Saturday 31 May 1845 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Part 2 THIRD EDITION. ----- FRIDAY EVENING, Six o'Clock. ----- [continued] John BESWICK-I am a farmer at Kirkandrews. I saw Mr. GRAHAM on Thursday fortnight, but I can't say whether it was before he went to Grinsdale or not. I saw him about 12 o'clock. I found him at home on my return from the fields. He said he was going off a little bit. I can't use the words he used, I've forgot them. He mentioned Newcastle, but did not say on what errand. I did not ask him if he was going-he told me. I think it was in the house. This was the first time I had understood he was going. We had not breakfasted together; I generally go out to work before he gets up. I can't recollect whether I saw him the day before or not. I next saw him on the Monday night following at Grinsdale, when I went to see how his father and mother were. I can't say he had been so long absent, before I came to the place. When I saw him on the Monday night he did not tell me where he had been, or say any thing about his father's illness. I don't think we ever had any conversation about it. CORONER-I trust you understand, sir, that you are under the obligation of an oath, and will tell the truth? Witness-Yes, what is the question? CORONER-Did he say nothing? Witness-Nothing but that it was a serious job. CORONER-Has nothing been said between you and him about poison? Witness-Not till yesterday. He came and said that my man had found a parcel in an out-house. We were on the road. We had not walked to it together, but had met: he came to me from a field. CORONER-What was said, now, about it? Witness-He said he understood my man had set it about that he had found a package of poison, and asked me if I saw it. I told him I did, and that I saw it burned. He asked me if ever it had been opened out. I told him I thought not. CORONER-Well, what next? Witness-That's all. CORONER-Was anything more said about it? Witness-I don't recollect. I went to my own house. We walked down the road together. I think no one was with me. We went into the house, and remained perhaps five minutes. CORONER-Had you any conversation there? Come, sir. Witness, after some hesitation-I don't remember of any conversation. He was very much troubled, and I left him so. The housekeeper was in the house, no one else. CORONER-Was that the only time you had conversation with him yesterday? Witness-Yes, I am quite sure of that. CORONER-And no one was present at any interview between you and him except his housekeeper. Witness-Not at that time. CORONER-I say yesterday. Witness-The servant man. He was present when we met. CORONER-It would have been much more respectable if you had said so at once, and not require twenty minutes to draw it from you. Witness-We stood beside him on the road. CORONER-What was said when the man was present? Witness-I cannot recollect. CORONER-Not a word? Witness-I cannot recollect what was said. CORONER-Or part of it? Witness-No, I think not. CORONER-Were you together at any other time or in any other place that day? Witness made no reply. CORONER-This conduct of yours can only leave one impression, and that is, that you are not telling the truth. Witness-I am very sorry. CORONER-Can any one doubt that what passed would make a deep impression on your mind, especially as it was in reference to the death of an individual. Were you together afterwards? Witness-We met at dinner an hour and a half afterwards. CORONER-What became of the man when you left? Witness-He staid at his work. (After a pause;) I believe he followed us down, now when I recollect. He followed us into the house. CORONER-Then there was some one present beside the housekeeper. Witness-Yes, I believe. CORONER-You believe, sir: you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Witness here fainted, and was taken to the door. CORONER-We had better call another witness. William WEIR-I am a commercial traveller. I remember meeting Mr. John GRAHAM, of Kirkandrews, at the Wetheral Station. I got into the same train where he was, and we came to Carlisle together. We had some conversation. He enquired when I came from Carlisle, and I said by the two o'clock train. He said, "Is there anything particular?" Those were his words. I said, "there is something very particular, your father and mother are poisoned." He said, "Poisoned? poisoned?" said he, and seemed very much excited. I then observed, "When did you leave home?" He said, "I left home on Thursday." "Then," I said, "They were poisoned the same night;" not much more said till we got farther forward. He afterwards asked me whether I was going to take the 'bus, and I said I did not know till I got to the terminus. I left him without speaking to him. When I told him his father had been poisoned, he seemed very uneasy, and shuffled a great deal on his seat. From the way he answered, I thought he had not heard before of their illness. Nothing more was said. I did not see any one meet him. I next saw him on the steps of TEASDALE's inn, alone: I was in the 'bus. William CANNELL-I am a saddler in Carlisle. Mrs. CANNELL is daughter to the late Mr. GRAHAM. In consequence of what I heard Mrs. CANNELL and I went to Grinsdale this day fortnight-the day after they had become ill. They were both sick, the old man worse of the two. I can't say whether he complained of a pain in the stomach, but I think he did. Mary ANDREW, Mrs. Sibson GRAHAM, and may be some other persons were in the house when we went. The old man did not suspect poisoning. They both seemed very ill, and I wished to send for a doctor, but deceased would not allow me, as he said it would cause a great deal of talk as it had done before. Mary ANDREW, Mrs. CANNELL and I had some supper that night. My wife brought out the bread and placed it on the table. There was a cake. Mrs. CANNELL placed it upon the table. Mrs. CANNELL and Mary ANDREW ate of this cake. I did not. I had a crust cut off a loaf of bread. We all ate cheese, and all drank the bottled ale. I was not at all ill, but my wife was. She became ill not long after we went to bed; perhaps half an hour after we had supper. She complained of being sick, and I thought it might be from excitement. She became worse and vomited. She complained of a pain in her stomach, and of general illness. She was ill all night, and was not well again until Sunday morning. I took possession of one of the cakes. I got it in the house. I either lifted it from the table or took it from an adjoining room. It was either the same cake which my wife and Miss ANDREW had eaten from, or another resembling it in appearance. I have no doubt it was the same cake they ate from. There was no other cut into as it was. I gave the cake to you. I saw no more cakes of the same kind. Mrs. GRAHAM and her husband had gone to bed when we were supping. In the morning when I saw him, I told him I thought there had been poison in the cakes. He said, "do you think so," or something like that. I told him my reason, that my wife and Mary ANDREW had been ill, and I had not; and he said it looked very badly. I was examining the cake, and he asked me if I thought I could make anything of it. I said if there was anything in it I thought we could find it out. I was married when the potato pot was eaten, and got a letter from Sibson GRAHAM to send Mr. ANDERSON. I sent him down along with my wife and Dr. DALTON. When I took the loaf I had no suspicion of poison-it was merely from choice. I have had a little conversation with Mr. GRAHAM about the matter. He said he understood he was a good deal talked about in connection with the affair, but that he was innocent, and did not dread inquiry, or something to that effect. The remainder of the inquiry in a Fourth Edition.