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The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-12-20 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

STEINER'S LODO.-E.  A SAD AND MYSTERIOUS CAS-K  Having held an enquiry into the death of the young girl whose headless body was found, on the railway bet Ween Baxenden and Acerington the Acting East Lancashire Coroner (Mr. Hasieweexl), he mother, inquest, at the Court Rocui of the .Town 11i11 on ThurEday afternoon, touching the. suici<le of another young gir: about the age of sixteen ypa  The girl in•queStion was Irene Hokat°, a weaver, oF Exertange-street,_ AeNington, • who -was sent an errand by her mother last Saturday afternoon; and not return home. .Anxiou, enquiries were made throughout the, week, but on Thursday morning her body was seen floating in a I9dge ncaT the rope works at 'Spring Hill, and P.C. Bolton recovered the body from the Water; She. wasi the daughter of Richard Heigare, master builder, Of 120, Exchangeot roe . . . .  Ellen Holgate, mother of .the girl, stated that deceased was a three-loom weaver at Messrs. WhipW India. Mill, Church, and worked Until last Saturday at noon, when she returned home and her d,nner. She appeared to be all right at ,that time. After. she had dro_.,s,a• herself for the day witness sent lier,an errand, but she never returned. Deceased had•no love trouble 3, and Ho far as _witness knew, no trouble of any kind.  - Robert Br:dire, water bailiff for Messrs. Steineis, of Spring Hill, Accrington, spoke to finding the body of, the deceased in Steiner's reservoir at 8-30 on Thursday morning. The body wag about. five yards from the embankment. He gayeinformatitm to the police, and about nine o'clock P.C. Bolton recovered tile body from the reservoir. Dt.scoased was fully dreised• except for a shawl. The reservoir wa.s waited all round, and there- would be some difficulty for a girl of 16 years of age to get to the water. She could not get into the water by ati:s.mischance. •  Ann:e Pilkington, 7. Spring Hill-road. Accrington. wife of Peter Pilkingten stated that tihere were no marks of injury on the body. The .Coroner, a.ddressang the jury, said it was a most myst.crious case. Why a: girl without. any trouble, so far as was known, sent on an errand, shouLd. deliberately drown herself—for it. wn..s. pretty conclusively proved to his satisfaction that the deceased di.d drown herself—was a mystery. In that 'case, however, he was not satisfied that thegirl wat4 of unsound mind. She was .perfectly cheerful at; :dinner-time when she (-tame home. He thought the correct. verdict should be that deceased: was found drowned; that she drowned herself, but that. there Was no evidence to justify the min stating What was the eundition a. her mind. He did nlt think they could come to the conclusion that simply beciali.c a girl drowned herself she was necessarily insane.  A verdict of suicide was returned, but the jury found there was no evidence to show the state of her mind at the time. .  The King, on the recommondUtiort of the 119ine Secretary, has appointed. Mr. Henry Turner Wadchy to be Recorder of Scarborough,
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-12-20 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

