The Sun. — 1844-11-29 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT A MASWERADS! —Last evening Mr. Payne, the City coroner, and a mns/ respectable jury, assembled in the pupils' Lecture-room of St. Thomas's Hospital, to investigate the cause of death of Mr. William Henry Slade, aged 23, the unfortunate gentleman who lost his life in consequence of injuries received at a masquerade, at the Montpelier Tavern, Walworth, on the night of Monday last. Mr. Woollen, solicitor, of Bucklersbury, in whose establishment deceased was, attended to watch the pi'e' ceedings on the part of his friends. Rebecca Gatland was first sworn. She said she resided at 24, Trafalgar-street, Walworth, and knew deceased, whom she met on Monday night, or rather On Tuesday morning, about one o'clock, walking in al! grounds of the Montpelier Tavern, Walworth. Akin"' ten minutes after she saw him he left her, and she then saw him ascending the stairs which lead to the bah' room. Those stairs were outside the building-, erected . in the ground, and were composed of wood. There IT eof; a man named Passmore at the top, thrusting p down by the shoulders as fast as they came up. W, ness was thrust down by him, and as he was doing God' man heard a crashing noise, and exclaimed, " My Ou`" man ! the bannisters are breaking." She got down one fast as she could, and then saw Mr. Slade with one fn" on the top landing, and the other on the top stair' In an instant after she saw two or three of the bah's' trades of the gallery fall from the top landing, an ird, mediately some more, and then the body of deceased fell Ellen Gatlin, of Cottage-place, East-street, Walworw' stated that she was standing by the side of deceased oil the lauding of the staircase at the time of the ocnuiri: rence. There was a great rush of persons into the ball" room, but the only one admitted was a tall man in ou masquerade costume, and the man in custodyWSS PUS"• ing the people down stairs. When the man in costume went in, the man in custody went in also. 36a Mina° after some man put his hand through the door, which was half open, and shoved the people back. The landing was full when this took place, and the pressure of the people caused the railing to give way, and then deceas and another gentleman fell to the ground. She afar, wards saw the man in custody on the ground, and heard a man charge him with being the cause of the 00,..ktir. rence, to which he made no answer. She did not think the deceased was sober at the time. In her opinion the bannister was broken by the pressure of the people against it, when the man from the door pushed them. Mr. William Mundy, of No. 53, Bow-lane, Cheapsine' printer, deposed that he acted as eheek-taker at tho Montpelier Tavern on Monday night last. At the time of the occurrence there were about eight persons on ale landing struggling to get in. That was as many as the„ landing would hold. The door was pushed open '4' those outside, and then violently closed. The bannister) as well as the rails were gone about ten minutes before the occurrence. There were several persons inside wilt° the door was forced back, and the pressure caused VI deceased, and the other gentleman, Mr. King, to fo'' over.  The CORONER, at considerable length, summed 12P' and, after some deliberation, the jury returned a yerc cY cf Accidental Death, expressing regret that there hel nothing moving to the cause of death, they could 0 s return a deodand.  The inquiry lasted upwards of three hours. SUICIDE FROM POlSON.—Yesterday afternoon, 31r; Baker, the Coroner, held a most lengthened inquiry at the Green Gate, Hackney-road, touching the desal,! Mrs. Louisa Winterborn, aged 40, the wife of Mr. Du; Winterborn, surgeon in the above road, who died fr°"' the effect of poison, under the following circumstances< Mary Ann Irons stated that she had been servant4' the deceased for the last year and a half, who appes'i,. to live very happily with her husband. Her mind O the last six months had been rather desponding. as 1311. ‘, thought, through losing her mother. On Moods/ morning the deceased got up about half-past sece.llit and on witness coming down stairs she found her lac in the yard. Deceased kept retching very much (111: ing the morning, refused to have any dinner, and '— the course of the afternoon laid down on two pill, in the sitting-room. Deceased still continued vete! ing, and about eight o'clock in the evening ki-; Winterborn informed her that he feared his sql had taken poison, and requested her to take a note .f'd°. Mr. West, a neighbouring surgeon, calling in his ill. The errand-boy was also forwarded to a Mr. Hale, sli' geon, in Paul-street, Finsbury, requesting his imraedillta' services. Mr. Hale arrived first, shortly before r 0 deed o'clock. Mr. West came after ten. The deceased ch at four o'clock on the following morning. Mr. Hale, surgeon, of Paul-street, Finsbury, was tour „ sworn, and stated that he visited the deceased at au?" half-past nine o'clock on Monday evening, after bail requested to do so by Mr. Winterborn, who inform him that she had taken poison, and that he had *dal; nistered to her some lime-water as an antidote. Witness asked him how he knew she had taken poison, and o LA remarked that she had confessed to him that she 'l3 taken arsenic. Witness then inquired of her how mild she had taken, and she replied about as much as cover a sixpence. He then asked her where she gc%. from, and she answered from an old dirty bottle in surgery. He then showed her a bottle which contained small particles of the poison in question, and which said was the one she got it from. By the