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Darlington & Richmond Herald. — 1874-10-10 (Darlington, Durham, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT  STOCKTON.  At tile Stockton Police Court, on Wednesday, Samuel Rose, pattern-maker, employed at the Bowesfield Ironworks, and residing in Websterstreet, was placed in the dock charged with attempting to commit suicide on the previous day,—John Crowther said, about eleven (*lock he went into prisoner's house, and on going through into the back yard he found him suspen,!ed by a rope to a beam. He was frothing at the mouth, and his eyes were stetting out of his head. Prisoner was unconscious when witness dropped him down, and fell to the ground insensible. He then unfastened the rope, which was twisted twice round the prisoner's neck. Sergeant Heslop otrne in about two minutes after, but about half an hour elapsed before prisoner recovered consciousness.—Sergeant Heslop deposed that whilst in his own house in Webster-street on the previous morning, about eleven o'clock a communication was made to him, and he went to prisoner's house neatly opposite, where he found him laid on his back in the yard quite unconscious. With assistance, prisoner was got into the house, and laid upon the long settle; but he wrs about twenty-five mihutes before he came round. On examining his neck, witness found a mark, apparently caused by a rope being tied tightly around. After prisoner came to his senses, he asked him what be meant by doing this; to which he replied, " Just what I thought before, and what I think now. You may do to me as you like ; I'll take my own life yet." He then took him into custody, and on the way to the police station, prisoner said, "I wish you had been a minute or two longer; I would not have beenihere." Witness charged him wish attempting to hang  himself, when he repliel, "You can do with me what ynu like ; as s are as ever I get !ay liberty I'll d., it. D,..4h would be a pleasure to me. I am determined not to live in this world." Tee rope now proince 1 witness to k rott] a b-!,in in the back-yard ~f the prison er's house. It was fastened very tight to the b ~m between the pantry awl the coal house i,oner was then formally charged with attempting to kill and murder himself by strangling, and in reply said he had nothing to say, and was therefore committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions at Durham.
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-10-09 ()

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.  A young lady named Rosalie Saunders, aged 19, committed suicide by shooting herself with a revolver at Wood Green. It appears that the deceased, who was an accomplished syoung lady of prepossessing appearance,, had conceived a strong attachment for a young gentleman residing in the neighbourhood, and had occasionally walked out with him. It is understood that the courtship was strongly objected to by the parents, and this appears to have preyed upon her mind to such an extent that she has been heard on more than one occasion to threaten to take her life. At about eleven o'clock in the morning the servant sawler in her bedroom, when she remarked that having a headache and feeling very tired she intended lying down for a time. Accordingly no attempt was made to disturb her until about mid-day, when it was found that the door was locked. Assuming that she was still asleep, no further notice was taken until half-past five o'clock, when Miss Salmders's friends, still failing to obtain an answer, and being mq9h alarmed, called in a neighbour, who upon forcing open the door found the young lady lying upon the floor of the room with a bulletwound in her right temple, and &revolver close beside her. Medical aid was at once summoned, but life was found to be extinct.  EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF BURGLARY Arthur George Dixon, thirty-fiveoinusic teacher, having no fixed abode, was charged at the Highgate Police Court with burglariously breaking and entering 12, Cyprus Road, Church End, Finchley, the residence of his brother, Mr. Harry Dixon, and stealing therein four bottles of beer.—Mr. Forbes, who prosecuted, said the prosecutor was a solicitor, and he had been troubled very greatly by the prisoner, who three years ago committed a, burglary .at his house, and was charged With the offence at this court. The Bench then allowed the prisoner to go at the prosecutor's request and promise to send him out to the Cape, eimply binding him over to come up for judgment if called upon. He was sent out to South Africa, but he had unfortunately spent three years in prison at Durban, having immediately on his arrival committed a forgery. His brother sent him out £25 to pay his passage to America, naturally supposing the money would be used for that purpose, but, at about four o'clock that morning, he was awakened by hearing someone breaking into the house, and he had discovered since that it was his brother.—The prisoner now made no answer to the charge, and was committed for trial at the. Old Bailey.  A
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-10-09 ()

