The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1885-07-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT NEW BRIGHTON.  On Wednesday, Mr. H. Clairton, con. : for West Cheshire, held an inquest at Grosvenor Hotel on the body of a Germe.i Jew called Charles Sigmand Newikluff, interpreter for the Allan Steamship Company and the Dale-street Police Court Rosa Newikluff, wife of the deceased. ~ she last saw her husband alive on Mondi, morning at Stern's Hotel, 39, Paradise-,tr. Liverpool, of which house he had been ma_agar for the past five years. There was ti:, : nothing strange in his behaviour, and she had never heard him make any threats of -= destruction. When he left he said he going to the British Queen Hotel, in Argv street, Liverpool, where he arranged to tue-1, her at one o'clock that afternoon, about time he would have his police court bushi---; finished. She went to the hotel at the time agreed upon, and as her husband was not there she went to look for him. At haltpa,t ten in the evening a telegram was handed ta her at the hotel, containing the followin. "I sleep quietly. Charles is no more. Prod will have two letters in the morning. (+clod bye." She next saw his body on Tuesday morning at the Grovsenor Hotel. A Juror: Will you kindly tell us if it is tr that two revolvers were taken out of kis pockets about a fortnight ago? Mrs. Newikliiff : Yes, it is quite true. lie had a quarrel with the governor, who said must leave at once, but afterwards asked him to stay another week. When he saw his situation was advertised in the papers he wa-; much upset and wanted to shoot himself. The Coroner: What become of the revolvers:*  Witness: Mr. Schussler took them from him. When he threatened to shoot himself. I 93: I would give him in charge. Kathleen Travers, waitress at the Grosven,7, Hotel, stated that deceased arrived at Hotel at half-past two on Monday afternoor. She saw him about five minutes afterward.: talking to Mr. Porter, and at half.past th.ne she waited on him at dinner. He told her be expected to see his wife that day. He seemed quite rational and said he had enjoyed his dinner very much. After dinner he went olt for about an hour, and then came back, wrol.: two letters, and posted them. When he came back the second time, he asked for a telegram form, but as they had none he went to :he post office and sent a telegram from th,:e. Several times subsequently he asked witness if a telegram had arrived for him, and h. answered in the negative. About half-pa=t seven he went up to his bedroom, and witness took him a glass of rum and a cup of tea. She asked him if he wished to be awakened at any particular time the next morning and he c•ri:J he did not. She did not know whethe: went to bed or not. It was the last time saw him alive. Frank Porter said he was the landlord of the Grosvenor Hotel. About half-past ten e.: Tuesday night he knocked at the door of :1 deceased's bedroom and then entered t... room to tell him two gentlemen wishcd to hen. He could iust see the outline of body, as the room was quite dark. Decea- I first of all said he would have the vislt): come up, but he then said "No, tell them 3 I be down in a minute." The landlord ti: closed the door and carried the message to visitors. He had scarcely finished the auswir when they heard the report of a pistol. H.' and the visitors immediately went upstai74. end lit the gas in the bedroom. They fo•-: deceased had shot himself through the le^ no pistol had evidently been put in td.. mouth, as the bullet had smashed the pad:: and had come out at the top of the hep I The pistol—a five-chambered revolver—s in deceased's right hand. There wcre feer the chambers loaded, and the barrel of tr, pistol was covered with blood. 1k im • diately sent for a doctor. A Juror: Was he conscious? Witness: Oh, no. _  The Juror : In or out of bed Witness: In bed, sir. He died in au- ' minutes—immediately after Dr. Bell arri •?' Continuing, witness said he had had conversation with deceased at all. They v; just getting ready for bad, and the ser.a-.:•, had retired. The Coroner asked Mr. Schusal, rWI.•••• had come over to see Newikluff, and tva. it was in answer to a telegram. He hal b, • • in very low spirits for some tint( ra4t had always talked about making sway ' his lifo, and had carried some bottles of v. lately, and a fortnight ago he had bough: t pistols bat witness took one from him. r said then, "Its no use taking it away. I ha.' money to buy another." In answer a juror he said deceased WU in the }tali occasionally taking a good deal ot juror asked Mr. Porter if the witness i told him of the telegram. "No, sir, not after. As soon as we heard the repor, 1.• said, • Oh, he's done it,'" and I said. , what Then. &I:111881er said. "Shot b.  elf.' It was placing me in a very false Ix.' tlon. Had I known sooner I might have t E•.l steps to prevent it." Mr. Schussler said the last time deceased was on Monday morning at o'clock. He had threatened to make r.w:.Y with himself scores of times. In answer to &juror, he said derea.se‘i t to drinking when annoyed at anvthint:. received the followidg letter from gewiklr:.: " God bless all my friends. Comfort my V. ft as much as you can. lam tired of life. ailJ I die in the house of which the card is eivlo-A. and am in my full senses. Dear Fred, tell everyone I was good. All my money 234. and my silver watch ; see that my wife ciythem. The Jews will bury me.—CUARLE• .• The jury returned a verdict of " while labouring under temporary insanity.