The Herald of Wales. — 1889-03-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

INQUEST. I An inquest was held on Wednesday, a the old Compass public-house, Pentre, touching the of Richard Morris, whose body was found I mutilated on thq raps of tk Qreat Western Railway, ~,tear Pease, a Tuesday. Mr Inspector Lan,;(l.-1 watched the proceedings on behalf of the GreaeWestern Railway Company. Wm. Morris, Caebricks, the deceased's eldest brother, said he bad not seen his brother for about five months. .The deceased was a weakly constituted man, and was engaged at very unhealthy employment. The lass time he spoke with his dead brother he judged that he was not of a sound state of mind. He had  should  The Rev. JoSept' Evans seconded the adoption heard from the wife of deceased that he had not of the minutes. dent well for months, and that his conduct was A diammiva having taken place on the alb' rather strange. He au not know of any of the pointment of caretakers, circumstances that led to his brother's death Canon Richards said he wished to say two or beyond what he had been told. three words on the application of Canon Wilson Jelin Jones, living at Lander°, said he was an with regard to Danygraig. It was clear front inspector of nuisances in the employ of the the contents of his letter that he was not mak- 'Urban Sanitary Authority. He had known the tag an application for any further oonsession deceased about 30 years, and saw him ireunder the terms of the compromise, but he was quently. He never observed anything odd or asking for it to be allowed to lapse. He had strange about deceased. Morrie was rather offkept--end was Prepared to heel) unless they handed in his style of conversation. Witness took the step he asked,--his engagements, but at always th ht Morris to be anable,robust man. the same time they were perfectly free to let his He last saw leceased about 10.44 on Tuesday ta lapse if they wished to do 80. He morning, from the direction of the slag 237=n to the new Board under the special tip and near to the railway cutting. He saw circumstances of a large increase in the neigh- Morris getting over the fence between the tourhood, and of a very 'important pronoence- road and the railway, and he walked meat by themajority of theroyalcommiseionupon on the railway towards Landore. Kerrie stood the very qucetionthatwaainvolvedlnDanygram, on tip-toe as if he was looking for some one, ' and asked them to let the agreement lapse. He and witness walked towards him. Just then was like an dame who been taken in. war- Morris took his scurf off his neck, and at the They had allowed him to go free on Paeons,but same time a good§ train was coming from the there was nothing, tmder a changed cetudition direction of Landers. When the engine passed of affairs, which Prevented him oomingand ask- the bridge Morrie ran after the train and threw ing to be relieved from his Parole. e teems himself under the tail of it. Witness shouted of the compromise had been proposed to him by out when he saw Morris running, as he thought, the Board, and were were acoePted as the only to catch the train, not to attempt to get on any mode by which the school could exist at all. it of the brakes, but deceased no heed. Witwas chill pepenurythat repressed his noble nese continued shouting, anthe guards on the rage, and made Um come to terms. But his train, seeing the body on the rails, school was still xintler this diaability. It was whistled to the driver to stop the tram. After the only voluntary school in ths whole kingdom the occurrence witness hurried to the spot, and that was under such a disability as they had found deceased lying with his head against the imposed upon it, and he thought that this new outside metal and a frightful wound on his right Board might be in a better ha..,: state of temple. Morrris's left arm was also broken, Ind mind, and that they would relieve . from it. blood flowed therefrom. Blood also issued from Canon Wilson did not say "I intend to break deceased's nose and mouth. A doctor myparole.'Ohno. Theyhad given himafew straw A doctor was sent for, but Harris died before he to make his educational bricks, but he did not arrived. It was the opinion of witness that ask for more straws he asked for more Morris deliberately threw himself on the rails.— , consideration, and " give me my liberty." David Isaac, smelter, deposed that he lived Nonconformists had fought nobly through near the deceased, and knew him well. He had rations for their liberty,they had got concessions worked at the Hafod and Steel Works with and by making each fresh concession a starting Morris. Deceased was always mod eccentric. point for entering upon a fresh struggle Thomas Grifliths, the junior goods guard on the they had their full rights conceded. This was train in question, said the train left Landore at the way with Canon Wilson. His school had 1138 on Tuesday morning. He was looldng been VaeW under a disability and he merely out at the end of the brake van at the tail el asked them to give him the liberty which the train, and saw the body of a man lying on every voluntary and public elementary school the path with his head reeling against the bad, That of educating subjects to the rails. He stopped the train, an& drew his limits of its capacity. He appealed to one mate's attention to the body.—The Coronse gentleman especially an that matter—and that thought that the evidence pointed clearly was Mr Gaimtlett. Before the matter was ills- to the ease being one of suicide, and it would be cussed in committee, there were absent three or for the jury to consider what state the deceased's Ir gmtleanen whoin he might have expected mind was in at the time he committed the act. would advocate the voluntary principle, and he The jury returned a verdict that deceased (the speaker) was the only representattva of that committed suicide while in aiikunsomad state of p*.i.ple there. He trusted that it was an to- mind.• ddent, becratise Bot Move that the& Eithinen who nad been reidPigt to Ument II T E frN4IttrAboTETY OF ptinciple ;wawa depart ui the NZlOdT“nnatitiOnO those who had rePresen--'