The Haslingden Gazette. — 1913-12-20 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

TUE INQUEST. CORONER AND DECEASED'S SWEETHEART. • The inquest was 'held in tho Court Room of by Accrington Town. Hall on Thursday afterno4r, the Acting Coroner for East Lancashire, Ur. 114 Y N. Ha_sic wood.. .tkli-er of  The first witness, Alia: Waterworth, nu)" but the, girl, said deceased was formerly & was in service at the time with Mr. Jaw r 1 fried fish dealer, of Nuttail-street, Accringt°ll',ithi Sunday, decea.sod„ .who had been walking. to a. young man, made a :certain communicau."" her; and in consequence of this she took her to T;)r. Fenwick on the Monday. Deceased could 11°.; skeep, and the doctor gave her medicine. Deceast' tokl NV itnc.ss that she would make away with Ilea; self if !her wori3t 'fears were confininied. Witnetitr_l° sa,w deceased on Wednesday afternoon. Vi aterwerth adtiod that the girl was chec",,'",, enough until about twelve months ago. Wink "had -Chastised 'her daughter for going out with * -,5,-oung man. ',John Thomas Massey, Cro4by-ro,ad, -Irlani 1-I.eight, Pendleton, Manchester, engine driver the employ of the Lanca...4tire and Yorkthire Raiiw,ly Company, the driver of the•;paesonge,r trajni f 1.0111 Man.ehester to Skipton, who left Manchester at 520 on the Wednesday afternoon, stated tint* .did not see anyone on the line, nor did .he know, that, he had. run , over anyone or knocked anyone down, George Page., 95, Higher AntleT.-street, _Nor:rington, foremaniavelayer, in the einploy of the Lancashire. and. 'Yorkshire Railway Co., said he' \ vas walkintr, aleng the line from Baxenden to Ae: erington al--)ut 4-45 OIT Wednesd.aky. afterno°_,.llr when' lie saw the body of the deceased. lying nt%'lo Ihe ban z. The body was under the. bridge, 41t. head, severed from the body, wasiy.i3Llr iii,sed way. There was no footpath near. over:J. pt have gone- there deliber' t ,IN 'She, lava apPearanae of having lain thaerce':.with across the rail. eie The Acting ( oroner, the 1;,-1 stating that ;1 tie the evidence -he DurPosocl to offer, not think after hearino- the evidence the iu,.-Ls•. re:neje' have any doubt but, that d a' sod, hahailill° placed .herself before the, approa.chino- train m manner described by the last witness,an ds'' rh-aS run ever by the 3-20 train from Mn achetit' eronly other question they had to .consider \vas w'l,--t ili their -opinion wao, the state of mind of the tie" et`it sed at the time. she. 'committed the. act. Th.° were iold that .ghe informed her ',mother she afraid she was in a certain condition. The mother took hcr to 1)r. Fen.wick, and he naturally gave lier. some medicine, probably with the idea inducing. her to get some sleep. She threatened. that if proved to be in the condition she feared. she would do away with herself, and there \i ii doubt she had dene so. Whether the jury felt 'jiist-Ifie.d in saying she was of unsound mind at ill° time stile t t suicide he would leave then to say. The responsibility for her oondition rest upon her sweetheart, and he wa.s s:ure would remain upon his mind for many .11 long da,,,15 to think that the girl had come to th.a„t miii through his fault. He did not propose to eau,.,..'"-,;k into the box. They were not there* as a c°,l,„n-t. morals, and' be was not sitting there in' i'"gn,-I.d on morals, but. be wag sure the girl's death w remain: on the nia.n's conscience for a long tirne:t4 The jury then returned a -verdiet of suicide e ii toin.),orarily insane. ,  Driving the, motor-car used by V. Heinery. tll4. Continental racing Motorist, in making his ,v °rl(l.' speed record of 127.87 miles an hour, L. G. Wry sted at Brooklands on Saturday in an official riy` 9 reached an approximate speed of 130 milt' “. hour.