The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1888-08-18 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

CUT TO PIECES OE TOE RAILWAY.  An inquest was held on Monday morning at the Coventry Workhouse, before Dr. Iliffe (coroner), on the body of a man, about 40 years of age,. who is not identified, and who wee killed by a Mane on the London and North Western Railway, near Folly-lane crossing, about nine o'clock on linesday night last. Before taking the evidence the Coroner explained that the delay in holding the Inquest had been made to give every opportunity for the deceased to be identified. George Gillings said he was an engine driver in the employ of the London and North Western . Railway Company, and drove the engine of the train which left Rugby for Wolverhampton on fuesday night, the 7th August. The MAR left , Rugby at 8.56 p.m. and arrived at Wolverhampton .at 10.30, being half-an-hour late. The same engine and menace left the latter place again for Birmingham at 1047 and Consequently he had not time to properly examine his engine, but on the , train arriving at Birmingham he took his lamp and hml a look round and then he ria:v blood on the front part of the engine and a piece of flesh and bone in the motion. He at once informed the Inspector at New-street station of what he had discovered, and on search being made the body of the deceased was found in the four foot way not far from Coventry etation. He did not feel any Immo or motion of any kind to attract his attention between Rugby and Coventry.  William Wood, foreman of the goods depart. meet of the London and North-Western Railway, and living at 26, Mount-street, Coventry, said that eaely on Wednesday morning, the Bth inst., he received a telegram frotn New•street Station in. forming him of the accident, and requesting him to make enquiries. He got on an engine that came horn Birmingham, and on going down the line, about forty yards horn the Folly-lane cross. lag, he found the body of the deceased. He would be knocked down about 9 o'clock at night by the engine of the train driven by the last witness. The body wan disembowled, the head was beaten and battered in, and one leg was completely cut off. The remains were taken back to Coventry, and on ' going down the line again about fnur o clock in the morning he Rand the [visaing limb. Pollee sergeant Conrts, of the County Constabulary. stationed at Earlsdon, said that in consequence of information received, he went to the Coventry Station on Wednesday morning hist and received the body of the deceased. The iojurim overe aa described by the last witness. The deceased wore a dark rib coat and vest to me.h, grey tweed • trousers, lace up boots with toe caps, buff colour socks, drawers, white linen shirt and under shirt, studs, and turn down collat. Pinned inside the under shirt. and close to the flesh, was a long twist of lady's brown hair, and in the pockets el the clothing he found a pair of cuffs, two collars, two ,ocket handkerchiefs, tobacco pouch, comb, watch key, pock's microscope, a ill boo with rhubarb pills In it, and bearing the name of chenlist residing at Northampton, studs, wrist links, and a farthing. Deceased had no watch in loin possession, and he could find no letter or paper of any description which would lead to Identification. Information Yeas sent to the paßce in different distnets, and a description of the deceased had appeared in Hie daily papers. A communication was received frono Northam, ton saying that a man was missing from the town, and some one would come with the view of identifying the body, but no one had come.  - Detective Inspector Colby, of the Coventry Police Force, produced a 5s cheque on the Etniseote Co-operative Society, Limited, which he etatevl was found near the spot where the body was discovered. Chief-Constable Norris had received ! comMunication.. from different parts of thv country I asking for particulars, hut the dee...a did not answer the description given in tit- letters. Only that morning he received a latter from Mr Edwin Dennis, residing in a court at the back 31 Lower 1 Trinity-stteet, Birmingham, giving a description ' a a brother he had miwing, but that did not answer the one supplied by the police of the deceased.  Mr Thom.. Martin, Maater of the Coventry I Workhouse, proved receiving the body of the deceased into the Workhouse about half past two o'clock on Thursday afternoon last. He added that about a doun teople had viewed the body, hut up to the present time it had not been identi  Mrs Sarah Dodd, head nurse at the Workhouse Hospital, corroborated the evidence of the witness Wood with recurd to the injuries inflicted, and added that the corpee was now quite unrecog.  The Coroner in automing up the cam to the jety t said it was • myetetions inte and he woe afraid mutt remain so for ell time. Sln Dodd had told them that the body em quite unnoogniaable bet there yet remained • mmet him io the ithrpe of the deceased's anniug apparel winch might lead sometime or other to entabliabing who thie person war. The fact of the lady'c hair being found near the flesh of the deceased was evideme of iimor detaugett coudtt tou of the mind of the man mimed either by love or poverty, and which probably indmed him to place himself on the hoe. At Folly.lene there was ever opportunity for It man who omitted to be enders laboured condition of inmd to wend his way ou toibeiioe,edotemtf.e act aimilar to what the decemed had done. Thrre was no doubt that the engine which martol from Rugby M 8.56 on the night in quratme hitt Merl the iejerier.ond be thought the verdict of the jury most be to the cffect that the deeeaeacl died from mutilation of the body caused by the injuriea received, and that there wee moth., to identify the body or to show under what circuit, Maimed the deoemed came OD to the line.  The jury after [there deliberation refer...el a vertfict occordesee wtth the eoggeetwo of the Coroner.  Inspector Squires, of Birmingham, a' d 1 Toogood the Bodo:onager at CoveutrY' present end watched the proceedings an thepa7e rof London and North.Wainern Railway Company.  .s.ovymOr. held a IS 00,0 St Hi, I near Rugby: op. the oeee*body of Mra Hannah Gilke, , wife of Mr. E. Gino, farmer, of that place. It appeared that deceased had been Buffering from melancholia for some time, and abort eleven I o'clock in the .ncroing ,he ~eat to a pond which , was used sea bathing place by her sone, and after undressing herself, she entered the water and was drowned.—A verdict of "Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity' vv. retunaed.