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The Northern Guardian. — 1897-07-07 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE SUICIDE IN WEST HARTLEPOOL.  A VERY SAD CASE.  Au ingueet on the body of Mary Eliza Buddy, 24 year:, of age, the wife of Thomm Buddy, 51, Alice Street, West Hartlepool, visa held by Mr Coroner Dodds, at the Waverley Hotel, thili afternoon.  Thos. Boddy, husband of the deceased, stated that he worked at the Blast Furnaces. He had last seen his wife alive about 12.30 yesterday (Tuesday). Her health was similar to what it had been for the last three weeks, as she had been eufferin fits. She had about one every week, and sometimes they lasted about three-quarters of an hour before she came round. Dr Munro had attended her for more than eighteen months. One child had been born, which was at present ten months old. After the fits, the deceased was very childish for about three or four days, and left ' her very low and depressed, in which state she had been since Saturday, the date of the last one. Witness had been brought iron] work by the news of his wife's death about 20 minutes to three. The razor (produced) which had been used by deceased belonged to witness, and he kept it upstairs. It was a new one, and he had not used it.  Jane Ann Neesan. wife of John Neesan, labourer, and mother of the deceased, stated that her daughter and the husband lived with her. Her daughter had been subject to fits over since she was seventeen, though prior to that she was quite healthy. All lived together in the house in harmony, and never had any differences. For the last few days the deceased had been very strange. She had not looked right for the last three weeks, but looked worse since Saturday. She seemed quite capable of taking care of herself, thoughi sometimes she had spoken rather queerly. The last witness had seen of her daughter was at 2.15, when she left her in the house with toe baby. At tan minutes to three Mrs Neesan returned, and found the front door locked. A boy- got over the wall and opened the back door, and then let her In by the front. The child was lying in the cradle downstairs, and was all right. Witness went upstairs alone, and saw the body lying. Mrs Robinson followed her up, and witness cried, -Oh, Mrs Robinson, she's cut her throat." Witness did not see the razor, as Mrs Robinson had gone up and found it, and also seen that she was dead. _  A verdict Was returned that deceased died from hemmorrkage as ai result of cutting her throat with a razor whilst in a state of temporary insanity.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-10-01 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE HARTLEPOOLS & DISTRICT.  LATEST NEWS.  TRAGEDY IN WEST HARTLEPOOL.  A WOMAN'S SAD END.  To-day, about noon, a very distressing case of what was apparently determined suicide happened in Lees Place, close to the Bourn Hotel, West Hartlonool. A woman named Mrs Cowley, the wife of Thomas Cowley, labourer, of 5, Lees P:ace, was found hanging from the lintel of the door leading from the backyard a the house into the street. She is a woman of 36 years of age, and the event is the more to be deplored as there is a family of several children, some young. The circumstances, so far as we are able t, ,gather, are that a few minutes before twelve c'clock, a child ran in and told Mrs Dick, who lives at No. 3, Lees Place, that Mrs Cowley had a rope round her neck. She at once ran out, and saw the body hanging, Mrs Cowley's eyes being fixed and staring, so she gave the alarm to Mr Middleton, a barman at the Bourn Hotel. When he heard Mrs Dick rush in, and shout "That little wonlan's hung herself," he went off at once to the spot. The body, for the woman was quite dead, was resting on figs knees in the grating behind the door, which is somewhat below the level of the yar3, susnended from a large hook used for hanging clothes out. The long clothes line was dependine• from this, looped twice round the unfcrtunate' woman's neck, and the remainder . .  stretching along the ground. She could Lot have Leen long in that po4ition, as she was seen outside the yard a few minutes before the little girl gave the alarm. The occurrence caused much excitement in tho neighbourhood, where much symtathy is felt for the husband, who was rett,rning home to dinner when apprised of the sad event.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-12-30 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

