npedrazzini/19thc_murder_suicide_news huggingface dataset:
Widnes Examiner. — 1892-09-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE SUICIDE AT PRESCOT.  An inquest was held en Saturday at the Derby Arms Jon, Eccleston-street, Prescot, by Mr. S. Brighouse, county coroner, on the body of. Edward James, forty years of age;., upholsterer, Moss-street, Prescot. The sister-in-law, named Hutchin, identified deceased, who, though addicted to drink, had been pretty steady during the past six months, and appeared a late anxious on account of his wife' health.—J. Cawley, barman of the Derby Arms, said deceased called on Thursday afternoon at half-past one and had a bottle of cider. He was sober, and, after drinking it, went out, returning in about five minutes. He called for a ginger beer, and asked to see Thomas Gore, for whom he paid far a pint of beer.—Thomas Gore, labourer, said that whilst talking together he saw deceased put something into his glass, at the same time saying, " I'll show you how to take salts." His attention was called away, and he heard vomiting in the ! yard. On going there he saw it was deceased, who said he would be all right in a few minutes. He after that saw him lying in the washhouse. He knew deceased for three years in St. Helens. He was a steady man.— Mr. Beaumont, licensee of the Derby Arms, said he was called to see deceased in the washhouse. Deceased told' him he felt faint. He took him a glass of water, and sent for Drs. Green and Hall. On going back to the bar he picked up a paper labelled " Oxalic acid," together with some grains of acid.—Agnes Jones, fourteen years of age, residing with her sister at Harrison's drug stores, Eccleston-street, said deceased came to the shop at a quarter to two, and asked for two ounces of oxalic acid to clean brasses, for which he paid 21d. She told him toe careful, as it was poison. In answer to the coroner she said he did not look drank. She served in the absence of the manager, who was at dinner.—Mr. Joseph Dixon, manager for Messrs. P. and W. Harrison, St. Helens, of their branch at Prescot, said he had been qualified thirty-seven years, but could not tell if the Sale of Poisons Act specified who could or could not sell.— The Coroner advised him to get a copy of the Act, and read it at once.—The jury returned a verdict GE" suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind."  The petition by ?dr. Philip Callan against 'he return of Mr. T. M. Healey, M.P. for North Louth, ' 3 fallen to the ground, the requisite security tirlaving hien lodged. A large fishing boat has been Jund drifting off Ishoma, which contained 30 d'5Y bodies. It is sup. posed that all the deaths oceurked frottl eating shell. fish. ,
Widnes Examiner. — 1892-02-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LORD SALISBCRI: AT EXETER.  Lord Salisbury, speaking at a Unionist demonstration at Exeter Hall on Tuesday night, said the Government were summoned to judgment, but had not been told what was the issue upon which the trial must take place. The Radicals were making all sorts of promises at the expeese of the farmer and the squire, and also at the expense of the Eighth Commandment. Many causes had been at work to improve the condition of the labouring classes. Trade and industry had been encouraged by scientific discovery ; and the new Poor-law, in contrast to the old, had done much good, one of its lessons being that a man should, if possible, depend upon his own efforts. The only lasting benefit a statesman could confer upon a poor man was to give him ample opportunity for the exercise of his moral , and intellectual qualities, and this opportunity the Goverment had afforded in free education, which ha considered far better than the most lavish gifts the State could offer. He spoke with disfavour of parish councils, which would be certain to increase the rates ; hut said he should Probably be responsible for creating district councils. He looked upon Mr. Chamberlain's scheme of insurance, if it could be carried out, as a hopeful method of alleviating the condition In the aged poor ; and said he was anxious to multiply the small properties in the country, fon he thought small holdings and the creation of yeomen the strongest bulwark against revolutionary change. Ireland remained the burning question of the hour. It was the fate of Ireland that the general election, and possibly the next and the next after that, would be called upon to decide. He doubted whether the Radical Opposition had made up its mind as to what it would do on the Irish question, pointed out what he considered the dangers and perils of separation. and urged Conservatives and Unionists to sink all minor differences and fight persistently for the unity of the empire.  