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The Blackpool Herald. — 1882-09-15 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH  DRINK AT BLACKPOOL.  At the Blackpool Police Court on Wednesday (before Thomas Hoyle, Esq., and the Mayor,) James Davis, alias Short, was charged with being drunk on the previous evening.—Ellis Bell, a young man, visiting at present in blackpool, said that about a quarter to nice o'clock on Tuesday night, he saw the prisoner—who appeared a little intoxicated— undress himself on the hulking, and go into the sea near to the groyne on the Central Beach, opposite the County and Lane Ends Hotel. The tide was at the time rising, but had not reached very far up the groyne. When the man had gone into the water about twenty or thirty yards, witness thought it would be a case of drowning, and he ran into the water after him. With the assistance of others he brought the man out, apparently dead. The man proved to be the prisoner, and he was at once taken to the County and Lane Ends Hotel. Dr. Leslie Jones, the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough, came down to the beach, and also went to the County and Lane Ends Hotel, and brought the man round after being unconscious for some time. Witness obtained a blanket from the County and Lane Ends Hotel to carry the man there with.—ln reply to the Beech, the prisoner said he belonged to Manchester, and was a fishmonger and poultryman out of a job. He arrived in Blackpool on Monday, and slept in Bonny street on Monday night. He said he was very sorry for what he had done.—Mr. Hoyle said the Bench were inclined to treat the case very leniently. Being drunk was no excuse for attempting to commit suicide. He would be fined ss. 6d. and costs, or seven days in the House Correction.—Prisoner had no money, and was accordiogly sent down to the cells. In connection with this case it appears that Dr. Leslie Jones was soon on the spot, as was also Dr. Thompson, Frizinghall,near Bradford,and these two doctors worked hard for the man's restoration,and directed the efforts of the many willing hands that were on the spot. Dr. St. Clair put in an appearance at the hotel, and several members of the local branch of the St. John Ambulance Association also rendered what assistance lay in their power. It was close upon an hour before consciousness was completely restored.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1882-11-17 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

ROBBERY FROM A SAFE AT FLEETWOOD. THREATENIN G TO COMMIT SUICIDE. —A.E the Kirkham Petty Sessions on Monday (before W. H. Bowdler and A. Carson Esqrs.) Thomas Bonar Dickson, bookkeeper and clerk, of 30, Clappen Hill, Old Trafford, Manchester, was charged with stealing £3 12s. 6d. from a safe in the office of the India Rubber Works in Blackiston-street, owned by Mr. Harris Marcus, sometime between the 6th and the 9th inst. Prisoner was employed in the works as bookkeeper, commencing upon his duties on the 6th inst. On that date Mr. Oscar Ferguson, the cashier at.the works, placed 30e. do silver in the safe and locked it up. On the Bth inst. he placed three sovereigns and a half sovereign in the safe, and at that time missed 2s. 6cl. from the 30s. On Monday, the 6th, Ferguson gave Dickson the key of the closet in the back yard. This key was on a bunch, of which the key of the safe was one. On the Bth inst., he gave the keys to Dickson three times, the last time being about six o'clock. After that Dickson went to his tea, taking the keys with him. Ferguson left the place at half-past seven, and returned shortly after eight o'clock. Dickson was then in the office. During the time Ferguson was away, Samuel Davies, manager and cutter at the works, saw Dickson open the safe, and go out and iota the office three times. When Dickson left for the night, Ferguson went into the office and found the keys lying on the desk. On the following morning Dickson said to Ferguson "I have been to Gornall's for some medicine. I had to get 'tick' for a shilling. Will you lend me Is. Ed.?" This Ferguson refused to do. Some time afterwards Ferguson mimed the £3 10s. from the safe, and charged Dickson with taking it, when he said "I never took a penny of yours, or the firm's." He afterwards said "I took it, sad threw the bag away." At halfwit one on the 9th, P.C. Wilson apprehended the prisoner in the works, and charged him with the offence, when he replied "Can I see Mr. Markus, and I will pay him the money all back again. I have some of it, I have sent fl of it to my mother, and bought a tie, two collars, and some medicine with it." On being searched £1 178. Id. was found on him.