The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-04-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

VIE INQUEST.  The inquest on the bodies of the victims was held In London. on Monday. It was stated that the man who jumped front the roof of the house where the tragedy was enacted, and who now lies at the London Hospital. resolutely refuses to dim lase his identity. 'Hie bodies were identified as those af John Levy, 75. a retired umbrella-case maker, and his housekeeper, Annie Gale, 37, who for the past 10 yews had lived apart from her husband. The assassin, however, was declared to be a stranger.— Police-constable Richardson described the suNiesed murderer's sensational leap from the roef of the house into the street, where had it not been for the police he would have been torn to pieces.—Dr. MiCombie, who was called to the scene of the murder, described the finding of the body of Levy In a closet in the baseinent of the house. Death had evidently taken place about half an hour previously. The bead of the deceased was very much cut about, and a large quantity of blood had flowed front a wound in the neck. The post-mortem examination shewed that on the right side cf the head at the back there was an incised wound half an inch leng, extending down to the bone. There were also three other wounds at the back of the head, probably ieflicted with some sharp instrument. On the right side of the head there was another wound, completely exposing the bone. The wound in the throat was • huge semi-circular gash, stove eight inches in length. The left hand of the deceased was cut, showing that there had been a struggle.. Two ribs on the right side and four on the eft were fractured, indicating that considerable violence had been used.—Other medical evidence ircluded that of Dr. Michael, who deposed to the con ition of the woman's body. There was, he said, a tremendous gesii se the right side of the head. The left e)e was b nob blackened and swollen, and the throat was cut. There was • trail of blood extending right round the foot of the bed. The room was in con,inerable disorder, the bedding being saturated will, blood, and it appeared as though the deceased was engaged in making the bed whin attacked. The post-mortem examination chewed that the force used in inflicting the wound ili the throat had been so great that the knife had actually cut into the vertebra.—Dr. Charles Le Sage, who examined the man who jumped from the roof of the house, said there wee somo evidence of fracture of the arm, but not of the skull. Elie condition, however, was so serious that witness at once ordered him to the hospital. His clothes were covered with bloodstaine.—lnspector Drew deposed to having found numerous articles of jewellery on the prisoner.—Alice Weiderman' of Battersea, Identified he deceased woman as her sister. So far as she knew, deceased had not seen her husband since they separated 10 or 11 years ago, lie was different in appearance to the prisoner. She identified some of the jewellery found on the prisoner as belonging to her hibter.—Ttie inquiry was thou ad. *nulled for a week.  - mitt, you toad iiry fatjàen ie flllgaZ " 'No; but ir it'; really your hat jlrat- Mane the magazine, and buy it! She: -Did Maude lose her heart when you pro. posed to her?" Be: "No, I think she must have lost her head; she said no." Biggs: "Why does Brown always write his jokes en such thin paper?* Diggs: "So the editors can see through them. I suppose." Her only chance.—" What an ugly girl that Miss I e Style is!" "Yu, her ugliness is her only beauty —lt makes her very attractive.*