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The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-04-12 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SAD SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.  The suicide of Mary Ann Milliner, wife of Thomas Milliner, ribbon weaver, Coventry, on Good Friday, was the subject of enquiry by Dr. Mlle, on Saturday, at St. Mary's-hall. Mr. T. B. Dusson was foreman of the jury which sat on the case.—Deceased's husband said his wife's age was 55 years, and for some time past she had been ill from an internal complaint. Great pain was suffered, and deceased had, consequently, been much depressed in mind and been unable to sleep at night. On Thursday she seemed somewhat better, however. Witness was at home on Good Friday and worked in the top shop, leaving his wife in the kitchen below. No one else was in the house. About 3.20 p.m., she said she was going into the back kitchen to put some coal on the fire, and witness at that time returned to his work. Afterwards, he heard his son rattling at the front door, and vent down and let him in. The son, on coming out of the front room, discovered his mother hanging on the cellar steps—" like as if she was reaching over." Witness ran out into the yard, and Mr. Lenten and Mr. Rose came in, and cut deceased down.—Wm. Lenton, also a weaver, and a neighbour, deposed that from what Mrs. Lenten told him he ran to Milliners and lifted up the body, and thereupon Mr. Rose cut the rope. Witness did not think deceased was scarcely dead, and he and Rose rubbed the limbs, but to no purpose. Of late the woman had complained very much of her suffering.--The husband, recalled, said no medical man had directed deceased to be watched, though she told Dr. Fenton she thought her brain was a little affected.—The Coroner said he had no doubt the neuralgic pains of the lower part of the body flew to deceased's head, and that in a moment of temporary insanity, she took away her life.—The jury returned a verdict to this effect.  Printed by the proprietor, Thomas Burbidge, of Coventry, and published by Robertson and Gray, The Library, Castle-end, Kenilworth.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-07-05 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

THE INQUEST. Dr. Iliffe held an inquest on the body of deceased this afternoon, at St. Mary's.hall.—Mary Ann Kerby, the wife, deposed that her husband, Who was 55 years of age, had not been in very good health for some time. She knew of nothing (that deceased had acquainted her with) which would be calculated to disturb his mental balance. He got up early on Monday, and at 7 a.m, brought witness a cup of tea to her bedroom. Then he appeared to be low-spirited, and she thought he had hardly been in his right mind for some time, but he had never told her of any criminal proceedings. About a quarter past ten he was at home, and went to an outhouse. As he remained there some time, he went to the place, and found him hanging from a beam. She called for assistance, and Mr. White, a neighbour' cut him down, but he was quite dead. When in beer he had said rash things. She found the following note in a work drawer in the house, written, she said, five minutes before he died :—" do not go to any expence on me your untruthful Husband."—James White stated that just before eleven o'clock on Monday he heard a scream in the yard, and on going out found Kerby hanging. He cut the body down. He knew the man a little,and always thought him rational in mind Inspector Golby said he had known deceased for some years. On Wednesday he served a summons on him to appear at the city petty sessions, on Monday, charging him with stealing 4oz 6 pennyweights of silver, the property of Mr. Chinn. He saw deceased again on Thursday and Saturday, and he appeared to be much disturbed in mind about the matter, which he wished to be settled. Witness told him he would have to appear, but he did not, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension. At 11.30 he went to 3, Sovereign-place, in order to serve the warrant, and then found the man had hanged himself .—,The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, expressed his sympathy with the widow.