Saturday 21 Jun 1845 (p. 3, col. 2-3) Part 1 ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR. GRAHAM, OF GRINSDALE. ----- At the conclusion of the inquest on Mrs. GRAHAM, the Court adjourned for a quarter of an hour. On the return of the Jury, the Coroner proceeded with the adjourned inquest on the body of John GRAHAM, of Grinsdale. The first witness called was- Sarah SAUL-I am a widow, and keep the Crown Inn at Haltwhistle. I remember John GRAHAM, of Kirkandrews, coming to my house on the 8th of May, the last hiring. He was accompanied by a female. They had breakfast, and staid at our house about three hours and a half. She left first, and he followed three or four paces behind. I saw him again on Saturday night, the 17th May, after ten o'clock. He did not say where he had been. He asked for a glass of brandy, saying he was much fatigued, and after sitting about ten minutes he went to bed. I next saw him in the morning. He rose about eight o'clock. He had breakfast, and walked about in the garden a little. He said he was going to Haydon Bridge. He left the house, and returned some time afterwards; he said he had missed the train. He staid till the Monday afternoon. He was at my house all the time, and was only out at intervals of ten minutes and a quarter of an hour. Sometimes he went down street, and sometimes towards the station. He seemed very dull, and rather restless. He did not attempt to go by the evening train to Haydon Bridge; he never named it. He mentioned no other place than Haydon Bridge. On the Monday morning he said he was going. He went towards the train, and returned without giving any reason why he did not go. He left our house a little before three in the afternoon. He made no allusion to keeping cows. As far as I can judge he had no business whatever in Haltwhistle. He made no allusion to his family. I saw Margaret RICKERBY in this room to day. She is the woman who was with him. John GRAHAM said he knew my father as well as he knew his own father. I said probably he might, as my father was well known in Carlisle. He said probably you think I come from Carlisle? I said I think you do. I was then called away, and left the room. He never said anything to me about taking land. Nathaniel WEDDLE-I am a guard upon the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. On the 15th of May John GRAHAM went from Carlisle with me, by the two o'clock train. I was in and out of the carriage two or three times as he went; but it was full before we got to Newcastle, and I did not see him afterwards. On the following Saturday about half past seven o'clock, I met him going towards the station at Newcastle, with his top coat on and his carpet bag in his hand. We stopped and talked. I asked him if he was going home, and he said no, he was going to stop with his friend Mrs. ORD over the Sunday. I said I thought he did not know the way, and I offered to show it to him, but he said he knew it perfectly well. While we were speaking Mr. WRIGHT, spirit merchant, came up, and they shook hands. We all went to a public house and had a glass together. In the course of conversation John GRAHAM said he was going to London, and he thought he would be residing there altogether, but before he stopped altogether he would be down at home again in June. Mr. WRIGHT told him that would just be the time he would be off his journey, and he would be glad to see him. Mr. WRIGHT looked at his watch, and, as it was just twenty minutes to eight, he left, as he had just time to catch the last train. John and I sat five minutes longer, and we then left. I then set him into the Forth, where I left him, perhaps three hundrd [sic] yards from the place where he had to go to. I went into the town. I was not returning to Carlisle that night. The last train leaves for Carlisle at eight o'clock. I did not see him afterwards. I met him in Westgate Street, about half a mile from the station. He might have time to call on his friends and then go to the station, but scarcely. He did not call. I asked Mrs. ORD and she said he did not. We had no conversation about his friends at home. I have known John GRAHAM ever since I came to Carlisle-for six years I should think. I thought lately that he was much quieter than he had been formerly. Mark CARR-I am clerk at Haltwhistle Station. I did not see John GRAHAM on Saturday, the 17th of May. I saw him on the Sunday. He came to the station about 25 minutes past ten in the morning-about ten minutes after the train had passed. He asked me if the train had gone. I said it was. He then asked the fare to Rose Hill, and I told him. Rose Hill is five miles and a quarter west of Haltwhistle. He said no more, but went away. I told him the time of starting. He came down again about nine o'clock on Monday morning. The train going east had just passed, and he asked if it was gone. He asked if any body had got out. He waited for the train from the East: when it stopped he went out and spoke to Bryan BURN. He then left the station house, but returned before eleven. I asked him if he was going by the train to Carlisle at half-past eleven. He said he expected to meet a person from the West. This conversation took place in the office. He sometimes went out and walked in the yard, and at other times was in the room before the train came up. He might wait three quarters of an hour, and then, before the train came up, he came into the station house. He was in when it arrived. When it stopped he asked me if I saw any one get off. I told him I didn't see any one particular; I was busy while the train was there, and did not take particular notice. He left the office, and came again in the afternoon, bringing his carpet bag-it might be soon after two o'clock. He was about the station till the train came from the West. It is due at a quarter-past three. He sometimes sat, and sometimes walked about till the train was within sight. He then came into the office, and asked if I saw any one getting off. A person who was sitting in the office, and who was looking more than I was, said a gentleman had got off. Mr. GRAHAM looked out of the window and saw him leaving the station yard. John GRAHAM did not say anything, but came to me and asked for a ticket for Haydon Bridge, which I gave him. He then went and got into the carriage. When the guard came in-Bryan BURN-I asked him who the man was, and he said it was John GRAHAM, of Kirkandrews. He said his father was very ill, and he had to go home immediately. I went at his request and told John GRAHAM, who got off and came and spoke to Bryan BURN, who told him he was to go home immediately, as his father was dying. He then went and took his carpet bag out of the train, and got his ticket changed for one for Carlisle. When the train was gone he asked if the guard had said any thing more than what I told him. I said no; I had told him all Bryan BURN had said. He then asked if I thought his father was dead. He said, "what an uncertain thing life is! you see my father was quite well before I left." I thought from his manner that he was insolvent, and was afraid of some person following him. Only four trains had gone East that morning. John BESWICK was next called. After he was sworn, The CORONER said-If you prefer making a statement without being questioned, we shall be glad to hear what you have to say: if not, I will examine you. State all that you know; that is all we require. Did you serve your apprenticeship as a farmer with Mr. GRAHAM?-Yes. When did you leave him?-A year-and-a-half ago. Tell us all you know about the packet of poison.-MITCHELL said there was a parcel in the turnip house, and he went and brought it, he then tore the paper off and burned it. He tore it?-The housekeeper did, and put it in the fire. CORONER-Now do be careful; there is a wide difference between him and the housekeeper. Did she take it from him?-I can't say whether she took it from him, or he gave it to her. Had you ever it in your hand?-No, not the parcel. Did you examine it?-I had hold of a bit of the paper that was about it. Did you read it?-Yes. What had it upon it?-I think it had "Flower of" something on it,-I can't recollect what, and also "Poison for rats," with directions for using it. Can you remember any of the conversation that passed at the time of Mr. GRAHAM's death, about the finding of the parcel?-On the Thursday John GRAHAM came and told me my man had told about the parcel in different lights, and we went down the road together and called on BAINBRIDGE. (Witness then repeated the fact of their interviews with MITCHELL and BAINBRIDGE, described in his former evidence. Nothing new or important was elicited.) [to be continued]