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Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE SUICIDE OF A BANKER.  INQUEST AND VEII...DICT.  On Saturday, Mr. Braxton Hicks opened an ingutet at Waudtworth on the body of Mr. Hilton Caesanet Barker, who shut himself at Putney Station on Wednteday morning while under remand on a charge of fraud in connection with the firm of Barker and 00., bankers.  Mr. Chappell, brothet.in-law to deceased, said the decettael had threatened suicide in consequence of the poeition of financial and social ruin in which he found himself, but witness did not think it Iran a eerious threat. He knew the handwriting of the deoeased. The letters produced (not read) were in his handwriting. At the coroner's request, , ' witness, haring examined the letters, replaced them in the envelopes and handed them back. Ever since his failure the deceased had been depressed over the ruin of the firm,and had said that at his time of life he had no chance of a restart. He had cad surgical operations,was asleep-walker, and a very nervous man. Deceased's life was insured, but two policies were void in the event of suicide. Decesaed threatened suicide as far back PS July of net year. He felt the disgrace of the charges preferred against him, and took the position that whatever his misfortunes he had never intentionally defrauded, but had drifted into difficulties almotit wit'hout knowing it. Evidence having been given of the finding of the body, The Coroner said it was his painful duty to read the letters. The first was to Mrs. Barker, care of Minns Aldridges, 31, Bedford-road, W. 0., and was as follows : •  " My Darling Louie,—You, I know, do not credit the acsousatione made against me, and are swain how I have slaved at buaineaa,notwithstand• log my 'surgical operations and ill-health. To think that I should have brought your lives to this. Let my boy, if possible, atill reapect his 'father's memory, and never allow my darling, if poesible, to bear of my disgrace. Let them think of me an the darling old dad they love so well—so welL Try to think of my memory in the happy past. Love to dear old mother arid dent old Jim. Love to Lizzie and Arthur and to faithful Fanny. You know I have never intentionally injured anyone. I feel goy brain going in thin terrible rum and lose of my brightest hopes. Forgive your fond husband,
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

KULII.I, 'ford, third laughtur of Mr. W. Rutherford, of Victoria-road, Crosby. The event created a areas amount of 'tamest in the district, ani the chapel, which had been specially decorated for Olt OC.A. sloe, was crowded with a Inge number of friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony way' conducted by the Rev. 'l'. H. hlyostm, wl,O ain naisted by the Rev. E. T. earner. The who Mon given away by her fatter, wore a beautiful dress a ivory cloche.* Califs, trimmed with orange blossoms and re heather, and toile veil, and corned a ruagnl vent bouquet of wane and oran-(,9 blossom& 'll bridvuoiaida were hliva Rutherford, Miss Edith Rutherford, Min forma Rotherfoid, and Miss Neale, who were attired in pretty custiimee of cresm cloth, trimmed with moss coloured velvet, White In v• and flOitii" nod white velvet mulls, relieved with booths* ot illfudils. They each wore bang's. end brooches, the gifts of the hi idisgrouni. Mr. A. K Bruck. bank and Mr. F. A. Ggodwid acted an Mr. Necle's supporter& At the oonclusatov of the twiettivey the newlylnarried pair proceeded to -Mr. Ruthers ford's residence, Crosby, where an "" At home " was held, sod WWI attended hy a numbsr of the leading local artists end other friends. Later in the happy couple left fivr London en Collie toe Faris, where they intend to reins. ,some mouths studying in She Parisian landaus.  SUICIDES & ATTEMPTED SUICIDES The body of Mary Ann Johnson, 19, who poianned herself at Drawee on Satuiday lame. diately after receiving a letter from het tweet. • heart breaking off the engagement, war brought to Flint on Tuesday. A crowd of seveial hundred persons lined the approach.' to the railway station and 1011, .ed in the case:esteem to the girl's home in Swatietthet. The 'mum man also resides at Flint. The interment took pluses' on Wedneeday in Flint Cemetery. David Cooler, mei twelve, of Caselerstreee. Bi[ldea, attempted to commit suicide on I ueeday, His mother had ordered hint to welsh himself, bet ' an the weather was cold he refused. His mother reproached hint, whereupon he ',hiked up a razor mud cut his throat. Dr. Mathis, was called in and stitched up the wound, and the buy web removed to the Wolverhampton HeispitaL Alfred Austin, foreman in the employ of the Signal Repairing Compauy at Fthakerley, near 'Liverpool, was cbarged with attempting to suicide at Altriechatu by putting hie throat. The prisoner had been deprethed, it was a ate!, consequent on an attack of influence, and this probably clewed him to commit the rash act. Fortunately hewer dithivethel in time, or fetal Consequence. 