The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1884-08-12 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SHOCKING CABE OF ATTEMPTED BUICIOE BY A GIRL.  Al the County Petty Ssuioni on TUIII lay, Saudi Valera, a young girl of 15, was charged with attempt. fag to commit suicide by throwing herself into the us at Wyks lieges. George ttopkine, • lad, wh lives at Peeing, Bri ige, said about tee 1111411'04 to seven he wed coming home from work at Weymouth. sod while going along the shore saw the prisoner on .me rook., between Sandal out Caul* and Ferry Bridge. In coniequence of an old gentleman tiling him the prisoner woe trying to commit suicide he went to her, awl asked bar if .he was going t drown herself, and she replied '' Yes," but gars no rescue. She wad lint in the water at that limo. She then ran away an I got on the top of one of the piles. Witasse followed her and took hold of Ler to prevent her jumping in. She said '• It you go away I will drown myself." Having got a Little bey to watch her he wont on to the cliff anti shouted for the oosiagnard. 1. C4Olll and age for the Isapector, Mr. Gels, who heppened to he ridfag by. Kr. Gale took charge of bar. She had been in the water, her dress being wet up to her waist.—Prisoner said she was 15 years of rigs. and , lived at No. 5, Weetbourne-tensee, Skis bad got lobo trouble.—A amenable said the girl had made a statement that sle• had thrown herself away, and had been with sailors. She had not been home slime Monday al,ght,—Prisoner, on the appliort. Lion of Sergeant Will., wee remanded till Saturday. —Prisoner wee be-night up on Saturday, before Mr. H. B. Middleton, o,luDel Stu wart, lir. G. Warry, Mr. G. W. Flop'', Major-11 moral Henning, C.B.—Tee evidences previously a 'ducal was now read over to the prisoner and Wit 6611•011. Ttie ;Raoue appeared mode affected, said apparently reoeurnised bar position mart acately.—Pb• first wiles.' called was Mons. P. E. Taps:nous, CE., of Weymouth, who auk* with a slight French accent. From his statement it appeared that be was sitting on the railway bridge engaged with a book, when two little boys pawed with • to collect shingle. Presoner than came by front the inction of Portland, and by bar appearance be ' thought she was • street .id. She continued to look 'at bini, so be got up and walked away. Her I looks were very strange as wall as her conduct. At first she took off her bat and placed it on the embankment, and she than took it op and pot It on again. He was afraid she was eb eat to do something wrong, but being welleknown in Weymouth be Old not like to be seen speaking to wo be told one of the lads (Elopkius) ti no and tall her not to do anything wrong, as he was impreesed with the idea that she was cont.* rplating suicide.— James Walls, • lad of Wyk. Regis, said he saw prisoner seated on one of the piles, and then saw her walking In the water neirly waist high. She said she 'build lit on the pile WIII let the waves come round her. She afterwards went out of the water and seated herself up in the bank. when Hopkins came, and he onkel him to remain there whilst be went to call the cust-guard. Afterward. pad 'neer prostrated herself in the water, but she kept her head out of the water. (Laughter.)--Superlotendent Gale said that on Tuesday evening, as he was returning from Portland. he was informs I that • y ,tiag woman had attempted to drown hermit, lie ran to the railway Dent the bridge, wbere be sw the prisoner with a number of people around her. He asked her if she knew what'll' had been doing and she said "Yarn,' an 1 that else intended dr...ening herself. She was crying bitterly at the time, mai sail that she had been out all night with a sailor, and had slept at the Cambrian at Portland, and was afraid ii go horns-The mother of the pris 'n-r, who was in court. sail her deughter hed been very Wanes of late, and she had asked the Weymouth p dice to watch her. Minos, also hai • eon wbo warn equally strange, and the slater bed evcry appearance of being afflicted like lea broth.r.—Th Bench committed pda mu to take her trial at the ensuing Q titter Susionc—The mother, on hearing the sentsocs, ran screaming out of the C mrt, eipreesin.; her determination to commit inlaid., and the attention of the p elks wu directed to her.