BANKRUPTCY AND SUICIDE.  What has been termed the Vesse mystery is (says the Paris correspondent of the _pally Telegraph) cleared up. It has now been ascertained that tue body found in the River Allier, at Vesse, near Vichy, is that of a young man named Melay, who lived in Paris. According to the first accounts of the affair, it was supposed that another crime of the Gouffe kind had been perpetrated, and that Melay bad been murdered by an imitator of Eyraud. Such theory no longer holds good as Melay committed buicide under circumstances which show what effect accessions as well as reverses of fortune may have on weak minds. Ili May last the deceased, who was only a simple mechanic, came into a small fortune, which was left to him by .a relative who had died. Instead of remaining quietly in Paris, the legatee threw up his tools, exchanged his blouse and working clothes generally for a smarb tourist outfit, and started for Nice. At that town he lived for a while in opulance but soon arrived ab the end of his tether. Before all his money was spent Melay is said to have spoken about committing suicide rather 'than return to hard work again. He told a person whc remonstrated with .him on account of his extravagant habits that a soon as his last son was spent he would go to the bank of a river, tie a heavy stone to his feet, then try to blow out his brains, gnd fall into the water. This suicidal policy Afelay evidently carried out to the letter, as he was found tin the Allier with a shattered skull and a stone attached to his feet. A woman who knew the de. teased at Nice has also given evidence as to his iklentity. Melay 'left that town on May 12 last dtterly bankrupt, and after having failed to obtain money from his father, who iived near Vichy he shot or drowned: h fusel f.
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-10-09 ()

WHAT AN EGGAVILL DO. —For burns a\nd scalds. nothing is more soothing than the white of an egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer , e, as a varnish for a burn than collodion; and, being: .: always at hand, can be applied. It is also mor -. cooling than the sweet oil and cotton which were " t: formerly supposed to be the surest application to allay smarting pains. It is the contact with the aicri - 1 which gives the extreme discomfort experience from the ordinary accident of this kind, and anr thing that excludes the air and prevents inflamr("l?: tion is the thing to be at once applied. The egg i'; . . considered one of the best Qf remedies for dysenteri; .1 Beaten up slightly, with or without sugar, air.. .1 swallowed at a gulp, it tends, by its emolient quaui, to ties, to lessen the inflammation of the stomach anu_ intestines, and, by forming a transient coati' . these organs, to enable nature to resume her henitn_.‘ ful .sway over a diseased body. Two, or at ill9?±). three, eggs per day would be all that is requirecei V. ordinary cases; and since egg is not merely c r)11, ore t. cine, but food as well, the lighter the diet tot. wise, and the quieter the patient is kept, the in .cAr4..i.n and rapid the recovery.  _ ____ October 17 is likely to witness the re-opening ol Terry's Theatre. Colchester has adopted the Free Library Acb " 617 votes on a poll of 3,205. The expediency of granting an amnesty to g• Henri Rochefort is being discussed. The , Societyeae missionaryo fFriends Ls, about France. broauntto tem por attion a par Mrs. Whalley, a lady of means residing at Par' wen, committed suicide by hanging herself. The Duke of Rutland has consented to become vice-president of the National Footpath PreSerVA• bion Society. The total number of pilgrims who have visited Troves for the Holy Coat exposition is stated ta,bc 1,800,000. ,  MADE SUITS -THE BEST VALUE AT HOLMES & COMPAN
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-09-04 ()

