INQUEST.

Evening Star, Issue 3720, 25 January 1875, Page 2

INQUEST.

An inquest was held at the Hospital at noon to-day before Mr T. M. * > ocken, coroner, on the body of Kate Hyder, who died on tue previous morning The Coroner explained that deceased was a prostitute, and that on the 14th' iust, she had been quarrel ing with a man who was, so far, unknown to the police, but who, he believed, was known to some of the witnesses, also prostitutes, and who refused to give up his name. In the course of the •quarrel the man threatened to throw the woman over the bank—a height of some feet —•if she did not desist, and he eventually did so. If the jury found that deceased died from wounds inflicted from the throw, then their verdict would be that of manslaughter ; but there were certain discrepancies, and the women being prostitutes were not trustworthy. It appeared from the post mortem examination that death resalted from inflammation of the bowels. Lottie Voung, eleven yeaisold, said that she lived with her mo her, in Clark street. On the day in question she saw a man lying on Vlrs Kyder’s doors .ep. Ryder told him to go away, whereupon he said ,he would throw her over the bank if she said anything. Dire bly after he caught her by the anus, and threw her over the bank, her head fal,’ iug against a log of wood lying at the bottom ot the bank, bhe fell and bled from the bead, the man then walked down Clark street, and Mr Wilks spoke to him. Witnesf then went for the police, and the man walked away. He was not tipsy. r lhe witness gave her evidence in a very clear and intelligent manner, several jurors commenting on the fact. Flora Carter said that deceased was a prostitute, about forty years of age. >be was a widow,, her maiden name being Cameron. Witness gave similar evidence to that of the previous witness as to the assault. The witness was taxed by the Coroner as to the man who threw Ryder over the bank, but she appeared to be very diffi dent, sayi-tg t at she had never seen him before, and knew nothing about him. Witness continued .- He was a well-built man about twenty, three years of a e. The Coroner: fhe object of this inqu ry is to prot.-ct you and others from anything of the sort. If by your silence y.iu protect others, how do yon expect to be prbtected yours. If, if a similar thing befe! you ? Witness (curdy) ; I tell you I know nothing about him. The Coroner: Have not some of your companions told you that you know the man, and are •h;eding him? Witness: Tiny have said so. He sai l he lived in Clark street. • I never saw hj m till th. night before, he then stayed with mo 1 should know him if I aw him again. I do not know any man by the name of Harry. The Coroner : If VO u are perj ir ing yourself you are doing a wrom» act in protecting a man who would do such j a °k as W tuess replied that hd had simply told the truth. Elizabeth. Charlotte Frederick and Agues i icoll were also examiu d Both swore that they had'nwer seen toe man before nor since, bub they would know him if he were brqughb forward. The latter added yesterday mo njng some words took place between Mrs Carter an > Frederick the latter gayib < to the other “You will get into it, but I will get out of it ” This referred to what cook place on January li* John Wilks said that immediately after . tifr titaurr'ttidß bb Jttmwy 14 to titw si nm \1

going down Clark street and Stepped him, saying that he had killed the-woman. The man told witness that he must be mistaken; and witness, believing that 'such might be the case, went to see Mrs Hyder, and was i old by the girl Young that the . man who h.d been speaking to him (witness) was the same as had thrown Ryder over the bank. e then told the girl to follow the man and to give him in charge to the first cont, table. Witne-s be ieved that Carter and Fiederick knew the man, and that they had said he was a married man, and that the police would be blighted with all their cleverness. [The Coroner thanked the witness for the services he had render dt> the po ice in endeavoring to trace tue offo der ] Mary inne Su ton said that the witness Frederick bad told her that the man who th’'l-w Ryder over the bank was a married man.

hj rederick was then recalled, and in answer co the i oroner aid that she never toid drs Sutton that the man was married, as she know nothing about him. The Coroner then addressing her, said that though it was oath against oath, the jury could have no doubt that she (Frederick) had committed perjury of the grossest kind.— Mrs Frederick : I tell you that I know nothing more about him than the babe that was never born. Patrick Vf VN aughton, laborer, said that Mrs Frederick had told him that deceased was a married woman.

The Coroner read a statement made by the deceased to inspector Mallard, to the effect that she r«m-. inhered haring words with Mrs Carter, but nothing about what had occurred with the man This was a very frequent thing in injuries to the head. Dr. Yates said that when deceased was admitted to the Hospital she was suffering fr m I wo contused outs on the head, and com named of pains on the left side of the ab omen. Inflammation of the bowels afterwards set in, and continued to her death yeste' lay morning. - In witness’s opinion this wa-i the cause of death. Injur, ex such as those sustained by the fall would be suffiwent to cause the inflammation. Dr Gal-land detailed the result of the post mortem examination nn.de on the body of the tioceased There was no fracture of the skull. Inflammation was the cause of death.

The jury returned a verdict of “manslaughter ” against some person unknown.