The Sun. — 1856-08-29 (London, England)

THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT HAM'• TON COURT.  Mr. Wakley, the coroner, accompanied by Mr. Brent, the deputy-coroner, resumed yesterday at Hamptoncourt the adjourned inquiry into the death of Lewis Solomons, a returned Australian gold-digger, whose I body was found in the Thames, near Hampton Court, on Monday the 28th of July. George Gray, the man with whom the deceased's wife went to live during Solomons' absence in Australia, was the first witness examined—l live at 2, Thomas-street, Commercial-road, East, and am a glue maker. Knew the deceased. Can't eay when I saw him last alive, but believe it was the day after he arrived in London. I saw I him at my house, as he came to see my wife. I was at work at the titan he first called, and toy wife had been out all the day, only coming home between one and two o'clock in the morning, without telling me where she had been. Wben he came next day the conversation was principally about his wife having a child to me, which I told him was very true. He said he would neither hang nor drown himself. He showed no weapon, nor did he threaten me in any way. I don't recollect the day. He seemed rational and composed enough when I saw him. I can positively swear that I have never seen him since. On the Saturday before the body was found I went with my wife to his sister's, at Charlesstreet, Hatton-garden. I did not know that he had been missed, and had heard that he had gone off again to Australia. I will swear that I never said in the presence of any person—" Mrs. Solomons may consider herself a widow," or that he should 'Aver take her to Australia. That story has been concocted by Davis and hose around me here. Cceoner—Your own conduct is not very clear, and you must not cast imputations upon other people. Evidence resumed—l had heard that Davis had a pair of pistols, and swore he would be the death of Solomons. The witness proceeded to account for the way in which he had employed his time from the 24th of July (when deceased left home) until the following Monday night. His wife never told him deceased was going to Hampton Court or elsewhere. Would swear solemnly and deliberately that he had not seen deceased after the day he had mentioned. Joseph Lane, 85, Brook-street, Lambeth, boiler-maker, who had known deceased for 24 years, was the next witness—He deposed that he last saw the deceased on the Saturday before he was missed, and wrote a letter to Bendigo for him, about some money. Deceased said he bad been drinking about a fortnight, but did not complain of his head, but of his heart, saying it was like a block of marble. He said his first thought on learning his wife's conduct was to make away with himself, but be intended to live and work for the children. He was not so rational in his manner as before he went to Australia. He said at times that he could not live away from his wife. Witness was afraid that he would commit suicide, and when he was with him witness kept his razors away from him. Mr. Samuels, Ratcliff-highway, deposed to being out with the deceased on the 21st of July, when the latter showed him a pistol, which he fired with some pea shot.. Witness bad seen some of the shot found in the body by Dr. Gerrod, at the exhumation. 'nose the deceased showed witness appeared to be rather larger, He showed witness some 30 or 40. Should think the pistol was the same as the one produced. He said he intended the pistol for Mr. Davis, if be bad met him when fist landing. He proposed going out again by the ship Orwell. He said he had a good deal of property out in Australia.. Chas. M. Lee, 17, said he was the son of a tailor, and worked at 39, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, at the patent screw work. He remembered Mr. Davis calling at the house (Mrs. Tyler's) about two mouths ago. He went down on his knees in one ot the rooms. He had two pistols with him, and said he would kill his brother or cousin whenever he saw him. (The witness here looked round the room, and pointed out Mr. Davis as the roan whom he saw at Mrs. Tyler's.) Solomons came a'terveards on another day, when Mrs. Tyler told him what Mr. Davis had said, and the deceased only laughed. There was Mrs. Tyler present, and the man who works  there. Mrs. Quigley, who gave evidence en the former hearing., was recalled, and contradicted the last witness. In consequence of a communication received at this point from the inspector of police, the coroner ordered the room to be cleared. Upon the re-admission of the public in half an hour, Gray was recalled, with his wife, when the c•roner said that the inspector of police had received information to the effect that the deceased had been seen alive after the day mentioned in the depositions. The information which had been received was in consequence of the publication of the former evidence in the newspapers, and he felt no doubt but that the evidence which had just been taken, small as it v.ai, would be the means of eliciting further information. The case was a very mysterious one, and required full investigation, and he would therefore further adjourn the inquiry.