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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 440, 22 November 1866, Page 3

Shocking Death. — Cohonbb’s Inquest. —We take the following painful case from the Sydney Morning Herald, 29 th October:—An inquiry was held before the City Coroner on Saturday at the Star of Peace Hotel, coroner of King and Kent streets, respecting the death of a man, named John Logan, aged 36 years, a cooper. Isabella Logan, wife of deceased, stated that she resided at 313, Kent-street, Sydney; her husband was a native of the colony, and she had been married to him about twelve years ; between 11 and 12 o’clock on Friday morning she was at home scrubbing her bedroom, when her husband came home from work; he said to her in a cross and escited manner. “Itis a nioo time, to be scrubbing—l want ray dinner, it is after one o’clock; ” she told him it was not twelve o’clock j he then went into the front room and commenced beating the baby, aged 1 year and 10 months ; she. followed him, and held him while the child ran away ; he then went into the yard and into the kitchen which was in the yard : she followed him, but did not remain in the kitchen a minute before she returned to the house; as he was entering the house she closed the door for the purpose of pacifying him, believing he would return to his work ; deceased had liquor in him at the time, and when he was in that state he was in the habit of occasionally breaking the things in the house ; dreading he would smash the things on this occasion she closed the door; he placed his hands against it, but did not attempt to force it open ; nor did he demand the door to bo opened, or make any remark about its being closed; after closing the door in his face she heard him go round to the back of the house; there is no back door to the house; she heard him go round to the front again, and immediately afterwards she heard a noise like the breaking of glass in the front room where she was sitting, and heard her husband say, “ Take that; ” she then heard a noise like water falling; she thought it was water, and did not go to the window; two or three minutes afterwards she heard her husband calling out to a young man next door, “Jack, Jack, come to me, or I’ll fall j” upon hearing that she immediately opened the door and went out; she then saw her husband standing between the broken window and the front door; blood was pouring from his right arm, and ho was endeavoring to fold a cloth round it; and the cloth was in the kitchen a short time before; she immediately sent off for a doctor.; she caught her husband in her arms, and sat down on a block in the yard, and held him up; he had lost a good deal of blood then, and never spoke afterwards; his face was quite cold ; the doctor arrived in about twenty minutes ; the window that he broke was down and fastened at the time; there are one or two spots of blood on the window sill, and a great deal of blood under the window; on Thursday last he went to Middle Harbor, and returned about 8 o’clock in the evening slightly under the influence of drink; he went out again, and returned about 10 o’clock in the same state; the next morning he got up and went to work as usual; when under the influence of drink he was quarrelsome, but never beat her. William Imber, residing next door to deceased, stated that about 12 o’clock on Friday, whilst at work, ho heard his wife exclaim that Logan was bleeding to death; he and his son went into Logan’s yard and saw him reclining in the arms of Mrs Logan, who was seated on a log, with a great quantity of blood about the ground; Logan was then insensible, and, by direction of the doctor, who soon afterwards came, he assisted to carry him into the house. Dr S. A. Wilke saw deceased about half-past 12 o’clock; deceased was then either dead or dying; he employed reviving remedies, such as ammonia and the electric battery, but failed to excite respiration ; deceased died in a fainting flt through rapid and excessive loss of blood; at the elbow of (he right arm he found a wound extending down to the bone; the principal artery was divid ;d ; a man sending Ms arm through a pane of glass would cause feuch a wound. Verdict—,c Died from the effects of a wound on his right arm, inflicted by the deceased forcing his arm through -« pane of glass whilst' laboring under temporary excitement.”