The Poole Telegram. — 1881-06-17 (Poole, Dorset, England)

SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN'S W7FB.  A long enquiry was held on Tuesday at Stoke Newington into the cause of the death of Mrs. Ellen Eliza Swan aged 31, wife of the Bev. B-Iliegham Swan, of 18, Statham-grove, Green-hive. Mr. Swan steted th it he was a clerk in holy orders without a living, being independent. They hod been married five years and h-d fear children. He last saw his wife alive on Wednesdiy morning, when she seemrd calm aed cellected. She hal be n attended for general debility, and twe years a zee she attempted her life with chloroform. In the eery m ef Thursday, hearing one of the ail teen crying he went into his wife's heeiroem (they occupied separate apartments) and found her lying on the bed fully droved. cold and dead. He at o ce summoned a doctor. Her nurse hel jivit given notice, and ehe had great tretible in keeping her servants, and a'so was much treu'iled at thf ir not solidly finding another residence, otherwise he kaew of nothing to lead up to the rash act. Some disturbance bat arisen over the last name, and he ha 1 been summenel to the police-court by her, bit ha denied that the polio.' had ever been called in to infer fern between him and his wife, or that he had ever struck her or le t her withoet enongh food, or had been harsh to her other than beine sernetimes mots ti her because she could not manatee the house.--Sarah Ann Langland, the nurse to M. e. Swan, stated thet she hid only been there a short time, and gave notice at the expiration of a week, bteauge ehe felt she could ,not be happy in Mr. Sweats establishment. He usurped the functions belonging to the lady of the house, to which she had net been aemustomed, and berme she gave noticia—Rnean Rice, a charwoman, deposed that see hat worked for the family for five weeks. Mr. Swan's manner 11.. his wife Was unkind, bu, there was no actual cruelty, and &es did not went for anything. Mrs. Swan appeared to be in a very low and &proceed state thr nghout the whole of Wednesday, crying, and generally mistrable. She Was annoyed at Mr. Swan, who was in bed the w fr liqu r. During the day he sent down a post-card for her to post, hi which he stated his intention of destroying himself, and her mistress forbade her to post it, and said that it was she who ought to talk shout suicide rather than him., looking at all her trenbl-s. She extracted a pledge from the witness that if anything happened to her she should eerie next day ant look after the children, and shook hauls with her at parting. which she had never dime hefere. Mr. Alexander Morrison, M.D., The Terrace, Cheeselanes, proved being callei in to deceased, whom he found dead. he woe frilly droned, lying oblqiiely across the bed. There wan no bottle bind user her. but in a trunk ander the bed were two retireiles, in whieh were nine or ten bottle', all cnntalning pn;arria, including cyanide of peteseium, herirooranic sef.l, morphia, chleral, chloroform &c. Oil making a peer rnerteen examination he found the brain slightly cmgested, lunge ditto at the bate, heart am all ant fisccid, and the other organ' eeneeelly email and townie or bloodless from {inefficient nonrisliment. This conilitien of things might arise either from insufficient food or want of power to assimilate it and front his knowledge of the patient, whom he had frequently attended, he should say she had a small appetite, and her digestive organs were considerably imp Aired. The etomach contained two ounces of a brownish flail, of the cones once of 'tar-h, which, Vested by silver, iron, and potash, revealed the presence of heilreceinic acid (one of the fermis .if p-ussie acid) it saffieient quantity to destroy life. He alto found a serap of parser. addressed to Bell, meaning her husbaud, with the words "Search for papers when I. an gene," signed "li. E. 5.," and the trunk ale.; coeteined a recent edition of "Taylor on Peittons' " all the parts coetein, fag the meet deadly dregs haring been carefully annotated, and the etreneth and doses of the poisons marked off. His theory was that erhe had taken a portion of the hydrocyanic geirl out of one of the bottle* in the trunk, replaces 1 it, cloeed the lid, and ;milled it under the bed, calcolsVeg the dose and Is effects to a nicety, again getting Irck to bed in time to die. He was enable to sae that Mr. Swan ii. treated his wife, b it he was at times not responsible for his actions in oinaecinence of excessive indulgence la itienulente. Wheel not ender their influen3o ha was a most kind husband and father.—Mr. Swan, recalled, stated thwt his wie's life was not hisured. The expectations he hat formed of money coming to her were not realised by her deistic It was ascertained that the deceased had pnrcha ;ad smut ef the pefeme , Iserself.—Ultitaately the jury retuned a ver hot of " Suicide wledle of unsound mind."  SOUTHAMPTON, Fri.lay.—B OE Ind :nee, and only a ovaterv.,, an I • in velcat t hie rat,,. le.r fee ling alai a e'oe., gale, th.! u•tt a wealth, conputootiv. dett ,n.l. Catlle —A supply of st,clt, t•dr the bet ali,y of ited:4l a good trade was done. Be tits sold at 13.,. to 14a. per score, and btat enthera at .4. to (IL 8.1. p, r _