The Sun. — 1842-09-22 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS. rr asdll MYSTERIOITS DEATH FROM ARbENIC,--011 ,11-- to an inquiry, which lasted several hours, was gone in., before Mr. Payne, at the Bridge.-house, Boroug" road, on the body of Joseph Bowler, a chairandl; aged 29, who died from the effects of arsenic tin" ei the following mysterious circumstances : • br„,l,, Charlotte Trott, of No. 23, Union-street, Bore Ot road, said the deceased and his wife resided nest dn°,l to her. On Saturday evening last, between nine all ten o'clock, a young man named Dunston caineoht her, and said the deceased, who had been ill. from tto Wednesday, had fallen out of bed, and wis'aed her assist him in lifting him into bed. She i-amtediutwoe) went, and on lifting the deceased up &wad he dead. Dunston, who lodged in the house, went Mr. Coalthery, the surgeon. ' Mr. Coalthery, of No. 4, Melton-ter.ace, said he dwas called to see the deceased on Saturday night' No. 22, Union-street, and found him dead. He , since made a post mortem examination, and on olle-ci ing the stomach, found slough two inches long° one wide, intermixed with several white particles' which, on testing, he found to be arsenic. The cafe of death was the ulceration of the stomach from t' action of the arsenic, which consisted of three or fear grains of the white oxyde. He must have suger 0 dreadfully, and in his opinion it could not have be many hours in the stomach. It might have been o long as 10 or 12 hours or not more than 20 rnintll, The wife told him the 'deceased had been ill from the Wednesday, and that she had given him some tineture of rhubarb, which she had procured at his slic./17a on the Thursday morning. Now he (Mr. C.) could positively assert that she never had any from his s"1. She also said the deceased partook of some apple-Pll ding on the Wednesday, and immediately after , vomiting. By the Jury—l knew the wife, but had not. seep her for two months, when I attended her in her entre finement. The wife said she came to my shop 2lb°c, nine o'clock, as soon as it was open. Now, it. s° i° v curred that the shop was open at seven, and fr01u,...1 time until eight lam constantly in the shop. I tn, if arsenic had been in the pudding it must have beery mixed with the apples, and not with the crust, s°l of which I have got. I did not ask if she had enters :my. If the arsenic was in the pudding on Wedneas, day, it was at too remote a period to have caused death' ~ Several witnesses were examined at great who made the case one of great mystery, and from th" the following was elicited .—That the deceased cci'l in distress relative to a loan; and it was attempted v!' be shown that it was not unlikely lie had conlinittel-' suicide ; but being ill a-bed from the Wednesday autil his death, no one could form any idea how th senic was found in the inside. •d The wife and Dunston, the lodger, were a-vat-wile r at great length, the former prevaricating as to ht o going to Mr. Coalthery's shop for three-pennyw°r. of " stuff," and was flatly contradicted by the ass's' tant, who denied that she ever came. The inquest, which has caused a great sensation the neighbourhood, was adjourned. SUDDEN DEATH AT THE SWAN WITH Two Igsel Ls'