The Telegram. — 1893-10-10 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

PPM 492"  14,-• •  SAD CASE OF SUICIDE AT BRIDPOIIT. Much consternation was caused in South Street WI Tuesday night about 10.30 by the anounneement Mrs. Hoary, wife of Mr. Alfred H.sare, tooter, of South Street, and daughter of Councillor t Clout, had committed suicide by poisoning herself. The announcement proved only for true, and great symplithy was expresyed for the husband and the father of the deceased, she being well known and respected. Tut INQUEST • was held at the Woodman.% Inn, South Street, before the coroner (Mr. C. Nantes) and a jury of 'hie,' Mr. G. A. hansom was the foreman. The jury Raving I sawed the body the folios ing evidence was adilueed : Alfred Hoare, husband of the deceased, stated she VMS 22 laq birthday. On the evening iii queston be went to West Bay- at 5.30, and returned about 8.30. Mtge he lied sat for some little time and smeked he fettlic.l some supper beer, of which the deceased would net drink. During the past four days she had appeared to be stwiying and worrying. They hat one child, which was born on Aug. 11th, aud deceased had not properly recovered her iieshh shier. He had several times advised her to go out and knee the household duties alone. When they went to bed that evening he carried the child upstairs, and when the &ceased had taken her bodice off she remarked that she had left the timepiece downstairs, and 'wait to and fetch it. %%Lutes wanted to go, hut she would no: let him. When she returned he got into bed, as she did, and he remarked on the coldness of her feet, She never anewered, but gut out of bed and began to vomit. He saw her falling, and he 'uinetl out of lied end traught her. He asked her waist the matter was, hut she made no answer. She never spoke from the time she went to fetch the clock till the nine she dyed. He believed she lighted a candle downstairs; she li.ed to go down two flights. She was only absent a minute or so. There was generally hot water in the kettle or fountain. EL: ran out for assistance, anti the first he saw was Mt. Holier, who went for a doctor, and he fetched 'Airs. Stokell, from the Woodnnui lon. \% ten they ittnried the two saw deceased breathe her last. He had no suet pinion that she contemplated ceinwritting suicide, e heard her speak despairing of life. Her health had ueen a mattes-of comment aminizet her friends. There was no ~1,11,4011, as far as he knew, for deceased buyirg oxalic gas to dean baskets. Mts. Stokell said she %ill called hy the l,rt witness, who said his wife was poisoned, and she went over, when deceased moaned- once, It ~as Men quitterpost ten. The last witness had apparently just come frets. his bed. Witness noticed a cup no the kitchen ranee with something in it, anti it was 'mite warm. Mr. J. G. Donn, chemist, of East Street, said the deceased came to limo shoo between three and fool', and waited for three or four minutes, arid she Men asked for two or three peonyworth of oxalic acid. He sogeested to her that it was a of:macrons thing to have about., and not to have more than what she was gomg to use, and he advised her to have only one pennyworth, which she did. He sow nethinx urn:oval in her manner. Oxalic mid would only take a few minutes to diseolve.  muythers said he went to the ileceated's boy 'd and found her dead. Ging on the hot fie searched her pocket and found • purse containing solllC money and • spoon with traces of oxalic acid. lhownataks the kitchen be found the box erodueed, and in it found, in one coiner, some °sex add, and In the opposite corner Borne Epsom salts. Dr. Wilson ,aid he was called hist evening. and Ito found the deceased dead, there Leine symptoms at poisoning from °sane arid. ft wan a cwrrosnie but it brouyht death more by frigid than anything ai —it paralysed the inside. It was node possible the deceased might, be in a morbid canciition after ber mentinement—it was net unusual,  The coroner llama summed up, Mr. W. G. Ck,ruick (A juror) thought thrwanu a evidence to bhp., that toe dm-exved cermet:sp4at:4 suicide. The Eiraoro salts and oxahc acid being in the sato,: box sbui unerhthave made a ntk.tate.  The coroner sard that gnu in his mind. Ike dirtinetly arked the houband if be had any purpcse buy the <Amite acid, but be said No." Mr. Comick raid that waa en. art the Poor febi•,,r, said he did not have aultbanit to 40 with howiebbi% duties. _ _  -3Fr7A. Hassey and several other jurymen concarre,l with Mr. corwiek, and after farrio;r discussion tte jury unarlirnotrrly a verlict of " Death iston. misadventure."