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The Northern Guardian. — 1896-11-02 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

MAGISTRATE'S SUICIDE.  EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.  A FATAL GAME OF CARDS.  The inquest held at Limerick on Saturday night. concerning the death of Mr Peter Griffin, • county magistrate, who committed suicide at. local hotel on Friday night by shooting himself with • revolver, revealed some extraordinary circumstances. The decent-4 in a 'ott., to his wire, written ou Tlturaday, atcd that he was drawn into a genic of cards at • eel ttin club, and that he wan insulted by Sir Timothy O'Brien, a county Cock gentleman, and assaulted by him and by Captain McMahon, Adjutant of the Limerick City Artillery, and Mr F. Hobson, a former county Sob-sheriff. Mr Griffin added —" 'Obey knocked me down three time. without giving me out tee or • chance. The row WIN of so disgraceful • character that I am determined not to live longer. I filii intend and would this moment shoot or kill both O'Brien and McMahon if I met them, and I purchased a revolver to about them at sight l but I thought better of it, and would not die with murder on my bands, for your sake and my darling children. My dear wife, I beg of yon not to fret or distress youraelvee about Otel ny life at best woold he a short our, Knd you 'will, I am certain, take good care of our dear children. There will be enough to pay all our defile and leave you sufficient to live on. My bin is of no further value, and it would be quite unbearable to me. I pray God to fornive me all my sine, and He will, I ton sure, measure toy deserts and allow for all my shortcomings, and according to the opportunities He has placed in my power. There tenet much more to my, except good-bye, my owu darling goal wife. Keep nor sons from had company and bad temper.. lam utterly miserable and hopeless, or I would not commit the fearful act I am resolved on, brought on by drink, had temper, and had company. Good-bye, my dear love, and bear op for the children's sake. When this reaches you, I will be beyond pity and pain and succour."  Sir Timothy O'Brien, in his evidence, said that. without provocation, Mr Griffin got up from the card table and •ttempted to strike him, and said that he would glut him. The o items denied the st•tement in Mr Griffin'. letter that he (O'Brien) had &dimmed him in an offensive manner. The whom pushed him, but he did not knock him down three timv• u alleged. Ceptain McMahon Mated that he never touched the deceased, whom he endeavoured to keep quiet. Sir Timothy O'Brien put up with a greict deal horn him. The deceaaed lost hiinmlf completely. Mr Holman mid the quarrel was cured by the deceased. With.. never assaulted Mr Gliffin. The decemed addreesed Sir Timothy mom offensively. The jury, of ter • 1 ngthetie.l hearing, found Chet Mr Griffin committed micide while labouring under temporary Inanity.
The Northern Guardian. — 1896-09-05 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

REMARK AB LE LETTER WRITTEN 141,- A SUICIDE.  In more senees she .I.` IS it true that oar half of the world knows not how the other half lives. The circumstances ol the life of Edward Stucky, • tinplate worker, residing at 29 William-street, Canning Town, demonstrstes this. At St. Brtbolumew's Uoirinial, London, yeaterdiy afternoon thi man's life-history was related at an inquest !or Stucky hail committed suieide. Mary Ann Piandy, s married woman, stated that for httien years she had lived with thodscoavid They hid had several children, hut juin lately WM of their daughters find suddenly left home, iiitereards sending ir letter eaying she' would never return. Deceased frequently said he snub!!osner he able to get over her going away. 'Die Colonel. Was this girl hie daughter 4—No. mine by a former marriage. The Coroner: And .hr has had • child by him, Itio, she not t—Yee. Charlie Woodhouse, a clerk, stated that INA Teisilay, at 25 Alitermanbury, 8.C., he found the deceased lying on the stairs. Witness opened the dies red, clothing before the pollee arrived, awl freed a photograph pinned to the shirt next th ''r-eonstable Frederick King, 164 City, dor,— that be conveyed the deeered to the boopv.• and Rewired the clothing. In he poeheite oioid two letters, one of which was addrered ,be absent girl, and was follows : cannot live without the sound of your voice on the bench of your hand. loom going to die o• Ott sri.pe of where your tel hove trod so arm times. Take care of our child, and may God bier you. I love you No dearly, on you know, end I cannot live without you . . . . Let those that have hearts look down on me and forgive me in my hour of trial, as they hope to he forgiven' in the time to eome. . . . They do trot know all ae we know it or things would be different, bet, never mind, n!I will soon be over, although I loved yen to the last. Kuck that hr. been said is erroneone and false. Nobody besl' ourselvee really knows the cause of this, sod thaw which have wicked thoughts invent the rumours that re going drat rid woukl do anything to do on harm. I pray you will forgive me.