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The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-04-30 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE AT GREEN SIDE FARM. On Saturday afternoon Mr J. B. Lee, coroner for East Cumberland, held an inquest at Green Side Farm on the body of William Heard, servant man in the employ of Mr Jasper Stephenson, who committed suicide by hanging himself with a small piece of rope, which he put around one of the spars in the roof of the byre. When found by Elizabeth Keley, the servant girl, he was dead, and was hanging with his feet about five inches from the ground. It appeared from the evidence of Miss Keley that shortly 'before the deceased committed the fatal deed he asked her if the dinner was ready, and she told him that it would be ready in a few minutes, and about a quarter of an hour afterwards she went to call him to his dinner. She got no answer. She went into the byre, and saw him hanging by the neck from the roof of the byre. In alarm she ran into the house and told the other servant girl, Margaret Waugh, and they went back to the byre to satisfy themselves that it was William Heard, after which they brought Thomas Johnston and Thomas Nicholson, of Coal Fell, and the latter cut him down.—Police Constable Bell said he arrived about three o'clock, and found the rope he held in his hand around the deceased's head. He examined his pockets and found fourpence half-penny in copper in them, and giving his opinion of the deceased, said he had never considered him very sharp.—The same idea was shared by others of the jury.—Margaret Waugh, general servant, found the following written on the back of the door between the hay barn and the byre in which the fatal deed was done :  "Written by Willie Heard. "Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life. "Signed, Wm.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-09-24 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ROMANTIC SUICIDE OF A LADY.  _ A suicide, attended by circumstances of a curious character, has for the past few days been exciting considerable interest and discussion in the West End of London, where the deceased person was well known. She was a young lady, living in Upper Baker Street, and had been on terms of intimacy with a German named Otto, or Otter, a man about one-and-twenty, whose friends appear to have discovered the acquaintanceship and to have induced him to leave the country. The other evening the young woman—Ethel Bruce by name—who was the senior of her male acquaintance by two or three years, hired a cab at the rank in 'West Kensington, and drove to Guunerston Road. This was about eight o'clock, when Miss Bruce had for her companion Miss Graham, who resides in Wyndham Street. The cabman drove as directed, and upon reaching Edith Road, at North End, Fulham, 2EBB Bruce told her companion that she wished to deliver a bundle of music at a house there. Agreeably to request Miss Graham got out of the vehicle for the purpose of asking the cabman to leave the parcel. Immediately she had done so she heard the report of a pistol, and at once discovered that Miss Bruce had shot herself. A policeman being called, the unfortunate young woman was promptly driven to the house of a medical man in Edith Road. He happened to be out, and the vehicle was taken to the West London Hospital. When the cab arrived there it was found that the occupant had died on the way. The pistol had been fired into her mouth. A search being made in the hansom, a six-chambered revolver was then discovered, fully loaded with the exception of the barrel recently discharged. The weapon up?eared to be of American manufacture, and had been carried in a kind of wash-leather bag, which would never have suggested to au observer the character of the contents. After the usual information had been given, Mr. Braxton Hicks, the coroner, ordered an inquest at the hospital. On the person of the dec.:ased some letters were found, and these the coroner mentioned showed that there had been a love affair. In one of them the unfortunate woman mentioned that she intended to commit suicide, in consequence of the interruption of relations between herself and the man whose acquaintance she had formed. The tone of the letters showed that she had been much excited by this circumstance. After the body had been identified by the sister of the deceased, and further evidence had been given in narration of the facts as stated, the jury returned a verdict declaring that deceased had taken her life while Buttering from temporary insanity. Attention was, however, paid by the jury to the fact that she was in possession at the time of the occurrence of so formidable and deadly a weapon as a six-chambered revolver. Accordingly they appended a rider recummending,that the coroner make a communication to the Home Secretary calling attention to the matter, and urging that the sale of revolvers should be.regulatedi and restricted i the same manner that the sale of poisons now is.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-09-24 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

