The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF ADi ti,IED uIIAN.

An incine,t was h.ll at the Palk .4reet Tavern
Kidderminster Sirast, on Wedne.aisy efteino a, ot.
fore Mr It Docker, co, ton,Lia.c the 0.,-ath o.
rdizab,-th Weednot (19), ,1 nea-re Road, Sta!tr-
Adige.
aliry Wee 'ner (22). tirrbrrdla aud eh makcr
1.5, Theatre Ri.akl, Sturbridge, said be w.ts hu43n,-
)f the deceased, who was 19 years of age. About a
_e • ,
juart,r to nine .11 the nigot oi th It i
va* in the houa, aid asked him if no woul hair
•nv suppar. He had been out all day at his t‘idter
oid being tired he lay down on the bench Hi,
rife offered to fetch a, quitter of haul and cook
or his supper, but he did not wa it it and she di
lot fetch it. Dec,ased then washed her two child
een and put them to bed upetairs. She afterward
..:ame (lowa stairs and at in a chair for about twen!)
ninutes or hail-an Lunt. She then asked hint i-
t() would go to b-cl, and he tol i her to Ito on and h€
vould lollow her in two or thee minutes. tilt
tent ups airs and he then fell asleep on the bench
By the Coroner : He had no words wait her an
..as (ri:n Ily with her
Coatinuing, witness sail he was awakened b-
earing hii wife come dowa e airs. She had a lara!
her Land, and tie saw her take a be tie, coutai..
rig aqui:do:tie, from :th- ma, to-lsk:elf. She put 1.,.
Ottle to her mouth, and s id "I mean to to it
9 4.• took TOU ?" He ran ,o her, caught hold ()
er, and pu led the buttla away from tier mutt,.
releould ne two tablempoonstul of aquafortis and
intx d with water. when she put it t.
er moth. lhere *as a snail ,irop left in th•
,otl when he took it away front her. bha ra,
stairs and he mixed s.ane salt and water and
!auk it up. She hid no reached the last step ata,
le saw her fall ou to her stomach. He picked her
tp and put her'on the bed. He gave her about na,•
teacup lull or the salt and wet r and then sh€
..),nitted lie st.ltrd her if she would have an
•tore, anti she said she wanted some c-hi water
e fetch, d ner Bogie cold water, and she said "L
ic get ,Ait of here, ml naval is bur itig." She the.
..,t u and r.‘ll i•ito trio lick tato: where she kr;,
'omitting audfrothiag at the moath BI .ud a.
41114 out of her m, uth a•.d ears. and -he died net re-
.4a one cam: in. As soon as she was dead he wen,
'it a,d inforii.el the utiighbourt mid the poiic
..nd afterws, -as f•:tched a ItO‘AOr

Byte Fu aa • When biS wire came home ±.h-
otta in beer, but to w:is no'. • Ifs am le the thi.
ime she ha • attem ted her life. With ,ss als
tdded that her father died on New Yelr's
waive moutris ago, anl she wa alwtys talki:,
About him and about being with him,

Sergean!. Chare aia hat on Friday night last ti,c
la,t witnete came to the station ar.d stil b swifk
had taken poison and was dead. He w nt own t
toe house and found d eves. d Li • cora. rof
the room on her left side. She wle dead. he wa
foaming at the moutil, and there was blood up°.
'Air right shoulder. fie made a ..,searth and fuui,
tne bottle produced on the attlsulf. /1.; 1%.1
there from ten to fitte.Al m]out.-s- belor, oht
.;ante and then Dr. &lath a •I',ved

The jury re urned the lo lowing ve2diet Tha,
•lecea,ed destroyed hers, If by tozug p.,1-ott, izU
that et the e..ma tmi ewe wks not tu a, sound stet,
of mind."

