To the Wheatsheaf he did repair,
Then homewards went, as we may read,
For to commit this horrid deed.
To the police he did a letter send,
That he was about this life to end,
And that he had poisoned, he did declare
His wife, and his six children dear.
To Hosier Lane in haste they flew,
And found it was alas, too true,
They found him stretched upon the bed,