The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

SADLEIR

THE LATE SUICIDE ON 'CHANGE

THE INQUEST,

which was held at the Northern Hospital at three o'clock,
by P. F. Curry, Esq., Borough Coroner, and the following
respectable jury Gath (foreman), john P.
Whittaker, William H. Shenstone, Studley Martin, James
John Shitrimin, Charles Deane, W. F. Retv.h,
'll.2ht, Jun., J. L. Cotton, A. J. Dalzel, Benj. A. J.
wrence, and H. E. Moss, Esqs. The Jury hating
ewe the body, returned to the boafdroom of the
-1 when the following evidence was given :
t witness was Christopher Foster, who said : I
er at the Exchange news-rooms. On Thursday
ast, about twenty-five minutes to ten o'clock, I
ion to go to the vanits underneath the rooms.
two water-closets there. The doors were shut.
Wood proceeding from Underneath the door of
. I did not know then what had happened.
zave an alarm to Mr. Griffith, another porter in the
oom, and went down with him, and we both tried the
door and found it fast. The key was outside, and the
bolt inside. I was there when the body was found. Mr.
Grffiths went up to give an alarm to Mr. Warburton, the
master of the room. Mr. Smith is an assistant in the
room, and Mr. Warbiartcin came immediately along with
Mr. Smith and broke the door open. I then saw the
deceased sitting on the seat, and observed blood coming
I saw a gash in his throat. I went
-rm Mr. Hill, partner of deceased, and when
~ack, I examined the closet, and found the razor
.no door in the blood. The deceased was carried out,
and I helped to remove him from the closet. I found one
razor on the floor, and another in a case on the seat.
There was a Bible on the seat also, and his neck tie
underneath it.
John Griffiths said : lam a porter at the Exchange
sews-room. On Thursday morning, the last witness
the alarm, that he saw blood coming from
th the door in question. I tried the door, and
found It fast inside. I called out but got no answer.
heard a rurgling noise from the inside. I gave the alarm
to Mr. Warburton, and he sent me immediately for the
nearest medical man I could find. I guessed what had
happened, hut I did not know what it was. I had an
impression it was the deceased, as 1 observed him go
down about half-past nine o'clock. He spoke to me as he
came round the counter, and said, " good morning, John."
I did not observe any thing particular in his appearance
at that time. In about five or six minutes after, I heard
the alarm about the blood.

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To the jury,—The deceased had been down occasionally
to the water closet, so that his going on that morning did
not excite any particular notice from me.
Mr. Thomas Warburton, master of the Exchange
Rooms, examined. I was personally acquainted with the
deceased, whose name was William Tatham. On Thurs-
day morning last, between nine and ten o'clock, I was
informed that blood had been seen coming from under-
neath the door of one of the water-closets. Without
waiting to ascertain what had occurred, I immediately
sent for a medical wan. 1 then went down and gave
directions to hare the door burst open. I then saw
deceased sitting on the seat; he was not dead, but ap-
peared insensible. I had him removed as speedily as
possible into an adjoining cellar. Mr. Callan, the sur-
geon, was in attendance in fifteen or twenty minutes, and
every possible attention was paid to him. As it was con-
sidered dangerous to remove him, he remained in the
cellar until Friday night, when he Was removed to the
Northern Hospital.
To the Jury : I saw the deceased just before he went
down, and he appeared to be in a great hurry indeed—in
a state of excitement. I moved to him, but he did not