BOARD OF GUARDIANS —MT F. I. tlakew pro
-ided at the weekly meeting!of this Board yesterda,
—lchnittAd 13, discharged 12, remaining 58:,
against 578.—Relief, Kingswinfor £l6 ha 0
Stourbridgo £33 1 Oid. Halesoa en £25 lia Bd,
non.residents £2 7s 2d, total £lO7 lda Old againt
£lOO 7s sd.
THE ILIAC= Pain-FIGHTING —At the Stsfford
shire Session on Tuesday. James Garv.-7 (3')
1 bour.r, and John Jordan (31). on bail, were
charged with committiqg a breac'i of t • peac,t, and
as.hulting each other by fighting tt•gether on the
16th November last, at Enville.—fhe prisoners
pleaded guilty at first, but aut sequontly w:thdr w
tnid plea, and paled guilty '0 one of the mino:
counts.—Mr. Haden Corsor, who dofendei Jordan.
said the affair was riot a prize Sigh-, and the
'mended plea would ' reset ths ends of justice.—
Mr. Jesse Herbert, for the prosecution, concurred
in the course suggested.—T he learned Chairman
said the affair wan a public-house row, which at-
‘racteu a great concoar.e f poople. The magie
crates, with a new of puttang a stop to su,l dim.
graceful proceeding.. had ()outwitted the men let
trial. Each moat enter into th• ir own recognin
11104 of .E 5 to keep the peace f4r six months, and
to pay the costa.

Albert E. Milward, son .f Mr, R. Alillward,
late of this town, has successfully passed his ex
%titillation as mining engineer at the °tyre,'
i;ollege, Manchester, and received a certificate. He
gas tinkled to Mr. R Growoutt, of Eingswinford.
OLDUWINFORD ANLATICUR DRAMATIC SOCIITY.—
We are requested by Mr. C. F. Evesen, the bte.ine3:.
manager of the above society, to c .ntrsdict the
statement in our labt issue that several rnemhesi
Ilse suddenly left the society with the hopes ot
breaking it up. This it not the case, and our re-
presentative was wrongly informed by a member oi
the society.
Mr. James Warr, jtut,, of the Cottage Inn, 0;d-
-swinford, wishes us to state that he is not th.
James Warr who was summoned for drunkenuet f.
It the Police Court, on Priddy, the Ist inst.
ExTENsIOX OP HOCRI.—At the Polio. Court yes.
terday, before Major Cochrane, Mr. T. D. Thomas, ,
and Mr. A. Freer, hours of extension were granted
to Mr. Taylor, Eagle vaults, for an annual supper,
and to Mr. Carter, of the Labour and Vain Inn, on
occasion of a supper to railway servants.—Exten-
sion of time was also granted to Mr. D. Penny
Talbot Hotel, on the occasion of a supper.
DRUNlCZNaltais.—William Wyrs was charged with
beins drunk on the 2nd inst. P.C. Jories said he
found the defendant lying in • helpless state of
drunkenness. Fined 2.1 6d and costs.—Thomas
Noble fru charged with being drunk on the 4th
Inst. P.C. Bird saw the defendant staggering
about. Fined Is and costa.—William Chance ws.
charged with being drunk on the 4th inst. Fined
2s 6d and costa.—fiolomon Walters was charged
with being drunk at the Lye, or the 4(h ir st. P.C.
Junes said defendant was drunk in Hay Green Lane
Fined Is and costs—John Taylor was charged with
being drunk on the 2nd inst. P.O. Davies said de
fondant was leaning against the wall in a drunken
state. Fined 31‘ 6d and costs...ether Hall. ekes
Mary Turner, was charged with beieg drunk sad
diaretirly es Ow rut, 140 is the /Asa Woo. r. 40.

