The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-01-10 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE ROMANTIC SUICIDE AT  MIDDLESBROUGH.  EXPLANATIONS BY THE DOCTORS, On Friday last week at the County Hotel, Middlesbrough, Mr J. T. Belk, coroner, resumed the inquest on the body of Theresa Wilde, who committed suicide at No. 7, Black. street, Middlesbrough, on December 291 h, 1890, by taking strychnine--The Coronet, in commencement, briefly reviewed the circumstances of the deceased coming home from her situation at York the day before: her being left in the kitchen when the other members 'of the family had retired to bed, the I discovery in the early morning of her having poisoced herself, and the subsequent efforts of the distracted brother to obtain medical aid. It was ; no part of the enquiry, Mr Belk went on to say, as ; to Drs. Williams %Di Batsman not going when asked, I but having regard to what the mother had stated, he bad notified both the medical men in question that if they would like to say anything on the subject the jury would hear them; and he noticed that both Dr. Williama and Dr. Bateman were in attendance.— Dr. Williams said he did not sae the menenger, the communication reaching Lim through his servant, who answered through the speaking-tube. The menage that reached him (the speaker) was that there was somebody who wished to have something for his sister, who had taken something or another, but who made no request that he should go and see her at all; and that was the point which he (Dr. Williams) thought should be well understood by the jurors. He had just gone to bed, and felt exceedingly fatigued, after a hard day's work, and was expeckng at the time to be called out again. Hs took rather a lenient view of the case, thinking it was not so serious as it turned out to be, otherwise he would)..have acted differently; therefore, he not a message to the servant to ask the messenger if he could get anyone else to attend to the case; and he was off in a minute. That was the last he (the speaker) heard Of h. He felt sorry he was not aware the messenger had such difficulty in getting a doctor, as otherwise be should have beau only too willing to do anything he could in the matter—Dr. Bateman said when the messenger came he asked "Could he give anything in a one of poisoning?" and on learning that the locality was Black - street, close to the Infirmary, he advised the patient's removal to that institution, where the case would receive more efficient assistance than he himself would have been able to render off-hand. Ile had no idea it was a case of strychnine poisoning, but that it was a simple case of poisoning by mistake, which would receive adequate attention at the Infirmary. Its did not refuse to go to the patient; indeed he was not asked to do so.—Dr. A. E. Scanlan who made /im ant-ar tem, gave formal evidence dist deceased died from strychnine poisoning.—A Juror: Had medical assistance been got earlier would there have been a possibility of saving her life / Dr. Scanlan: That is • statement I should not like to make, as I cannot state what quantity of strychnine was taken. My efforts might have been fruitless; still something might hait been done for her. I should have made an effork—The Coroner (taking up some pieces of paper mewled over with lead pencil writing) said deceased had left • letter of • rambling character, from which it seemed quite dear that deceased was in • very melancholy and depressed condition. She was labouring under • variety of causes for that depression. OLIO had been named, and there were others which might be named, bat probably, in the interests of those who were living, it was better not to do so. In it she stated she had previously attempted to bake her life, apparently by means of opium, which was not strong enough to effect the desired object, and in the letter she declared that the means she was about to adopt would be successful because of the greater strength of the poison. He thought all this pointed to suicide at • time when she was not thoroughly accountable for her actions.—The jury returned a verdict accordingly.  To Win Dakr.—A Person Cured of Deafness and Noises in the Heed of 23 years' standing by a simple remedy will send a description of it Fans to any Person who applies to