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Widnes Examiner. — 1891-10-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CHARGE OF ATTEXIPTING SUICIDE WARRINGTON. At the Warrington Borough Police Court, (LI Monday, before the Mayor (Alderman Francorou) and Aldermen Harrison and Wright, Annie Ishes wood, a widow, of No. 11, Stephen-st., was charge with attempting to commit suicide there by cuttil her throat with a razor, between half-past six half-past eight on the morning of the 10th The poor woman looked very unwell, and had to be commodated with a chair. Chief Constable Hunt 51,3 her two daughters, one 17 years of age, and a son, 344 12, lived with her. On the morning of the 10th, ab°„„'" nine o'clock, Dr. Peacocke called at the Police Stat'°"' and reported that he had been attending the prisonerci who had cut her throat with a razor, which he harldeht to Police-Inspector Bowen. Dr. Peacocke then thoug,,A she would not survive her injuries. A policeman been stationed at the prisoner's house ever since, watch her. She had been in arfances. poor Clrell 00 She had come in for something over L:io about a year since, at which time she ilved Morris's Yard, Church-street ; and she removed ta present house which she furnished for the purpose Of taking lodgers. She had taken some, and one or two or her girls had gone to work, but somehow or other money had dwindled away, and her total income of la_,Z had been 14s. a week. She had got very much depress6;',',, On the morning of the 10th she called up her elder daug"r ter at 5 o'clock, and she in turn called up the young°. daughter, and they went to work leaving their mothe" and brother at home in bed. There was lodging in tie house Thos. Bramley, a joiner, who came in for brem`; rast at half-past eight, but was surprised to find lila ready, and no fire. He heard moans upstairs, and call r in the woman living next door,who found Mrs. Isbea; wood lying on her bed with her throat cut and a by her side. Bramley brought Dr. Peacocke, 5"0 . had been under his care ever since.—ln reply to I derci man Harrison, Mr. Hunt said her children had bellaci kindly to her.—Alderman Harrison : I am afrai what she has been attempting won't IrnPFOl43 her nositicn. —ln reply to Alderman Harrisor! Mr. Hunt said she was a respectable woman of excel character.—Dr. Peacocke, in answer to the deputr magistrates' clerk said he believed she knew perfectlY well what she was doing when she committed the act.—' The doctor, being then sworn, said when he was called in she had lost a quantity of blood,and had three or foilr nasty wounds, as though she had tried several timei! and every time got frightened a bit. She told him she haii done it because she could not keep the door open, referrin,g to poverty. She expressed no contrition. He 1'; ticipated no danger from her being left by berseli. again.—She now expressed her sorrow for her conduct...! Her brother, David Davies, of Warrington View, Latcil ford, said he was astounded when he heard of the occurrence. Her position had been a very. bad one for maga years, but latterly it had been considerably eased.—"P.i was bound over in her behalf in the sum of -£2O, for he re-appearance if necessary.
Widnes Examiner. — 1891-05-09 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MAD MOTHER ATTEMPTS TO, DROWN HER CHILD AT ST. HELENS.  On Saturday, at St. Helens Polica-Couxt, before Alderman J. Harrison, Maria Muivilhii wife of Patrick Mulvilhill, 100, Canal Bank,. West, was charged with attempting to murder;ber• child Bridget, 11 months old, by throwing her into. the canal. —Chief Constable Wood stated that the prisoner and her husbandlhad been married fortabout eight years, and therewere four children. 'Ter the last two or three weeks she had appeared rather strange in her manner, and that morning she asked I;.er husband to throw the four children into the faun'. He refused,and she then asked him to go for Father, Walmsley. He left the house for that purpose, but Patrick Hyland, a labourer„residing next door, was .asksd to watch her. He did so, and after she had stood at the door with the child B2idget in her arms for some, time, she walked rapidly across the street and dsliberately threw the chUti into the-canal, which is opposite to the property. The water was a a considerable depth, and was very diy. Hylandtran and seized the woman and tried to pull her back. She struggled as if aiziousto throw herself into the water,but he succeeded in getting her back inta the housa. At that time Hyland's son sames, 16 years oZ age, cam,3 on the scene, and jumped iato the water. Ilexescued, the child just as shit-was sinkix--; for the second time, and not her to the side, In6artaation was given,to Sergeant Bunter, who apprehendpd the prisoner._ At the peliee station she was chrerged with attempting to murder her child, and in reply she saioll"• I never did." After a pause she added" I threw it it% this morning."—Patrick Ryland was called to give evidence, and the prisoner was remanded.—After her retrieval from the court Dr. Carney, assistant to the borough medical officer, examined her and certilled that she was insane Alderman ,Jr. Harrison, J.P., thereupon, signed an ordez tor her removal to Rainhill Asylum.  The bank rate of discount is raised from 34 to 4 per cent. The will of Mrs. David Dell. Glasgow., was proved, on Thursday, leaving about £50,000 to General Booth. Queen Victoria's donation of a chnlienge cup, value £lOO, to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, is greatly ap-. predated by the yachting men in the Dominion. The body of a gentleman. who had evidently:committed suicide by shooting himself through the head, was found in Hyde Park on Thursday moruibg.