FALL. OF A TRAIN INTO A RIVER. fatal railway accident has occurred at Hamilton Reach, Ontario: The line at that point crosses a canal on a swing bridge. By some mischance this bridge had been left open just before a goods train was timed to pass. The train, consisting of an engine and ten wagons, loaded with coal, came up at full,speed, and, before the driver had time to perceive the danger, fell through the gap left by the open bridge\and plunged into the waters below. The driver and stoker were drowned, and all the trucks were broken to pieces. •  SUICIDE BY ELECTRICITY Suicide by electricity is the latest way of shuffling Off the mortal coil in Paris. M. Mercier, an electrician, whcse speciality was to attend to patients suffering from nervous disorders by supplying them with galvanic apparatus, lately grew very despondent owing to want of money. He had to subsist for a time on the charity of his friends, but resolved to do away with himsolf, having observed previously to a neighbour that he could not bear his misfortunes. He arranged his electric machines so as to procure a strong current and then held the wires • with his two hands. Death ensued speedily, and the body was found on the floor, the fists of the deceased being clenched, the legs drawn up towards the chest, and all the muscles contracted. The victim of self-destruction showed every appearance of having died a painful., —if a prompt—death, In Mercier's rooms was found a collection of letters from patients whom ha had treated by electricity. Some of the communications were written by persons who praised his system, and asked him to call again; while others' emanated from people who upbraided him 'warmly: with having made them worse.  £lO
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-11-20 ()

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  Henry Marshall, an elderly man,. re-iding in Furber-street, Crewe, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the 17th ult.  P.C. Briggs said he went to prizoner's house on the 17th October, and on entering the kitchen he found prisoner lying on the sofa; he noticed a cut mark on his throat, and his breast VASS covered with blood. Dr. Hodgson was in attendance on the prisoner, and he heard Dr. Hodgson say to the prisoner Let me stitch it up," to which the prisoner replied "I shan't Dr.! I want to die, and it is not my fault I ion not dead now." Upon the prisoner being asked to allow the wound, to be stitched he said" I shan't, you only want to get me well to have me up for attempted suicide." Upon turning round the prisoner caught sight of the constable and said "I don't want any policemen in my house," accompany ing the remark with an attempted kick at the constable. The prisoner afterwards said" I will let you stitch it (the wound) up if you (the doctor) will give me an order for the asylwxt." His throat was stitched by Dr. Hodgson, who has heedin attendance on him since. He was apprehended on the 17th November at his house, and brought to the police,station, and charged with attempting to I commit suicide, to which he made no reply.—ln,_ reply to Mr. C. Speakman (magistrates' clerk) as to% how he aocounted for doing such a rash act tbo. prisoner said it was through aggravation.—Furthsr questioned as to whether the aggravation woeidcontinue, prisoner said he did not ° know.—Prisoner was remanded, in his own recognisances of £5, ratil ThuisdaY•  A Ju\-11:_eLE DEPRUDATOR  Arthur Owen, a little &bow, about eight y&:rs age, • residing ja West-street, was charged, witl4 stealing eight pieces of Chocol,te o tho 17th Noveu‘bc,r, the property of Mr. John. C. Smith, shopkeeper, 19, Coppenhan Terrace, Crewe, Prosecutor, said he did not wishniptolo oprrtshethbeoy.case, but only wanted to make au exa uponThheisbpromising issnoetd. ttohastleaadi again.witha caution
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-11-20 ()

THE LATE SUICIDE AT CREWE STATION.  INQUEST.  Mr. Churton, County Coroner, held an inquest at the Crewe Arms Hotel on Friciay afternoon last on the body of Jamea Ainsley who committed suicide at Crewe Station on the previous evening, as reported in our last issue. Mrs. Elizabeth Joynson who resides at kle. 6, Rose-terrace, Crewe, identified the body as that of her late bratherhi-law, aged 34 years, formerly residing at West Smethwick, Birmingham, where he was employed as an iron turner. The father of aceased died in June last leaving him £l3O, since which time he had done no work and seems to have given himself up entirely to 'drink, being always more or less under its influence. Deceased's wife died last July, leaving four children, the eldest being 9 years old, and they had, in consequence of the intemperate habits of deceased, been cared for, by the neighbours. Mrs. Joynson was visited by deceased, who said he was going to Chester to look for work; he had then one half-sovereign besides some silver in his possession.—Samuel Capper', attendant at the lavatory at Crewe Station, stated that jite first saw deceased at ten minutes past. five on Thursday evening, when he entered one of the closets. About two minutes afterwards he heard a report, and upon entering the closet he found the deeeased in a recumbent position on the seat with blood flowing profusely from a wound on the side of his head, and the revolver with which the fatal act was committed was lying •on the floor. ‘Deceased was quickly' removed to a waiting-room and medical -aid was promptly procured, but the deceased succumbed to his self-inflicted injuries within half-an-hour of the perpetration of the rash act. Upon searching the deceased °llly 20. in money was found, beside fi a railway ticket and a pawn ticket. A pieoe of paper was found upon which the deceased had writtn, ' " Dear sister, I leave you." • IThe jury, of which Mr. James Jackson was foreman returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-08-14 ()