At Ilarlesden Police Court, on Thursday, a woman was charged with attempting to commit suicide and to murder her three children. They were all found in bed in the night apparently dead,but emetics Were promptly administered, and all recovered consciousness on Thursday morning.  KAY'S TIC PILLS, specific in Neuralgia, Face-ache, 91th and 13id. ; postage iii. Of all Chemists--Ackt. Da. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFFRS instantly relieve and rapidly cure Coughs, Asthma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Colds, Pains in the Chest. Phlegm, Shortness of Breath, Rheumatism. &C. Mr. Lister, 93; Dewsbury, Road, Leeds, writes ''l have known and ~Id Dr. Loci)ek's Wafer, for years, and all my customers speak highly of them.' To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing , and strengthening the voice. they have a pleasant taste. Price is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 61„ and jie. per box, Sold by all Medicine Vendors.--ildvt. (3)  STOP ONE MOMENT X "Oil! DEAR, DOCTOR, MUST my X DARLING DIE ? " THERE IS VERY LITTLE HOPE, BUT TRY TUDOR WILLIAMS' PATENT BALSAM OF HONEY, Which is winning repute for the Relief and Cure of
Widnes Examiner. — 1892-09-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

EIENRY BENT.—Henry Bent, farmer, Burtonwood, came up for his preliminary examination. His gross liabilities are £834 es.Bd.,and the deficiency £294 138.1 d. The official receiver's observations on the bankruptcy 'are I_—The bankrupt filed his own petition, and at the date of the receiving order there were four County Court summonses pending against him, and other County Court actions had been commenced; and a distraint for rent had been levied. Since 1887 ,he has been a tenant 0 Hall-lane Farm, Bnrtonwood, which he entered without capital. He admts that he first knew of his insolvency about 2years ago, though nearly all his present liabilities are mainly for loans ; the remainder are for goods. The bankrupt admits that he kept no books of account whatever, and alleges that in conseqtv-,nee he is unable to account for the deficiency beyond Ovine estimates of the losses he has sustained by the failure of crops, by the death of live stock, and by the forced sale of his property and effects in bankruotcy.—The bankrupt was subjected to a lengthy examination by Mr. Patter, the assistant official receiver, and in the course of this he stated that after finding himself insolvent he continued business because he thought hesaw his way cl ar to paying off his creditors and if he had had an average crop last year •he could 'have done so, but the crops were damaged by the weather both that and the previous year.  A young man named Rogers became entangled in the machinery at Mr. Williams's leather works, Romsey, on Monday morning, and was killed. A suicidal mania is prevalent at Trieste, and in the past ten diys 16 persons have takf n their lives. Most of the suicides were due to love affairs or to mental cUrangement caused by the great heat.
Widnes Examiner. — 1892-04-02 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WARRINGTON INFIRMA.RY AND DISPENSARY.  The Honorary Secretary to the Hospital Sunday Committee (Mr. F. W. Monks) desires to acknowledge with thanks the collections made on Sunday week, as follows:  1892 1891 £ s. d. £ s. d. Cairo-street Chapel 36 15 0 36 12 0 Parish Church Holy Trinity Church l2 13 10 12 4 9 St. Paul's Church lO 710 11 0 7f Grappenhall Church Latchford. Christ Church , 9 0 0 815 8 Bold-street Wesleyan Chapel 8 6 9 8 0 0 Lymm Parish Church Great Sankey, St. Mary's 7lO 6 418 0 Winwick, Parish Church 615 8 4 0 0 Padgate, Parish Church 5 3 6 319 0 Bewsey-road Wesleyan Chapel Society of Friends St John's Presbyterian Church 3 3 0 3 0 0 Academy-O. Chapel Wash-lane Baptist Chapel Latchford St. James's Churah 2 12 2 2 2 11 Lvnim Wesleyan Chapel . Padgate Wesleyan Chapel Lymm, Higher-lane Baptist Chapel 2 5 6 2 4 6 Orford Church 2 4 0 2 4 6 St Peter's Penketh, Wesleyan Chapel 2 0 0 217 8 Golborne-street Baptist Chapel Burtonwood, St Michael's Legh-street. Primitive Methodist Chapel 110 0 19 0 Latchford, St Mary's B.C. Church Workingmen's Mission, Bank Quay Buckley-street Chapel All Saints' Mission Risley, Presbyterian Church Sankey Bridges, Wesleyan Chapel 1 0 0 1 6 5 Stockton HPath, Providence Chapel Welsh Church 10 0 Ragged School ---£lBl 107 1._._62 14_9_  A daring burglary was perpetrated on Saturday morning at the house of Mr. Henrique, Broughton, Manchester, jewellery and money to the value of £3OO being stolen. Mr. J. H. Ferris, solicitor, Trur9, committed suicide on the grave of his wife on Saturday by blowing out his brains. The deceased had been much depressed since the death of his wife two months ago. The Hargreave jewels, for the theft of which Mrs. Osbmrne now lies in gaol, were on Monday sold by auction at Christie's, London, the total sum realised being £1,076. , • • .a 4 1411 AminikA4 maw
