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Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SHOCKING DEATH OF A  SHILDON MAN.  On Tuesday afternoon Mr Coroner Dean held an enquiry at the Masons Arms, New Shildon, into the circumstances attending the death of Robert Pears, 46 years of age, a waggonwright at the Shildon Shops. On Monday morning he got up about half-past flue o'clock, and lit the fire and said his prayers. Soon afterwards his wife heard him go out, and he being a long while in returning, she went to look for him and found him in the water closet, the door of which was fast. She asked him to come out, and he said he would, but Ike was so long in coming that she went for his brother, Thomas Pears, who enme and pushed the door open. He found the deceased sitting, and seeing loo# on the floor he ran out into the street I for assistanie. Some men went in and found the deceased with his throat cut. He Was in a sitting position, with his head laid on his right shoulder. Hie hands were covered with blood, and there was a large quantity of blood on the floor. An open razor was also lying on the floor. P.C. Sheriff was sent for, but when he reached the scene the man was dead. He made an examination, and found on the left side of Pears's neck a large wound extending right down to the back bone. On the right side of the neck he found a similar wound. Each wound had fora cute on it. The deceased was a very quiet man, and a Church of England lay-preacher. He had been poorly and depressed all the winter, and on Sunday he was in a particularly low state. —A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporary insane" was returned by the jury.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-04-05 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PRISONER. auSpeak_ in. gon Wednesday. at the Scottish Liberal I i re Edinburgh, of the difference winch at present I.rs OFUOIN Sornerreteehrer Acteouwene rens ADD . , I ei itins. 'A telegram resitived on Thursday eh side met a tome= worthy of its oad anti listriri afternoon children of Prankforeon Main. Lately two or held U the Central HMI, Darlington, on Monday, divided the Liberal party, both sections of which Soweltemova CAUfne THAT PltoOVeit Put 'e W lf three children, under the age of 12, have attempted • , announces that the Home Secretary has decided to commit suicide after being reproved by their for the purpose of appointing a liquidator or liqui',e whole hour and sehalf the battle A SUM of £2,000 has been bequeathed to to grant a respite to the younger of the Crewe parents for some fault. Not long ago a schoolboy were represented in the elub, Lord Itogebery ex- ErPECTS Este-Lumen. There was rather a thin pressed the hope thee the two sectione would be- The recent cyclone in America, which left the come united immediately the Irish difflculty MRS Ohio Valley a scene of desolation, destroying hium. &tors of the Society. fought. There was prectically the Durham County Hospital by Miss Clara murderers. of 10 hanged himself to out of the way. (Cheers.) He basee the. hope. on drabs of lives and. thousands of pounds' worth of • between the teams. The Waddington. sister of the late Dean Waddington, escape iv-jug a thrash. attendance. The chair was occupied by Mr John tame grounds: First, because Scottish Liberalism property, has again called the attention or . . rank was heavier, and of of Durham. SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A STOCKTON leg from his uncle. Last week two little girls of Widdowfield, C.C., who was supported by Messrs nine and 11, the daughters of respectable John J. Wilkes and Wallace.-The CHAIRMAN had always been of a somewhat different character time to these awful phenomena of Nature. ' "Ala but the Stockton forwards MYSTERIOUS DISL,PPEARANCE PROM WEST parents, were kept in after school for some asked why the directors had not kept faith with from the Liberalism of the rest of the United Whatever the cense is, it meet certainly be 'lash. In the first half,
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-04-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

