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Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-11-05 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

WIFE TAKES THREE BOTTLES OF POISON.  Someconeiderable sensation was caused in Queenstown on Saturday night when it became known that a young married lady named Jane Power, wife of Lieutenant Pierce Power, had committed suicide by taking poison, principally morphia. Mrs. Power, with her hiuMand, came to Queenstown over four mouths ago, and first took up their residence at one of the principal hotels in the town, from which they removed after a short time to private lodgings in King's Square, where they remained until recently, and then went to the residence of Captain Cave, Berry Hill, which is about a mile from Queenstown. Here they resided without Anything occurring to attract attention until some days ago, when a dispute arose, which, however, it is stated was made up. On Saturday at noon, Lieutenant Power left his room and went downstairs, and on his return in a few minutes he was pained to notice his wife in possession of three phials, all apparently containing poison, some of which she admitted she had swallowed. The hug. band immediately raised an alarm, and Mrs. Cave, with her sister and some other members of the household, rushed to Mrs. Power's assistance. Lieutenant Power, who, it appears, was formerly • medical student, prepared emetics, and he, with Mrs. Cave and others, endeavoured to get his wife to take them, but his efforts appear not to have been over successful. Mrs. Power, who was then in possession of her faculties, admitted that she had taken the poison, and with one object only, to end her life, and maid she wished to die. Two doctors were sent for, and everything possible was done for the unfortunate lady, but without the desired result, and at six o'clock in the evening Mrs. Power expired. The deceased lady was daughter of Dr. Bennett, of London. She had £3OO a year in her own right, and hod been about four years married. She was aged about thirty years.
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-11-26 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

WIFE MURDER. An ironworker named George West is in custody for attempting to murder his wife at Walkley, working clam suburb of Sheffield at midnight on Saturday. The woman had loft her husband, and he, discovering her whereabouts, forced Lie way into her presence, and, with the muzzle of a revolver loaded with blank cartridges proceed against her cheek, fired, causing a Ml'Vef 0 wound. lie then chatted his daughter, and she full down a flight ul Stars.  SIIOCKING FATALITY AT WIDNES A terrible accident, resulting in the loss of one life arid serious injury to seven persons, occurred WI Saturday afternoon at Widnes. A horse attached to a greengrocer's cart bolted into • crowd of people watching a show on a piece of vacant laud. A little girl named Casa was instantaneously killed, and her brother, aged four, rau over. Four of his ribs were broken, and he is not expected to recover. A man, a woman, and four other children were injured.  WIFE'S SUICIDE .THROUGH JEALOUSY, An inquest was held at Liverpool on Saturday on the body of a young married woman named Annie Corcoran. Some days previously the husband, in a state of great grief, went to the police and reported his wife miming. He said they had had a tilt, and she had gone out and not returned. Evideutie was given at the inquest that the husband was jealous, without cause, of another man, and made some remarks to his wife, whereupou he left the home, and, calling at a neighbour's, said she had been a faithful wife to her husbaudotud added that he would not have a chance of repeating the accusations against her. Her body was subsequently found in the canal. The jury found a verdict of found drowned, and requested the coroner to censure the who was led front the court subbing vio•
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-11-26 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