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-11-03 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ADAPTABIIITY OF SPIDERS.  M. A. Locaillon has p'ublished in the Revue Srientifique a series of articles on the instincts and mental development of the spider. On the whole he is not satisfied that they attain a very high degree of perfection, except in what are called their instincts—i.e., the phenomena of adaptation which they present. • We cannot say that the -spider is exactly what one would call an engaging creature. It is easily excited to passion, and this often proves its undoing. To catch the tarantula in Nicaragua a string with a ball of soft wax at the end is lowered into its hole. The spider resents this intrusion on its privacy, and buries its formidable jaws in the wax, to its own destruction. The trap-door spider of New Zealand can always be teased by a straw into doing battle. This creature has been accused of suicide, for it is often. found to have deliberately sealed up its nest and to have Ili& perished with its young. Fear seems to produce in the spider a kind of bewllderment.• Thus in fleeing from the foraging ant the Nicaraguan spiders will run, not away from, but straight towards their enemies. They seem to have an odd diversity of attitude to certain kinds of food, Thus it has been noticed thai one spider will refuse to eat a certain butterfly which another will greedily do. ,our. In some countries it is so sensitive to atmospheric influences that it takes the place of a barometer. Intelligence, industry, ingenuity, perseverance, and cunning they shew in 'a marked degree. Some can make bolts for their doors, and others construct a self-acting hinge. They know when their web has been weakened, vat.; its structure with its position, test its security, and make the necessary repairs. The power of adaptation to special circumstances as they arise is very notable in the Archnida.
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-06-09 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

BABY CARRIAGES. Latest patterns.—J. S. GARLAND, 51, Bridge-street, Warrington.—Advt. Cricket --Warrington v. Preston. Played at Preston on Thursday. The visitors had only a weak team, and they had also the misfortune to lose the services of Thewlis who was compelled to retire after bowling three overs.. Score : Preston 193 for 5 (inniags declared) Warrington 105 for G. ' STILL LEADING, the "HERALD" KITCHEN RANGES and " PEVERIL," FIRE GRATES Sole Agent.—J. S. GARLAND, 51 to 55, Bridge-at., Warrington.—Advt. . Music in the Park. The Borough Brass Bind will play the following , programme in th 6 park on Sunday : —Hymn, " Egremont," J. A. Gteenwood; March "Australasian " W. Rimmer ; overture, "John 0. Gaunt, " W. 'Zimmer; selections," Spohr," H. Round; selections, "Satanella," M. W. Balfe ; fantasia " The Foresters Feast," A. Calvert; "God save the King " ; conductor, Mr. T. Griffin. LAWN TENNIS, CROQUET, and other outdoor sports.—J. S. GARLAND, 51,Bridge-st.—Advt. Death of an Active Service Volunteer. One of Warrington's active service volunteers ,passed away on Monday in th,e person of Mr. William Heesom, an ex-private of the Ist V. B. South Lancashire Regiment. The deceased had only been ill a very short time, the cause of death being penumonia. He joined the Volunteer battalion in February 189 i and in 1000 he went out to South Africa with the first contingent under Major Appleton. On returning he received the Queen's medal for active service together with four clasps insCribecl :—Cape Colony', Laing's Nek, Orange Free State, and Transvaal. He left the battalion in 1902. The funeral took place quietly at the Cemetery on Thursday afternoon. PREMIER CYCLES, 7,8, 10, 12 and 14 guineas Cash or 18 monthly payments. Sole agent, J. S. GARLAND, 51, 53 and 55, Bridge-st.—Advt. Warrington Woman's Suicide. Honour Woods, wife of Jno. Woocls,l2, Dolman'slane, committed suicide early on Wednesday morning. Shortly after nine o'clock a lodger named John Golden, who had been working all night, was retiring to bed when he found her body hanging from the bedroom door. P.C. Wise was called in and the body was at once cut down but life was extinct.