—Edward Stucky." Witness added that he afterwards visited the bore at Canning 'Brien, And fOkllld the woman Prrecy and the other ehildren inn starving oonclßion Wilneas left the women some coppers to get food with Dv Dunn. of St. Bartholonaea's Hospital, dee posed that the deceased had token • large der of prime not The pay returned • verdict of suicide wbilit of vomited wad.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1893-12-30 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

INOTHEI MEW ACID SUICIIP  COMMENTS 13T THE CORONER. An inquest was held on Tuesday by Dr. Churtoe at the Borough Hot, I, Borotigh•road, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Eliaibeth Walker, 65 years of age, the wl'e of Walter Walker, locomotive engine driver, 153, Borough-met Evidence was given by a domestic servant, who bet been with Walker for smile months. Daring that time she had observed that Mrs. Walker was in a ve/ distressed state of mind, but she bad never heard ke, threaten to take her own life. About a fortnight ago Mrs. Walker sent witness to Gam Jima chemist, Argyle-street, to obtain two pennywo th of carbolic said, telling the girl to say the staff so wanted for killing fleas. The decteasere hothead next gave evidence that his wife bad been vtry d treas.., and was in a weak minded state. On tke morning of Tuesday, at 6.15, his wife got Op. Wig she would not sleep in the bed again. She Well went into another room, About half an hour otter wards, be went into the other room to look for him He found ber lying tr.consaione on the bed, with m empty bottle of carbolic acid, beside her. Dr. De.ql• shire was sent for, but she was dead before he awed. The Coroner remarked that he had no doubt thi woman had committed suicide whilst temporal,/ insane, and added that the ociourrenoe only showed how the restricted. hoer% caharbdolibeieeson il shsayouleuead beanrirli. from carbolic acid recently, sod MON especial/ among young lovers who fell out with their sweet' hearts and rushed off to a chemist's shop to buy ire or three pennyworth of carbolic acid, and swallowed It right off. The jury returned a verdio: that tis deceased committed sniotte while suffering frog temporary insanity.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1893-04-01 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IT ROCK PERIL  BARBAROUS MUTILATION.  A general servant named Agues Peterson, aged 28 years, who was in service with Mrs. Robertson, dressmaker, 120, Bedford-road, Rook Ferry, attempted to take her own life on Tuesday morning by cutting her throat. The young woman got np at about six o'clock to commence her duties for the day. A few minutes afterwards Mrs. Robertson was startled in her bedroom by hearing a moaning sound. Going downstairs immediately she witnessed • ghastly sight. Her servant was standing there with her throat horribly hacked and bleeding freely. Her dress and arms were covered with blood, and the carpet was all bespattered, while a carving knife was lying on the floor. Mrs. Robertson went to the front door and told • gentleman, who was passing, what had taken pima. Lankily just at that time Dr. Noble was returning from • visit to a patient, and he was quickly brought to the house. He did what he mould to stop the loss of blood, and  calling for the perish nurse, he conveyed the patient in a cab to the Borough Hospital, where she now remains, and is likely to remain for some weeks, if she recovers at all. Mrs. Robertson state. that her servant was always quiet and inoffensive and was very trustworthy. Recently she went sway to mother situation, but returned in a fortnight. She had always been found trustworthy, and Mrs. Robertson ean in no way understand the girl's rub action. The woman herself is very reticent on the subject, and has only edmitted to the house surgeon et the Hospital that it was On amount of trouble. The deed wee done with an ordinary curving knife, which bears meets u if it had been roughly sharpened upon • doorstep, but whether the women had dons this is not known. Her throat wee in a terrible state, and bed evidently beenigashed fully half a dozen arum, the windpipe being lacerated in two places. Fortunately the artery escaped injury, and she may therefore be expected to live. At primed she is programing as well as can be expected, but throat outs are always dangeroae.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1893-12-06 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE END.  