BRIXTON LOVE TRAGEDY.  "LET ME DIE IN PEACE."  Last evening, at the Lambeth Coroner's Court, Mr G. P. Wyatt, coroner, held an inquest on the body of Herbert Rands, aged nineteen years, a builder's labourer, lately residing at 11, Willington Road, Brixton, who committed suicide under sad circumstances.  Jane Rands, the mother, a widow, who was deeply affected, said the deceased was in no trouble "except about his courtship." The Coroner: What was the difficulty alslut that? Witness: He wanted to get married, but he did ont earn money sufficient. The Coroner: What did he earn? Witness: He s only on odd work, and sometimes earns 108 or 128 a week. The Coroner: Had he ever threatened suicil2? Witness: Not in my hearing. "He had e :ere earthly comfort,' but was worried about his The Coroner: What about her? Witness: Well, she's been staying over the Christmas with us. Last Thursday night I was out, and upon returning about nine o'clock, found my poor boy sitting behind the parlour door crying. His young lady was seated in the room, and I remarked to her, "I want to have a happy Christmas, and I hope you have not come to mar our pleasure." The young lady had tried to force the lad into matrimony. Continuing, witness said that shortly after she left the room deceased retired to bed. A few minutes later he called her, and said, "Mother, I've taken poison." Seeing that he was very ill, a doctor was sent for. Witness here became very hysterical, and had to be led from the court. As she was leaving she exclaimed: "Oh. God, have mercy on me! I wo— shipped my boy," and, pointing to the jury, said: "These gentlemen don't understand. My happy Christmas is turned into sorrow." Mary Thorn, a domestic servant, said that she was engaged to deceased, and had been stas;ng with the last witness. Last Thursday deceised seemed rather strange, and remained at home a!l day. and several times remarked he was afraid he would die. During the evening he appeared on very affectionate terms, but later on they had a few words, when the last witness came in "and made matters worse.' About half-past nine o'clock deceased asked witness to go to bed for his sake. Shortly after she had retired she heard deceased and his mother talking, and deceased called out loudly, "Do you want to drive me mad?" Some twenty minutes later witness was told by his mother that he had taken poison. She at once went to see him, and asked him why he had done it, but all he said was: "Go away, and let me die in peace." DT Collingwood Fenwick said death resulted from strychnine. poisoning. The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-10-13 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

FRENCH "JACK THE RIPPER." ["DAILY CHRONICLE" TELEGRAM )  Paris, Tuesday Night. The perpetrator of a terrible series of crimes has at last confessed his guilt. In June last the body of a shepherd lad named Pierre Laurent was found at Courzieu la Giraudiere, near Lyons. The carotid artery had been severed, and the body mutilated. About a month ago Joseph Vacher, a tramp, was arrested near Tournon for criminal indecency. The presiding jadge was struck by the resemblance between the prisoner and the description given of the murderer, and ordered him to be transferred to Belley. During the journey Vacher tried to jump from the compartment, but was prevented by the gendarmes. This act only increased suspicion, and after a severe interrogatory by the Procurator of the Republic at Belley, supported by the testimony of several witnesses, the criminal confessed that he had in all murdered eight victims, including four girls, the oldest being nineteen, one old widow of sixty-five, and three youths of fourteen and sixteen years of age. The victims were in each case barbarously outraged and mutilated, and the circumstances will evidently make it necessary to inoiflre into the sanity of a monster who at the age of twentyeight has beaten the record commenced by Dtimoleqrd and other murderers of the same kind.  Joseph Vacher belongs to a poor but respect9ble family of farmers at Beaufort. He was educated by the Marist brothers at Saint-GenieLaval, and went through his military service at Besancon. His conduct was so satisfactory that at the end of two years he was promoted to the lower grade of sergeant. The only blot in his life was firing a*revolver in a fit of passion at a girl living, in Beaune to whom he was engaged, but who jilted him. He then tried to commit suicide. Since then he has wandered over the provinces, and his crimes have been committed in eight different departments. He declares that his murders seemed predestined. He never sought his victims, but when they were within reach the homicidal impulse was irresistible. After each murder he felt relieved and solaced, as if he had been designated by God to outrage and slay a certain number of his fellow creatures.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-04-09 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