CREWE.  .. 2 I Dutton c Emmett b I Harrison .. 2 Henshall b Harrison 4 I Heap b Barker .. 0 Chaldecott b Barker .. 10 I Meadows bilarrison.. 17 Payne b Harrison .. 0 I Evanson not out .. 8 Lyon c Emmett b Extras 4 linnart Barker ison Fe Latham run out .. 74  Total  WHERE would Londoners be, says a correspondent, without their river? Crowds fill the trains on Saturday afternoons on their way to the Thames, and many a hard-worked City clerk manages to arrange for a stay from Saturday to Monday morning with some obliging country landlady. The healthful exercise of rowing is just what is needed by muscles that are seldom exercised during weeks of desk work, and the fresh ai; inspires the young fellows with life and energy to, support them trinr the week. Many young men unite in forming clubs for campinc, out, and inauspicious as the weather has been, camping have contrived to extract enjoyment from their experiences under canvas. Unsuspected talents are developed in the matter of cookery and other details of housewifery. It is amusing to catch a gliMpSe of a stalwart young fellow hanging out his dusters and tea-cloths to dry on a line suspended from tree to tree in some river-side meadow. Another may be seen trudging with his basket to the nearest village to purchase the necessary supplies ; and the future wives of these young fellows will find an unguessed intimacy with the prices of soap, flour, sugar, soda, and matches in their spouses. Some of their methods are curiously primitive. Round the camp may be viewed their stock of table-knives being cleaned by sticking into the ground. The river washes their plates and dishes by the simple process of flowing over them, and drying is considered each hieant n efficiently ancnceoamsypli ashnie n h egd by tilting grassingth to drain.emagainst DelightfUl as the life is to the young and robust, it is calculated to inspire them with respect for the comforts of even the simplest of lodginghouses, and the attentions, of even the least attentive of landladies.  Work has been resumed at Mode, Collieries, Vaibach, belonging to Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P., after a strike extending over the past three months. About 5,000 men have also resumed work at the tin-plate works in Taibach, Margam, and Port Talbot districts. The captain of the steamer Alameda, which has arrived at San Francisco from Sydney, reports that Lieutenant Philip Hodges, late of her Majesty's Navy, who was a passenger in the vessel, has committed suicide by jumping overboard On. the 14th ult., soon after the steamer sailed.
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-12-25 ()