'night have eithied. Ilts was 'emended pending inquiries. Late on Saturday night, loss b Broelclehurst egad 68, residing at Weaverhain, near Nortliwich oteurnitted *Minds in a most determined manner. He had been in a low and decreased state of heafth fur some time. Daring the temporary &binned of hie wife he left home, and a search resulted in the discovery of his dead body, lying face downwards, in a pit about a quarter of a mile away, the depth of water being between two and three feet.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-07-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LAP/ 611#11IN01-.4611'  SUICIDE OF AN EARLESTOWN WOMAN.  Mr. T. E. Sampsonc,ihed lan inquest on Saturday th regarding e death Elizabeth Harmon, isa unmarried woman, bl y'eata of age, who lived at Crow-lene,Earbistown. On the afternoon of &warday, the 15th inst., she w. teen to jump from the quay of the Queen's Dock into the water. Two lads named James Allen, 14, living at 46, Jordanstreet, and John Dooley, 12, living at 5 house, 4 court, Peer - street, managed to keep her above the surface of the water for some time, one taking her to the side of the look, and the other going down one of the look ladders and keeping hold of her legs, although she tried to missy hie grasp. Eventually mei end carter. weat to the miscue and got the woman on to the quay, where Police-constable Holum, as she was unoinnoious, tried ts restore animation. ,She was removed toSthe -Southern Hoepital Nandon Friday she 'died trunk paeumunia, ova up by the immersion. Elisabeth Colquitt, of Earleistown, said that Harrllloll had been the devoted attendant of • blind lady who died about a month ago. Sines then the had been in illhealth owing to the chain of surging. She had [full control of the money of her former mistress, sad when legal arraugements were about to be made for the dispiwal of the money she became alarmed with she idea, for vrhiok there was no foundation, that ahe would be Merged with misappropriating acme of the money. A week previous to the day of her armors 1104 at the QUeliel Dock pee ran out of the house as Earisetown without saying where she was g,iog to. In the avemitirne •he saw • relative at Trarimetak and abs then appeared to be troubled %boat the legal bogmws. The Coroner pranied the boy* for their bravery, and said he would report it to the proper quarter. Mr. Fowler, aolioitor, who watched ebe came gave tho boya sa. Math, WO the coroner mid be would aupplement it ham the Poor-bare A ...lies of 812i0id• akallst ia a MAN of toolSonll7 ," mos oefuovd.  IMIP
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-07-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF FOUR SISTERS.  Telegrams from Milan bring sewn of a remarkable tragedy which was discovered there on Monday morning. A well-to-do widow named Abendana died there last week, leaving four daughters, egad from 18 to 22, who were inconsolable at their parent's death. On Sunday night they looked therneelves in a room and lay down together, after setting light to is pan of charcoal. Their dead bodies were discovered on Monday morning, the alarm having been caused by their failure to appear downstairs at their customary hour. On • table in the roan was a letter signed by the four girls, in whioh they declared that they felt they could not live without their beloved • mother, and therefore had determined to commit suicide, in order that they might the wooer see her again. THE SUICIDE NEAR  On Friday afternoon, Mr. William Davies. the Fliumbire coroner, held an inquest at the Miners' Arms, Melillo°, touching the death of lead washer named William Robeits, 63, Taurallt, MeMen. The widow of the deceased Raid that on Thursday morning, after breakfast, iihe went to churn, her husband going out to lo3k m the new atock of hay. On her granddaughter going into the baokhouse the girl ran Lack and called her. Witness looked into the room and saw her hmband hanging by a rope attached ton beam. Ho feet rioted on the Roar, and his knee. wore bent nearly double. She lifted him up, and took the rope from off hi. neck. Deceased was a sober, eteady , man, and not addicted to drink. Ho had been out of work for about three weeks, and last week one of her eons went to America. Deceased seemed to feel his depertum very much. The jury returned a Vbrilat Of " Committed suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity."
