The Sun. — 1862-04-16 (London, England)

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF FISH.  SUICIDE F, 2OM ILL-TREATMEN77.  -  Yesterday Mr. 1 V. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, opened an -, inquiry at the King's Arms Tavern, St. George's-s treet, Camberwe.ll, on the body of Jane Louisa Oleri nan. The investication created great interest in th, s neighbourhood .'wing to the many reports raised as to the cause of &lath. Eliza Jones, wife of a labourer, residir. gat No. 7, Bath-street, Camber A7ell, said that on Saturday afternoon L'ihe went t o No. 1.1 in the same street, and there found the de ceased retching on a sofa in the kitchen, her bead t eing supported by one he nd. She appeared either tie ad or dying. She called i.'er ,by name, but only her eyelashes moved. She, with her eon's wife, lifted he. r head, and rested it on Der shoulder. She cried out for some one to go and fetch a doctor. Both her eyes t were blackened, her nose, had bled, ant there were bruises on her body, and her arms appeared' displacod. I saw some of the injuries inflicted on' tile previous night. I saw three blows given with th e fist by Richard Tace, a man with whom she lived. I found in her pocket two papers labelled " Poiso, 9." I believe she poisoned_ herself, as at 2 o'clock th e sane afternoon she said, " So help me God, I will n.lake away with myself ha consequence of my husbano:'s ill-treatment." I advised her not to do so. WLie u 'he came into my . house she seemed very L I told 'er I would have gone into her house when she was Veing beaten so, only I \vas afraid he would have served me the same. She. replied that her husband had beaten her, so he shOuld bury her next week, as he was leading her a woe! unhappy life. The Coroner—how long has this sat of treatmeat lasted? her twice before bruised Witness—l have sect' and her eyes blackened— once, a fortnight before her last confinement. Th.l whole time she was with me on Saturday she ;vas crying, and complained of great pain in her head a.nd all over her body, caused by the brutal treatment ,of Tace. A daughter of the deceased, an intel.ligent little girl only six years of age, said that she saw her mother take two paper packages out of het pocket, put them into some warm water in a wine -glass, and aftt'r stirring the contents with the cant', she drank the .game. She asked what she drank, And she said salts and poison. _ _  Mr. Chabot, surgeon, of Camberwell, said that on Saturday aftOrnoon he was fetched to see the deceased, whom he found lying dead on the floor. He saw two paper packets, each having a printed label of poison. He ordered a search to be made for any vessel that might have been used, and a wine-glass was shown him that had been wiped out, but there was a minute vottion of acid adhering to one side. He tasted it, an.l had no doubt it was oxalic acid. He examined the body arid found bruises on the head, arms, ana,' side, and her two eyes were blackened. It was hit,' opinion tt,: at she had died from the effects of the oxalic acid, but he could not be positive in the absence of a post mo.rten2 examination. The Coroner explained that the child had sees her put the powder into the glass, mix it in watery and drink the same. And that she then said it was poison, and, from the fact of his tasting the remains in the glass, he was of opinion that it was oxalic acid, He therefore thought those circumstances had removed all reasonable doubt on the subject. A female named Goodenough, the landlady of the' house, gave corroborative evidence, and added. —She (deceased) asked me in the afternoon to lend her 2d., which I did, and she said, if this was poison! I would take it. I believe that she was induced to destroy her life owing to the ill-treatment she received from Tace. I heard her say, when he was ill•treating her the previous night, "Dick, you have almost murdered me, but you shan't do so any more"—when he gave her three more blows on the head. (Sensation.) Mr, Woodman, the summoning officer, said that: owing to the death he saw the man at present in: court. He said his name was Richard Daniel Tace, and that he had lived with the deceased, but he was not married. He said when he entered the room, "What a pretty mess I have got myself into." The learned Coroner summed up, and The Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from poison, but there were causes affecting her mind. The learned Coroner then addressed Tace, and told him that he ought to feel exceedingly thankful that the deceased had not died from the effects of his brutal treatment ; if she had he would have sent him to Newgate for murder.