The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-06-12 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A BOATMAN.

A boatman, named Henry Carter, °pouch ted
suicide early on Tuesday rn rung. under moat extra-
ordinary circuit:net tress. It appears that he reeicl .d at
the Burdon II tel Top, and was in very poor circum-
stance.. having had to Pell all his b 'at, with the
exception of ono. He was in dht to the I cidladv,
owing his rent for the past IS moral:is, a ..11 in ad liti•,u
to these various trothlss. he woe separated from his
wife. lie .'rank hsavily it hying only on Saturday
1.4 that Ito was titanic, Atli within the last few year.
he ha I • very ha I att.ck of ,karrica iremeou. On
Monday he was p trticolarly temperate and sober,
and went te his lie.ir.tm at, ad 11, thr oth r members
0s the househol I rst,rng eh iut 12. Vacua two
o'clotle they were startled by hearing a loud explosion,
,ko I on going to arcertsin what was the matter, it was
found that the upper part cf the house was filled with
enhike, and the door of deceased's room blown to
I lease, and tit, partition separating his ro im from that
• ccitpied by the landlady's niece NIA shattered. The
deceased wai won to be standing in the room partly
tressed, and on being asked what he had done, he
replied it was all right The frightened women
rushed downstairs and called for help, sod • man
uned human WWI Mit for, and he west upstairs
and saw the deossael lying on the bed, a pool of blood
bring on the lio at. Dr. Gamer was procured, and on
Ids arrival he found the man lying on the bed with
his throat cut, on • chair by his side being a murder-
ous looking knife, which ~eceased was known to use
—see lishin, The ei• ceased then breattio-

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lor conger fishing. 4., , war log, ens man eoplird for a homage year after rear.
but before the de3tor weld complete th • arrangemeuts Mr. BaowN said he only brought the matter forward
for *awing up the wound, which was nine inched long, because it seemed ti him that the excessive charges
extending from ear to ear, he breathe I his last. The for using the bathing machinet was a detriment to the
expl sin still remain, a mystery, there being no clue town.
as to what the expl sine rompound was, except an Mr. Drente thought that this was • matter for
opinion that it might poesibly have been chloride ‘.f discomion at the next meeting.
potash, and no motive can be as.igued for such ao Tho NIAToR again informed Mr. Browse that there
extraordinary deed. was no m mop dy, awl that it wan quite competent
THI IsMUE4T for any person to apply for alicense.
Was held at the Blanton Hotel Tap on Toads', after- HARBOUR IllAsTEll'a RRPORT.
noon, before Henry tvsn,nde. E q. (Deputy-coroner), This report was next rea I awl adopted.
and a jury, of whom Mr. 'town was chosen foreman.
Having viewed the body the following evidence WasTHIS GREAT MUSTER!, TILILVVIC.
taken : Mr. 11.011108 said he ghoul I like to know what it
Maria Collins stated that she was a widow employed was they were required to do, what they were not
by the Misses Scudarnore and Roper ti keep the prepared to do, and what it was they had failed to
Bunion Hotel Tap. Henry Carter, • boat proprietor, do to meet the requirement. of the Great Western
lodged there. lie had lodged there between seven and Company. The town had • right to know what
eight years, and was married. His wife did not live position they held with them. They ought to give
with him • she lived on the Weymouth side of the the company every facility in their power, for thaw
water, and he lived there quite by himself. She saw was a rumour going forth that they failed ts meet the
him yeeterday, when he was very temperate, quite company's requirements, and that the company were
sober. although he was a drinking man. and had had ab mt te seek another port. It ww their dui y tower whet
&Arisen tremens about four rare ago, when he had a they have failed to In, awl what were their require.
very bad attack. Saturday ereaieg he came home m •nt.. Its had been toll there were larger boats to
lon
constant ,
work; b
was not bin brought there. and that there would be more work
rearys"posoinrce'circuitatances. to do; but he knew a gentleman who told him that no
ut I
he
ead w. not b
and bad to eel' hie boat at the beginning of this season. new boats were coming. The new snperintendent,
Ile still had rate boat on the beach, and that wan all Curia° Lickey, hal been down to Weymouth, and
be had to hook after. It eras hie sole employment had wren the Iwata, and had seen them e .ing in and
to look after tnis boat. Ymiterday m inningh.got up out of the port. He wanted to know if the town was
about ten or eleven, and he was in and out all day, to und-ratand that these were reqnirementa of the
He went out at eight an I returned ab rut eleven, wheu Great Western which they had failed to meet, and that
he went to the back kitchen and gut some tea-leaves their failure had resulted in a low of traffic to the
foe his eyes, which were very much swollen by the sun port. On reference to the books he found that titian