Widnes Examiner. — 1891-10-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE OF GENERAL BOULANGER.  BRUSSELS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.---Greneral Boulanger committed suicide this morning at half-past eleven upon Madame de Bonnemain's tomb at the cemetery of Ixelles,: a suburb of Brussels. He drove out from his house in the Rue Montoyer straight to the cemetery. after staying for a short time at the tomb, he took from his pocket a pistol, and shot himself through the temple_ Death was immediate. The superintendent of the cemetery and a police magistrate was called in haste, and the body of the deceased General, which was covered with blood, was removed. Beneath his waistcoat, over his heart, was found a lock of white hair woven into the shape of a heart, with a photograph of Madame de Bonnemain. _ _ _  He had arranged everything for his death, and had prepared telegrams to be sent to different persons. 'Po his mother he had written a letter announcing his departure on a long voyage, and asking her not to be uneasy. He got up at seven this morning, and said, in the presence of his valet, " Although I am abandoned by everybody, 41 still know what to do." It is said that General Boulanger visited Mdme de I3onnemain's tomb daily, and frequently wept there. The stone bore the inscription" A Marguerite," and to this last week he had added, A Bientot." The funeral will take place on Saturday. To-night the General is lying on his bed in evening dress, and wearing the cross of the Legion of Honour. It is difficult to recognise the features of the deceased, as they are covered with blood. General Boulanger has left two will., a political will addressed to his secretary, M. Mouton Defraiste, and a private will, which is deposited at a notary's office. An intimate friend of the General tells me that the deceased long ago made up his mind to commit suicide, and was many times prevented from accomplishing his determination. It is rumoured that the Archbishop of Malines has refused to give the necessary authorization for the solemnisation of a religious funeral.
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-10-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

RHYMES IN THE DIALECT. A BICYCLE "CRACK." Some stuff thersePs up wi' t' fawse notion They've nobbut to try,—to succeed, When t' fact is iv they tried a life-time, They'd not be mitch nar when they deed. 0' t' sooart, ther wur ne'er sitch a humbug As one mon co'd "Blether-brained Jack;" He'd jabber o'er nowt else but " wheelin'," Th' poor chap wur a bicycle "crack!" Aw've heeard as his fost meawnt o' th' saddle Wur on to t' " steom " wheelers at th' Fair; Hr spent three an' ninepence i' riding, Then swooar he'd mek Blegburners stare. Lien bad wi th' velocipede faver— Aw'm sure a foo' never wur woss ! He'd part wi' his brass free as watter, An' peyl hissel' just like a hoss. Heaw happy he wor while t' Fair lasted, An' then thee wur tears in his e'en, Till his mate bowt, among some odd lumber, An owd scithor-grindin' machine. He offered id Jack as a bargain, 'Twur just t' thing to practise his feet; Jack bowt id. an' kept t' troddle gooin' An heawr or two every neet. An' then, bi hard pinchin' an' scrapin', He bowt a velocipede chep, An' led id hooam, gentle as could be, smilin' face, red as a hep. He practised i' th' backyard a fortnit', Balanced up wi' two clooas lises Cu' t' prop; Then tawked abeawt lickin' o t' records, Hand-running, fro' t' bottom to t' top. Wed twistin's an' twinin'a he went thro', Wed fo's, wi' sad damage to th' heyd, He geet, when he ventured th' oppen, An' cluttered on t' stooanes at full spreyd. Fooak axed wur his bicycle fuddled, For id wriggled abeawt like a worm But Jack only lafft duo' his plaisters, An' sed as he worn'd th' best form. At fleet, when he'd swallowed his "baggiu'," To ride on his "tit" he ne'er missed ; An t' lads used to pkrike eawt wi' laffin', Whenever owd England he kissed. 0 th' pleecemen believed he wur crazy; His ways wur suspiciously eyed, Bekose they felt sure as his antics Wur signs as he meant suicide I He kept geddin' bowder an' bowder, An' tried to do bits o' odd tricks, • But, just when he thowt he could manage, He'd drop, like a cartlooad a" bricks. One day, he wur rattlire off, deawn broo, An' lifted his feet up too soon, When he coonz remand his face wur lob-sided An' swelled like a ragmon's balloon. At last, when he'd missed bein' run o'er, fleleet i' misfortune a bit; Wi' speed up, he catched a stooan sideways, An' o'er he fell—souse in a pit! . Thad give him a dose o' t' rheumatic An' drooave a gret champion fro' t' track; But wait till he gets reawnd, an' gradely,— Yo'll Lear ov a "bicycle crack !"
