Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-03-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LOVERS' QUARREL.  On Tuesday in the Masons Arms, Westerton, MrJ. T. Proud. Deputy Coroner, held an inquest touching the death of .lames Laidler (18), a miner, who the previous afternoon committed suicide under most painful circumstances. Inspector Nutimer watched the case on behalf of the police. Jane Wilson. of Bowdon Close, said the deceased was her stepson. Ile left home about ten weeks ago. She had not seen him for a month. She never knew him to threaten to make away with his life. _  Edward Myers. of Quarry Houses, said: The deceased came to lodge with me about, six weeks ago. He worked up to a week ago that night, and had been ill since. He complained of a cold and a pain in the right side of his chest. No doctor attended the deceased. He returned home with the deceased lest night from Coundon. He had had one glass of beer at New Conndon. When we got home the deceased sat down in the house until the buzzer went five. Ile said, "There she goes." He had to go to work at six o'clock. He then went out into the water closet, and in about five minutes' time I heard a report. I went out, and looking into the closet I saw the deceased on the floor. I saw that he was shot in the face. The blood was running from his nostrils, and he was bleeding like a "stuck sheep." There was no wound to be seen. He lived about an hour, but never spoke. I sent for a doctor, but soon after the doctor arrived Ls.idler died. I never knew him to threaten to kill himself, and on Monday he was in good spirits. About a month ago he got the revolver from a companion who lived about Shields. I did not know that the deceased had a revolver on him until I found it in the water closet.. He had a sweetheart somewhere about Eldon, but I did not know that anything was wrong between them. Ann Myers, the wife of the last witness, said the deceased came home on Sunday shortly i after ten o'clock. She did not know where lie had been, but he was it. good spirits. Witness had beard from Laidler's sister that he had been to Eldon to see his sweetheart—a MIII3 Clarke—and that they had had a quarrel. Hannah Dixon, of Coundon, said: The de. ceased was ray brother. I last saw him alive about four o'clock on Monday. I knew that be had a sweetheart. He had been keeping company with her for about a month. He said to me on Sunday night, "The young woman and me has differed, but I expect to make it up on Saturday night." At first he seemed a little troubled over it, but he 110013 cheered up. Ile said nothing about the quarrel when I saw him on Monday. P.C. Curtis spoke to finding the revolver, which was a six-charnbered one. It contained two fall cartridges, two blank cartridges, and the other two chambers were empty. Toe jury returned a verdict that the deceased had "committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind." What led the jury to add the latter part of the verdict was the fact of the unfortunate young man having bad a quarrel with his sweetheart, Miss Claris*. It is ten years since there has been an inquest in the same village. It was also remarked by an old inhan.itant who was on the jury that thirtytwo years ago a foreman quarryman named Hun• ter shot himself under painful circumstances in the village. It may be readily assumed that the sad end of the unfortunate young man Laidler created a painful sensation in the sleepy village. What puzzled the Coroner and the jury was that there was no palpable wound on Laidler s face. Btu one conclusion was arrived at—that the deceased placed the muzzle of the revolver to his nose, and that the bullet passed up his nostril.  At Stratford, Besot, on Monday Arthur Teasel, a labourer, was committed to Norwich for trial charged with murdering his infant child, which he took away last month.  RAY'S 6ntrout4n Essence of Linseed Anisond, fienogs, fiqtllll, 44C.4 wiAla QWerutline lad. act,