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Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LAW..  "The incre7sia;-.7ol;;;;aiii;—or eitccirle as a contributor to the national death-roll," says tile "Law downs'," " well deserves attention. This untoward phenomenon is all the more alarming and significant because some of its principal causes it practically beyond our riontrol. We cumuli alter the climatic, telluric, and meteorological conditions, our keep book the waves of commercial depression or religious or politioalexuitement, which promote its recurrence. WO usenot yet so minister to the mind dim-need as to prevent the outbreak of real suicidal mania. Nor tart any longer possible to apply to is the drastic treatment of earlier and simpler days. Our ancestors sought to cheok it by burying the corpse of the suicide in the highway with a stake driven through the body and without the rites of Christian sepulture, and by a forfeiture of all his good. and chattel, to the King. But the Legislature has lung ago prohibited sheers objeot-lessone on the guilt of suicide, and, even if it had act, public opinion would riot now permit them to be given. Still, the increasing prevalence of suicide is an evil that should not be ignoged ; and, although the iufiimuce of- law in such ussilles is not very extended, even the province .111rlegal administration might be made to contramte something towards the solution of the serioua problem before us. It would, perhaps, be better, at Sir James Stephen suggested, to cease to regard felo de se os murder, sad to provide that anyone who attempts to kill himself, or who assisted any other person to do no, should be liable In theory as well as in fact to eecoudary punishment only. It would Mill+) be desirable that a new 'convention ' should bo established in our ' crowner's quest law,' that coroners' judos ehould not be permitted to return verdicts of • kg 1,1.0nary insanity ' when not a vestige of eridenoe hes been laid before them to show that the deceased suffered from mental disease, and that the same testa of criminal responsibility should apply whether the offence under consideration is murder or homicide."
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER OF A COUNT.  SUICIDE OF .THE ASSASSIN,  %BUN, Tuesday.—A telegram from Greif.weld announces that Count Blancher has Mimi murdered and the Countess aeriously wounded, at "%Views], by a gardener in their servim' who Mummer& killed himself. He was in love with a girl employed on the Count's estate, and in order to put a stop to this courtship the mud was dismimed from-the Conut's service. The gardener made every effort to indutie his master to retain the girl, but hi. intercession was resented, and he Unwell also received notice. Yeaterday the (fount and Counted! Were looking out of a window in the citatlii, wheu the gardener, who was conceded in • blush close by, fired from a double-barreled rifle at his mew., the bullet passing through the Count's head and killing 11111.1 on the spot. ininsediettly afterwards the murderer fired a second shot at the Counties, nflieting • dangerous wound in the neck. The lady's condition is so ilbrlolls that bar death is hourly expected. The deceased Count was a descendant of the Bluecher Finken family, which is in no way conmooted with the family of celebrated field marshal. He an ex-major in the Prussian Army.  Tbn muritsier, in addition io his duties as wardanar, also noted as gamekaapar, in which oapainty his 311.1 v leen gave atria aatishictioo.  knottier 'reredos of the mlder of Count Blancher is given by the " Piwt," which states that the murderer, whose name is Borchardt, having reneived notioe to leave, returned to the Coons's room with a gun, and immediately tired it at his master. He [lien tushed from the room, fetched some fresh cartridges and a hunting knife, and then fired another that at the Count. The tatter, though badly wounded, timed with Bnruhardt, but after a short struggle received • stab with the knife in the abdomen, and fell dead. At this moment the mimes, who bed heard the shots, lUSiIISCi into the room, and was immediately shot by Borchardt. The charge. entered below the ehoutder, and the Countess fell Minting to the ground.