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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-06-10 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

OLD MA/WS SUICIDE  RESULT OF ILLMEALTII AID DEPRESSION.  The circumstances of a detressingtoie suicide were invectigated by the Shin. head Borough Coroner (Mr. Cecil Haden) on Wednesday afternoon, the subject of the tn4uirY being • man named Thomas Ewe Wed 65 years, of 3, cierman-terrace, was formerly an hydraulic man in tae employ of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, end who died the same morning from the result of injuries sustained M a leap from a window. Sarah Ann Lloyd, wife of Edward AO, a gasworks labourer, gave evidence e identification. The deceased nen was be, father, and resided with her and her hub' band. The old man had not been in IS° health for about Mr months, and had not worked aulee January last. He sliced from nervous debility, and at timee Own mueonlar rheumatism, the latter him severe pains in the spine and at to back 04 the head. He waa attended by DrPreece, who last visited him about a ire.,t ago. On Tuesday the deceased man seer err/ depressed in manner, and sPolo aar', little. He had not said anYthing at time to lead to the supposition that be LI contemplating suicide. About eight a'a)°`,l that morning the deemed man sot DP, all:. some half-hOILL afterveard witness e WO 'a the back kitchen, when ehe saw a des object fall in front of the window, followed be. • thud. She went into the backyard ot found her father lyim on his face. blesthad, freely. Witnees called her husband Ow sent for the ambulance. In which lend&thfra was removed to the Borough Hosflownese Sound the upper bail of the attic Ina' doe palled down, and conducted her f&tba'; must have jumped from that—a distance e, some 40 to the etrosowot I sod Dr. H. B. Preece (Polies totlew n that at his emrion the deceased Mar. had applied to lb. Dock Board IC!' atruumion, and he had just ohMoseltt; Witness had eramimed the body and . that the skull had bass fractured over j.,'; Meet temporal bone and at the how r, of the wrists was dislocated, and there re other fracture& The mese of •••---aawth Shea, de te these injuries Witco of ..eninien the decamped man's mind wa  'Pimp jury ootcorsed a wombat of • oPai aerie' temporary immotty.7  lane Cassaxisi.-01u7sis Wat._,, lop elsosid4iszest sr dry plasm dots stirdija.liirkesalma -&tt, sad 101 Ciffelap
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-06-10 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

YEARS SUMMAR) ENDED  BILE ITEANS (TEA CONSTMITION AND HEADACHE.  ?Anya life it Migsided tilletigh meta* neas in net keeping the digestive organs and: liver in healthy condition. Constipation, headache, and a host of other aliments are I all due to a disordered liver and impaired digestion. The safest remedy err the permanent cure of constipation and headache is a course of that well-known tecetablb I medicine Bills Beane. Mrs. Aldridge, of 41, Waserioisterrace, Olney, Backe, has juot itson sectored to health after hating been nrict7r for IS yesee to cOnatipatiOn and hgedlOh6. Speaking to a Press represents.. I tire on the atubject, she mid ' "The attacks at fast were not very fro. , silent, but as time went on they increased. I The pains in my head were terrible, m 7 appetite left me, and when I did eat anything I was subject to tweeting. Conklin, tion greatly troubled me and increased, the acuteness of the nein in my lead. Fkiel: Isonictimes Made Me quite distracted." Nr.r. I Ali:kid:6 hero interposed to eonfirm hie wifea statement, and aka added "Sometimes eke 6116 66 depressed as to he almost I on the point of committing suicide." Continuing. lire. Aldridge saki: "I ism continually shivering, and dare not go near the fire, became' doing co brought on the retching and paino in my head. At times) I had to go to bed for two er three &Lye. I became an out.patient at the Northampton Hospital. but without receiving any beneficial results. A friend of mine wk.) had been taking Bile Beano gave me some. and advised me to test them. I did so. and was se 'repressed with their efficacy that I de aided. to take a thorough course of the medicine. The result was most gratifying, ftt very noon I began to feel a great disprove/tent. ilny appetite returned, I regained health and etrength, and the constipation which lad caused such acute headaches was finally baniebed. Th. Wines; attacks and vomiting also ceased, and I felt an entirely, different woman. I can honestly my that Bile, Beans and Bile Beans alone permanently cured me, and T can conscientiously, , tocommend them to every anfferer." For headache, indigestion, biliousness, liver complaint constipation, female ailments, dirtiness, wind, fulness after eating, rheumatism, sinmmia, piles, blood impurities. and all diemaiere &Hides from Imperfect liver action end Bile Beans ate a certain cure. Obtainable from all chemists and medicine Tendert at be 14d. or 28. ed. per bet (bs. 9d. sire c•tettive three Reiss rt. Ild. else), or post fine from the Bile Bean Manufacturing Red Orsist-etnest Lonclivr, E.C.  