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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-08-27 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUIOIDE. DRIVEN TO DESPERATION BY TROUBLE.  Before Ilassre. J . Pennock and .1. W. P. Laird. at the Borough Pcdice Court on Wednesday =arming, a man named Henry Thompson, of Carnfortlietreet. was charged ' with having attempted tocommit suicide by carting hie throat with a table knife on the sth inst.  A woman named Annie liughes, of W. Carriforth-etreet. stated that at 12.45 midday on the sth inst. she was called by prisoner's wife. After a few minutes ehe went into her house, and afterwarods into the yard, where she saw priestlier cutting his throat with a bode. lie wee in a &eroding poeition, and was holding his hand in order to catch the Wait Manias from his throat. Nobody otfering to go for assistance. witneas herself went for a policeman.  P.C. 24E (Mitchell) depcsed that at 12.55 mid-day on the day mentioned he went to Prisoner's .hoime. arriving there ae he wee being taken to the hospital. In a closet at the rear be found the knife (which WaG Produced) lying in a pool of blood. Prisoner had been taken to the bridenrell that morning when with charged hian with the offence, in answer to which he made no  rePIY. Hubert Beasley, fireman, mid that receiving • call to prisoner's house at one o'clock mid-clay on the date mentioned he proceeded there on his bicycle, when he found prisoner lying in the yard with hie head resting an his right forearm, and blood Bowing profusely from a cut in his throat. He applied a compress, and afterwards prisoner was conveyed in the ambulance to the Borough Hospital. Dr. Charlea Mackie Begg, senior house surgeon at the Borough kbocpite.l, stated that the prisoner was brought to the hospital suffering from an incised wound ,in the throat. He was in a very bad condition. and an operation was found to be mammary. The wound was, however, almost healed now.  In avower to the Chairman : There was no doubt that pr was 00,010•Thet peculiar, but he id not eau that he was income, although it would be well to have him pieced under observation, se his man.ner  wlts- peculitt;:  him  In answer to the charge, primmer, who appeared to be distreased, said he had nothing to my. Suterintendent Parker said there was DO doubt that vzoner had had a meat deal of trouble with his wife, and, in fact, he believed that he had been driven to desperation through her drunkenness. She was now confined in the workhouse saraitcsium, and prisoner had also had some trouble with his son, who was mffering from a rc,ry rious illness in the workhouse.  The magistrates said they were of opinion that prisoner required a little care, and the test thing they could do was to remand him to the workhouse for a fortnight.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-08-27 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DROWSY AND UPSET.  _ At the Birkenhead Boronah Pohl on TueodAY. before Mears. T. L DGi J. H. MoGaul, Florence Forneione. C,omet-street, waa summoned for horiatble. drunk on the hoeneed pre In" Ashton, in Tnanmere, on the ind P.C. fIC (Towers) nevi that pleat fer hid o'clock on Tuesday afteincon. the August, he saw defendant tirnnt lane, and saw her go into the Prel° John Aehton, licenend victtla'let o lane. Witness followed her and luel‘tit, the lioesseds wife in the act of erva Mrs. Ashton said she was vet! I'll had not noticed the woman'. cono"-0 Anne Ashton. the licensed! wife. dence, and said she did not se defer', stnmor. She thought site look ;e. droetw'  Mr. Cecil Holden for the defence cad. soner had been upses. by her bwhend' havionr on the previous evening broke a lot of fusniture. Defendant frightened to go to bed, and dil not: herself on the morning of tht 4143. 12'4' tion. She had no drink at all the de fore entering the public-house. h•e,h...,er Pearenos was natnrally droneY Defendant gave evidence on her eloa Ulf, and Annie Savage, a WollllPli 160 ' with her, was also called. and denied • Mrs. Pormetone was drank. oi Questioning this vritnees, Saperinte Parker asked her if she had ever be.“ InVdrlfom.ldedrun etnicroenufenry Objected le °refs' being asked whetner she had ever 10614 or whether O. had been convicted „e• der, or burglary, or manolanzhter• thing else. It tion  id it wi.ukt  The Chairnniu Ui rial difference to the ease if it ire* that witness and defendant wo,' habit of drinking together. t SuPsrintendent Parker sSid be 0.041 in Police had a right to show tte hen". eiharacter of witnesses and br fortbtV bone elicited from witness *that 'idol* never bean up for drunkenness hit ' tempting suicide due to drink. .00 I,,ettnedThe ben, h lld The Chairmen said no EIFFEL TOWER LEMOO This article is undoubtedly the Mil 10 cool, retaishisig drink obtainable, 0 0 gal. so convenient. se chean-414 Per  1 1  I it • i ! 1 1 1 4 I a I I a 4 1 J 1 1 F • a a ; 1 a e: • 113 id a 4 4 • 1 1
