The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-03 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1885.

An inquest was held at the Kidderminster Police
Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. H. Docker, district
coroner, touching the death of Joseph Monday.
The deceased, Monday, had been under remand
from week to week fer the last two months on a
charge of attempting to murder a woman named
Marry Ann Bishop, whose life for some time hung
on a meee thread. She has of late made such
progress towards recovery that she was to have
been brought from the infirmary on Monday to
give evidence against him, but for his taking
away his own life, Mr. Bagster, who had been re-
taine3 to defend the prisoner, was present at the
inquest.
P.C. Hill said he visited the deceased end other
prisoners at the police cells on Saturday night at
11 25 and asked deceased how he was. Prisoner
said he was all right, but it seemed strange that
Mr Bagster did not come to see him, as be had a
lot oF. writing for him. Witness told him that Mr.
Bag ter would be with him on Monday, and it
would be all right. A short time after he heard
the cell bell ringing, and he went down. John
Lines, one of the other prisoners, cried out that
there was something the matter with Monday, and
on entering his cell he found Monday on his side
on the bed making a very curious noise. On going
Up to him he saw he was bleeding. The man was
in a dying state. He at once let the other three
prisoners out of their cells, and asked them to see
to him while he went for a surgeon. Mr. D. Corbet
came at once, but when he arrived Monday was
dead. He searched the cell, and found a small
one-bladed pocket-knife near the deceased. It was
covered with blood.
John Lines, a prisoner, said hellwas in the lock-
up on Saturday night, and was in one of the cslls.
He recognised the knife produced as one he lent to
the deceased on Saturday afternoon, about 3.30.
A man named Webb who had been in custody, had
used the knife the same day to have his dinner
with, and Webb lent witness the knife for the same
purpose. After witness had done with it be lent
it to his brother (also a prisoner) for the same
purpose. and afterwards the knife was placed on a
shelf in the corridor to the cells. Monday said:
Can I have the knife to cut a bit of bread and
pork with? He picked up the knife, and used it
for that purpose. Witness did not see the knife
afterwards. Monday brought a quantity of papers
to witness, containing his defence on the charge
against him of attempted murder, and this caused
him to forget about the knife, which he aid not see
again till after deceased had cut his throat,
Witness and his brother were locked up in their
cells shortly before nine, but Monday kept up a
sharp conversation with them, and he said he never
felt better. After a time Monday went into his
cell, and witness called out to him for a light, but
he did not answer. Then he heard Monday
coughing and making a noise.
The Coroner: How could he give you a light?
Witness said Monday was not locked up. When
lie heard Monday groaning he rang the bell, and
then Hill came. He told Hill that he believed
Nlonday had done something to himself, and when
Hill releas,cl him he went into deceased's cell.
Mo.iday died while Hill was away to fetch the
doctor.
The Foreman: Was the owner of the knife gone
from the cells ?
Witness: Yes ;he went about one o'clock. 1
believe his wire brought him the knife to eat his
dinner with.
A Juror asked if Monday was excited?
Witness: He was very strange. He had been
told he would be sure to get twenty years' penal
servitude if he went before Judge Hawkins, and
he said he would sooner be "topped." He had
been talking all the day about it. Witness told
him to keep his heart up, and he said "No ; it's
too black against me." '
Sarah Webb, wife of Willium Webb, said her
husband was lockel up on Saturday. and she took
some dinner, and took a knife and gave it him to
eat his dinner with. When she returned after-
wards for toe dinner things she missed the knife.
Her husband meantime had been taken to
Worcester. By the Foreman: She had the knife
in her hand under her shawl when she want to see
her husband. She did not tell any police-officer
she had a knife with her, or that she handed it to
her husband.
The Coroner: You don't search a person when
they go in, in that way ?
Superintendent Ebury : We always examine the
food, an I nets r allow a knife to be taken into the
cell.
The Coroner thought the superintendent should
he examined as to the knife, and Mr. Ebitry said
Mrs. Webb must have secretly conveyed th knife
to her husband when she took him his dinner.
They were very particular about such matters, and
under no circumstances did they allow a prisoner
to use a knife. The Coroner asked if it was
customary to allow a person who brought food to
be alone with a prisoner?
Wanes: said, in this case, the pi isoner had been
sentenced to a short imprisontnent in lieu of a fine,
and it was not unusual to allow a husband and
wife to consult together as to the means of raising
a floe.
P.C. Dow said the prisoner Webb did not use
any knife while the woman was with him, nor did
any of the prisoners. They were eating their
dinner with their fingers. He was present the
whole time the woman was there, and did not see
her produce any knife.
Mr, D. Corbet, surgeon, said he saw the deceased
in a police cell a little before twelve o'clock on
Seturday night. Death had taken place recently.
The windpipe and jugular vein had been cut right
through. Monday must have died in a few
minuces. Tae woand was self-inflicted.
Mr. Bagster said the document prisoner had
drawn up seemed to shew that his mind was un-
hinged.
The Coroner said the deceased no doubt met with
death by his own cc', and the only question was re-
gardins his state of mind.
There was no evidenc to direct them on the p oint
but his mind appeared to have been excited by the
sentence likely to be passed upon him.
The jury found as their verdict that the de-
deased committed suicide while in a state of
insanity, brought about by a dread of the sentence
which might b passed upon him. They also found
that no blame attached to the police.

the Ash Tree Colliery were graduated all the other
collieries in the localities would bare to be gradu-
ated.—Mr. J. E. 'Underhill said that it was in con-
sideration of what the owners in their district were
themselves doing, and the arbitrators had levied
only a 6d rate and not the full 9d rate allowed by
the act. —Mr. B. Hingley rematked that he was the
owner of adjoining collieries, and there they were
tanking more frequently than the appellants, in
1 fact day and night. And yet they expected no re-
lief.—Mr. Shakespeare said that if the pits were
abandoned the Commissioners would be the greater
losers than if some relief were allow, d.—After con-
sultation the court announced that they must refuse
any graduation. There were no other appeals, and
with the exceptions announced the draft award was
confirmed.

moonlight the length of the column was re-
duced to half a mile, and was not only under
better control on the line of march, but was
very much more able to resist any sudden
attack by the Arabs. The march was con-
tinned until four o'clock in the morning,
when a long halt was called and the camels
unloaded. Colonel Barrow and the party of
the 19th Hussars preceded the column by
some miles, and was ordered to collect wood
and light fires at the first halting-place, in
order that the men might get their tea there -
as soon as possible. Owing, however, to a
mistake of their guides, they took the wrong:,
track, and did not rejoin the column till
midnight. When they discouered that they
had gone wrong they searched a long time •
in vain for the track of the column, which,
owing to the whole plain being intersected
by paths made by herds of gazelles and other
wild animals, was by no means easy to detect . •
in the moonlight.
The camel-drivers at Korti are said to be
deserting in considerable numbers rather
than face the desert march. The first
skirmish with the enemy is expected up the
river' whither another 'squadron of Hussars
is to be despatched.
News has been received that up to the
last week ill November General Gordon had
repulsed several minor attacks of the rebels.
Khartoum continued well provided with
food and munitions of war, sufficient for
several months.
From Cairo it is reported that Major
Brophy, of the 42nd Black Watch, was
drowned while bathing in the Nile above
Dongola on his way with his regiment to
Korti. Another telegram, however, says :----
" One whaler with the Black Watch has
been upset south of Debbeh. A major ar_d
-wo men were lost"

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laws; and a stu yof these peeve that those wb
judgment and the will to buckle on the shield,
nature places ready to the r grasp, :nay ward off OF 0 rill
one attacks of the implacable enemy of life, until
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