The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1862-06-10 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.  THE LUDGATE HILL TRAGEDT.—The inquest on the two deemed children of Mr. and Mr.. Vyse, of Ludgate Hill, was resumed on Feiday afternoon. The coroner (Mr. Payne) and the jury having taken their seats, Inspector Howard, of the city police, produced certain papers, which were found by Miss Sarah Saunders, idster of Mrs. Vyse, in Mrs. Vyse's pocket.—Dr. Edwin Payne of Finsbury Square, was then examined- He was called in, he laid, immediately after the catastrophe. He saw Mrs. Vyse in her bedroom. She was leaning over the waabliand-stand, on which there were marks of blood. Having ascertained that her throat was cut he manned the wound as far as he could do so without assistance. Mrs. Vyse was in a most excited state, and it required force to control her. About twenty minutes afterwards lie dressed the wound, in conjunction With Mr. Savory. During the dressing of the wound it was mentioned in Mrs. Vyse's presence that the o illren were dead in the Adjoining room. He (witness) said to Mrs. Vyae, supposing the children to have been poisoned, "What was it the children had?' Mrs. Vyse replied, as well as idle could speak, " Battle's Vermin Powder." He had no other converittion with liar bearing on the ohildren. Mr. Savory, assistant-surgeon at S. Bartholomew's Hospital, deposed that on Wednes 'ay, the 28th of May, he delivered the contents of the cbillren's stomachs to Mr. Attfield, demonstrator of practical chemistry at that hospital.—Mr. John Attfield, the gentleman thos referred to, on being crammed, confirmed the statement of Mr. Savory. He had, he said, since analysed the contents of both stomachs which he received, separately. By certain chemical operations he had, he said, obtained frurn the contents of the stomach of the elder child a substince which he knew , would be strychnine, more or less pure, if strychnine had been in the stomach at all. That substance answered to an the testa of strychnine. He, therefore, said that arryebnine was found in the contents of the stomach of the eldest child. He could not speak definitely as to tie quantity; it would be the residue after sotne strychnine bad been abmrbed in the system. He aLo examined the contents of • jar labelled, "Liver of Eldest," and found in them strychnine. He then gave testimony with regard to the atotnach and liver of the youngest child. The investigation resulted in a verdict of wilful mnrder against Mrs. Vyse. She will be eminnittsd to Newgate for trial,  _ Tux Sewing Or -A Soutign.—An extraordinary suicide was perpetrated at the Raglan Barrack., on Tuesday morning, by Thomas Curry, a private soldier belonging to the 37th Regiment. The deceased, a native at Ireland, had served with math credit for several years in India, and had uniformly borne a good °hamster. Until recently his mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, lived in Belfast. Whilat on foreign service he had accumulated a considerable sum of manisy, which, on his return he sent to his mother. Sint* his arrival ia England he continued his regular and careful habits, and had again put together a BUM of money to send to his mother. All went well until a few days ago, when he received a letter from Ireland, which conveyed the s.d intelligence that his mother had died'ateidenly. The news affected him very ouch;l he Weems sad, shy, and distant, and refused his food. Previously he had been a sociable reason, and was always ready for • quiet juke, and was, by his ready wit, a cause of amusement to others. After a day or so in this way he took out the nioney he had saved, and spent it in drmk, came to barracks drunk and noisy, and had one stripe removed it consequence. On Tueaday morning at drill, the sergeant pointed out some slight defect, whereon deceased muttered something that was not intelligible. On returning to hill barrack he obtained his rise, ostensibly to clean it, hut as the event proved, for the fatal purpose of killing himself. He went to the honk of Sergeant Belton, whe was absent, and made a *Mee, as a make-believe that he was 0414141 g his dee. but he was really loading it. Presently there was at explosion, and on going to the place a horrid spectacle was seen. Deceased was standing in an upright position the noniste of the rifle in his mouth, and the toes of his right foot on the trigger. His head was in • frightful sta'.e, the I ball, entering the roof of the mouth had passed out through the top of the head, gone tilrongh the ceiling above, through the room over, and Into the next ceiling. He was found to be dead, and was removed to She Military Hospital. An inquest was held by Mr. Bone, coroner, in the afternoon when a verdict was found to the erect that " deceased shot himself whilst in ato of temporary insanity." The sudden and sad death of tins poor soldier IMO spread an unusual gloom and oedema over the company to which he belonged.