—After hearing all the evidence, the Bench considered to remand him to the House of Correc. two, until Monday next, when he will be brought to Fleetwood. During the trial prisoner cried bitterly.—On the Bth inst., when Dickson was charged by Ferguson with stealing the money, be pulled out a small jar of phosphor of paste, and said "If you had sent for the officer he would never have taken me out of this place alive," meaning that he would commit suicide sooner than be apprehended. Ferguson, however, took the jar from him.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1882-05-05 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SAD CASE OF SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT FLEETWOOD.  SOMO excitement was created at Fleetwood, yesterday (Thursday), when it became known that a sad case of suicide at the Wyre Dock had been brought to light early in the morning. At 9-50, as a labourer, named John King, was passing round the corner of the dock, opposite the offices, he saw what appeared to be the body of a man floating in an upright position in the water. Decending the steps which lead down to the water, the doubt, which had hitherto prevailed in his mind, was speedily dispelled, for he at once realized that his worst fears had only too much of actual truth to support them. There standing in the water, was the body of what appeared to be a gentleman Of about 50 years of age. He was without his hat, but in every other respect his clothing was in perfect order. King at once procured assistance, and had the body removed to the public mortuas y, to await the inquest, which will probably be held this (Friday) afternoon. There were three boats near the dock steps, one ot which came on to the stones, and in this was found, perfectly uninjured, the hat belonging to the deceased. The unfortunate gentleman was found to be Mr. James Alfred Heaton, 54 years of age, of Mosslane, East, Manchester, and belonging to the firm of J. A. Heaton and Co., described on the business card found in deceased pocket as surveyors, valuers' and assessors of fire losses, ?A Brownstreet, Manchester. It appears that Mr. Heaton has been in low spirits for some time, and on Monday morning last, he came down to Fleetwood to stay with his nephew, Mr. Sharpies, at the house of Mrs. Whiteside, in Kent-street, believing that the change would improve his health. This it appeared to do until Wednesday, when he was again unsettled. At half-past twelve yesterday morning he retired to rest, sleeping in the same room as his nephew. At half-past five the same morning, he was seen by a labourer, named Thomas Archer, running towards the dock, and this appears to be the last oczasion on which he was seen alive. Mr. Sharpies awoke about seven o'clock, and as he missed Mr. Heaton, he at once began to make inquiries. He was told by Mrs. Whiteside, that he had gone out between five and six o'clock, and as Mr. Sharpies presumed that he had gone oat for a walk, he went to look for him. His search, however, was fruitless, as might be expected. Deceased was a widower, and has, we understand resided in Manchester for some time. On the body being searched, 175. 71d. was found in the pockets, besides a silver snuff box, flask which had evidently lately contained brandy, a pocket l knife, pencil, comb, pocket book, and a pair of gloves.  Yanlti
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-05-18 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

TITS.ULTRDER. A.IO SUICIDE AT IzUGHBI;RY. Since Friday the police have succeeded in getting together most conclusive evidence in the sad case of murder and suieide which occurred on Thursday night in Highbury, New-park. It was at first supposed that the actual commission of the crime had been witnessed by no one; but a laundress named Blane, living in the Riversdale-road, and a servant living in the Stradbrooke-road, have now come for. stated that they saw the shots fired. On being taken to see the bodies they identified that of Bullock as that of the aggressor. This evideece, of course, only confirms the overwhelming circumstantial evidence that had previously been obtained. In addition to this, letters and notes written by Bullock have been found, and ,these show clearly that for some time past he had been in a state of mind bordering on insanity. In one letter —a letter written to some of the friends of Miss Muir, who, it seems had been the cause of his engagement with that young lady, being broken off—he alludes to the probability of has committing suicide, and in other papers fonnd in his desk at, home he writes that he "will soon be with Agnes in eternity." Tina latter statement, coupled with the fact that be had never t threatened Clements, his successful rival, in any way, either in his letters or when he met him, as