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The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1869-10-30 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

UNRIQUITED LOEB AND ATTBHPTED SUICIDE.—A , rather romantic love affair has just occurred at Liarataug, caue lulleA, Ikva 611 La raux.tou. .A. ,Guue, 1 man named William Cortese, about 22 years of age, 1 who had been in the employ of Mr. Jonathan 1 Collinson, builder, of that town, since Le was a I mere boy, and was very highly esteemed by him, , was found, in a dying state, in an outhouse on the I premises of Dr. Bell, about six o'clock on Monday morning. It appears that Coriess had been paying I his addresses, during the past twelve months or more, to a young woman named Isabella Pearson, a native of Herefordshire, and a servant in the employ of Dr. Bell, who resides at Garstang. For, some short time past, however, her regard for I ' Cortese seems to have been weakened, and on Sun- ' day evening he saw her walking on the banks of the canal; and at a later period of the evening when he saw her at her master's house, she told him he "need not come any more." This seems to have almoet maddened the young man, and after lingering about the house until he saw that she had retired to rest he went down to the canal and threw himself into .13h4t,,1.1.:e.....ReurtiVarEaaattonethremarpttearectpirerc..itrdthtiretBrrecxmoiLlivuomeg:inerid,ed.aT,ial.h:hhinliegnoGe:feamomo.: I.wioß,v4veatdioa .b is wourititpchepasiewthibwite.rixmboe.n.r:pAN.teil and perhaps roused by the sudden shock to the to system, he scrambled out, however, but immediately threw himself in again, and again got out. He then went under a bridge near by, and taking ' out a pocket knife inflicted a wound in his throat. lii that condition he actually walked up to Dr. Bell's house, a distance of a mile and a half, and there went into the washing cellar, where he inflicted a deep gash across the back of his left wrist, Leaving his eoat and the knife in the cellar (it is c supposed hi the belief that Isabella Pearson would • see them immediately she rose) he went up to an t outhouse in the yard, where at six o'clock on Mont day morning he was found by Dr. Bell himself, • Strange to say, that gentleman neither rendered the unfortunate young man any assistance himself I nor sent for any other medical man. But the affair' . became noised abroad, and reached the ears of Mr. 1 Collinson, who hailtened at once to Dr. Bell's , house; and bent for Mr. Chapman, surgeon. The wounds in the throat and wrist were stitched up, , masher's a and 4. psi aio .1d Cs co mom 1 e a 5:87t recovering. ••, . , ~ Conroarmo,--The very agreeab.e character of this u"tionas"oed b'Y'a" iiirost, Ws root \ -, ,meduein,F . _ .n. 1.. PpiTartivodpe;:ticoalTren.reielyciecteaiienxerert:e:ema i • , • v: bow. OW ellots. ~See Matt., vided air Trefit.MA tabliaNritill delbattly'Ss for , . , Ns boSo ,Sotd by-rolionsAtor beitwattet *Mete Marron* ta Miry Worry = noimptiors, sysad,4l obt:realts(2, biiim",arlis/&lllo4ratsk:siglispik ~,,s mak raj=• ,PPerf 2,31,, To Sobi by tams tssas iss flb4 6 111., sad 1 Ita Ws.A. box seat port bee for li stamps. lined packets, label] —.l Aim Ezzi i k Go..
