The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1901-09-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SAMUEL BAL.  The following-is the letter referred to : Birkenhead Corporation Trasimmys, &miens Home, Brandametreet, Birkenhead,Ath September, 1901.  lemal'43lr,-4n repay to your letter of tlie, 3rd hut,. I baire to iriorm you that the seguastion.ou d.Hit/freer Tree:mare eare-ie. futioeee.:.--Oara to tato a total of I*  possea-1  I gars, hands end on top, psssengerie are not allowed under any cizeurostancee to stand on the pgatforni of these cans; tbie does 12(114 of °puree, prevel* pessengersertanding inside so long ages cox has not niorereoon 55 passengers in all. This regulation has been found necessary for Ohs safouorbing of this road.—  A. B RNLEY  Yours truly. 6. Holes. Esq., Bermousotrost, Higher Trimmers.  A Wandering Lunatio.—Cetherine Coffey. of no Mated addree., was charged with being a lunatic not under proper control, found. wandering in Grove-road. P.C. 49A (Pear, son) hawing proved the caae, the prisoner was remanded to the workhouse for a week. ' 'Pheft of a Shirt..---Ellen Adams, of 359. Brook-street, was charged with being druna and disorderly in Brook-street, and with. stealing a shirt belonging to Daniel Hughes, of 157, Brook-street. P.C. SA (Haslam) stated that the prisoner was drunk and making use of bad language in Brook-street. As slis refused to filarial, the officer took her to the bridewell. With regard to the theft of the shirt, it wee stated that it had been placed in the yard to dry, and it was tarkwequently ' found that the prisoner had taken it from I the yard sad pledged it at a pawnshop in. Price-street. The magistrates imposed a penalty of Se. and costs or seven days in earls lease.  A Girl Attempts Suicide.—Sman Billing,. ton, 77, Borough-road, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of poisonous lotion on the 12th inst. Pearson) stated that he went to the above addrees about 940 on Thursday night, and found the prisoner lying on the sofa in a fainting condition. The ambul. anos was sent for, and she wet/taken to the hospital, where she was treated by Dr. Syl. veeter, And afterwards removed to the bride. welL When charged the prisoner stated that she had taken the poison through temper caused by a quarrel with her sister-in-law.--. Ethel Billington, sister-in-law of the pri. sonar, stated that the quarrel had aroma because the latter had not been allowed to go to the theatre on Thursday night. Witness had told the prisoner that she might go to the carnival instead, but that did not seem to satisfy her, as she appeared to have her mind bent on going to the theatre. She grew very excited, and went into the back kitchen, apparently with the intention of getting ready to go out, stating that if she did not go out she would be dead 'by morn, ing. No notice was taken of this remark. but shortly afterwards a sister of witness vent into the back kitchen and found the prisoner with a jug containing the poison in, her hand. Witness was called in, and pri., sonar said, ". I have done it now." Information was given to the police, and the pri, seiner was conveyed to the hospital. It was further stated that the prisoner had threatened to commit suicide about a month previously. Corroborative evidence having been given by another sister-in-law of the prieoner, the latter was remanded to the workhouse for a fortnight, until proper pros vision could be made for her.