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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1906-09-19 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MORETON SUIOIDE. SAD RESULT OF A PAINFUL  ILLNESS A suicide of a very disriessing character occurred on Sunday night at Moreton, the victim being a well known gentleman in that locality named Allan Fearnley, who is a son of the former rector of the parish. Mr. Fearnley, who was only 39 years of age, had been in bad health for the past two years, and the trouble preyed on. his mind to such an extent that he sought' relief by using a revolver. He had been under the care of various doctors for some time, but their inability to ease the great sufferings consequent on an internal complaint aggravated his condition considerably. On Sunday morning he was in great pain, but recovered towards noon, when it is stated that he said he could never go thtough such agony again. He remained in the house during the day, but after tea went out for a walk. As he had not returned by nine o'clock his family became naxious, but although a search was promptly instituted, no tidings were gathered until early next morning, when his dead body was discovered in a plantation near Gorse-lane, Close to was a revolver, which it was apparent he had used with fatal effect.  Tim--a-fir:it:-;;;Turally caused considerable stir in the neighbourhood, and the utmost sympathy was extended. Mr. Fearnley's father, who is over eighty years of age. lives at Worthing, but is unaware of what has happened. Last night an inquest was held at the Plough Inn, Moreton, by Mr. J. C. Bate, the West Cheshire Coroner, Mrs. Pearnley was unable to attend through the great shock from which she was suffering, but evidence was given by her sister. The Coroner said that the deceased gentleman lived at "The Newlands," Birkenhead-road, and for some little time had been
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1900-08-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER RIVER FATALITY  BRAVERY OF A BIRICENIEEAD MAN.  On Saturday morning the body of a man was recovered from the river near Seaeombe. The body was identified the same day as that of Joseph Mayers (27), 12. Carpenter's-row. Birkenhead, who had either jumped or thrown himself into the river the previous night. The inqueet was held by Mr. J. C. Bate, coroner for West Cheshire, at the Ferry Hotel, Seacorabe, on Monday. Mary Mayers, wife of the deceased, was the first witness. She stated that on Monday last, about 9-30 p.m., her husband left the house for the purpose of getting half-anounce of tobacco, lot which she gave him 2d. As he was going out he said that after he got the tobacco he should come back and go to bed. He did not come back, and about 10 o'clock a policeman brought his coat and van and told her that her husband had got into the river. She did not hear anything further till the body was recovered. Peter Curtis, Hilton-street, Birkenhead, gave evidence to the effect that about 0-30 p.m. on Monday last he was on the Woodside luggage stage when he heard a cry that there was a man in the water. There were several men on the stage. Witness saw a man about a yard under the surface of the water, ! and he took off his coat Vitt jumped into the ' river, but the man had gale dOwn and did not come up again. Thomas McManus, stagemidi at Seacombe , Ferry, recovered the body of the deceased I from the river at about a quarter to ex I o'clock on Saturday morning, and conveyed I it to the mortuary. ! The Coroner described Curtis as a very plucky young fellow, and warmly commended him for his bravery in jumping into the river, and endeavouring to effect a rescue. The inquest was adjourned till Friday to see if the police can discover someone who actually saw the deceased take his coat and , vest off and get into the water. ! At the adjourned inquest last night. Eliza' beth Anderson, 22, Abbey-street, Birkenhead, send at half-past nine on the Monday night the man appeared at her house, and told her that, as he had had a row with his wife, he was going to commit suicide. He said ! his wife would not agree with him. He was not the worse for drink, and was calm and collected. He had worked with her (witness's) huaband for a number of years. Joshua Hunt, butcher, Birkenhead. said that he and some other lads were standing on the stage at Woodside on the night in question, when they saw a man come down the stage, with bib coat and vest on his arm, and, throwing them on the ground, jumped into the river, shouting, " I live at Carpenter's-row." A lifebuoy was thrown to him, but he did not seem to rise again. The man appeared strange in his manner. A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily install° " was returned.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-03-19 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ASSOCIATION. her in witness' presence, but she had heal , awoke to the harked back to Tom Cooper's celebrated .t themselves and not allow the anticipation of Weaver, Russell, Cartwright, Niebett, Parry, Bromborough v. Bootle, at New Perry. him grind his teeth and threaten to into confirmed prison rhyme, "The Purgatory of Suicides," eft:ioirll Rogerson, forwards. St. Mary's: A. Heap, Bromborough v. Bootle, 2nd teams, away. her brains out." He had been drunk for ' • e back, Dawson, Pemberton Kenyon three- Birkenhead Rovers v. Prescot, at Present. ~si he chose a bride and the wonderful genius which could tarn defeat to have any depressing influence upon quarter backs • Abram, and, Hig-son', half elan hton v Stanley, times in s week.