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-06-14 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A YOUTH. ''' to 9. °n r Coventry was on Thursday scene of a second -sf the. suicide, making two successful attempts at selfdestruction in pne week. About three -k in the morning more than one constable - ' streets a young man of the description - stoke to them, and said he was a '-et he had gone from London -eturning to town. At . ""%rasher, of 26c., '' -,e, he came "I, the ' ~.. 1 I 1 I 1 , 1 . ~ ,e a I into .ch or a had loses its aept that .. This is ,n in former .rs notice a , whilst other have them in say that shad m a great decrease ,rs past. We used dens, the cemetery, the city which they ted. This summer I ough I have purposely ds and localities which ayse r7y3 woanr rat h ew elstthhe.r . WithTh e xmometer only twice reached AI was on the last morning of my thermometer at Stoke as 27 degrees. The grass in the gas white with frost. The cold very few hours, not long enough t 9 , I could not find that either the , or the potatoe leaves were at all ere is an abundant blossom on apples erries, and the hedges make a superb 3 white May. il on 11 days of May as under :.31, 2 .. .04 May 11 .. •15 „ 4 .. .16 „ 13 .. 02 6 .. .07 „ 16 .. •53 „ 8 .. .27 „ 19 .. .30 9 .. .50 „ 29 .. .13 10 .. .19 ' 2.36 COMPARATPTE TABLE (COVENTRY). 3884 1 1885 1 1886 1 1887 1 1888 1 1889 1 1890 Jan 2.82 1 213 1 3.01 I 318 I •921 .92 I 2.90 4, Feb 161 1 3.36 i .85 i .66 1 .91 I 2.01 .64 In March 9(3 1 1.01 1 2.54 I P9l 1 243 1 3.80 1.62 in- April 197 I 2.44 I 2.00 1 0•96 1 1.73 1 3.24 Phi ~eout May 1i,19.1_ 2.57 1 482 1 1.45 1 1.10 I 353 2.36 elenry alk 982 I 1151 I 13.22 I 8.46 1 7.09 1 13.50 1 8.84 Al Elec. June comes in with southerly winds and cloudy df or tine skies, threatening rain, which has not, however, -: a higher at present fallen upon our district. Moderste dstone had rains would be very acceptable, as very little has .enry James, fallen during the last three weeks. his leader on
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-06-28 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A FARMER.  On Friday night Mr. George Clarke, of Wolveygrange, near Hinckley, after returning from Nuneaton market, arranged to take a drive with his wife, and went out to the stables. As he did not return, Mrs. Clarke went in search, and found him hanging in a loft over the stable dead, but warm. The deepest regret is felt in the neighbourhood at the sad occurrence, Mr. Clarke being a well-to-do and highly-respected farmer. It seems that although his affairs were in a prosperous condition, he entertained the delusion that he was losing money. He has, consequently, during the past week or two been somewhat depressed, and it is supposed that he commited the unfortunate act in a moment of uncontrollable impulse. The inquest was held on Monday, by Dr. Dille. —Mrs. Clarke, the widow, said deceased was a farmer, and 38 years old. She noticed, about five years ago, he was in a very despondent condition, which lasted five or six weeks. About a week ago the same depression came as previously. On Friday evening she saw deceased walking from the blacksmith's, and about 7 o'clock she missed him, and was anxious, because he told her "be had a power in him which prompted him to do something wrong," She and others I went to look for him, and found him hanging in the barn.—Mr. Clarke believed that the cause of deceased's melancholy condition this time was that he had purchased some property which he appeared not to know what to do with. In a letter found after death he referred to the purchase, earnestly entreating the vendor to relieve his wife of the property. He added : "It grieves me to bring you to this. You have been a good wife. I cannot bear the thought of being brought to ruin, which I should be with my other business if Igo on with this job." The following lines were written presumedly a few minutes before his death :—" Good bye to my dear wife and all friends, from one who wishes to do right, but is constantly falling into wrong."—Dr.Griffiths, Hinckley, said deceased was one of his patients. He attended him for melancholia five years ago, but did not think the attack of an acute kind. On his arrival on Friday deceased was dead. Witness was of opinion that he was suffering from temporary insanity. Hismother's sister's mind gave way.— The jury returned a verdict of "death from asphyxia, caused by having Committed suicide while temporarily insane."