The current issue of "The Model Eartheet and Edietrkdan" is noteworthy for an account of the construction of a model electric tramcar. It is a working model, and the feat accomplished by its writer, Mr. Samuel Emmett, is °be worthy ot eanidatrion. Complete designs am also given for the construction of a modal horizontal steam engine.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-07-15 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

AND HEAD&CE.  Wray s life ie blighted thruagli circler mess n not keeping the digestive oigans liver in healthy condition. ConMipstios, headache, sad host of other aikeents aro rail due to & disordered liver and impaired digestion. The safe* remedy for the pr mat cum of constipation and headache, is a mimic of that well-known iegetablo medicine Bile Beans. Mrs. Aldridge, of 41, ' Warwick Terrace, Olney, Sucks. hae 013 Agee restored to health after having We =talc for N yeses to constipation sad . Speaking to a Press ronsremd". tire oa the subject ehe said:— "The *tacks * first ware net very fit Meagat. hut as time went on they Morass* Tii.h.,&llett my head me and wale n I !lent was suiject to veovomiting. Ckeete potion greatly troubled me and increased, tin acuteness of the pain in oil which sometimes made me dieeraeteo• Mr. Aldridge her. late to confirm elo Mie's atatement, and so added sornetiwo, she was so depressed as to be almost point of committing suicide. Continuing, Mow Aldridge said "1 !...11 continually shivering sod dare not go °"" the fire, because doing Bo brought on thi metching and painsiii my bead. At tiled I lied to go to bed for two or three cllY6 became an out-patient at the NorthainP ten Hcspital, but without receiving _±,l beneficial remain A Mend of inine had been taking Bile Braes gave me ttlawN awl advised me to test them I did ca and wale so impreseed with their eScas,:el tatZetildneed %it:lc:wank wthcortocrrV Ober, dm very seas I began to feel ar• ore! balloomela46o7 •Pleolito ' ose gamed and etreogtb, and the ctlpstion had caused emh sr— haadeshes was komily banished. The bibol attselaread •asseiting also cooed, en,d_..l2.jy astesebnedieferent woman. I ois ear fist Beam, and Bile Besse.m."permanently owed me, and I cm 01,1 fa OW" _ liver eata pAtiON SZUgki/r • 11134041. &"(12* N 0211 male ailment& .neca 'vial", 'Wa• d —Qatar Mita. about asking sboanat . imaa aaaaaja. e 418e.sited ahldisoiders arising fOOIS ATM' (Annika.--Gerdes 0,01.7.411 sap molt azia asitailob"'f",a
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-11-11 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

TERRIBLE SUICIDE. ON NEW BRIGHTON PIER.  On Thais:lay afternoon a shocking tragedy was enacted on the Pier at New Brighton. An elderly, well-dressed man was wen to walk unsteadily towards the Ferry and then to proceed to a seat on the, Per, apparently oblivious of the few persons moving about in the vicinity. The suspicione of the officials were aroused, and when the man was approached shortly after he took up a parition on one of the seats, the Riermaster and a coastguard were horrified to discover that he was rigid, glaring vacantly, and apparently dead. Medical aid was promptly summoned, and life having been pronounced to be extinct, the police were communicated with. The Coroner for West Cheshire (Mr. J. C. Bate) conducted an inquiry yesterday afternoon at Olinda 'nal We, Rawsonstreet. He briefly related the oircusustanom to =try, and then Richie McFadyen was sworn. Witness did not wish to give his private address, but to give that of the damaged. 102, Bloometreet, Manchester. He identified the remains at the ldagatine mortuary as those of Charles Bernand Hahn, whose age was about 50 years, and who had carried on business as a shipping merchant, andlived at Oakley Club, Pallowfield. Witness was an old friend of the deceased, had been in business with him for sometk*like six year., and agreed that he be described aa confidential clerk. laat• saw deceased alive at noon on Wednesday. He was in the office they shared when de-. ceased went out. Later &mimed telephoned from the Arta Club for a hat box to be forwarded to him. So far as witness could ascertain deceased left the Club at 5 p.m. aud travelled to livarpool, where he up at the Compton Hotel. The Corona?: Did you receive  rp.ti  A LETTER from. It—Yeo; is it neeemarz to read  aloud, The Ocooner: I don't want to read any-, thiniseceriary to our pooe bere, and our is to ascertain how he came to his h. I will just read the letter over first. Having perused the communication pro, dated by Idcliadyem, lfr. Bete turned tol the jury and remarked I don't think I I than to say that I
