The Sun. — 1865-08-12 (London, England)

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIAG, AUGUST 12, 1865.  and we went up together. We wont into No. 6 room, and found the children in bed dead. They were covered over, and the clothes were undisturbed. A penny piece was lying on the breast of the youngest. I then went to room No. 8, and there found the eldest child. He was lying on his back, with his face a little turned. There was a bottle containing something like a chalk mixture. In the room we also found an empty phial and a tumbler. Dr. Roberts has them now in his possession. I don't know anything further about the matte; except what I heard talked about in the coffeehouse.  Elizabeth Maidman—l am chambermaid at the Star coffeehouse. I saw them twice on Monday. They all slept together that night. I did not see much that day. At a few minutes before 10 on Tuesday night I went up stairs to see to the beds, when Mrs. Clifford told me the children were gone to bed. I saw the door of No. 8 room open, that was the room the children slept in the night before. I went in and found only one child in the bed. I thought he was asleep. There was no other person in the room. As I was coming out of the room I met the man Southey on the landing. I said to him, " How bad that poor child looks." Southey replied, " Yes, he dots." He was going towards the room. I had a candle in my hand, but he had none. He put the door too, and locked it. Coroner—Are you sure he came out of No. 6 ? Witness—l was going there. Coroner—What for?  Witness— To see whether it was all right. Southey said to me, " You may be sure it's all right there, miss." I went upstairs. The next morning I went with Maria Bealo to see the children.  Coroner—Could you swear to that man if you saw him again ? Witness—Yes. Coroner—You are sure you would know him again ?  Witness—Yes, I am sure I should. Coroner—Youdidnot think the childwas deadwhen you saw him on Tuesday night. Witness—No.  Dr. Anthony Roberts, of 3 Lamb's Conduit-street, said —I was sent for, and I arrived at the Star Coffeehouse at a quarter to 9. In a room,' No. 6, on the third floor front, I saw two boys lying on their backs. On the larger child there was no external marks of violence. They were quite dead, and I should think they had been so about 8 hours, when I saw them. I was shown into a back room, where I saw a boy about eleven years of age, he was lying in bed and quite dead. I saw in the room a bottle containing a mixture with a white sediment. I was shown some black looking fluid in one of the utensils. I was shown a phial in which there was a few drops of a clear fluid, with a pungent smell. The tumbler smelt the same. I have made a post mortem examination ; I should say about 12 or 14 hours after death. I have preserved the stomachs of all three of the children, and other portions of the intestines. These have been submitted to Dr. Harley. The Coroner said he had received a letter from Dr. Harley, who informed him that although the examination was proceeding as rapidly as possible he would not be able to produce his report before Monday afternoon at the earliest. As Dr. Harley was not prepared to state the nature of the poison at the present moment, and as there would be some judicial inquiry as soon as possible, and as that could not bo done earlier than Monday, he proposed they should adjourn until Tuesday or Wednesday.  The Coroner—Shall we have the accused present then ? Superintendent Searle—That is very uncertain. He is in custody on a charge of murder at Ramsgate, and it is not known yet whether the authorities there will give him up. Coroner—Have you any doubt about its being the man Southey ? Superintendendent Searle—None whatever. There can be no doubt that Forward is the man Southey. The person he has murdered is his wife. Mrs. White, I believe, has gone to Australia. The inquiry was then adjourned until Tuesday morning.