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The Northern Guardian. — 1897-04-13 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE OVER THE TYNE.  A meeting of the New Tyne Bridge Committee of Newcastle Corporation was held yesterday to consider the project of erecting a new bridge from Hil'gate, Gateshead. to the foot of Pilgrim Street. Newcastle. Mr Cowell nresided. It was reported that the sum likely to be wanted for the approaches on the Oateshead side was ,216,300, or for both sides £50,000. A census had been taken nt people passing along the High Level Bridge for week, and showed that 86,340 penions walked along the bridge during that period of time, and that a half-penny charge on each dividual, as required by the railway company, realised .2179 17s Gd. The number of one-horse vehicles was 5,778, and. the charge for toll being 2d, a sum was realised in this way of ,248 3s. The revenue from twohorse vehicles on the week was £l7 17s 4d; and brakes at 4d for toll brought in £29 15s Bd. The number of bicycled crossing the bridge was 2,422, and realised ,25 Os 11d, or a total of £2BO 14s sd. Independent of these waggon.s. etc., which further A telegram from Cannes states that a rumour increased the week's takings to .2294 14s sd. It which has been current since Sunday that the oas calculated that the revenue from the High Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had cornLevel Bridge and the Swing Bridge would be. nutted suicide is confirmed. His Royal 11.gliness roughly speaking, about £20.000 per annum; and had been in terrible suffering, and on Sunday the pronloters of the present scheme were of evening he asked his doctor to leave him in t rdor opinion that they could safely rely on traffic pass- that he might try to sleep. Taking advantage ling over the new bridge, when it was completed, of his medical man's absence, and delirimus it is realig,ing £lO,OOO a year. It was agreed that a toll supposed from high fever, the Grand Duke left should be imposed for 10 years. It is understood the villa and threw himself off the par .pet of a that the representatives of Newcastle and Gates- btidge near the house, was found a few minutes head Ccrporations will meet shortly to discuss the later and was then still alive, but the injuries matter more fully, and, if possible, come to a were girl' that death supervened in thirty definite decision. minutes. Princess Henry of Battenberg. acWhat shall I drink Why. WHEATLEY'S romnied by several members of the Queen's
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-01-15 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

TERRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.  MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  A shocking tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon at Stone, Staffordshire. Harry Shingler (25), deliberately shot Hannah Hines (30), to whom he was engaged to be married, and afterwards shot himself through the ear. The unfortunate woman was confined on Wednesday while staying with Shingler's mother at Oulton Road, Stone, and it appears that Shingler was much troubled at her condition, stating that he was not the father of the child. This fact preyed on his mind, and I yesterday afternoon he first sent his mother on an errand and then, locking himself in the house, he went upstairs to the room where his intended wife was lying, and shot her through the head. The neighbours, hearing the shots and finding the door locked, effected an entrance by the bedroom window and found the woman quite dead, and her assailant in a dying condition. Shingler is, in fact, not expetted to live many hours. Another account states that when an entrance was effected to the room Hines was quite dead, and Shingler was lying with his head on the bed shot through the temple. Baby lay untouched on its mother's arm. Shingler was removed in custody to the Stafford Infirmary, where he lies in a critical condition, the bullet having passed through the head.  BUY your Spectacles at the practical Optician's, from Is per pair, and suited to the sight by the Optometer. Best Brazilian Pebbles at 7s 6d per pair, at H. Lamb's, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, West I fartlepool. National Telephone, No. 4,161. Adrt.  OTTEY'S UNLABELLED ST RON FEMALE PILLS quickly and certainly remove OBSTRUCTIONS arising from any cause whatever, where Steel and Pennyroyal fails. Invaluable for married women. Pest free, under cover, for 14 or 33 stamps, from THOMAS OTTEY, Chemist,lßurtonon•Trent. Please mention paper.  FL LAno, Jeweller. The Illuminated Cluck, Lyon Street. Telephcne, 4,161.-4 det.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-06-18 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

SUPPOSED FOUL PLAY.  Another extraordinary mystery connected with the River Thames ha e been brought to light by the discovery of a fashionably dressed young mairied woman, aged 30 years, whose body had been in the water about a week. The body was found floating off Mask Brown's Wharf, by the Tewe; Bridge, and although no papers were found the deceased had a purse containing seine gold antt silver, also a gold brooch. a gold wedding ring, and two dress rings, and a split ring on which were seven fancy keys and sonie American coins. The deceased was stt 3in in height, fair conipfexion, dressed in black figured silk skirt and bodice, with a black velvet cape, trimmed with astrachan, patent shoes with straps, black stocking. All the clothing was of the best material. This is the 17th body fund by the Thames police in the river during the last three weeks, which is the largest number ever known to have been inind in that period. Late on Wednesday afternoon. some watermen, whilst rowing along the Kent side of the Thames at Denton, about two miles from Gravesend, folani the body of a well-dressed man floating in the river, Upon the body being landed, it was dhrovered that the hands were firmly tied behind the back, whilst attached to the cord was a stone. The police, although admitting the possibility of is man being able to tie his hands behind his back, kok upon the case as one of ioul play. The Central News says: The body of Robert Snagl-.. (62), a tax collector, of Wandsworth, was found in the Thames last evening off London Bridge. His friends cannot understand how he care in the water. He had never threatened suicide. Three other bodies wera also found in tb river yesterday. two at Westminster and one at Eavertown. None of them have yet been identified. This makes a total of 21 bodies found in the i.ver in the London area within three weeks.
The Northern Guardian. — 1897-05-20 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

