The Express. — 1848-05-19 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1848.  THE MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS. INQUEST.  Yesterday, Mr. W. Baker held an inquest, at the Duke of W,llington, Spitalfields, on the body of Henry Lazarus, aged six and a half years, who wee murdered on Monday night last. Mr S. Oates, solicitor, attended en behalf of the friends of the deceased to watch the ease. The jury having viewed the body, the following witness were celled: David Lazarus, a general dealer, of 26, Tenter street, Tenter.ground, Spitufields, identified the deceased as his son, and having repeated the avid, nce given before the nueisteate at Worship-street police court, added that he saw the deceased lust alive at about halt-put nine o'clock on Monday night.—The Coroner When you last saw the deceased, was any one with him? Witness: There was; my will and cousin were there.—The Coroner: How was it that you first missed the child ? Witness a I had ordered my wile to make the bed, when the deceased went to the front door, and sat on a chair. It was from the chair I missed him. After the hed was made my wife called the children one by one, and after the two girls were undressed I found that deceased bad left the chair unknown to either of en. We then went about the neighbourhood making inquiries about him, but could gain no tidings of him. He was dressed in a pair of dark corduroy trousers and jacket, but no waistcoat, and a pair of stout boots. Coroner Was there any mark on the clothes ?—Witness : One of the buttons was broken off the jacket, and I removed one from the hip of the trousers to supply its place, and fixed an add one on the trousers; besides which, the legs being tee long I turned them up at the bottom, so that I should be able to identify them if amongst 10,000 pairs. The Coroner: This is very important, and if it finds its way into the newspapers it will have the effect of causing every person to examine any clothing that may be offered for sale.  A juror : What was the value of the clothes ?—Witness They would not fetch above half a-crown. The boots might probably fetch another Is. tid. Joseph Levy, of No. 9, Frying Pan-alley, said that he was en the service of Mr. Cartels., • coal-dealer, of 16, Tenterstreet. He left off work at eleven o'clock on Monday night, and went home to sleep.—The Coroner: 'When you left, was there any ono in the yard ? Witness : I am certain there was not, for before I left, in consequence of having missed some thing. from the yard, I looked round and found that nobody was there. The nest morning, when I went to the yard I saw the child's ear through a crevice in the board. The hoard had been removed from where I placed it to the wall against the house. Nothing else was disturbed in the yard. Mr. Gilbert, surgeon, said that he was called up on Tuesday morning to see the deceased. When he arrived lifo was extinct, and had been so some hours. His impression was that death was caused from strangulation. The Coroner said it would not he right to bring • ease of such importance hastily to a conclusion. Ile should like the contents of the stomach to be analysed, as it was impossible to tell what might hereafter arise. He did not think they ought to leave a atone unturned, and if additional time was given the clothing of deceased might be traced. The case was certainly one of the most mysterious nature he had ever heard of. The jury were therefore bound over, each in the sum of 401., to appear on Monday next.