The Sun. — 1863-07-10 (London, England)

THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered)  The Supposed Murder in or near Gower street,  Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankester resumed, at the Lord Wellington, University-street, the inquiry as to the death of a man who was previously unknown, but who has since been identified as Michael Quinn, a mason's labourer, aged 45, and who was found in Gower-street, shortly after 12 o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 27th ult., in a state of insensibility, and such frightful injuries inflicted upon his person as to leave no doubt but that he had been the victim of the most frightful ill-usuage. It will be remembered, that the deceased man was seen by an omnibus conductor, named Webb, to fall off the steps of No. 86 or 87, Gower-street, and that the police, believing him intoxicated, conveyed him to the station-house, where he remained till eight o'clock on Sunday morning ; when being still insensible he was conveyed to University College Hospital, where it was found he had a fracture of the skull at the top, extending five inches, that most of his front teeth were knocked out, and one found in his stomach, that he had a contused wound on his right temple, and a cut over his eye, another on his chin, a wound on the inside of his right arm, and another on the inside of his left knee, and that some of his ribs were broken. The inquest was adjourned to ascertain deceased's identity, and enable the police, if possible, to discover how he came by his injuries.  Bridget Walsh, of 10, Horace-street, Edgwareroad, with whom the deceased cohabited, said he left home at four o'clock on Saturday morning, the 27th ult , and she saw nothing more of him till she identified his body at St. Pancras workhouse; and Ellen Quinn, his wife, said she had seen nothing of him for the last twelve months.  W. Lyne, of 86, Bermondsey-street, said he knew deceased, wbo was in the employ of the Bermondsey vestry as a labourer. On the night in question deceased, with three or four others, came to his house, a beershop, and had with them part of four or five pints of stout. He left with one of his mates about nine o'clock. He was not the worse for liquor, nor had he any of the injuries described when he left his place. Seeing the report of the case in the papers, he came there and identified him,  Henry Baldwin, porter at University Hospital, stated that a woman had come there as an outpatient a few days since, and said she had witnessed the ill-usage by which deceased was " murdered." She said she was looking out of Nvindow between 12 and 1 on the Saturday night end she saw several policemen ill-using him, and that a soldier and two other men took his part. She gave her address as Mary Roberts, 10, George-street. Inspector Garforth, and Murray, the summoning officer, said they had been to all the " Georgestreets" they knew, and could not find this woman. Michael Garvey, deceased's brother-in-law, said the only persons he suspected was deceased's SOD, who was in the 18th Regiment, and a woman named Fergusson, who lived with him, and whom he took away from his father. The Coroner reiterated his opinion that it:was utterly impossible this man could have sustained these injuries, but through the violence of others, and ultimately the inquiry was again adjourned,