CORONER'S INQUEST.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 11 January 1890, Page 2

CORONER'S INQUEST.

(.Continued.) Dr Greesey, examinod by Mr Gobp; Was my manner ether than might have been expeoted from one disgusted at finding his wita again drunk? Witness: Your manner was that of a man who bad borne much, and you did not seem to appreciate the gruvity of the cass. You treated us as though we were intruding needlessly. Mr Goss: When I said I might have done it, I was excited, Dr Locking, who assisted at the poit mortem, gave evidenoe corroborative of that of Dr Cressey, To Mr Goss: I bad no reason to suppose that lhe blow brought about death, but it might have done so. To the foreman: The brain was in snoh a diseased state lhat apoplexy must have oo* < curred sooner or later withont any exciting ! cans3. To Mr Fell: The excrement might .have interfered with the bre&tbing, and so have shortened life. To Mr Goss: There i'b no evidenca that it shortened life, but if it obstructed tha breathing it would do so. This concluded the evidence, and Mr Goss, in reply to the Coroner, said thafc he had no statement to make. The Coroner said there was evidenoe of there haviog been drinking, bub not of any quarrel, and the two visitors bad left Gobs and his wife alone. The condition of the woman's dress when found was described by Constable fCelly, bnt wes unaccounted for. The beaßtly plastering of the mouth, it wbb thonght by Dr Cressey, might have accelerated death by a few hours, bnt.it appeared tbat, even without it, the woman could not bave lived long. Of who. did it there was no t videace except that of Goes, who said ha might have dona it. There waa evidently not the smallest evidence of felonious and malicious killing. Then they would have to consider whether there had been, killing without malice. Death, tbey were told, was caneed by apoplexy, ibe blow that had left its mark nob b.ing sufficient to cause death. Tho -nccelerating. death was not an offenoe the Court eonld deal with, bub tbat mast go to another Court, Thore was something of myetery about tho oovering the body with a sack whioh wanted clearing up, The jury retired at five o'olook, and at half-past the foreman returned to Court and asked if tbe verdiot must be unanimous, and wus told it must, Half an hour later they returned with a verdiot that the cause of death was apoplexy, and in the oph/iou of the jury it was aooelei rated througo. the brutal usage and ill treatment the deceased was subjeo;ei to. The London correspondent of the Press writes :— The great Phineas T. Barnum is with us, and a very important figure he is. To judge from the way he has been received here, he might be a triumphant deliverer of nations. Even Buffalo Bill's glory pales in the brilliancy of Phineae T. Barnum's. Lord Bosebery, who, I am informed, is an old friend of the Bhowman's, called on him when he just arrived, and society seems to have taken its cue from his lordship. A banquet of welcome was forthwith arranged, and came off on Friday last at the hotel Victoria, the Earl of Kilmorey being in the chair. A Ust of the guests or hosts shows a magnificent cosmopolitanism, all ranks joining hands to do honour to the ancient hero, who has run a gigantio show bo much to his own profit. Letters of apology, forsooth, were received from Lord Rusebery, L>rd Latham, Lord R Oaurohill, and Mr Giaustone. Mr Sala, whose after-dmner oratory is well known, nnd always allußive, proposed the health of Mr Barnum in a speeoh whioh reeked of learning. There were references to Julius C»iar. Napoleon Bonaparte, and Alexander the Great— quite in the best style of tne Dailv Telegraph articles. Mr Sala oompared Mr iJ_r_um to all these, aud found them want* mg, for their shows were tbe Bheddiug of blood— explained Mr Sala with thau touching pabbos he is suoh a master of— and war with all its horror and misery, while Mr Barnum'a shows had been eminently pacific and in« Btrnctivs. It is something,' of course, to have gaz=d upon the f attest woman in the world, or the bearded lady, cr the spotted boy, or the skeleton dude, or to have watched a young woman turning Bomersaultß in pet. tiooa_e au naturel, or a bear walking arm ia arm wuh a man, or trained fleas, or pigmies, or Texan giame, or Btuffvd elephants, or tho übousand and oue items of the great Olympio festival. Aud this truth Mr Saia witn bi 9 delightful acumen saw j},t_d laid l0 ltx l company, iwhioh applauded his common sense aua eatnusiasm. Meanwhile ttioso among us wto desire to see Barnum and die cau ao so for 2*, provided t_ey seonre tea (8 in adva-o. at Uiympia ; for the plaoa is crowded daily and nigbtly, and bids fair to be a uuga suocess. It is qaita worth eetiug. thougn too much goes on at a time to please met At the Hanover Pioture -Gallery, i n New B-nd-atreet, London, there is now to be seen a beautiful and valuable model of the E ff al Tower, set with diamonds of great value and beauty. The framework ia of silver, with « ' gold baoking, and the entire model is Z metre in height, lhe diamonds are nil Brazilian, of tha fineßt order, and moßtlv nf large isue, many weighing aa muoh a / B g carats. All the details of the Tower Zl accurately and chaßtely worked out _h„ tend mt lamps of the balconies boine- r^n™seated by pearls, of which also tWara many to.vs and decorations in the interior of tuo Tower. In all there are ov*r 40,0(5 dia! moads, of the to:al value of over £120 ono h is said that 13,500 hours of work were Mitf» growing, fie is of opi^n^i^T'' wbioh nas attended tne labours of S° MM previously appointed in da S„ **££%• tu.e and entomology, and exists for their services, inoiifiln ?• -" extending the system toVh *»* in Perhaps Shen Mr D™ w has^u J?""**" I to work in Victoria, be wSnSSi?^?* tour of the other colonies mSSSSL 1 "^ 8 , a of lecture on «%« JS 3 nl 8 ? 98 j Patents.'' * °* ? nbbl °fif • i Mr G, A. Thome, a biovoh'at h nH m_» journey of 500 milesifim Sale i5 $$*■* fortnight. He rode a Singer safX ? i7 in , a and did not meet wiS J affS? %?l 6l9 > throughout the journe^althoSL-hS 1^ negotiate numberless obstacles 8 in ? h et t0 of branches and fallen trees which 1™ * Way the track, The bridle tracks So fo or ,Sf fl moss part of hard sun'aoe, wTMkZif* - «ding 0 n f -