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1869-12-04 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —On Saturday evening, application was made at the Ulverston Workhouse for the admission of a man named James Alston, who bad during.the day cut his throat. From what we can learn, it appears that Alston was a porter or a pointsman at the Greenod railway station, and had recently been drinking. He cut his throat near Plnmpton junction, and, SW it is said, after the wounds were inflicted, he walked for some distance along the line, where he met with a man, who noticed something was the matter, and in reply to his enquires, Alston, being unable to speak, pointed to his throat. On Alston's admission into the workhouse, the medical officer Dr. Robinson, was sent for, when it was found that Alston had made three gashes in his throat, the windpipe being almost cut through. The wounds are dangerous—but the man is progressing satisfactory, and it seemed, on Wednesday, very likely that he would recover. On being interrogated why he had committed the rash act, he rote that t was because he had neither money nor friends. He is supposed to be a native of St. Bees or the neighbourhood.  FATAL COAE PIT ACCIDENT AT CLEATOR Moon.—On Saturday morning last a fatal accident occurred at Threpthwaite coal pit, near Cleator Moor, the property of Messrs. Ainsworth and Co. A man named Tames Kavanagh was employed at the coal pit as an inspector,—that is, it was part of his duty to go down the pit in the morning before the miners went to work, and see that everything was in proper order for their doing so. On Saturday morning he went down about five o'clock, and having made his inspection, gave four knocks, the signal that the men at the top were to draw him up by means of the cradle. The cradle was accordingly drawn to the top of the pit, and then it was found to be empty. A son of the deceased and another man went down the pit, and at the bottom of the shaft the poor fellow was found lying dead. They made a further examination, and found in what is called an " eye "—that is, a drift cut in the pit, and leaditg to the shaft—sixteen fathoms and four feet above the bottom, the lamp and pipe of the deceased. He had evidently slipped in trying to get out of the "eye" upon the cradle, and fallen down the shaft. A son of the deceased was killed a short time ago at an iron ore pit at Cleator Moor. MORECAMBE PIER Co.,
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-05-31 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LONDON.  On Sonday morning last, shortly before eleven o'clock, a tragedy of a most horrible character took place in Charles-street, Brandon street, Walworth. For some years past a man named James Sibley has carried on the business of a jobbing builder at No. 10, Charles-street, a neighbourhood very densely populated, chiefly by the pourer classes. Sibley, whose age was about 48, seems tu have borne the character ot a very hardworking and industrious man, but, unfortunately, he was occasionly addicted to drink. Latterly he appears to have been somewhat strange in his manner, but no fears were entertained that he would commit such a fearful crime as that which took place on Sunday. On Saturday night Sibley and his wife, Jane Sibley, aged 40, together with five chitdron, retired to rest, and nothing of an unusual nature took place. On Sunday morning Mrs. Sibley dressed the children, and then preceeded to prepare the dinner. About a quarter to 11 o'clock, according to the statement of the children, Sibley suddenly became very restless, and, going to a table, took up a large carving knife. in a moment he rushed upon his wife, and, seizing her by the head, drew it back and cut her throat from ear to ear. The unfortunate woman fell, covered with blood. The poor children ran in all directions, screaming for help. The murderer, still grasping the bloody knife, stood for a few si ends glaring around hint. He then rushed after the children, and made a blow at Ilelen, aged seven years, cutting her on the left arm. He next struck Elizabeth, another child, inflicting a dieadful wound on her head. They with the other children managed to get the street door open, and ran out. The murderer then followed, but finding them beyond his reach he uttered some expression, and then, whilst standing on the doorstep, cut his own throat. He fell half way in the passage, the blood spurting out and running over the footway into the gutter. By this time the alarm had spread, and in a few moments people rushed front their houses, and the utmost excitement ',mailed. Upon the police going inside they found the murderer lying in the passage with his throat cut in a fearful manner, and by his side a large carving knife. In the front room down stairs the wife was lying with her head nearly severed from her body. Drs. Dry, Crisp, and Waring were at once summoned, and pronounced both to be dead. Um two children who were wounded were removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Elizabeth, whose head is severely cut remains in that institution. The other child, after receiving the attention of the house surgeon, was taken charge of by. some friends.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-05-17 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ACTION FOR LIBEL.