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-02-08 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

BRIGHTNESS IN RILLISION REV. JOHN J. WALL AT BRUNOWIOIL  OERTILCH.  Lot Sonday the Bev. Join J. Weil, formerly pastor of Broadside* Clairoh, re000upied his old pulpit preaching morning and evening. and &deleting large congas'sticklers. 11r. Wag hewing made • bon of Mends derinaLbis threo years ministry in Birkenhead. The marmots sermon we/ one eliareeteristie of Mr. Wall's own personality and individuality .and made • grea.t imprep non. It wee a plea for astinaistio and Welt nedigien. Me maid one of the saddest features of ooriontolej life was the incressing prevelenoe of suicide. In the city where he COMO from the Coroner only the etherr day dwelt upon this fact. The roam was not far to seek. This was an age of strenuous competition, business prosimee wain. arild then came .bresiulown. feihue insanity, intcede. There woe another sad factor of today. There were in their large population+ three centingenta There was ther contingent of people woken or es being within the poverty line. People who did not know where theotr nest nasal war to oasis from. This thee" was Oast laig, soutlaiel“ of workers who. if they were out of week for a few weeks, -benne the victims otirnnt and privation.. Thin there was • Was eneat contingent who were in woo oin but wiis UN/ were full of troirletal= stiltedly. It was their duty es Christians to tale some ray of brightnem sad hope into the lives of such. It had been said of our Saviour thrse,lls never moiled. Ho did not believe it. The Saviour's fast miracle vas performed at wedding, and wire the organisers of it got into tight WOO! he helped them out of at. 10 that thia.:4oo might•, go merrily. There was Peat of sunny religion,- in the home 'when they had a smoky chimney, • wet washing clay. nuarreleome children, as when ths seewsat nve notice. In the wornitop, the worinsia &hie ha work olasstfully. putting his knot into it, the roaster bestowisur an maioneill/int word when he wow his aa. doing their duty well. And in the church,. where be often found men behaving as big babies, sulking. tearing the minister because WM amid not have their own way. There were some people who were nothing else bat "wet blankets." The sooner they were table> home to heaven, the better for thenisekves and everybody else. Ths secret of this brightness was to be found in intarcoirso with God. Moses had • von of God—not a imapehot. Another feature ef Mend radiant countenance was that he was
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1879-12-13 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE NORTH-END BEIDEWEI.L.—AN ciorialatati Itoore.—Catherine Scott, a middle-aged woman described as an unfortunate, was brought up in custody to be dealt with as an incorrigible rogue. This was stated to be the 72nd appearance of the prisoner, who had been sent twice to the sessions and had received twelve months imprisonment on two occasions but without working any reform. Mr. Moore prosectited.—P.C. Willoughby stated that ab .nt a quarter past ten o'clock on the evening of the 9th instant he saw the prisoner in Grange-lane. She was drunk and he noticed her stop several men. One man she asked to accompany her down a street but he passed on and took no notice. Witness went after and asked her her name, when she became very violent, and they had to convey her ta btidewell, and strap her on a stretoher. He had known her as a dieordetly prostitute for some yeare.—Mr. Superintendent clarke gave corroborative testimony. He heard the defendant using the most disgusting language.— Martha Trneman stated that she was lacked up on the night in question and was put into the game cell as the prisoner. For a time she was very merry and kept singing, bat about four o'clock witeess, who had fallen asleep, was awoke by a gargling noise, which oroceed from the prisoner, who was lying on her back on the floor. She at once went to her and foiled that she had a handkerchief tied round her neck and fastened to some iron stancheone in the wall. Witness nailed out for assistance, and the handkerchief was out by B.idewell-keeper Glass, who came into the oell.—Mr. Glass now stated that on his going into the mill he found the prisoner supported by the last witnese. She was very black in the floe, and said to him, "Why did you interfere P I will commit suicide." It was stated that whilst in bridewell the prisoner had on two former occasions attempted saioide.—She was remanded till the following day, and when brought up she seemed very ill and fainted away several times —Mr. Preston committed her fer trial at the sessions. THURsDAY. Evil:Min PAYMENT or
