The Express. — 1858-06-19 (London, England)

TEE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT ISLINGTON.  CORONER'S INQUEST.  Yesterday afte;;;Zinle.y. held an inquest at the King of Denmark Tamen, Park-road, Harosboryroad, Islington, respecting the death of Mr. Henry li,bart Hodges, egad 26 years, a'" clerk in some department of the COWS of Ottawa, who committed suicide at No. 10 Parkroad, and oleo of Elise Phillips, aged 86 years, who wag murdered by him there. Inspector Judge of the N division of police, attended. The Jury having viewed lb. bodies, the first witness usmined wee Kr. William Hodges, of No. 2, Portland•place, Ifaw Ntoth•rood, lialington, who ealdr-iThe deceased was my eon. He was a copying clerk, principally practising in the Courts of Chancery. He had a malformision of the left commonly termed a " dub foot." Hie habits were elvers way- steady until be formed his unfortunate ocomegiow with the 11011118 Phillips. Hy the Jury—My son never attempted self-destresiees bane. He always spoke of aikido with great abhorrence. Hs was ea unmarried roan, sad resided with me and hfs mother.  By the Coroner—l cannot say when his intimacy bet oefineenced with the deceased Mee Phillips. I saw him lad alive on Monday evening last, when be was cheerful. Nene of our conneboos have committed suicide, nor has any member of the family been confined as a lunatic. On Tabby moral's, the frightful occurrence was oommuniabed to me by a police-constable. My eon bed a revolver in his possession more than eight months mina; also a large Spanish stiittto. At OW stage of the proceedings James Ryan, polioeconstable 176 N, brought Into court the revolver with which the doable crime was perpetrated, as afro the knife, one of the larp dtmetsioas. yea stated that on Tuesday moraine Mrs. Scott, who we a lodger in Mrs. Phillips's hoar, No. 10 Barnabury-row, came to him and said she was afraid something very Nib= had happened in the home. Ha returned with her to the hobs, and, the beddloamber of Mrs. Phillips being Won Wide, be burst the dab, when a most horrible eight was presented to his view. Both the deceased poems we !igifici:ctos the bed bad ; the bed clothes were sataraled . Mr. Hodges was droned, with the worploa of his hat; Mn. Phillips had only her chemise on. Both of them appeared to have been dead ewe hears. In the right hand of the dawn Mr. Hodges was an eightbarrelled revolver, firmly clinched. Most of the chamber" elhad beenee discharged, but there were caps opus three of the ißy the Coroner.— The women was shot in the forehead. Wines Ws eyes. The mu was turned round from her; his head was shattered. I did not consider there had hen any struggle between the man and women. I did not Wks fay braises or wretches on either of them. The Mesain whin terminated their live were upon their fondwide. Xr. Hodges, be father of the debreed, wea wenn (A is =ewer to gunboat' from the broiler, said that ldesjw bad a silver watch end gold chain on the Monday weld% when he lad saw him. He had also some amount of bash both gold and silver. Ryan, the police-cousin* said that he bed not &mown the watch named by the father. There were only 7s. upon the lbws of the deemed. The jury =premed 'surprise at neither the watch nor the reTTertia the roner InquiredPem ofetln deceased the t Judgheeeiretbeheree bed been aroertalned if the decanted Inspector head pledged his  bisisacter bJudgehad h watch. said every inquiry had been roads, but ut trace couid of ts  Mn. Mary &set said she was a married woman. Hai hualead was a traveller. She lodged in the holm of ths deceased, Mrs. Eliza Phillips, No. 10, Baresbury-row. Ohs =st) was a single woman, es she (witness) always uso . The deceased Mr. Hsdgm had been is the Itshd of visiting her for several moat/cr. Saw her and Mr. Holm !Gotha on Monday night, when they appeared very happy In each other's society. On Tuesday morning there Visa severe thunder and !lightning storm, and she weld net sleep. A little before daylight she heard two or three explosions. She thought it was the storm; but yet felt simian es her I husband was absent. In the morning, not hearing bay rmiss in Mrs. Phillips's bedroom at the usual hour of her rine& she became alarmed, and sent for Ryan, the pain:awn/table, when the horrid discovery was made. By the Coroner—Mrs. Phillips was what is termed a "gay lady," but her heads wee well conducted. I never knew her or Mr. Hodges genre]. He appeared to be a mood respectable man. By the Jury—Other gentlemen eeenionally visited Mn, Phillips—el highly respectable. Carriages and broughams Phil aunato the house.  Clerc a sargeoe, gave evidence u to the ones ci the deeleertle deardeath—viz., pistol ballets perforating the brain, which  The Coroner euromsd up, observing there was not • tittle etevldencs to show that the deorssed Hodges vas insane. The jury consulted about twenty minutes, and thee reinroad • verdict of " Wilful murder against Henry Rohm( Hodges, as applied to the woman Eliza Phillips, sod Fabde-se, as &Wood to Ido ow* dostrootios."