The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-12 00:00:00

SHOCKING CABE OF ATTEMPTED BUICIOE
BY A GIRL.

Al the County Petty Ssuioni on TUIII lay, Saudi
Valera, a young girl of 15, was charged with attempt.
fag to commit suicide by throwing herself into the us
at Wyks lieges. George ttopkine, • lad, wh lives at
Peeing, Bri ige, said about tee 1111411'04 to seven he
wed coming home from work at Weymouth. sod
while going along the shore saw the prisoner on .me
rook., between Sandal out Caul* and Ferry Bridge.
In coniequence of an old gentleman tiling him the
prisoner woe trying to commit suicide he went to
her, awl asked bar if .he was going t drown herself,
and she replied '' Yes," but gars no rescue. She wad
lint in the water at that limo. She then ran away an I
got on the top of one of the piles. Witasse followed
her and took hold of Ler to prevent her jumping in.
She said '• It you go away I will drown myself."
Having got a Little bey to watch her he wont on to
the cliff anti shouted for the oosiagnard. 1. C4Olll and
age for the Isapector, Mr. Gels, who heppened to he
ridfag by. Kr. Gale took charge of bar. She had
been in the water, her dress being wet up to her
waist.—Prisoner said she was 15 years of rigs. and
, lived at No. 5, Weetbourne-tensee,
Skis bad got lobo trouble.—A amenable said the girl
had made a statement that sle• had thrown herself
away, and had been with sailors. She had not been
home slime Monday al,ght,—Prisoner, on the appliort.
Lion of Sergeant Will., wee remanded till Saturday.
—Prisoner wee be-night up on Saturday, before Mr.
H. B. Middleton, o,luDel Stu wart, lir. G. Warry, Mr.
G. W. Flop'', Major-11 moral Henning, C.B.—Tee
evidences previously a 'ducal was now read over to the
prisoner and Wit 6611•011. Ttie ;Raoue appeared mode
affected, said apparently reoeurnised bar position mart
acately.—Pb• first wiles.' called was Mons. P. E.
Taps:nous, CE., of Weymouth, who auk* with a
slight French accent. From his statement it
appeared that be was sitting on the railway bridge
engaged with a book, when two little boys pawed with
• to collect shingle. Presoner than came by front
the inction of Portland, and by bar appearance be
' thought she was • street .id. She continued to look
'at bini, so be got up and walked away. Her
I looks were very strange as wall as her con-
duct. At first she took off her bat and
placed it on the embankment, and she than took
it op and pot It on again. He was afraid she was
eb eat to do something wrong, but being welleknown
in Weymouth be Old not like to be seen speaking to
wo be told one of the lads (Elopkius) ti no and tall
her not to do anything wrong, as he was impreesed
with the idea that she was cont.* rplating suicide.—
James Walls, • lad of Wyk. Regis, said he saw
prisoner seated on one of the piles, and then saw her
walking In the water neirly waist high. She said she
'build lit on the pile WIII let the waves come round
her. She afterwards went out of the water and
seated herself up in the bank. when Hopkins came,
and he onkel him to remain there whilst be went to
call the cust-guard. Afterward. pad 'neer prostrated
herself in the water, but she kept her head out of the
water. (Laughter.)--Superlotendent Gale said that
on Tuesday evening, as he was returning from Port-
land. he was informs I that • y ,tiag woman had
attempted to drown hermit, lie ran to the railway
Dent the bridge, wbere be sw the prisoner with a
number of people around her. He asked her if she
knew what'll' had been doing and she said "Yarn,'
an 1 that else intended dr...ening herself. She was
crying bitterly at the time, mai sail that she had
been out all night with a sailor, and had slept at the
Cambrian at Portland, and was afraid ii go horns--
The mother of the pris 'n-r, who was in
court. sail her deughter hed been very Wanes
of late, and she had asked the Weymouth p dice to
watch her. Minos, also hai • eon wbo warn equally
strange, and the slater bed evcry appearance of being
afflicted like lea broth.r.—Th Bench committed
pda mu to take her trial at the ensuing Q titter
Susionc—The mother, on hearing the sentsocs, ran
screaming out of the C mrt, eipreesin.; her determina-
tion to commit inlaid., and the attention of the
p elks wu directed to her.