The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1890-08-30 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

MISHAP TO A BARROW YOUTH. On Wednesday, at noon, the body of a youth named Robert Clark. son of Mr. Clark, baker, Millom, was found by two men named Sin,gleton on the Duddon Sands, about 200 yards from Angerton Point, Foxfield. They gave information. and it. was removed to the Prince of Wales Hotel, Foidieldiunction. On inquiries we find deceased 10 he about 18 years of age. He had few things an him--- an Money or anything valuable. In Net there was nothing to show who he was or where he fame from. He wore clogs and had the appearance of a labourer. The clogs had irons on. The police at Broughton-in-Furness were communicated with, and they in turn advised the Clistrict coroner (Mr. Poole, of Ilverston). The news of floe discovery Soon spread, and on Friday tut/ming the father of deceased went to Foxlield and identified the body as that of his Son. It ajtlk'ar. deceased has been missing from home iinee Tuesday about noon, when he was last seen ;going towards the Bill. According to !sport. deceased was not happy in his domestic at i.otts. It would. however, si.Clll erroneous to loppose that he has committed suicide. as ...ligg.•sted, but rather that he attempted to cross the sauds. which at the place where deceased was fOand toe said to be safe, and had been overtziken by the !Ado, or through misadventure Mid g,t fast in the ~:hatotiel (or quicksands. which latter seems most iikely. It is further stated that the family hir• tuerly lived at Barrow up to about two or three months ago, and the deceased having no desire 1.1 ;lay at lilloin, Would in all probability make his wsy out :ind so choose Barrow for a hstjiintiun.---At will be. held this ,s,aurday'. morning ;it •  ICIDE OF A FARMER NEAR  MILLOM  Early on Tuesday morning, John Jam,. . a tetired farmer, kled 76 years. living at Bruoktielel. llootle, was found hanging in a penthouse on Ids IWLI proinises. It appears that he got up about ten Lai/nth, to six o'clock, kindled a tire, and SW, lit . 1 1 wife, whom he married last NovemlsT, 40t up soon afterward,. and finding him absent, made -fearch. She discovered the (h .q. ~1 the p.m-:lons,, farTened, :nut went tor as-ist,lllre. ' ;rit'e Itttl Jaeolf Taylor broke in and found the dy hanging about six Infiltf. tro,m the gro, in.l. At the inquest on Wedm sdav, the widow wa, Pc:mined by the C, Toner 1 1 t t h., eiremnstanee, dtending the suicide. lit Lilt I the dee. isod wrote two letters to Mr. Grief, on sat ',lnlay :tnd Ffunday, but she did not send them. Ltak mg no one to take them.--,The Coroner read the It tt,rs. Th, :Hit, wrote on Saturday morning was it :  • tio to Mr. William Grice and tell him t, c,an,• And bury me beside •my first wife, it po:sible. Hoping I will be forgiven for the rash act. a, I tutu in trouble." The other was written on Sunday !Horning, a, follows :-- If anything happens me for Mr. William (trice, of The Cottai.N, and ;rice', of Old llyton, and Mrs. Mason, snd II art ley Braithwaite to arrange about burying rue besides my first wife. if possible : and if not, bury un! iii the new cemetery, as my present wife will know nothing about it. and send for Mr. Joint Clark also, as him and liartiey is lett in power to carry the business out, and fuse hope to be ,forgivm in another world, as I am in it very unha.ppy Ante of mind, as I, eanm it explain at prosent, as I hardly know myself.'•-7Th, con on•r .tim Mrs. James): Cannot you give us, any information about not sending 'these letters to Mr. t ;rice, -xeept that you had no messenger she !lot.- -By the Foreman : Did von really think that \N.J.: in inmost in writing thus, Wan  1 ztliv kli,l .I.i.- 141, r k'n givcn. the UI ounil tiljt,E wilil-t h III)  ‘l,  ,1 • k- i• .`i I.  .t !  ::•-• .1 N  4_ Yli.  r  P,