-At the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, Father O'Keefe's action for libel against Cardinal Cullen was opened. The court was'mueh crowded. Much excitement was created by Sergeant Armstrong, Cardinal Cullen's counsel, abruptly leaving the court, followed by the Cardinal. This was done because Sergeant Armstrong objected to the balloting for the jury, on the ground that they had been balloted for already, but the judge disallowed objection, as the first balloting proceeded without his authority. After about halt' an hour the sergeant returned with the cardinal. Mr. Purcell stated the case. He said that Father O'Keeffe was a respectable and zealous parish priest, had been libelled by his curates, and had brought an action against one of them, and against Bishop 'Welsh, who encouraged the tutrate. For thus exercising his right as a British suitjeet Father lie was suspended by Cardival thdlen. Th 9 ca,c lane not concluded.  At Newport, Monmouthshire, Samuel Colley is in custody on the charge of killing his a epfather with a stone.  A ',ohne officer named Buckley, who has been 18 yeas. in the Salford police force, is in custody, charged being the author of a series of mysterious shop robberies which have been Viking place fur, long time. The Erho states that the commissioners of national education have resolved to take no further steps in the O'Keefe case until the House of Commons has decided upon Lord Hartington's motion.  The G. asette contains a notification that the commission for assessing the damages sustained during the second siege of Paris will shortly close its labours, when persons interested will receive certificates setting terth the nature of their claims. The Philadelphia corrtspondendent of the Times says the Louisiana crisis in at an end. The interference of the troops caused the 3l'llenryites to abandon their opposition. At Martinsville they are disbanding, and the police are in possession. The coroner's inquiry into the deaths of the, suicide Turner and his victim, Sarah Carter, took place at Holymoorside, near Sheffield, on Monday. It was found that Turner had wilfully murdered the girl and had hinged himself "while in an unsound state of mind." Aanterpro A Gim,.—At the Sheffield Town Hall, on Tuesday, before the Stipendiary, Jonathan Priestley, boilermaker, Sheffield, was again charged with abducting Martha Hanlon, 15 years old, daughter of a publican, last Easter Monday.— Martha's brother proved that he saw his sister in company with prisoner.—Mar' Ann Carnley, servant at the Beehive Hotel, Sandhi% Newcastle, said prisoner came to that hotel between eleven and twehe o'clock on Easter Monday might with the girl. He asked for lodgings, and she showed them to a single-bedded room. He paid 35., and at her (a itness's', request he bolted the door on the inside after she had gone away. She let them in without wising any questions as to who they were.—The Stipendiary said public-houses in Newcastle appeared to be conducted on similar principles to those its Sheffield.—Prisoner was committed for trial at the
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-12-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

WIFE.  On Saturday night, the wife of the Rev William Hugh Evans, a Wesleyan minister, now stationed at Dolgally, and recentle resident at Llangellen, committed suicide under most distressing circumstances. The unfortunate lady was subject to melancholia and despondency, and within the last two years she had twice been an inmate of the Denbigh Lunatic Asylum, from which she was only discharged during last summer. Fearing a relapse, she had for some time been constantly watched by her sister. Between ten and eleven °clock on Saturday night during her husbands absence at Aberdovey, where he had gone to preach on the following day, she went up stairs into a bedroom, telling her sister that she was going to look for some clothes for the children to wear on the Sunday. Finding that she was rather long upstairs, her sister called out to her, and she replied that she was coming downstairs in a minute or two. She was then heard to go into the water closet at the top of the stairs, and close the door after her. In a rainute or two afterwards her sister, hearing a groan and a noise of a body falling, rushed upstairs, and was horror-struck on finding that Mrs. Evans was lying on the floor with her head almost severed from her body, and bleed. inc from a large wound on the left side in the region of the heart. Medical assistance was at once sent for, and the service of Dr. Jones were speedily in requisition, but death must have been almost instantaneous, so frightful were the injuries the unfortunate lady had inflicted upon herself. Her preparations appeared to have been of a most determined and deliberate character. She had secreted a large carving-knife, with which the wounds were inflicted, and had carried into the water closet a bucket containing clean water, amd a cushion on which her head might fall, During the whole of the day she was in remarkable good spirits, and nothing occurred to create the slightest suspicion that she intended taking away her life in such a fearful manner. She was a native of Holywell, Flintshire, and was about 40 years of age. She hae left a young family of nine children. The inquest was held at Dolgelley on Monday, before Mr. Griffith Jones Williams, the county coroner for Merionethshire, and verdict of " Committed suicide when in a state of temporary insanity" was returned. Very deep sympathy is felt for Mr. Evans.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-07-12 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

