The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-10-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

WEST LONDON TRAGEDY.  On Friday Dr. W. B. Gordon Hogg held an Inquiry, at the Municipal-buildings, Ealing, respecting the deaths of James Benjamin Scotcher, aged 55, a horse dealer, lately residing at the Uxbridge-road Dairy, Ealing Dean, and Annie Elizabeth Moorby, aged 7 years, of the same address, the former of whom committed suicide, after cutting the throat of the latter with a razor, on Wednesday morning.—Agnes Moorby. of the Uxbridge-road Dairy, said she was th• mother of the deceased child, and the deceased man, who was witness's uncle, was the father of the child. She last saw her girl in bed shortly before 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning. It was in the same room as the deceased man. Scotcher had made no remarks that morning to her, and he was not excited or depressed. Witness knew her uncle had to go to Brantford the next morning as a witness in a summons, and that seemed to worry him. Be was in no monetary difficulties to witness's knowledge, although the rent was a little behind. Witness went out shopping. Upon her return she went upstairs, but could open the bedroom door only a little way, and she then saw the deceased man lying in • pool of blood on the floor, his head being near the door. She called for assistance, and two men who came in called for the doctor and the police. The deceased man had never threatened to take his own life or that of the child.—Sergeant Coston deposed to being called to the house shortly after 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, having been informed that a man had committed suicide. He went to the bedroom on the first floor and found Scotcher on the floor. A razor covered with blood was lying on a blood-bespattesed bed. The little girl was lying dead, but warm, on another bed in the room. She had a serious wound in her throat. Written on the edge of an evening paper, dated October 3rd, were the words "Good. bye; God will forgive me. I cannot leave my child behind. I cannot meet my expenses; that has caused me to do all this. You take all! leave.—Aouss.”— Dr. George Hope deposed that death in both cassia was due to hemorrhage consequent on the wounds. In his opinion the man first cut the child's throat and then his own, dropping the razor on the bed, and then fainting from loss of blood—The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against James Benjamin Scotcher, who afterwards committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity.  Shortly after 6 o'clock on Friday morning the bremen were called to the Catford Railway Station, where it was found that a railway truck loaded with lime had become ignited by the rain slacking the lime. The outbreak was easily subdued.  The Belgian mail steamer Leopold, due at Dover on Friday morning, did not arrive. It is stated that she returned to Ostend owing to • breakdown in her machinery. A hand of about W brigands has attacked a convoy of provisions es route toMonastir under a military escort. There was II sharp encounter between the soldiers and the robbers, the latter beior ultimately driven off and their chief killed. 'fwo soldiers were also killed. On hearing of the occurrence the Sultan immediately gave orders that a pension of 250 piastres a month should be paid to the families of the two soldiers, and he awarded ti.e orclor of the Lotiaz to the officer commanding the troopt in recognition of the courage which hs bid displaced.  What Brown would clo.—Smith outing the cover 31 his basket and displaying it full of fish): "Nice .:yreh, oh, for one day's sport ? " Brown: "Yea. yoi catch ' en% all yourself ? " Smith: •Ceitainly. of course." Brown: "Where did you catch 'em ?" Smith (shyly): 'Oh, in a little stream Ilez, a thousand miles from here; but I can't give the plec, away, you know, old boy." Brown (ssrcastically): "No, indeed. If I knew where I rould catch Yarmotah bloaters in • Middlesex -rream I wouldn't give the place sway either. I'd advertise cheap trips to it, and make my loitura! In no time."