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-10-27 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A 13ELITISE NAVAL OFFICER.—A letter from the North American squadron records a sad event on board H.M.S. Emerald. While at Hall's Bay, on the 24th September, First Lieutenant Sidney Barnes Thompson committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a rifle. tie had suffered from melancholia, but none of his messmates feared such a tragic ending. An inquiry was held at Twillingate, Newfoundland, by a magistrate, and a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. Deceased aartntried in the Church of England cemetery, the body being followed to the grave byCaptain Hamond and the ship's Company. For the first time in the annals of the London University College,'s lady is putting up as candidate for a nrofbssorial chair. The Chair of Archeology, vacant by the retirement of Sir Charles .Newton, will be contested by Miss Jane Harrison, whose lectures in Greek art have won for her a high place among the lecturers of the day. This lady, a gradua‘e of Newnham College, is recognised by scholars as holding an almost unique place among them for her knowledge especially of the popular form of Greek art expressed on vase paintings. 'She has been several times in Greece, where every sort of honour has been paid to her by the King, by professors, and by officials. A TERRIBLE RAILWAY Rrns..—On the antral of a Midland London express at Bradford, on Monday night, the .-lothes of a woman were noticed dangling on the guard's van. Examination disclosed a woman, seriously injured, and it was elicited that she had ridden in this manner from Frizinghall—over two miles outside Bradford,—at which station she had, in a fog, stepped off the platform on to the line. The driver of' the engine stated that he ;lid not slacken speed in the smallest degree in passing through this station; and it is evident that having fallen on the line, the woman's clothes were caught by he depending fittings of the van, and she was carried on. When the poor woman was found her feet were touching the ground, and they had evidently dragged the greater part of the distance. Strange to say she recovering from her injuries. - -
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-11-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ACCIDENT CACSED TR' PASSENGF.RS.-413 reporting to the Board of Trade -on the fatal collision which occurred at Kintore Station. on the Great North of Scotland Railway,. on the 11th :September, Major Marindin says he believes it occurred through one of two passengers who had been accommodated in a brake van releasing the brake, and then in 'his panic turning the brike wheel the wrong way and screwing the brake off. se-considers the case shows the necessity of strictly observing the rule which prohibits persons not in the railway service from travelling id brake vans. MARVELLOI7I3 EsCAEZ AT iWIITTEHAVEN.—OD Saturday afternoon, an engine was Backing six waggons of iron ore round the curve near the harbour-master's office, at Whitehaveu, when two young., children attempted to cross the line. One got over safely, but the other either -fell or was knocked down 'by "the waggon and fell between the lines. The engine was going at a good rate of speed, and the whole of the waggons and engine passed over the child The accidenttwass witnessed by a number of persons, who screamed loudly. After the engine had gone over the place where the child lay, to the surprise of everybody the child 'rose and walked away. It had lain smite still between the rails while the train went over it SUICIDE WHILE /if YAK 11ARDS OF THE Potsca.