he often used to de do, has created the supposition that when the two met on Thursday night, Bullnek was on hi& way to Highbary-quadraat, where Alias Muir lives,.intemling to shoot first her and then himself; that having by accident met Clements he ,wallied some distance with him; that angry words passed hetween them, and that Bullock, not being aide to restrain his passion, pulled out a revolver, and killed his rival instead of his sweetheart. Intelligence has reached the Vatican that much Irritation has been caused at st. Peter-burg by the Pope's references :to Euseia in his address to the Preach pilgrims. It is feared that diplomatic relations between the two Courts will be suspended. The partisans of ox-President Lerdo do Tejada, of Mexico, are organising a movement against Porfirio Di n, near the American frontier. Washington ia excited over the rumour that an extended till. Watering expeditioa is fitting out in :this country to co-operate with the Lerdode Tejadaparty in Sonora. Me State department declares that the neutrality laws shall be strictly enforced against all such adventures. THE Mfq4lNll
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-07-13 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

THE BATH ACCIDENT.—" We learn that twelve of the injured in the accident held. Annual Policies of the Railway Passengers Assurance Company, by which they are entitled to allowances varying from fifteen shillings to six pounds per week until their recovery. This ,long-established Company, it may be mentioned, has a paid-up Capital and 111. serve Fund of £200,000, as a security to its Insurers, -and an income of upwards of £200,000 a-year. It pail last year £108,767 as compensation for 5,138 caws of fatal and other accidents, and has paid altogethor in this way nearly £1,200,000. An annual pay Tient, so small as to be within the reach of all, sedii,CB a. fixed slam at death, and a weekly allowance in caws of injury by accident, however caused. HOW liable we are all to accidents, in every occupat:mi aini every amusement of life,, is shown every day, and. especially by such a startling occurrence as \hat at Bath."— Wiltshire Time; SUICIDE AT BLACKPOoL.—On Tuesday night st man committed suicide in 13 ickpool. He )v6iit to the Beach Hotel about eight o'clock and ord r 41 a I bed, and after ordering breakfast ,for eight o'clock lin the morning retired to his room. wee heard of him until the morning when, as he di.l not come down, a waiter was sent to waken him Stilt he did not come, and after a lapse of two hours the landlord had the door forced open, atri foe the man lying in a pool of blood on the floor, with a pistol by his side. The pistol had evidently been placed close to the body for the heart was corn. pletely blown away, and there was a large hole one rulddrict also been tliiseir:ewohands through. The right blackened by the powder. Dr. ISt. Clair was sent for, but his services were of course of no avail. The name of the gentleman is Driggs awl he cornea from Weaste, near Manchester. On the same day an inquest was held in the house by Mr. Gilbertson, and evidence to the above effect having been given a verdict of "temporary insanity" was returned.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-07-13 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

TTTLY 13, 1877.  _ plainly to be seen that it will be fraught with the heat of reaulta.  over Mr. Riley, and that they would gladly retuzn to work, but did they do so their names would be ! printed in the monthly report of the Society, as working black, the said report being circulated all over England, and that should they wish to leave Fleetwood it would interfere with their getting a job in any society shop elsewhere. I think it will be semi from the above that there is no dispute between Mr. Riley and his men. •• There is a Society here who wish to rule his establishment, but he is not willing to allow them, believing he can do it much better himself. Then the Society say, if you don't do as we want you we will not allow any men to work for you, and we v4ll do all we can to cripple your trade, by getting the joiners of other towns to refuse to fix your work. If the joiners of Blackpool won't fix the work, joiners of some other —pool perhaps will. The work is being dozily all the same. Mr. Riley has as many men as he requires ; did he want mere there are applications every day. Fleetwood and Blackpool joiners will see their mistake when it is too late.—l am, yours very truly, Fleetwood, 9th July.  The inspection will take place on Friday next, the inspecting officer being Col. Brett, commanding the 15th Depot, Burnley.  AITEMPTED Suicrne.