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-07-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SOSO. was emoted in the Police Ocurtlouildinga, Dalektreet, on Thursday. As is the custom when the business of the course is proceeding, • number of people were in the vestibule awaiting to obtain admission. They were startled by • eery extraordinary occurrence Among the crowd was a wan named James Graydon, a labourer, residing at No. 6 house, 10 court, Gil dart's-gardens. About • quarter to eleven he applied for admission to the First Police Court. His son was in custody, charged with theft. The mac was admitted, but when in the court he asked permission' to go downstairs to the cells below the court to inter view his son. This was re' fusel by the officers. Graydon thin matted horn the couit, and when in the vestibule he drew • knife from his pocket. Two officers, No. 308 E and No. 183 E, were going out of the onurt. They 'seised hold of him, but not uutil he had inflicted • [alight cut on hie neck. 13e wan taken to the bride, well, and booked for attempting to commit , wields. The son of the man who made this attempt, • boy about 1.3 years of age, named Michael Graydon, was charged with stealing tomer. The Case mime betors Mr. Stewart, who remanded the boy l'for seven days. 1 The father, James Graydon, waa then placed in I the dock before the stipendiaty charged with 'attempting to commit suicide. " Officer No. 308 said.—Just before eleven , lo'clock this morning land another officer PM, the ! , prisoner with • knife in his baud and attempting', 'to draw it across hie throat. We jumped at him I just in time to prevent him. He inflicted s slight wound on his throat. He maid if we had not stopped him he would hairs finished himself. , The Magietrate—What did you do that for' Prisoner.—My boy was there. The policeman 1, would not let me into the court. 1 Eridewell-keeper—You were in court. Prisoner.—No. Magietrate.—lres, you were. I saw you. You . wets making a noise. ' Prisoner.—No, your worship. I sin very sorry, bet I wanted to 15ee my boy. Magistrate—He was remanded for sense days to make inquiries. Why you should attempt to cot your throat— Prisoner.—l am eery sorry, but they would not . let me .0 him. f Magistrate.—l tall you 'he is remanded . for severi days. Why you should attempt to cut your throat Micau.se you were excluded from the polite court I don't underetand. It is • very foolieh thing for you to do, sod you have made youraiolk liable to be Bent for I trial. . i The prisoner was then , disohorged, saying, ,er- "Thank you, sir." , 1111,01011.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-06-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE BY CARBOLIC POISONING.  -Mr. Sampson, city coroner, hmd an inquest at Tuesday on the body of Ann Kan:meter, aged 52 years. Ma. Elizabeth biokerztaffe said detailed wee her daughter and tor wife of an ablitessman named Alvin Kainuoner. She lived with witnem as 45, Park.street. Over iwu year, ago the husband of the themased went away, and had not sines retiplied. In cdosequenoe the bocame dmpoodent, mid a great deal. ..tad acted in. rettnirksble manner, mpecially during the past me wetka. A brother of demoted found her on Saturday afternoon in Sr bedroom uncoil. scrim's, having taken carbolic acid, a bassie which had contained -the poison lying MI the door. The unfortunate woman was taken to the Southern Hosiptal, where eke died shortly after admission from the elf et,n of poitonieg. A verdict of "Suicide whilst tempotarily insane" was returned. The Coroner reinnikel that it was rely and to notice the frequency of suicides by carbolic acid poisoning. Carbolic, acid wet not yet within the pretoriterd law for the sale of poieons, and Its thought it a pity that some sort of regmatirm was not made "wording it. It woo shout the nowt painful form of committing suicide Una mould as adopted.  It isn't much trouble foe some labour M.P.'e le auks their iivirk—the trouble is in removing it. It hat hem. ascertained that about teem), girl& se suffering from lead poisoning contracted tasselling and japanning (scowl. in the toss adjecent to liedgley, but all •re Suing well. WOOI 111 nee to the world r revested Bsfl eecieSelly. " You should have stopped single. I war told bow is would ; that you only mailed to saves housekeeper*i wages," and Bell Burnt' speech so angered her husband that hi ruelied out, Sammons the door violently.—Mee the new Lancashire Story, "IsLL brit/n{.l7'N Sul." 6110 " " ui J taki 11.  I