THE CONFESSION OF MURDER.  At Westminster il-e-r1;;t-Arthilt G teen, thirty-four, a young man dressed in deep mourning, was placed in the dock before Mr. Sheil, on remand, charged on his own confession with the murder of his daughter, Louisa Agnes, aged nearly six, by administering chlorodyne to her and immersing her in the sea at Brighton, on the afternoon of the sth inst. Prisoner, who is a clerk, and who has lived in Palace Street, Buckingham Gate, with his wife and family, took the deceased and another child, aged seven, to Brighton, and was seen with them off one of the groynes in the sea. The litde girl Louisa was, according to the evidence of one witness at the inquest, pushed out of bet depth by the prisoner; but the account of the matter which he then furnished, that it was an accident, was at the time accepted. The medical evidence given before the coroner was that d ath was due a shock to the nervous system, and nothing was said about chloroform, though it has since transpired that at the post-mortem examination made at the hospital there was a peculiar peppermint smell about the child's stomach. it is also asserted that this organ was retained and not buried wiih the other remains. Prisoner attempted to commit suicide, and, on his discharge by the magistra.e, came to London. lie confessed to a clergyman that his intention was to destroy both his children, and that the one who died really succumbed to the effect of chlorodyne which he administered to her on the beach in a toy-pail. 'this confession was repeated to the police at Rochester Row Station, and prisoner signed it and declared it to be true.—Detective - sergeant Waldock deposed that the accused still adhered to his statement, and Superintendent Carter, of the Brighton Police, was in attendance to take charge of him.—Mr. Sheil said he should commit the prisoner to Brighton, with all the papers and depositions.—Before Green was taken away by the Brighton officer he was paraded with other men,and identified by a chemist's assistant as the man who purchased a large bottle of, chlorodyne on the night before the alleged murder.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-10-22 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT HAMPSTEAD.  The quiet neighbourhood of West Hampstead has been thrown into a state of considerable excitement owing to a rumour that a deliberate double murder and suicide had taken place at No. 18, Fordwych Road, which is a thoroughfare tenanted by people pf a superior class, near the High Road, Kilburn. Upon making inquiries it transpired that the house was occupied by Mr. Hewasou (of the firm of Hewetsou and Thexton, house furnishers, of Tottenham Court Road), with his wife, aged about 25, her two children, a boy aged 18 mouths, and a girl about 2i years, awl three servants. The adjoining house, No. 16, is occupied by Mr. Bailey, the newly-appointed manager of the Alhambra, whose wife was alarmd by loud screams and a smashing of glass. On going to the front door of the premises, Mrs. Bailey was informed by a postman, and a lady who had just passed along (Jar. huge Road (which runs at right angles to For dwycli Road), that they had seen a lady at the top floor back room of No. 18 throw two children out of the window, and then jump out herself. Thereupon Mrs. Bailey and her informant entered the house, where they found Mrs. Hewetson and the two children lying on the floor of a conservatory at the rear, through the glass roof of which they had crashed in their descent. The unfortunate trio were terribly out and injured and in a semiconscious condition. The husband was immediately telephoned for by a neighbour. Stimulants were administered, and Drs. Hall and Wallis were speedily summoned and attended to the injured persons. The unfortunate lady has been suffering from hysteria, and, although the police are in charge, it is deemed advisable, owing to her critical condition, not to make her aware of the fact. It is a singular circumstance that, although the height from which the children were thrown is upwards of 40ft. and a gap some Bft. square was broken in the roof of the conservatory, they received less injury than the mother, who fell through the hole thus made.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-10-08 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  At the Aston Police Court, on Monday, before Alderman Hart and Mr. R. P. Yates, James Harvey, bricklayer, Summer Lane, Erdingtou, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by shooting hiruself.—Police Constable Bowles said that shortly before eleven o'clock on Sunday night he, in coinwith Police Constable Mellor, was on duty in the Lichfield Road, Erdingtou, when they heard the report of a firearm. On going to the rear of the Three Tons Inn, where the prisoner lodged, they found Harvey, who shouted out, "Mind the string which is tied to the gun. Stand clear." Prisoner, in reply to Mellor, pointed to a gun which was lying horizontally on the top of a tub near the well, the butt being fixed against a water-pipe with a stick, so arranged as to keep it in position. Asked what he was doing, the prisoner answered, "Pm tryiug to blow myseit into pieces." Witness remarked, "You mast be a foolish man," and Harvey replied, "I am not. You don't know what I have to put up with." Rd then ran into the wardihouse and brought out a strong piece of wire, one end of which was formed into a hook, and informed the officers that as he had failed with one barrel he was going to put the contents of the other through himself with the aid of the piece of wire, Mellor then took the gun away, which, on being examined, was found to contain one empty cartridge and another loaded. The accused was perfectly sober at the time.—On being asked what explanation of his conduct he had to give, Harvey informed the Bench that he had nothing to say, except that he was very sorry. He was excited at the time, and asked Alderman Hart: "What would you do if you had two women in a house? " Superintendent Walker explained that prisoner had married one of the two sisters who had an interest in the Three Tuns public-house, and as they were constantly quart elliug after closing hours, this seemed to have upset the prisouer.—Alderman Hart remanded the prisoner for a week, and refused bail.  Lord Salisbury has arrived at the new villa. at Villefranche, near Nice, where he will remain until his reLurn to town. . .  Lord Carrington has promised to lay out thirty acres of land for allotments for the labourers of Spalding. The oiler of the laud is made to an allotment society which has been formed amongst the labourers for the acquisition of land. An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Mr. W. B. Waterlow, of Itedhill, who committed suicide on the previous evening by shooting him-531t with a revolver. It was stated that he had Wen much depressed of late, and had suffered from insomnia. A verdict was returned that deceased committed suicide 'whilst in a state of temporary iusanitY.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-03-12 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