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-03-12 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. The minutes of the Health Conignaree *laded the report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1903. From this it appeared that the population at the middle of the year was 4,270. The births registered were 192, as compared with 99 in the. pre"ions year, and composed with 134 (average) in the years 1895 to 1902. 'Phe birth rate for the year was 30.9 per 1,000, which was considerably above the average for England end Wake. (28.6), and even above the average if the great towns of England and Wales, which wee 30.5. The deaths numbered 82, which included are in the fever hospital and three in the workhouse, against 52 &tithe in 1902. The percentage of deaths ender one year of age to births registered we. 15.9, compared with 10.1 in 1902, and 14.6, the annual average for the district between the yeses 1898-1902. It would thus appear that both the general death reds I and the infantile death rate were above the average, but not very much. Aa the district was a small one conelderable variation. ' must be expected from year to year, accordrag to the state of the weather and the pre- . sence or absence of epidemiae; the smeller the district the greeter was the variation In this respect. The chief items in the cause of death were scarlatina. 4, whooping cough 4, diphtheria 4, phthieis and other tubercular disease 11, cancer 3, bronchitis and pneumonia 19, accident. 7, and suicides 2. So that nearly one-third' of the increased mortality was due to suicides and accidents, and quite independent of the sanitary conditior of the district, and nearly oite-thira to scarlet fever, whooping cough, and diphtheria. On the other timid, they had the advantage of haring hold no cases of typhoid fever, and only two cares of heart disease against seven. The inarlet fever epidemic showed 96 cases, of which 86 were removed to the hospital. The Calle) ahnost occurred in Neston or the Colliery Cottager, June being the month in which the ,'umber of cases wee higheat-28. The mortality was 4 per 1,0110, which we. very small, for owing to the fact that there had been no previous epidemic sines 1894 there would be a lame accumulation of susceptible children, of which 1,000 must have eecaped. Referring to the mirage scheme, the Mahe& Officer stated in his report that the new (WM "TV were completed, and the construction of the bacteria beds we. advancing. Automatic flushing tanks were to be provided at the "dead" ends of the sewers, and the sewage would peas throng* detritns tanks to the bacterie beds, where it would he treated by double conduct, in coarse and fine fence, the affluent finany passing into the estuary through an iron pipe. The proceedings of rhe committee were confirmed
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-01-09 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

TRII 11171Z1/0/ZAD WIS.  Sir—The truth is at last being bronght out as to the conditions at the above institution, and the treatment meted out to patients who are suffering from mental depreesion. bordering on suicide. We bear conseantly hum the Guardians what careful attention and splendid food is given to those who happen.to be brought there. I happen to have had the misfortune to have been in the above 18 neonate ago. and can therefore corroborate the statement made by Mm. , Haddocks at the inquest of her husband lest ' week as to the food and attention given to , her husband while an inmate of the Workhome. During my conlinemernt there, I was flret visaed in the sanatorium, the same old man being toed to watch me. T was given for my food the following: In the morning a very smell cob of bread and can of milk. dinner time another smell rob of bleed and , can of what they called beef tea (which ma I more like dish water), tea time another small oob of bread and tin of milk, and then nothing further until newt morning (rery nearly twelve hours), the result