The Warwickshire Herald. — 1899-12-07 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

GENTLEMAN'S SAD SUICIDE. I Mr. A. Braxton Hicks has held an inquest on the body of Harry Arnold. a gentleman of independent means, of 73, Lavender-hill, Clapham-junction. Ho got up about half-past eight on Thursday morning, and shortly afterwards several reports were heard. They were at first taken for the explosion of fogsignals on the adjacent railway. Subsequently,however, terrible groans were heard, and the deceased was found lying on a couch in his sitting-room with blood pouring from him. He was just expiring. His right hand tightly clenched a revolver,containlug tat,* loaded cartridges and three recently discharged ones. Medical aid and the police were quickly summoned. The doctor found that Arnold had shot himself four times in the stomach and once in the mouth, though the latter wound was not a , serious one. The police discovered two empty ' cartridge cases in his coat pocket.—lt was evident, the coroner said, that the deceased reloaded the revolver (a five-chambered one) after shooting himself twice, and hat then discharged three more shots into his body. It was an extraordinary case. —The widow said the deceased had a leg amputated three years ago, and. he had saffered in his head since. He had worried greatly over small things. He had said he was tired of lite and wished he were deacl.—The medical attendant said Arnold was a self-torturing, worrying man.—The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst of onsound mind.  ANOTHER " M ASSAG E " SCANDAL Mr. Plowden for the third time had before him, at Marylebone Police-court, on Monday, a summons issued against Madame Eva Sinclair, living at Culworth-street, St. John's Wood, charging her with having in March last procured a girl, named Florence Tredaway, aged seventeen, of Grafton House, Grafton-street, for immoral purposes.—The girl's evidence was that the defendant stopped her in Tottenham Court-read in the middle of the day in March last, and asked her if she would like to learn manicure and chiropody, as the witness had a good complexion that would be a good advertisement for the facial treatment given to ladies. The defendant took witness to 2, Upper Spring-street, and aft 'r some conversation wrote a letter to Mrs. Tredaway, which the girl took home. The next morning she went to the defendant's house again, and, aft r being there a short time, the defendant said she would shew her her duties, and took her into a bedroom, where she found a gentleman. The defendant left the room and locked the door. In consequence of the action of the gentleman witness escaped out of the room through the folding doors, and, finding the defendant its-the kitchen, complained of the conduct of the gentleman. The defendant made light of the matter, and called her "foolish," adding that it was only a "lark." After about ton days another gentleman came to the house, and defendant directed her to go to the room he was in, adding, "don't be foolish this time." The witness did as directed. The defendant assured her that only ladies would come there in the future; but, as a matter of fact, gentlemen "often visited there, and witness had to attend them." The "fees" received were handed to the defendant. She did not go home, as she was afraid to tell her mother all that had happened. Chiropody and manicure were supposed to be carried on, but the word "massage" had been on a brass plate at the front door. In the end the defendant turned her out because she did not hand over all the money received. Chief-Inspector Shannon detailed what took place in September last, when Mr. Tredaway and his daughter went to the police and lodged a complaint against the defendant. Madame Sinclair was arrested and brought to the court. Mr. Plowden discharged the accused. The father of the girl being dissatisfied with that decision had instituted the present proceedings.— The summons was adjourned to call evidence for the defence.