OOO. Mr. Michael Devitt has left again for Ireland for rest and strength. He will be in England again by the 17th inst., on which day he is expected to address a mass meeting at Blackburn, when Mr. E. Harford, the secretary of the Amalgamated Railway Servants' Union, will be dtmuitely brouscht forward as Radical and Labour ,•andidate for Blackburn.  Mr. John Pease Fry, the eldest son of Mr. T. Fry, M.P., was thrown from his horse when hunting with the Murworth hounds near Eryholme, Durham. 11'..,• had three ribs fractured. He was taken up in a precarious condition, but revived later in the day. He was removed to a farmhouse, and remains there by order of the medical men.  -Richard Lewis, a man who murderously assaulted John Gough, a ganger on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, was before Mr. Justice Grantham at Derby Assizes, and was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. In the Clay Cross manslaughter case George Cupit was found guilty, recommended to mercy, and sentenced to one days' imprisonment. "Guide writes to the Times in great indignation at the adoption, by a Kimberley mining company, of the name "Guide Prospecting Syndicate." She has nothing to do with the company, and hopes she may protect the name by law. She, of course, naturally objects that the name by which she is avowedly known shall serve "under two flags "—that of diamond hunting as well as that of fiction. The other forenoon, the Norwegian barque Aide. baran, landed in Liverpool the captain and five men forming the crew of the smack Empress, of Yarmouth, which was sunk in collision with the barque on Wednesday night off the Saltees on the Irish coast. The barque came down upon the smack so suddenly that the men had only time to scramble on board the barque, their own vessel sinking in three minutes. An inquest has been held on the portions of the woman's remains which were found in the Regent's Canal, near Cambridge Heath Bridge, Hackney, a few days ago. The medical evidence went to show that the body had probably been in the water for two months, and that it had been crushed by barges aud eaten by rata. A woman named Lloyd had seen the body, and thought it was that of:her sister, but she was uncertain. A verdict of "-Found drowned" was returned.  About ten o'clock the other morning the body of a well-dressed man,apparently about forty-five years of age, was found floating face downwards in the ornamental water at Regent's Park. close to the Broad Walk. The assistance of the police was obtained, and the body taken out of the water. Efforts made to restore animation proved futile, and the remains were conveyed to the mortuary to await an Inquest. It is supposed that the man committed suicide.  1  '  I , i: i  tti - d I , •,. ,t. •/ , ( , 14' C. .  1 1,10 1, , !I 1 ! it'• i i 1 i 1 1 , I 1 'l-.:... . ' , .. , . ..: I 1,..  , $ iI , ' i -'l, i 1 , '1 I 1 , . P. 1 i , t $ tO I i' 1., . r. t 11, ~.., , Iti '
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-11-19 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

THE CHIEF CONSTABLE'S ANNUAL REPORT.  The statistical returns on crime and other matters, which were presented by the Chief Constable to the Watch Committee on the 9th October, have now been printed, and from which we extract the following interesting items :—The report states that there were 44 indictable offences reported to the police during the year, a decrease of four compared with last year, and the number of arrests for such offences was 34, a decrease of eight compared with the previous year. During the year the City has been remarkably free from crimes of a serious nature, and the sentences passed on prisoners, with two exceptions, were very lenient. The estimated value of property stolen was reported as amounting to .£BB 9s 6d, and the amount recovered £55 15s 2d, leaving unrecovered £32 14s 4d. This is the lowest estimated value of property stolen during any year for the last 20 years. The number of persons disposed of summarily by the magistrates was 1,679, of this number 1,314 were males and 365 females, showing a decrease of 126, compared with the previous year. Proceeded against by summons, 1,188, and arrested, 491. Of the persons apprehended, five had received a superior education, 348 could read and write, 23 could read only, while 115 cou:d neither read nor write. The decrease is in offences under the Elementary Education Acts, and under the heading of drunkenness. For the offences of drunkenness and drunk and disorderly, 509 persons were proceeded against (380 males and 129 females), a decrease of 68 compared with the preceding year. Eight licensed victuallers were summoned for offences under the Licensing Acts, four of whom were convicted, and one licence was endorsed. From the return we also gather that there are in the city 123 public-houses. 