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE. At Blackburn Pollai Court, on Monday,Thomas Thompeon Blaythe, 32, medical student, of 11, Mormington-avenue, London, wee charged with minty threats, and also with attempsug suicide by taking poison at the Old Bull Hotel ori the 11th inst. M. 31'Keand, barrister, appeared for the prisoner, who appeared to feel his position Joseph Tyrrell, bouts at the hotel, said the prisoner booked a bedroom io the name of John. Ilion, and ocoupied it on Tuesday night. Next morning witness, at the request of the chiefconatsble, knocked at the prisoner's door. When the prisoner opened the door Inspector Dobson ran in. Detecti Ve- USpeetOr Dobeen Said be visite.' the prisoner's room because of the receipt of a telegrams from Manchester in the following words : " The chief-cora:able is ativieed to call at Old Bull and see Mr.J ohnson,N 0. 23,i inmedistel y." . Prisoner was fully dressed and wearing • false beard. 'Witness and other officers rushed into the room and seized prisoner, who cried, " I've dons it, but the stuff has come back." Witness *eked what he had done and he raid he had taken poison. Dr. Wheatley, police surgeon, st once BEWARE OF WORTHLESS Imirenoxs. ordered his removal to the s iritirmern. Witness I acid raaa, a Sone ar...e rookie u nless ey have th the word FRAZER " examined the prisoner's bag, bottle and glass. Witness held a war:trims Felon p., pocked la. lid., or oor orro, of .1 for the prisoners arrest ou another charge. Chemists. or direct from Dr. Whsstiey, police enrgeon, stared that he forcibly adminstered an emetic, prisoner telling FRAZER'S rrA-BLETB' Lltarip' him he had taken four rein., of laudanum Prisoner also said he had very little food for some time before. Mr. M'Kesed, for the prisoner, said he was suffering from temporary linaecial diffietatits, which were now removed, and suggested that he should be handed over to his friends. His family was highly respectable and well known throughout Lancathire. Mr. Start CM, barrister, who appeared to prortecute on the ch•rge of writing threatening letters, con. THE aurred in the appliastion 01 Mr. M'Keand, sating WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER that his client would be perfectly satisfied it he V rig be the more welcome when hie Mother were missed and piths: in the othe of his Th C mother, Intowe she has made him the beet palpable outlit. layette. en. vilede or the HOPWOOD CALICOES, who resides in LODLIUM e hief-constable said adidd,„,„,d this an, prisoner's second attempt at suicide. The hues Pure Calico of the highest quaky. Supplied magistrate, allowed the panthers to be released ,t;Tg oftro: , e.o„..,..lsflectisga upon his relatives undertaking to look closely after ants for paiterna ',thickest be k at acne Bee him. the advantage or busies nest hand. Address the a
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

RAILWAY GUARD'S SUICIDE. Aordording to Mx. Wildey Wright, in openA telegram from Patin dated Tuesday, says : jag the cone, the plaintiff was known SI • longA railway guard, forty-eight years of age, bee distanoe Pedestrian. while the defendant was just committed suinide in oansequenor of the faith- a publican. Certain negotiations led to a lumen/ of hie shimmer., a girl of twenty, who left manna being aaade beaween, the plaintiff Guw.n bier some time ago. After spending the evening and a roan named Pugh, of Ritellffr, to walk as the theatre, lie went home and made papers- for six days. ten hours a day, for £5O a-side. noun for killing himself. As a preliminary he finst The saints commenced on June 12th last, at the carefully stopped up the crevices if the door and I Wwstminister Aquarium ; and up to the evening window of hia room, and having finished this to ' of Wednesday Cowan asas an.e distance ahead. his complete satisfaction be lit two braziers of I Then, however, the present defendant, who wee Marina' and calmly laid himself down on the bed the backer of Pugh. [suggested to him that he ct await death, On making In examination of should decline tu contort the match further, on the place the police found that he had written the ground that the track was too narruw. The letters, in whioh he declared that he was tiled of defends's% said that he would pretend to be ter), existenne,and adding that he enclosed one hundred angry with Pugh, but he would intike it all •ight francs, which were to be distributed swung the with him afterwards. Accordingly, r the • xttended his funeral as means where- • - day, Pugh declined to end  Lord  - people who at with to enjoy themaelvirs and to help them to for. get Foe. few brief momenta the sorrow• of hie
