The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1885-03-21 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE BY POISON AT LEAMINGTON.  Mr. W. B. Sanderson, depnty coroner, held an ingnest st the George Inn onThisreday sftonoooe,E on the body of Anne Ilickeon, nwomae4Oyeaes , of age, who was found dead at 29, Altliorpe— etreet, on the previous day. Mr. George Smith, I of Bath street, was foreman of the jury. Joseph Hickson, carpenter, living at New I Cubbington, stated that the deceased was his eister-in-law. She was the widow of Sergeant— t Major Hickson, of the 680 h Durlsam Light Infantry. Ile had not seen numb of the I deceased lately, but knew that she bad • pension ' of £2os year. . Fanny Ford, wife of Coruelibus Ford, ironmoulder, living at 29. Althorp-street, stated the! , the deceased had lodged witti her for the emit I ale months. She war rather addicted to drsnk. On the previous day she saw the deceased several times. The last time wae at four o'clock, when she mune to her for souse water. Deceased had appea.o.l ntrange" all day. She complained of pains in I.er head—a common complaint with her. When decetwed eare for the water she did not speak, but witness could see that she had been crying. Deceased went to her room, and between five and six o'clock elm heard her moving about there. About half.pa. nine, not having seen anything of the deceased, elm went and knocked at her door. There was no answer. Wit.sa opened the door. There was no light 10 11,0 room, the fire which had been in the grate was out, and she could at first see nothing. Witness called her husband, and he hrought a lamp. She then saw the deceased lying face downwards on the floor. Her husband touched the deoeased and found that she w. dead. In the room was a cup and u bottle marked " Penton." There was also a paper bearing the name of Mt. Judd, chemist, of Salle street, in winch the bottle 'sad apparently been wrapped. he bottle was empty, but there was some eediment in the cup. Witness No ' • but aim had be. drinking tho previaoe day. She aosnetisues drank beer and whiskey. 0(1 the warning of the day of her , death the decoaeed woe out twice. She went for soap, soda, and other household articled on these occ seiona The deceased W4EI in debt to witnoo for rent, coals, and money lent. She pronsked to pay this as soon as her pension cause I in. The Forma.: Did she ever express hersaf as being tired of life. Witness : Yes ; in the looming of yesterday , she said that she wished also was deal. Witness added that deceased was 001 10 debt to anyone but herself. S. world •' rattier have eat in ttse room and starved luau have asked fur help from  any outside person... The Coroner said that he had noticed a mark nem the eye of the decemed ; but witnem eo . plained that this must have been caused by the , deceased falling. Pulice-comtable Hopkins stated that he was called into the 1100eo of the last witness in Althorp-street, and found the deceasd then iu the position described by her. William Baker Aldertou, assistant to Mrs. dead. 40, liathoteeet, produced the wile of paimins register book kept at id.. Judd's which contaiml an entry to the offset that Jam Sett,eae, Althorpetreet, palmsed threepenny worth of cyanide ef pu.setain fur Wiling out ink stainC. The purcham was made about two o'clock in the day. Re knew the purchaser well by sight, though not by name. Ile cautioned deceased . hat cyanide of potassium was a very dangerous poieou. She replied, 'I am aware of that, I have ueed it before.' The deceased brought the battle in which the poison we.put wi,l2 hero Waneoe gave her directions for its use. The Coromr t Is it the beet Mr the purpaae for which the purchaser pretemled ta.winit it! Witness t It, the beet so far eel Lave found. Cyanide of po.s-itina. whimee added, wm 001 00 article of general sale. to reply to further questions Moo. mid cyanide of potassium was not quite the mum es pruse:c thre:ieLrgalieferePtille dLteli.',i-renhtd,ontatee lent her it.. Police-censtable Hopkins etatea that be searched the room of the deceased, and found no mon., there, eta: was anything fouled ou the person of the deceased. The jury returned a verdict 'of ..Salcide while la • Mats of unsound mind."