Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1876-07-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE BY HANGING AT MIDDLESBROUGH.  Another suicide has occurred at Middlesbrough, the victim of self-destruction being a man of 54 years of age, named William Johnson, of 75, Johnson. street. About 12.15 a.m. on Sunday, the deceased was found byla son named Thomas su-pende 1 from the balasterQ, at theitop of the stairs of his house, by a rope tightly fastened round the neck. The body was cut down, nut life wls found to be extinct. Deceased had been drinking heavily previous to his suicide.—An inquest was held at the Princess Alice sHotel, this (Monday) morning, by Mr Dent, deputy coroner, touching the death of the deceased.—Thoinas Johnson, saddler, Johnsonstreet, deposed that the deceased was a huckster. He had been drinking very mach lately. Had not noticed anything queer about his manner,and did not know that he had beep in a low state of mind. thr Saturday night last, about 10-30, witness went to bed andlett deceased:and his (witness's) motherpownstairs. The latter was sober. About 12 o'clock he heard a noise, and got up and opened his bedroom door. He then saw his father hanging in the staircase, suspended from the baluster by a piece of rope. Wit. ness's mother left the house. Called in a neighbour. His father and mother often quarrelled, and she had often left the house.-Mary A. Wright spoke to having been called in to deceased's house by last witness. She gave the alarm on seeing dccoased's position. Deceased had been in rather embarrassed circumst inces, and had drunk heavily since he came to reside in Johnson-street.---Esther Johnson, wife of I deceased, said her husband had been addicted to drinking foe the past eight years, and was quarrelsome waen he had drink. He had been drinking daring the past week or so. On Saturday last he got his business done about seven p.m., and after that, up to 10-30, he was in and out of the house and walking up and down the street. One glass of als would affect his head. At 10.30 he went out again, and remained out for about an hour. Thought he had a little more drink while he was out. They were in poor circumstances, and on Saturday sent three chairs to the market to sell, and they realised 7s. At 11-30 deceased began talking about the chairs being sold for nothing, and said witness ought to have one and seen them sole. Witness said, "Never mind ; we can't help it ; it's done." He then called her some peculiar nimes, and she went out, thinking he would get pacified.. She had done so before when they had had words, lie locked her out, and she waited about a few minutes, hut as he did not open the door she went along to her ,ister-indaw's at 71, Wilson-street. Had only been there about ten minutes, and was then ope ing the door to return, when her son Thorns came to her, and she went home. There were several pieces of rope hanging in the scullery whieh had come off .hampers. Deceased had sometimes been in a low way, and said that ha wished his time was over. His mem, ry was gone They got a County Court summons on Tuesday, which affeeted his mind. D,,ceased's brother and sister had both been insane. He was a very passim:. ate man. He complained of a pain in the back of his head. He had a gathering, and at times there was a discharge from his ears. On Saturday, at the early part of the day, he was selling butter and in the evening he went to the market to see about the chairs.—P.C. Joes deposed that soon after twelve o'clock on Saturday night he was called to 75, Johnson-street, and found the deceased hanging on the staircase suspended from the balmter by the rope produced. He was dead, but rho body was warm. Ho cut the body down.—The jury returin a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of temporar., insanity."  A farmer, nam-d Dunne, hal committed suicide near Edenderry, King's County, in consequence of a threatening le' ter which he received a manth since. He purchased a large farm, and had 110 gamier taken possession than he was threatened to be shot. This affected him so much that he became insane, and hanged himself on Saturday. A man named Cahill was shot near Dunne's house last November. CABINET CouNerE.—A Cabinet Council was held on SAturday, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Mr Secretary ernes, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Carnarvon, Mr Secretary Hardy, the Martinis of Salisbury, the Chancellor of the Exehegner, the Right Hon, G. Ward Hunt, and Lori John Manua B. BOiRD or TRADE RaTunNa. —The Boar I of Trade Returns for June show a decrease of nearly 131, per cent. in the exportt, compared with the June of last year, and a deereatte on the first half of the year of over 9 per cent. The t ital value of export.; for June, 1876, was £15,848,260, against £18,336,129 in June, 1875, and £19,367,615 in June, 1874. The value of the exports for the six months ended June 30 was £99,210, 059, ogainst £109,813 350 in the corresponding, prod of 1875, and £117,831,214 in 1874. The value of the imports in June was £28,336,880, against £31,948,826 in June, 1875 (a degline of 11 per eent.), and £34,028,658 in Jane, 1874. , The value of the imports for the ffir-t half of the year Was £185,120,196, against £183844,087 in the first six months of 1875, and £186,398,369 in the first half of 1874.