing the putrescent state of his

Le Paige stated, that he had twelve men in
his employ, and deceased was-engaged by him, as candle-
maker, about three months ago. Nine ounces of arsenic
was generally mixed with the melted stuff in other manu-
factories, but in his only two ounces. The arsenic made
the candles have more the appearance of wax. Deceased

had no right to touch the composition with his hands.
Verdict—" Thst deceased died from the mortal effects of
his exposure to the poison of arsenic while at work in a

candlti manufactory

EXTRAORDINARY CASS:OR Sunday mornin,
family of Mr. Robert Cutler, of Little Yeldham, N
alarmed by a loud explosion in the lower part of tL
house. Assistance soon being at hand, the flames were
speedily extinguished, and but little de-
The inmates now observed that the ,
entered by a window. They also found a large pu
blood, and traced it to a cottage in the occupation of
man named Cook. On being called up, Cook stated that
:had just arrived home wounded, and nearly
lleging that he had sustained his injuries from

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remises ha

Haggai

Jrnebody who had shot at him as he was comic,
the Ilall•green. But on Mr. Cutler confronting the
he acknowledged that he broke into the house and cau.
the disaster above described. The boy's statement wa
that he and another lad named Dearsley had the even'
before been to a raffle in the village, and on leaving t
agreed to break into and rob the premises; that
effected an entrance into the back kitchen by cutting a
window with a pocket knife and removing a shutter; but,
having got so far, they found further progress arrested
by bars and bolts, and finding nothing there to suit them,
were about to depart, when he (Cook) said, " I'll see
what's in the oven." In his search he found a canister,
.d i which he supposed to contain tea, but instead of which

,g they
that they

there was in about Ilb. of gunpowder ;on pulling off
the lid he poured out a small quantity, which immediately
ignited the whole. The explosion carried off part of the
roof of the building, forced out a window, and set fire
to various articles in the oven, besides doing other da-
mage ; it also shattered the boy's thumb, carried sway
part of his tongue, and inflicted a very large scalp wound,
his head, face, and eyes presenting a frightful appearance.
Although so seriously maimed, he is likely to recover.
The boy is only 1 F
—Ease.v Herald.

years of age

SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR SLOUGII.—On Thursday
last, an inquest was held at Salt-bill, Buckinghamshire,
on the body of a woman named Sarah Dart, who died

suddenly, on the previous evening, under mysterious cir-
It appears that the deceased was found
loor, almost insensible, by one of her neieh-

curnstances

ing on the

been attracted to the spot by a noise re-
sembling stifled screams. which continued for more than
a minute. In going to the house she heard the door shut,
and saw a man, dressed like a quaker, go along the path
from the house. He appeared to be greatly confused,
and trembled very much. While he was opening th
gate leading into the high road, she asked him

bouts, who

what was

the matter with her neighbor
ply, but proceeded through the gate into the road, and in
the direction of slough. This witness said the deceased
always told her that she was a married woman, and that
her husband, who was the son of a quaker gentleman,
named Tawell, with whom she formerly lived as servant,
was abroad. From the evidence of other witnesses, it
appears that it was this person who was seen coming from

'o this 1

e no re-

the house. He left for London, in a first-class carriage,
but in consequence of the suspicion attached to him, a
full description of his appearance was sent off to Padding-
ton, by the electrical telegraph, with orders that he should
be watched by the police, upon his arrival. Th;s was ac-
cordingly done, and next day he was apprehended. Or
being asked if he had been at Slough on the previous day
be said he had not, and that he knew no one ther
Saturday the inquest was
until to-morrow. Some years since the prisoner w

slimed and again adjourned

rted for 21 years, for forgery, but
colony procured for him a
eat the end of seven years. When that crime wa

mission of the

shed against him he was dismissed from the Societ
He is said to have amassed £20,000.