11 beer-houses (on), (-gaff), grocers having spirit licences 2, wine licences 2, druggists having wine licences 2-146. In regard to drunkenness, 81 offences were committed on Sundays and 428 on other days. There have been 12 fires, 4 of which were caused by the careless use of matches, candles, &c., and 4 by sparks from fires. The number of inquests-66—shows a decrease of lon the year. Thirty-five of these were from natural causes, 7 were accounted for by burning, 6 on the railway, manslaughter 2, and suicide 2. There were 16 sudden deaths where inquests were deemed unnecessary. The fatal accidents reported were 28 in number, an increase of 8 over the previous year. The police statistics give 41 as the total, divided as follows—Chief Constable. 2 inspectors, 5 sergeants, and 33 constables. During the year the police issued tickets for admission into the casual wards of the Workhouse to 2,332 vagrants (viz., 2,235 adults and 97 children), an increase of 467 compared with last year. The Weights and Measures Act, 1889, has been in operation fora year and nine months. Only nine persons were summoned during the year for offences under the Weights and Measures Act, eight of whom were fined in nominal sums, and one was dismissed.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-01-29 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

THE SUICIDE OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. The cause of death of the Duke of Bedford is fully and conclusively established. The death was registered on the 19th inst., whereas the Duke died on the 14th inst. The particulars are set out in the register book as follows: "No. 55. When and where died, Fourteenth January, eighteen ninetyone —eighty-one, Eaton Square, male. Ago, seventytwo years. Rank or profession, Duke of Bedford. Cause of death, bullet-wound in the heart; suicide during temporary insanity daring pneumonia. Certificate received from J. Troutbeck, coroner for Westminster. Inquest held fifteenth January, eighteen ninety-one. When registered: Nineteenth January, eighteen ninety-one. Signature of registrar: F. H. Doggett, Registrar." I certify that the above is a true copy of an entry in the Registrar Book of Deaths in the Registrar's District of Belgrave in the Supctintendent Registrar's District of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of London, and I further certify that the said Registrar Book is now lawfully in my custody. Witness my hand this twenty secood day of January, eighteen ninety-one. F. If. DonGarr, Registrar, Book No. 123. A correspondent states that his Grace was suffering front acute pneumonia in both lungs, and on the day previous to his death, which occurred on Wednesday, the 14th inst., was what is known as light-headed. On the Wednesday morning, shortly before ten o'clock, he requested the two nurses who had been in constant attendance upon him to leave the room for a few minutes. They obeyed, and had been standing in the ante-room but five or six seconds when they heard the report of a firearm. They rushed into his Grace's room to find him stretched on the floor, with a bullet through his heart, fired from a revolver which the duke had kept in a cabinet in his room. Death had evidently been instantaneous, for his grace neither spoke nor breathed after the horrifying discovery by the nurses. Mr. Morton, M.P., has pri•ately notified to the Speaker his intention of asking the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the statements in the press as to the absence of the public and reporters from the inquest on the body of the late Duke of Bedford; whether the district coroner was within his legal rights in conducting the inquest in private, and without the usual notice to the police; whether any such right has been exercised in recent times; and whether, considering the circumstances of the duke's death and the cremation of the body, he will take steps to prevent similar secrecy.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1891-05-28 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

REPORTED DUEL AT CHICAGO. A Press Association telegram from Chicago says: —A duel took place here on Sunday morning, in which Baron Rudolf Kalnoky, nephew of the Atustro-liungarian Premier, was wounded. Baron Kalnoky, who has been in this city for a month, quarrelled on Friday with a Southerner, whose name is unknown, and knocked him down, because he spoke in a disrespectful manner of an actress with whom the baron was infatuated. A challenge followed, and the men met in a secluded spot in Jackson Park at daybreak on Sunday morning armed with rapiers. The first advantage was gained by the Southerner, who wounded the baron slightly in the leg, but the latter then gave his opponent a thrust in the shoulder, which was, however, a very light one, the skin being only pricked. Directly afterwards Baron Kaluoky, in lithgeing, appeared to slip and fall upon the point of his adversary's sword, which entered the neck, causing a stream of blood to gush out. The seconds immediately stopped the fight, and the physician in attendance drogs.-ed the wound, which, it is thought, will not be fatai. Baron Kalnoky, when talking on Saturday with the proprietor of his hotel on the subject of his quarrel, and the duel which was to follow, is said to have expressed the hope that he would be killed, as he would then be prevented from committing suicide. He confessed that he had led a wild life, which had caused his family to disown him, and declared that there was nothing left for him to do. A Press Association telegram from Vienna says news has been received there through the ordinary channels of a duel in Chicago, in which the Baron Rudolph Kalnoky, was engaged. Either there is some mistake, or the American public has been imposed upon by a person using a title to which he has no legal right. There is no such person in the Austrian peerage as Count Rudolph Kalnoky,and no member of the Austrian Foreign Minister's family is at present in America.