Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1890-04-19 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

SUICIDE OF THE ASSAILANT. A tragic affair occurred at Hull at an early hour on Tuesday morning. On the previous evening a married woman named Eliza Reynolds, whose husband is a fisherman, but now at sea, and who reside. at 3, Gordon-avenue, Woodcock-street, met • young fisherman named George Broadley on the Hesele-roed, and accompanied him into the town. They returned together to her residence, where Broadley wanted to remain ell night. Mrs. Reynolds declined to allow him, and requested him to leave. This, Mrs. Reynolds states, he refused to do, and pulling out • loaded revolver, said to her, "It is you or me for h.^ She made an excuse to leave the room, and had aucceeded in doing so, but he followed her and pulled her back. She struggled with him, and in the course of the tussle the revolver went off, the bullet grazing Mrs. Reynolds right hand and , lodging in toe scullery ceiling. Mrs Reynolds made a rush for the back door, and succeeded in getting • out en to a piece of wrote ground, where she gave an alarm. She intended getting to the Gordon-street , Police-station, but she was followed by Brondley, who was now nearly nude. He seized her, but they were then seen by Police-constable Wright, who was on duty near, and the man noticing him coming towards them ran back to the back-yard ot ;he house. Mrs. Reynolds told Wright he had a pistol, but he followed him and tried to seize the man, who raised the revolver and fired two shots at the constable. Fortunately neither of them hit him, and before Wright could get hold of him further he ran into the house, and putting the revolver to his head fired, and fell on the heuthrog in the kitchen dead. It subsequently transpired that the deoe•sed had conceived a violent , passion for Mrs. Beynolda, and persecuted her with his attentions. He had wanted her to leave her husband and live with him, and eke had been in , fear of him for some time. She statee that on I Monday evening she tried to get away from him, but he Would not leave her, and on her arrival at , the homes she tried to prevent him entering, but he peraieuid in following her. The inquest was held on Tneeday night, before Mr. Thorney, Borough Coroner. The evidence I given by Mrs. Reynolds showed that deoeased had threatened to take both her life and his own if .he . .  aid not elope with him. The jury returned • verdict to the eideot that the man committed euicide,  but se-F;the-e-Cet-e—oillierm—in at the time there Was.  no evidence to show.  of all his aerial voyages. When be had reached a height of 4,000 feet he began to get into • strong current, and the balloon twisted right round. The current then caught his parachute, causing the wooden ring of it to catch him very tightly under the , arms. The test cord which held the parachute then broke. Directly that happened, he saw that the parachute -was banging below him fully inflated, and the pressure on him was so great that it was impossible for him to descend into the middle of the town with anything like safety. He thereupon opened his penknife with his teeth and out the parachute away. This caused the balloon to shoot up 6,000 feet higher, and on reaching that altitude be met another current, which brought him back, and he saw nothing until he passed through some sleet and snow. He could hear, however.the sound of trains. He was in this snowstorm for at least ten minutes, end when he had passed through it the sun was shining beautifully. He could see the sun glistening on the water at Brighton. He found the air stetting very sharp and keen: icicles were hang. Mg on his moustache. For • few minutes he was quite deaf. He now seemed to be descending, and he thought he was getting near Hastings or Brighton. He could smell the sea. When he was 1,00011. from the earth, he prepared to descend by hanging by one arm on to his trapeze rope as if he were using his parachute. When his feet touched the ground the balloon, which was in front of him, dragged him ten yards, and then re-bounded some 60ft. M the air, between two trees. Two labourers, in response to his signals, arrived just as he came down a second time, and held the balloon until he let out the gas. He found that he had landed one farm in the occupation of Mr. Nash, at Penshurst, about thirty miles from Croydon. In reply to queetions, Higgins said that at one time be must have been five miles above the earth, the highest he had ever been. He added that the balloon had no safety valve.