Two Parisian students who were nob rolling In wealth used to go each morning in turn to buy proriaions for the day. One day he who's burn lb was to make the purchases had hardly pat two cutlets upon the MLitt before the cab grabbed one and ran away with lb. "Ali," said he to his friend, "the cab has ran away with your cutlet."  "My eon," said an old negro, " now dab you's oaten de penetentiary, try ter keep out, an' arbor di. Joan steal—leastwise doan do lack yea did Info', steal a pair o' boots what was too big fur yeeelf an' too little fur yer old daddy. Ef yea kaint pick up suthiu' dat'll do yer some good, try au' be bones'." Two ladies were looking at Mr. Borne-Jones's picture in the Grosvenor Gallery. " King Copbetea," said one of the ladies, glancing at the oabaloges. "Who was King Coplietua ?" "Don't you know ?" replied the oiler. "Why, he was King of—King of I forget, where Bob he married • beggar-girl, anyhow." " A a real beggar!" asked the first Lay. "Yes." "Indeed 1 But of course the marriage was morganatic ?"  Love Grammar. —OX court." / court, an active verb, indiaptive mood, presens tense, and agrees with, all the girls in the neighbourhood. The present and the future may be illustrated thus: In girls we love what they are, In young men what they promise to be. A scolding wife Is • noun substantive seen, felt, and heard. Bess, to kiss. Rebuts!, to kies again. Blunder. buss, two girls kissing each other. Omnibus, to kiss aU the girls in the room.  A wordy orator once gob up and said : after much reflection, consideration, and examination, I have calwly, and deliberately, and carefully, come to the determined conclusion, that In those cities where the population is very large there is a greater ittimber of men, women, and children, than in cities where the population I, less."  A lady, on entering the kitchen early one morning, saw a plate and knife and terk, the former of which had evidently contained cold 'rabbit-pie. The lady strongly suspected a certain policeman of hating supped off it, and the following conversation took place between her Anti the cook : Mistress : "Mary, what's become of the cold rabbit-pie that was tuft?" Cook : " Oh, I didn't think lb was wanted, wino, so I gave it to the dog." Mistress (osmotically) : Does Lim dog use • knife and fork, then?" Cook (ttnabashed): "Nob very well yet, mum; but rui teachin' him to I"  -An Irish paper has the following paragraph : "De McCarthy accidentally committed suicide this morning by taking a dose of laudanum, which he pnreliased for (lab purpose ab Thu Flaungan's grocery. Dennis bad been heard to threaten thab he would hang himself with • razor, or drown himself wibh • dose of arsenic, the grab opportunity. He had enjoyed bad health for • day or two previous to his death. The coroner will sib on ids body to.day, and his wake will commence immediately
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1893-02-15 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

INTNNDID SOIOIDI. Prudence Ellis, Oakfleld•vlew, was brought up charged with being drunk end disorderly in Sescombs.road.—P,O. 103 (Beard) said he found the prisoner lying across the railway metal, of the main line to the Great Float, in Ssattombe•road, at a quarter put ten on Saturday night. Be tried to get her home, when she stated that her husband had been cruel to her, and she Intruded to drown herself or throw herself on the railway lines. She became very disorderly and he was obliged to take her in chem.—Prisoner denied being drank. She said she discovered her husband drinking with some woman in the Star Hotel, and when she asked him to leave the place the barman pushed her out into the nest. She really did intend committing suicide, for she wag sick and weary of living. It was her husband's fault. She maw P.O. 9 (Eley) on Saturday night, and he Gould testify to bet sobriety.—P.O. 27 (Johann), who saw the Fla. osier at the North sod bridewell, said there *mild be So doubt that the woman was drunk when brought to the station.—Shs was lined 5.. and costs, with the alternative of going to prison for a fortnifinilidn INNLITINU AND LlCllllol.—Anne Banning, • street, was charged with being drunk in Eastbourne' road.—At a quarter-past one on Sands, morning P.O. 26 (Walnut) came across the prisoner lying drunk awn+ the parapet in Eastbourne-read.— Prisoner said she had been ill with Munn, and had been overcome with a little liquor.—The Mayor said it was very sad to see a person like tha prisoner charged with mach an °Minn.—She was discharged. A &roans: Nzoirr Humana—Ellen HOMINY, Egerton-street, wam charged with being drank in Hamilton-stree4.—P.O, 42 (Bryan) stated that prisoner wee very drunk on Saturday night. She had previously been creating • disturbance In Argylestreet.—She was sentenced to 14 days' imprieonmen. __ _  A— Emma Nl7l6•llol.—Jane McNulty, Ford. street, Liverpool, an unfortunate, was charged with being drank and disorderly on board the Woodside Ferry boat " Wirral."—Evidenee was given showing that prisoner boarded the Perry steamer " Wirral ' at Woodside on Sunday evening at • quarter-past ten o'clock. She was drank and continued the noise she had made on the stage bridge, to the annoyance of the passengers. One of the boatmen attempted to keep her quiet, but she refused and subsequently followed him around the deck. He than seised her by the shoulders and put her ashore. H. informed the magistrates that she erased the river regularly every evening. She and other members of the class she belonged to needy took possession of the Ferry at night. It took the oflloers all their time to keep them in order.—Prisoner was committed to Walton for fourteen days. .THiIT 1/tOlt •
