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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-06-18 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

LAITDANITM.  The Borough. Coroner, Mr. Cecil Ho:den. held an inquest on Thursday afternoon respecting the death of Percival Robinson., a jowneyiman joiner, aged 23 years, residing at 52, Bridgentreet, who died at the Borough Hospital on Wednesday moraing from the remits of taking a quantity of laudanum the previous arming. Robert Robinson, the father of the dammed. stated that tlie letter had for some time peat given way to drink, and had neglected los work. When he came in at te.time on 'Poesday evening he was ender the infbience of drink. He washed !thee& and went out about six, and wastes went out a little later. He returned about 10.20 p.m. said found his eon sittine at the of the *aim, apparently asleep. Witoma, not siaspeolimg that he had an poison, left 'him three till *out eleven p.m., When one of the family on going into his morn found a bottle there containing laud...num. Dr. Stanefield we. end for, and be gave an emetic and ordered his removal to the hospital. His Eon had previously attempted to comanit suicide by the mme meame, but he had been inrmediately tisteited. It wee only when be wee in drink that he had threatened suicide. At other times be wee quite sane. Thomas Cragg James, chemist, of Aral& street, anted tbat the deceased came into his shop about balf-pnet sit on Tuesday ' evening, the 14th Met., and asked to be eupphed with some laudanum. The bottle with the label produced which had been I found in the deceased's room was in strict conformity with the tot of Parliament. Winless asked the deceased what he re- , cruised the laudanum for, and be toil him that he bad a bad toe, and the doctor bad ' ordered him to bathe it with /audanuin and hot water. Deceased mid that his bed the had been caused by new hoots. He offered to show wane*, but lie raid he would take hie word. Witnees caul/cooed him about the poison, and he said he knew perfecidy well I how to um it. The deceased wee rs*m. at 1 the time. _ _ .  Di Cordnew stated that after admission to the hospital the dammed was treated for several hours, bid without 'mopeds. The cause of death was synove consequent on poisoning from laudanum. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of laudanana, self administered while temporarily insane.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-05-31 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-05-17 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ALL."  Ellesmere Port Labourer's  uioide.  . Charles oner, held in 'incitiesf. 'sresterday at. 014r.' inare PCnt on the-' body of' Peter Stanton 132); labontar,„, a••,8 meisey-sigieets Ellesmere ,Port. C' Ateet'Clieskire .Mr. 4 . brothel' 'left the railway to go to work at lillesrcierk Pint ;and .1m alwaSa 'aPP'esiv" t°, enio/ good health, -with. the exception Percy §tanton, Chester, -saSd his °I a Period while-living at ShrewlsburY, ii -here lie waa. medic:ally treated for insomnia. ' An9werilig• a question Put 119 I°Tenlail Of the jury as to whether decease suffered from bloodd poisoning, witness he noticed a strange odour about his breath,. and passed the reinark to his 'said Parents that bi, brother's constitution 'seemed to be ruined. 'ii re. Rose Barton said the deceaeed lodg•ed At her house, and, was frequentlY off wor, k through . illness. She .opened the <leer to.hou A... 4, en he returned after spending the Week-end at•Cliester, and as he was • in .111 e-habit. of stayint. in -bed in the morning. she did not rouse him, and about two o'clock •on Wednesday afternoon she went in his. bedroom and saw hirn lying on his bed with his feet -towards the wall. lie had his -socks on, .he had prepared to go to work,- and on the chair be`loo-the, bed -there. was a pmelt bottle, and on the bed there wee a shaving cup, both øf which contained carbolic acid, Witness tb4 tiaanton was dead, and she sent for a doctor. 'Witness did not 'keep carbolic 'acid in the honee. _i„ The C,oroner said -4 man TAN' 1"-F"ve-''''' depressed without being insane. Ile, had a letter which it appears the deceased had received threatening him with proceedings if a sum of money was not Paid forthwith. The Contnex also directed the jury's attention to a book. on the Rez v 7 Russell libel case, which the deceased had apparently been reading, and on is blank page be had - written- the following message, dated May 14th, 1913:— Influenza; the,n inaomjila. can't sleep; nbw. bronchitis and asthma and weak heart. $o good-bye to all. Stanton. It 'visa evident that continued bad health bad preyed on the a Mind. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide during temporary 'insanity."
