The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1894-04-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE OF A STOCKTON PITBLIOAN.  An inquest was held at the Cleveland Hotel, Thornaby, before Mr Coroner Belk on Tuesday on the body of Henry Robert Batty, aged 44, landlord of the Blue Pasta Inn, High-street, Stockton, who was found in the River Tees, near Thornaby Wood, on Sunday.—Mra Batty, wife of &weaned, who wee very deeply affected. said her husband got up at half-past five on Saturday morning apparently for the purpose of opening the house for the workmen. In reply to a juryman she said he had not been as well as he used to ' be, but he had always been able to look after his latrines& —John Batty, brother of deceased, said he saw &wailed on Thursday last week. He looked better than usual. Ile had been in a low way for Kale time. Witness did not know the reason. He was a very steady man. Mary Jane Gardner, charwoman at the hotel, said she last saw deceased alive on Friday night, when he seemed rather strange in his manner. He had , lately been unusually quiet. All Friday he was unusually strange. Witness identified a large table knife produced in belonging to deceased. She mimed is on Saturday niornieg.—Wm. Miles said he was walking on the side of the River Tees about seven o'clock on Saturday morning. He saw is piece of red flannel on the aide of the stream. When he got to it lie found the knife and razor produced stuck in the ground. They were about two miles from deceased'e bowie. There was a footpath near the plata—Thomas Blackbuen said no Sunday he was on the river aide opposite Thornaby Wood. when he saw a body on the shore. He went and informed P.C. Robinson. The body was lying face downward& about • foot from the edge of the stream, Laving been left by the falling tide. The body was fully dressed with the exception of a hat. la company with P.C. Robinson he took the liody to the dead house.—This evidence was corroborated by P.C. Robinson, who said the body appeared to I have been dead some time. On it were a watch ! and chain, £2 le, and a gold ring. The watch had stopped at a quarter-past five.-. Dr. Haines said his colleague, Dr. Hind, had attended deceased in October for nervousness and insomnia. Witness had made a post-mortem examination, and in his opinion deceased died from suffocation by drown. ing.—The jury found that deceased died from lsuffocation by drowning, and that he committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.  I she  lappear . Couats  WHAT °Urges the Durham County Council have I seen during the lent two years Finn they air North Riding County Council Scholarships.— pointed an independent medical officier, whose re- The result of tee competition for the three special ports confirmed in every way the articles on the I scholarihipa offered by the Technical Instruction "Homes of the Pitmen which appeared in the Chrnmittee of the North Riding County Council " North &stern Daily Gazette, and led to almost 0.4.7 annmtheatas:mg rid4Y"alL tw s Chi tof twenty a et; Sanitary revolution in the county. Now he finda 74-iddkaw,,,mrh Hilàoul In, vim r bim, ' his wort so increased that a second offioer has to be been mihd. igesbirs mud iratem. appointed. At Wedneeday'e meeting of Durhant street Board School an me fot Vir Mines= County"Oouncil the Health Committee recorn- Stafford-teerace, Thrnnabgatel tit mended the appointment of a Health Inspector at John Reed. aged ,12, Nolan and sou of *a " £l5O per mount. The gentleman re- Jormtk Hoed, Ihicem, "%treat, Lauda* Slieltaa-im• ad to abat, poatia. ?dr Rownon. Cleveland ,(3) m take third candidate in mire of merit had Pairreesived 60 per cerit of the of lieeresurele.upos-Tries of reerhit the third sebetarehip irt the emiesimeiV sob be awarded. &