The Express. — 1864-07-12 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OP A VOLUNTEER THROUGH JEALOUSY.  INQUEST AND SPECIAL VERDICT.—(THIS DAY.) At noon to-day Mr. John Humphreye,Middleoex oorguer, held en inquiry at the Sir Gimp Oshoni's Head Tavern, Princes-street, Kil.-end New-town, respecting the death of Abraham Haight, aged 31 years, who cannutted mantle adder very shocking circumstances. Mary Knight deposed that abs was the widow of the deceased man. He had been in the employ of the St. Katherine's Dock Company, and was is that compsay's millilitres corps. Witness and be were living apart latterly. He had separated from her. On Fridaira lastd wham wee on board the ship New Battle, at stain, seenag her sole. who lead got a berth on board wider the captain. Her husband cams on board is full madam, and armed with his Enfield ride and bayonet. He was jealous of her, because be Wined there was something write( between her and Captain Joseph Rosen, the master and owner of the New Battle. There wee no ground for soppoarog that that, as any intimacy between' them. however, was very violent aad aware he would kill the captain and beset. He charged the captain with his bayonet, and the captain had to ran down into the cabin away from him and kale. He then used be would hike witness's life if she did not consent to go back to live with him at inc e. He retuned home with witness to No. 8, King-attest, Mikan, that night. He maned mach troubled in his mind, but he would not tall witness what was the matter. On Saturday he asked witness to kiss him, and begged of bar not to go out for work that day. He pressed her mach not to go, and asked bee to kiss biro when she was going. She came in at eight and found the place dark. He did not answer when she called. She struck a light and found him sitting in the corner of the room, with his rifle ie his hands, and when she put her hand on hie forehead she faun be was quite cold and dead. Dr. Mandell Character' said that at 10 o'clock on Saturday sight he was called to deceased. He found that deceased had placed the end of the role in his mouth, and by drawn( the trigger with hie foot had shot hunssU dead. The uvula was shot away. The tongue was divided, and the eagle of the mouth was split for about en inch. The recoil of the gam bad brought the front teeth out through the lope ; the ball had passed oat through the back of the neck. making an orifice about the size of an egg. The spinal marrow was divided, and death bad been instantaneous. The conical ballet was completely crushed op and Battened be the force with which it bad struck the wall behind deceased. Dressed had taken his shoes and stockings off, so that he might the non easily gnat) the ride with his feet. . .  A brother of the deceased said that he bad been in the British army, bat bad left it—deserted about three or tour years ago. He told witness that he sae rendered perfectly miserable by his wife., who used to meet him in the streets ad threaten to deliver him up to the authorities at the Home Guards as a deserter. He said that he was io coodrat dread, and that his wife rendered his life a perfect hurdles to hint by her threats sad naimondoot.  The calmer hameg summed op, The jure returned a verdict, • That the deceased committed imicide while in a state of unsound mind ; and the jurists of opinion that the wiled the deceased is highly censurable for her conduct towards her husband." The omens, directed that the deosanwl's rifle should be delivered up to Superinteodeet Mumford, of the St Katherine's Docks. The proceedings then terminated.