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-03-29 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

STRANGE RALLUCINATIONS.  its extraordinary story was told to the *rough Coroner (Mr. C. Holden) at an inquest held on Thursday afternoon on the Hod,: of Sarah Anne .Whittle, aged 41, of Grange-place, who was on Wednesday' ,Iteroon tound lying dead in her house with a bandage tied round her neck under Ortuaistsuccs that suggest suicide. The first witness called was Ann Jones, 57 i Bedney-street, mother of the deceased., &be sai4 tlvit.ku..4ltakteßXAS tle low of s journeytnan French polisher, whe had been dead for fifteen. months, and she bad three (:liildren, the eldest of whom was 17 years of age.' She was a waitress.. For the pat six months she had been-in a very depressed condition, as she believed' that she was to become a mother, and shts said that she was ashamed of the disgrace tbat would come to her children. The man who wee, she said ,responsible for her condition denied it. She spent her tinte,reedMg the Ti Me and praying .for forgiveness for what; she termed her. great sin. see walked (about the house Testlessly, and when witness asked her the reason, she said "It is like as if 1 wanted • something and I didn't know what. it Slit:1'111y after one o'clock on Wednesday deceased's gs.year-old son, Ralph RiChard Whittle, came to her house, and as a result of -what ite told her iihe went to her daughter's holm and there *found her lying on the floor with a bandage tietlround her throat. She was dead: She had "not .been right" since her husband died, and had been bested for a nervous *breakdown; Evidence was also given by ineceased's eon Ralph Richard Whittle, and a woman tamed Hannah Ainsworth. Mrs. 'Ainsworth said that she went with the boy and found deceased lying with a strip of calico-wound twice round -her neck and knotted twice. 1 Dr. Fardoni who was called to the house shortly after- the discovery of the body, said that he-had made a post-mortem examination.of the body,. as a result of which be found-that death was due to strangulation. There was no foundation for the esseand's fears. He had known of cases of thia-sort before where women in al7s w state of health believed themselves to be in that condition and had been led to cornit crimes as a result.  I  A, verdict of "Suicide during temporary taimaite wee returned.  Bony* vAcuum .cLELNaR . 25A. .  SaMinly newel Vacuum Cleaner; no bop's, uo tubing. large dust "wily -aqixorlion. no work. ninfghi6th.. Oldj. Ank you. Ironmonger or Iturninisor pareeinre, or lead -lo'. R*,, Cuanza Co.,
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-08-16 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE DISADVANTAGE OF BEING BACHELOR.  - Statistics collected by the Federal authorities in America. and edited by Professo Wilcox, of Cornell University, show elesivelY. the " Telegraph" says, that married men have a much better chance $f life than -bachelors. The advantage greatest in. middle life, hut at all ages be fore eighty it is marked. From twenty to thiry the death-raie among benedicts is 4.2, as compared Ilia 6.6 among bachelors. In the decade 01.-lowing it is. under 6, against nearly 13. Between lorty. and fifty the married inea is better off In the proportion of 9.5 ze 19.5. From .fifty to sixty his margin di superior vitality is 11, and in the tee years up to his allotted three score and tee years it is as much as 19 At all ages ti* statistics show that unmarried men die gt a rate almost twice that of the married men. I Women seem to gain •less by wedlockI Between twenty and thirty the death-re" of wives is higher than that of spinsters lit 5 to 4. In • the more advanced ages f'e wives have some advantage over tie spinsters but not so much as the husbaadd • over bachelors. Similarly, while inert wives survive then widows or 4licert!J women, the difference is not equal to tte difference in the case of men. • The woman who remains single W..' P°°" er -chance of long life than the wad or the widow or divorcee. .• As, is a suicides,dded, fo„uatir-tfitibms eaarnesuannmdars;d but ;sh hope of wedded life are aPParentil the chief contributing cause."  At the London Bankruptcy Court, 0 Wednesday, the first meeting was bold the creditors of .31r. W. 'l'. Le Ques, the Well-known novelist and traveller. Official Receiver reported that the debtor had tint a letter regretting that it 03 impossible for him to attend the meting. is he was in Brussels, and without the necessary funds to come to London. Tbe meeting was adjourned With a view to tbe appointment of a trustee. —.nos
