The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-06-10 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN LONDON. 71irs inquiry into the death of Mr. Frederic* G. Moon, who wee atabbed in the house of Mrs. Davey, Newbongtreet. Weatbourne-grove, on the 34th alt., was again resumed before Dr. Lankester at the ' Princess Royal, Martford.road. Mr. Ilumphreys oontradioted the abatement that Sir F. Moon, the father of the deoeseed, wee present at the last inquiry. Laura Pooh said when she saw Mrs. Davey in the drawing-room, after being removed from the diningroom, she was crying, and said, "Oh, I fear I did it; I fear I did it'. _  I--6;th-M:i.n-a-leulin said after dinner she went into the dining.room and found Mrs. Davey and Mr. Moon there. They did not PBOO2 to be excited, but were just as tumid. Witness and Mine Pooh left the room of their own socord, and there wae then no Cuarrelling between Mrs. Davey and the deceased. Whilst in the drawing-room the doctor came in, and Mn. Davey came out of the dining-room and spoke to him. Witness waa up-etaire in the dressing-room when she heard screams from the dining-room. She ran down and found Mr. Moon lying on the floor. Mrs. Davey said, "Fetch the doctor! fetch the doctor !" and witness ran out of the house to do so. On going back into the drawing-room, Mrs. Davey said, "Save him! save him! I fear I did it! I fear I did it!"  By Mr. : I have known Mrs. Davey for some years, and she has always behaved as a lady. She appeared overwhelmed with grief at what had occurred, and was madly excited when she said, I Pearl did it.'  —Mary—Ann Hole, the houeemaid at 23, Newton. road, said she heard no loud talking or struggling before hearing the scream.. Captain Bardo Bowes Elliot said that he had known Mr. Moon for some years. He was a kindhearted, cheerful man, and was not in the least likely to have oommitted suicide. He had dined at the house in Newton.road twioe; the last time seven months ago. There was a quarrel then between Mr. Moon and Mrs. Davey. She said that Mr. Moon wanted to sleep at the house, bat as he had not given any previous notice she would not allow him to do so. She said that the previous night they were coming home in a cab, and he insulted her. She said that she would not allow hint to ride home in a cab with her to her door, bat made him get out and walk away down the street. She then said, "If ever you insult me again as you have done I will kill you or stab you." He said, "I will leave you ;" and he said to witness," I will have done with her and eettle .1i3,000 or £5,000 upon her; and that, at 7 or 8 per oent., will give her enough to live on." I said that I thought him right. I know that the deceased told me that the Ai:cased had attempted to stab him once before.  By Mr. fowls: The quarrel wu not a lovers one. Stabs through the coat are not. By Mr. Humnhreys : The deceased said to me afterward., '1 cannot get over the associations of years."  Mr. W. H. Piaktord, surgeon to the Grenadier Gnards, said that the deoeased was a quiet, cheerful, and inoffensive man. He had only bet .Sl4 upon the Derby. Mrs. Davey was a person of violent temper. The deceased's last words to witness were, "I shall not go to the Derby to-day, for it is the anniversary of my mother's death. I shall smoke a quiet cigar, and then go and spend a quiet evening with Fie." He had had quarrels with "Flo "about un. paid bills. She said, "Yen are always insulting me. By Heavens, I'll hare your life some day!" Their quarrels were very frequent. The jury, after an hone. consideration, ?attuned a verdict of wilful murder againat Flora Davey, alias Newington.