Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-07-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WOMAN BLED TO DEATH—An inquest was held on Friday afternoon last, in the Town-ball. Hartlepool, before Mr Settle, coroner, on view of the body of Catherine, wife of Francis Mooney, trimmer, reciting in Nun-street Hartlepool. who (lied from the ions of blood. Dr. Moore said he found the deceased just (load On being Caned in. The bleeding proceeded trio an orifice into a large vein in the right leg or an Meer. lie ascribed death from heemorhage or excessive loss of blood. Ilad medical assistance been present at the time the bleeding might have been stopped. Deceased's husband was twxr euslleut. but he was in such a state of intoxication that he could give no evidence. A verdict was returned in accordaneewith the medical testimony. THE Mranaa.—Same rather important revelatione have (wee to light within the last few days in connection with the murder of poor old Matthew Hodgson, hear Hartlewol. on It' loth (4 March last, • It will be rememl red that •he man who was supposed to have commith d the murder was described minutely ley Margaret Demon an intelligent young girl, who saw him following deceased on the (lay of the mardpr up Hart-I no, having in his hand a bludgeon, which was afterwards found near the spot where the minter was perpetrated. Three weeks ago Margaret Denton was at Hartlepool and on returning in a cart at night, while the driver was absent a • te or two, her eyes caught those of a limn who was intently gazing at tier. Ile was standing near the gas works in Northgate, and she at once recognised him as the man she saw following Hodgson. The driv, r joined the cart. and as it was proceeding the man came up to the cart, and from a point where he could scan the girl's face, agairt scrutinizinaly glanced at her. And inquired of the driver if lie were going to Hartlepool. He received a negative reply. The cart proceeded and at the bend in the road, where Margaret Del .ten had first seen the supposed murderer, this individual . . . .  ....4o  singularly moo. ii was there, and again asked of the driver if he was going to Hartlepool. The driver. angry at the troublesome f,! inquire answered gruffly, "No. I told you so before." All this time Margaret Denton was so terrified that she dare not express a suspicion to the driver, and on arriving at bonne, she told her 1 mother she had sem the man who had followed poor old Hodgson 0 up tine lane on the ilay of the murder. The parents considered 5 the girl was mistaken. but she was very positive in the matter, nmd the f 'Mowing circumstances seem to confirm her story :18 The farm labourer who was driving the cart had occasion to go to Hartlepool on the Monday following, and when at the outskirts of the town was accosted by the same man. who said. "Do you know that girl who was in the cart with you?" He replied, " Yes." "Did she say anything about me ?" he further asked. "No," replied the driver. " What ; did she not say she knew me nicely ?'' "No; she never mentioned you," was the response. On returning to the farm the driver narrated to the parents of 'u the girl this singular corroboration of their daughter's story, and di the fact Won communicated to the police, wino have been scouring r- the neighbourhood inn order to apprehend the nun.