The Times - The East-End Murders. lyrics

Yesterday morning Mr. S. F. Langham, the City Coroner, resumed the inquest at the mortuary in Golden-lane respecting the d**h of Catherine Eddows, otherwise Conway or Kelly, who was found murdered in Mitre-square on the morning of Sunday, the 30th nlt. During the inquiry Major Henry Smith, the Assistant Commissioner of the City Police, Mr. M'William, the inspector of the City Detective Department, Mr. Superintendent Foster, and Mr. F. W. Foster, architect and surveyoer, of Old Jewry, who produced plans of the square were present. The first witness examined was Dr. George William Sequera, of 34, Jewry-street, Aldgate, who stated that he was called on Sunday, the 30th ult., to Mitre-square, and was the first medical man to arrive, being on the scene of the murder at five minutes to 2. He saw the position of the body, and he entirely agreed, With Dr. Gordon Brown's evidence given on the opening of the inquest. By Mr. Crawford (the City Solicitor).—He was acquainted with locality and knew the position of the square where the body was found. There would have been sufficient light to enable the murderer to commit his crime without the aid of any additional light. Mr. Crawford.—Have you formed nay opinion that the murderer had any design with respect to say particular part?—I have formed the opinion that he had no particular design on any particular organ, Mr. Crawford.—Judging from the injuries inflicted, do you think he was possessed of great anatomical sk**?—No, I do not. Mr. Crawford.—Can you account for the absence of any noise?—The d**h must have been so instantaneous after the severance of the blood vessels and wind-pipe. By Mr. Crawford.—He did not think that the clothes of the a**a**in would necessarily be bespattered with blood. When witness arrived life had been extinct probably not more than a quarter of an hour, judging from the condition of the blood. Dr. William Sedgwick Saunders, of 13, Queen-street Cheapside, examined. Said he was a doctor of medicine, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, Fellow of the Chemical Society, and public an*lyst of the City of London. He received the stomach of the deceased from Dr. Gordon Brown, carefully sealed, and its contents, more particularly for poisons of a narcotic cla**, with negative results, there not being the fainted trace of any of these, or any other poison, By Mr. Crawford.—He was present during the whole of the post-mortem examination. Having had whole opportunity of seeing the wounds inflicted, he agreed with Dr. Brown and Dr. Sequeira that they were not inflicted by a person of great anatomical sk**. He equally agreed that the murderer had no particular design on any particular internal organ. Annie Phillips, living at 12, Dilston-grove, Southwark-park-road, was the next witness. She stated that she was married, and that her husband was a lamp-black packer. She was the daughter of the deceased, who had always told witness that she was married to Thomas Conway, witness's father. She had not seen him for 15 or 18 months. The last time she saw him was when he was living with witness and her husband at 15, Anchor-street, Southwark-parker. Her father was a hawker. She did not know what became of him after he left. He left without giving any particular reason for going, but he did not leave witness on very good terms. He did not say that he would never see her again. He was a teetotaller. He and her mother did not live on good terms after the latter took to drink. She had not the least idea where her father was living. He had no ill-will against the deceased, so far as witness know. She was told that her father had been in the 18th Royal Irish, He left her mother solely because of her drinking habits. He was a pensioner and had a pension since witness was a eight years old. She was now 23. It was seven or eight years ago since her father lived with her mother. Witness frequently saw her mother after they separated; her mother applied to her for money. The last time she saw her mother alive was two years and one month ago. She did not see her on the Saturday, the day previous to her d**h. Witness used to live in King-street, Bermondsey—that was about two years ago. On removing from there witness did not leave any address. She had two brothers, Conway being their father. Her mother did not know here to find either of them; the information was purposely kept from her. She supposed that that was in order to prevent her mother from applying them from money. By a juryman.—It was between 15 and 18 months ago since her father lived with witness and her husband. Her father knew at that time that her mother was living with Kelly. By Mr. Crawford.—She was not sure that her father was a pensioner of the 18th Royal Irish. It might have been the Connaught Rangers. [Mr. Crawford observed that there was a pensioner of the 18th Royal Irish named Conway, but he was not the Conway who was wanted.] The deceased last one and two months ago, when she waited upon witness in the latter's confinement. Witness had never had a letter from her mother. She had seen Kelly and her mother together in the lodging-house in Flower and Dean-street; that was about 3½ years ago. Witness knew that they lived together. Her father was living with her two brothers, but she could not say where. She could not give the slightest clue as to their whereabouts. Her brother were aged 15 and 20. Witness did not know that her mother had recently been intimate with any one besides Kelly in the lodging-house. Detective-sergeant John Mitchell (City Police), the next witness, replying to Mr. Crawford, said that he had made every effort, acting under instructions, to find the father and the brothers of the last witness, but without success. He had found a pensioner named Conway belonging to the 18th Royal Irish, but he was not identified as the Thomas Conway in question. To the CORONER.—Every endeavor possible has been made with a view to tracing the murderer. M. Crawford.—Do not go into that. I am sure that the jury believe that, and that the City Police are doing everything they can with that object. Detective Baxter Hunt (City Police), replying to Mr. Crawford, stated that seting under instructions he had discovered the pensioner Conway belonging to the 18th Royal Irish. Witness had confronted the man with two of the deceased's sisters, who had failed to recognize him as the man who used to live with the deceased. Witness had made every effort to trace the Thomas Conway and the brothers referred to, but without result. By a juryman.—The reason the daughter had not seen the man Conway, whom witness had traced, was that she had not at the time been discovered. Mr. Crawford intimated that the daughter should see the man, Witness, in reply to a juryman, stated that the Conway whom he had discovered last received his pension on the 1st inst. By Mr. Crawford,—He is quartermaster-sergeant. Dr. Gordon Brown at this point was re-called. Mr. Crawford.—The theory has been put forward that it is possible for the deceased have been taken to Mitre-square after her murder. What is your opinion about that? Dr. Brown.—I think there is no doubt on the point. The blood at the left side of the deceased was clotted, and must have flowed from her at the time of the injury to the throat. I do not believe the deceased moved in the slightest way after her throat was cut. Mr. Crawford.—You have no doubt that the murder was committed at that spot?—I feel quite sure it was. Police-constable Lewis Robinson stated that about half-past 8 o'clock on the night of the 29th ult. he was on duty in High-street, Aldgate where he saw a crowd of persons. He then saw a woman who was drunk, and who had since been recognized as the deceased. She was lying on the footway. Witness asked if any one in the crowd knew her or where she lived, but he received no answer. On the arrival of another constable they took her to Bishopsgate Police-station, where she was placed in a cell. By a juryman.—It was left to the discretion of the inspector, or acting inspector, to decide when a person who had been drunk was in a a fit condition to be discharged. By another juryman.—He visited the woman in the cell about every half-hour from five minutes to 10 o'clock until 1 o'clock. She was sleeping when he took over the prisoners. At a quarter-past 12 o'clock she was awake, and singing a song to herself. At half-past 12, when he went to her, she asked him when she was going to be let out, and he replied, "When you