Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1853-04-20 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CARDICIT;  MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held at Cardiff last week heron R. L. Reece, Req., coroner, on the body of Mary Jenkins, aged 27 years, wife of Thomas Jenkins, of Hill's-terrace, labourer, who had, on Saturday night, hung herself in her husband's house, under the following circumstances :—Mary Moses' servant in the house, said she had lived with Jenkins and his wile for a short tune, and although she saw no actual violence offered to deceased by her husband, they had quarrelled often, and lived unhappily. The deceased seemed to have a most sensitive mind, and was most uncomfortable because she and her husband were in debt. They had two cows, and she wished her husband to sed one to pay their debts, but he would not consent, and frequent differences followed in consequence. Deceased showed witness her hand a few days since It was cut, and deceased said her husband had cut it by throwing a plate at her. On Saturday evening, about half past eight, Thomas Jenkins went out, and in a few minutes afterwards deceased toldawitness that she might go also,—witness having previously expressed a wish to go and see some one with whom she was going to reside as a servant. Witness remained away for about three quarters of an hour, leaving nobody in the house hut deceased and her two little children, who were ins bed. 'When she returned, she found the house in darkness, and before she had time to do anything, or to look about, her master (Thomas Jenkins) came in. Ile asked witness— Where is Mary ?" M'itness said, "I think she is gone out. She is not here." Her master went out to make inquiries. On his return he said she was not in the neighbour's house; and after a moment's pause, he directed ' witness to see if deceased was upstairs. Witness went to see, and as she was going up she struck her head against the feet of deceased, who was suspended. 'Witness got alarmed, and saw her mistress hanging. It was described that the rail in which the balusters are inserted forms a right angle at a small landing-place on the staircase ; that in stout piece of wood had been tied at each end to the rail, and from the centre of the piece of wood deceased hail hung herself with a hay rope, which was so thin as to cut the windpipe. Her death must have been almost instantaneous. Her husband cut her down in. swiftly-, and Mr. Thomas, surgeon, was sent for, but the poor creature was lifeless. Several witnesses came forward to speak of the terms in which the deceased and her husband had lived, as it was very currently reported that he had hung her. The evidence given was contredictory ; but upon the whole there was not the slightest doubt that the poor young woman, who was the daughter of respectable parents in the parish of Wenvoe, hail been most unfirtnnate in her lot, and had fiiund married life a state of care, anxiety, and suffering. The jury returned a •erdiet that the deceased had hung herself in a fit of temporary insanity; and they further said that they feared that the ill-conduct of her husband had been the cause of driving her to such a state of mind.