CIIILD KILLED BY BRANDY. Dr. Alexander Ambrose, Corimer,held an inquiry, at the Nortlicote Hotel, Leytonstoue, with reference to the death of Hubert Charles Free,aged four years, the son of a porter, residing at 12, Bo'sorer 'Terrace, reuclicroft Road, Layton. 'rho mother deposed that the child, having developed measles on the previous Sunday, the treated it with saffron and brandy. On Tuesday morning she left the deceased in bed, and on a table near was a bottle containing brandy. Later on witness found nearly half a pint of brandy bad gone from the bottle. 'the deceased was lying unconscious at the foot of the bed. Dr. Pearson, of the High Road, found the child suffering from Rico. holic poisoning. Death ensued the same night. The jury returned a verdict of death Iron, inidadventure.  Further romantic details are published with refer ance to the Dreyfus affair. It is now stated that Count Esterhazy recently met a mysterious lady, by appointment, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Paris, and realised from her the intelligence that • 3onviracy Was being prepared against Lim by a aumber of Captain Dreyfus's friends. She also handed to him a document establishing beyond doubt the guilt of Captain Dreyfus. The document was a short time ago deposited with the Military Geyer[ler. of Paris.  Dr. Wynn Westoott, coroner, hold an enquiry, at Shoreditch Coroner's Court, respecting the death of Diary Ann Cross, aged thirty years, the wife of a -aabinet-inaker, lately residing at 11, Holy well Row, Shoreditch. Ernest John Cross, the husband. stated that him wife was a most intemperate woman, and for weeks at a time she did nothing but drink. About eight o'clock on Sunday he left her re ading the Bible, and ou his return found that she Lad banged herself. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind "  CHRONIge, D 113•4311107111 NM DT /1114101
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-08-27 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON GARDENS. EXTRAORDINARY LETTERS.  At the Pimlico Coroner's Court, on Friday. Mr. J. troutbeck held an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. William Cowell, aged sixty-four, lately& clerk in is public company's office), but formerly a compang promoter. who committed suicide by shooting hself with two revolvers on Friday morning in Kensington Gardens.—The Coroner said dig in the pockets of the deceased was found a large picket addressed to himself. This contained several letters carefully wrapped up, sealed, and addressed, which all contained, apparently, the outpouring of a disorderedibraiu. One of them, whiell.Eas addressed to him, contained the following passagr:—" Limy.) loot money on every speculation I have gone in for, and, much against my will, I have beou compelled to do what I am doing now. I have enemies by the dozen, but chief aiuougst these is Sir Archibald Scott, of the South-Western Railway, for the magnificent salary he has given me in the past. I have served twenty years in places, but never could I say I had been able to live sogloriously on the fat of the land as on this munificent salary." (The letter explained greviously that the &ceased had been ruined by over-indulgence.) " Then there are others, but they are principally for having misled me over shares, stocks, &c., nit. I have gone in for speculation, like many poor fools before me, but I did not like to have-everything I have gone in for turn out wrong. Everyone I have had dealings with has misled me, but may they live long and die happy, gloating over what they have done for me. I have sent to the Home Secretary, and then received his reply : ' I can du nothing for you ' ; of course, and no one else. The chief ones to cause me to lose anything are Cecil Rhodes and Dr. Jameson over his ill-fated raid, the amount I lost on that passes description, and I am not going to try to go into details. Stocks and shares in nearly every gold-mining company and aloe railway have 1 dabbed in. but I have always • been misinformed and of course in every ease I have been left. I leave this to the world as an objectlesson "—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity."
