Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1879-05-02 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

DRINKING PARAFFIN FOR LOVE.  On Mo id ay evening, Elizabeth Gilbert, a young woman who lived in D tragate-itreat, took a strange way of settling her love affairs. Sae thought she had a true lover, named William Weakley ' • but aVilliam, according to too evidence of a witileae, hici told her he "had another, wad liked ;ler b ittie." So Elizabeth drank a cup of paraffin, and goon went into a comatose state. hut the good people about her sent for malice' help, and she was partially restored by tue good offi as of Mr. Day. The poor girl WAR still Very ill, and the atteution of the relieving offieer .eas called t tau case, bat ho did not see how to interfere in the matter, remarking that if she had attempted tier life the proper thing Was to bring her before the m igiseettee. C eel Cenetable Coward had a person to waton her all Tueeilay night, and on Wednesday afternoen she Wei brouget before Mr. Devenieh on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. Elizabeth S roieg„ g,rl, lives in the same how-, eald defendent came to her room on Monday afternoon. A young mill named Weakley was at the front door, and defendant said she wanted to see him, an •I called him, when he replied "Good night," and went away, lie lodges in the house. She -" I shell go to hiel, and then offered to bet witness a tahilling that she'd be dead next morning; witness wouldn't het, and she bet with witness's sister. She took a candle and went upstairs, got a cup three parts full of come liquid, which sae said was water and sugar, and toll her to taste. Witte as did not do so, and the put it in her window, and told witnesa to get some matehee. She went down for them, and returned with her sister, when deceased drank the contents of tbe cup aryl sail— "Ah I ah I 'tis paraffin; now I have done it." Witneei said " 'Twas silliness, 13,19. to (JO that ;" lint she reelied "I meant to do it for some time," :awl alba elle meant to do it en Sani a nieti ; het she forget tai take it with her. She added—' If fether egile why I did it, tell him it was William's fault." This wits ihe eenin z man elle bed boom keeping cern:eine with. 01 the Suni4V afternoon, defen• dant said William had toil her iie had an& her oae, and he liked that ono: ialueh latter than her, Witness went and colled Mrs. Peg., and defend ant sod—lf paraffin couldn't do it, she knew what would, anal it wonldn't coat her but a pewee %Veen Mrs Pace asked her wh at she did it for, she c Aught Mrs. Page by tlei throat, and got excite I ; she its., died axed she'd do it agon. Mr. E. S. Dl, of Ford inzton, was relied in on Monday Eight, to the louse in Durng ite-troei., where defendant lived, and found her in bed lyins • n bur back, in a ; e,omatome state, tremulous anil complaining of petit: but she did net know where. The Heientemq were those of narcotic poigoning, he 'tacit her hrsoto anal found it • smelt very strongly of paraffin, gave her fur or tiVe emetics, one after each other, thy caat.d,:rid the contents . of the stomach also stnelt sirengly of pee:ilia. She • I rallied and call A oat some none;; hut shertly returned to the comatose et ate. At pre-ent not insensible ; but could he aroosed. lie censiii-red she would have . died, had not the stomaqi been emptie,l. sem w e oil was administered in order to soothe Vie coats of the Stomech j but she was new suffering from the effects on the brain. I Remanded for a week, and meantime retuoved to the