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

To the Coroner : He went down almost daily, 'and,
therefore, his appearance did not excite anything, as it
was much as usual.
Mr. W. B. Wall, the house-surgeon at the Hospital,
llows : On Friday night last the deceased was
he hospital in a state of great exhaustion from
There was a wound across the front of the
aroat, about five inches long. As the deceased had been
attended before, I did not, at that time, make any exami-
nation of the extent or depth of the wound. Mr. Callan
and Mr. Osborne saw him here, and afterwards Mr. Fitz-
patrick, in connexion with Mr. Jones, one of the honorary
surgeons of the hospital. On Saturday morning about 4
o'clock, thesponges that had been introduced into the wound
to stop the bleeding were becoming offensive. I went to Mr.
Osborne myself and he came with me. By Mr. Callan's
approbation the sponges were removed. Everything that
could be done was done, but he gradually sank, and died
about noon this day. The crsophagus and trachea were
divided, and these injuries with the loss of blood were
the cause of death. He was never able to speak after he
was brought to the hospital.
To the Coroner: lie made communications in writing
for drink or something of that sort. He could not arti-
culate.
Mr. Robert Smith, the assistant-master at the news-
rooms, produced the razors, Bible, and neck-tie alluded
to, and these were identified by the first witness. Mr.
Smith said—l broke open the water-closet door on
Thursday morning. Previous to breaking it I called,
and the deceased tried to answer, when I heard the
gueeling in his throat. I assisted him out.
Mr. Henry Forshaw said : lam a solicitor. The firm
of Hill, Tatham & Co., are clients of mine. On Wednes-
day last at a quarter before ten o'clock the deceased and
Mr. Hill came to my office on professional business. The
partners were Hill, Tatham, and Latham. They con-
sulted me on matters connected with their partnership,
anti during the conversation I advised them on extensive
transactions of a mercantile firm. There appeared to me
to he very unusual and very unnecessary excite-
ment on the part of the deceased. He was in a great
state of excitement—what appeared to be much more than
necessary—so much so that I went out of my way to
advise him, not as a lawyeribut as a friend, to subdue his
feelings, and recommended Mr. Hill to do all in his power
to allay the excitement. I subsequently saw the deceased
alone,lwice on the same day, about half-past two and
half-past four o'clock, and on the latter occasion he was
more excited than in the morning. He then promised to
be at my office on Thursday morning at ten o'clock. It is
not my habit to talk of business at home, but the excite-
ment in which the deceased was, made so great an
impression on me, that I could not help speaking of it to
my wife in the course of the evening ; it, is very rare
indeed, that I speak of business matters at home. He did
not come next morning, and feeling anxious about him, I
wrote a letter to the firm, in which I stated that I had
received; cheering information (I underscored the word
cheering,) relative to the party spoken of the day before.
I requested them to come over, and to keep up the spirits of
the deceased. I sent that letter about a quarter past
ten, and in about fifteen minutes after, I heard of the fatal
transaction.

stated as fol

brought to t

loss of blood,

COUNTY COURT,

YESTERDAY

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ.. JUDGE)

Coroner: Did the information shock you? Witness :
I was very much shocked, but not surprised—the state of
excitement in which the deceased was in the day
previously, being so great.
To the Jury: Nothing passed between us except purely
business matters. Ho was not at all excited from intoxi-
cating liquors—it was purely business excitement. I have
not the least doubt of that.
The Coroner said he had the father-in-law and partners
of the deceased present, to examine them, if necessary, as
to the state of mind in which the deceased was for some
days previous to the transaction.
The Jury said it was quite unnecessary, as Mr. For-
shaw's evidence was quite conclusive on that point.
The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and the
jury at once returned as their verdict—" That deceased
destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary
insanity."

THE LOSS OF THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS

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Mr. Yardley and Captain Robertson have made their
observations, on the loss of the Josephine Willis, sepa-
rately to the board of trade.
Mr. Yardley says :—" It may safely be said that if the
chief officer of the Josephine Willis had not mistaken the
nature of the bright light which he saw, and if he had
followed literally the ' rule of the road,' as prescribed by
section 296 of the Merchant Shipping Act, this accident,
would have been avoided. Considering the haziness of
the atmosphere, this mistake, notwithstanding the dis-
parity of the distance, seems excusable. Having starboard-
ed his helm upon tli3 assumption that the light seen wa,
that of Dungeness, the rot; iizbt- and F. onn after the green
light were visible. Iu fart, the three lights were together
bsYhtl
tieeeesrraiabmtni4'hoes,terubiamenir.df
course,n
the ship would have easily cleared the
causes
latter, instead of porting, had starboarded
Thi brings me to what I conceive to
f the accident--viz., the deficient light
I suggest with grenal
on board the Jose the 'Willis. Another concurring cause,
Mdence, is the order given on
board the steamer to
let the helm, instead of the con-
thetrary' order. If these 17dti
accident, we cannot. h?.11 concurred in producing
melfnur ,sucuodecolgeofthaanty Lone
ewains
solely caused by the bla
particular.''

