The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1879-08-02 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE INQUEST.  The remains, after hanging one hour, were cot down, and an inquest was held on them about noon in the boucl•room of the gaol by Mr. Hall, coroner for Surrey. A jury was empanelled. and viewed the body, which !sir in a shell under the beam of the scaffold. The gallows wal one that had bran used before, and was originally brought from Horsemongcr Gaol. The demised lay in the clothe. she has worn Macs her condemnation. Around her neck was a large ebony oroma with a bra., representation of the Crucifixion, and on the breast lay a bunch of flowers, placed there by the Slater of Mercy who bus lately attended her. After being 'retied by the jury, quicklime was put beside the hid', which, acoording to rule, was burled in the gaol yard. Captain Colville wee the first witnery called at the inquest. He said: The body which the jury have seen Is that of aithe., rine Webster, whom I received into my custody on the Bth of Jr'y lack She MY about thirty years of age. She was convicted of the murder of Hrs. Julia Martha Thome% and was sentenced to be executed in thia prison. That sentence wee carried out shoat nine o'clock this morning, in the presence of Mr. C. J. Abbott, the under sheriff ; the Hey. M.. M'Enery, the chaplain; other officers, and my. self:  The Coroner here asked if the woman had made soy confession of the come. Captain Colville: She did, dr. It wee intimated to me by the Rev. Mr. M' nosy, on 1011 leaving the prison at ten last night, that the prisoner mid to him, "I *lone committed the murder of Mrs. Thom. I was slightly excited by having taken some drink, and when my mistress came home I was aggravated by her manner. I pushed her downstairs, and then strangled her." a followed thla oifession up, sir, this morning by speaking to her skint the statements whieh you, sir, perhaps, have seen published of late as coming from her in this gaol in which, sir, the names of certain men are given as being concerned in the murder of hire. Thome. I asked her if. I might say from her that those statemente were not true. She replied that the statements were not true; that the man whom she had last charged with the mime, had nothing to do with it; and that she alone did it. She was remarkably submissive end docile here. Great attention was paid to her by a Sister of Mercy, who hal been made an additional assistant in the prison for the purpose of waiting upon the prisoner. The prisoner has been visited by the Rev. Dr. Withers, the Coadjutor Roman Catholic Bishop, who wan formerly dupla,' of Woking, when the prisoner was under sentence for previous convictions, and she was very grateful for this. She expressed herself as *mod when she first came at being sent to this prison instead of to any other, as she had formerly been kindly treated hare. Before her death she expressed herself as extremely grateful for the kindness and attention she had received from the matron, other ofllcers, and myself. She was keenly sensible that she was kindly treated. c Dr. Winter, the gaol surgeon, depord that he could attest that the convict was dead, the cause being dislocation of the neck. Be bnci known the demand when formerly imprisoned in Wandsworth Gaol.  Te --------------------- the remal verdict.