being at the end of a week 1 was that hungry I had to, beg sorra food off the pauper attendants who were put to watch over me. No wonder Haddocks committed *Maiden Then we have the doctor stating that they are not gibbering idiots who are in the eanatoriure. I was in that room a night and one day, arid I saw that a goal many patients were not flt to be along with a men like HaddocksIf the jury could have heard my evidence as to what occurred while I was there, a much stronger rider than that of the Workhouse being understaffed might have been added. It is to be hoped that from now the Guardians will look after the paupens more, and partierdarly in the attention given by attenctarita—Yours, he.,
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-01-09 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

FOR THE CHILDREN. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE TRANMERE WORKHOUSE.  It is pleasing to find that the Birkenhead Guardians annually provide amusement for those under their charge in the Trananere Workhouse. On Thtueday evening the children were entertained to tea, the following ladies and gentlemen kindly looking after their wants:—Mas. Longman' Mrs. Swan, Mrs. Palmer. Min and Mise Austen Mim Turner, Mrs. Talbot Miss Claxton, the Rev. J. Holt (Union chaplain), Canon O'Toole, Melons. R. G. &Minton, E. A. Naylor, Richard Tabot, and •J Neon. After tea Mrs. Lawman distributed the toys from the Christmas tree, after which Mr. J. Nelson proposed a, vote of thanks to Mm. Lawman and thcee who kindly interested themselves in the children's en,MYmeat. Canon O'Toole seconded, and the motion was responded to by three .hearty cheers from the little onee. They then adjouzued into the large hall, which had been beautifully denuratea with everlareares. flags, and seasonable mottoes. Here Mrs. R. Talbot distributed 120 new pennies to the children, who amused themselves by singing and dancing for a few hours, and certainty gave an admirable entertainment to the visitors, their proficiency refiecting much credit on those responsible for their instruction.  WALTHAM WATCHES, in Silver or Rolled Gold Cases, 5 years' guarantee 30s.— Wm. Prke & eons, Makers to the Admiralty, 237, Grange-road, and 42 and 44, Market. street. Hirtembead. Telephone 403. roa4ep2o  LAOT WEDNZSDAT4III " NLWR " 0011:Gained : Leading Article on "A Question of Economy"; People Are Saying; Free Trade v. Protection Debate at Neston; -A Light Calendar at thoQueeter Seisions—Licensing Appeal; Birkenhead Guardians' Meeting; Another Choral Contest at the Citizen Social; Junior Town Council Addressed by the Rev. F. S. Guy Warman; Colonial Exhibition at St. George's Hall; Ellesmere Port Notes; the gawk Crusade Split; Another Burning Fatality; First Local Police Cate under the new Employment of Children Act; Well-Lmown Dentist Convicted of Cruelty; Gardener's Determined Attempt at Suicide; Death of the Rev. J. H. W. Hugbee-Gamee; Football. Hockey, and Golf Notes; Bicycle Accident; Police News, etc.  Mg. Herb(lrt GIMALRtone, Preeident of the Birkenhead Liberal Aeeociation, completed KM fiftieth year on Tlhnneday. Nearly %elf KM life has been spent in the House of COIDIAOIIb.  --The-finest display of Diamonds, Jewellery, and Silver, can be seen at Dimmer's, 24, Church-street, Liverpool. SW
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-11-16 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

POLICE COURTS  BOROUGH  SATIMDAY.—Before Mr. J. Morris (*Warman). and Mr. Edward Witt:isms. A Heavier Punishment Tried.—Mary Rianniar. an old women, was charged with begging in Vicroria-road on Friday.—P.C. Pearson (311)) proved the eam. Prisoner was ahown to be an inveterate beggar, with a long hat of convictions, and the Bench seat her to primal for a month as weeks and fortnights had no effect. Drunk and Foul-Towne:l.—Joseph Kirkham 163 St. AnnastreM was fined ltk. and omits or 14 days for having been drunk and corderly in Priceastreet the night before. Evideace given by P.C. Bowen (7B) to the, ! effect that the primmer mod very foul language to anotter man sad also to him (Bowe) when he was spoken to. He was drunk. A Quarrel and a Tragic gesult.