The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1902-04-12 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SAD SUICIDE OF A ROCK  FERRY YOUTH.  The Borough Coroner, hir. Cecil Holden, lield ea inquiry on Wednesday Mt° &a sircurial:snow connected with the (teeth of Thomas IdoHuiti, aged 21, • ,pkimber's apprentice, of 12, Ohetawolth-road, Rock Ferry, who waa found banging iby a rope from beam in. mortar sited eetsohed te father's business premises, on Tuesday ' morning .at.  Theme's McHugh, a plumber and builder, and father of the deceased, etatd that his eon had enjoyed good health and had never threstimed to take his life. Witnem lest raw him alive at ten o'clock on Bunday morning, the 6th inst. Witness and deceaeed then had a few words. He had been keeping rather iate hours and the previous night, when witness had waited up for him till about one • the demised had not put In en appear aims. Witness told him Abet if he did not keep better hour* he would have to leave. Deceased seemed to have taken the weeds seriously. He went out and did not return home that evening neither did he tarn up for work on Monday morning. Witness con*Med that he hod gone to he uncle's in Bootle, where he maid have obtained work on his uncle wee in the mane line of business se witness. On Tuesday morning, shout seven o'clock, one of his Jobourenk William Lateen, obtained the key of the weak-gaze to the badness promises, which we situated in Haddon-road, *melte the house. I taw manatee afterwarft witness was called to the yard by his wife, end in a. wooden shed covering a mortar pan witness found his win lying on the ground, tieing attended to az P.C. Davies. Re was apparently lifeless and was ihninediately conveyed to the hospital. Witness knew of no further oan.se of trouble th•li that mentioned. William Ledsoni, of 44, Blunberetreet, Tratunere, stated that when be went to the business premiss, he saw an overcoat, collar, and tie in ono of the shed.. On looking into the mortar shed be saw the deceased hanging from • beam, his tow just touching the ground. The noose wee tied by a knot in the beam, which wee not more than a few inches from the Oatmeal's head, Witness went for • poliesoffmer, and the deceased was out down. P.C. Davies stated that he tried to revive the deceased by artificial respiration, but without argil, and Dr. Morrison pronounced life extinct on arrival at the hospital I. H. L. Peereon stated that he Made a post-mortem examination. The usual nine of strangulation were present. The cause of death wee strangulation consequent on hear itinhael Joeeph Larkin, a clerk, of 112, New Oheeter.road, New Ferry, stated that he hat saw the dammed alive on Mond*, morning. Deceased was s friend of his, end the previous day they had been together ond had spent the night in Liverpool, having *hot at Pickup'. Temperance Hotel in Hattosaroad. They stayed in Liverpool because they had missed a suitable thin to Birke.n.' • though it was witahse's intention that ' d should have slept at his lodgings. O4r the Monday morning deid had breakfah with him and they arranged to have dinner at 9 p.m. Deceased to him that he would xiterwarde So to his uncle's in Liver=and obtain work from him and live over Deceased ensued Quito/cheerful and left the house, witnese understood, three minutia after he had gone to work. Deoeseed did not keep hie appointment at two p.m., and witness heard notbAng further of his move.  --.1%; .Coroner .id there Mali no doubt that the demand had hanged bime.lt. The on'Y point the jury had to consider Wee the state of deceased's mind at the time. The jury returned a eerdiot that the deceased °mantled suicide, bat that there tr:e nothing to show the state of his mind when he committed the act.