Widnes Examiner. — 1892-05-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ANOTHER SUICIDE AT WARRINGTON. -` • A SAD CASE.  On ,Tuesday afternoon, an inquest was held by the Deputy-Coronar, Mr. Jones,in the Parade Room' Police Station, iVarrington, concerning the death f of Enoch Monks, aged 32 years,wbo was found dead on the railway at Warrington on Sunday afternoon. Elizabeth Monks, deceased's wife, said she lived at 54, Wilderspool-road. The deceased was a railway labourer, and an army reserve man. She last saw him alive on Friday in Whit, week last year, at home. They were then living at 92, Wilderspoolroad, and he was working at Tinsley's tan yard, Latchford. He went out that day, and she thought he had gone to his work, but he did not come back. I She heard from him from Neweastle-on-Tyne, a fortnight after. He had enlisted on the ' day of his leaving home. She did not hear from him again until Christmas. , He was at Ne.wcastle then working for engineers. She had been married to him for two years, and had had one child. The deceased never threatened to take away his life while he lived with her., He told her he had had a, sunstroke. He was always complaining of pains in his' head; and used to fall down.—The Coroner read the following letter which had tre.n found upon the deceased r—" 31st April, 1892, Dear wife.—l hope you will forgive me for what I have done, as I am very near out of my mind. I don't know what lam doing half my time. I have done no work since the letter I sent you from the waterworks. I can see very plainly that you do not mean to come. Look after the little one, for God's sake. I have done this to put you free of me. So no more. of your husband— Enoch Monks."-Edward Appleton, platelayer, employed by the Cheshire Lines Committee, deposed that as he was going home along the railway, on the evening of ths Ist inst. be found the deceased lying across the cabin door, outside both the rails, at a spot near to Orford Hall. He got assistance, and subsequently went for the nolice,and P.C. Barnett came. The deceased had made a pillow of a handkerchief and other things in the cabin, and the lock of the door was broken off. He had evidently been sleeping in the cabin. There was a small soda water bottle lying about two yards from him.—P.C. Barnett deposed to going, to the spot about 530 p.m., on the Ist inst., and finding the deceased, and upon him the letter just read, some letters from his wife, and some small articles; and the bottle lying on the cabin floor.—Dr. S. Smith said he had made a post mortem examination of the deceased. He found the brain contained more blood than natural, and the liver was very much enlarged. The appearances pointed to death from irritant poison, and indicated oxalic acid rather than any other poison. The doctor smelt the bottle which had been found near the deceased, and which lay on the table, and tasted the remains of a liquid it contained, and pronounced the taste to be that of oxalic acid.—The Coroner expressed the opinion that the deceased had destroyed his life.—A juror said the deceased lodged with him prior to his marriage and he never saw anything wrong in him, and he was surprised to hear about the occurrence.—The jury deliberated privately for a few minutes, and then returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.