Widnes Examiner. — 1894-02-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE. Olt 43010ek On );.L/ndal InPrning thQ t)Qd Good :440j Of Vititif4lie.4, Rnoll, wa a the Brivicoter Canal near Delph be body was fiegtfit The deceased had of the traetion peglne belonging to provement Commissioneet ASO on -Saturday rarged. The circumstances under which the I death will be found detailed befeeve in the Idueed before .Mr. Coroner Weekly and a corn Police Court on Tuesday. exlwin, widow of deceased, said her busbated 4) years of age. He was an engine driver;., v him alive at half-past ten en Saturday Is had been" on the drink" since last Bask uring that time he had not been living with' best of her knowledge he had been staying lers' Arms. He told her on Saturday mornwas coming home at eight o'clock at night. You have got the sack haven't you." He , I have not." She added" Well I suppose Mrs. Hughes won't keep you, and it is no ling to me without wages." fie was quite Id he was going to Swinton in the afternoon. drinking very heavily indeed. He mimeler eight, ten and twelve shillings a week, les nothing. He had told her that: he was e married to this girl they harboured hini had been to the Moulders' Arms to endeavice him to return horse but the landlord Lt. She did not go again. nes,landlord of the Moulders' Arms, said the lodged with him about three months. When ceased complained of being struck at his les and other missiles, and asked witness if nemodate him with lodgings. The deceased' lerably. Witness rememberea Mrs. Goodfor her husband. He told her to go away Ler, but only gently. On Saturday the claim he was going to London, and his box Lis clothes was sent to the railway station. w that deceased had been discharged from )f the Board of Commissioners. , On Sunday id deceased in an outhouse at the back of At the time witness thought the max was runkenness. The deceased had his drink I sometimes heavily. He had had drink Lght when he turned bias from the outcould walk straight. Deceased .was walk:, be house, but he (witness) said, "Now Lsed), get off from here: you have finished )n Monday piorraing he found blood on the uthause. endale aged about 20 years, servant at the messai:l the deceased on Saturday last made :nt with her to meet him at Widnes,between le o'clock, at the foot of the Widnes side of Ige. Witness-went across the bridge, but led to keep his appointment. He wanted Ly to Birkenhead with him, and said if she ild marry her in a short time. He always ; he was single.—Tile Coroner: Did you e married P—Witness made no reply. Wit, ; last saw the deceased alive on Saturday hen he made the appointment to meet her Be never said anything to her about ,  low statf.d. that he oct, the deceased walk 3e Moulders' Arms in the direction of the It o'clock on Sunday night. He had had nk, but seemed capable of taking care of  owell landlord of Bull's Head Inn, spoke the body. 3ooper said when be exSmined thetody of ,he found in the right side of the neck a nd :gaff inches in length, very slight. Imnder the !wound he found' another half an 3, rather -deeper than the other, but both fle-sh wounds. The right-hand trousers owned inside out, but in the other pockets )ng other things a polknife, both blades of ;meared with blood, marriage lines, a ring, a money. In one of the overcoat pockets he ket book, ou the third leaf of which was ad pencil the following words :—" I have the canal through a young woman I love my life, and that is Miss J. Brazendale, me Runcorn." The words were penned in ;.y band. There was no signature attached, of the deceased had identified the handhat of ber husband, and it corresponded r note written in the pocket book. Witness atheuse at the rear of the Moulders' Arms a patch of dry blood on the floor. There blood-rmeared finger marks on the door the inside. The marriage lines referred to first marriage. Witness said deceased for s had taken a lot of drink. ner in summing up, said there was little the wounds uron the neck were self inflicted ; afterwards committed sucide by jumping aal. It was for the jury to say what was his ad when he committed the act. He had been 'cry heavily, but if he were charged with manslaughter, drinking would forma no excuse ,nd suicide was the crime of self murder. Here consider the case of a man who murdered they had to consider whether his drinking 3 him to lose his reason : they thought so turn a verdict to that effect, if they did not must return a verdict of suicide. The id deliberation in private returned a verdict sed committed suicide while temporarily t on through excessive drinking.  TINARY MURDER IND Et