The inquest on the body of the child which had
been forced into a starch-box, and sent by carrier to a person of the name of Green, 3 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood (where no such person resides), was concluded on Tuesday by Sir John Humphreys, at the Hope Tavern, St. Luke's, without leading to any discovery, either of the identity of the child, or of the persons who disposed of the body in this way. The only new evidence of importance was that of the chemical analyst, Professor Charles M. Tidy, who had discovered traces of morphia in the child's stomach, and thought that morphia might have been in part the cause of death. There was also some evidence given by a person of the name of Green, the wife of a carman, living at St. George's-in-the-East, to the effect that she had seen such a box as was described being carried by two men on December 11th (the day when it was booked for Abbey Road) in Watney Street ; and that three weeks ago she had seen the same two men in Back Road, Shadwell, and that she knew them again, though they were dressed differently, and that they seemed to recognise her. Of what use, however, this evidence can be, except to put the men, if they really were seen by her, on their guard, it is not easy to see. The verdict was that death was due to privation, combined with a dose of morphia," but under what circumstances the morphia was gis en, there was no evidence to show.
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