The Sun. — 1862-10-10 (London, England)

AND SUICIDE OF A MARRIED WOMAN.  Yesterday Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, resumed, at the Gossett Arms Tavern, Gossett-street, Hackney-road, the inquiry respecting the death of Mrs. Amelia Castle, who committed suicide under very painful circumstances.  It will be recollected that it was alleged on the previous occasion that the deceased bad been led to destroy herself through having been induced to form an improper connection with an individual who was married, and who subsequently slighted and cast her off after her character had been compromised. The inquiry was then adjourned for the production of the party in question. On the Court re-assembling, Henry Holdane said that he had known deceased for 12 years, and had visited her sometimes in the absence of her husband at her house. At times no persons accompanied him there. He went there to take tea, and generally left at 7or 8 o'clock. She sometimes came to see him, but that was because she washed for him. Witness was aware deceased did not take in work for others. She had worked for him for the last three years. Ho never got any receipts for payment, consequently he had none to show. She cooked for him on two occasions only. Witness was a married man, but had been separated from his wi'e for three years. Deceased sometimes came to him for a shilling or two on account, as she was without food. She had on one occasion brought witness cooked food, but that was two years ago, and he paid her for it. The last time she visited witness was the Monday week previous to her committing suicide. She was then in a very excited state, and witness thought she had been drinking. She came to say that she could not work for him any more. That was because he had found fault with her then, and he used not before. Witness had not got tired of her, he only wanted her to do her work properly, Is he paid her liberally. He would swear that she had never stoPPed with him until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. On one occasion she stopped to mind the house for the landlady until 2 o'clock in the morning. Witness, however, was not then in the house. On Thursday previous to her suicide she came and taxed him with having a watch belonging to her, and other things, and said I that his landlady had besides a gola watch of hers, and was then wearing it. Witness did not believe that the landlady had it. Witness never knew deceased to have a watch of her own. She also charged him with having other property—a bed, some prints, a tea tray, a set of fire irons, and other things. Deceased had brought the whole of the property at different times to his rooms in his absence to dispose of it. Witness knew )f it. She had not brought a silver watch, but a duplicate of a watch. Witness was aware it was a very serious matter to receive the property of deceased's husband. The watch now produced from his pocket he took out of pledge, and paid her a shilling at a time, 3s. in all ; 13s. the watch cost him altogether. Witness had not been intimate with deceased's husband for five years past. The Coroner—But while you were receiving carpets and prints, and watches and trinkets clandestinely from his The case is a most scandalous one. 'Witness said be bad sent deceased back with other property. He did not wish for the property- lie