The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1885-04-04 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

SOLOS., in Starch of last year. Too ilccoased, who was isom,what indisposed, lay in bed during Saturday, and wee lest seen Miro by Miss Blakemoie at 10 o'cloik on Satutilay night, when ehe went into hoe room to see of she retynred anything before rettring to to rest. On next going too the raiam on Sunday morning, onh her breakfaet, ascoiding to custom, Mies }Hakim°oe found deceased suspended from the hod post bye rope. Sheet onm toot for her brother, residing in Villieo.strect, and far Dr. Thal-401d, deceased's medical adviser, both of whOm were epeedily in attendance. On the errival of the brother, he assisted Mr. England. • neighbour, to cut down the body, and the unfertunate licly was found to be doe]. Dr. Thurefield made an eff nit 0 restore respiration but without avail. The pit,. were sent tor, and Inspector Glenn, on searching the r.m. found on. the dreseing table in deceased's handwriting, the business and pt irate address other son. and the following or.fiuislied message, written in a somewhat shaky and agitated tend, "1 grieve for the. • hon. I love and who love me, not ntse that they may be kept from such suifertng mine. May (led .infort coy dearest." The family has suffered from an hereditary evicidal tendeney—a brother of the deceased having shot himself In India in 1857, and another brother having committed suicide by cutting hts throat in 1870. These sail circumstances, aggravated by the lose of her eon in the Soudan war,and constant  rfalTrZl.s...eZie-ratTy prayed on the mind of the unfortunate lady, until Ide boson:, insupportable.  21I• Mr. W. B. Blanch:lreton, Depoty-Coroner for the district, held an inquest on the body of the deceased at the Fox and Vivian Inn, ou Monday afMrnoon. The first witness was Charles William Ford, eon of the deceased, and carryirm on business as au accountant at 15, Hishopsate.street Within, London, C.C. He esiti that the demented wan hie mother, and was the widow of William Michael Ford, Statf-Surgson the Army. She was 115 years of age iu January last. He last saw her at Christmas. He knew that the had suffered from melancholut and great depression of spirits for some time past. The Corona. Had the deceased recently lest • ems Witness : He was killed in the Soudan at the battle of Tomei in March of Wet year. The Coroner : Do you think that altered her at all Witness: I have no doubt that elm felt the chock very much at the tune. The Cmoner Co you .11 roe whether any other numbsre of her family have suffered in the same ea, t Witness I am merry to cay thst free of her brothers committed suicide—nue shut himselfledis oad ho other COO Ire 100 Sf. iu s  said that he Ind known the deceased for the last ten years. During that time lie Idol attended her professionally. The decrased hail euflered from depression of spirits and neuralgia. The depression of .pitta was at tnnes acute. but at times she was quite the averse. In Vie ,oarae of converation, the deerawd hod several times alluded to the death of I.or brothers, and expregre I the hope that it would please God to save her from siteli a fare He should like to toy dietiactly that elle had never threatened her life. The Coroner You have not said that. Dr. Thurefield mid that he last oaw her olive oe Friday olternoon last between five and six o'clock. He went casually—partly as a professionol and partly as a friendly viet. There was a lady with her at that lime—Miss Dartiiple a friend of the decenead'a. Ile keyed with her twenty minutes. She seemed to be peculiarly cheerful and lively at the thine, and said she felt better than she had tione for mine time. He knew that thie had been suffering from elcepleene, and she told him that she had been sleeping butter. He vim next eallsd in to see tho &ceased about twenty minutcs post eight on Sunday morning. On his arrival he found the deceased lylog on the bed in her eight"gown with a vmall showl over tho ehouldere, and h r shoe• on. Ile was not quite certain whether the lope, which would be pro. duced, was round the neck ot the thine, but at any rate there was a deep mark e oun,l trio nook, apparently cau-eil by rho rope. Mie woe quite dead. It was imporsiblu to say hms lorg eh° had lime dead, but Ito vhould say sereial houre. lie was shown a piece of tote cord which hod been removed (ruin the neck. The cord hail a slip knot itt it. There we a correspending ;dem of cord, from which it hod been cut, tied up to the head of the Esslpiwt with a great many koots. From the appearance of the body It, had no doubt that death was caumd by stranl ulation. The Coroner : Can you give us any idea how the deceawd hanged heroelf Witne.o I presume that the poor lady tied the cord 10 11,0 Milpeet, made a slip knot, and then ebppeil or stopped off the ebb of the bed. ',She hail carefully placed every obatimle ,out of the way, for I nottcod that the bed Mops which u-ually stood at the head of the bed had born removed The Corot., Has ehe ever rpeken to you of the death of her Roo With" ss kith); times. 1 Lad tho unimppy task of Lreaking ilia sad news to Mr. I did nut notice any difference in her conduct since then. The last time elm epoke of Idle, aho expres-ed her. self eatafied th Ito had died 'Ming he duty; for he was nut a streng man as site knew. Tim mesee.res Mt on the dresaing table by the • derea,d were C.,1 hundcd by tile ellief.con.t.,ble to Dr. Thure&l.l, mho Pahl that to believtd they were in the handwriting of the desuto.c.l. Ile could swear to the pm., giving the mune ol he, son and found by the nide of the other, no being in her handwriting. The Cormier then nail the mersages, written on half sheets ad note poper, to the jury, as I grieve for those whom I love eel who love me, sml pray that they may be kept form such miff,. leg os mine. Nlay fled cdnifitit my dearest." The other message was us Oiliet hours from 9 to 5, 15, Ilialiepegatederret Within, C. W. Ford, X, Chaplamterrace, nthnetradqoad, N'oreet Hill, limit." The Coroner.: Do you ITIOW What she mem. by " mcb eurim mg a. mine." Dr. Thinkficid : She suffered much from neuralgia and dyvieeptie sympmms. She also frequeutly complaiued et depression of spirits. Sinai, Bliiktmore, of M, Benue,:amp Avenue, mid that the ilereevad occupied memo fit  d had lived with 'her twelre mouths last iovember. During that time she had not notiecal nythbig strange ht her conduct. On Friday last he was apparently in her ueual heath. She cared to rest about nine ohlock on Friday night, ad kept her bed all any on Saturday.