Inquest, 6th October 1904
INQUEST.—An inquest was held at the Angel Inn, Desborough, on
Thursday morning by Mr. J. Cairns Parker, deputy coroner, to inquire
into the death of Alice Hester Hornsby, who died on Wednesday morning.
—Minnie Hester Hornsby, 27, Union-street, Desborough, the wife of
Frederick Levi Hornsby, clicker, said the body was that of her daughter,
aged four months. On Tuesday night she went to bed at ten o'clock, and
took the deceased with her. She seemed very poorly that evening and
coughed a good deal. She had been very delicate since birth, and had
been attended by the doctor. The deceased was lying on her right arm on
the outside of the bed. Witness woke up at 6:30 next morning and found
the child was dead.
—Frederick Levi Hornsby, father of the deceased, corroborated the
evidence of his wife.
—Dr. Gibbins said deceased was a very delicate child. He was of the
opinion from his examination that death was due to convulsions, which
were caused by the stomach and intestine troubles.
The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes."
Northampton Mercury,
Friday 07 October 1904