FOUND FATHER DEAD.  (The latest move in "free trade finan. spare the Foreigner.—See Mr. Asquith at Oldham, Di WORKINGMAN :—What, make me pay mor don't you put up an up-to-date Tariff Refor f  ACCRINGTON LABOURER'S suICIDE. On Monday afternoon in the Court Room cf tbt Aocringten Town Hall, Mr. David N. Haslessoca, the Acting-Coroner, held an inquest relative to the • death of William Steel, aged 63, a labourer, she' •had been employ:od at Howard and Bulleugh's fer , I many years, living at. 31, Nolson-streot. Aceringwv• who was discovered by his daughter on Sattirchtg , morning, hanging from a bed-rail at his home. Clara Chapman, of 35, Plantation-street, wif,' : 1 Richard Thomas Chapman, labourer, and (I°"',v.'- ' ter of deceased, said he hat followed his regularly up to half-past. severs on the 12°T i'l:'..* when he complained of feeling ill, tasen home in a cab. He was attended. pr. If"*".Y Nut-tail, who ordered him. to take a re.:'t, as Ile Wa4 ': run down. -Deceased; Slept in the front roo,kti d''' °-'111; f` stairs, and was last seen alive by- witness: at p.m. on the Friday night. He then appearisr.; be better. At half-past eight on Saturday Tocrnirvil witness wont to the house to see him arsl felt,a,4l 1 ' him in a sitting position near the boa She ratbsi • an alarm though she had not see the rope at time. A neighbour named Ilallworth cal'ic'hiss• and it was then found her father 4insl lial'S , self. Thomas llallworth, oonfectioner, of .11. street, said ho was called to the house. into the room he found deceased in a s:tti° 1 lis tion in the darkened. room with a. rope 3.0.01 vi4l, neck suspended from the bedstead: Ile ht'd, cies:o . artl was ently been dead three or four .hours. In llet A opin:ors he was strangled. Witness addcd tho- , the moment or se he ecald not see any roPe 3' sown Iva, in darkness. The Acting-Coroner said there was onlY raj. point to consider—the qucstion of decessotri"°° tion of mind at the time. A verdict was returned that deceased co" snicide whilst of unsound' mind..  4  I  -------'rho. ,Sunderlanli steamer Piviitdent, on arrivi9gt in tile Tyne on Monday from Hamblrg. torar,tf4„4. fha* the steward, Georgo .Sheriff, Gf Snuth Ski7ir, had 'poen. drowned through falling oNerboa.rd mg filo stormy weather. Ifliliway Committee of the Council recommend, that, for an wri)'-fin,l:::, Period of six months, autornatiechocoratoic."7o';,,x should be fixed‘On the Council's .ICr from the Tiammersrnith depot. A re-, a car a. year i 3 to be paid irrespect.ive of  .C„ who Mr. Wm. ated thro that after! ..cirp, a gen of 87—(6 Touirt of his 'lt'd that h ' ,from nd dut 'Ho  Ikm. h loud v. that fine let t 10010,  ire'
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-02-22 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

WHIPPED.  171% ALLEGED ATTACK WITH AN AXE  AN INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE  At. lite Preston Sessions on Monday, William JOlnisen (39) labourer, who was convicted by the JAceringtkal magistrate's as on incorrigible rogue on ;44-111a rY 31st, came up for sentence under the w agrancy Act. hThe Chief Constable (Mr. Geo. Sinclair) proved tofecrntnivnnol yrLed produce a " terrible rebard" recurring convictions against prie"bl2:7l.%tei:i:t.irosteet"::T,trbs....uk,'liTh4-7:71:00781-;in:nerh.:8'eaiti:clbtetedilllilla;a.efvjrgsr:164iefrio:sAilff'an17:° °: :ffnge:a g"I iraohhirolth• a'sh:aitdodes 11;14• man, living apart from his wife, but and' lodbHe was an excellent workman, (irk,e c°llduot in prison was always excellent. On the-'l!*2ta he had attempted to commit suicide . 1 whilst awaiting trial, and on his last apii at Preston Quarter Sessions he asked the bZglitratee to -sentence him to be flogged. He had Ituder special observation in gaol, but was bo be quite sane. Everything had been that was possible to reform prisoner, but to n° avail. Priso„,,, said he haa no questions to ask the tlliof Constable, and thanked him very much for what he had said about his character. He would =rive his life to get rid of this habit, but h`e coUld  sot). Mr. \Valueley, the deputy-chairman, in passing ter,„,e,, Raid prisoner -was well-knoven to many 011 the bench, and: they had often had difficulty in knowing what to do with. 'him. His ease was a peculiar one, and he did, no, suppose there, was anther like ease in the country, Special reports had been made concerning him to the Home Offiae 515 d inquiries had been. made as to hits sanity, but tio reason had been found for interfering with the ordinary course of the law. Sentence of hard labour had no effect Upon T,he sentence was that he be impriscnied for twelve months with hard labour and recoire twelve strokes with the birch:
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-02-22 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

