Widnes Examiner. — 1884-03-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

EXTRAORDINARY , 'AFFAIR AT EARLESTOWN. REPORTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN. On Monday and Tuesday in the present week a ropert was circulated in Earlestown that a young woman name' Waterworth had committed suicide by drowning berg% and that she had also drowned her infant child at the mine time. The rumour spread with unusual rapidity, and gave rise to numerous contradictory statements—the foundation for which it was difficult to ascertain. Assertions were even made to the effect that the woman's body had been dragged from the canal, but this has been proved to bl untrue, as the one who was supposed to be dead is etil, alive. The facts relating to the affair are these. A young woman named Betsy Waterworth, residing alone in a house at the bottom of Newton Common, has been keeping Cal' pany with a well-known professional runner, residing in tbet same vicinity, and he was seen in her company aben eleven oslock on the night of Sunday last. ' Early on tbf, following morning a neighbour named Batten on coniiifib, downstairs found a note which had beau po‘hed' ttnne' the door. The note had been written with a pencil, and was as follows:—" Monday, March' let, Mei"' Dear friends i am sorry to part from you but it io quite titne that i did for since my confinement I have not had •all either pleasure nor contentment i am quite tired off my lice so i think i will put an end to it an my infant to for there. is only two persons that ie causeing me to this sad end an hope that it will .be a warning for lawi yeune men an wOtnen when this is know and that the two that i have do it through will think what thq have and, Out sad end' I have come to through tee. frieno; by the time this note is found an read i shall far asvy frornbeing seen again so good bye and don't fi-7 any 0 you that live besides me for it is only what i t!xpectvi this last three month an it as come at last. lark well to Or friends kindest folk and to my sister tell 11,ed to keep her heart up and do the best she cam Cr her baLue good bye all your ever Betsy VVaterworth." When tbb, note was read and its contents comMunicated to the neig bours it caused no small amount of alarm and excitemeli; An inspection of the woman We/erworth's revealed the fact that she had disappeared alls it was only naturally feared that s`.a carried out the threat conveyed in ef letter, inasmuch as the canal lies within a short distarlq e the house. Information was afterwards given to the 1)01130'8 and inquiries as to the whereabouts a the woman made at every likely place in the neighbourhood. It stated that she had been seen wandeting on the canal 1131 with the child in her arena about half-past six en Men' morning, and that a milkman had a:so g-efr, her on the road towards Eirlestown. llovrele nothing definite about the missing woman conla,,ect ascertained en the Monday, though the police enterta.ter the idea that she had proceeded bathe residence of her el'the at Wigan. This surmise turned out to be correct. as or.? ,„e following day (Tiesday) the young woman visitee!._t';'o uncle's helmet near to her own residence, and ataved. throughout Mrm ike day. In explation of her extraorcliff of (Ol,t fa stated that she has been in a depressed s.t.a.;iy• some tlme past," and that she had Pre"' threatened to take her life.'  410. Co.liirolll-~ll7.+lSREADt.gelWali. by dote. that C are a' wouderfulArra Itave you heard their latest Mo,„vrit —"No, what's up?'—" Why, they've started ZOEPONg u'col here; some arrangement with the Zosnoitz Co ,Y.V.5,0 actually get a small Zoedone now for twopence!' don't say so; why, the last time I went In for Zoedone sixpence. Come along. let's turn in here and have a taste I 40ve.