INQUEST AND VERDICT.  WAS IT A LOVE AFFAIR ?  Deputy Coroner F. B. Watson this afternoon held an inquest at the Ward-Jackson Hotel on the body of George Heron, aged 23, labourer, who was found hanging to the branch of a tree between Catcote and Dalton Piercy yesterday. Thomas Heron, labourer, of 8, Ramsey Street, West Hartlepool, identified the body as that of his brother, who lodged at 6, Lonsda.le Street, and was employed at Messrs Walker and Company's saw mills. Deceased enjoyed good health, but felt keenly the death of his mother, which took place about four months ago. Witness knew of nothing else to cause his brother trouble. Deceased had been drinking heavily for about a fortnight. Deceased had been courting, and he and his girl fell out about a week ago. Abraham Andrews, 14, South Edward Street, West Hartlepool, ironworker, said he saw deceased yesterday about 12.40 p.m.. Deceased said he had been off work and was going up to the park to pass the afternoon away. Deceased seemed then to be in a low state. Ho was generally of a jovial disposition. 'IN itness had known deceased about nine years and saw Loin last Sunday when he seemed all right. Deceased dii not seem to have had any drink when witness saw him yesterday. Arthur John Green, 14, flowston Street, West Hartlepool, said that yesterday afternoon Lancelot Clarke and himself were walking up to Dalton Piercy, and when they got past the hind's cottages, Catcote Farm, he thought he saw a man standing on the hedge. When they got up to him they saw that he was hanging by the neck from the branch of a big tree. Witness went up and touched the body and found it was cold. They did not cut the body down, but came down to the Police Station and reported hat they had seen. They had no knife to cut the body down. Deceased was hanging by a piece of rope, and his feet would be about 2ft off the ground. The fence bank was not near enough for deceased to have swung himself off that. They found the body about 3.30 p.m. Sergeant Middlemiss said, from information received yesterday he went to Catcote, where he found the body hanging by the rope (produced). On examining the tree witness saw where deceased had climbed it and gone along the branch from which the rope was hanging, and evidently dropped down and hung himself. Witness cut the body down and had it, removed to No. .8 Ramsay Street.  Margaret Broster, 6, Lonsdale Street, said deceased had lodged with her since March 19th. He had been drinking very heavily for a few weeks. She last saw him alive at 5 a.m. last Tuesday. He did not come back as usual on Tuesday night. Decoased was very quiet and never spoke imless spoken to. Deceased had been keeping company with one of witness's daughters, but they parted about three weeks ago as she said she would have nothing to do with him unless he gave up drinking. Witness had never heard deceased threaten to take his life. He was peace itself in the house. He did not as a rule leave the house till 5.30 a.m.  The jury returner.' a verdict of "Suicide while ternporaly insane."
The Northern Guardian. — 1896-05-18 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

SPECIAL.  GUAIIIMAN OITIOS. 6.30 P.M.  PUBLIC-HOUSE TRAGEDY.  -MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Mr Ellison, manager of a Strand public- ' house, shut his wife this morning and after- 1 wards attempted suicide. He wounded himself in the side. A later account says that when the news of the wife's death was communicated to him Ellison's only remark was, " Is she dead r Then, after a moment's deliberation, he added, "Good." It appears that as Miss Archer opened the bedroom door she hvard Eison say, "Now that the b-- has gone I'll take myself." There were four barniaids in the house altogether, and as Miss Archer rushed in she noticed Mrs Ellison lying in a pool of blood. Just then the murderer turned the revolver to his side and shot himself. He next raised the revolver to his head and cried, "Good-bye, girls," but Miss Archer seized his arm, whereupon in his frenzy he aimed at her, and she swooned. The other barmaids then rushed in, and the police were called. Mr and lira Ellison were both about 28 years of age. A young fellow named 'Webb, who is married to Miss Lilian Archer's sister, said in an interview with a reporter that Lilian told his wife some weeks ago that Ellison had told her (Lilian) that he would offer her marriage bad he nut a wife living. She, however, treated this in a very light spirit, and it clearly made no impressiou on her, as she was walking out with a young master builder. A sister of Mrs Ellison, on being interviewed, said her sister Alice and Ellison had on the whole lived a fairly comfortable life. There were quarrels, but not of a nature to suggest such a tragedy. There was nothing she said, so far as she knew, to account for the murder, except perhaps jealousy. Miss Archer, who suffered much from shock, and was temporarily treated at the hospital, left later for her home at Nunhead.  F