The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-08 00:00:00

SUICIDES AT hER EAST-END.

On Saturday morning a long inquiry was gone
into, before Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy
coroner for East Middlesex, at the Prince Albert
Tavern, Lincoln -street, Bow-road, Mile-end, respect-
ing the death of Mr. George Calkin Budd, aged 30
years, who committed self-destruction by shooting
himself through the head with a revolver pistol, on
Wednesday night last.
The evidence, which was very voluminous, proved
that the deceased, who was highly connected, had
for about two years kept a fancy repository, at No.
1, Wilby-place, Bow-road, where he became unfor-
tunate through pecuniary difficulties. He was an
educated man, and was universally beloved for his
affable demeanour. The fact of his embarrassments
seemed to prey heavily upon his mind, and he was
in the habit of meeting several gentlemen at the
above named tavern almost every evening. He had
been heard to say that he would shoot himself if
matters did not mend with him, and he was in the
habit of carrying with him firearms. On Wednes-
day night last, about 11 o'clock, he went into the
bar-parlour, when he called for some brandy and
water, and got into conversation with the landlord
(fir. Harner) and his wife, He sat upon a chair,
leaning over the back, with his face towards the
fire. Mrs. Hamer had seen him twisting the pistol
round two or three times, and while she and her
husband were at the bar-counter the report of fire-
arms was heard. The latter rushed into the room,
and discovered the deceased with his head hanging
over the back of the chair, bleeding from a wound
on the right side of the head, and with a revolver
pistol in his right hand. Mr. Harner ran into the
street, and called " Police," when a constable named
Goodson, 227 K, promptly attended, and the
deceased was still breathing but perfectly insensible.
The landlord ran for Dr. Freeman, who immediately
saw the deceased, but he expired in a few minutes.
Other evidence having been adduced, the jury
returned a verdict of" Temporary insanity."
Another inquest was afterwards held by Mr. 1.1.
Raffles Walthew, at the Red Cow Tavern, Cleve-
land-road, Mile-end-road, as to the death of Ann
Cordozo, aged 47 years, who committed suicide at
No. 3, Belle Vue-place, Cleveland-street, Mile-end-
road.

The deceased was the wifo of a member of the
Jewish persuasion, and had suffered from a cancer
in the breast, whereby she had endured excruci-
ating agony. On Wednesday night she cut her
throat and died. _

Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
A third inquest was gone into by the same
coroner at the Victory public-house, Nelsen-street,
Friar's-mount, Bethnal-green, on view of the
body of William Morgan, aged thirty-two,
years, who died from hanging at No. 13, Mount-
street. The deceased was a journeyman cabinet-
maker, but had been in great distress through the
want of work. On Thursday night the deceased
retired to rest, and at an early hour on the follow-
ing morning he was found suspended by a rope to
a beam in his workshop.
Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
The fourth inquest was taken by Mr. H. Rallies
Walt hew, at the Lord Nelson public-house, Austin-
street, Hackney-road, Bethnal-green, respecting
the death of Thomas Miller, aged 65 years, a car-
penter, who died at No. 15, Austin-street, from
hanging. No cause was alleged.
Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
A fifth investigation was then held by the same
gentleman, at the Hen and Chickens Tavern, Bath-
street, City-road, Shoreditch, as to the death of
George Bray, aged 47 years, who destroyed him-
self by hanging, at No. 15, Willow-gardens.
Deceased had previously suffered from melancholy.
The deputy-coroner remarked on the extraordi-
nary number of inquests he had held during the
day, and observed that there really seemed a mania
for suicide in the eastern parts of the metropolis.
The jury, as in the former cases, returned a
verdict of " Temporary insanity."