The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-04 00:00:00

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.

Yesterday morning Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy
coroner for West Middlesex concluded an inquiry
at the Lord Nelson Tavern, Holloway-road, into the
circumstances attending the death of Miss Ann
Page, aged 17, who committed suicide, on Thursday
' last, by throwing herself into the New River, at
Highbury-vale, in company with a female friend,
who fortunately was rescued. The circumstances
created the greatest excitement in the immediate
neighbouihood. It appeared that the young girls
were of respectable families, the deceased residing
in St. John-street-road, and the survivor in Coppice-
row, Clerkenwell. They became acquainted about
three years since at a Sunday-school treat, and wore
so attached that their greatest happiness was
in each other's company. On Monday, the
25th ult., deceased remained from home all night,
and between two and three in the morning the father
of the deceased in great alarm called upon Mrs.
Harding, thinking the two young girls were toge-
ther. iss Harding, however, was in bed. De-
ceased had called Upon her friend, and wished her to
accompany her on the previous afternoon, but she
was unable to do so. The following was elicited in
the examination of Miss Harding :—Deceased
returned home on the Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
It appeared' that she had been to the tailors'
ball at Highbury Barn with some woman. She was
very fond of pleasure. Mrs Page dressed for the pur-
pose of seeing the young woman, and deceased was
allowed to accompany witness home if she returned
in half an hour. Deceased took 6d. away with her,
and on getting outside the door she said she would
buy poison with it. She had told her mother it was
the last time she would see her. They both walked
about some time, when they got very hungry, and
deceased proposed to buy arsenic for both. They
however walked beyond Edmonton, and back to
London. On the Tuesday night witness was taken
ill in the street, and cried, when a gentleman asked
her why she cried ; and on her replying that she
was-ill, and without anything to eat, he gave her
ls. 3d., which was all he had. They lived upon the
ls. 3d. till the Thursday morning. On the Wednes-
day they passed the day in St. James's-park, calling
upon deceased's sister in Oxford-street, where they
washed, but had nothing to eat. On the Thursday
morning very early they walked to Highbury-vale,
and witness asked deceased if she would go home.
She replied, " I never will." She then asked wit-
ness if she would agree to die with her, and after
an expression of their love, they joined hands, and
exclaiming " Oh, love ! love !" jumped into the
water together. She remembered nothing more.
Witness had no wish to leave her home, but she
could not leave her friend. The jury returned the
following verdict, " That the deceased Jane Page
committed suicide, but there was not sufficient evi-
dence before the jury to prove her state of mind at
the time of the commission of the act." The pain-
ful inquiry then terminated—the mother of each
young girl was present.

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