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-01-25 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

PORTUGAL AND ENGLAND.  A Times telegram dAted from Lisbon on Saturday says: The Duke of Palmella, who was once in the British Navy, has not only foolishly returned the Baltic medal to Mr. Petre, when it would have been sufficient not to wear it, but he has, we understand, dismissed all his English servants' as some commeroial houses have given up their English trade con• nections. The Duke of Palmella, who is wealthy as ultra-patriotic, is unpatriotic enough I am told to keep the bulk of his fortune in the British Funds. Even an English clown, who had an engagement at a circus here, has had it cancelled. One could never have believed, unless one witnessed it, such a display of petty rancour on the part of a nation which prides itself on its chivalry. It is truly a pitiable and a saddening spectacle for all friends of Portugal. It is pleasant amidst the din and rumour of battle and death—death to everything English—to see that the Portuguese journals can find space to advocate a pressingly charitable subscription to relieve the shocking destitution from which the lower classes in Lisbon are suffering. Queen Amelia is taking an '.amtive part in this good campaign, end has given a diamond brooch which she wore, in order that it might be converted into money, to relieve the crowds of miserable people who had assembled in the streets. The commerical war continues to increase in the same manner as one suicide provokes others. A Vigilance Committee is to be appointed to watch the Custom House returns, and to denounce any re, °Myers of British goods,and the sharp Yankees oat* their willingness to supply their commodities as. take the place, doubtless, of English coals, while Mr. Blaine, in order to prove American friendship for Portugal, inaintaitl3 a more aggressive attitude than that of Great Britain on the Delagoa Bay railway claims. The Duo publishes an alleged declaration from a Mr. Macgregor respecting the crimes of the missionaries at Blantyre, which are so horrible that the /Act shudders with rage and shame.  On Friday night an express train from Chicago for Cincinnati, ran into the rear of a train of mixed carriages near Cincinnati. Four persons were killed and a dozen injured, the engine of the express leaping over the rear carriages of the other train and smashing them to splinters. The wreckage afterwards caught fire and the Cincinnati fire brigade was hastily summoned to render aid, but before they arrived some of those who had been injured, and were lying in the debris were badly burned. The express train was not much damaged with the exception of As engine, but the conductor, baggage. man, and brakeman of train were killed, white the engineer and fireman were ia}‘ered. Most of the rasualities were among those travelling in tke mixed gain.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1890-12-06 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

THE KENTISH TOWN MURD:  MRS. PEARCEY SENIENCED TO DEATH. At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, before Mr. Justice Denman—Mary Eleanor Pearcey, or Wheeler, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mrs. Phcebe Hogg, and her infant daughter. At the opening of the ease the Judge said he had received an anonymous letter, and if he could discover the author he would severely punish him. He handed the letter to counsel on both sides. It appeared from the opening speech that letters of a most affectionate nature had been written by Pearcey to Hogg, in I which she said she should die without him, and also referred to his intention to commit suicide. Hogg in his evidence denied he ever had that intention, but admitted receiving the loving letters at the very period he became engaged to his late wife. The evidence corroborated that given at the police court enquiry. The prisoner appeared ,utensely interested in the proceedings, and friquently ecame exceedingly hilarious, causing a painful sensation in court. The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday morning, when the female searcher at Kentish Town Police Station repeated her evidence. Cross-examined, witness said she did not say anything about Pearcey's statement for some days. Medical evidence having been given that great strength and a very sharp knife must have been used to mutilate the body, the Crown case closed. Mr. Hutton called no witnesses for the defence. The Court adjourned until Wednesday, when Mr. Justice Denman summed up the case. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, and the judge sentenced her to death. The prisoner appeared unmoved, but on being asked if she had anything to say in stay of execution, said, with tears stealing down her cheeks, "I have nothing to say ex. cept that I am innocent of the crime."  PIRL lAMENTARY