—On iunday last, about six o'clock in the evening, no little commotion was caused on Lytham beach by screams being heard from the water's edge. It was found that a woman was in the water near the pier-end, and a number of persons ran down to her assistance, but had not some volunteers and other persons happened to be close to the scene she would most certainly have been drowned, as the tide was apidlv taking her up the river towards Preston. The would-be suicide was a tidily-dressed female named Balshaw, and is at present lodgiug in Henry-street, where she was taken when got out of the water. The case of her rash act was that she had quarrelled with her husband, who was on the promenade at. the time.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-10-12 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

THE CASE OF SUICIDE AT ST. ANNES.. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY. The adjourned inquest upon the body found on the eea shore near St. Anne's on Sunday week, WAS held at the Talbot Inn, Lytham, on Friday evening, by Mr. Alderman Gilbertson, the district coroner. —Mary Shoemaker, wife of Charles Shoemaker, of 24, Barlow-street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, sugar baker, said: I saw the description of the deceased in the aewspapers, and on Wednesday morning I went to Lytham. I saw the body, and identified it as , Augustus Frederick Kahler, a labourer at Mr. \Leach's sugar warehouse, Liverpool. He worked amongst the charcoal in the refinery. Doceased lived with me for ten weeks. He was twenty-seven years of age. Deceased left our house on Friday morning about 20 minutes past 11 o'clock, and then. he had on the same clothes I saw with him here. He had also with him the umbrella produced. He bade us "good bye," but we expected him -back to pay for his lodgings. He had given me notice that he was leaving us at the week end to go back to Germauy. He went out then to see what time the train left for Hull, leaving his working clothes at our house, and a coat, waistcoat, and trousers, and two round hats. He said he was going back to Germany because his young lady had on Thursday refused his offer of marriage, and he did not care to stop in the country any longer. Daring the last two or three weeks he talked about his love matters, and seemed very downhearted about it. I talked ta him a great deal, and said he roust not be foolish. He listened. to me very attentively, but my words did not seem to make any impression. Usually, he wasa quiet and reserved young man. After Friday morning I never saw him again. Since he left I have found in his box which he left, a box of cartridges. I saw him with a pistol, though I have heard him say to my husband he never fired a gun in his life. When he was at the Baths on Friday morning I went into his room, and I saw he bad commenced a letter. I could only see "My dear Miss Kirwen." On the Friday I found a letter addressed to me. Deceased was at Kirxvan's publichouse after he left my house, but 1 believe he did not see Miss Lizzie, but simply drank a glass of bitter beer and walked out.—The coroner, in summing up, said the body had been interred since the last inquiry. The jury had to decide how the deceased had come by his death.—The coroner having summed up, the jury found that the deceased had committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind.  EPPS'd
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-09-28 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A shocking tragedy took .place in the seventh ward of New York, on Wednesday, the 12th instant. A young man named Edward Newman, aged 27, had been keeping company with a young woman named Catherine Hayes, 21, for the past three years. They worked together in Ladd's salt works, at No. 44,1 Tomkins-street, for some time. Early on Wednesday evening Newman accompanied Miss Hayes to the house of Miss Turner, in Gouverneur-street, and they stayed there until half-past ten o'clock. They stood at the front door talking until 11-15. Then, it seems, for no one but themselves witnessed what occurred, Newman drew a knife and struck it deep into the girl's neck on the left side, the knife going down towards the heart. The girl screamed, 'Let go my hand !" ran up the first flight of steps into the house, and attempted to also ascend the second flight, but fell and expired in a few moments. A lady on the third floor heard the girl's screams, and ran down and stumbled upon her prostrate body. Just as she reached it Edward Newman came staggering in, and saying, "They may take me too ' • I also am dying," fell down beside the girl he had , just murdered and clasped her in his arms. New- I man was found to be very dangerously wounded. He had stabbed himself in precisely the same way in which he had stabbed the girl, and with the same knife. He was taken to Chambers-street Hospital, and was not expected to live. No cause I is assigned for the act. The young lovers appearedl to all their acquaintances to be happy, and it is not known that there was any cause for jealousy on the I part of Newman. What conversation took place at Miss Turner's front door was not heard by anyone.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-05-04 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