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-06-03 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SENSATIONAL SUICIDE..  A soicide--of Re unusually chucking disrupts, occurred at Perry Bier, 151.1f1110111111, On Thurs. cloy evening. On &aridity last Mr. Arthno Phillips, son of Mrs. Phillips, of Cromptor road, returned home for a stoat holiday. Re had for lOW. years been employed as foreig• ciorreispondent to a Sheffield Ann, end was very well known in commerotal circles in that town. He was mattering appaient!, from ill-health, soil his manner during the week became so s, tangs that considerable agilely w.is felt on his behalf. ID was hoped, however, that under medical treat. meat he would soon he able to return to buoineem At about six o'clock on Thorodsy evening he retired for a moment to his room,and a few minote• afterward, hie mother was alai mod to hear a dull thud in the yard. She went to ascertain the cause, and is terrible sight met her Foxe. Her son lay there unconscious, bleeding copiously frusta • shocking gash in the throat, and also a wound in the herd. Mr.. Phillips summoned asteistaims immediately. and noon after her son had he.. carried to his room Dr.!Shillito attended. It was. , however, apparent that the Ofee 1•11. Impel.., and I death ocourred about eight o'clock. On the Hong ! of the deceased young gentleman's room wa. found his razor, open and coveted with blood, sea ! shaft can be little doubt that, mixed by wow ! suicidal impulse, be first inflicted the wound opus ! his throat, and then jumped flout the ups! ! window. The wound is the throat alone wo ! probably have outfiued to muss death.  A fatal quung Wit WIWI two brothers, Willies. •nd Joeeph Liari4 hiullingar last Friday night. fib= (Jerry retch hml hum Doblin that night, end on Joreph enteriugli li,quie quarrelled with him, sad a tight took place. During the ger uggle William's ...ill it as fractured. ' A ductur attandui him, but be died us klunpay. At the inqueat the demismid's mother .ad he was quarrelsome sad often threatened to kill his brother. The deposeed before diosth said du fault was hie oat. The Jury returned a verdieli that the injure w. Maimed be Joseph Geaff Ia 'Amilt-doker
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE COST OF CARRYING COALS. afterwards he left the room and wont outside to the bankysrd. As ho did not return the young men The Railway Reform Association has forwarded went into the yard to see what he was about. They to the Board of Trade s further letter laden ve to were horrified on peeking back the door of the the dispute between the Great Western Railway olotht to rind that he had hung himself inside by and itthit regarding the cost of carrying wale, pars leather belt suspended from the door. They cut ticulthly from the Ruabon dietrict, North Wales. the unfortunate man down, hut hie was extinct. The company's contention that the existing freights Dr. Ireland was celled, but of course his nervier, are low is traversed, and the thsociation invite, the were unavailing, death having taken plane, in his Board of Trade to compare thou, rates with the opinion, an hour previous. aost of carrying thaborne coal, It is oontended The county coroner, Mr. S. Brij/know, held an that through the revision of the presume system of • inquest on Menday,at the County Hotel, Walton, the railway, the coal trade would benefit the with reference to the death of 3 arnes Musa% a poet- miners by enabling owners to pay them higher Irian, 49 yeti-1 of age, who lived a 043, Nethou-street, wages, and would not deplete shareholden' tailthe circumanintree of whose ,loath by hanging have way dividends, since the reduced coat would been reported. A verdict of suicide whilst Us • inevitably increase the output and carriage. In stets of temporary insanity was returned. conclusion, the letter says that the athociatiou, numbering many practical Inemberr, contends that While% Him Means, daughter of the ex-High coal might ho carried at' farthiag per torn per mile Sheriff of Monmouthshire was driving to Mon • at, largo profit. mouth Station on Saturday to catch a train for Edinburgh the horse shied at some stray plea Two painters named Joseph Fox and Robert The young lady was throws out end shockingly Mason were crossieg the line at Newcastle on , injured. The coachman also oustained • fmture Saturday, when tinny ware kausited clown by of kg.kaa was haled and Mame wsiezedwiedweed.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