Mr. 'Yardley, and
Captain Robertson, R.N., differs veth
and that
her
officer
minks that the Josephine Willis was' toorblame,
the:l right
it waq by the wrongful act and default
that the collision took place. The Manger
of the
in the course she pursued, and he conciemnsa
light
shown by the Josephine. Both Concur in justif
conduct of the 3langerton, alter the collision, exYceathae
respects his having his boats in board. They condemns
the conduct of the two mates, and part of the crew
Josephine, who, after getting on board the Mangerton,
made no attempt to save life, Captain Robertso❑ highly
eulogises two seamen, named Newham and Anderson, who
went to the wreck when no one else mould go, and saved
seven lives.

POLICE COURT. v- - EST ERDAY

•
The anxiety in reference to the late melancholy affair (BEFORE MR. E. EVANS.)
the Exchange was allayed yesterday, when at noon it A Putt.--A well-alressed,rentale, name 4 Maria WilSoni
was announecd that the unfortunate gentleman Mr. Wm. was brought uu by officer Reidy, on a charge of having
Tatham had expired in the Northern Hospital. tnforma- stolen two shirts, some handkerchiefs, a pair of stock-
-s t
ree.
stock-
tion was at once forwarded to the coroner's court, and
Tdo la] Un entire suit
woth'
oclorethsaestlong to a man
Mr. Bleak, the efficient beadle, proceeded to the house of
Thecan et stable m the prisoner at six o'cClorickgssohna
llSunday
the coroner, in Cheshire, and that gentleman came to morning, in Crosshall-street, with a bundle in her posses-
town without delay, and summoned a respectable jury to gour:i.d
iSnuistipelttlimealtlhweapsenoopterrtir
nt:tmheedarreostnedinhcieurir,yantdt
turned out that the wife of the owner of the clothes, took
the prisoner into her house on Saturday night, The
things were laid out fnr the use of Mr. flernadote
on Sunda' morning, but instead of being in the
house, the officer discovered them as described. The
prosecutor's wife did not wish to press the charge, and
the prisoner wits discharged with a caution.
CRARO)4 or PocKEt-rinktrin —A respectable looking
female named Either Maher, was charged with picking
two half sovereigns from the pocket of another woman,
named Isabella Clarke. The parties were in a pawnshop
in Great Howard-street on Saturda.v night, when the
allegpd offence took place, but Mr. Block, who appeared
for the prisoner proved her innocence, and she was dis-

Too " MucTr.”—A min named James Much, recently
foreman in the employment of Messrs. Bat hgate and Wil-
son, coppersmiths, Canning-place, was
,brought up by
Detectives Sullivan and Carlyle. on a charge of having
stolen a quantity of copper. From the evidence it
aporared that the oteers watched the prisoner to a house
in Back Bond-street, and there found about 8 lbs. of new
copper and some brass on him ; and he confessed that for
the last week he had stolen copper from his employers'
premises. Mr. Wilson gave the unfortunate man a good
character, and said ho had reared his family respectably ;
he feared it was the fault of drink. The prisoner was
sent to gaol for 14 days.