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1879-07-05 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CASBB.—The loltowilig oases were disposed Ibis wrek as the Chester Quarter BOSPiOUS : an Taylor, 44,5 tramp, was sent to gaol for six °nib' for so tiling a pair ot toots and three lairs of ippers from William Legge and others, of Birkenso, in the 16th May, 1879; Emma E z,betb needs, aged 31, a oi a, woman, re sidieg ie Prods test to gaol for one month for wounding rah tissue, by striking her with a bar of ire, at gosham, on tee 2tid June; Edwin Foster, aged 1, a mason, residing in Lie, rpool, for stealing en oIIP lot a drake, the property of Richard H dealt, curn.Seacouthe, was also sent to gaol r eye month ; Theme Eccles, a bricklayer, was in to polio,- a won h for stealing wearing apparel lergirg to J.Farrell Lower Bebi gton, in February; aerie° Thomas, A, Birkenhead, for steakng enry-two ealciolarias at Bebirigton, on the 241 e ay, 12 months' hard labour ; Jeremiah Crawley, , tramp, for steeling a pu se containing 15d. at rest Meolse, on the sth June, nine months' prisenment with hard labour; Joseph Mad. ticks, 37, gardener, Birkenhead, for stealing Bert e at Tranmere on the 17th May, one month's proonment, with bard labour; Samuel Hodgkin,, 9, eboemake' r New Brighton, for stealing a turkey L seard on the 15th June, two months imprison. eat, with hard labour; Florence Sobel eld, 24, rectum. Liverpool, for feloniously receiving a it of 72 ODD shawls at Birkenhead on the 17th canary, two menthe' imprisonmei t, with hard • tour; Mary Martin, 29, prostitute, and Sarah oi:omelet, 38, prostitute, also of Liverpool, were cqa tied en the same charge. The bill against lintheth Devanney, 22, eta, woman. Great Neaten, r etealing chair cushion at Great Reston on the th June, was thrown out. “Tim HORRIBLE SUICIDE 07 Mn.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1903-07-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A BIRKENHEAD TRADESMAN.  A very shocking suicide took place on Wed.. esday when a Birkenhead trgdasman named George Appleton, whose place of business was in Argyle-street, committal snicide by ha-4aq. The deceased was a master house painter, who had recently started in business for himself after being 20 years in the employ of Messrs. Snolson, plumbers and painters, of Birkenhead. He started in business for himself about two months ago at 08. Argylestreet. Deceased, it appeared, lived with his brother-in-law, a man named George Bench in Borough-road. Since commencing haziness for himself, deceased, who had always seemed to be of a somewhat mekincholy temperament, appeared to give way more than ever be fits of depression. On Wednesday morning he left his house about 8 am., and went down to -els place of business, calling as usual at Measrs. Shaw and Jones, Market-street, for the key. He did not return to dinner, and his relativee became alarmed and went down to the shop. They found the shop locked and were unable to get in. Fearing that something was wrong, they wont to the office of Mr. Pugh, solicitor, and Mr. Albert Iforworth, a clerk employed there accompanied them back to the shop and the door at the back of the premises was forced in. The decoased was found suspended from the laddc: by a rope, Which was attached te his neck. He had/ apparently been dead for some hours. P.C. 36 A (Cieseen) was immediately summoned end out down the 'body, which was removed to the mortuary in Price-street. Yesterday =ruing the Birkenhead Coroner opened an inquest, whicih was adjourned until Tueeday mutt, in order that medical evidence as to the condition of deaiased's mind might be submitted to the jury.  A nice Preserve at a reasonable price— Glaesey's Honernsede Math Clamed and Apple. Raspberry and Appieror.Strawberry awl Apple, 21b, Jar Ted,