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-04-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

PUBLIC BENEFIT, UNDER THE CLOCK FOR BEST BOOTS IN LANCASHIRE.—Advt. Death from Laudanum Poisoning. At the Police Station, on Saturday, Mr. S. Brighouse, County Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of John Lloyd, fortynine, mechanical engineer, 43, Legla-street, who died at the Warrington Infirmary on Friday from opium poisoning.—The evidence showed that deceased on Wednesday retired to bed in his usual health At seven o'clock neat morning his wife got up to attend Co her household duties, leaving him in bed in a deep sleep. Half an hour later she tried to rouse him, and toeing unable to do so sent for medical assistance, and deceased was removed to the Infirmary. In the pocket of his jacket, which was hanging on the bed rail, was found a small bottle containing laudanum Deceased, Mrs. Lloyd stated, was a sufferer from cramp and sleeplessness, and had been in the habit of taking the drug for the past fifteen years. He was rather low-spirited on account of being out of work, but had never threatened to take away his life.— In answer to the Coroner Mrs. Lloyd said her husband could take thirty drops of laudanum in one dose. —The Rev. W. Bracecamp, vicar of St. Paul's, said deceased had been out of work, and for some time had been practically starving. The laudanum would, therefore, take a greater effect upon him.—The Coroner pointed out that there was no evidence to show that [deceased intended to commit suicide. The habit of 'taking laudanum was a very seductive one, and some who formed the habit could with impunity take as much laudanum as would kill an ordinary individual. If the deceased had not had much food his system r would not be able to stand the drug as well as it might otherwise do. A verdict of" Death from misadventure " was returned.—At the close of the inquest the Coroner handed Mrs. Lloyd 355. from the poorbox, and the jury also made a collection on her behalf.
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-02-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE JUDGE INTERPOSES. After hearing evidence, the judge was supplied with a cony of the statement made by old Mrs. Drury to the Chief Constable of Warrington before the Police Court proceedings. An officer, on his lordship's direction, had been despatched to Warrington for the document. His Lordship referred to a statement in the depositions of the mother-in-law taken before the magistrates to the effect : " Tarn sure she (theprisoner Drury) said she took it (the child) into the other room and strangled it," and compared it with the statement taken down by the Chief Constable. In this latter statement the mother-in-law said : " I think Alicia Drury said, •S‘ I strangled it,' but lam not sure." His lordship went on to quote some passages which had been interpolated by the Chief Constable in the statement as follows : "I am not sure of any of Alicia Drury's words being the exact words used by her, but they are as near as my memory serves me. I am sixty-one years of age. My son committed suicide on the 25th September, and I have not been the same in mind since, I have brooded over it night and day. I have been very depressed, and still am depressed." His lordship said he could not discover when these passages had been interpolated. They were written in the margin. He felt he must comment very strongly on the way the Chief Constable had done his work. He ought to have had proper paper on which to write out such a statement. It was most iniquitous, too, that the statement had been kept back. It ought to have been brought out before the magistrates as to what the mother-in-law's feeling was. Mr. Foard remarked that anything his lordship said would receive duo consideration. The Chief Constable was ill, and was unable -to attend the trial that day. His Lordship said that might be, but it was no excuse for what he had done. Mr. Madden said the prisoner Waterworth was in bed when the child was buried in the pantry. She had nothing to do with the disposition of the body,although she was told of the burial afterwards. The other prisoner. Drury, had been deceived by her husband, and refused to touch the child of shame. The whole process of burial was carried out by Alfred Drury. Counsel asked the jury to believe that the prisoners had suffered enough already in endeavouring to protect the man who had betrayed both of them, and to say that the case for the prosecution had not been made out. "A