DOING TETE " OLD SOLDIER "—James Hoey, a sergeant
in the 87th regiment, charged three females named Alice
Patterson, Mary Ann Brown, and Margaret Tierney, for
having robbed him of 391. in gold In a house of bad
character in Albion-street. The prisoners were in
custody of detectives Horne and 11-I‘Culloch, and the
taw was rather curious. The complainant belonged to
the 87th regiment, and had served in India during the
last thirteen years. He was on his way to Ireland, and
had saved the money, which he intended to give his sister.
He arrived in Liverpool at three o'clock on Sunday
morning, intending to start next day for the " City of the
Tribes" (Galway). He met the prisoner Brown and
asked ,her where he could get a "decent respectable
lodging? and she said she would take him to one
of " the most decentest of all houses," and he went with
her accordingly. When he saw the " decent house "he
became sceptical on the point, but a posset of drugged
ale soon put him into a sound slumber, in which he dreamt
of battle fields no more—days of danger, nights of waking
- but he was very near danger for all that. He awoke
in some time, and heard some one running down stairs.
He followed, but on arriving at the foot of the stairs he
was knocked down by a man, hut as it was so dark he
could not see his assailant. He then called for help, and
the officers rushed in and seized the three prisoners,
amongst whom he got 11 sovereigns out of 39 which were
abstracted from the prosecutor's pocket. One of the
prisoners said she received the money from a gentleman
belonging to Dublin, but his worship not giving credit to
the "make up," sent all the prisoners for trial at the
sessions.

A. Yotnsa PuGrrasT.—Patrick Martin, a "chap "
about sixteen years of age, was brought up by constable
504, who charged him with being drunk and disorderly,
and with having assaulted him in Mersey-street The
complainant said he saw a large crowd of persons in
Mersey-street on Sunday evening, and heard a great
noise. He went to ascertain the cause, when he observed
the prisoner in the crowd. He was drunk, and striking
at every one he met. Witness advised him to go away,
when he went into an alley and commenced throw-
ing stones and water on the officers. The witness and
another constable followed him into Ihe alley, where it
appeared he lived, and his mother hearing the rdw, came
out, and seeing he was in custody, she called out a large
dog and set it at the officers, who were severely bit
by the animal in the legs. Several persons collected and
flung stones and cans of water on them. The prisoner
was rescued several times by the mob, and although he
was so young the officers said he fought like a juvenile
elephant ! He was fined 55., and summonses were granted
against his mother and other persons for assaulting the
police.
TILE KNIFE.—Some time ago there seemed to be a rage
amongst men for stabbing. The scene appears to have
changed to the other sex now, as there is hardly a day that
we have not to record some outrage committed with the
knife by females. Yesterday morning, Anne M'Clusky
was brought up charged with having stabbed Catherine
Fellows, in a house in Queen-street. The parties were
drinking there, and a quarrel having taken place, the
prisoner took out a penknife, with which she stabbed the
other woman in the eve in so seri..us a manner that the
organ is in danger. The prisoner was committed for trial
at the Sessions.