-The Chairman (to prosecte , ritually without a ancient and modern history into a biographical them and bravely face the large crowd that is J. Heap, Jones, Murray, Dean, Claughton ; Argyle, 2nd at Poulton trix) : Have you ever been separated Iwo • • it , not be; he bestirred dictionary wherein every great suicide was sure to assemble in the Everton enclosure, it . backs; Samuel,' Pumford, Gould, Rent, and Hodgkins, Beacombeiv..All -Saints, away. I ' * him 7-Prosecntrix : I have been going fr°ll,, . Curtis had not resided located in a little hell for himself, and we all is quite probable that the " record " dreams him some time ago last year, because he tow .. ( , are he hinted to David agreed that there was no poem equal to "The forwards. me to go and earn my own living, but-• • d of some of the sanguine Evertoniana will not nnfILDT. MartwaxyD'asmasTaate.-iitansicse m(Saetccobtasv.pFlaaneyed- Seacombe 2nd v. Bt. John's atSeacombe The Chairman: That will do. Does he Owl rouse from the premature Purgatory of Suicide," both on account of be realised by along way, and with the Hovers Tra ere v. Christ Church, ' t Bootle. you sufficient to sustain the honse.-Prosecle • o aping on him, and mix once the peculiar Speniserian stanza and the wealth Tranmere Boy .re v E a. gay world, of which formerly of historical incidents which had risen appar- it may at least be a case of vanquished, but at Liscard on Saturday, and after a pleasant sr ' Evert. n, away. Wiz : He gives me occasionally a sovereign; J food. David listened to him ently unbidden to the mind of the author not disgraced. game, resulted in a win for the Saints by 2 not quite sufficient to keep house. He at ons I goals, 1 try, and 5 minors, to 3 minors. The
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-03-19 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DISTRESSING CASE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  A man named John Rutter, a coachman residing at 11, Barnston.street, is now in custody on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. It appears that on Tuesday morning Rutter went out to look for work, but was unsuccessful, and when he got back there was nothing for breakfast, the children having eaten the last of a loaf, which the mother obtained by begging on Saturday night, before they went to school. When the children returned from school at midday Rutter was sitting in the kitchen in a very depressed state of mind, there not being a crust in the house which they could have. Mrs. Rutter then went out to procue some bread from a neighbour, and in her absence Rutter went upstairs and inflicted r serious wound with a razor on his throat. On hearing a noise upstairs the children and the mother, who had returned, were horrified to find Rutter lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Besides being out of work, Rutter had lately received a notice from the police court to pay a tine for neglecting to send his children to school. These things together had preyed on the man's mind. Information of the attempted suicide was sent to the borough police station, and P.C. Connali was told off to see after the case. The man's wounds were dressed and he himself removed to the Borough Hospital. Mrs. Rntter informed the officer that her husband was 56 years of age, that he had been out of work for the last six weeks, and that application had been made to the Charity Organisation Society and to the poor law authorities for relief, but that it had been refused. The officer, touched by the distress in which the family were plunged, kindly collected money from the neighbours and purchased groceries for the family, thus relieving their immediate necessities. We have received the following with reference to the case :—Sir,—John Rutter called at the door of the C. 0.5., and in an incoherent way complained of being in distress, after having been a ratepayer for many years. He was invited to lodge an application for relief, but refused to do so. He departed at once, saying he would apply to the Mayor. The statement that he had been refused relief by the C.O.S. is, therefore, untrue.—Yours truly, WiLmAx MAKIN, agent.  ST.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-07-13 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.  Whence come this epidemic of suicides Recent discussions have named several cause One writer charges it to infidel teaching:: holding that hopelessness of a future stile cripples fortitude for bearing life's ills. another declares suffering from the universal business depression, the. caa,:c ; a third attn. bates it to increasing insanity; ft physic thinks much of the tendency is inherited; while temperance advocates lay the responsi: bility upon strong drink. Freethinkers have committed suicide, and 30 have orthodox Churchmen: financial straits have beset many, but the wealthy have also taken their life; insanity and dissipation have preceded suicides and murders. ' One feature common to almost every such crime challenges attention. Well nigh every report of suicide and family murder ineutions the perpetrator as having for some time been IN subject to melancholy. hence comes this? All recognised medical authorities tell us that the fire which consumes the brain