The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-22 00:00:00

13orectabirt.

THE LATE MET..ANCIIOT,Y KUICIDE AT

The inquest on the MON. nf Mr Frederick who
ye.terbly week e 'tte.l -wichle. wag I ell 10 it.
pcboohroten. Fordington, before (3. Symonds,
the O.Anie sfternoon._

.1 one.. son of Charlen Tio,sell, slid Ratwee„ 11 ant
o'clock thin t, ruing T WAS going to Freon, on en erreml
for me inseter, Mr. Steele. 1 went by the Lenten roaii.
flnte's bridge. and ten II Ho,. I knew Mr Odmll.
lie ealllb idiom Wolin.' me and my trotter, whet, we
wire at the fiend cot tete he 4.11111414 WA Allfl went is littha
way. and then on upon • new fed bridge. Ile looked
into the water on midi Nide soil peened on age'll. 1
went t • the (einem hut finding no one at home. 1 trek
,nv basket to go home. After I hind pAbobil thrl/112111111m311
white gate I looked linek aml saw Hill eit in the tank
and then erring into the water. I se„o4 si„ re e eimet
time, and aim him get omit of the we're 'rein rind look
shout. Ile Mlle A iaturt wan towards un. end walked
on, tlynking Ile Win 1-4.tping efier na. re bed I sew of
him was on the %mill bridge near the enttare. I then
went to Frome fermium.' to get the key* of the
cottage for imeder'n hottlen. I could not met them,
and when I reformed I saw the holy enet,nr. rewe
downwerde, at the 10 hatcliee. I ran an fast an I emiti
and told • waterman who was at work in the meadow
just below. Ile called two other men • nek;ne on
the otter side of the water, •nil they got tlie body 'oat
with a hook. When he se, going to tlie farmlionne.
end hail lost sight of the ileeeineel. lie 14;11 PAW tie bee
lying under the rail. Ile not mem b.n ne it. Nem,
lionse anything iibout the intrenee ropiluct of the de-
CORIN ii. Den, Reed .w.•ii helow the hetet, at the rottaee
when he juniped into the weter the fird time, wilier.
tl•ere is a large hole, lie wan efrsiel cif Mr. Minn
when lie peewit him—be looked eery ViP;(1,111.
j.me. WellApring PAM: Allollt 11.111r111.1 II o'cloelt. in
coneequence of seeing mime men there. 1 went to the
Leo hatches. John
,Lock wan in the water. and lie
• me to get in, ash naid a men wan drewned,
got in ; the luely was lying face dovenwartn. and Ai
aeon as I turned it over, I recognise.] who it WAS. He
•I'Peltre'l deed. We rolled 111, twolv shout shit. end
got shoot half • pint if watee suit of it. We AiA pot
eland him on his le ad. 'We then caned the ho I.
home. The river WAS frill of wets,. Tbe hod" bed
poised through the ten hatches, and also through the
pool at the foot of Hie weir.
A. Emnnon, Emi., surgeons said : The dereaned
previous to his going to the aeyluin.
I have been acquainted with loin for several years. It
was on my representation that he was removed to Pe
County Lunatic Asylum. 1 bad not been him since us
return home till after the body was taken out of the
water. Tieday I saw several people running in Higii•
street. They said • man wan in the water, and I went
to the SiAlt. I found the liody lyiug on the bank, sp•
parently quite dead. The ;kin was saturated with
water, and I should think tlie body load been in the
water twenty minutes. 1 reeorted to artificiel respire-
Hon, and sent for • blanket. This is considered the
beet and most efficient means to be resorted to. I con-
tinued this about 10 or 15 minutes, and then wrapped
the body in • blanket and caused it to it., curried Moue.
The same meson were again resorted to, and afterwards
was placed in • beithe, and subsequently placed on the
boil. Sly oven minion is that lite was extinct
when the body was takeu out of the water. The
deceased, before he was sent to the Asylum,
was very excitable and desponding, and seemed to have
• etrong suicidel tendency, although he was tiiinnelf iumit
anxioua not to commit erlf•deetruction. He complained of
set ere pains in his body, but 1 believed it to he wholly
mental and not bodily The exeiteuient connected with
the Exhibiti ~,, med. him • great deal worm.. He went
to the Fronton Lunatic Asylum on the advice of some
of his friend., but lie could not be received without an
order, lie was conscious that he was insane, and was
noire rational upon that stablet than on many other
things. He was stouter in body when be returned but
week then when lie went there. lie never mem
tioned to WO the fact that his father com-
mitted suicide. If lie were well and quiet toolay,Tie
might be suicidal to-morrow—to act upon the nu-
mite of the isummisent is a dietiuguishing feature of his
kind of insanity.
Mr. George Cracker raid : I have known the de-
ceased 7 or 8 years, and being in Sir. Galpin's service
I have constantly Ken him. 1 know lie has been to
the Asylum. I saw 111111 011 his return on Weili.eselay
evening at hie own home. I hail wime convenatimi
with him. He cemplaisied of • contraction of his
munches from heal to feet, and said lie could
not move his arms nor tie his shoes. I told him
that his illness, I believed, was in the imagination, and
tiled to get I,im to shake it off, lie came to work this
morning. in the foundry, and he wan to go on if he
wished to do a* during the day. I saw him about 10
o'clock. He complained of pain end contraction of
the tumicles. He took me on mac vide and raid he could
not look at the bright side of anything. 1 tried to cheer
him up. I saw him again about hell an hour after that.
at Mr. Frond's, being electrified. I took • shock with
him. I left hint at Mr. From'''. I asked him to
walk with ins in the evening, and his then com-
plained that he had hardly any strength to stand. He
would have taken hie fowler situation at Mr. Cialpin's
if he were able, My opinion is that lie hails diseased
imagination, and that all hie troubles and pains were
imaginary. I bad no idea that he had • suicidal
tenoency. Since the occurrence took place, .iave
wished I had tried to gather from him why he could
Ott look at the bright side of the queetion. I under-
stand lie gained 40 lbs, weight in the Lunatie Aeyluin.
I have no doubt he WAS very ill when he went away
he was very much emacieted.
This being the whole of the evidence the Coroner
summed up, and the jury rettirned a verdict of
',..eauporary insanity."