The Express. — 1864-06-09 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AT LONDONBRIDGE.  A protracted inquiry wee bold by Mr. W. J. Payee, deputy-coronet for the City sod Southwark, at St. Job:. Vestry-hall, Southwark, last night, respecting the suicide, under very singular circumetmoss, of a young man named James Coates, aged IS yeses. The dammed wee a fellexeger, living at No. 34, Page'swalk, Bermeedsey. About a month ago he met at a concert-hall, in Newingtonousysway. a young married woman, Mn Hester Savoy, who wee osly about 112 years of age, and they formed au seluaintancestup, which they each laps emeseled from their friends. James Savoy, a machinist, residing at 4, William-street, Welworth, said that Heater &very was his wife and she bad two &Wren. Believing that she was lase to him he was amazed to meet her one evening, jest preoechog the Derby, walking with the demand is the Borough-rout. Witmer reproached her, and she said "Forgive me sad take me back again." He said he would forgive hoe and site said she would go straight borne. Os her way" hew. ever, .he went to the deeeased's lodgings, and sue afterwards went to the Darby with his. Ma. Hester Savoy was sworn, sod said that she and the assessed had been is the habit of meeting oue another. Intel his friends booms aware of that fact. On the early mace before the Derby they were walking together in lb. Heat-road, obeli be said, "Here is the canal ; they know all, sod I will drown myself." She persuaded him not to do so. He then told her that he had *od/soared to get from his sister Eliza bi-, which he bad lent her, in order that be and witoos might go to the Derby, but his sister mimed to pay him, saying she would pot give it for such • While speakieg of suicide a poliounan came up, said • young and a young woman ought not to- be out at that hour of the morning, and they Lad to move as. The doomed pledged his watch, and took witoos to the Derby, where they meet the day. At Isalf.past leek* the esti assonsiog, while going home put the "Oriole House is Newingtooosnoway, deemed threw his aims round her nook, aod timed imam dem He said. "Die with me l I shall drown myself —what do sisey think of me at bonze! I have caught him (witsom's bashanal) is my room." She ref used to go sad drown herself with him. He thee gave her • pocket-bock and Is. ad. in meow sod roe down the street towards loodes-bridre. A moon. who °Toehold him, ran after has and brought him bosh. He kissed her again, and said, "My father and mouser have both tamed egemst me. I am tired of my life ; aud let us go and texoset to end it all together. My uncle and my Os: ath drowsed themselves at Loodoe-brifte Wore and I shell sot las the first to have dose it there." Fording that she would not join him in committing suicide, he rushed down the street Artie. Another man ran after him, but deceased knocked him down three times and got away. Robert Smith deposed to the feet of the decemed being overheard sayiag that be would drown himself at Lorries. bridge in orogen nonce of his family having discovered his meneriou with the young womb. When deseasol was followed down the street he fought detseminally, sad knocked dews the man that went after him and tried to stop him, He evidently jumped off the parapet of London bridge. William Partridge proved the finding of the deceased's body floating off Thatnes•wharf, on Tuesday. The Caron -r said tta " ^ awe seemed to be clearly ose of filo-4(4e, as the idea of self-destroctioo had been deliberately entertained as a means of alleviating the effects of his erintioality. The jury, after deliberat:ng. returned the following Terdiet :—"That the doomed drowned !shoot! in this Over Thames while I. a state of unmated mind ; sad the jury say that Om couninion with fleeter Story was the came of Ids depriving himself of life ; and that the conduct of the said Hester Savory in leaving her home, busload, and children, was deserving of the severest censure." The rrosesdings then terminated.