The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-30 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OP AN INVALID.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This forenoon, Mr. Richards, deputy coroner,
held an inquiry at the Prince Regent Tavern, Rast-road,
City-road, relative to the death of Samuel Molloy, a man
aged 47 years. who committed suicide.
Frances Molloy, 9, Walbrook-place, said that deceased
was a fancy trimming maker. He had been suffering from
consumption for two years and a half. On Thursday last
he complained of being worn out by his illness, and ex-
pressed a wish to die ; but be rid nothing about an inten-
tion to commit suicide. Witness went out for ten minutes
during the afternoon. When she returned she found bis
throat cut.
Henry J. Molloy, eon of the deceased, said that at half-
past 2 o'clock on the day in question, the deceased while
be lay in bed handed witness a penknife saying " This
knife II not sharp enough to cut my nails ,• hand me the
razor." Witness gave him the razor, and he began to cut
his nails. Witness left the room, and upon his return in a
few minutes saw deceased's hand covered with blood.
Deceased, in answer to witness, said " I have cut my lager
a little." Witness looked close, and saw that be had out
his throat, and bad endeavoured to hide the wound by
covering it with a cloth. His finger was not cut. Witness
called in a neighbour to whom the deceased said, " I have
done it because lam tired of lying here." He tried to
put up his hands to the wound again, bet they were bold
down.
Dr. J. Clean Griffiths said that he had attended the
deceased for eight months peat for phthisis. His ease
was hopeless. On Thursday witness was called to him
and found that he had cut his throat ; he was so weak,
however, that he was not able to ens it deep. He died
next morning from phthisis accelerated by the injuries
inflicted on his throat.
The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of " Death from consump-
tion, accelerated by deceased cutting his throat with a
razor while of unsound mind."

AN IMPORTANT COMMOTION. —Mr. C. A. Rambold
has written to the Times to correct a saatmasat of that
journal that his fatherkexpenditure during the4o years he
represented Great Yarmouth was 72,0001. They would
he says, be " overstated at 40,0001."
THE STEAM-)OILER EXPLOSION IT MORECAMBE
BAT.—A third death has occurred frees the boiler explo-
sion on board a steamer in Morecambe Bay. It seems that
the cause of the accident was a fealty "plate edge " at
the back of the boiler. An inquest on the bodies of the
men killed has resulted in a verdict of " Accidental

death."
A MUSICAL MINISTER. The Rev. H. W.
Beecher crawled through a thirty-four feet pipe of his new
church-organ the other day, on a challenge of one of his
flock. He came out puffing and covered with dust and
sweat, and exclaimed, as he touched the floor : " I want
no man to tell me anything about this organ. I know
all about it. I have been *mash it"— If ro York Messiest
Pioneer.
GROUSE &warm° ErnumanrsAix.—The Hon.
Thos. de Grey, ILP., while shooting on the 27th of An-
seat, on Blabberlionsai Moor (the property of Lady Frank.
land Russell) made a bag of 215 braes, a feat which has not
met with its equal en any of the YOTkillifre moors, and we
believe not on any other on record, in England or fleot-
' land.—Leeds Mercury.