The Express. — 1866-02-27 (London, England)

SUICIDE OP YOUNG WOMAN THROUGH PASSION.  INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. Richards, deputy-coroner, held as Inquiry at the Monmouth Arms Tavern, SingletonOmit, Horton, respecting the suicide of Mary Ana Hutchens, aged 28 years. William Hutchens, 50, Singleton-street, • bootmaker, said that deceased was his daughter. She was a chenille net maker, sad she lived with lima and her elder sister. She was very passionate, and she lived uncomfortably with her sister. Oa Friday morning last his eldest daughter came and told Min that the deceased was going to ran away from home. He went downstairs, and the doomed told him she would take • room if it was only to poison herself in it. She was half oat of doors, and he used form to pull her back, as he was &tidal what she might do. Ultimately, to calm her, he let her out to take • room. She returned in ten minutes, and shortly afterwards he found her on the stairs poimmed. He took her into the parlour and sent for • doctor. Elizabeth Hutchens, • cbenilln net maker, said that else wan invited oat to tea on Sunday last, and the deceased m the previous Monday said that she would go with bor. Witness demurred, saying tint only one was invited. De. ceased got into • furious passion about the matter. On Thursday she renewed the quarrel and would not go to bed all night. At 4 o'clock in the morning witness entreated her to go to bed, but she said " No. When daylight comes I will poison myself." At 9 o'clock on Friday morning she was in a desperate passion, and she began to demo to go out. Witness said that she would go with her, but she refused to permit her, and said she would tsko a room. Witness dreaded mischief, and celled her father, who prevented her going out at the door. She then rushed to the window, and was going to jump out, when she was prevented by witness and her father. She maimed in the room for an hour in such • passion, that witness suggested that to calm her she should be let out to take • room and try the experiment of living by heraeU. She went out and returned in ten minutes. She got a teacup fall of boiling water. Witness did not like the look of it, and upset it, saying, " You shall not take that." She laughed, and said, " I don't care for your upsetting that." She went into the parlour and after staying there 10 minutes she returned to the kitchen, saying "I have does it!" Witness said "Yon never mean to say you have taken poison?" She answered "I have taken enough to settle me." Witness called her father. She tried to walk upstairs hut she fell and had to bs carried up. Mr. W. C. Worley, surgeon, said that he was called in to the deceased, and be found her lying on a sofa, cold, clam. ' my, and is excruciating pain. She had taken nearly thrc squatters of an ounce of oxalic acid. He applied what remedies he could. but she resisted as far as she was able. She expressed no contrition whatever, though for some time her mind was quite clear. She gradually sank into • state of coma, sod lost her sight. She died at 4 o'clock the sans day. She bad taken oxalic acid enough to kill six people. The Coronet having summed up, The jury returned • verdict of Suicide while in a state of temporary iamaity from violent and excessive peasion.•  mum