—A middleaged woman, named Annie Whitby. of 46, Argyle-stratet South, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on • Friday by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. The prisoner was a good deal affected as she stood in the dock. P.C. Snap° (IA) dated that about 9.30 on Friday night the prisoner's husband °am.) to him and called him to the house, and on going there he was told priaorier had taken laudanum. and John Harrison, her brother, had green her an emetic, and she had vomited. Witnese asked prisoner way she bad taken the poison, and she said die had a quarrel with her husband, who called her foul names, and she mid "Me would be batter dead than have those names called her." and so she took the laudanum. He took her to the briclewell, and a small bottle was given to him—John Harrison, her brother, said he lodged at the house, and 1 vrai upstairs when the quarrel occurred. ! and the gave the prisoner ealt and water when he found what ahe had done. There was not, however, this witness explained, enough laudanum in the bottle to harm a child, much lees a woman. A little had been bought to rub an the face and gums of it nephew, and not a teaspoonful wan left. The prisoner was not prostrated at all by it.—William Whitby, the husband, said they had some WOrChi about his tea, and he admitted that he was "hasty tempered," and that 'ae mad the foul words that She had coniplained of.—The Clerk (Mr. Copeland): To your wife? You admit that?— Whitby: Yee, sir, but I was excited, and in a temper, and I am sorry. The witness further admitted that he had had some drink. They bad been martied 25 years, and had had no words before. He hoped the Bench would look over his wife's act.— Prisoner, in tears, now said she was very scary, and the Bench discharged her, and she left the Court with her husband and frieadi, weeping. The Drink.—Frederick Read, aged 27, Ivy-street. was found by P.C. Halm* (14C) lying drunk in Larch-road on Friday night at 11.30, quite helpless, and heavy rain was falling at the time. He said he had been with friends at Prenton, and they unfortunately drank neat cepirits, and on the way home lie collapsed. He wae, very 1110/1V The Beach allowed him to go.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-03-26 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

POISON.  The Borough Coroner (Mr. Cecil • held an adjourned inqueet on Tbi afternoon into the death of a woman, Elizabeth Hodgson, wife of Henry flo of 19, Lesteretreet. Henry Hodgeon identified the hod of hie wife, _and etated tlrat sbe of age. Twelve months ago 'he. inmate of the workhouse bospital Id suffering from an internal compit, since her discharge had angered fron memory, being unable to remembacel article alio might have held ill minute before. She wee also health, but witness had no idea rx°;, would take poison. he saw her lot 3', on the morning of the 17th left the house, although witnev told had hotter stay at home. Stanley Hunter (chemist's that at 9.15 a.m. on the dean 0 ceased came to the shop in irrlvr;dl asked for a pennyworth of carbolic drain purposes. She produced ° bottle, but witness gave her the • • hum bottle. She was unite obee. not seem strange in manner. P.C. 32A (Pennington) said that 5600 on March the 17th, when on duty in 04 street, ho saw the deceased On a step with her elbows on her head in her bands. WitDo6B her and when close to her she fell a45 Witness picked her up, but found Wo, unconecions, while Inside her corked battle of carbolic scid. 10 tared antidotes and the ainhodanee, , tan minutes afterwards. whea was conveyed to the hospital. Dr. Jones, of the Borough o'Artba that the deceased was admitteid cl so trition at 10 a.m. on the 17th then dead, and smelt of oarboll! had made a poshmertean arsinin7o, death was des to asphyxia due l° acid poisoning. aPa tb;" 'rho Coroaer, in his remarks, t thought the evidemoe was 0°1'91%0 that the woman had adord herself, and a verdict of suicide unsound mind we returned.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-09-17 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CAUSH A DDIKENHBAD MERORA,NT  TO COMMIT BIIICME.  bi 4  Another decreasing suicide him to be recorded in oar *ague of today, Mr. Wallies I Lloyd. a Liverpool merchant, reeidinfot Alfred-road, Birkenhead, having found no Wednesday aftersomi under cusnetanons which pointed to eelf-destroo• tion. There could he no doubt no the point after hearing the evidence in the inquelet. which tooic Place yesterday afterooon, before Mr. A. G. Inglis, the Deputy Cocronar for Liver Pool. Richard &wen, merchant, of Jerrieneirset, identified the body as that of Wiliam Lloyd, aged 65 years, metal and hide merchant, of 17, Sweating-street Livens:mi. The cleceaded, he said, was ma aid friend of hie father. As tar as witness knew, the de. -ceased wee a healthy and steed,y. man. Hie beanies' bed maw beeh erosOalrela. but bad falien off during the past tea years. He ilasmieoverk.