The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1838-07-31 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MYSTILRIOUS AFFAIR.—The London papneerseshaavueelna,sitalw;te,e,kn been occupied with the singular circuTs ofta London, formerly the death of Mr. Thomas Davidson Po of Newcastle, (son of the late Mr. Brough Pow, a common The tale is councillor, and much respected tradesman.)seized with a this deceased, atew weeks ago, was iv nervous affection the result of tippling; and .1 Myers, a me(heal gentleman, possessing extensive Pow. Mr. Ayers practice Al arylebone Ahd St. Pancras, was called in by Mrs. lady, became -enamoured of the and she yielded to hit. wishes; and the rumour is, that they then conspired to dispose by violence of the injured husband, and possess.themaelves of his Property. However this be, he was removed by them to the Westminster Hospital, and there he speedily improved; bet ou the 3d inst. he was removed to lodgings in the house (.1. Mrs. Chapman, No. 3, Loudon-street, which wet e engaged fur the purpose by the surgeon. When taken to his new abode, he appeared intoxicated, and. was unaccompanied by his wife. On the folloaing day, he was very ill, and a nurse was provided, who (it is stated) was instructed bi Mr. Myers to supply him with as much neat gin as he woukl take, and this was done to such an extent that he was in a continual stupor. In a few slays after he entered upon his lodgings, Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow called upon him anti obtained his signature to a document purporting to be his last will and testament, which wag unthinkingly witnessed by the son and daughter of the landlady. Owthe 10th inst. Air. M. again called; and after he had been some time alone with the deceased, Mrs. Chapman went to the bed-room, and found him adminisiering a white powder to his patient, who was subseqttently seized with violent trembling, and died the next morning. Mr. M. then waited upon the registrar of the district, and gave ,him a.paper stating that Mr. Pow had died of " delirium tremens, and apoplexy, brought on by too free use of ardent spirits." Mr. M and the widow of the deceased locked the door of the room in which the corpse lay, and kept the key; and on the issue of a coroner's incinest, Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow declared that the body should be interred without investigation. Afte, wards Mr. M. visited the house of Mrs. Chapman, and was suspected of adopting some Means of hastening the decomposition of the body, to baffle the researches of a post mortem examination. At any rate, he was for some time alone with the body, while Mrs. Pow kept watch outside ; and on leaving the room, he washed his hands-. The phials, &c. which had contained the mixtures administered to the deceased, were all removed by Air. M. and every precaution apparently adopted to render enquiry abottive. On Monday an inquest was held, but in order to allow of the productioit'of additional evidence, the investigation was adjourned to Wednesday, on which day the enquiry was further postponed till the Monday following, when most of the above facts were proved in evidence, and also that,by the direction of Mr. Myers and Mrs. Pots., ardent spirits were administered in large quantities to the unfortunate deceased. No trace of poison was found in the body, but the medical witnesses deposed, that in a case of delirium tremens, such a course was likely to cause death. Various other suspicious circumstances were elicited. Mr. Myers declined, in that stage of the proceedings. to offer any defence, and the jury brought in a verdict of ',Wilful Murder" against him and -51 r s• Pow, They were conveyed to Newgate in a hackney rol etach f} fib, hiruse of Myer', in egstie,streot tia!it 0044 041, P P P AR*