is always kindled by derangements of indigestion; that good digestion is impossible witlioat pure blood, and pure blood is never known when the liver and kidneys are out of order. Under such circumstances, a preventive should be sought, and for this Warner's Safe Cure is sovereign, a fact conceded by the best authorities in the land, and especially recommended by the celebrated Dr. William Edward Robson L R .C. &1., M. .Q.C, P. 1., late Royal Nays-mho' in a letter to the Editor of the k'amily dated New Egham, Englefield Green,Sreisse: says, that investigations he has. made on the subject of kidney, liver, and Bright's disease, conclusively demonstrate the fact that more than one-half the deaths which occur in ER. land are caused by impaired action of the kidneys, and the consequent retention in the blood of the poisonous uric acid. Continuing, Dr. Robson says "Warners Safe Care, ny its marvellous power over the kidneys ceases them to expel the poison, checlo the excretion of albumen, relieves the inflamed secreting tubes, and prevents sickness from impure and impoverished blood. Having . had over di years' experience in my p.rofession I can eon. scientiously and emphatically state that I have been able to give more relief, and effect more cures by the use of Warner's SAIE Cue than all the other menicines m the British pharmacopeeia." Dr. Robson further says, that be should be pleased to hear from all sceptical persons who doubt the power of Warner's SAFE Cure to relieve or care the majority of all kidney and liver difficulties. The remedy mentioned by Dr. Robson cas be procured of all chemists and medicine ymeanndoufrascatut r4esrs. . per essr s.battle,H. H. or . WAdßiNrEecnt d:ofctoh.e. 47, Farringdon•atreet, London, E.C.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-07-13 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT SEACOMBE.  On Monday an old man namNl Hobert Dearden, who on Thursday last attempted to drown himself in the Mersey, was brought up before Messrs. W. T. Jacob and F. Johnston, at the Wallasey Police Court, charged with attempting to commit suicide. Since his escapade of Thursday the old man has been an in-patient in the Seacombe Cottage Hospital, and on his appearance in court he seemed to be still suffering from the effects of his immersion, and was scarcely able to walk. Evidence was given by Mrs. Grady, who saw the {prisoner jump into the river from the wall a short distance from Seacombe Perry. He made no remark previous to his jumping in, and she called to a young man named Barrow, who immediately went in to his rescue, and with the assistance of another yonng man named Cornelius Lavery brought him to shore. —William Dearden, living in West Derbyroad, Liverpool, said the prisoner was his father. He was aged 65, and lived at Hand. bridge, Chester. He could not work owing to his being afflicted with rheumatism, which was hereditary, and which frequently shot into his head. He was formerly a plumber by trade.—Another son of prisoner's, living in Gregson-street, Liverpool, said that his father came to his house on Tuesday night last. He was ill in bed all day on Wednesday, and on Thursday he went out, saying he was going for a walk. The next thing they hoard was that he had been in the water. The Bench handed the old man -over to his two sons on their promising to look after him.  The young lan Barrow, who had so gallantly rescued the prisoner, was present in court, and stated in answer to the Bench that Lavery, who assisted him in the rescue, had since gone to sea. The Bench expressed the opinion that the attention of the Humane Society should be called to the gallant conduct of the two young men.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-03-23 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE RECENT CASE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Amongst the applicants for relief was k Rutter, the wife of John Ratter, & cowl= residing at 11, Barnston-street. John Rum is now in custody, charged with attemptingz commit suicide on Friday week by cattingL throat with a pocket knife. Mrs. Ratter: applying for relief, said she had three childtt at home with her, aged ten, eleven, es., fourteen years. Mr. M'Nerney, the relieving officer, mai that the applicant had a son at sea, who on earning £6 per month, who allowed k £1 per month. She had &pother c who was second steward on a steamslu receiving £2 10s. per month, and allowing is mother 10s. per month. There were also to. daughters in service, earning £lO per yet each. Mrs. Ratter only paid 4s. 6d. per via rent. It was also stated that on one MO sion the father had been sent to prison form month for unlawfully wounding one of 'w sons. Mr. M'Nerney further stated that de papers had reported that Ratter, befit attempting to commit suicide, had applied: outdoor relief and it had been refused. might have applied for such relief some nee ago, but certainly had not done so recestl and under any circumstances, owing to de man's intemperate habits, he (Mr. M'Serne7 would not have been justified c giving him relief. The Guardians bq granted orders for the payment of ts children's school fees, though it had be stated that one cause why he had Atte* his life was because he was about to beim; monad for his children having failed to sum; school. If he was about to be sammonti was not the fault of the Guardians. Mr. Parker stated that Rutter had 'polioi to the Charity Organisation Society, bat alt he had declined to go through the orclua, forms in making application, and left Ui place, saying he would go to the Mayor. . On being questioned, the applicant ststs that since her case had become knows -11-F five shillings was collected for her last week She had also had some stamps sent her. , Quostioned by Mr. Shaw, she relnewg admitted that she had received /I troll' gentleman and a load of coal. Mr. Parker said that the woman well! tially blind and not able to look after E.; younger children, suggesting that the sr3s course would be to offer the house. Mr. McNerney said the boy was s firmed truant, and his mother could noto% him go to school. It was agreed that the house should offered the applicant and her family.