Runcorn and Widnes Examiner. — 1870-09-03 (Runcorn, Cheshire, England)

ERS' RATIONS. into its leathern case, before he deliberately drunk the rrh pressic acid which caused his °ln death. It was a five _she following letter was read from the porter of the pointed, house : chambered Colt's revolier, of the original kind, and one Gentlemen,—l think it is nOw about 18 months since .tho of the barrels remained charged when found, thus con- dietary allowance to officers was revised, and at thcers's finning the evidence given at the coroner's inquest that time I neither know the articles lam supposed to meet, four shots were fired. Some conical bullets were also yet the quantity. or ttogether tt cannot nroil!e... 7 , found in the bureau, the bullet in -the revolver being .14)!T wsuno is on root from five or about liveracS Vock .ni. tf.r,,"r„ ' also of the same sort. The vessel and bottle which had elm, p.m., daily. lam willies; to give .ane Y that during contained the prussic acid with which the father corn- hopes of an understanding, for lean assure Yr'nrej,-.80 tilling!' mitted self-destruction, it is a remarkable fact, have the last five or six months I have often had te ll'he house, aonot yet been fOund, though the servant girl, Ellen which I always understood I was aliovsseclt.T_T.„„", te., morning of the occurrence she noticed brio small phials, " ' "711, Davis, positively stated' that about ten o'clock on the cording to the agreement at my engairem°- E. Hiran.pf.:' wrapped in white -paper, standing on the mantel-piece The ISTER sad that othersto purchase considerable of her master's bedroom. A white handkerchief was and he knew that they. had as f. source of great anfound in Mr. Prankerd's pocket, perforated in five quantities of food, which vs ‘ places, evidently by shot, the edges of the holes being nozance to him, called into the room,. and said that slightly scorched. The theory IS that the murderer, to .I"he PORTER was with the rations for the last conceal his object from his daughters and prevent him he had no been ,5115110 d flv, The quantity of bacon they had had from carrying it out, held the handkerchief-doubled. up five or six months. ra,,,,, than one and three-quarters of before the nozzle of the pistol, the bullet thus passingd bestopped did not averagweek, and the cheese had en bunco per throtigli it: ' Upwards of £4OO, a large qdantity of an o,,.ther. clothing and some valuable plate, were found in -Mr. e months ago they had altrA,-,; osAsesais said that some . Prankerd's bedroom and there was no. itidicsitions of a complaint from the au . auditor that they were going to penury having at 'all contributed as a cause ,of so a cost for the officers rations which they were not terrible a crime. It is said that the daughter, thirteen authorised to do, the regulationse were that the officers officers also complained, years of age, whose whereabouts, after being taken could show that his rations were away from her home by her father, remained unknown, Ise asked if the porter . has been ascertained to be in a place of safety at less than that double that of the paupers. Bristol, where oh* will remain for the present. . . .. • .... ration should not exceed double the cost of the paupers.