The Express. — 1866-09-21 (London, England)

INQUST/I—C=B DAY.) Mr. John Mum_phreye, resumed, et the Flint House Tavern, Huns, orlls relative to the supposed suicide of Mary sre—u•ll/ aged 39. Inas, The evidence taken on the opening of the tan., the effect that the deceased was the widow 4: &island porter, and lived with her wised* II No. 2A, Northport-street, Horton, on wtl she sent her daughter to a chemist's fee a boon ersh W. Burnett's disinfecting fluid, saying that de, bike fit to drink it, and that she could not live. The be West asked the chemist whether "it was good be mak.. was of course told not. Upon bringing the bottle te ke mother the latter pressed her to drink some. , you do I will drink the bottleful." The gut• was sent out of the room. In two hours the found dying, and some of the fluid had 141 died before medical aid could be procured. Ii ese that deceased was in the habit of drinking iasseeetril that her favourite beverage was brandy and isedsmi:lol The deceased had been left 800 f. by her bedew, .1. died only two years since, and she hM an Menu ; letting Wrings, but she drank herself into a sans hales laura poverty.r . Lothar", professor of chemistry at tin Len. Isepital, reported that the bottle of Sir W. Berestlia: infecting fluid contained a strong solution of ehkelle zinc, a very strong poison. He found in the stomach deceased a large. quantity of chloride of nu sad We matter strongly impregnated with the colouring rimy" blood. Death was caused by the poison, which wu is gen sufficient quantity to have killed. Dr. Hoskin+ us dill same opinion. The Coroner having remarked upon the tees, The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide by tildegi certain Roison, chloride of zinc, while in a state of nun mind arising !rota drink." Mr. Humphreys then held an inquest at the Grua ide Tavern, Horton Old Town, on tshe. body of geisnt red, a Lear , who committed de b tekiiiipirs; Esther Duncan, 6, Maidstone-place, gegingew widow of the deceased, said that he was a alilitery maker, but had of late been out of work. He was giee to drinking. On Wednesday last witness and he quarrel about her child by her first husband. an* • Don't strike him ; strike me." He turned mead ad struck her at once. He was then under the killers d liquor. He took from under his coat a bottle cads* cyanide of potassium and nitrate of silver. He duets.. of the poison, and said, " Esther, forgive me fer gym you. I have done it." He was about to driak the 1; minder of the fluid when she snatched the bettle bee him and flung it into the passage, where it was brekm. was then nearly 7 o'clock, and he died in • vary aheAtlsw Mary Ann Graham, a lodger in the same house, Mind being alarmed by the disturbance on Wedneedm ems. she went into the deceased's room. The demana reid-je her, " Mrs. Graham, I have taken what will end all is st hour. I will leave you now, and you can all go easy you like." He died almost immediately. A Aroma and a doctor arrived, but their services were of no re The cyanide of potassium and nitrate of silver, wink deceased had in the bottle, were purchased for ine business. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while la a eish of unsound mind."  A MURDERED CHILD POUND ON rn