Newcastle and Gateshead newspapers have been sent to us, with
the evidence given at the adjourned inquest on the body of Joseph Millie, murdered in the Neweastk- Savings Bank. and the verdict of the Jury The principal witnesses were surgeons. who 11:1,1 examined the wounds to: the body of Archibald 1301:110. mid which lie said were inflicted by 1!■-• Man who assaulted him in tie. 1,:mk, after having murdered Millie. The wounds were described as merely " cuticular—just going through the shin,- and several of them (lid not correspond with the cuts in the clothes. Mr. John Baird said- - If Bolan, had !welt struck per-on Ash], a sharp instrument, it would - If Bolan, had !welt struck per-on Ash], a sharp instrument, it would
not hare ca 'Heti •0 tartrks ; would only haye been one wound. and it
bat, i.t•eit :t much 'hap, ,nuke such a wound as I saw. would. !tare required as many 'maim, of Ow hand as there are marks. 1 examined. the issat, waistcoat. shirt, and flaunt.) -hill whielt Mr. Bolam had on, and cons- pared the marks in those with the scratches On his hotly. 11 inn obliged, from the examination of his clothes. to 011ie to the conclusion that the marks on his body had not been given u trough his clothes. My reasons for thinking so are, that the holes in the wai-teoat, shirt, and flannel shirt, are of a jagged square fOr111. There are other ruts MI the clothes shown to me as Butanes, which Inns? have liven made by a very sharp instrument—they are entirely un- like the other cuts. I think, ris fir as I can judge, the scratches on the body correspond with the jagged cut in the clothes. There are several other cuts on the coat, but I do not find any other marks on the body corresponding with those cuts."
There was a cut in front of the collar which Bohm wore ; in reference to which, the same witness said- " That cut must have required some force to have made it, it being cut through whalebone. There was no corresponding mark on Bolam's neck to such a cut as appeared on the stock. The inside of the stock is much stained with blood, but the outside of it is nearly clean, being very little stained. I have also examined the silk handkerchief, which I am told was over the stock which Bolan bad on. That handkerchief is much stained with blood, both on the outside and on the inside. Had that handkerchief !wen over the stock at the time the neck was cut, 1 think the stock would have been nowt more stained with blood on the outside than it is. The cuts on the handkerchief correspond iu point of situation with the cuts on the stock, but they are more numerous."
The surgeons gave contradictory evidence as to the effect of the blow which Bohm said he had received. Mr. Baird said that he could not have remained insensible for several hours, (according to Bolam's ac- count,) and then recovered ; and Mr. Nesham thought that he could not have been labouring under depression of the brain : but Mr. Glen-
ton said his senses might ". come and go.- and he saw marks on the temple which might have been front a blow that would have rendered him insensible for several hours.
From the evidence of other witnesses, it appeared that an attempt had been made to wash out stains of blood from the right cuff of
Bolam's coat, and two towels and a piece of paper were produced front the drawer of the wash-stand : the former were stained with blood, and upon the paper were marks of bloody fingers.
There was no known deficiency in Bolam's accounts ; but three re- cent ledgers had been taken from the bank-safe and burnt ; and three memorandum-books, partially burnt and stained with blood, were found among the rubbish of the fire. Bolan) has been sixteen years in the bank, and always maintained an excellent character. He had been " uncommonly kind to Millie." One of the witnesses had sworn that he found the door of the room, in which Millie and Bolan lay, locked; but Mr. Armstrong, Cashier, stated positively that it was wide open.
The Coroner, on summing up, directed the particular attention of the Jury to the evidence respecting the cuts, and its discrepancy with Bolam's statement- " You will have to say whether or not the statement put forward by Bohm
is altogether founded in falsehood. If from a careful consideration of the evi- dence before you, and from your own inspection of the dress which was found upon Bolam, you are satisfied that the marks upon the body were not inflicted by a sharp instrument—if you arc satisfied that he himself made those wounds—you will have no difficulty in coming to a conclusion upon the sub- ject."
The Jury deliberated for half an hour, and then returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Archibald Bolam." Signs of approbation were manifested by the people in court, but were suppressed by the Coroner. When the verdict was communicated to Bolam, he said nothing, but his countenance exhibited extreme agony. He scarcely speaks a word to anybody. A subscription has been set on foot for Millie's four children by the savings Bank Directors.
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