SHOCKING STORY.  Lucy Beardall, aged thirty, dressed in threadbare clothing and presenting a half-starved appearance, was brought before Mr.\Sheil at the Westminster • Police court, for attempting to commit suicide. from 'Westminster Bridge.—The accused climbed over. the parapet, end was saved by a young man who caught hold of her dress and held her till assistance arrived.—ln ibtnsatr to the charge she said that her-hu.sband,•who WaS a hatter earning good wages, kept her and..ber children without sufficient food. For days together they only had bread, and,sometimes were without that. The man treated her with the utmost cruelty, and :ihe thought she would put an end to her misery. When she left the place where they lived in Tyers Street, Lambeth, his parting words to her were that he hoped she would be brought hone a corpse. —Mr. Shell told her that she should have applied for assistance to the relieving officer.—The woman, in a sorrowful 'tone, said she had been advised by -another magistrate that she could get nothing till she was deserted. Her husband' had been imprisoned for a month at Biemiirhath for assaulting her, and been bound over at -Clerkenwell- Police Court to keep the peac6. She helped him in his trade by trimminc, 9nd stitching the lining in hats, hut she could not get the money, she earned her self, He spent his. earnings—over £2 a week—on hfmself, and would come bome in the morning the .worse for drink in hamsoii cabs.--A young woman feom the back of the court voluntocredte give evidence, stating that . she did. BO because she knew plat the prisoner was an industrious and crolly wronged woman. Witness was the daughter of the landlady of the house in Kenningten Road where the parties lived for three months—in fact., till a week ago. She knew of her own knowledge , that a month since the woman was kept without food or tirna• foe two days. • She Was mercilessly , treated, for i' her husband scratched her arms, twisted them, and pulled her hair out. And her , little children, aged nine and seven-one with a paralysed arm-did not know where :slit?. was.—dr. Sheil sent a constable to look after these children, and on h sworn informatioWsaid he would grant a warrant against the woman's 'husband.—ln the course of the afternoon the man, Thomas Beardall, was brought before his worship, and the proseeutrix then, on her oath, deposed to his treatment. She said that one night he came home drunk, and she asked him for some money for food. He put Is. down, and told her that he wanted the rest for beer and cigars. He -afterwards twisted her arm and pulled her hair, being assisted by people in the house who were his companions.—Prisoner said it • was untrue. His wife tried to get at his pockets, and though all that she was entitled to for her trimming work was 8d.,. yet he offered her Is. He wished to call witnesses from the house.—Mr Sheil : Yon • will bass remanded in custody for a week.--.-The woman was discharged, and went to the workhouse with her to children.
Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star — 1891-11-13 ()

FATAL MISTAKE.  EXTRAORDINARY DEATH AT CREWE.  Mr. H. C. Yates, J.P., district coroner,, mid an inqneat at the Crewe Police Station on Monday afternoon, respecting the death of Thomas Merrk ziged 43 years, who resided at 82, Thomas-street, Crewe, and was formerly employed as a blacksmith. at Longsight. Maria Morris said the deceased was her husb.ind, and was 43 years of age. On Monday, the Bth August, he left his work about noon, and came home in a state of intoxication. While witness stood at the door she heard her daughter Mary call out " Fa.her is ill." She went into the kitchen, and, asked him valet he had been drinking. His hands were clenched, and he was rubbing his stomach. He replied "I must have drank spirits of salts." Witness then gave her husband' some Epsom salts and warm water to make him sick, and immediately sent for Dr. Scott. At that time they were living at Lougsight. Her husband was ordered to the 'Royal Infirmary at Manchester, where he remained aboutia fortnight,t When she a,.ked him how it was he had taken the spirits of Barbi, he said he thought he was drinking whisky out of a bottle. After leaving the infirmary, her husband stnyed at home for another fortnight, and then resumed his work fi,r fur days. About a month ago her husband was removed to Crewe, and he had not been able to vioik since. He had been attended by Dr. Chaldecott, anti died on Friday morning. The deceased used spirits of salts for soldering purposes at home. It was it‘,..pt in a similar bottle to that which contained whisky.--Replying to the Coroner; witness said her husband never expressed any intention of committing suicide. Mary Ann loins, daughter of the deceased, said she was in the house at the time her father took the spirits of salts. He had been out drinking that day, and when he came home he said he was going to have a drop of whisky. He then went into the back kitchen, and witness saw him immediately afterwards vomiting. The bottle was about Izalf full of salts.  Dr. Chaldecott saitillsile was called to son Morris on the 14th October. IBIS found him suffering from extreme weakness, and his lungs were in an mtvanced state,of consumption. He was unable to keep anything on his stomach. He told witness that. he had taken spirits of salts by mistake. Witness regarded the case as a hopeless one from the beginning, and believed the man died from starvation and prostration, caused by drinking spirits of salts. The Coroner, having reviewed the evidence r6marked that he was of opinion that the man had taken the spirits of salts inadvertently. The jury returned a verdict of " AccidentA death."