AMERICAN SUICIDE CLUB.  FOUR ITICTDIS.  Wendell Baum, secretary of a unique organisation in Bridgeport, Connecticut, called the Suicide Club, fulfilled the conditions of his membership on Easter Monday by committing Isle-dc-se. Four years ago five citizens of German birth met on Easter Mends'', and feeling low-spirited, owing to meagre wages and consequent insufficiency of beer, they agreed, half in jest, to form themselves into a club for the purpose of committing suicide, one each year. It was decided that lots should be drawn there and then for the victim of the following Easter Monday, and a man named Schwartzenheim drew the fatal bean. He lived for his year without any outward signs of disturbance at his approaching doom, and on the Easter Monday succeeding the club's formation four members, meeting in the room above their favourite tavern, were each in receipt of a telegram stating that Schwartzenheim had cut his throat. The club drank to his memory, and the next lot was taken, the victim killing hiroself in due course on the ' following Easter Monday. Last year No. 3 cut his throat, and on Tuesday the president received a note from Wendell Baum's landlady saying he had shot himself at noon. Now the president of the club is the only member left, and a good deal of money will be wagered as to whether he will kill himself or not next Easter Monday. The general opinion is that he will, unless the authorities interfere and put him under restraint.  Mrs Sherborne, a centenarian, died the other day at Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire. Robert Collins, a labourer, was fined £12.5 at Tiverton on Tuesday for illicit distilling. Sir John Millais is engaged in painting Mrs Joseph Chamberlain and Mrs Dossie Lawson, only child of Mr H. L. W. Lawson, M.P. A BARRER lirrizn.—Mr Junius S. Morgan, the well-known American banker, jumped from his carriage, the horses having bolted, and was 1 so severely injured that he died on Tuesday morning. The Marquis of Normanby, who has been ailing for some time, succumbed at Brighton on Thursday night last week. His family seat is Millgrave Castle, nom Whitby. He was 70 years of age. Mn
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-04-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SUICIDE OF A STOCKTON  ACCOUNTANT.  Last Saturday at the -Garrick Hotel, Stockton, Mr Coroner Settle held an inquest on the body of Mr James Medlinley, chartered accountant, who had cut his throat on Thursday morning at his own residence, Southfield Villa, Yarm-road.-James Sanderson said the deceased was his s father, and was 49 years of age. He had left a widow and seven children and two step-children. On Thursday morning the deceased did not come out of his bed-room at his usual time, 8 a.m ' and search was made for him, but he could not be found. He was accustomed to take a cold bath every morning. ' Witness knocked at the bathroom door, ' but got no answer. He broke the panels of the door, and on getting inside he found the deceased I lying on his left side bleeding from the throat. I There Was a razor in his rigbthand smeared with blood. The gash was very desp, and he we,: quite dead. Dr. Beatty was called, but his services were of no avail. Deceased had been ' very depressed in his spirits for three or four weeks on account of business transactions. On the 'Wednesday afternoon at the °Mee he remarked to witness that he did not feel able to do anything, but he gave no reason for this, ' and witness had no idea that he would commit suicide. On Wednesday evening he WOA up tat midnight, having friends in the house.—Tir. J. W. Blandford said he had known deceased eleven years, and several times during that period he had attended him for sleeplessnees and depression of spirits when he had business worries. Ten days before his death he con. suited witness again in a similar condition. On Saturday last witness saw him again, when he was very much depressed, and had not been sleeping, for which witness prescribed. Witness thought the deceased had been under a fit of temporary insanity.—The jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LOVER'S FOURTH ATTEMPT AT  SUICIDE.  SUCCESSFUL AT LAST.  A young gentleman, well-known and much liked in Roumanian circles, M. Constantin Ventura, nephew of a former deputy for Bucharest and cousin to Prince Milan, the ex-King of Servia, has just committed suicide in Paris. He was born in Dresden on March 11th, 1866, and was, therefore, 24 years of age. It is an open question whether this young gentleman was mad or only madly in love. He had made the acquaintance of an actress, 28 years of age, and had expended upon her all the money he possessed, a sacrifice which the lady appeared to think insufficient. M. Ventura was several times shown the door by her, I and on each occasion attempted suicide. The first time he took morphine, but the dose was not strong enough. On the second occasion ,he endeavoured to blow his brains out with I a rifle, but in holding the orifice of the barrel close I to his temple he only succeeded in shooting off one 'of his fingers. He made a third attempt at suicide at the close of last year. Having been coldly dismissed by his mistress, he took out a revolver on leaving her apartment and aimed at his heart, but the bullet was apparently stopped by the thickness of his coat. He afterwards went to Nice, but returned to Paris more madly in love than ever. To conciliate his mistress he made her a present of a ring worth 3,000f5., and next day received formal notice from her that she would never see him again. As a final effort he made an appointment with her at the Continental Hotel. At the interview the lady absolutely refused to renew their relations. Ventura then lost his temper, called her a thief, and finally struck her and kicked her when on the pound. For this assault he was charged and severely reprimanded.. The drama ended on Wednesday by his blowing his brains out in bed.  • THE UNEMPLOYED IN rik-Se LiONDON -At a time when much thought is being given to this matter, a practical suggestion may be of service. Last year more than £300,000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in this country, to the great injury of our own working people, eo true is it that "evil is wrought by want of thought, as well as want of heart." If all consumers would purchase Bryant and Kars matches that ftrm would be enabled to pu £l,OOO a week more in wages.—Anrr.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE BY SHOOTING NEAR  RICHMOND.  The inquest on the body of Mr C. Alderson Buckle, of St. Edmonds, Brompton-on-Swale, near Richmond, took place on Tuesday, before Dr. John Stamford Walton, the North Riding coroner.— Win. Burrows, gardener for the deceased gentleman, said that on Monday morning, about a quarter to eight, he heard the bell ring, and, understanding it was for him, he ran into the house and up to the bed-room. On his way he met Mrs Buckle and his (witness's) wife, and they told him deceased had shot himself. He went forward and found deceased lying by the side of the bed shot. The gun lay at his feet, and the barrel towards the fireplace. Without touching anything he left the room. In reply to the Coroner, witness said he had to look after the deceased when he got on the " spree," for he was u " bit wild."—The Foreman (Mr Sheraton Brown): Has he not ran after some of the family with weapons ?—Witness • Yea—The Foreman : Not with an axe ?—Witness No, never. —The Foreman : Do you remember deceased shooting at the clock ?—Witness No; but I was present when he broke it with the axe.—The Coroner Did lie ever attempt to shoot at any of the family ?—Witness Not to my knowledge.— The Coroner Was he always good to do with?— Witness Not always.—The Foreman : Had he ever delirium tremens ?—Witness. When he was in liquor he was wild and excited, but not queer when omit of liquor.—The Coroner : Do you consider that when he was out of liquor he knew what heves doing 7—Witness: Yes, sir.—The Coroner : Did you ever say that he ought to be taken better care of? —Witness. I said if he had been a poor man he would have been locked up.—As the Coroner had to attend another inquest, the enquiry was adjourned.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-07-05 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE AT HARTLEPOOL.—The evidence Mr Hobbs, and Mr Toyn. They were told that the Government was a Government nodding to its fall, adduced on Monday at an inquest held at Hartlepool 1 . on the body of James Tye who was found drowned 1 and he hoped as he believed, it was true. on Saturday in the slake at Hartlepool, left no doubt (Laughter.) . . GOvernmentabe.apreared to f become but that deceived had committed suicide whilst in demoralised in mind after mg in office or a tune, a desponding state of mind. Deceased, who was for that was the only way in which he could so. s, and belonged to Mexborough, aged A count for the action of the Government in dealing ' p in Daviaon's-yard,Middleabrough, for somelua resided time; but I with beer as they had done. Why they should question otherwise he recently came to Hartlepool, where he found tam-I .. not imagine. . I, have interfered with theehey ; had indeed escaped a pomry employment at the Central Marine Engine 1 c°wet I Works as a driller. On the 17th ult. he was seen ; great deal; in the defeat of that outrageous proposal, ;on the Fish Quay by a railway policeman I 1'4.4 waS not merely smatter of endowing the public. , I named Faweett, when he spoke of being cin 1 house keepers, . bet of .endowing the great I grief" about a load he was unable to repay. He 1 brewers. o Some people appeared to think 'Lord 1 then said he thought he should drown himself. m'e's'nry had done a fine and • clever thing in the treaty with Germany with regard to I Later on the mane day he told the 'watchman et , Africa and the cession of Her olood to Germany. Richardson's works that "Jesus was waving i him; that he had killed his mother, and she was ._ Zren of , He es t into details concerning had been done d said he had come to the conclusion looking at him." Evidence having been given as " to the finding of the body, the jury returned a I ee. „ that this "spiritedan foreign policy of the Governs wouiCihave the result of giving to Gerverdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane." ' ~.,, I mmany territory which he believed would be easelsIMPORTANT LOCAL Law