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-04-30 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DETERMINED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.  At the Borough Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Preston, a pensioner named William Haden, residing at 43, Marlustreet, Liverpool, was charged on remand with having attempted to commit suicide by jumping off one of the Woodside steamers into the river.  P.C. 2 (Cregan) sta,ted that he fetched the prisoner from the workhouse that morning, to which institution he had been remanded, and he was informed that the prisoner was now all right. Mr. Preston (to the prisoner): Have ycrz anything to say? The Prisoner: I would like to explain the reason that led me to do it. On the 18th I had not a penny. Mr. Presto'.: That is no reason why you should attempt to commit suicide. The Prisoner: I had only the workhouse before me, and there they keep all my money, and I should never get it. Mr. Preston: You know you are liable to be Lent to the assizes.  The Prisoner: That would uot trouble me much. lam quite careless. Mr. Preston: As I understand, you seem to be all right now. Will you promise never to do this kind of thing again. The Prisoner: I will not. I cannot honestly do it. I will never go to the poorhouse. They will take my money. Superintendent Clarke: I think he made a statement to the officer.  P.C. Cregan : He told me on the way dow:a that he would do it yet. He would put an end to himself. He could not st4nd it.  Mr. Preston: I had better remand you for another week. Instead of discharging you, as I had intended, I will send you baok to the workhouse for another week to see now you go on. If I find that the doctor certifies that you are sane I must adopt some other coarse.  NEWTON PETTY SESSIONS,—At the BOSEHOMS held yesterday at Nestoo three professional thieves named Chas. W. Walton, Michael Connell, and John Caddock, were charged with pocket-picking. Sergeant Leah, of Chester, proved having seen the prisoners pick the pockets of several people on tho Parkgate racecourse.—They were each sent to gaol for two months, and forfeited the money —some 30.3.—found in their possession.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1887-12-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT SEACOMBE.  ebbyarpgedoisowli Poisoning n itin At the Wallasey Police Court, on Monday morning, before Messrs. Jas. Smith and F. ,/ Harrison, Elizabeth Esther Lee, a domesti servant in the employ of Mr. A. W.,Peen, ton! tartactemtopr,tinMgatttohecwo-mstmreiett,suid wicase herself on the 6th December. Mr. Peen stated that on Tuesday afternoon he came home and found the prisoner in bed. He inquired the reason, and she said she had taken a quantity of blnestone, which she had purchased from Mr. Thomas, druggist. He went for P.C. Woodrow, who conveyed her to the See.combe Cottage Hospital. The prisoner was in service with him and was under notice to leave on the afternoon when she took the poison. Mr. Thomas, druggist, Victoria•road, said that on the afternoon in qn6stior the prisoner purchased an ounce and a half of blnestone from him. She made no statement, but as she had been in the habit of fetching bluestone regularly for Mr. Peen's horses for the last twelve months, he did not ask her any club. tions. Bluestone was an emetic as well an a poison, and it was used as a caustic for horse, wounds. If the girl had taken half thc dose it would have been fatal, but she took too much. P. C. Woodrow deposed that he took the prisoner to the hospital, and that she told him that she had taken the blue-stone because she bad to leave Mr. Peen's service that day, and Mr. Peen had refused to give her a character. The mother of the girl was present in the court and said that her daughter had always borne a good character, and had never done anything of the sort before. If the Bench would hand the prisoner over to her she would take care of her. She added that she believed there had been a great deal of scandal about the girl that had not been deserved. In answer to the Bench Mr. Peen said the girl had been discharged for disobedience, and for calling her mistress a liar. Asked what she had to say in answer to the charge, the prisoner complained that on Tuesday last Mr. Peen pushed her out of the room. She called him a coward, and be then threatened to prosecute her. There had also been some scandal, and Mr. Peen was not honourable enough to ask her if it was true. The Bench said the state of mind of the girl was such that they could do nothing else than remand her to Walton for seven days, when she would be brought before the court again.