Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-12-15


said Your and let him fall on to the ground;
Q. Did he look backi
A. Not that saw.
q. How long were you looking after himf
A. About a minute.
@. And when did you see him againi
| A. After l put deceased into the cab
turned round and found him at my elbow.
| @. And what did he sayi
A. | said, "Ohl you've come back" and
he said, YES, I've changed my mind, and
will see hin hone," and then he got into the
cab, and told me to drive to st. Kilda.
Q. Hespoke then as il he knew the deceased
him when he looked up, and perhaps, having
had q row with him, walked away, but
thought he'd come back.
=. Did you see him coming backf
A No; the first cav of him was at my
elbow when | turned.
Q. And when did he get QUIT
A. Just as l was turning down by the
grammar school, on the st. Kilda road.
q. Did you hear any sounds Of fighting or
struggling in the cab during the drivei
A. No; the road was rather rough. and the
noise Of the wheels going over the stones
X.
q. When the gentleman in the Light coat
got out did he appear disturbed
A No; he was perfectly calm.
y How could you tell thati
A Because the moon had risen and could
see plainly.
q. Did you see his face theni
, A. No; his hat was pulled down over it ]
only saw as much as did when he entered
the cab in Collins street.
O. Were his clothes torn or disarranged in
any wayf
A. No; the only difference saw in him
was that his coat was buttoued
@. And was 1t open when he got ini
A. No; but it was when he was holding up
the deceased.
O. Then he buttoned it before he came
back and got into the cabl
A. Yes, l suppose so.
O. What did he say when he got out of the
cab on the st. Kilda roadl
A. He said that the deceased would not let
him take him home, and that he would walk
back to Melbourne.
O. And you asked him where you were to
drive the deceased toi
A. Yes; and he said that the deceased lived
either in Grey street or Ackland street, St
Kilda, but that the deceased would direct me
at the Junction.
@. Did you not think that the deceased was
too drunk to direct youI
A Yes, did. but his friend said that the
sleep and the shaking Of the cab would sober
him bit by the time got to the junction.
Q The gentleman in the light coat appar-
emily did not know where the deceased livedf
A No, he said it was either in Ackland
street or Grey street.
q Did you not think that curiousi
A No. thought he might be club friend
of the deceased
O. How long did the man in the light coat
talk to you'
A About five minutes
g. And during that time you heard no
noise in the cab'
A. No; thought the deceased had gone to
sleep
O. And after the man in the light coat
said good night to the deceased what hap
penedi
A He Lit cigarette, gave me a half
sovereign, and walked of towards Mel
bourne.
@. Did you observe If the gentleman in
the light coat had his handkerchief with
hint
A. Oh, yes: because he busted his boots
with it. The road was very dusty.
O. Did you notice any striking popularity
about himi
A Well, no; except that he wore dia-
mond ring.
@ What was there peculiar about that
A. He wore It on the forefnger Of the
right hand, and l never saw it that way
before
O. When did you notice thisi
A. When he was lighting his cigarette.
9. How often did you call to the deceased
when you got to the Junctioni
A Three or four times then got down,
and found he was quite dead.
@. How was he lyingi
A. He was doubled up in the far corner Of
the cab, very much in the same position as
left him when put him in His head was
hanging ON one side, and there was hand
kerchief across his mouth. When touched
him he fell into the other corner Of the cab,
and then found out he was dead. imme-
diatsly drove to the st. Kilda police station
and told the police
At tho conclusion Of Royston's evidence,
during which Gorby had been continually
taking notes. Robert Chinston was called
He deposed;
am q 0uIy QUhuuoO m0uic21 pEaCttVlonoE,
residing n Collins street East Imade post
mortem examination OF the body Of the de-
ceased on Friday.
q. That was within few hours after his
deathl
A. Yes; seeing from the position of the
handkerchief and the presence of chloroform
that he had died through chloroform, and
knowing how quickly that poison evaporates,
made the examination at once
Coroner; Go ON, sir.
DR.. Chinston: Externally, the body was
healthy looking and well nourished. There
were no marks Of violence The staining ap-
parent at the back Of the legs and trunk was
due to post mortem congestion. Internally,
the brain was hyper@mic, and there was a
considerable amount of congestion, especially
apparent In the superficial vesselS There
was no brain disease. The lungs were healthy,
but shghtly congested. On opening the
thorax there was faint spirftuous odor dis
cernibla Tho stomach contained about q
pint of completely digested food The heart
was naccid The right heart contained a
considerable quantity of dark, fluid blood.
| Thera was a tendency to fatty degeneration