[Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday 8 Jan 1888]
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at the Richmond vestry hall, on Monday, touching the death of Leonora Barnaby, aged 19 years, parlourmaid in the service of Captain Walter Redmond, at 30, Trebovir-road, Kensington, and who was found drowned in the Thames at Richmond on the previous Friday. - Leonora Barnaby, wife of a miller, living at 7, Clara-cottages, Heartland-road, Isleworth, stated that the deceased, who was her daughter, had always had good health, but was rather eccentric and very excitable. She used to walk in her sleep and some time ago tried to get out of a window. She was out of a situation for six weeks until Dec. 15, when she went to Mrs. Redmond's. On the 18t she wrote witness a peculiaar letter, saying she liked her place, but was afraid the work was too much for her. When she had been there a week, witness received a letter from Mrs. Redmond, stating that the deceased was coming home, but she never arrived. Next morning witness went to Trebovir-road, and the lady told her that her daughter had been very strange, and she was obliged to give her notice to leave. Before she left she said she would not go home, but would rather go into lodgings until she got another situation. Mrs. Redmond added that she told the girl to wait and her young master would take her to the railway station, but she soon after slipped out of the house while the family were at dinner. - George Platt, a waterman, deposed that he found the body in the Thames, near Glover's Island, at a quarter-past eight on Friday morning. She was fully dressed, with the exception of a hat, but no money or other property in her pocket. It was low tide at the time. - Mrs. Barnaby, recalled, said she could not understand how her daughter got to Richmond. She had one or two friends there, but she had not called upon them. - Dr. Matthew Gardiner, of Kingston, deposed that he examined the body and found the usual appearances after suffocation by drowning. The body had not been in the water more than 24 hours. - The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned, but how the deceased got in the water there is no evidence to show."
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at the Richmond vestry hall, on Monday, touching the death of Leonora Barnaby, aged 19 years, parlourmaid in the service of Captain Walter Redmond, at 30, Trebovir-road, Kensington, and who was found drowned in the Thames at Richmond on the previous Friday. - Leonora Barnaby, wife of a miller, living at 7, Clara-cottages, Heartland-road, Isleworth, stated that the deceased, who was her daughter, had always had good health, but was rather eccentric and very excitable. She used to walk in her sleep and some time ago tried to get out of a window. She was out of a situation for six weeks until Dec. 15, when she went to Mrs. Redmond's. On the 18t she wrote witness a peculiaar letter, saying she liked her place, but was afraid the work was too much for her. When she had been there a week, witness received a letter from Mrs. Redmond, stating that the deceased was coming home, but she never arrived. Next morning witness went to Trebovir-road, and the lady told her that her daughter had been very strange, and she was obliged to give her notice to leave. Before she left she said she would not go home, but would rather go into lodgings until she got another situation. Mrs. Redmond added that she told the girl to wait and her young master would take her to the railway station, but she soon after slipped out of the house while the family were at dinner. - George Platt, a waterman, deposed that he found the body in the Thames, near Glover's Island, at a quarter-past eight on Friday morning. She was fully dressed, with the exception of a hat, but no money or other property in her pocket. It was low tide at the time. - Mrs. Barnaby, recalled, said she could not understand how her daughter got to Richmond. She had one or two friends there, but she had not called upon them. - Dr. Matthew Gardiner, of Kingston, deposed that he examined the body and found the usual appearances after suffocation by drowning. The body had not been in the water more than 24 hours. - The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned, but how the deceased got in the water there is no evidence to show."
[Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday 8 Jan 1888]
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at the Richmond vestry hall, on Monday, touching the death of Leonora Barnaby, aged 19 years, parlourmaid in the service of Captain Walter Redmond, at 30, Trebovir-road, Kensington, and who was found drowned in the Thames at Richmond on the previous Friday. - Leonora Barnaby, wife of a miller, living at 7, Clara-cottages, Heartland-road, Isleworth, stated that the deceased, who was her daughter, had always had good health, but was rather eccentric and very excitable. She used to walk in her sleep and some time ago tried to get out of a window. She was out of a situation for six weeks until Dec. 15, when she went to Mrs. Redmond's. On the 18t she wrote witness a peculiaar letter, saying she liked her place, but was afraid the work was too much for her. When she had been there a week, witness received a letter from Mrs. Redmond, stating that the deceased was coming home, but she never arrived. Next morning witness went to Trebovir-road, and the lady told her that her daughter had been very strange, and she was obliged to give her notice to leave. Before she left she said she would not go home, but would rather go into lodgings until she got another situation. Mrs. Redmond added that she told the girl to wait and her young master would take her to the railway station, but she soon after slipped out of the house while the family were at dinner. - George Platt, a waterman, deposed that he found the body in the Thames, near Glover's Island, at a quarter-past eight on Friday morning. She was fully dressed, with the exception of a hat, but no money or other property in her pocket. It was low tide at the time. - Mrs. Barnaby, recalled, said she could not understand how her daughter got to Richmond. She had one or two friends there, but she had not called upon them. - Dr. Matthew Gardiner, of Kingston, deposed that he examined the body and found the usual appearances after suffocation by drowning. The body had not been in the water more than 24 hours. - The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned, but how the deceased got in the water there is no evidence to show."
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an inquiry at the Richmond vestry hall, on Monday, touching the death of Leonora Barnaby, aged 19 years, parlourmaid in the service of Captain Walter Redmond, at 30, Trebovir-road, Kensington, and who was found drowned in the Thames at Richmond on the previous Friday. - Leonora Barnaby, wife of a miller, living at 7, Clara-cottages, Heartland-road, Isleworth, stated that the deceased, who was her daughter, had always had good health, but was rather eccentric and very excitable. She used to walk in her sleep and some time ago tried to get out of a window. She was out of a situation for six weeks until Dec. 15, when she went to Mrs. Redmond's. On the 18t she wrote witness a peculiaar letter, saying she liked her place, but was afraid the work was too much for her. When she had been there a week, witness received a letter from Mrs. Redmond, stating that the deceased was coming home, but she never arrived. Next morning witness went to Trebovir-road, and the lady told her that her daughter had been very strange, and she was obliged to give her notice to leave. Before she left she said she would not go home, but would rather go into lodgings until she got another situation. Mrs. Redmond added that she told the girl to wait and her young master would take her to the railway station, but she soon after slipped out of the house while the family were at dinner. - George Platt, a waterman, deposed that he found the body in the Thames, near Glover's Island, at a quarter-past eight on Friday morning. She was fully dressed, with the exception of a hat, but no money or other property in her pocket. It was low tide at the time. - Mrs. Barnaby, recalled, said she could not understand how her daughter got to Richmond. She had one or two friends there, but she had not called upon them. - Dr. Matthew Gardiner, of Kingston, deposed that he examined the body and found the usual appearances after suffocation by drowning. The body had not been in the water more than 24 hours. - The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned, but how the deceased got in the water there is no evidence to show."
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