, CHARGE AGAINST TUE OFFICERS OF TILE COURT.—A no-
Cher charge was made against the officers of the court
under Mr. Stone, high bailiff, yesterday. The party
bringing the charge was a person named Lowe, of Mad-
dox-street, Scotland-road. He stated, that he had some
time ago obtained a warrant of execution against a
debtor, under which the goods were seized by the officers
of this court. On learning that the goods had been
seized, he applied to Mr. Good, Mr. Stone's chief clerk,
for the money, but that gentleman told him that the
auctioneer had not made a return to the court. He then
applied to the auctioneer, who told him that the goods
had been sold, and that he would send a return to the
court. After this he again applied to Mr. Good, but the
latter told him that the goods had not been sold, although
he assured Mr. Good that he had had an interview with
the auctioneer, and the men who had made a seizure, and
that he was convinced from it that the goods had been
disposed of. The return was made subsequently, but
half a dozen chairs had not been accounted for which
were sold, and other articles he alleged were sold much
under their I eal value. He had made an application to
the court previous to that application, and his Honour
directed an inquiry to be made. He received a report,
which, however, he did not consider at all satisfactory.
His Honour looked at the report which had been sent to
complainant, and stated that he never saw it before,
although it was dated the Isth instant, and ought
to have been supplied to him that day at the
latest. Mr. Good stated, in reply to his Honour, that
the non—entry of the chairs was a mistake, as
they were not sold until after the other goods. His
Honour : But I cannot understand people making these
mistakes. Here is a man who makes a mistake and sells
things which he had no business to sell, and according to
his own evidence he sells things which he does not account
for. His Honour finally stated that he would make him-
self acquainted with all the facts of the case, and see
whether there was anything or much to complain of, and
would let Mr. Lowe know when he was about to take any
further step in the matter.
TOWNLEY V. STEVENSON.—This was an action brought
by Messrs. Townley and Kirkland, drapers, Great
Newton-street, against William Stevenson, sailtnaker, to
recover £3 8s lid, for drapery goods supplied to defen-
dant's wife. Me. Grocott, upon the part of the defence,
stated that the present claim was one out of eleven made
by Scotch drapers against the defendant. The defendant
allowed his wjfe sufficient for her maintenance, as he did
not now live with her, and was not aware that any of
these debts had been contracted. The defendant was
examined and stated that at the time this debt was con-
tracted he had allowed his wife per week for food, and
always gave her money for clothes, His Honour said the
defendant was not liable, inasmuch as a man was only
responsible for his wife's debts when he did not allow her
enough for her maintenance, or when he was aware of her
contracting debts, which in this case defendant had sworn •
he was not. The sooner persons in the same line of busi•
ness with the plaintiffs', who dealt with married women,
and did not deal with husbands, were aware of this fact,
the better.

Lord Seaton will preside over the military commission
just appointed to enquire into the &legations in the Crimean
report. He will be assisted by General Sir Thomas
111‘111nhon, Lieutenants General Sir Thomas Bretherton
and Rowan, and Major General Peel.—Court Journal.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
pissed ender the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
Sir J ,hn Gilbert Heatlicote, Baronet., and to the heirs miie
of his body lawfully begotten, by the ti le of Baran Aveland
of Aveland, in the county of Lincoln.

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSIIIP.—W. Ashworth, J. Buck-
lev, and T. and R. Tolley, Todmorden, boiler makers; T.
Whitaker and T. G. Browne, Manchester, drysalters ; W.
Collinge, jun., and T. Harrop, Duckinfield, contractors;
W. B. and S. J. Bateman, Manchester, drapers; P. Fanque
and J. Newsome, Manchester, equestrian managers; R.
Beard, jun., and J. T. Foard, Liverlonl and Manchester,
daguerreotype and photographic artists; J. Pearson and S.
Ford, Sheffield, joiners and builders ; M. Pye and T.
Shaw, Lancaster, dealers in guano and other manures and
agricultural seed merchants.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT BROMB irt(JUGH.—Yesterday,
Thomas Moore, aged 36, Margaret, his wife, aged 42, and
Thomas, aged 16, and Catherine, aged 5, their children,
with Bridget Conner, aged 48, and her two children, James
and Sarah, aged, respectfully, 14 and 12, were charged
before Mr. Bryan, at the Birkenhead Police-court, under
the following circumstances :—Oa Saturday evening all the
above parties entered a small provision shy p kept by Mrs.
Cooper, in Bromborough, when they asked to purchase
Rome bread, which was supplied them. 1 hey then asked
for some sweets for the children, and while Mrs. Cooper was
reaching them from the window, the whole of the party
surrounded her, and in the scuffle which ensued, her pocket
t s picked of a purse containing upwards of £6. From the
pocket for tho purse
reatment she received, she fancied all was not right, and
immediately before the parties had left the shop, felt in her
although it had been there onl a tew minutes before. The
parties were all given into the custody of the police. They
were further remanded of proouring
n dwehde nfosrh e t discoveredhe
purpos
e that it was gone,
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