MARTON.  SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.—On Friday, an inquest was held at the Cherry Tree Gardens Inn, Marton, on the body of Elizabeth Woods, who committed suicide.—Grace Woods, wife of Richard Woods, farmer, Little Marton, said the deceased was a single woman, was 55 years of age, and her sisterin-law. She had lived with the witness for the past two months. She last saw her alive on Wednesday morning last, when she left her alone in the house about half-past seven o'clock in the morning. Her husbaad was at work in the garden at the time, and witness went to Blackpool' returning at one o'clock. She went upstairs, and found the deceased lying on her face in a pool of blood on the floor of her bedroom. Witness and her husband went and fetched a neighbour, named Harrison, but they did not touch the deceased, who had been low spirited for the past few weeks, often complaining of pains in her head. Witness knew nothing which would be likely to cause the deceased to commit suicide. She went for the police, and on arriving, they lifted her up, and found that her throat was cut. She had grasped in her right hand a razor.—P.C. Currie said that on Wednesday last, he went to the house of the last witness, and found the deceased lying on her face on the bedroom floor. She was lying in a large pool of blood, and on turning her over he found that there was a deep cut across her throat. A. rater was grasped tightly in her right hand. There was no marks of any struggle, and deceased's cap and shawl were on the bed. There were no marks on the body except a slight bruise on her right cheek. He saw Richard Woods in the kitchen, and there were no marksoof blood on his clothes. He was an  , One  imbecile, and could not give an account of anything. —The jury returned a verdict that deceased had committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1877-07-06 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

DOUBLE LAUNCH AT THE SHIPYARD.—On Saturday the Barrow Iron Shipbuilding. Company launched from their yard a screw steam yacht and sailing yacht. The former was named "Army," and has been built for Mr. N. Stewart, of Torquay, and the latter was named "Cruiser," and has been built to the order of the Earl of Eglingtou and Wilton. The "Army" received its name from Miss Fell, and the "Cruiser" glided into the water after receiving her name from the Hon. Mrs. Vernon. The "Army" is a splendid craft, and is of almost similar build to the Margaret, recently constructed by the same company for Mr. Jameson, of Dublin. She was launched with her engines and boiler completely fitted, and she is expected to be ready for sea. The "Cruiser" is not built as a racing craft, but she is a fine substantial yacht, possessing qualities which suit her for all kinds of weather, while her internal fittings and arrangements are such as to provide the greatest comfort and accommodation to those whose fortune it may be to journey in her. The "Cruiser" is the first craft ever constructed in wood by the Barrow Iron Shipbuilding Company, but we think the efficient way in which the work has been done will induce a fair trade in this department in the future.  SUICIDE BY HArroxbro.—On Saturday an inquets was held at the house of Mr. D. Mc.Keddie, Washington Hotel, Salthouse, on the body of Mr. John Pape, who up to his death on the previous day was employed by the Furness Railway Company on the docks at Barrow. From the evidence adduced it appeared that deceased had been in a low desponding way for some time, but had always followed his work. About a quarter to nine o'clock on Friday night deceased came home under the influence of drink. His wife asked him what he would have for supper, and he replied that he thought a rope would serve him best. Shortly after this he went to the closet in the yard, and as he remained there for a long time his wife went to see what he was doing. She found him hanging by the neck with a cord tied to a spar on the top of the closet. She took a knife from her pocket and cut him down, and immediately sent for Dr, Allison who came to the place, but life was then extinct. A verdict that deceased had committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind was returned by the jury.