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1881-12-10 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE BY HANGING.  An inquest was held on Friday night at the "Wheat Sheaf," Coventry, by Mr. DeputyCoroner Wilke, touching the death of Henry Clarke, aged 47, earthenware dealer, who hanged himself in his house in West-orchard early on Thursday morning last. The following evidence was taken : George Clarke, hawker, of Stoke, identified the body as that of his brother, a hawker, who had been in the halt of drinking too much. The last time he saw him was about a fortnight ago, when he told witness he was going to get married. Thomas Amos, sheet ironworker, West-orchard, said he lived next door to deceased, whom he last saw alive about half-past three o'clock on the morning of Thursday. He was raving and holloaing "Murder." He was rushing about in the house, saying there was someone in the corner of the room. His little girl tried to quiet him by saying "it was only the frying-pan." In about 20 minutes he got quieter and pushed the door to. The night before deceased came to witness's house and said a man named Reader had said he didn't care for twenty Clarkes. During the past two or three weeks the deceased had been under the influence of drink. Six or seven months ago witness sat up with deceased. Witness had never heard of de/irium tremens, but he had heard of "the horrors,' and that was what deceased was suffering from. At ten minutes past seven on Thursday morning witness went down the yard to riddle some embers and noticed the house was fast. Just then the little girl shouted that her father had hang himself. Witness ran upstairs and saw what seemed to be the figure of the deceased standing. He came downstairs and gave the alarm to a man named Troop, who cat him down. It was dark. ('the cord, with which the deceased hung himself, was here produced. It was part of a child's swing). Dr. Brown here said he should like it to go forth through the Press, that it was better to cut a man down as quickly as possible, as it might save life.  George Troop, tin plate worker, said he held deceased while his brother cut him down. During the last few week's deceased had been under the influence of drink. On Wednesday night he was raving _about the street. .  Dr.-J. Brown said he was called in to see de. ceased's body about 7.30 on Thursday morning. Life had been exinct about two hours. The cause of death was asphyxia. He was out down, but the rope was not removed from his neck. In the case of a man under the influence of drink as described, the suicidal tendency is very strong, and these oases generally occur early in the morning when the nervous system is most prostrate. The jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide by hanging whilst under the influence of drink, and that deceased was of unsound mind at the time of the occurrence.  Leopold Sesby Rowland, a retired homer, was on Tuesday sentenced at Berwick to six months' hard labour for biting off his aunt's nose.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1881-08-20 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

GROWTH.—The fancies of the "Arabian Night." are facts of to-day. One Monday a number of labourers laid the last rails of a railroad which terminated in a broad and wild prairie. The next Saturday night the prairie was dotted with houses, half a dozen dry good stores, and as many groceries, a livery stable and stockyard, three blacksmith shops, fourteen or fifteen eating houses and fifteen or twenty saloons those great forerunners of American civilisation. 'three hundred people had become citizens, and the prairie had become the town of Abeline. On Sunday morning the church bells rang out and the worshippers knelt where seven days before was • wilderness. Two weeks later the population aggregated fifteen hundred. THE Hoe.sz.—ln Prance when a horse reaches the age of twenty or thirty, it is destined for a chemical factory; it is first relieved of its hair, which is used to stuff cushions and saddles; then it is skinned; the hoofs serve to make combs. Next the carcase is placed in a cylinder and cooked by steam at a pressure of three atmospheres; a cock is opened, which lets the steam run off; then the remains are cut up, the lee; bones are sold to make knife handles, etc. and the coarser, the ribs, the head, etc., are made into animal black and glue. The tint are calcined in cylinders, and the vapours, when condensed, form the chief source of carbonate of ammonia, which constitutes the base of nearly all the ammoniacal salts. There is an animal oil yielded which makes a capital insecticide and a vermifuge. The bones, to make glue, are dissolved in muriatio acid which takes the phosphates of lime away; the soft element, retaining the shape of the bone, is dissolved in boiling water, cast into squares and dried on nets. The phosphate of lime, acted upon by sulphuric acid and calcined with carbon, produces phosphorus for our kucifer matches. The remaining flesh is distilled to obtain the carbonate of ammonia; the resulting mass is pounded up with potaah, then mixed with old nails and iron of every description • the whole is calcined and yields magnificent yellow crystals—pruasiate of potash, with which tissues are dyed a Prussian blue and iron transferred into steel; it also forms the basis of cyanide of potassium and prussic acid, the two most terrible poisons known in chemistry. A cater named Thomas Galley, of Hanley, attempted on Monday night to murder his wife and to commit suicide. Meeting her on her way home, put his arm round her waist, and then drew a he approached her apparently on affectionate terms, ord the Infirmary, w woman razor across her throat. He afterwards went to his wer e where they removedre m a it o n then a house and made an attempt upon his own life. CountyTh ema sate and critical condition. Jealousy is alleged to hare been the cause of the crime.