—An inquest was held, OD Saturday, before the Liverpool scoroner, on the body of Edward Mawson, aged 35 years. The decased was a bookkeeper in the employ of Messrs. Brumby, undertakers, Bean-street, and on Thursday week he was apprehended on a-charge of embezzlement, and on the way to the bridewell he drank from a bottle containing a mercurial solution. He made an attempt to take another draught from the bottle, but the officer snatched the bottle from his 'hand. fle was taken to the hospital, where he diedfromthe effects of the poison. It was stated that the deceased had given way to drink lately, and had been strange in his manner. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide Whilst in a state of ternipomry insanity." STRANGE CHARGE Or KTDNAPPING arjITILD. A lady appeared before the magistrates at the Manchester County Police Court, on Saturday, and laid a complaint against a man whose name she gave as Oates, representing, the applicant said, a Homan Catholic association. Her story was to the effeetthat her daughter, aged 11 years, was decoyed from home two weeks ago by Oates, and was being detained somewhere near Alexandra Park. Repeated applications had beensmade for the child, but Oates refused to give the child up. alleging that he had nothing to do with magistrates or" any one else." Both applicant and her husband werelfrotestants and, applicant stating it was not with thiiir consent that Oates had got possession of the child, the Beach granted a summons against Oates. '
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-02-11 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE SHOCKING SUICIDE AT WIN WICK.  On Saturday afternoon Mr. S. Brighouse, coroner for South-West Lancashire, held an inquiry at' the Swan Inn, Winwick, relative to the circumstances of the death of William Blackledge (56), farmer, Winwick, who shot himself through the head last week.—The widow of the deceased, Elizabeth Blackledge, said that on Tuesday evening in last week, when she went to bed, she left deceased sitting in a chair. She got Up several times during the night. About a quarter-past live on Wednesday raorning she went downstairs, and found her husband dead. He had acted in a very strange manner lately, and had been in a low and depressed state of mind.— Thomas Blackledge, son of the deceased, said he last I saw his father alive about 9-20 on Tuesday evening, when he was sitting in the kitchen. On that day he was wandering about. Witness thought he was not quite right. Next morning, between five and six o'clock, his mother called him. He found his father sitting in the chair in the kitchen, and saw a gunshot wound in his head, and the gun produced between his legs. The gun was kept in a cupboard in the kitchen unloaded. On Monday night witness leaded the gun, I and left both caps on. On Wednesday morning he found one barrel had been fired.—By Mr. Worsley (who appeared for the relatives) : We have lately kept firearms out of his way.—By P.S. Commins We were afraid of my father, and my brother and I locked our bedroom door.—Ellen Porter said she knew the deceased, and saw him in the kitchen on Monday evening. He said to her, "Good night; I shall very likely not see you again." She did not see him again alive. She thought at the time he looked very strange. —John Blackeldge said on Wednesday morning he we,nt into the kitchen with his brother and found his father dead. The doors were fastened so that no one could get in. Witness heard the report of a gun shortly before they found him.—P.C. Parker, a constable stationed at Winwick, said he was informed of the occurrence about six o'clock on Wednesday morning. Ile went to the house and found the deceased sitting in an arm-chair in the kitchen quite dead. The top of the skull was blown completely away, and the wall opposite was strewn with brains and blood. The gun ViiS leaning on the muzzle between the deceased's legs, with the stock against the edge of a table. The left arm was leaning easily on the left thigh, and the right was on the table against which the gun leaned. The gun was in a position as if it haul been fired and then dropped. Witness found a mark afterwards on the table where the gun would probably have kicked. He saw nothing to suppose that anyone else had inflicted the injuries. One barrel of the gall was discharged and the other loaded. There was a cap on the nipple of the discharged barrel, and also one on the other. Both hammers were down.—After hearing this evidence, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from the effects of a gunshot wound inflicted by himself, being at the time of unsound mind.
