The Express. — 1863-08-05 (London, England)

TIIIIMURDERAND SUICIDE IN MARYLEBONE.  Yesterday evening, Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Buffalo's Head, llarylebou-road, on the body of the child who was murdered by its mother, under the circum• stances reported in our yesterday's impression. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Chappell, of No. 14, Chester. terrace, appeared for the unfortunate woman. The following is the evidence adduced : Eliza Mitchell rid-1 am the luster of Sarah Mitchell, and aunt to deceased. My sister has never been married, but has gone by the name of Chappel ever since the 11th of October, 1862, at which time we came from Liverpool, when we resided at No. 11, Seymour-street. My sister had no occupation, and I can assign no other rams for her assuming the name of Chappel than that Mr. Chappel visited her. The deceased was born in London. After which the mother returned to Liverpool, and again rejoined her child on the date mentioned, when she permanently took charge of it. Latterly my sister has been in very indifferent health, and for a long time has been under the are of Mr. Cathrow. Last Friday 1 took the child out for an airing in the park, and returned at 12 o'clock ; when, after Ririe( the child its dieser, 1 put it to bed. After which I went to Covent-garden market to buy • peach. I returned at five minutes to four in the afternoon, when I found the door of my sister's room locked. I sent the landlady upstairs to tee if the child was in its cot. Receiving an answer in the negative, I immediately went in a cab to Mr. Cathrow's, and in a short time returned with that gentleman. Be did not succeed in obtaining admittance until he broke in a panel of the door with a poker. On doing that, be put his bead through the aperture, and said, „Oh, what a sight !" Withdrawing himself, he put me through the opening, when I found my sister lying on the floor as though she was dead ; and on the bed was the baby, covered over with a pillow. 1 then opened the door, and admitted Mr. Cathrow; end at the same time I drew his attention to the fact that the baby moved My sister did not say aoything. I have never beard her say that she would destroy herself. She has been very low. She was not subject to fits. I had no suspicion that the would do harm to the child. William Cathrow 4LR.C.S., of 42, Weymouth-street, Portked-place, said the mother of the child was highly nervous, obstinate in the extreme, and jealous. She told me that she could not survive unless she got on friendly terms again with Mr. Chappel, and that she would be drives to do something to herself. For the last three or four days she had been so excited that I thought it desirable to call in another medical man, and on the morning when the deed was committed I and my friend saw her. Mr. Byanr, of Welbeck-street, accompanied me, and we left with the imptession that she would not do any harm to herself. When I went into the room she was lying ou the tote reading her Bible. I told her she was going the very best way to keep Mr. Chappel from here on account of the annoyance she had given him ; that if the would only leave off those annoyances I had lemon to believe that Mr. Chappel would settle a very handsome sum upon her. She smiled several times, and said she would think un what I had said. The witness oorrobonted the sister's evidence, and continued : I first went to the child after entering the room, thinking the woman was dead. I took the child up and gave it to the servant. Turning to the right, 1 new the mother lying on the floor. I touched her, and she said, "Oh." I examined her and found a jagged wound 4i inches in length OD the left aide of the neck, the jugular vein was divided. She had bled profusely. She bad no pulse, and wu blanched and pale. The child wu covered with blood. I had her stripped. I found a small clean cut wound, about half an inch below the left nipple. 1 put a piece of plaster on it ; there was no hemorrhage afterwards. The child very soon became sick, and continued vomiting until its death, about 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. After the death of the child, 1 oommuniuted with the police, who took possession of the body. I made a postmortem examination, and after describing the condition of the body, the witness said that death had been earned by vomiting and exhaustion, caused by the wound.  13y Mr. Sleigh—She was supplied with every comfort by by Mr. ChappeL He (Mr. Cbappeli was prepared, and offered to make a liberal settlement upon her to sever the immoral connexionwhich bad existed between them.  By • Juryman—l had no reason to believe that in comequeoce of any supposed neglect she would destroy herself. John Sims, inspector of police, D division, said—ln copsequeuce of a letter I received from Mr. Cathrow, I, io cornpaoy with Police.constable heacson, 264 1), went to 106, Marylabone.road, on Sunday last, about a quarter to two o'clock. I found in the trout room first Boor a child lying dead in • cot ;in the beck room a female in bed. The curtains, the bed on the near aide, and the head of the bed were bespattered with blood, as if it bad spurted from a wound. Behind • shutter the constable found a dagger which has blood on it. There was no maker's name on it. It was sheathed. On a chest of drawers ware two books lying open, with purges underlined. One was • lecture on "Court hip and Matrimony," with a passage by Washington Irving marked. I found two registers with duplicates, one of Frederick Cbappel, who died prematurely, and the other of deceased, who was born on the 11th of June, 1862. Both were registered by the hither, Frederick Chappel, merchant. I also found • carioca bank book, Liverpool, with 601. credited, and a codicil to a will, in which, after the death of testator, 2501. • year was to be given to Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Joseph Mitchell, accountant, Liverpool, 1001. per year to deceased, and 1001. to the child with which the deceased was then pregnant. The will was dated 3rd March, 1863. I found 31. ha 61. in mooey, • bundle of letters, a razor, and • bottle labelled " Pomo."  The coroner then briefly rammed up, and the jury, after (ousulting together about five minutes, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Sarah Emily Mitchell."