The Blackpool Herald. — 1886-05-28 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

ANNIZ TURNER. ago, woke up in the morning as happy and as Mr. John Mellor, brother-in-law to Bligh, writes healthy in mind, body, and estate as a man could as fellows to the Preston Herald : ivish to be, and before evening was lodged in a public asylum pronounced by the most eminent Sis,—Ntrith your permission I should like to correct physicians totally and incurably mad. To those, ane heneion which may erise from a sentence in your issue of Tuesday respecting Alfred Bligh and then, who believe in the insanity of the man, this the suit of cl,eOes. The said clothes only arrived deed had another lesson—the lesson of thankfulness ear the night before he committed the sad deed, so to Almighty God that they were spared their ties. it walla he an imposdbility for him to be in the reason. Who could tell to what depths of despair a C.renty ir• - lee the suit. What Constable Bligh man left to himself might come to by his trouble, weibed iu requesting Mrs. Pickford to send them back, and who could tell to what things his despair might was finTplY a desire that the tailor should not lege both drive him? and who could measure the influence the clothes and the payment for them too. The said which a kind word, a kind look, a kind deed might clatter" bare arrived back at the makers, Mr. Pendle- have upon a man weighed down by his trouble? bury. re Chureh-street, Horwich, near Bolton. Many were the instances on record of persons on Hating anyeelf perused many of the letters sent by the ouTsg woman, Annie Turner, I would a* on their way .to do the rashest deeds restrained by I.ehslf ,4 Alfred Bligh,the sympathy of your numerous some little act of sympathy. He asked, might not reedere reel the public, as I know, with the this appalling event have been permitted by God as cc .niti,ni of the said deed and the case of Annie a warning of the wickedness that was amongst Tartlet% his character (public and private) has been them—a prelude of more terrible chastisement if all :semi; good. His greatest fault has been, before that wickedness was not removed? When they ti,e al.e.. caws occurred, in keeping his trouble to thought how narrowly the would-be-suicide had tumeef for some years. I only hope and trust that escaped sudden and unprepared death, they were may *win put an end to his earthly sufferings, reminded that they might die of sins nnreWlllril have been long and hard to bear, and in the pented of. Let them all earnestly pray for him end have proved too much for lum.—Hoping you will ei ee tide a play in your issue of Saturday next, I that he might have power and time to repent. reu,aise yours: truly, JOHN Marmite Brother-in-Law . 1.., Aired Li irgl... As stated, the snit of clothes referred to had been made by Mr. .1. Pendlehury, of Horwich, who has fiance writt• n the following letter to Mr. Mellor : 're Church etreet, Horwich, May 18th, 1886.—Dear 1 lel -. Weer, I have received the suit all right, but ...Try to t aye to receive them in such a case e It is quite a shock to all our family I can x..• . N ''. ; we' have been friends such a long time. I' •, Ai1,..1. I ant so sorry for him, I would as soon G •-! . ee.. .1 anyone as him, poor man. His brain ..-" '. •-• ..ve been turned, or he would not have • . : • • • t lAm gore it is a heavy blow for both I.i- .it -.,. I \ ~t. ,nii you must bear up with it m well fie eee e i ie with God's help, for He s his only eelp now.—i ours truly, J.