= a the. to his own si n ab. , oessed, living at ?2, Alfseducad, Berke.heed. dent:end that her lather had been Tien* a goad deal becanee bosimeni was affect. UraUy working. he wee- cheerful, and. awn from his b 01131101., had no worries. Ate quarter to eleven o'cilook on Wednewiay the deceased saw witness off by a London train. Elbe had no reason to onepeck at that time that be wee takely to harm lumeel f. _  loomed  Joseph Liggett, office boy in the employ!. of the deceseed, and William Chubb, keeper of the boikiings, gave evidence to the effect that on Wednesday afternoon the &or of deceased's dffice wee found lookini on the insid• On entrance being effected deceased was found dead sitting on the floor with his back against a chair. On the table by him VOW • botide oolvtain.ng carbolic said. a. cup, and • tamkier. The Nerthern Hospital imbalance vnis sent for, but medical examine. tion showed that he was dead. . .  his!  Dr. O'bo—nnixr deposed that (lea& was doe to carbolic acid poisoncing. Mx. Newman, solicitor, who appeased for the relatives, said it wes a very sad case, ead could not be explained, except on the gnppcait ion that deceased was worried a good about hin business.  The jury r&nrued a veadiat of "Suicide during temporary inanity." and expressed sympathy with the relatives. The news of Mr. Lloyd's aliockin= has caused a painful impression in bead. He had resided in Alfred-mad for .nearly SO sears, and was a widower. He married Miss Fox, a menrber of a wellknown Birkenhead family, who died some Years ago, arid he leaves several dam:Mem all of wham had an exceedingly brilliant educational career. The deceased gentleman did not take any prominent part in Public life, but he -was held in high esteem by those who had the privilege of Iris acquaintance. He was of considerable literary • tastes, besides being a linguist of no Mall ability. las attainments in this direction including a knowledge of seven languages. His =timely death has caused deep regret, and nraCh sympathy will be felt forth, bereaved fundly,_
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-07-30 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

FISHING FATALITY. VERDICT OF SUICIDE RETURNED AT NESWALL.  Nearly eight weeks ago a young Heelrall lishermal named Charles Brierley was 'drowned in the Dee estuary, and 0.2 Thursday his body was recovered. An inquest was held at the Hessrall Hotel yesterday by Mr. J. C. Bate, the West Cheshire Coroner.  The first witnees was the father of the deceased man, Wilham Henry Brierley, Who stated that he wee a fiehermaa, and he tied identified the body of his son by the clothing and features. He Wet saw him alive on the 3rd of May of this year. His age was 21 at the time of his death, and he was a fisherman. On the 3rd May they went out about four o'clock in the morning for the purpoae of tithing. They occupied the same boat and they went along the Wet& coast. 'the accident happened near Preetatyn. The wind was blowing very hard, and the sea was rough. They let go the net, which in some way was fouled. They Chad to take it in again as a result. After cleaning it they put it out again. The deceased man made POMO remark, but as they were at opposite ends of the boat witnecs Lould not hear what he said. Then witness hoard a splash, and saw his son in the wider trying to swim. Wftneee obtained the boathook but could not render any efißilkililoo. The deceased man went down and came up again, but disappeared immediately. There was between twenty to thirty feet of water where the auzideat happened, and other veseels in the vicinity rendered assistance.  The Wiener questioned the witness as to hie sou's licitieviour price to his immersion, "A men won't jump overboard," said be, "without &ALIO eaabe."  .W7-t-i nese— —re—piie-d-TE"at he must have been "a bit vexed." Wain't them something about a pony and trap?—Yes, there was, about his taking the pony out, but that was on the Sunday. There were some cross words between you when the net went foul P—No, not a word. Didn't you use some strong Language to each other P—No, sir. I never use any strong language to my wine; I am not in the haint of swearing. i said he was a lazy devil or something like that. . . .  sAnd he resented being called that?-1 suppose