DIANA LISTER +NM MR. P. L  he had boon a, soldier, and was out in South Africa some years. He had lately been somewhat de- 1 pressed. ',Mr. Whittle, landlord of the Cross Guns, said deceased was his son, ,and was about 31 years of age. :He lived with witness, and acted as barman. He served several years aa • a soktior ia South &fries.. He had been in the, Army Ordnance, Corps, and left last Juno. Witness noticed he was,6, low-spirited, and had him under observation. 1-14{MV" had neit boon under a doctor. Deceased seemed to be disappointed over his failure to get on well "  the Army. When he ;finished his time last- ;ea-r-though of joining again, but he would have Iliad tP go to South Africa, and he would have gone to any ,part of the World except there. So he left the Army, and came home on vritness's advice. 530 .was a wilting lad and a hard worker. He was troubled with rheumatic, pains, probably brought on by the rough work he, had had to fa.ae in the Army. Last year he did a good deal of camping out in the wet on Salisbury Plain. Tho Coroner: When was the last time you saw, him?  I saw him at a quarter to seven on the evening of .the sth inst. I had noticed he had been nursing his foct, and I intended to ask him about it, but 1 I did not get the chance. We thought he had gone to bed, but he must have, gone out, and I did not 600 him again. The Coroner: Did be suffered from dysentery its South Africa? Yes; and I might mention that whilst ia tho Army he fell off a traction engine and ,injured his eye.  Of  P.C. Bradbury stated that on Monday at four o'clock he Witt 3 called to the canal,' 'where tt....1,,Ay of dece;ased had been found in the water, half way. bdtween the Canal Wharf and Church Kirk Bridge. It would bo about 40 or 50 yards from. where the other body was found. Most of the clothing-war, orri but it 'was -badly torn, and the body had been knocked about by passing boats. The jury returned a verdidtt that pleceased was found drowned in, the carat, and that in their opinion deceased committed suicide whilst of unsound mind. The Coroner: There seems to be nothing to eon, nect. the two oases together.
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-07-05 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

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The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-09-20 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

INDICTMENT OF CIVILISATIO.N.  IN W. Charter Piggott, co-pastar of (:n2tellel4:l's Tabernacle, London, preaching at the -qtr.. i tivt,t, ... Hall, Manchester, on Tuesday, said whatour modem civilisation had, achieved it down the older-fashioned individualism Itit4 I?,l°st ' soPerficial vision of our national life, ,is "11l t of extreme wealth and luxury, and want; the examination of the l'clq ni----4tioll and the domestic budgets of the sltr4 in our great cities; the statistics of mortalit-y 41'4g Yclulg children, and of phy r sical deterioand Inefficiency; the examination of the 4 ti, of crime and of suicide; the consideration ez:tranged relations and thevmutual antag, capital and la,bour, and the state of the Sk 44t'iL.c5.3'ic1.13- with: its steady flow of emigration an the best lives from our villages c0n)474,_ little less than an indictment against or'1(1 life of to-daY.  1 -t4C.E AFTER, TWENTY YEARS  e (.! result of a wager made twenty years ago, jeklltit Sir R. K. Arbuthnot, Bart., and t•lt C. Back ran a hundred yard is race at uth on Tuesday. The captain won, with t° &Pare in 12 1-ssec. tç bet was made in 1893, at which time RearZAtit,,,,7l Arbuthnot, who is well known in the tit'uealaci sporting world, and Captain Back were in the Warspite, on the Pacific station. a discussion. ons racing Sir Robert, who was Years of "ould „ °ffered to make a wager that Year 6, Captain Back in a 100 yards sprint in ~,t,toti ...Lae. The captain, whose age was 23, the challenge. ilkter expired this year, and Sir ,Robert' is ro to his brother-officer resulted in the pair 41„,44,14:13 the officers' recreation ground at Ports-3/4 ! Tuesday. interest was centred in the event, and N, 1.4%4: large number of naval men who witnessed ettnunwaB__Achni.ral the Hon S" wo Hed rth Meux, tineer-m-Chief at Porbsmouth, who was 44tuland of ter, tile Warspito at the time of he tw cfficers--,ihr, - coo 49 years of age, the tv4ini, u an exciting tit:e efin .If2rotsseeby. a •Tar*l--in the CabyPt:i°llmßaealicks  _ . :..._ k hetlin. man, believed: to be a Mr. G. Faunbig, on holiday in Scotland, wae; drowned at 'rut--"tilo on Tuesday. It is, supposed that he fell . 14 the • At PFer. Iteeting of Aberystwyth To Council; Mr. Se.• "'Wen, chief clerk of the borough treas°Mee, Kendal, was appointed accountant ''', borough. •
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1907-07-27 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

