The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.

On Saturday evening Mr. -111. belasaux, coroner for
Kent, held an inquest at Canterbury, on the body of
Elizabeth Ann Steer, a single woman, i 1 years of age, •
who had committed suicide early that morning by hang-
ing herself in the washbouee of her brotber's house. The
deceased was to: have been merriel the previous da y
to a carabineer of the name of Greaves, but the com-
manding officer refused to grant leave, and her friends
were opposed to it, especially her mother in-law, who
had cau el her to leave home in conseque s The de
ceasei, it appeared, had previously kept company
with a young man named West, and was desirous,
for some cause, to leave the country, which she thought
to effect by inarriago with Greaves, who was about leav-
ing for Lelia. The poor girl was found hanging, and
dead, shortly after a detachment of the carabiueers left
the city cm route for India. In her bosom was the fol-
lowing letter, written only a few minutes before com-
mitting tee fatal deed." It was addressed to her former
sweetheart :—" George, you took great trouble to write
to me on Tuesday about my going with Greaves. He
was a marl; he will either live or die for me, and I will
do so for him. Remember, George, bow you deceived
me. Daily and hourly `you sought my ruin ; often did
you wish to get me into trouble, but the L trd protected
me so far. Your conscience will tell you you was a base,
deceitful man, but God never pays debts with money.
My life I will forfeit. Pay my dear father and mother
what you owe me ; it will help my funeral expenses.
You have broken my mind, you seduced me, and God
will reward you for it. You will never prosper. Re
member these last dying words of one who has been'the
dupe of all your lies. My heart aches, my band trem-
bles, and in a few moments I shall be launched into
eternity."
After a brief consultation, and an address from the
coroner, the jury returned a verdict that "The deceased
destroyed herself while labouring under temporary in-
sanity."

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decorated with about as much perjury and dishonesty as
could well be broug,ht into them. With respect to the
fact that both the plaintiff and defendant in the present
case were clmmission agents, his lord4iip said there.
might be respectable men who were commission agents,
but he considered it a business requiring neither charao-
t€r, credit, nor capital—the agent, being ready to do
a,:ything for anybody who would pay him.
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