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-02-11 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

MURDER OF A DAUGIIITER. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. et terrible crime was committed at Monk Bretton, about two miles from Barnsley, on Saturday night, Dr. Burke, a local medical practitioner, shooting dead his daughter Aileen and attempting to take his own life. It appears that about noon Dr. Burke went to the Neiman IniVand, with the exception of two or three short intervals, remained there bearly the whole of he' afternoon. About 10 o'clock he had apparently made up his mind to go to Barnsley with his wife and daughter, the latter aged 9 years, and with this intention he went to his residence and had his carriage got ready: Coming by the Norman Inn the three alighted, and remained in the parlour until the clock struck 1L At that hour Mrs. Burke saw her husband pull a revolver from his pocket. She screamed and rushed out of the room. She was met by Police-constable Emslie, who, hearing a shot, entered the room. He found the child dead, and SSW Dr. Burke droo the revolver on the hearthrug. and stagger to the side of the room, where he lay down on the seat. It was then discovered that in addition to shooting the child he had attempted to kill himself by firing at his breast with the same revolver, a six-chambered one. The bullet entered the left breast. Superintendent Kane, Inspector Ounn, and Dr. Sadler, were quickly on the spot. Dr. Burke was taken to the hospitiat at Barnsley, where the bullet was extracted on Sffiday morning.—An inquest was held on Monday, at the Norman Inn. Mrs. Burke said that late on Saturday night her husbatid insisted on taking her and the child to Barnsley. On the road they stopped at the Norman Inn, where Burke called for a bottle of champagne. Witness, finding he had a revolver in his pocket, ran out for a policeman. She afterwards heard two shots fired. Police-constable Elnaslie "aid that I3urke first shot the girl dead, and then fired at bis own breast. A verdict of wilful murder against tlurke was returned. He is progressing favourably,  • A  tn
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-02-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SHOCKINV MURDER AND SUICIDE.  ' A terrible murder, followed by the suicide of the murderer, was committed at half-past one o'clock Lon Wednesday afternoon at 147, Back Church Lane, Whitechapel, a poor thoroughfare running out of the Commercial Road, London, and inhabited mostly by a low, type of foreigners and small shop-keepers. The house before mentioned had _atuongits occupants a boot finisher name 4 Louis Cohen, and living with him as his wife was a young Russian Jewess whose name, as far as can be ascertained, was Potstami. It is stated that the woman came to England from Russia about five months ago in company with her husband, whom it is alleged had married her froiiii a house of ill repute. Two months since she left her husband and went to live with Cohen, and the husband, though much distressed, kept himself at a distapce, not even disrlosing his address. On Wednesday morning, however 7 a man who called at Cohen's for as. owing to him, -remarked that he had seen the woman's husband in the street. particular notice was taken of this, and at about one ' o'clock the woman went out to buy some provisions. Soon afterwards Cohen heard the woman screaming, and on rushing down the stairs saw her lying in the middle of the road with her throat cut from ear to ear. She was just able to point in the direction of Commercial Road, and then became unconscious. Meanwhile some neighbours saw the husband running away and pursued him, but in passing along Greenfield-street, after crossing Commercial Road, he noticed a constable coming towards him, and turning his back upon the policeman he cut his own throat with a shoemaker's knife. The constable procured a cab and took him to the London Hospital, but he expired on the way. Whilst this was taking place, thg woman had been removed to the same hospital, but she also died before arrival at the gate. Althoughno one actually saw the murder committed it is evident that the man attacked his wife and cut her throat at the foot of the stairs as she , re-entered the house, and that she ran out and fell down in the road, the floor at the foot of the stairs had a quantity of blood upon it, and the provisions which the woman was carrying were strewn in all directions. The murderer was in the same trade asCohen, and the knife with which he committed the deed is now in, the possession of the, police. It fs 'an ordinary boot finisher's knife, and was secured by the constable at the time the man committed suicide. The police are endeavouring to ascertain where the murderer had been living recently.