The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-09-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GROSS INHUMANITY TO A WIFE.  On Monday Dr. Diplock, the coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Chanel Tavern, Queen's-road, Hammersmith, respecting the death of Mrs. Mary Anti Junes, age 39, who was alleged to have meet her death through the ill-treatment of her family. There was a great deal of excitement manifested In the came ; large crowds of persons, especially women, surrounding the locality. Mr. Jones, the husband of deceased, was present, was repesented by a solictor. Mrs. Mary Ann Wright, said she saw the deceased was putting a child in a perambulator, her fourth daughter came up and punched her in the face and breast. Mr. Jones, came out and said " Give it to her well while you are at it" Deceased lifted her eyes to witness, and said, "You see what they do to we." She was sitting on the ground when witness came away. She had frequently come into witness's house to ask her to protect her from the violence of her own daughters. William Brain, living at 33, AI Ina- terrace, opposite tu Tranquilla-terrace, where the deceased lived, said between eight and nine o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 17th ult., he was sitting at breakfast, and he heard Mrs. Jones scream, and upon looking out of his window he B.IV/ her knocking at the door to be let in to child. About five minutes afterwards witness saw a large body of water come out of the window and fall over her, but he could not say whether it was Mr. Jones or one of the daughters who threw the water. He had often seen Mrs. Jones sit on her own doorstep for hours together, having evide:Aly been logked out by her family. Witness bad also seen a cup of tea and a slice of bread given to her outside. Letitia lElomant was then examined. She said it was on the 17th ult., viz., four Sundays the day previous that the water was thrown over the deceased, and she saw Mr. Jones do it. Mrs. Susan Shins said on the day mentioned the deceased came to her house, wet through, with her baby in her arms, and asked her (witness) if she would hold the child. Mr. Jones then came, and said he would have the child. Mrs. Jane Stewart said he saw deceased on the Sunday morning that the water was thrown over her. Deceased said to her, "Look what they have done:' Witne 'sweat into the kitchen, anddeceased told her that she was going to get some water to wash herself, and in doing so left a door open which Mr. Jones wanted shut. A scuffe ensued between them, and the pan was broken, and deceased's arm cut as witness saw. Deceased had a miscarriage on the Monday following the Sunday when the water was thrown over her. On the Friday before deceased died she asked witness if she could keep a secret, and seemed about to tell her som:thiug, but did not do so, its some one else came into the room at the time. Mr. Jones said at the time of the wetting she had turned the tap over herself. David Final, 51 T, aaid one night last month he was on duty, about a quarter past eleven, near Tranqoilla-terrace, when he saw a woman at an opened window, with a lighted lamp in her hand, who was screaming "Murder," and " Police." Mr. Jones was in the front garden, with a baby in his arias, and he asked witness to try and quiet deceased, who was quite mad. Mr. Jones, upon being interrogated, said upon the night in question the deceased had taken a stick, and was smashing up all the furniture. Dr. Pipoette said he had made a post-mortem examination of the body, and found it well nourished. The cause of the death was haelnorrha.ge from the miseharge, and there was no trace of anything in the stomach which would have tended t bring about the latter. The coroner then proceeded to sum up, and said there was no doubt the deceased and her family were living at variance. He understood that she was Mr. Jones's second wife, and that there were twelve children by a previous wife. Alter half-an-hour's deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the husband of deceased, and the warrant was accordingly issued by the coroner for the committal of the accused to Newgate.