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-10-08 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SAD DROWNING FATALITY  AT NELSON. WALKING INTO THE CANAL. DRINK AND DEATH.  An inquiry was held on Tuesday morning into the death of Peter Ashworth, retired farmer, 22, Leicester-street, Blackburn-road, Accrington, by Deputy-Coroner Robinson. Mr. McMillan was foreman of the juiy. Lawrence Ashworth, farmer, Houghton Farm, Houghton, said he was the uncle of deceased, who was about GO years of age. Witness saw him about three weeks ago. Deceased had some property belonging to his late wife, at Colne. Witness had never known of one of their family committing suicide.—ln reply to a juror, he could not account for his being at Nelson. He thought there might have been some foul play, as deceased was always a cheerful man.  James Riley, iron turner, 9, Chapel-street, Cohie, said he had known deceased about three years. Witness sometimes collected rents and let his houses for him. Last Saturday, about one o'clock, deceased came to his house, leaving about half-past one to see a man named Howarth. He returned about half-past two, and they all three, including Howarth, went away about four o'clock. Witness left him about half-pas: seven. They had been in the Parker's Arms until that time, and he left the other two behind him. Deceased was very good company, and seemed a little lively, nothing more, when witness left him. He was not drunk. In reply to a juror, deceased had had about the glasses of beer.  _ Emmanuel Howarth, plasterer, 36, Salisburystreet, Colne, said deceased came to his house at o'clock on the previous Saturday and they went out together. They stayed in the public-house from about four until about nine o'clock, when witness took him to catch the nine o'clock train. He was fresh then.—ln reply to Mr. McMillian, witness did not wait until the train went out, but he put him inside. There was no one else in the compartment. __. . . .  P.C. Mulroy said that about quarter past seven on Sunday morning, the 3rd inst., he was called to Lomeshaye canal bridge. On going down he found deceased in the water. He got him out and brought him, with assistance, to the Town Hall for identification. Witness stripped him and examined the body, and found no marks of violence or suspicion of foul play. He found a railway ticket issued on the 2nd inst. from Colne to Accrington. He had 3s. 4d. in money on him and a watch. His watch had stopped at four minutes past five. The Coroner said that the man had probably got out of the train at Colnc without knowing what he was doing, and set off along the road, and very likely tumbled into the canal in a state of intoxication. They had no evidence to show that the man wished to put himself in the canal, or that he was in unsound mind.  A juror said the place was a dangerous one, and that a man going down Lomeshaye-road would easily walk into the canal. A verdict ,:of "Found drowned and probably fell accidentally into the water of the canal," was returned.
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-10-08 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

REPORTED MASSACRE IN AFRICA. Telegraphing from Rexue the "Daily News" correspondent says: On Tuesday night the "Tribune" explains its announcement of the massacre of the Cavendish expedition. It says it received the news directly from Lush, the Italian station in Somaliland, and the last European settlement in entering Africa from that part. The letter from Lush report- II lug the persktent rumours of the massacre of an I English expedition, added that it was supposed to be that of Mr. Cavendieh. "We do not," continues the paper, "know on what beusis the supposition W6B founded, but the person who wrote, and the person from whom the news came, give us the certainty that it cannot be a question of vague rumours lightly reported. If it is not the Cavendish expedition, it may be one of the other two in the neighbourhood. The last news of Lord Delamere's party was received from Capt. Ferrandi, the head of the Lush station." The Delainere expedition, writes Captain Ferrandi to the Italian Geographical Society, arrived at Lush on March 10, passing through Ogaden and crossing the Shebeli river at Barn. His camp at Lush was on the right of the Juba river. His caravan was splendidly equipped with 200 camels and 100 titles. Lord IDelamere sent Dr. Atkinson to the Wad, then 'to Zanzibar for supplies. His intention Was to 'continue to Lake Rudolph. "Much more important," continues the " Triguns, "is the fact that the MacDonald expedition, an official one, having for its mission to delunitatc the AngloAbyssinian spheres of influence in the long upper section of the Juba river, has to pass through the Amhara tribes, who massacred Captain Bottego. However,knowing how often African news is inexact, it is to be hoped that it may prove so this time."  Church and stage often shake hands, but the very latest is the Church on the stage. A new drop-soene at the Cardiff Empire depicts Llaudaff Cathedral. The Great Eastern Railway Company have resolved to thoroughly teat the capabilities of oil as against coal for use in their engines, and the result, so far, has been eminently satisfactory. On Monday night, at Portsmouth, the policefound • well-dressed man lying insensible in the street, and locked him up on a charge of being drunk and incapable. Early on Tuesday morning he was found dead in his coll.  711, Middlesex Hospital has received a gift of Tea-1•911 from t4e Duke of Fife. ste. W. L. Jackson, M.P., will &dame his ouustltutent at lieeds on October 13 and 15. Silme Sunday last four burglaries have been reported within the parish of Hampstead alone.  The Grand Duchess Mario of Mecklenburg has contributed 10,000 marks to the society for saving life at au.  The executors of the will of the late Ur. Joseph Ruston have just proved his will, luid declared the personalty at .012,304.  SUICIDE AT HOU'NfiLOW