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CHESTER MERCHANT. other Grimsby fishermen were drowned in the An inmost was held ou Monday on the body of Mr. i storm, rucking 34 in all • and 19 sailors, including Selig Kahane, a well-known Manchester shipper. • foreigners, have also been reported at Grimsby The dreamed pawed through his general office into ! as drowned during the gels, bringing the total tin. private office, smoking a cigarette and •P' ! number of lives lost ap to 53. The vessels repot ted parensly welL In a few minutes his partner found , hat so Grimsby number about twenty, many of the door locked, and on bursting it ormo Kahane them with valuable cargoes, retitle °lase upon 100, wm round quite dead in a pout of blood, with a large pattern knife ice his hand, and it was found 60 of which are Grimsby fishing craft, haver sustained serious damage. Several of the vitals ashore that death was Joe to a terrible gash in the throat i-Jetweentirimsby and Cleethorpeu will never be got The police removed the body to the Cavendishstreet mortuary. The jury were iuformed that off. Grimeb thas y,with ita thousand fishing ela,respe a rich harvest from the North Sea—a reaping which the deceased waa a very sensitive man, end hehad has given its eektue weakn eitenat the heir. been much upset by the ci.nduct of a non whom he ing porta or the world—but in return the sea had had to sent away. He had put a large sum of. exacta a terrible toll in life and property, rind money into a Munnetra conduoted by the moo or at wily kat oft, ~.,,,,,,mt periol, watt., another wanton, and bad been compelled to make ninny of the staunchest ships and sturdiest the eon bankrupt. There was no financial trouble teary... By this lase thaw., many a heher. in respect of brie own ballroom, and he had never man's home in Grimsby is rendered desolate, and threatened to commit suicide. The jury returned the Mariness of the coming Christmastide will find • verdict of " Suicide whilst insane." no echo in the hearts of those who have waited in
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-09-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

UICIDE OF A HOTEL PROPRIETOR.  On Sunday afternoon a Old OM of suicide wm reported to the county police at West Derby, Mr. William Clark, propiietor of the Bare and Rounds Hotel, West Derby village, having been found hanging in a room in the brewery at the rear of the hotel. It appears that deceased opened the premiere at the intuit hour on Sundry and convened freely with his customers until closing time at half-past two. Be appeared to be in his canal state of health at that time. Shortly after three o'clock his son James had occasion to go into the brewery, wildwan horrified at finding his father banging with • rope round his neck. Dr. JUJSOLI, of Maymaa's-green. was immediately called in, but on arrival life was found to be extinct. Deceased, who wee about 5.3 years old, is said to have been suffering horn heart disease for some years, but was usually of • cheerful disposition, and his cad end has caused conaiderable surprise in the Deceased was for many years walking manager for Messrs. A. B. Walker and Co. Re had lauded in West Del by about four years, and much sympathy is felt for his widow and family, the former being  ID Landon at the time. . Mr. S. Brighouse; the county coroner, conducted an inquiry on Tuesday, at the Hare and Hounds, West Derby village, into the citcumettuices attending the death of Wm. Clark, hotel proprietor, who was at one time walking manager for Messrs. A. B. Walker and Co. The deceased on Sunday last opened hia licensed premises In usual, and convened freely with the customers until closing time at half-past two, when he appeared to be in hie customary health. However, anon after three o'clock the son, James Clark, had nonsion to visit the brewery at the back of the hotel, when he was startled on entering one of the rooms to see hie father hanginA there with a rope round hie neck. The police and Dr. Judwan were called in, when the latter found that Mr. Clark was dead, The deceased wait 53 yesis of tote. The medical evidence !Mowed that he had suffered from hmelt disease. Lea rule Mc. Clark was cheerful in his manner, and did not seem to he in trouble. After hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict that the deceased committsd suivicie whilst temporarily Insane, and 640 espremed their sympathy with the family in at...;r sad and .uilen bereaveowes
