The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-28 00:00:00

DETERMINED SUICIDE*
On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley,.
Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at the King's Head, Moroi&
road, Black Lion-lane, Bayswater, on view of the of Jo-
seph Whittacks, aged fifteen, who committed selfoirotrinettal
by shooting himself through the heart, on Monday last, Older
the following circumstances :
Jane Broadbridge deposed that she was a single wicewatar
and was living in the service of Mr. Grimstone, an BOJO, re"
siding at No. I, Petersburgh-place, Bayswater-hill, in theme
pacity of housemaid. The deceased was page to Mrs. Grit**
stone, and was between fifteen and sixteen years of age.. /1,.
was the son of a labourer on the metropolis roads, and bad
been living as an out-door servant to Mr. Grimstone two or
three years, put within the last eight or nine weeks had been
in-doors as page. On the afternoon of Monday last witneas vas
about five o'clock at the gate of the house, having gone diet.°
to call some person in, as the deceased had said he would shoot
himself, when she heard the report of the discharge of a. pistil
on the premises. She immediately called to a man whits was
passing, and returned with him into the house, and runnineg
to deceased's bed-room, on the stairs leading to which else lieu
just before left the deceased sitting, when she found him bay"
across the bed, with a wound in his breast, from vihieb the
blood was flowing fast, having shot himself with a pistol, which
was in his hand, or near it. Deceased was quite dead, sathis.
clothes were on fire, which were torn off with a pair of toile
by the strangers whom she had called in. Deceased leg;
just before come in from the garden, where he l'ete
been out to play, as was frequently his custom when :ne
could get at. his master's pistols or guns. No one was in t
yte
garden with the deceased, but some of the dogs. About four
o'clock the same afternoon, deceased had knocked at the di ser
of witness's bedroom where she was dressing, ao one but *
ness and the deceased being in the house at the titli ese
would not open the door, but he repeated his desire to come an'
After witness would not let him in, deceased went down stair*
and then came up again in about five minutes, when wan e
saw him, and he sat on the bed. Witness brushed out his be ir
for him, after which he left and went into his master's roe.
again. Witness again warned him not to touch the pistols. I a s
minute or two he came running up again and asked for a
piece of paper, and caught up a book called " The Cona'r:,
neon to the Sacrament," when witness said, "Oh ! Jots IIP"
don't tear that." Deceased said "I want a piece of pal
as lam going to load master's pistol." Witness immcdiat t„
urged him for Heaven's sake not to do so, when he said be o',l
want a piece of paper to load it with, for he thought he show'
shoot himself. Witness told him if he would read that bitch
he would never again think of sheeting, himself. Witness did
not think the deceased was serious, as he had so often ta1174
about it before. He then caught up one of witness's el"'
papers, and ran out of the room, and went down to the code ge,
in the garden with the dogs. Witr.ess did not fellow him, b.'!"
deceased soon came up the yard and flung up a stone at 'Ol
ness's bed-room window, at the same time playing with one
the little dogs in the garden. Deceased then came lart'
leaving the pistol, witness believed, in one of
green-houses. He repeated that he should, he thekr,"
shoot himself, but he would like to shoot witness 131,,"
and with that he caught her kindly rou.ad the or:c'"
and also by the hand, and said " I certainly mean to shoot tar
self." Witness replied, " You never mean it, :surely." Pet
ceased had often beftere said to witness and the other servatt:
that he should like to be in battle, where there w 219 nothing IL.
bloodshed and killing one another, and where the 'streets "ri';
moistened with blood, and that he should like to shoot io son
one else first, and himself afterwards. Deceased ti tee went, s
the green-house, and brought back the pistol, and trOpPed
bullet. Witness believed he had charged it with po seder
master's room, as the powder was kept there. Ho then sr, t,
witness if she knew where there were any more ball, tts- N're'
ness replied she did not know, and if she did she wos dd not
him, and she dared him to go, into hismaster'sroora ag an. 1'4)%
after that deceased said, " Good bye, Jane, as you won 't
along with me." She said to him, " Surely you won't shoat' Y 9,1110
you have talked of that before, but you don't mean it. ~„t I
said, " I have made the attempt to shoot myself befoxe_, 11"khe
had not the heart; I did not have the' cheek' to do
then watched him, and he wanted her to go into his roo 132 s
him, on which she went out to find some one, and saw only
soi
man playing an organ, so she ran in again, and the de lel' oct
was then sitting on the bed with the pistol at his foreheat 15 A of
on seeing her he asked her to come in and sit by the si
him. Witness instantly ran from him to the gate, and; lip
pealed to the organ player to come in, and to a man anctsbea
wife with a child who were passing. The man came in,
the place was full of smoke, and the deceased was found tnii
back on the bed, and quite dead. Deceased was quite eart°l;cl
every thing but talking like a mad person about shooting to
killing. He was not like a boy, but exceedingly like •
in his boldness. He was very cruel to animals.
The CORONER said the housemaid appeared to have hat? s
most miraculous escape from being murdered. .a this
The father of the deceased was then called in, and sat 0
about four years ago the deceased had had very strop g.OO
three or four times. He would drop backwards some
after drinking a draught. He was a very steady and quiewitt,..,„'sts
That being the whole of the evidence, the Jury, "'",st
hesitation, expressed an opinion that the deceased could fed
have been in a sound state of mind at the time he cornolt
the rash act, and returned a verdict of " Insanity."
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After the verdict was returned, the Coroner suggeatThosi
Mr. Grimstone, jun., that science might be greatly ben_lea
if the head of the deceased could be obtained by a low",tlttl
man. An application was afterwards made to the father 01'
deceased on the subject, but it was met by a refusal.

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