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-10-15 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SUICIDE OF A NELSON GIRL.  A DISTRESSING CASE. INQUEST AND VERDICT.  An inquiry was conducted by Mr. Coroner Robinson and jury, on Monday afternoon in the Nelson Police Court into the death of Bertha Howarth, a young woman of 22 years of age, a weaver, of Pollard-street, who was found drowned in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near Scotland-road, on Saturday morning, between half-past two and three o'clock. Mr. Henry Heap acted as foreman of the  jury. Sarah Ann Howarth, wife of James Howarth, 24, Pollard-street, Nelson, said the deceased was her daughter, and lived with her. She was 22 years of age. Witness had not noticed her daughter different to usual lately, except that she had fretted over her work, not being able to make as much money as she wished. She was at the mill on Friday, and when she came home to tea she looked more cheerful than ordinarily. Witness did not see her go out, but saw her go into the kitchen and thought she was going upstairs to do some work. Witness never saw her alive again. .  P.C. Pearson said that abut seven o'clock on Friday night, some clothing, (the shawl produced), was brought to the Police office, having been found on the canal bank, off Scotland-road. Later in the evening, some people came to the station and identified the shawl. Witness dragged the canal and found the body near to Reedyford bridge, between half past two and three o'clock in the morning. Deceased had all her clothes on but nothing on her head. She had no injuries on her. The Coroner remarked that it seemed the girl had got rather low spirited, and a verdict was returned to the effect that deceased drowned herself whilst of unsound mind.  Virths, *Carriages, and peaths.
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-03-05 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

NOWELL. If ever taken alive he will have to stand at the bar of justice and answer for this affair to a judge and a jury of his own countrymen.  BrT his whereabouts is a mystery. Whether he is alive or dead is an unsolved problem, and upon this problem public opinion seems to be divided. His escape was strange, but those who know him best state that if he had not taken away his own life within an hour of committing the crime, NOWELL will never fill a suicide's grave. The canal and reservoirs in the neighbourhood have been dragged, and every effort has been made to trace the missing man, but in vain.  SPECULATION is active, though useless, but from the direction in which NOWELL wile last seen running, it is believed by some that he made his way to Gieburn or Clitheroe Railway Station, got to London, and crossed for France before his descriptions could be published. It is believed he had both money ad disguises in his possession when he went away, and if he really succeeded in reaching the continent, it is quite possible he may elude detection and arrest fur some considerable time.  TIIE Barrowford murder is the third tragedy that has been perpetrated in this neighbourhood within the last year or two, the murder and suicide of wife and husband in Nelson last summer, and the attempted murder of a wife by her hushand at Coln° last year, with the suicide of the latter, being the other two. They were all the unhappy result of jealousy. NOWELL was madly jealous, though his poor wife never gave him even the slightest cause for the faintest shadow of it. She seems to have been a virtuous, patient, hard working woman, and to have given him— notwithstanding his constant illtreatment of her—that wondrous, constantly forgiving love which, oddly enough, brutal men are so often blessed with. But she has now entered into rest; one cannot be so sure about him.  will be driven into the Roman Catholic school? And if this result should follow, it would be a double hardship upon Protestants, for their children would be compelled to attend a school that is not highly efficient, and where religions instruction is imparted that they dislike and object to. There are many reasons why there should be • Board school within the reach of all the children of the town where an efficient education may be had, and which is free from school. pence and from sectarian teaching. The Board is doing well to commence operations at once at Walverden ; let them "arise and build" also in Whitefield. We want no more Sectarian schools mis-named "Voluntary" which are kept up almost entirely by public money, and yet over which there is no popular control. I most earnestly hope, therefore, that the Board will with all speed set about the erection of a school in this district. In the meantime, let parents lose no time in making application for free places, that they may thus , encourage the Board in the building of a new school.—Yours, March 3rd, 1897.  W.
