The Sun. — 1844-09-03 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. c The neighbourhood of Henhain-psi k, the country scat of the Earl of Stradbroke, was thrown into a state of, 1 great excitement on Saturday morning last, Au7uiii3l, by the rumour being spread that his Lordship's -Lama: keeper, whose name was Easey, had destroyed himself. 'Phis. report, on inquiry, was found to be but AOO true. About eleven o'clock on the morning of that:day the ..,il.2'i unfortunate man, it appeared, whose chant ter for quietness and general worth was high, left his sittage, , ''-' i a.;.•.> which is situate on the Henharn-park estate, taking a 1 /ea' s k/ double-barrelled gun with him. He proceeded so riapot---; ‘ .I c.013.1v at the back of his house, where grow a quantity of lined' • ' rushes; and of these he managed in an ingeaious and most original manner to form the means of his death and fearful mutilation. From the relative positions in which the body and gun were fund, it would seem that he had fixed some of the rushes acro,'S the two triggers of his piece, and placed his lust upon the end of those rushes in such a manner as to triable him, having put the end of the barrels in his mouth, to fire off the gun! The effect of this most extraerdinary and determined act of suicide was, of course, the immediate death of the unhappy man. The whole of the head was shattered in a frightful manner, particularly the left side, which was blown completely away. The brain was found in a tolerably perfect condition, at a distance from the corpse. A inure resolute and horrible mode of sell-slaughter can scarcely ever, if ever, have recurred. As may be imagined, the circumstance has created greet excitement in the immcdia'e vicinity of the park, and indeed around that part of the country; and the varieus circumstances attending the melancholy act are sup h as to be well calculated to increase the pecular and painful interett of the ease. From the situation held by the deceased he necessarily had the chief care and dirfetien of the Esrl of Stradhroke's game preserve s; and as the Noble Lord was expected to arrive on Saturday at Henham Park with his family, Eafey was anxious to have all duly prepared for his reception and .sporting amusement on Monday. However, for some toe last the poachers have been active on the estate, and great quantities of the game have been destroyed and taken by them, including several of his Lordship's favourite breeding birds among numbers of pheasants that have fallen before these illegal sportsmen. The vexation and annoyance causcd to the deceased by these predatory acts have been very great.. Persons who had seen and conversed with him during the past week all remarked how unusually dull and depressed his manner was. It is imagined by his wife and those most intimate with him that this has been the cause of that state of mind which led to the commissien of the fatal deed, combined with the expectation of meeting his master so semi, and the fear excited that the Noble Earl would impute blame to hint for negligence of his duties in permitting ,the continuance of such robberies of his preserves. %nether such were really the origin of the suicide or not it is, of course, quite impossible now to decide ; but it would seem to afford a very probable and likely cease for the melancholy circumstance in the absence of any domestic and private motive for the act. It is also stated that he was to have been a witness at the examination of some poachers, who will be brought before the magistrates on Wednesday. These men he saw leave with game in their possession, he being afraid to attack them, they being four or five in number. This may have added to the troubled state of mind under which the un • fortunate man had evidently for some days laboured. It was expected that the inquest would be held yesterday (Monday).  \