The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1900-01-20 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SAD CASE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE  PROMPT ACTION OF A BROTHER. At the Borough Police Court, on Wednesday below M€S6ll4. J. Marquis and J. T. ' Thompson, a girl named Jane Williams, of Prioe-street, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of carbolic acid, on the 14th inst.— The mother stated that on Sunday morning, about ebiven o'clock, she and her ecai were at breakfast in the kitchen when prisoner rushed in screaming, and fell down insensible. Her son promptly lifted her and ran with her to the Borough Hospital: Her daughter had, lately been very low-spirited, in consequence of having been ant of work for a month.—.l aearge Williams, brother of the prisoner, gave corroborative evidence, and said that when he went to the hospital, he carried her all the way. A bottle was found in the prisoner's bedroom, and Dr. Riddell, housesurgeon at the Borough Hospital, said that prisoner was brought to him on Sunday morning in an unconscious condition, and smelling very strongly of carbolic acid. He used the stomach pump, with the aid of which he proved that earbolic acid had been taken. He thought that it would be as well to detain prisoner at the hospital for another week, as she had been very near death; if it had not been for the prompt action of her brother she would have undoubtly succumbecL—Alderman Thompson said it was very unfortunate that carbolic acid could be purchased by anybody, and he thought that the restrictions which were in force with regard to other poisons should be applied to thie.,,Priaoner was remanded for a week,  Y.M.C.A , HANDBALL CUM ,klthougdi the game of handball is not hy any means a new gams, it is a game that has ortairdy taken a sow lame of life in this illetriet, thanks tri a large degree to the formation of the Liverpool and District Rendtehl League, athieh is now in the fust year of its existeace. Birkenhead is represented by the Flit-C.A. handball team whir& is captained by B. Wilkey, and so far his men have given an excellent account of themselves, as may be seen by a glance at the table given below. They have succeeded in defeating every other teem in the league, either at borne or away, and in some eases in both firtaree. On Saturday evening laid the usual large emend of enthneinats thronged the Y.M.C.A. balconies to witness what was anticipated would be a hard and feat game, their opponents being livool Gymnasium, the team which succeeded in securing at their gymnasium in Myrtle.' street, the only point our locals have dropped. Prompt to time the teams lined i up, Oa following doing duty fcr Birken-1 beed-:-7Esed Speed. E. W. Kidd, R. Willowy (captain), U. S Williams, S. Speed, W. Gill, md N. Williams. The instructor of Bootle Gymonaium acted as referee, then followed one of the toughest games yet seen in the Y.M.C.A. To attempt to give a detailed description of the play is well-nigh impossible, as the hall was on the move continually; suffice it to say that there was not a dull mommt or a Lail in the fray till halftime, when Birkenhead led by two goals to nil, the soarers tieing W. Gill and H. S. Williams. In the second half Liverpool used their weight and strength to great advantage, and the goal which they secured was -thoroughly well deserved, but they were unable to add to it, with the r,,i.0 that Birkenhead. after a splendid game, were returned winners by 2 goals to their oproueuts' I. 'Da-night Melrose Football Club! are down to oppose the Y.M.C.A., and, needless to my, a hard game is almost sure to result. •