The Sun. — 1862-05-26 (London, England)

ALLEGED AIURDER OF A DEAF AND DUMB GIRL-EXTRAORDINARY CASE.  On Saturday morning an inquiry was held at the London Hospital, by Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, touching the death of Anna Rush, a deaf and dumb girl, fifteen years of age► which occurred under circumstances which have led her parents to prefer a charge that she had been murdered. stated Mrs. Rush, the mother of deceased,the that on the night of last Saturdayweek h her daughter on an errand to 3 house on the opposite side of the court in which she lived. Bse sent ted lareme what by wh se as r itnhge ISahuodr tslhyr iaefkt ea ,r wardsand u pwa ni t ugeasisn wg fosse matter she found deceased lying disabled at the bottom of a flight of stairs, down which she appeared to have been flung with great force. She was covered with shocking bruises all over the body, particularly on the left side. She appeared to be in a dying condition, and stated by signs that when she got to the first landing, Mrs. Innis, a woman whose furious temper was the terror of the neighbourhood,an awho had long borne witness's f andrun out, and lifting her up, flung her iloyn at grudge,he floor threw her 6,0W11. twheitshtaai rlsl.heDr escteraesnedgth had, andto b et hreen. moved to the London Hospital, where she died hi two days. -Witness then charged Mrs. Innis with having killed deceased, and brought her before the magistrate for murder. There were several witnesses who could corroborate her statement as to i the screams, and who could describe the girl's state. Mrs. Connor said that she heard piercing shrieks on the night in question, and soon afterwards saw deceased in a most deplorable condition. Witness I stated that she had not seen Mrs. Innis at all on  that evening, and that the latter was in the habit of treating the unfortunate deceased usually with great kindness. There was, howver, a regular feud between the two families. Mrs.lnnis, having-re nixed the usuarcaution, said that she did not see deceased at all on the night in question. She heard her voice, and some screaming, but there was a disturbance in the court at the time, and witness did not attach any importance to the matter. She never struck the deceased, but had often given her food. On the Monday wittiFss got a summons against Mrs. Rush for using abusive language, and then for the first time the charge was made that witness had murdered the deceased. A number of witnesses Were then examined, but none of them could depose to have actually seen the deceased ill-used, and it was stated that the stair case where the occurrence took place was quite  dark. 11. Dyne, the huu6:3 burgeun, slid that de w.lisierd. Was admitt( d to .the hospital with Levert) the result of ~vvirleirelitfrabelotuN‘r.sedo,ra heavy relent to account for death. di'dbno post mortem er%amination, and found the Ifeetoolilistrn.o as idNo ne No bones, injuries ontes;eleirnowseuvfae immetlilte ctw-o of dertth had lren (1; ,:case of the  heart. The Coroner said, in reference to the conflicting nature of tlic evidence, that it was possible that the deceased, who was deaf, might have been deceived in the darkness as to the person who assaulted her, or that Mrs. Rush might have been misled in her exitemeut as to the meaning of her daughter's signs, Which were made at a time of prostration • and confusion. He should, therefore, recommend the jury simply to return a verdict in accordance 1 with the medical evidence. t A verdict accordingly was beration, returned: hen, after some deli