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-06-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SUICIDE AT ELDON.  A SAD STORY OF DRINK.  On Friday last week Mr Coroner Dean held an I enquiry at the Royal Hotel, Close House, into the circumstances attending the death of Jas. Wandless, aged 85 years. The deceased, until tea years ago, was a miner. Al that time he lost a leg in an accident, and since then had walked with the aid of a cork limb. He lived with his son at Eldon. On Wednesday last his grandson, Harry Wandless, a school master, took him up stairs to bed, when he said " This is tbe lest tiro. I shall go tip these stair, Harry." The deceased had then a black eye, and his forehead was bruised. The explanation he gave to his grandson was that he had /463 m on some railway plates. On Thursday morning he got up about half-past seven, and came down stairs. He was going out without his bat on, when his daughter-in-law, Mra Wand's's, told him not to leave the house until jhe had washed himself. He then laid his I watch on the table with the intimation: "It is for Wdlie." She asked him where he was going, and he answered that he was going for a short walk and would be back soon. His little granddaughter watched him go up Eldon -lane. About an hour afterwards, Thos. Denham, a farm labourer, saw him climb the railings which protect the Howlish reservoir, and walk along the embankment. When he pissed again, the old man had Ma hat and coat off, and the next time he passed the old man was not to be seen. Denham informed his father of the fact, anti then gave information to the police. The elder Der.ham found the old man in the reservoir. On the embankment were the deceased's mak waistcoat, trousers, and part of his cozir, leg, with a boot on. Assistance wee meow, and the body got out—The son told the Coroner that the deceased had been in good health of late, but had been drinking heavily. When in drink, and a few words passed between the deceased and his relativea, he would sometimes threaten to do away with himself. De. ceased bad been given to drink ever since the son could remember.—A niece also stated that the deceased on Saturday came Into her house drunk. He fell against a chair as he was going across the kitchen floor, and bruised his face and blacked his eye. He stayed with her until Sunday. Only a few weeks before that, when he was drunk, he said he would not mind if he were dead. On Wednesdiorite also sante late bar house drunk and twice fall down on the floor, and had to he picked up. When he left he said he was going home.- Suicide by drowning whilst in an unsound state of :nind" was the verdict r.firrefri by the ;jury.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-11-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

NEWS IN BRIEF.  The Queen's Beneh on Tuesday reserved judgment in the St. Paul's reredos case. The action broogbt by Lady Howard de Welder to recover from the Marquis of Bristol Gainsborongh's portrait of Lord Harvey was dismissed on Wednesday by Judge Kay, with costa The Rev. Wm. Radcliffe, who formerly officiated aa a clergyman in Birmingham, London, Shorncliffe, and elsewhere, was sentenced at Margate on Monday to eighteen mouths' hard labour for stealing three rings. A San Francisco telegram says that the Government powder maga4ine at Canton exploded on August 15, killing 1,000 persons, and destroying 200  houses. A yoimg fanner named Freeman, whilst out shooting near Saffron Walden on Tuesday, caught the trigger of his gun in the hedge, discharging the °entente into his heed, which was blown to atoms. Several boats containing the crew and passengers of a steamer have been picked up in the Channel. The steamer, which is supposed to be the Hazellaank, of Glasgow, was abandoned. Alonzo Watson, aged 45, a member of the Leeds police force, was found drowned in the River Aire on Tuesday, with his wrists firmly chained together byhandcuffs. It issupposed he committed suicide. Mark McHugh, for many years one of the Irish team in the rifle oompetition for the FILM° Challenge Shield, was found dead in bed on Monday at his home at Tottenhain. The charge against a gardener named Collyer of. the manslaughter of a Guardsman named Townsend, at Sisley, when attacked by other soldiers, was dismissed by the Cherteey Magistrates on Wednesday. The fishing smack May Boy arrived at Hull on Wednesday and landed eleven men whom the crew had gallantly rescued from the Norwegian barque Hormone, which had become waterlogged in the North Sea. The Press Association says it is stated Mrs O'Shea will shortly apply to Justice Butt for the appointment of a Commission in respect of the con Mer-allegations against her husband. Should the application be granted the trial will be postponed indefinitely. Last Saturday no fewer than four young men were lured while playin- football matchs •—Luther