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF A WELL-KNOWN  SPORTSMAN.  Mr. J. A.. Ckaven, of Whitton-lodpre, Daventry, shot himsef through the head on Tuesday nightie his Mishits. Damaged wane well-known member of the Pytchley Hunt, and was at one time master of the pack, in succession to Colonel Anstruther, and hunted with the Oration hounds los recently m Monday lest. It is Mated that deceased's premiere are in the Mends of a sheriff. Mr. Craven's sad end has caused a {Refit sensation in the district. A Daventry correspondent. telegraphing later, states that the last person who saw Mr. Craven alive was the sheriff's officer, and it is believed that the deceased was impelled to commit the rash act because of financial difficulties. When found lie was inc sitting position With • revolver in his lap, and one chamber of the weapon was empty. Mr. Craven, who won highly respected, leaves a widow and three t)0118, two of whom are abroad. The inquest on the body of the deceased was held on Wednesday. Thos. Rey, Olds, steward, said the disoeseed was b 3 years of age, end on Monday and Tuesday last had appeered nervous and depressed. Percy Brain, auctioneer, of Northampton, deposed that on Saturday last he bed pui Inca •imicutioil, acting for the bailiff's sheriff, agaiast tUe deceseed's property. The amount rmaired was £2,000, and the dammed had promised to etl.t e in a day or two. No settlement being made witness went over on Tuesday and took poenension. As the deceased was wary anxious that his wife should not know how matters stood, witness , agreed that the bailiff's man shoujd stay at an, adjacent cottage, rather than at Whitton-lodge. , When witness left deceased had promised to show him the stock. Other evidence showed that the body of the deceased had been found on Tuesday , afternoon with a bullet through the back of the skull. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned, aid the jury also passed a , vote of condelenoe with the deevissed's widow and family.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A MARRIED WOMAN.  Mr. Sampson, city coroner, held an inquest on Tuesday, touching the death of Mergaretßarroughz 45, wife of a cotton porter residing at 79, White Rook-attest. Edward P. Burroughs, husband of the deceased, stated That he bad to leave her three years ago on aocouot of her drinking habits. Bhn had been insane some thirteen years ago, and since then, and while they lived together she was " strange" in her manner, and used to think that he wanted to poison her. He hesod of her death on Monday last at 55, Cotatroldstreet, where he saw and idearifieter body. H annah Jane llf rough,.. daughter of the do' ceased, stetted t t she lived with her at 55, Cotawold street, and that she often noticed her strange in her manner, sod heard her any that they would some ,11110 fled her dead in the bath or hanging from the bannister. she used to drink two quarts of beer, and sometimes three quarts • day. The last time witness saw her mother alive was at 9 o'clock on Sunday night. Witness was in bed, and her mother same upend kissed her, and said," It's hard to put with you." She left and went downstairs, and, witness did not stuutiot any bans, as she was used to hearing such remarks. About eleven o'clock that night she hoard the chair. in the back kitchen being knocked about, and ostuhturd two or three screams. She was too much afraid to go down. Soon after thin she heard her mother come upstairs and go into the bathroom and turn on the water. She coked out to her mother to come to bed, and the reply was, "Yea, in a few minutes." That answer wan renovated afterwards, and witness : tbourht she sp,ke all right. Her mother then went downatkirs, and wits's.* hoard her cough, and then a noise a. of &Anomie falling. Witness got up and went downstairs between SI3VBII and eight o'clock on Monday Dunning, and bound liar wither dead on the parlour floor, having out her thi oat. A blood-stained tenor and two knives wiles found in the kitchen. Dr. ()leaks stated that it was a 0411111 of the most determined suicide. Across het thtuat was a tremendous gash, wheal] cut everything right dusts to the neck-bone. The jury found bat the woman oommitted suicide while teatsmartly insane.  - --Mr. Joatice Barnes, on Wednesday, granted Mayer, nisi to Mrs. Charlotte Arkinaa lady of lodePendent meaua, of Cheltenham, or. the gluuad adultery and cruelty of her hualaud, Edward Douglas Atkin.. Petitioner aaid respondent had beaten her across her bare lege with a whip and had made her play and Bing to the womau with whom he committed adultery.