TIIE INQUEST.  An inquiry into the circumstances was condiaetied at the Accrington Town Ball, on Tuesday three noon, by the Coroner, Mr. H. J. Robinson. llamas Duckworth, widow of the deceued, stated that her husband had done very little work for some time and had taken a good deal of drink. He worked two or throe days last week, and on Thursday he WO 3 ill in bed, complaining of cold shakes. Ho Lad had somo drink the night previous. On Friday the &ceased was rambling, whilst on Saturday morning he got up about halfpeat four and wee standing near the door when the went to work at Sr. minutes to six. Her husband had no drink on Thursday. but on Friday had a "sup" when he was in bed.  A Juror Have you done uoma nagging businese ?  Witnisi: No, far from that. The Juror: Have you been married before Witnais: Yee. The Juror : 110 you know what he boa committed *Weide for! Witnes3: No; I have no idea.  James Walsh, 26, Grinahaw.strect, said he maw deceased at the top of the street about eight o'clock on Saturday morning. Deceased talked &a if he was quite wrong in his hod, and said there wars some policemen about the house. Witness said "Let's have a look," and went into the house and told him there was nobody in, upon which is. ceased seemed better. He 13411 Duckworth agate &bout nine o'clock, when Ise wanted to borrow sixpence Deceared had a drink of beer, after whisk they went to the Stag Inn, where witness had a pint. and on returning deceased said he would get the key from him daughter's house and they would • bit in the house. Witness waited for him for shout five minutes and then went into tie house and asked ha daughter where her father was. On going into the backyard he found the closet door fast, and on bursting it open found the de. mewed lying on the floor with his throat cut and • knife in Isis hand. Witness took the knife (roil him, got him out, sods. doctor was sent for. Deceased seemed right enough after h• had had the beer. The deceased regr.i.ted having committed the act and said he wished be could "pull it lack." Miss Taylor, nurse at the Victoria Hospital, dr posed that deceased was •dmitto I on Saturday forenoon and died on Sunday morning. Decocted was not delirious. He had no other injury beyond the wound in the neck.  A Juror protected &gable there bring no stedical evidence  no Daroster said the ours* was theta to prow* the death.  The Juror said he had not seen the body pro. _rly.  _ The Coroner said that wee the juryman's fault. He should have demanded to have the body stripped. Hle (tho Coroner) elvrays did se whoa ha mint to see a body.  Another juror asked it there was any suggestion that the man was drunk when he eut his theist. The (kronor replied that there waa not. Ho had only had a " sup" on the Friday, but Le had had name during the week up to the Thunday. The jury's verdict was that deceased committed suicide whilst of unaound mind, a juryman objecting to the words "owing to exceesive drinking" being added.
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1907-05-04 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