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-09-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SINGULAR SUICIDE AT  STOCKTON.  DEATH FROM LAUDANUM POISONING. On Friday week Mr Coroner Settle held an inquest at the Garrick Hotel, Stockton, on the body of Timothy Dobson (aged 21), who died from the effects of laudanum poisoning on the 3rd inst.— Emily Dobson said her brother helped her father in horse-dealing, and lived with him at No. 1, Surtees-street. She saw him alive on Wednesday night, when he left home apparently in good health. Shcrtly after 9 p.m. she saw him in Walker's Royal Hotel apparently in a fit.—Thomas Walker, landlord of the Royal Hotel, Prince Arthur-street, said the deceased went into his house about 9.30 p.m. on the 3rd intik, and ordered a gill of ale, which was nerved to him in a side room. There were two other men present. Deceased drank the beer in Meer presenee, after which they went out. Witness went back to the room, where deceased seemed to be rather drowsy. Witness tepped him on the shoulder, when he replied, "Its all right; I'm not going to sleep." Deceased was peetectly echer.—Charies Steel, ironraoulder, said he was called to the hotel, where deceased appeased to be in a fit, and removed him home in a cab. Dr. Haynes and Dr. Wilkin were fetched, and attended to him.—The former deposed that when he was celled he found the deceased in a state of insensibility. He applied the stomach pump, and got out a mixture of laudanum and beer, about a quart altogether. In his opinion death was caused by an overdose, of opium. He found upon the deceased a bottle that had contained an ounce and a-half of laudanum, sufficient to kill twelve men. Witness had enquired of the chemist who supplied it, and was told that deceased got it far horses.—The jury retained a verdict of "Suicide whilst in a Butte of temporary inanity."  Asset:az ex So= Scrxrar.—On Monday at South Stookton Petty Sessions William Potter, ironworker, VMS charged with assaulting William Stephenson on the previous Monday. The complainant was going down Mansfield-street in the evening, when he saw the prisoner quarrelling with one of his mates. Complainant drew his mate away, telling him that the defendant was not worth quarrelling with, when the defendant followed him and dittoed him so roughly that he I was confined to bed for two days, and lost the rest ' of his week's work.—beferndiult was fined fl 12s 11 costs, as well as 1:1 compensation to Stephenson, or ono month hard labour.  •
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-11-08 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

BAD DEATH OF A YORK GIRL.  An inqnest was held at York on Tuesday on the body of Ethel Frances Parker (18), daughter of John Parker, gardener, Dringhouses, York, who was found in a field on Malton-road, York, on Monday.—The father, in his evidence, said deceased had been at home for three months, and witness missed her on Friday afternoon. She left a note addressed to him, in which ahe intimated that when he read it she should be dead. The note also stated that she had attempted to commit. suicide by jumping over the bannisters whilst in the Berries of Mr Barrows, at the York Union Bank, and again by taking poison, which did not affect her. The letter concluded, "I mean to do it this time, so it will be no good looking for me. From your unhappy and broken-hearted daughter, E. Parker. But I will not die with a lie on my lips, and as true as I am here I never went with a soldier, let people my what they like." Witness, proceeding, said he had noticed that deceased read too many penny novelettes, and had remonstrated with her abut it. He thought they had affected her mind. Evidence was afterwards given as to the finding of the body along with a number of the papers referred to, and it was stated that there were no signs of a straggle—Mr Henry Foster, surgeon, deposed to having made a post-mortem examination. It was probable from the evidence and from the contents of the stomach that some poison isoil might have been taken, not of an irritant c ter, but this could only be determined by analysis. —The enquiry was adjourned to Friday, the 14th, in order to allow an analysis of the content. of the I stomach to be made.  The will of the late Earl of Carnarvon has been sworn at £311,25.9 Oa 9d, and shows he was possessed of considerable property iu Canada, Augtea and New South Wales.