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-09-15 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

BOY'S ATTFMPTED SUICIDE.  At the Daresbury Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. J. C. Parr (in the chair) and other magistrates, George Coulson, 16 years of age, was charged with having on the 29th August, at Stockton Heath attempted to commit suicide. by throwing himself in the Bridgewater Canal.—Frederick Hayes, of 17, Cawdor-street, Stockton Heath, stated that ke was a member of the firm of Hayes Bros., bakers, dru. The prisoner had been in their employ four months. On the 29th August they had occasion to speak to him about some offence he had committed. Witness's brother took him into the stable yard, and sent for the lad's mother, but in the meantime Coulson ran away and jumped into the canal. They got him out, when the prisoner asked, " Why didn't you let me drown? Let me drown myself." His mother took the lad home.—The father said his son was nearly 16 years of age. He was brought before that Court nearly two years ago for stealing. It was in a fit of temper that he threatened to throw himself in the canal. —Superintendent Ennion said that since that time the lad had threatened to throw himself through a window. —The father said that no later than Snuday his son threatened "to do away with himself," He had had him locked up in a bedroom for four days, and had taken his clothes away from him.—The Acting Clerk (Mr. F. G. Taylor) : You will not take any responsibility with reference to the boy, I suppose ?—The Father: No, sir; I would sooner leave him in your hands, so do what you think will be best for him.—The Chairman: And the mother, has she no control over him?—The Father: Not the least.—The Bench remanded the boy. for :1 week in custody, and during that time an inquiry will be made as to the condition of his mind.  Thirty passive resisters were before the Alarket Harborough magistrates on Tuesday. After consultation, the Bench intimated that in view of the West Riding judgment they had decided to adjourn all the cases for six months.
Widnes Examiner. — 1906-09-08 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

GREAT BANK ROBBERY. CLERIC AND LADY IMPLICATED. FLIGHT OF THE WOMAN.  Even if she had read it she would never have guessed that the clerk was Arthur Esmond, and that the woman referred to was herself, Daisy Graham*. . .  ' Al Messrs. Short and Sklarp's they offered to put her name on their books for the modest sum ,of a guinea. The gentleman who offered to do this generous act was oily haired and glib of tongue. Daisy had been undecided as to "'nether she liked or disliked little Mr. Oppenheim; she was not in the least undecided about Mr. Short. She didn't like him at all. She left without parting with her money, fortunately, and took her way along the !Strand towards Somerset House. She passed Somerset House and walked half way across Waterloo Bridge. Then she stopped and gazed at the muddy, river flowing in sinister and snaky eddies past warehouses, barges, buildings, :and the misery' and wealth of London to be lost for ever in the sea. A [great depression had came upon her, spirits, everything seemed so hopeless and London was so gigantic, so merciless, so deaf. She made several more attempts that afternoon to obtain employment without success ; people seemed to look upon her with suspicion ; she was too well dressed, in fact, to be looking for a situation.  At dusk, weary and footsore, she was standing by the Serpentine. She had no purpose of suicide in her mind, but she was in that condition of despair with everything that the slightest tip of the balance would have made her rush into the water and end at once her misery and her life. The troubles of the day had been bad enough; the dark and dreadful future was bad enough. Then suddenly she recalled Arthur's words at their last parting, his protestations of love:  "My God," she cried, "have pity on me," and drawing a deer long breath she turned, wearied of life, wearied of all things, towards the chill and darkening water.