The Nuneaton Times. — 1875-05-22 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England)

DISTRESSING SIMMS -A. murder and attempted Sor,Ctl. Gahriel's extensive practice and his declining suicide under peculiarly us rdssing crcurnstaiaces years ueceseitated aseietance. This was ultimately took place ai Isleworth, near Kew, late on a riday accomplished by a partnership being established evening. It appears that a w man named Hillier, between him and a thick, chubby, bullet-headed wife of a workman in the employ of the Grand limb of the law, with heavy eyes and heavier jowl, Junction Waterworks, living in lodgings there, a gentlem'an who soon began to make his mark in gave birth to a child on Thursday. Th.- mother the locality. Of him it could not be said with and child wre appar, ntly g-ing on well ill Friday consistency that he bad a large head but nothing in morning, when the poor woman appeared greatly it. Stupid in appearance, gruff in hie manner, exci ed, and it is ai t ex. reseed ame fear as to slow in his speech, and somewhat hesitating, the whether she w. ud be abe -o find money enough to listeners to a legal debate between him and leswyer pay for medical attendance. On her landlady Barker wodld fancy he was driven in scorner, but going into her room on Friday evening she dia. Gabriere Isaboon (as he was derisively called by hta covered the baby and 'nether ly ng on the bed politieel opponents) *mild shake himself together with -heir throats cut in a frightful manner. A in a lazy, indolent manner' wink and blink for a razor smeared with blood was also f und in the sicond ar two, take sundry heavy pinches of snuff bed by the side of the mother. who it M believed carried loosely in hie waistcoat pocket, and then in murdered her child and aftetwarda cut her own a few well-chosen sentences demolish every stand. throat. Medical aid was at wee summoned. 'I he pint of Shirker's, and sit down as unconcerned 11,8 c. ild died shortly a terwarde, but it is thought that p while he knew and gloried in the know- the mother may recover ledge that Shirker was writhing, bat helplessly Too
The Nuneaton Times. — 1875-04-10 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England)

THIE EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT BATH. At the Bath City Police Court; on Friday, Charles and Julia Maidman' were charged with administerins-poison, with intent to kill and murder each ether. It appeared from the evidenee of several witnesses that the prisoners took lodgings at a common lodging-home in Avon-street, Bath, on Good Friday. They lived quietly, and on affectionate ttrms, and paid what was due each evening., On Tuesday night last, as another lodger in the house, a woman named Milton, was about to retire to rest, she heard groaning in the room occupied by the prisoners. bhe knocked at the door and enquirsd of the female prisoner if she was unwell; the male priamer replied, saying that his wife had a cold. The witness was about to go away, when the female prisoner called out a king her to come into the 1001111. She went in, and they then informed her that they bad taken poison. She 'replied that they must have been dreaming, but they said they had not, and told her she would find .a letter under the pillow. She searched tor and found the letter which was writtentin pencil and addressed to the prisoner's children in London. The police were called in and the prisoners were removed to the Hospital, where under treatment they recovered sufficiently to be brought up on Friday. Between the mattress and the bed, in the prisoners' room, the police found four papers which had contained' vermin killer" powcer, and a bottle which had contained laudanum. The prisoners confessed the& they had agreed for some days to commit suicide together, and the laudanum was brought from London. The male prisoner now stated that he it signed a situation in the London Custom House in Februaiy last, expecting to better him self, but was disappointed. lie had had chronic rlisumatim in his bead for twenty years, and suffeied a sunstroke in India, having served throughout the mutiny. He had also had family troubles, and these circumstances made him desponding. lire prisoners were committed for trial.  and ethor  I  evening..l  (From the Hornet.) ErrTApu Oli A