The Express. — 1863-07-24 (London, England)

THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN GOWER-STREET  Last night Dr. Lankester resumed at the Lord Wellington tavern, Universityetreet, the inquiry into the circumeroces of the death of Michael Quin, sod 45 years, who was alleged to have been murdered on the night of the 27th June. On the night in question ii will be recollected deceased was seen to fall off the steps of No. 87, Gower. street, and being picked up insensible, he was carried to the station-house as being drunk. He was subsequeetly removed to the University Hospital, where he died in • few hours. It was then found that his roll was fearfully fractured, that several of his teeth had been knocked ont— one of them was found in his stomach—and that his ribs' were fractured. Mr. Reefer said that the injuries were such as would have been caused by blows with a blunt instrument, and that it was almost impossible that they could have been produced by a series of falls, as there were contusions on such places as the inside of the elbow and the back of the knee joint. Eight shillings were found in his pockets. The endeavour to find out who bad inflicted the terrible injuries on deceased brought to light some strange facts. It appesxed that deceased was • native of the south of Ireland, where be bed a wife and family, and some time since they all fell into such distress that the eldest son enlisted in the 18th Royal Irish, and the wife came over to England. In her absence deceased formed an illicit commotion with a young woman named Margaret Ferreira. This intrigue being discovered by lb.. neighbours, he came over to England briefing his Fenimore with him. He installed her in lodgings in the same house where his wile lived. When that fact became known there was of course a greet diatturbonce, and the woman was turned out. Quin followed her. taking with him his furniture, and leaving his wife in great distress. Meanwhile his 800 hod deserted, and was now almost the sole support of his mother. Decreed, irritated by the odium into which he had fallen with reference to his misconduct towards his wife, asked the see to leave her and to come to live with him' self and Ferguseon, who would " make him more comfortable." The young man at first, it is maid, refused 'edit. neatly ; but he afterwards said he would go, and take " the devil Feegusson from his father." He went, and in • month induced Ferguson to elope with him, and carried off his father's furniture. The father, furious at having been duped, gave information to the authorities, with a view to having his son arrested as • deserter. The latter, however, got clear off, and it is said became off the girl Fergueson within • mouth, no doubt according to a preceocerted purpose. Deceased then formed a connection with • young woman named Walthe, and it was said that threats of various kinds had been made use of with regard to him. Inspector I Garforth now produced several witnesses, whose evidence merely went to show that deceased was a very sober man, and was quite sober when seen near the Marble Arch on the night in question. The inspector rid that all efforts to discover the deceased's son had been unariling. The Coroner, io summing up, said that there appeared to be every reason to believe that the case was one of wilful murder, but there was no prospect now of evidence of the fact. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from fracture of the skull by a blow, but how or by whom the said blow was inflicted there wee Oft riders to show.