lira said the defendant was staggering about, and
•honting in the street. PC. Pitt raid tt.e de
'endaut was drunk and Wait using disgus,ting largu•
:40 .12,-n she was brongh• to the station. Defend-
Hts sail she ta: not dtu.,k but w.ts in a fit She
ti not had any d• ink all the Christmas as it did
•ot suit tier. :Supermtendent- Whet) er said de-
.,ndant had been convicted for beg.dtti, n!,d had
:inc e been about the neig!,bournood. Defendant
sas fi:led. 5s and costs. D. fendint "W,:lt then I
nl4-t g,) 0 n; Iv • got no midiay."
A VIOI4O,TT Ft:LIAbW —John NY“9lhowe wa-
, 3hargei with assaulting Sabra Perrens, on the 3rd
Of DO.cmber. at the Lye. :Mr. James Clarke,
reriri the offtca.of Mr. Waldron, aLpearod for the
?ompla'sant,and Mr. Muds defend4d.. Complain.
ant said.deb-ndaut was her son-dn.taw, and on the
(3./4 in'qups.tion the defendant - struck 11r on the
right pith.. of the lace. fine had been telling him
about how hs had been serving his wife. This ws-
.diont 9 o'clock. About 11 o'clock sh- was standing
tip, garden gate and &landau' enm.• up the ro;td
.0 k. As soon as be saw er h cam and put
sfila in her fec. II r dauzit:er c ,me on an
no Aso stru-k her. lie afterwards diessan to be
ar (complainan,) till she o,uld not put her hind
o her ,houlder. Hannah Perre.,a also g
videace Mr H.nds c 1.11,d two vrita,ss s tor th.
,sac,., ce :0 said they did not see t'.e defendan:

'rike t,he e. D:l,-aulant was furthe,
a .rged with nyinz drunk au i dißorderiy on th,t
.11st D cetnhir. at the Lye. • P.C. S the said on th
.314 December he h 'ard a great disturba•ce down
he Dudley Road, and on going there he saw the
lefeudant, who was using la,:astiy language and
as staggoring about. Thre was a :.reat er-w,l
of people there and defe could be heard
=houti :if nearly a quarter of a mile off. Sa .ra aii
ilannah Perrens both swore defendant was drunk.
• :)efendant tv,is put into the box and denied that b.
was drunk. All the beer he had had WAS two pints
aul a man named Perry helped him to drink it.
Carte outer witnesses were eailed to corroborat
ca (Ufa:Anent. The Bench cuAleidr, d the c:ci,t
sault proved and fined. defendant 5S and cot:
Cuey a.so consideted tb. (tti.e or druujau'
••,04ectand Opai d&-eutlaq iii and "-sts.
DiarNE ,ND ft,tcybszticTo cluvr.:—Edwartl.Claike
.vai charged with being d.tultr ttad riisltrder;y. nLt
ofusing to quit the Vine Inn. Lye, on the 2nd,inii
,ha-Aston, lundiord, 'said
.deftr.rdant refused to
luit his house wnen he was asked, Ind he had to put
in out. Fined 5s end costs for being drunk an I
• fa.ing to quit, bu,. there was no conviction in the
>ther case.
OeirttUcTlNG THE POLlCS.—William Clarke s; as
- wood with unlawfully ob,trueting P.S. C:,are
iu the ecutela of his duty. Mr Ariti.ou
iefended.—P.S. Cl,are said that on the 19th Doe..
10.35. he wai s-nt for to the Star and Ailehoi
C:v•atry Street. When he got inside there
.sere two men figiiti •g, named Lianoer and Rus,eli.
ta)k G nner into (tweedy and trio(' to get hint
ut of tla room Defendant eau ht
~,onl ot hi,
ight aim an se'd "You have got tie wrong man,
ii other caused the bother." AbOUt t,us time the
:as went out, and he made a rush to the 000 r and
dew his whiitle, tile defendant lo•Idiug: his arm ail
he while. He tolitl).C). Moore in defendant's hearing
to take him (defendant) 'aro custody for obstruct.-
Lug h,in in the execu:ioit of his duty.—Cross-ea-
tanned : U woul : sw,ar thlt defeudant did ob
..truA him, nut tl,cl not s rike Arldisor
qa,id he had wit.-,ea,e, to pot'.' that .hr: defendau
...d lAA iater'ere in a.y wa wh tev r.--Jobu
.:Itornas RAtinson, William Matthews, and Edwar,
sat swore that defendant did not touch the
or obstruct him ---Toe 13.211 Ch concidered the
ae properly brought bef,re them, but there wa,
doubt -n the cse, and tuts c tse cram diaatialvd.•