Inquests Reveal Murders Follies and Sudden Deaths in London
A string of coroner's inquests reports fatal incidents across Soho Pimlico and Westminster. Cases include a 22-year-old bookbinder John Wicksteed dying after convulsions linked to heavy drinking. widow Martha Fletcher dying in a police cell with no clear cause. Samuel Richard Anthony dying by prussic acid amid mental distress. and Jane Bartlett killed while cleaning a window. Also noted are a Lascar Pedro suspected in a lodging-house assault and several accidental deaths from burns and falls with strong cautions on risky domestic tasks.
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Sign of the Sun
Noelstreet
Wardour-street
Soho
Higgs
Westminster
John Wicksteed
Mary Bird
Berwick-Street
Elwin
George Wicksteed
Wicksteed
Comptonstreet
Flash Tavern
Pimlico
Martha Fletcher
Charles Fletcher
Nash
Colling’s Cottages
Francis-street
Chelsea
Grosvenorrow
Brown
Ebury-square
Wm. Fowler
Queenstreet
Wimlico
Prince of Wales
Barlow-street
Mary-le-bonne
Aly. Stirling
Samuel Richard Anthony
William Saunders
Mornington-place
Hampstead-road
Ellen Smith
Great Barlow Street
Beadle
St. Martin’s Church
Ellen Anthony
Mornington -Place
Window Cleean Inc
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Payne
Jane Bartlett
Henry Smith
Jenkinson
Kingsland Road
Holmes
Jenkison
Hall
Wentworth Srrerrt
London Hospital
William Baker
Lascar
Pedro
Wentworth-street
Joseph Gee
Thomas Adolphus Boyle
Curling
Thomas Read Calloway
Gee
Combe
King’s Arms
Eburystreet
Higes
William Draper
George Nutley
Avery Farinrow
Pimlice
Fowler
Buss
William Flynn
Pire
Masons’ Hall Tavern
Masons’alley
Basinghall Street
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Margaret Haley
William Haley
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St. Alphage Church
London-wall
Maria Staples
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