JONGICS LIGHT-BuowN Con Ltvca IL.—Mr. Thomas Hunt, Surgeon to the Western dispensary for Disease of the skin, writes: "In badly-nourished infants, Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is invaluable. Tic.: rapidity with which two or three tea-spoonfuls a day will fatten a young child is astonishing. Tho weight gained is three timesthe weight of the Oil swallowed, or more; and, as children generally like the taste of Dr. De Jongh's Oil, and when it is given them, often cry for more, it appears as though there were some prospect of deliverance for the appalling multitude of children who figure in the weekly bills or mortality iwtiel from the office of the Itegistrar-I /amoral." Dr. H. C. Croft, Author of " Handbook for the Nursery," writes: "Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is almost a specific in many of the diseases peculiar to infancy and childhood, and I have seen marked benifit produced by its use. Patents prefer it to the Pale Oils, and are able to retain it more donfortable." Dr. de Jongh's Light. Brown Cod I.iver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half-pints, 2s. tid.; pinls, 4s. 91. ; quarts, Us. ; with his stamp and signature and the signature of his role consignes on, the lable under wrapper, by all respectable chemists, Sole consignees, Ansar, Raiford, and Co., 17, Strand, London.  SUICIDE OF A Boxiimunen.—A bombardier in the Helot Brigade, Royal ArtilLoy, named Samuel Hinton Pearce, left Woolwich a few days since On a visit to a brother-in-law, named William Burrell, residing at 52, Alice-street, Victoria Dock-road, London, and the latter, accompanied by Mrs. Burrell, agreed to return with him to Woolwi• h. They accordingly went together to North WOll- where they arrived in due course, Pear_e being apparently in excellent health and spiri,s. talking and laughing in a lir, ly manner. They all went on board the ferry steamer to cross to South Woolwich, and when in mid-channel Pearce Wird Burrell to hold his gloves, which he, suspecti g nothing did. Pearce immediately stepped to tho side of the steamer, said 'Good bye, I'm off," jumped into the river. He was seen to rise 0n,,, and the stem-boat wis put a tern to pick him up, but he was carried away by the tide, making no effort to nave himself, and was drowned. There appears to be no motive whatever for his suicide, for his friends sty he was as free from trouble and care as most men. He had been 19 years in the service, had a good character, and was a married man with four or five young children.  A WEALTHY CAT rLE
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-05-10 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE IN BARROW.  On Monday last, Mr. W. Butler, coroner, and a jury, held an inquest in the Cavendish Arms Hotel, Dalton Road, on the body of Edward Gradwell, a foreman joiner, who committed suicide by hanging himself in his own house, in Thwaite-street, on the Saturday previous.—Mrs. Gradwell, the widow of the deceased, was the first witness examined. She said her husband was fifty-seven years of age, and by profession a house carpenter. Of late he had been rather addieted'to drink. On Friday witness observed a marked change in him, as he was unusually quiet and low spirited. When he had got any drink ho was usually excitable. She brought him home out of a public-house on Friday evening, about nine o'clock, and at that time he was very " comfortable." He went to bed about his usual time, but before he went she asked him to have soinething to eat, but he declined having any. About a quarter of an hour afterwards she also retired to rest. In the morning, about four o'clock, she was awoke by hearing her husband make a noise as he was out on the flour. She asked him what he was doing, and he said he wanted a drink. He got some water and gave her some as well. He then got into bed again, but in an hour afterwards he got up and went down stairs. Thinking he was a long time away, she got up and went down. She there saw him hanging against the bottom of the , cellar stairs. She screamed, and one of the lodgers in the house came to her assistance. She then went up-stairs.—John Crowe was the next witness. He said he was an engine driver, and lodged in the house of the deceased. On Saturday morning, about five o'clock, he was called up by Mrs. Gradwell. He ran down stairs and met her, and she said her husband was hanging in the cellar. He procured a knife out of the drawer in the kitchen, and cut the body down. The body was not cold. The rope that was round his neck was fastened to abeam across the bottom of the steps.—By a juror: The rope was noosed.round the beam. He had evidently stood on a saw bench close by.—This was all the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict "that deceased committed suicide while labouring under temporary insanity.