The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

Shocking Suicide in Bethnal-green,

Yesterday, at noon, Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, deputy
coroner, held an inquest at the George Tavern, Bethnal-
green-road, respecting the death by suicide of William
Claridge, aged 30 years.
The deceased was a glassblower, living at No, 8, George's-
gareens, Bethnal-green.
Thomas Hall, 231 K, said that last Friday evening he
was going past the deceased's residence, when a doctor asked
him to assist him in breaking into the room upstairs, as a
man had poisoned himself there. They both got in by the
window and found deceased lying on the floor, apparently
from poison. The wife said that she had bought some
poison to take a name out of a waistcoat, and that deceased
took it up and drank it. She and the children tried to take
it from his hand, but could not. The doctor advised that
deceased should bo carried to the hospital, but the wife had
not got a farthing to pay for a cab, and deceased died on
the floor almost immediately,
The widow of the deceased said that her husband had
been cut of work. He had only been five days in work
,ince Christmas, and ho was depressed because, he said, he
could not do all that he wished for his family. A fortnight
ego witness bought some spirits of salt to take names out of
waistcoats and prepare them for sale. On Friday night
about twelve o'clock, all the family were in the room going

to bed, when he took up tho bottle of poison and began
to drink. The little boy cried out, " Oh, mother, father is
taking poison." Witness ran and knocked the bottle out
of his hand. She saw he had taken a good deal, and she at
once ran for a doctor. Witness was about to be confined,
and she believed that deceased was distressed in mind about
her, as she had no means to meet the expense, but there was
no want of food.

Dr. Ralph said that at midnight on Friday last his assis-
tant was fetched to deceased, who lound him dying. Witness
and Dr. Brotherton made a post-mortem examination of the
deceased, and found that he had been poisoned by a strong
corrosive poison—hydrochloric acid. The mouth and sto-
mach were dreadfully injured by the corrosive action of the
liquid. There was a general ulceration of the passages.
After other evidence, the Coroner summed up, and the
jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of un-
sound mind."

DEATH FROM WANT OF FOOD.

Yesterday Mr. William Payne held an inquest in the
board room of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, on the
body of Hugh Irvine, aged 40, whose death occurred under
the following circumstances :
Mary Warne said that she resided at Mr, Wall's lodging
house in Mint-street. About six months ago the deceased
came to lodge at the house, and, with the exception of two
Lights, he had remained in the house and slept in a room
with others. He used to go out of a morning and return
about 12 o'clock. lie complained on Friday morning of
having a bad cold, and said he was going to the workhouse
for relief. On Saturday he said that he had applied for re-
lief, but they would give him none. He said on Sunday
morning that ho had only 3d., and he asked her if Mr. Wall
would trust him the remainder of the amount of h:s bed.
She said she knew he would, and he replied that he knew
he should have something in the morning. He was then
sitting on a chair, and ho seemed as he came out to have the
rattle in his throat, and he died soon afterwards.
The Coroner asked whether the names of applicants were
taken down when they were refused relief?
Mr. Townsend, the relieving officer, said that every appli-
cant's name was entered on the books, and ho was certain,
knowing the man as hanging about the Mint, that he had
never made application for relief.
John White, a lodger at Mr. Wall's, said that he had
known the deceased for five months. Ho told his wife in
his presence that he had been refused relief in the work-
house. He did not know how he got a living or where he
came from, but he said he had come from Boston.
Lir. Cooper, assistant to Mr. Townsend, confirmed the
previous evidence, and was satisfied that the deceased had
not made application for relief, or his name would have
been on the list.
The jury returned a verdict of " Death from want, acce-
lerated by previous illness."

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