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-07-02 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DRINK • RESPONSIBLE.  • A motor mechanic named E Ham Atkins (31) pleaded !Sift tempting to commit suicide 7,7 t, to 4 quantity of spirits of salts at IL taint, une 7th. • 0144 . For the prosecution, n A Williams said that fromCak peered the prisoner had last. On that °barge he was to commit suicide not later thanakt.ttsei th"weite Lewes Quarter Sessions and boild edit He was still under his recogetutri4.osst father and mother lived in Liet ki prisoner was a Chauffeur andritilla and complained at the time he to-take his life, he • could not though he had • tried at the Lirit -Docks. He was a married wife and • three children. gis'l,,tdi gene into service, w,bile the three-M.4( were being looked after hy he Knees The prisoner's plea was NI ?tirst4, drunk when he took the pa*" Ili did not know what he was de." \is seemed a curious thing, the hirnli It tinued, that a skilled mechanic and L'afeur should be out ot work dining7._ days. The prisoner had told 00 do coseeteirt to ea hat he hinistephdeed. to do 4141.7 Inspector Wilson, of floylake,•daii that from enquiries lie found that tht prisoner had been in the army, ud discharge was good. As a chauffenriel,4 'excellent references from his previeet wt. ployers. In one he was detajl*. honest, sober and trustworthy. Re been convicted - for being drunk and 8, orderly and assaulting the police, Ft, viously he had been employed in a L„aai motor garage, but he gave way to thf,e and his home was broken' up and hie-jii compelled to go into serviee. Witness had an interview with his wife, who ay him that us to two years ago her hashaa was most devoted Ind a good father. aa it was noly when he gave way to,' chiik that thbse thing.-happened. In pitiful tones • the prisoner ergs* sorrow and appealed to the court to pi him -another chance. 'He would ma touch drink again. "My wife is in es direction, the children are in another, home is completely broken up. and I a out of work," he said. He could not ge work, although he had tried bard. Re da not know he had taken poison, hems he was drunk at the time. He begged tha COu,rt to give him one more chance. The (Alumnae' pointed out that the pru. Oiler had done a Irery wrong thing, and a • was the second offence of that nature Es •,uld have to go- to prison for the -months.  .. . . :—Prisoner. on hearing the sentence, ap peared to be greatly overcoma. and sa removed floes -t_las dects in a collspei state. . . ..
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-06-18 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

PASSING. THBOEHH THE A.Kg. The Baby's Coffin is seen. in tie Foreground.  with that, then it followed as a natural consequence that they would have to. fiti4l a verdict of wilful murder against her in respect of the deaths of the three children' With regard to her own ease; it was different, the Coroner proceeded. if they believed . that she was responsible for the deaths of her children' they must also believe that she was responsible for her own. Considering her state of mind, his personal view was that at the time she did this she was not accountable for her actions. There was evidence of old depression, and the material evidence of the lady witness who came forward, and said that on other, occasions deceased had threatened to commit suicide, and she had herself prevented deceased on one occasion. That tended to show that . her intellect was ii!. balanced. The. husband was entitled to great sympathy for what had happened. He was a man of reepectability and industry. Although he might have spoken- to his Wife sharply about running into debt" he was Perfeotly j 'hed in so doing • and there ought to lignlng arising .Out of this :ego there or 'anywhere else that *mild' render hint-liable to any criticism or op.prob,rium. She . herself admitted in the letter ,"1 ,h,ave not been straight out with 'yen," If she exceeded her allowance and landed him in financial difficulties he was --entitled. to reprove her. "I del:A think," continued. the. Coroner, "that • there's anything in this case .that is In the.slightest' degree .detrimental to him." Be. held similar view in regard to kr. White:- and obgeried that it was most unfortunate that 'people who had absolutely, nothing tu do with the case should be called into public notoriety by it.  ..,.,:.:....:,.. ...,,,, ...„..;,. .... ..._,.... ..... :,,,::,,,, I  • , .
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1907-08-31 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

TRIED TO KILL HERSELF  SERVANT GIRL'S SAD POSITION.  At the Borough Police Court on Thursday, Annie Winer, a Liverpool girl, apparently about '22 year of age, in service in Birkenhead, was charged with atiempt_ ing to commit suicide by inhaling poisonous gas. Dr. R. T. Hughes deposed that the pri,oner came to see hint on Monday night, and again on Tuesday morning, and he found that she W4lts pregnant. On Wednesday morning, about ti.3o, he was called to the house where she was in service, and was told by her mistress that her (the girl's) bedroom, door was locked, and th:.t they could get no answer. A neighbour broke the door open just as witness arrived. They tound time room was full of gas, tls.. burner being turned on, but notAighted; and the priooner was in bed, in her ,night-clothes. They threw open the window,: and removed the girl front the room. Sho waii in a critical condition—semi-conscious. He applied restoratives, and she came round iii an hour's time, and afterwards was removed in a cab to the workhouse infirmary. A letter was found in the prisoner's room, in -which eh e stated that she W:l6 trouble.  