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-01-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THIATIIR ROYAL. 'da er.eelient programme is provided this essek los p"ins ot the Theatre Beryiept= Ostrom ," which is haus by Mr. Gas . Liveseyis ooresen.m, M a play Mat onto to be mosey popskr ESdem at piny-gum Who visit , in sear* of the exciting and _ . plot ie founded on tire .=Vetis4cle Club of New York the mem-114 which drew lots se to who should osuissit suicide. no oar fiboando with in.. Manta of a **him sahnith. whit* am in. bernmen in • plot of strong mid enstained tittered. There wee /amp median* at the foistaing represontation en Monday evening, sad__marred isibmte a animist= to the artistes who make up re east Mr. Oos Q. Loony Wel= capable remekring of the peat of l Panne, while Mb, Bertha Domino pme an ' imespesible istorpretstion ci the part of Adis Marsden. Other aztlittss Whose tidbits tont:Mutts te the seems' of the piece me Mama Liana Theinmemi. Yberberb Ihrinione, Marble Thawed, end-Miens Katie Cameron, Lily Day, and Bids_ Mesmer.  AROVLIK THRATRIK OP VARIIKTIKS There were crowded and enthusiastic suttee/see at both performences given at the Angie Theatre en Monday amain, for the.. genial comedians of hfr. Prlel Karp° have extended their stay .over another week. "Mk 'Welty% Guests" le a wa4mown sketoh in win& humour predominates. M I. escriaced to it and there iiiirZth4lsar %tighter from Oak to Anieh. Merry Ire their utmost to extract all the p eritmehtd fmtwit.the tudiorouti4da of t 0,.. and a ' petit:omen. The comi cal I*.e.e.y the- einem( entice of Beret. Lightning. am &war. "six little botTlarls' *as& are item, which shoved not be missed rizaty.,. in search of enjoyment. "His Majesty'. Gnarls" is a sketch which I. tidly deserving et a visit. In addition, thereon some excellent turn,. by other satiates, the majority of them beim new to the Argyle but all bang good. The Dios. Dixon are responsible for a smart musical act which alerth much applause and shows them to be poeseesed of much ability, while Julian Mack's it are all interesting and varied. The Roshforthe, with their electrically illus. 1 trated songs, provide an entertainment which is of a very popular dharacter; King Leo is • clevqx ventriloquist; and Harry Cotton and Fred Elton are responsible for much appreciated amigo. The. bialcops pictured are new, and distinct and complete good all-round company.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-05-31 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

PRISONERS MOWN IN TNI GILLS.  The erred od a ansa ousiectiAssee-Cou, of lit Cheelsestrest for beim drink and Alisomieii3.cort seusalltiog police conadable ea Saturday lest. had a vary task. ism& About aa hoar and a half after lee admiaeon it wee ofooud that he baA cemdisd [suicide 137 'lmagist with histeitin Itheoella.  parm  :IritbalTT,ti24  At the Hocositk..Polios Daunt ca Monday semuing Supt. *Med, mid the • mentioned in this clump wowloeijup in the E Mai* Bridsweilis trwmty t minutsspmi elerfew CFI Wald* morning. About are It am foal* the ocin at h had =kids hi hawing houneif in the OWL Montgomery send that at twenty last eleven on Sataaday morning I the premare less boniest into Oa brade.l well On the charge of being drunk and dier emderly. He was defachat and a knife was found On him and taken from ham. Wit, nem then put him in the cell, and aka, wards visited ham at tan minutes to twelve, imht-past butte, one o'clock, said twenty-1 Ave minutes past one. On the last That he found the liaison,* asleep. He woke him up and told him he was to be. removed to the OIMIttIVII podee dies. The primer said' he wanted a drink, and witness made hint • drink of ociffee. Witness again left him and went book at a cizarter to two, tie than found primer in the WA. Tbe i=r was end ain a be= politic wand telt The wan around his nech,l while the Mater end was bitobed trios around the flit& joint of the maitre pipe. Witawn mmeta4 took the itrianur clown and found that his body was warat. A doctor was telephoned for, and *toms and lame** Fairhurst applied • oial resphation. This ma continued for about threenusseurs of an ham after Dr. Wilkinson arrived, but withont sanieses. After the doctor hed procormaed Ilia to be estinot the Lady was reiormad to the Darham