POCKETPICKING IN A CHURCH.  At Southport Police Court on Satnrday, George Mactrfshon, an elderly won, respectably attired, was charged with stealing a purse from a lady's pocket on the previous. evening at ()Mist Church, Southport. The Chief-unnstable (Mr. S. Kershaw) sail prisoner had given the name of MaeMshoo, of 44, Weetboutne.strset, Liverpool, but he war Aft aid that was only en accommodation address. He was charged with stealing a purse containing 10s. lid. and a contract ticket for the winter gnrdeno,a key, and &stump from the pocket !of Mrs. Sareh Jane Oxley at Obtist Church the previous night. The harvest festival was taking Videe at that church on Friday night, and at the close of the service Mrs. Oxley was stealing in the central aisle talking with some friends. Prisoner was close by. She felt someone at her pocket, and then missed her purse. She arcireed prisoner of having taken it. lie said he had done so, and returned the puree. On searching the prisoner they found that, althongh he had given the LIMBO of MaeMabon, there was • memorandum in his poseeneion from the detective department of the London and Northwestern Railway Company addressed to Mr. William Fletcher, her Majesty's Prieon, Knuteford. Mrs. Oxley was called and corroborated the chief. coostable's statement. Mr. Kershaw then ie.ked for a remand. Prisoner said be would plead guilty, and wished it to be nettled at once. The Ohlef.oonatistie : But I'm anxious to know more shout you. The prisoner wee rearsaded.  AT CEMPTED SUICIDE BY THE PRISONER ' On Wednesday a ruin neared Geo. Dl'Mahou, I alias William Eletehet, was brought up at the Southport Polite Court charged on remand with I pooket•picking horn the person of Mn. Oxley, a lady residing in Queen's-road. It nil! be imam- i tiered that on Friday night, at the ekes of the service in cottneotinn with the barren festival at Chtist Church, the prisoner abstracted a puree from M.. Oxley's dries pocket whilst she was standing talking to some friends. He was usminded the tolluwmg morning b3i the magistrates until Wedneeday, but it has since transpired that on the night of the prisoner 'a arrest he endeavoured to octangle himself with a milk handkerchief. When the constable in charge visited she prisoner in his cell he found him lying down with hie hand under his head, as If asleep. But as the prisoner wee nearly black in me face suspicion was aroused, and the handkerchief, whith had been tightly drawn round the neck, was at once removed. Efforre Were made to thoroughly reclover the ptisoner, and since then he has been conatently watched night and day. Ihe chint-oonombie on Wednesday applied for an additional remsad,rse he had been tumble to obtain the information he wished teapooting the prisoner's antecedents. Th 9 ruagi,trates eieordingly remanded the prisoner to Preacott gaol until next Monday.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-07-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER & SUICIDE AT WIGAN.  On Thursday afternoon, atlifigan,Rnbt. lialsall, I ',palvr in the employ of the Corporation, pleaded guilty to and was committed for trial at Liverpool Assizes on shames of attempting to murder hie wife and daughter. It wee stated in evidence 'absent the morning of Jose 9 the prisoner said he would out his wife's and children's heads off, and he indicted terriole wounds about their Moots, afterwards mating his own throats' Met. Halpin appeared in court with • Ivendagmi throat. She stated that she was the wife tif the prisoner. On the 9th inst.. about live o'clock in morning, after making the necessary I.ireprapara. thins for work, the prisoner came downateirs and said, " What du you mean ?" The prosecutor replied, "What do you?' e thou said, •' 1 mean to cut your- heed off," and he then drew a pi uningillknife down the side of her neck, and he ✓aid he would also do the children. Whilst doing this he said, " This is what I .thould:hove given you two years ago." Prosecutor woo just able to shoat, " Emily, he is killing me." Emily 13ennett, now raiding in Pemberton, said she lived at the prisoner's house on the day in question. She'hein d the prisoner thy to his wife, when he went down Omni, Polly, what been, you against me I " The prisoner then taught hold if hie wife in • pamionate frenzy and commenced cutting her with the knife produced. Witness had a struggle with Relied', during which he struck her amoral times. The agleam of • " murder " brought Alice Ilitohmough, a pit-tirow • girl, to the teethe, and she took the prisonet off -hia wife. Witness went upstairs end found the Add Lily holding on to the handle of the bedroom dio•r with her throat out, and the primmer wakstanding cutting hie own threat. •