The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-10

ticuIarI; affaDle, Dut put it down to @
sudden act of generosity and being his
birthday, though he must say it astonished
him very much The parlor maid, however,
had said she thought the master was mad
but it was q way she had"
IA way sho hadN the coroner asked.
''Yes, sir Any one adding anything she
don't quite see she'd sag, oh, he's mad
mad as hatter.'" Gaug hter.)
"And she did not quite see the master S
invitation to the opera, eh!'
That was it, sir; AMI so she bounce5, as
understands, into the kitchen and says the
masters mad"
ayes, that will do; we don't want tc
hear what you understand, but what You
know of your own knowledge
eyes sir; that's what was a-sayin-'
THAT will do; the next witness"
Thomas Bobbins was then called. HI
said he was bird catcher-''dealt in em''
and lived at Tickheel court, Hampstead.
Came across the body at eight o'clock Sun
day morning. Saw the horse FIST; ther
the body; then the brougham; called to
chap as he see near the castle to come aforc
be touched it; and then the police, some
time afterward. All the clothes was on
the body, and the deceased had laid his
overcoat down first to lie upon, that was
evident; and close by was the opera hat,
and the bottle and flask now produced. The
clothes were wet, as it had rained heavy
the first part Of the night. The bottle had
Essential Oil of Almonds on it, and
ssPoison'' in big let ters, and the druggists
name.
Here the coroner explained that he had
preferred to let this witness give his evil
dence exactly in his own words before ask
ing him any special questions, but from
this point he asked him a great many,
further eliciting that there was no evidence
of o struggle and no particular footmarks,
seeing that the spot where tho body was
lying was Curry" and not calculated to
show much in the way Of fooJmarks. But
there were plenty Of footmarlls there now,
for the spot had been crowded with people
ever since, and lot of the gorse had been
torn away.
The coroner expressed his regret that the
footprints had boon obliterated; he thought
the police shouli have kept the place clear,
and he thought it matter for serious rep.
rotation the morbid curiosity OF the pub
lie as exemplitiel b. the removal" OF gorse
as mementos. Applau5e)
Police Constable Jones l22lS gave evil
dence as to the removal of the body There
werc no signs Of struggle. in the de-
ceaseps pockets were a razor, six pound
and ten shillings in gold and silver, case
with visiting cards of the deceased in it.
The bottle OF poison was lying near hi;
right hand as if it had dropped out OF It,
The deeeased's clothes were wet, but othor
wise undisturbed.
Mr.. Jabez Northwick, surgeon, practlc-
ing at Hampstead, said he saw the body at
nine o'clock on Sunday morning in the dead
house. It was cold, the limbs rigid, the
eyes glistening, life-like; the face calm
and placid, and there was powerful odo1
Of the essential oil Of bitter almonds per-
ceptible at the mouth. There was no frott
or any thing to show that the unfortunate
gentleman had died OF poison except the
smell of it. He had made post mortem ex'
animation of the body, and it had undergone
little or no change There were no mark:
of external viol encc, some post norton con.
gestion Of the lungs, no yalyular disease ol