The South Staffordshire Examiner. — 1874-09-19 (Wednesbury, West Midlands, England)

INQUEST, AND ARREST OF  THE HUSBAND. On Monday morning an adjourned inquiry was held at the Camberwell Workhouee, into the mrcum. stances attending the death of Elizabeth Amos, aged 24, the wife of a confectioner, living at Camberwell, who it was alleged had met her death by foul play, and whose body was found under Bt. George's bridge, at CamberwelL It will be remembered that at the previous investigati n the evidence tended to allow that de. ceased had lived apart from her husband for the last four months, and had gained her livelihood by laundry work. On Monday week she went out for a walk with her sister, and on reaching Eastlane, Walworth, the slater left her perfectly sober, and deceased said she should be home in the °puree of half-an-hour. Deceased's sister said that the husband told her•he had seen his wife at about half-past twelve on the night in question, but did not say where. Mr. Dunn, whirr proprietor, Proved hearing screams and cries of Police" at about three o'clock on F uesday morning, which came from the towing path near the bridge, but on ro°ending to the spot cold see no one there. The body or deceased was found in the canal near this spot about two boar. afterwards. Great eritement prevailed in the neighbourhood on smeount a a rumour that the husband had been arrested on a charge of murder, which turned oat to be correct.  _ In opening the proceedings, the coroner's offioer informed the coroner that there must be an adjournment until after the hearing of the charge against the husband, who was arrested on Sunday evening, and taken before the magistrate at Lambeth Police.cuurt that day..--In reply to the Coroner, the officer said the man was arrested on a charge of murdering the woman. The Coroner said be thought it advisable to adjourn the case for the purpose of having the husband before the jury to be examined- He eon. sidered it to boa monstrous proceeding on the part of the police to take the man out of the province of the court—especiallv as the evidence was wholly suppoeitious at present. Ur. Webb, divisional eurgeon of police, deposed that decests.d's death was caused solely by Buffocation from drowning. In reply to the Coroner, Elizabeth Cahill, sister of the deceased, said she only saw the husband of deceased about a fortnight before the occurrence till the morning after.  Coroner: Have you endeavoured to ascertain what became of your sister after she left you ? Witness : I have not been able to find out anything A Juror : Had she been in the habit of meeting any one '—Witness: I don't know. I had no control over her, she being a married woman. And she got out at night ?—Yes, sometimes. The witness here went off into hysterics", but quickly recovered. Thomas J. Woodman, coroner's officer, was then sworn, and said: I live at 89, Commercial road. Yeaterday I saw a pe: son. who said he was the , husband of the deceased, and be told me he had I seen his wife at the corner of Trafalgar street. ' Waiworth, talking to a man. He said he did not know the man, and passed by. He then went ' straight home. Coroner: What time did he see her?—Witness: About 10 or 15 minutes past twelve odor. A Juror said it was quite evident that some person must have seen the deceased woman from a quarter past twelve till a quarter pest three. Elizabeth Cahill, in reply to the coronez, said the husband had told her that be did not speak to hla wife on the night in question. but he had seen her talking to a man with a light coat on, whom he did not know.  The Coroner ea d it was • very serious charge to hang over a man'e head, and the man ought to have bad an opportunity of tearing himself on the charge before the court. A large number of applications have been frequently made to the Home Secretary for persons in custody to be brought before the coroner for elimination, but have always been negatived. Under the airetunstanasa the case had better be adjourned for a few days. opiaioa which was manned In by the jag.