Brighouse Gazette and Local Railway Guide. — 1898-04-30 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SAD SUICIDE AT BRIGHOUSE,  INQUEST AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES.  Quite a sensation vas caused on Saturday morning hist, when the report gained currency that Mr. Day, 56 years of age, retired grocer, of Gooderstreet, Brighouse, bad shot himselt : details of the sad event were folly described at THE INQUEST which was held at the Public Offices, on Tuesday morning, before Mr. lisistow, J, P., (district coroner,) and the following jury :—Messrs. Joseph Barraelough (foreman), Ramslen Crowther, William Nichol, Walter L Thompson, Charles Cardwell, Tom Collins, Frei Wool, Joe Willie Waddington, John Wm. Scott, James Pilling, Tom Kerrod, and Charles Rottomley. Mr. Roberts, (Messrs. G. Furoiss, Roberts, and Co) Inspector Flamm, and P. C. Day were also present. The first witness called WWI . . .  JANE DAY, daughter of deceasad, who sail her father was 56 years of age. He retired from business about five years ago. Last Friday night he went to bed about 10-30, and seemed in his usual health. Between twelve and one o'clock the following morning, he complained of pain in his chest, and along with his wife got up and went downstairs, where the latter applied hot flannels and gave him some warm tea. He said the pain would drive him mad if it did not cease. He asked his wife to go upstairs and lie dowr, but she said she would rather he went, and he dii so. He was rolling on the floor with pain before be went upstairs. Witness met him at the top of the stairs, and he had nothing in his hand then. Immediately after she got downstairs, a shot was heard from her father's bed-room, and on her mother going up, she found that her father had shot himself. Ile wae laid on  the bed, and bad a revolver in his right band. Dr. Ferrer was sent for. Her father had sofferei from heart disease, • result following from rheumatic fever. When deceased bad great pain, he sPemect as if he did not know what be was doing, and on one occasion her mother told her that he had threatened to shoot himself. They were not aware that be had a revolver. HANNAH MAHBHALL, widow, Of Mill•lane, deposed to laying out the body. The only injury was a small wound on the right temple. P.C. WILLIAM_ DAY, of Br'gboase, spoke to  being called to Mr. Day's house at 6.30 on the pre. TIOUA Saturday morning. Dr. G. A. Farrer was tbere. Deceased was laid across the bed, with a five• chambered revolver (which had not previously been used) in bis right hand, and a bullet wound in hie right temple. He was quite dead. and the doctor said that death was instantaneous, Four chambers of the revolver were loaded, and a box of cartridges was found in deceased's drawer. There were no letters or anything on the body. A verdict of ' Suicide, whilst temporary insane,' was returned.  man on first night of new piece) : ExcitA mt., sir, but I don't see any occasion for such violent applause. Demonstrative neighbour : I do, may frind. The author is one of my wife's boarders, and lie's now over two months behind with his bill.  EQUINE Paradox. Our police-court r,•porter wished to know whether, in view of a nian's being described a. "a horsey-looking gent," it would be equally correct to allude to a lady aa a " Mary-looking female " Punch." -  . CRuirricaL Remark.—An Irishman was looking at the Morse Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S., when he turned suddenly and said to his companion, "Mike, will ye luk at all them pots from Japan? What a country that must be for mustard ! "  A famous bull of Daniel O'Connel was uttered in London referring to the fact that the birth-rate in Dublin had decreased 5,000 a year for four years, he said :—" I charge the British Government with the murder of those 20,000 infante which never were born."  "Ii you marry Grace, exclainied an irate fatli,.r to his son, "I'll cut you oil without a penny, and you won't have as much as a piece of pork to boil in the pot." " Well," said the young man, " Grace fore meat." And he immediately went in search of a minister.  Mits. Fig (impressively): Here is an account in the paper of one more boy who went into the river on Sunday and got drowned.—Tommy: I 'speet his folks kept him so busy through the week goin' to school and running errands that he didn't have no chance to learn to swim.  Mas. Subbubs : There's the van with the piano we bought to-day. You can ju.st send it back.—Mr. Subbubs : Why p—Mrs. Subbubs : Do you suppose that we are going to pay 50 guineas for a piano and have it brought home at night when the neighbours can't see it Eh': not likely !