The Poole Telegram. — 1883-09-28 (Poole, Dorset, England)

ATTEMPTED BUICIDE FROM THE BOURNEMOUTH PIER.  Oa Friday, at 's epeelel petty session, held in the bout& room of the Town Hall, Itotirnemouth, before Mr. R. Stephens, Jamse 'florsre Beech was brought up on remand charged with 'hiving attempted to commtt suicide on Monday, the 17th inst. The prisoner resided in Oxfurd-roati. B turneruouth, with his wife but has , since biers reduced to a stato of great dept;fratiou.— G,orge Barrow, boatman, stilted that on Monday afternoon about half-past two he went to the stops of the landing stage to +•.ke three ladies and a gentleman into his Loot. Just as the ladies were about to step in, he Raw the prisoner deliberately jump from the upp3r deck of the pier into the sea. Witness saw another man with I boat nearer to him, and called out to him to rescue the man. He succeeded in doing so.—Joseph Reckford, soother boatman, said he saw the prisoner jump or fall from the upper deck of the pier, about ten yards from the landing stage. Witness was stapling on the belch at tht3 time. He rustled into the water, and as be was approaching Bye rattr he sarsta man named Mundy comag_threeeh from the other sdo of the pier. Witoces Med out tO Mindy, and the latter pulled the prisoner into the boat. Witness afterwards took him in hir arms, oirrieil him ashore, and laid him on the sands. Witneas ask t d prisoner "whether he had hail a fit 'and he rtpli3d "no tit at all, I did it intentionally." Witnoas afterward& took him up to one of the tut's, and prisoner then said : "1 eh intd like to see a policeman; I want to be taken care of" Witness said to him : "I think a drop el brandy would do you more Aped than a policeman just now," and sent for some, which prisoner drank. Afterwards, he said that if a policeman was not sett for he should go and dolt lie had not hadanything to eat(he added) for font- days, and he had been tinned out of his lodgings that morning by his lani lady, who had be n very unkind t i hies. Witness then took him t e the eabman's shelter, and roderel some coffee and bread and meat for him. He than swain itekel him if ho wanted to sue • policemen' and ers he still said he did he handed him over to P.S. Ayres, woom he met just outside.—By the prisoner : He might have said that he had had no "meet" for four days; hut he under stood him to sly "nithing to eet."—Sergt. Ayres stitod that immediately he went to the cabmen's shelter prisoner handed him a p per, containing the followins " Mrs. J. G. Betel), 0, Barfield-street. Hammeromith : My dear wife's .address. Through starvation and the permectition of my landlady I have ctmmitted suicide." Witness told trim it was a very serious off3nce, anti took him into cuatudy. After allowing him to finish Lis food (is he &Mewed to be in an i xbaueted stele), he called a cab, and took him to the pelice-station. On the way he said he had had no food t r two doys. Subsequee.tly at the polioesstation 11)d. in money was found on him • also an otuistilod WA from hio landlady tor di. t3d. 'Prima  :stated allat be had e•.shillion Clvsn—hlm. in the morning. alai tha :Ilea.. Chanel Out 01 Ltur,mlo.: tuta.a., ii asked it he hoi any statement to 1411 .t pgitioner at first said thrt kid. Immediate yli:gtsgeraida (ma becoming aware that he' W., Mild be ,cmirriltted to the seredorm) be got,vqty.o*c_itqd;fleedirngd tkat it ents,rr gross crnelty. that hoMati halt Speed, And ghat,. 40 had out! the imthing t! trlculao house. and t it Was laarturruns trartmeut. jgt thte point eu down, psntk ; amd,-41014,Aurniug Ara las wife (who Wes Vote behind), Imonne,still mom. excited than before. end—Po Pflug t 4 14.0--ftakort " what was to become of her—who was to sup)) art her—she sot a ferthing even to take her back. Tlivasting hi. boad ii Li* bands, he continua itk.lk ropid ant fi Witt (I. 40P4U111*. to condemn the " cruelty " of tao uourse abou.w. tel .1.1 r adopted and hawing again &white it- both wens." exklaisned "Would to Gad that ail such magistrates weru, swept off the bench t" To policemen t`ton ftupphrto tho •prisonew out of court.—Re waked that likknalght hat 'awed -to is his wife. but was inform...l that he weanuj ho ellowed to see her at the pAtoesstation.