ALP., while the Marquis and Marchione,, were forhially welcomed to the borough by the Nlayor, Aldertnai) R. Sh3reocit. Lord Salisbury, who had a reagnl.ficent reception. eaid a great &al of water had passed under the bridges tinep tf.e time when as a young man. he fought thin old Nortlel:ast Lancaslirts Ifiyie.k.ni, and one of his opponents, et that. time we the prne-.; Piiko of Devonshire. Haring eon, ',sated on' cireitnetance that at the last elect: ninety- :it per cent. of the. electorate was pri of, it. la• remarked that though it was true that titer. . . certain amount of exaggeration indulged in at t tinica, it must not las forgotten that there were :deo matter aid issued of great importance. and whieh. whether they wee Lila...rale or Cmensrva.. Cress, must claim their attention and consideration. I 'liter. were the quiesfone of the union with Ireland, of the to, hiare, of the Empire, and of religious education in the ethools. (Hour, hear.) to ro matter, on which they all ought to foe] =trongly, and they itight to he prepared to fight Iced for their opittiow. (Flour, hear.) In order to be sticcisisful Parliamentary orgaulsation shoukl be carried to tlic hightet print. but they ought to rem mber that there might be, and puosibly would towidorabi., differonces of opinkm in regard t., a cme.tion OM% Within a party. It wag the great. e..t mistake parable for the munary of a party to try and strive y.eople into ore line of thought, and they should look at (medicate from tho bmad standp.s:nt end allow for curtain differences, So king as their fri inks Wf.i.V agreed on the nian issws they ought not to be forced on doted. They nnast 1,0 Carefill lag ti) driie People out of the party. and there must be no treseription. Th-y. nuot bro3cl-minthil within their party organ-eatmu, v.h:ch mat include both Unionists and Core...rya'Hear. hear,)  ! John William tlarttide, thirty-eight, a oardrooot 1 jobber. of Collegemnset, Rochdale. comnr.ttect suicide by hanging himself from • nail in the wall by wears of a lothes line. He had been deFison &mt. for son, tirrl..,through being out of work. CLAißlia'S Bel PILLS are warranted to culls. in either *ex, all required or constitutional Dr, charges from the Urinary Organs, Gravel arid Pain. in the Bark. Free from Mercury. Estab. li..bed upwards of 30 years. In boxes es. 6d. each of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world, or seta for 60 stamps by the muter,.. The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug 00., Lincoln.
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1907-01-12 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

TRAGEDY OF ILL-HEALTH. HELMSHORE MAN SENDS Fox Ills WIFE,  THEN CUTS HIS THROAT  A tragic suicide occurred at Helnishom ca, Tueo day noon. William Hoyle, strippn and grinder in a cotton mill. residing at 470. Holtombe-road, and 51 years of age. had suffered from asthma for six or raven years. was unable to follow Ids work comoquence, and became very derwrlseed. On Wednesday noon he cent word tub:. wife. who was at the mill, asking her to tome home as lie was not well. The wife respomkal at once. In the hack Unlit n she found her husband lying on Ln back in a pool of blood, and there was blood on the slopstoott, in an earthenware '-easel oti the slopstone. mid 01 the deceased" suitor which was on this elopatoni'. Simpson tried to stsunch the Bow of blood by wrapping a towel round de• c'eased' a neck. Or. Hartiesto arrived at 2-15. and stitched the wound. which was ilVf • Mches lengsed ',pry deep, but death occurred a quater of an hour laser. and the doctor said there had never teen any chance of cavhig deceasecl, as he had sr terod both the windpipe and it,. gullet.  inqueat wa- h-1.10 y opt). before th Deputy Ccronee and it jury. .4 whom Connillor Law wait forenum.  Deeett,ed. widow. Elizabeth Hoyle. slid deceased had been unable to follow Ida troth for rine we,1,.. He made an effort to mock en Monday. going at breakfaot time. but he jolt..!lorne at halfpast five, saying he was done up. On Turaday east Ate got to the house at 1.15. When ally aaw dee(ll,ed she ifrked him -what lie bad done. The only reply_deeraaed made seas •• . .  Joseph In.b.on,llin Bank. said ...on Tuesday noon ho was going home to dinner at twenty ittnitltOS to One, When deceased beckoned t, him. Witness replied he would call later. Witness did in, at one o'clock. Deceased asked him to toll Ida wife to come home as he was ill. Witness sort the wife home at once.  In amswer to the Foremati. whom: mid altlougl‘ la• had known deceam,l for many years he had never heard slevea,ed say such a thing as that he would take hi,. life. le, di:l lie think r'orefused Lad appeared sleprtmed. Deeea.ed's wife was area.. 11 S. tamed to taking her dinner to the mill. Detrased shaved himaelf only syra.ionally. The Coroner said the CaPe appeared simple, and on hi.: suggestion a verdict wan returned that de.1.4 cut hi., throat when by reason of ill-health he was of unsound mind.