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1881-12-17 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY.  MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN AND SUICIDE.  A distressing triple murder and suicide is reported from Falstone, near Shepley, Huddersfield. On Tuesday morning Henry Battye, landlord of the Junction Inn, finding that his daughter, Hannah Moorhouse, aged 27, who had already three illegitimate children, aged 10, 6, and 2 years, was again pregnant, told her he could not do with any more of her children, adding that she must "seek a fresh shop," and he refused to allow her to keep a box which she said a deceased brother had given her. In the afternoon Bettye went to Huddersfield; and Mrs. Bettye, Hannah Moorhouse, and her three children. Ada, John, and Emma and Henry Bettye, her brother, had tea together. When Mr. Bettye returned in the evening only Mrs. Bettye was at home, but the absence of the others at first caused no surprise. Shortly afterwards Henry Bettye, aged 8, came ia and said, "Mother, our Hannah has gone into the dam with Ada and John." He added that Hannah went out of the house to the cowshed, and asked him to hold a candle while a lad named Eocleslay milked the cows. She then asked Henry to go with her over the field to the pond. She had an infant with her, and when they came to the pond she said, "Ada and Emma have gone in there, and we are going. Thou can go home to tell thy father and mother, that they may know where we all are." On searching the dam, which is 10ft. deep and about 100 yards from the inn and 50 from the road, the btalies of the mother and aides ;daughter Ada were found, and half an hour afterwards those of the two younger dildren. The woman had been seen in the road near the pond with her two eldest in her arms. It appears that she had laid out a quantity of linen, apparently to serve as shrouds for all.—On Friday an inquest was held on the bodies of Hannah Moorhouse (27), the illegitmate daughter of Henry Bettye, publican, and her three illegimate children—Ada, aged 10 ;Emma, 6; and John, twenty months. After hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder," and added that there was no evidence as to the state of her mind when she committed suicide.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1881-08-13 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

THE NVEATFEEE.  MEMOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, TAKEN DAILY AT 9 A.M., AT KENILWORTH.  d During the Tf be I : ,t..?.:4 -4H past 24 hours r, .6 -0 • Max. Min. p 1881 pl s PI a> 040 aace Temp Shade Ihemadpe --Inch. Deg Deg Deg. Deg. Inc. 5 8001 691' 61-51 61 SW 81 2 515 6 80'05 6121 561 72 W 68'8 519 7 30'12 60.0 580 88 8 682 48-0 o'ol 8 29'80 ;62.0 60'0 88 S 67.1 559 0'75 9 29-56 57-0 55.0 88 W 64-2 50'3 001 10 29'78 575, 53-7 76 IS W 66-3 540 I 11 29'98 56.1. 51'6 72 IS W 62.0 4560-46  Saving a slight shower on Sunday about 2p, the weather from the sth to the Bth was generally flue, but the nights were cold, the temperature on the morning of the 7th being 480 degrees in the air, and 43 degrees on the grass. No variation of any importance occurred in the barometer until the depression shown on Monday. when the mercury descended to 2J.51 inches at 8 p.m. Throughout this day the we Mier was stormy, with a southerly wind accompauied by rain from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the last named hour half-an-inch of rain had collected in the gauge. The continuous rain then ceased, but during the night heavy showers fell, and at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning another quarter-ot-an-inch was added to that already collected in the gauge, making 015 of an inch in all. The next day (Tuesday) the weather improved, the wind having gone round to the west and north-west, the result being a return of fine weather, Wednesday was fair, and the sun shone brightly at intervals. Throughout Thursday the weather was stormy, with a strong wind blowing from the westward, accompanied by rain from 10 am, to 6 p.m., at the latter hour 046 inches had collected in the gauge. The barometer fell rapidly during the forenoon. The thermometer did not rise above 62 degrees during the day, the minimum temperature in the morning being 456 degrees in the air, and 41 degrees on the grass which were the lowest readings recorded during the week. The total rainfall for the week equals 1-23 inches. Aug. 11th.  F. M. S.  The Liverpool Conservative Club foundation stone is to be laid in a few weeks, a duty which Lord Salisbury is to be invited to perform.  A collier named Thomas Galley, of Hanity, attempted on Monday night to murder his wife and to commit suicide. Meeting her on her way home, he approached her apparently on affectionate terms, put his arm round her waist, and then drew a razor across her throat. He afterwards went to his house and made an attempt upon his own life. The man and the woman were removed to the County Stafford Infirmary, where they remain in a critical condition. Jealousy is alleged to have been the cause of theierime.