The South Staffordshire Examiner. — 1874-06-20 (Wednesbury, West Midlands, England)

FOR SUICIDE.—At the Courthouse, War. than the others. Eleven of Brain's high.teution wick, on Monday last, Ellen Harding, a good-looking detonating fuses were applied, and the whole of them and respectably-dressed yonno woman, from West connected in one circuit. This was a departure from Bromwich, was brought up charged with wandering ordinary practice, as they should have been connected about with intent to commit suicide. At about eleven in two branches, of five and six respectively, a plan o'clock on Friday, the accused went up to a police-eon. that would have increased the conducting area, and stable, on duty in the Marketplace, and asked the way consequently reduced the resistance and diminishes! the to the railway station, observing that if she could not risk of small imperfections in the insulation. But Mr. get there she could find her way on the lines. On his Brain had, prior to leaving his own works in the morn, cautioning her there were trains running all night, and iug, experimentally exploded fit teen fuses in one circuit she would most likely get run over, she said that was it was determined, in this instance, to have a practical just what she wantd, and if she could not get on the test of a larger circuit than usual, and no doubt is railway, she had that about her which would do just a, entertained that it would have been successful, but for well. Seeing something in her hand, he took it from a little mishap hereafter explained. The connecting her, and found it to be a small packet of salts of lemon. wires between the charges were "22 insulated He then took her to the station, where she stated that to 16 gntta perchs.- which is very slight. she was a married woman, and came from West From. hut amply sufficient if handled carefully. On the hill wich. where she WRA in service at Mr. Perren's, butcher, above the quarry, and at a suitable distance from its for twelve months previous to her marriage. She .ia verge, a man with the Dynamo Electric Mine Explmler her husband bat deserted Mr and gone to Canada.— was stationed, the instrument being connected with the Superintendent Pickling hooded to the Bench n letter bore-hole charges by two insulated' wires carried down from Superintendent Woolaston, of West Bromwich. the face of the rock. Everything being ready the firing who stated that the facts had been communicated to her signal was given—two rapid turns of the handle of the friends. but they dixiined to take any steps in the mat. exploder were made and an explosion instantly followed. ter, as they had hod tremble enough with her. Superin. The experienced men, however, quickly conjectured that tendent Woola,ton further stated that she had been in i all the charges had not gone off, and on examination it custody for similar offences at,West Bromwich, Stafford. me.. n3m.a i,,3 • w.s found that owing to a slight defectruth ulation. lind Birmingham, and at the latter place was remania where some wires had been joined, only six out of the for a con-llerable time. The chaplain at the County v.,. dyard on sitt-inia 1,1 eleven had been exploded, producing a fracture the i Gaol having engaged to find her a home, she was dis- wood which the mi. whole length of the ledge of rock and several feet in charged with a caution. s.,asadinstaet%utons 0.•  H. S.