Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1889-06-29 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

TNE•INQUEST. On Tuesday evening, Mr! George P. Wyatt oPened an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, tOuching the death of George Letine, alias Gorin.—Mr. W. H. Armstrong appeared for the relatives of toe deceased. —Mrs. Olga Gorin., the widow of the decease 6, whb appeared greatly distressed, said her husband was 36 years of age. His life WM not insured. She last saw him on Friday night in the omnibus in which they went to • the music-balls. They had attended the Paragon, in the Mile End-road, and arrived at the Canterbury about 11. The deceased got out first at the stage door, and then Miss Rose. t the time witness got out she heard a saw a crowd, and then heard a cry of”Tri and from her husband. She ran forward and he fell into her arms, saying. "I am dying—lam stabbed." The manager of the Canterbury ran out and droee the deceased to the hospital. Witness saw a man standing by her husband, and saw a flash as be raised his arm. This was before her husband called murder.—Kate Tatham, a girl 16 years of age, .said she had lived at Denmark Hill with the (Tonne, and had been apprenticed about 14 months to Gorin to learn to be a bicyclist. There were six of them in the omnibus on the night of the murder. When they got to the Canterbury the deceased got out first and held the door for them to alight. She saw a man step forward to the door of the omnibus, seize the deceased by the right shoulder, and strike him in the stomach, saying, "I've caught you this time my boy." The man then ran across the road towards a public-house, and then put something to his mouth. She did not hear the noise of a pistol. She had never been illused by Mr. Letine. He was always very kind to the girls. So was Mrs. Letine. She had never seen Currah before. She had heard a lot of talk about the girl Beatrice Currah who died, and always understood that she was a great friend of Mrs. Letine's.—Edwin George Pike, hallkeeper at ,the Canterbury, said that on Friday morning Currah came and asked for a programme of that night's performance. Witness said he could not have one till the evening. About 9 o'clock in the evening he came to the stage door and offered one shilling for admittance, but, was referred to the front of the house. At 11 o'clock, when the Letines' 'bus arrived, witness again saw Currah, who came from the roadway on to the pavement where deceased was standing. He said something to Letine about a child. Then witness saw a flash, and Letine called out "I am stabbed!" Currah ran away; witness pursued him,and just managed to trip him up as he put the revolver into his mouth., Currah seemed quite sober and rational.—Thomas Allum, 13 years of age, said he was near the Canterbury shortly before 11 o'clock outside the stage door, watching the bicycle riders go in. He saw a man run away and drop a knife, which he (witness)' picked up. (A butcher's knife with a notched handle was here produced.) Witness took the weapon fo the police-station.— Inspector Lowe, L division, deposed that at 11.30 on Friday he received information of the murder. On going to the hospital he was informed that Gorin was dead. In Currah's pocket he found a new very sharp and greased pen-knife, seven cartridges and a new memorandum-book. This contained the following entries : "This is to certify that I, Nathaniel Currah, leave the whole of my money and furniture, wherever and wheresoever, to my wife, Frances Elizabeth Currsh. —Signed,