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DMA.a was with him when he was seined. !The Duke was nearly 41 year! cf age, having been 1 born on April 16t1., 1852. He wee deputy-11 lieutenant and jai:sins of the peace for Bedfordshire, chairmen sad alderman of the Bedfordshire County Council, and patron ,of twenty-fits livings. In 1876 he married Lady ' Adeline Marie Somers-f.eaelohdaughter of the third Earl of Somers, but there wee no I bout, The Duke, who was the tenth of his lisle, eat as , Liberal member of Parliament for Belle. ishire ! (tom 1875 to 1885. Le succeeded to the title in ; 1891 on the tragic death of his father, the circemstanees of which will be I well remembered. In Januaiy, 1891, it ! was announced that the Duke of Bedford had I died sullenly from congestion of the lungs, but ! two days later it transpired that an inque.t had been held upon the body and the greatest seciecy obeerved with the objeot of ! ameeeliog the real cause of death, the unfortunate' nob!eolan keying committed suicide by shouting ! himself. It was alleged that the coroner had not notified the police of the inquest, and but for the investigation instituted and carried out by the Press Association the true circumstances of the Duke's tragic end would probably have been effectually suppressed. in it war, bewerer,painful details win nob only disclosed, but the public, attention was mutt effectively directed to them, and a great and general eensetion resulted. The tragic circumstances attendant upon his father's death have undoubtedly heightened the painful inter vet of yodel day'. sad announcement. . . . . . . .  His loidsnip is ucueeded by hie brother, Lord Hertrand Arthur, born February 19th, 1853 educated at Balliol Collego, Oxford ; lormerly lieutenant Grenadier Guards ; is lieutenant in reeerreof (Morn-n; was A.D.C. to Vieeroy of India (Earl Dutisiin), 1884-8 ; served in Egyptian campaign, 1882 (medal with clasp); married 1888, Mary du Caurroy, daughter of the Vert. W. H. Tribe, nrctidewx,n of Lebore, and has 114130 living, Hastings William Saukrill.i. born 1888
Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-03-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

TRAGIC AFFAIR AT SOUTHPORT.  SUICIDE OF A COMMISSION AGENT. A shocking suicide took place at Southport on Sunday, the and event being marked by oircumsianom of • more than usually distressing Satire. It appear. that Mr. William Kegley', a retired commission agent, living at Church-street, Southport, has reassn'Ay been suffering from indigestion, for which he obtained medic-al 'mistime*. Re retired to rest about twelve o'clock on Saturday, and bin sister, Mica Kerahsw, sat up with him in order to attend to his Wiinta duriur the night. 'About six o'clock on Sunday mulling Mr. Kershaw got out of bed, telling his Mater that he I only wanted a lozenge. He managed to secure I a razor, however, and before Mimi Kershaw could I take the instrument from him he inflicted • very : large gash upon his throat. His sister raised an alarm, but the deceased expired before medical assiatance could be obtained. Hs wan unmarried and only 39 years of age, and previously bad bwsinee relations both at Liverpool acid Manchester. Mr. S. Brighouse, county coroner, held an inquest on Dionday,at douthport,touching the death of William Hirst Kr shaw, 39 years of age, a retired cotton agent, who committed suicide at his voidance, 27, Church-stient, the previous day. Jane Kershaw,aister of the deceased, deputed that her brother complained of being unwell on Saturday night, and Dr. Arthur Woods was called in, She cat at her brother's beds,de all night, and about els o'clock on Sunday morning he pt ant of bed and 'oast to • drawer in the di-easing table. She asked what be wanted, but received no reply, and deceased immediately commenced to cut his throat with • razor. She atruggled with him, and be fell upon the floor,whilet blood flowed copiously from ties threat. He was generally cheerful, and none of the family bad any suspicion that he would take his own life. Witnesus added that deceased had had a couple of epileptic fits. P.C. 33 (Jan. Wareing) said he was called to the house after the occurrence, and found deceased lying face downwards, apparently in the petition in which he had fallen. The windpipe was completely severed, and the wound atostobed alLoCst from ear to ear. Dr. Woods explained that when deceased was about to be attacked w;th a ht of epilepsy he would be seized with intermittent mania, which would be of such sh rt duos ion that none of his family would be likely to notion it, The jury returned • vetdici of 'Suicide during temporary ioaanity."