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-07-29 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

WORTHY OBJECT.-011 Saturday, July Znd, there was a reception held by Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Earriamn at their residence, "Inglewood," Heewall, in aid of the Poor Children Holiday Fund. for winch canso the Bum of .€lO was gathered and handed over to Mr. H. Lee Jones.  lABT WIDNISDAT'II "NEwa" contained : Leading Article on "The Leeson of the Crisis"; People Are Saying; Conclusion of Chester Assizes; Death of Mrs. T. E. temp.: eon; Wirral Model 'Yacht Club.; Iteligion, in Cheshire Schools; Breath of Promise Action against the Bee. W. Weir Miskimmin; The Defence of the Mersey—Acaident to a oluutear; Supposed AtiwQpted Suicide; Canon Singleton's Jubilee; t.nampion Boxer Pined tor Police lawsuit; The Dock Strike; Wirral Joint Hospital Board Meeting; Tradesman's Sad End—Thrown from his Cart; Birkenhead's Candidates; English Church Union Meeting at lieswall; Birkenhead :Institute Sports; Death of *ajar Horner; Cricket, Doothall, Lawn 'Nana% Golf. Bowls, Polo, and Port Sunlight Notes. etc.  , Ragman GARDENS AND Woons.—A !light-fig 39 minutes' sail up the Mersey in a 1 comfortable little saloon steamer brings the amusement seeker to Enetham Ferry gar. dens and woods. Arrived there he will and ' various provisions for his delectation. , sides music, dancing, and other amuse. moats all day, there are Aubrey's Easthan Traclets. a topsy tarry railway, said to be tne only one in the North of England. The excellent catering is a feature of the at' rangementa. The fare is 4d. with a charge of 9d. for admission to the gardens. After 6 p.m. special 6d. return tickets are issued including admission to the gardens and dancing pavilion.  Ma. George Mathison, of 49, Argyleetreet, has been appointed auctioneer for the County Court of Birkenhead. He is a member of one of the oldest of Liverpool auctioneeriug thins, and is also a Freemason of high standing. The appointment will meet with general approval. Bmicauxemi LABODE Busiar.—The number of applicants since the Bureau opened lies been 2,933 males and 207 females. Applicants for employment on the 'register on Friday evening Wet numbered 106 males and 8 females. Employers in want of workPeople are invited to call and inspect the register. The number of applicants this , week has, been 56 males and 2 females, and I work has been provided for 93 males with I private people. ,
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-06-07 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

RESCUED FROM THE RIVER.  ...CONWAY" CARETS CONGRATULATED AND REWARDED,  A cooper named Peter Smith, of 37, Great Omahall-street, Liverpool, appeared before Manna Edmund Taylor and (1. IL Cox, at the Borough Police Court on Monday, on a Marrs of being i lunatic wandering at lame in Bedford-road; also with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the Hawed Mersey from Rock Ferry Bridge ou SaturdT,C, •C (Hulse) stated that at f 1.26 . on Saturday he wee called to the ferry premises at Rook Ferry. where he saw the prisoner with water dripping from his clothes. From inquiries be made he found that the primmer d jumped into the river from the ferry bridge, which would be about 30 feet high. Three cadets from the "Conway," hearing a cry of "Man overboard," pushed of in a punt and succeeded is rescuing him. Witress put two or three simple questions to primmer, who, instead of ISDISIVETiIIe them, made raillaling statements. Prisoner wee rot drunk, but there was a strong smell of drink about bias. Maxwell Henderson, a cadet on the "Conway," mid that just after the boat had arrived from Liverpool they heard a cry of "Man overboard," and pushed of in • past. All they could see wee • 1•••'• flat bOklpg up in the water. They rowed round aril followed the man, who wee being quickly carried away by the tide. They succeeded in earthing told of him, and carried him to the slipway, but einelealr_he aliPPed amid fell again into the water. ney restmed the want and bromffht laina Whom. In witneis• opinion primmer was not drink. but be meat strongly of drink. Two other cadets named Jolze Levy &ad Frank %erre gave corroborative evidence. Prisoner's mother. was called, end she said her son had not worked for some make, and bad evidently got depressed. He had a rood home ,and elm did not know auy regime for ha making !Cll attempt 0/1 his Ille. Smith, an beingwhether be would Sign the Pledgee if he wee he et, mid he mold rather not, as he might break it. Be would, however, try and keep from the drink. Tbe Chairmee said be would be discharged, and esegratalatal the cadeta or their esiduct, and mania them ller. cock,  Britics Cuuuma—Cippft bagel_ Sr Sr ,cor tom= WC& Wmdabs at DlTllembeed Dysta -4171ta Roam 801. CLlPPldalli4t. Opt  to+4,