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-07-26 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ROA. At Qhfiatinas the firm dissolved partncrshiM ditcl sitiCp that Odle he had been living on his meani, His tefativos and neighbours say that from the time at hia retirment from business he appeared to be in a low desponding way, and had conducted himself in a vary eccentric manner. His conduct towards his wife was cruel and heartless. At length she broke down under Ma treatment, and about seven weeks ago became ill. Mr. Westbrook, surgeon, was called in, and he prescribed for her. Ile said her case was not a dangerous one, and with proper treatment he had no doubt she tonataid fecover, Instead of obeying the doctor's instructions, it is said that the husband refased to engage a nurse, saying that he was quite capable of nursing her himself. It is alleged that lie kept her without food for some time, or at least did not allow her sufficient. Not satisfied with that, on several occasions he actually assaulted her whilst she was ill in bed, and otiCc attempted to strangle her. Ile also used to irritate her by pretending to kill himself in her presence. On Saturday a woman was in the house cleaning and asked Marples if she was ta clean the room in which Mrs. Marples was. Ile appeared very agitated, and answered in the negative, and immediately sent the woman away. On Sunday no one was seen in the house, and on Monday morning the neighbours suspecting that something was wrong, communicated with the police. Inspector Moore obtained a ladder, and entered the chamber window. In the chamber he found the woman quite dead and cold, and going out at the door of the room he found her husband suspended by the neck to the stair bannisters. tie was also dead. Mr. Westbrook called at the house during the morning, and after examining the body of the woman expressed a decided opinion that she had been strangled. On Monday the inquest on the bodies was held. The medical evidence showed that death in both cases was caused by strangulation, that of the man by being hung, and that of the woman by being throttled. It is believed that the woman was dead eight or ten hours before her husband committed suicide. It was proved that he had shown symptoms of insanity, especially on Saturday, when the murder is supposed to have been committed. The jury returned a verdict of" Murder" against William Marples, and found that he destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanity.  A
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-10-18 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SOLDIEB..—A singular case of sleep-walking is reported at Woolwich. A soldier belonging to one of the infantry regiments stationed in the garrison, was placed on sentry at the extreme end of the Royal Arsenal, where a guard has been stationed ever since the Fenian outbi eak, and was missed from his post soon after midnight. At one o'clock in the morning a policeman at Bexley Heath, four miles away, met the man marching along the road in fuil uniform, and carrying his rifle at the trail. The policeman, puzzled at such an unusual apparition, accosted the man, found that he was asleep, and awoke him; when the soldier in his turn became astonished, asked where he was, and got the policeman to telegraph back to Woolwich, to let the authorities know what had become of him. He then walked back with the policeman, and i. under arrest while the truth of the story is investigated.  THE UNITED KINGDOM Atm...tem-On Friday the annual meeting of the General Council of the United Eingdom Alliance was held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, under the presidency of Mr. Walter C. Trevelysn. The report of the Executive committee was read and approved of. It was at unusual length, and contained an elaborate review of the criticisms passed upon the electoral action of the Alliance. The finances of the organisation were reported to be in a healthy condition. the receipts for the year being £27,500. and the expenditure £22,500. Sir Wilfrid Lawson moved a resolution re-affirming the conviction of the Alliance as to the justice, the policy, and the necessity of the legislative suppression of the liquor traffic. : He said the resolution passed last year with regard to the electoral action to be taken had become celebrated—he might say notorious—and they had been • good deal lectured upon it in the Liberal newspapers. In the eyes of the gentlemen who wrote tor those new:papers, the Alliance people were perfectly wrong whatever they did,and the "only possible thing they could do would be to commit suicide and get out of the way altogether." Mr. S. Pope, Q.C., speaking in support of the resolution, said the lesson which he desired should be drawn from their mewing, and which, if it were drawn, would make the meeting the most successful and important that the Alliance had ever held, was the lesson to be learned by politicians that the Alliance meant really what they said. The resolution was adopted, as were several others designed to further the objects of the Alliance. A public meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall in the evening, over which Mr. John Millar, M.P., presided. SAD FATE Or A