Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1874-12-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

DISTRESSES SUICIDE AT LLANISHEA. A. inquest wax held on Monday last. before* z z. Bra, stormier, on the tvdy of e=rnnew, of the Mill Farm. Llanithen„ nhn =kids on the previous day by theritinn biome. The jury consisted of farm.. end hie. 4, of the deeeeeed who hoed in the neighbournona A. T. Rua, the vicar of 111. parish. foreman. The lnqul.. 14.14, held at the Mill Faun, the only porun who sx, deneweel just prior to and after his death bun, hh. man-servant. Mo. Spencer's deapondiag .tan, •mind had been oldie. by many nna nnin. of Lis friends feared that he would pin usn4 him existence. JIMIRS &tit, W. first examined. He anid h. hoed at Yill Fern, and wa• a I arin servant in an. ernpiny of the driyanial. Sus the d•e•aul sfs,ot , fire min... to six olelwk on Wrdnewlay aural. Ire never spoke. brit ,ost opened the door and nn4. nen., witneu ap, he cloud td. dur and '.OOl away. Witiosis went to the suttee ; and attended to the hoe... and when there.bout quarter-put six o'rldek, hs• heard • noise as of a tub falling down in or near the home. I .ke any now,. of the nob... and wont un It. work. After thi• he 'witness. went to the , and brought tiro other haus intro the Kalil, noi then went ta the house. ar Mrs. Spencer on the ; Touchy dulling had uked lion to light the kite/ , fire on the Wednesday morning. Neither Irrn S.pence- nor any of the Penults were op at that nese. Artsr lighting the fire he went for , wash in the yard, and then sur a light in the hack kitchen. It tuts bed from small lamp us. by Mr. Speneer when And.n about the Weise. Wane, I on seeing the light. opened the door and went into the kiwhen. He saw his master lying on tlw Ino H. use lying on hie wide. A gen wu by hie side Did ndt notiee his head the (le nobod the gun. and sass something on O. whieh was aft,,. wards found to he brains. lie ran to the house mid called Mrs. Spencer. who uk.l wh•ry his maan., was, and he replied. • Muter has 'shot himself.- He tha. went back to the back kitchen. and.. • dare examination, ilats that the head of the dr.sweed was partly blown off by the discharge of the gun. He had been with the doemued about nine week, and had observed that the dewaued no.. low spirited and linable at tim. to tell witne. wrist to do. The gun was generally kept in the kitri,.. Ha did kn..sr brought it into the kitchen. Ms he time hr i•iw it it was standing balsa d.  Ilarriet Kon.ingten. one of the domemic servants in the rous, . was ea Ihxl. and ..ad she had only lived with the ihseirosl fi..- weeks. Lately she bad rd. served that a great Ann, had come over him. He ter frequently aeon walking abed. hardly kn./sting what to to witb himself_ He had bron wrinio for the mat maven darn. and on Sunday he 'WM particularly thpreased. He did little beyond welking about the &ems, and ream froquently talking aboM the cattle ban, poor. Wane.a ryas up•staini OD Sunday, leaking from the hack rodeo.., window. and the dimeared wao otanding in the ',ion'. kn,...king the dirt up from the ground with t,,, at, k rind talking to himself. Witnewi thought h,. ~old not be in ha eight mind. In the evening wane frienda ranh aed his opirite weined to revive, and he cheerful lie woo then pondering on the ! •;,t of the cattle, and they seemed to perouarb • •1 the condition of the,., wan not en had as ho I When they were gone he relapned ainoo. for,., condition, and then repeated that • : not ma, the thin, re pleaaant se he had .1 r • Tuoaday evening, when he came back tr r. • pbilly, he began N. talk about the ahrop, ar . • night he pluporad going to eonte plan. Mrs Speneer naid oho would go with hi,,, °No. it ia too lair, lllgorn..aoeyoo ' was. unially kept in the back kitohor i• I known to be loaded, not did ole . • . I powder or ohot were kept in the ten.I David Bowen, county police, at Wlitchurch. Paid he had rre.i.ived s I Dr. Price, of Chatlepeatreet, Cardiff. al., I o'clock on Wednesday morning. tam, • Le • up and tale charge of the body o, He arrived at the house about a• , found the dummied Ding on hi. • kitchen. A mingle barrel gun a,. •• HD head was Ding in • pool • upper part of the left aide of th. • away. I.dearoed noun have at !!. gun done to his right aye when •• then have tnored the hammer or tri with hi. fad. It seemed more likel, the hammer of the gun with lop rod .• and he could here hardly rri taigreir ronsequenie of the trigarer-houiri The jury arm, unactimou.l• of opinion ir • &romped was sneering from t;onporary of mind, ninny of them having noti..ed that been retry drain, and low opirited lately, and rho, returned a verdict that he deatroyed Lithself alai in an martian matte of Mind.