The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-01-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WOMAN. Oa Monday Dr. Lanke,t, r held an inoneat at the Elephant and Caatle, Camden town, on the body of Mary Len Frier, who committed suicide under very distrieehig oircemetancas.  ... Charles"Frier, father of deceased , Hein g at 2, William. street, Itegent's sa-k, raid: The deceased was my daashter. She was 19 years of age. I saw her last on the 29th September. She had been induced to leave her sitnatlon on the Monday previous. She said she went to live with the (deter of a man named S mildew,. She paid Sounders kept her out till it was too late to go home, and then he took her home with hue. My wife went to inquire about it the next day, arid my daughter, findieg we were determined to inquire into it, rrtu away and drowned herself. The next morning we found this note in her work. box : '• My dear Mother,—As you are determined that me and Harry shall not mune together, I will give him up, but it will be with my life. I cannot live, mother, without him. I have written to say pedalo to him, and now I will say the same to you.—Your Daughter." I eud my wife wiehed to break off tha engagement after we knew that be took her from her aituatiou. Sareh Frier, mother of dee, sited : I saw my daughter after she left her eitnetim talking to Saundere. I &skill her if she hat slept with &loaders. Sha seid elm cent with his ricer, but 1 fo ind out after warea from the aMter that this was untrue. Henry George &Anders, of 19, Castle-street EAS'• I was acquainted with deceamd. I had promised to marry her, and would have done it. I navy her bat alive on the 27th November. I hod aeon her en elm, es). I left li. r between ten end eleven in the nveniug. Sue said she would go to Loy hiAlkt'S, but Eille dr not. I work at Harraon and SOls'N, Ssekvulwetreet. I saw her on Tuesday, and I advised her to go with hr m)ther, and she did. When I went home to diun.r she weal in my room She said hut fatter and mother had ordered her to give we up, and khe oeuld not de it. I peraulded her to go home. I did not see her &Pin, but I reoeived these letters from her, which will show you whom fault this is. The folloeing letter was read "My darling Harry,—By the time you hove reedy ci this I shall be no more. I need not tell you whose fault it is. They will not let me see you any more; ao good-bye." We loved each other, and wanted to marry, but her pareuts wanted somebody bettor off than me. Mr. Burt, house surgeon at S. Panama Workhouse, said deceased was brought to the workhouse last Thursday morning. Her head was much injured, but the injuries were inflicted after death, probably by the eteainbJeta. There was evidence of an old seduction, but no evideuee of recent connection, and he did not think each had taken place shortly prior to death. _  John Long, tarneock to the West Middlesex Water. works Company: I found this body about thirty yards from the bridge, nest St. Mark's Church, Primrose. hill. I handed it over to the police. I should just hire ta say, air, that thoro are no drags by this bridge, so that it would be impossible to save anybody woo might fail in.  —The lownce of the parapet on the bridge was commented upon by the coroner. The vestry of St. Marylebone had raised the parapets of their bridges, and since then 1-0 hml not a single case of accident or sui.ide la oonne3,ion with thaw.  The jury retarhed a verdiet of "suicide whilat of uudeund mind.'