The Haslingden Gazette. — 1914-03-28 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

NOT BE A DRAG ON HIS WIFE.  M. Hazelwood ('ororier) hekl an inquest at Hair lingwlen l'oliee Court, on Monday, respecting iki• cleorh of Itichard Mawthdey, cot-ton weave?, 12. Harlingden. aged 46 years, whose body mai- found hanging it die back k'itelion o his how,.  _ Saran Jane Mawdsley. widow of the deceased. statist that her husband suffered front epilepnic fits and had become depreesed in consequence. Os the morning of the 19th net she went to work at the mill at 5-30, tearing deceased in bed. When she returned home at night she did not find her huslond. and she that not sire him again at all Wit might. She went to work r,st morning, and when she remit-tad home at night the found deceased hanzing by the neck in the back kitchen. He isms hanging by a piece of rope, which was attached to .1, hook in die <rang. There was a Chair dire I to its if he had uaid it to stand on. Witness its. mediately raised an alarm. In answer to the Coroner. witness said that when her husband did not return home on the evening of the 19th she thought he might have gone to his Sister at Rautens-tall, and that was the reason she made no enquirissa lie had gone hi h.O sistor's house below. hut ,h`ri there. Ile hadi never threat.-.id to take his life.  John Holden, a carter. residing at Rostrion'n Lodging Ilona-. Higher Lane. Haidingden. sail that about 9-40 on Thursday n.ight of last week he went to the lodging-house. where he saw cietuved in the kitchen. Witness asked what he itas doing then% but root-eyed no reply. The decisive(' stayed there all night. Next, morning, at about 7-50. Ni(JMOS loft she lodging house, and went down 'hal Rake. The dare/wed followed how as far a, tbe Griffin inn. Where be turned aa if to go horns. and witness never saw him afterwards. Albert Wren. 3. Spring-streeit. Ilnahtgslcn. nott,n  . - weaver, d that at about 5-40 on Friday eroning  . , of last week he was cared to the house of the eleeensed. Ile found the deceased hanging by the neck in the hack kiteh.n. Ile immediately ent down the, deceased. who hod anparently born dead some time. as the bode IMF quite cola and otilf. Witness was a nephew of the &crated and he amid say that deceased net! his wife got along very well togothes. the only trouble being the illness of deceased, who teuffered from epileptic fits. The Coroner raid that the only thing the jars had apparently to determine was whother the at. reseed was of unsound mind. Ase he was suffering front epileptic fits. he probably did not see his Way through. and perhime did isn want to he a drag on hie wife or tes live on luer earnings. A t-ertliotof "Suicide whilst of unsound mem?" was returned.  Summoned at Ca V4,tl. 41n S•torday. for hot sending a ehikl reeu'arl ti 2,110.11. it Portinorwi, labourer Raid he had it of, orwl rdn'!, to k,ei, • las. a week file faraila hot hese 15, but four of the children died. lie had ate vi: bard to keep hie fan, Pa. rat ii it,l \ if 'hem wee, • ii; he do, tow., them I' mph. Tlr • a adjournr,d At Cheater Cenoiatory C'onrt on Monear, ponnia iou was granted to insert a atainml-g!,08 at Workston Clinreh AA a meintteat to vt.4.t... Thomas Davenant Cotton. who was killed in el,' Peninsular War. on Novembor 13. 11113. 'The will be do.frayed by big grandielon. Sir Ed,  Cotton-Jedrell. iunt'inoml;e'rs of hr, frniTy.  TO