Supt. Parker (to the Bench): The letter shows that she premeditated it. Dr. Hughes said that was so. The poor girl had put her clothes and other things in order. Her mistress had told him she had an excellent character with her, and that she had been a very good girl—not at all flighty. P.C. Roberts (I0A) said that whcn he ' barged prisoner with tte offence, she made no reply. She had told him, however, that she had been keeping company with a young man for 18 months; but on Tuesday night she told him of her condition, and then he repudiated it, and said he should leave the town, and would have nothing to do with her. _  A .further charge wae preferred again 4 the priaoner of being a lunatic. and .he wad; ordered to be detained in the worklinuee for a fortnight for the state of her wind to be inquired into.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1907-06-22 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.  When o'er man's soul a heavy cloud of shame and sorrow hangs, When grim remorse gnaws at his heart with sharp unpitying fangs, When mind and reason fail, when love is gone and hope is fled, A devil takes posseasion, and with brooding thoughts is fed. An awful evil fiend who whispers words of and fear  :nit; in-ea-i-t-oo well prepared such things as these to hear; . .  Who wre.,tle Wiiii.the better part of man, and oft, alas, The victory gains; man's wretchedness then nothing can surpass. 4 thought beoomes predominant. At first his spirit quails From such a thing of horror. Mind rebels and courage fails, But anguished grief and sorrow grim will spur his fainting soul To madness. To destroy the life God gave . .  him clean and whole: His misery no solace finds in anything of earth  .... Or Heaven—for things Divine —he seeks to deem things of no worth. Or terrors, ghastly, gaunt, and grim his shrinking soul await If there be Hell—He cannot, dare not, meet his awful fate.  His haggard face the impress bears of suffering a,nd of pain. His mournful mien proclaims biz grief for what comes not again. Hie wasted opportunities. his useless misspent life, Where good and bad for mastery had waged unceasing strife. _  'Tie done. His soul has fled to face the Mighty Judge on high. Rae left his quivering body with one long, last, shuddering sigh. But infinite compassion will his erring soul be shown, 'Peace that passeth understanding"—in this cruel world unknown. -.•  ---- Judge not the deed to? harshly, nor with scornful word deride. He greatly erred, and greatly paid, for for his ADA he died. His one last earthly thought as he expired with failing breath, Was that irrevocable truth, "The wage of cia ib death."
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1907-10-26 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MERSEY MYSTERY  YOUNG WOMAN'S SAD END.  At the Presbyterian Schoolroom. Se. combo, yesterday afternoon, the West Cheshire Coroner (Mr. J. C. Bate) (Jaducted an inquiry into the mrommtanmi attending the death of Margaret late., 6 single woman, aged 23 years, who bad sidled at 16, Circus-street, Liverpcol. The body was recovered from th, :iret on Wednesday morning and removed to the mortuary. My marLi on the arm the ,bat was identified as that of Margaret lat" by her sister, Mrs. SUpall Tranunere. At 11.20 p.m. on Septeacier '2oth, she was reported to have stool at tits I south-end of the Liverpool Landing itac' and requested a inan, who salk,queut? gave the name of Jos.-ph t 1 dilates Churchetreet, Birkenhead, to go ahor`i the Eastham boat and inquire if a Je• was working there. This man told a Liver. pool constable that he complied with to .request, and upon leaving the served deceased Jump into the river. 't h.: was a strong tide running, and all etiart. to effect a rescue proved Ill1:11,111111g. the Stage was found a not: addieeel ta 104, Chureh-stnet. Birkenhea(l. It lan," Dear Aunt or Uncle.-1 am hrc"°' hearted, I am tired of my life my mother and father died, also our lieu. and a man that has ruined my tile. 1)"' Aunt and Uncle, pray tor fae.—llargna Yates." Inquiries were made tor Oa two who had been interrogated on th: LI pool Stage, but it was found that the aw dricie he had given was a false oueecU Stephen Bennet, Bye r Vy•et reel. combo, captain of the flat Jessie, P° 10 picking up the body. sistrre. had dardbtgin told court ahc btateefAli,.. who was cruel to her. In May lAA de". ceased wrote her, "Don't be surprised the next death you hear of a. IRAK, 1e like as if going out of my miud.'' yr. ceased had been summoned to glee eridc, at the recent missions in the city. arui subpcena was discovered in hor Witness had trouble in May and Wile. able to go to her sibtor. Sky c 4,1111 swear that the letter puts-i IIP ou Liverpool Stage was in Further evidence was addu,-(d by Farrel, of Birkenhead, and VA% r:iiel:aa Wallasey. The latt:r stated that oil ' 16th the coloured man with whom deeeii,l ' cohabited was locked up by the Liverpo,+ police for assaulting the %%snail and a the following day was committed month, and twnt for trial a, a Vagray':. rogue and vagabond, and living on the ' ceeds of the deceased's latter was bound over to appear agalt,c the man—Freeman, who was 111 gaol ou t date of her death, and was still inearrer  ated, The jury were satisfied that the deceadel was Margaret Yates, and rturnd a corditt that she commited suicide white wog°. arily insane.  Printed and Published every WednesdaY 42d Stt for the Proprietors by C. B.