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1903-09-26 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE ITINERANT DENTISTS SUDDEN END.  On Thunaday afteruoon Mr. Peed Holtift (Birkenhead orroner) ,oudatted an tuaulty info the. circumstance% attending ate deati. of the itinertirt dentist named Charke anruhard, whose death was announced a Wednesday's itZllO 0 The. iiirkeuhest News."  Kr. Holden. in- opening the•inquiry, said the .decee.sed m,n Was apparantly about A years of age, had lived [n al cov,eit Cu the Mark .1-squaie, iCi In, wee,. some dentistry or ea:nettling ot that tort. It appeared that- he traa takers ill en Satw• day last. On Monday Dr. tcilkio'i i's called in, and he toned the. ileeeaq,d in 4 collapsed state. Dr. Wilkinson did could lor the man, and had him ieniaved the Boraugh Hospital, wheats he died 4bo:it midday on Tuesday. The !,synipionis were. it 50 severe a natu,e that Dr. Wilk!nsoii hir/self thought the man might tao, if had Mid administered to win rtr., us:so% and asked him on two or three he had taken anything at tk• kind. tin 7 each OCCa9iOn he replied in the While in the hospital, however. 1-.1.,e 'non Wade some remark to the effect th.,t he wondered if ho eculd have been dt,7.7ri• but 01. course they could not tell been the state o: his mind sttsthe sequentiv great pains were taken v,ti:  postmortem examination. with tiir of ascertaining whether tbere w ilt' in the supposition of Dr. A% ikiroj. h' Palmer. who made it. win; co.y: Sod that nothing of the.soio, had but that the., mn died, iron, a very iv,cre attack of dysentery. 'There would 1i... as neces.ity to adjourn ,u•  - . inquirics in fnee of tit, de...tnry, e‘e: Dr. Sidney Wilkinson -;:-tid II  to tio, deeer.eed ma.. 3 ebout eigh o'cleMonday evening. I. iin lirn lying :3 bed in his van in a voliapses I:m3at:en. le had him removed to the _Dr. Palmer eenior hou.,, uir;.  Borongh Hospital) said the tle•x•te."' Wa adraittoi to that in3tit:utieh JO  o'clock on Monday ev‘st,.,,.. pulseless, tieit". and his face blue. Strvehnine. brandy, etc.. were admini 11,1' on the following day at twetoy ic!aute'' twelve. A postmortem ex:turn:vie., that the cans:, ot death wa, acitie and exhaustion. but it was what had set it up. There s,,s uo 1r:0: poison. P.C. 22E gavo evidence of identification. and sa:i deceased man :Jame to Birkenh,io. iI weeks apa. Witness had noticed iro ;•• times under the influent* ni had never heard him threaten Mono,suicide. The deeca,,ed man bid statement to the Marks, Superirtemir: that his father lived in Hunslm-laue.10":• and wa.-.; a pawnbroker. The Leeds roil' had been cormkunic.tted with, MO no had as yet been received. The jury returned a verdict et -1-)e'j• litm natural causes."
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1903-04-15 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  , PRISONER REMANDED.  At the Bit keuhcad Police-court. on Saturday. before Alderman Benedict Jones and Dr. T. 8. Lloyd, Annie Goulding, IVilliarn• street, wee charged with having attempted to ontemit suicide by drinking poison, vu Good Friday. Police-constable 27A. said that about *b.l minutes past five on Friday afternoon he was on duly in Argyle-street, when be was teld he was wanted at 2, William-street, and on going there was informed by Mrs. Moran, prisoner's mother, that prisoner bad bitten a dose 01 insect powder. He questioned prisouer, who said she was Illiberal:le, having lost her husband. Catherine Murata said her daughter Lad lived with her since the death of her husband, and nad been in low spirits lately. Witness was at an office working on Friday, and got home about four o'clock. Prisoner was all right then, but witness went ont in a few minutes, and returning to the house again shortly afterwards found prisoner c-oming in from the back yard with a cup, as if she had been getting El drink of water. However, she afterwards became ill, aud witness dist-livered sortie insect powder in the cup. Prisoner had frequently said she would do away with herself when she had got drink, and had said so as recently as that week. Pour or five years ago she bad attempted to take her lite by taking eye  Pr. Palmer, senior house surgeon at the Borough Hospital, said he bad examined prisoner, arc! found great mental depression, but no symptoms of poisoning at all. He did not know what the insect powder "as composed of, but thought, from what ne had seen in one of the papers, that it oas a solution of gunpowder. Prisoner, in explanation, said the had been fretting a good deal, and thought sha would be better out of the way. Prieoner was remanded for a fortMshi,  Take a Tanh..-I.ilageey!e .1,10,Qu lianuelade, 2lbe. for 71.1,