The Haslingden Gazette. — 1909-02-27 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

ACCRINGTON SUM 'S,  N WHO WAS DOWN REARTI. '  MAN WHO COULD GMT NO WORK. On Thumlay afternoon tho East C'oroner (Mr. H. J. Rohinunt) hekl ho in the Accrington Tov.n 'Mr. 'l'. KW being foreman nf the jury.  The first ease WilA that of Its,kett, 30, wife of Cliarl4; Beckett. windONV ii,tner, r,t Portland-street. Decea,ed had slifkrp4 fro,” ii voila debility for a considerable time, and I been attended by Dr. 'rough. She had int,, to go to Little Harwood to recruit her health, 1 on Tuesday night alio slept with her sister, Waterhouse. Al out ono o'clock on Wednes morning Mrs. Waterhouse awakened, and fu that her sister, the deceased, was not in bed. t one. caller! the husband, who wftat sloenita the bark DOOM, and MI going dOltngtairs he In iri„, wife lying in a pool of blood in the kit, with lice throat cut.  Charles Beckett, the hu,hand, who distils tilu,b emotion whilst giving his evidence, htl that del (-ascot had been very downhaerted for last three weeks, and had been attended by Tough for nervous debility. Oil Tuesday n she dept with her sister, whilst he slept with little [toy in the back room. About ono or on Wednesday morning he was awakened by sister-in-law, and in consequence of what she te Milli 11021115221 r, and found his wife with throat cut, and a large knife was lying by her Elizabeth Waterhon,e, ristec of deceased, the jory that she listl stro very little of her u Saturday last, but die then noticed that she sec very depressed. On Tuesday witne-s came to Accrington to sue how deceased R 25, and tieing she was 110 better asked her to return home with her and WC whether the change would leas fit her in health. She, however, appeared to I. afraid that she would be unable to do so betauss of her little boy. Witne,s slept with her on Tow. day night, and on awakening. at one ec!ock r need her. She inhumed her husband, who went down. stairs and found her lying dead. P.C. Fletcher having given evidence, a VP:AK{ of '• Suicide whilst of unsound mind " was re turnt <I.  The second inquiry was into the death of joia Cain. iron moulder. 59 yeprs of age, living in los land-street. At 5-.!.0 011 Thursday morning dercaeld's son Uharle: got up to go to his work, and found him sitting in a chili; in front of the kiwbra fire, where it app.ared ie• had been all night. Re appeared all right as that time, and did not speak. When deceased's wife got up she found him hang. ing from a hook in the kitchen ceiling, with a piece of tlothe: line round his neck. Site save the Warm and James Richard Pollard. of PlAn rose-street, eat him down. The poli, report stat,d that On the previous day (Wednesday) as order was made in the police court for der,,sel to pay. 2s. 61. ner week toward, his son's tolintenata e in all industrial schooL  Mary Ann Cain, the widow. Mated that her lua band had teen out of work for some eghteen Meathre. He got stopped then, and had been unable to get work since. He had had no illness, but when he had a b,y seat away to an industrial school he got rather low-spirited. On Thundery morning they eat up until four o'clock, deceased reading and she sewing. Witness was then tired, and 'went. to Led, leaving deceased still sitting there, She could not say what time it win when he got up, because the clock hatl4tupped, but she found her husband hanging from a hook in the ceiling. Charles Cain, the eon, said when he got up at 5-30 hire father was sitting in the chair by the fire, but he did not speak. •  James Richard Pollard spoke to being called is about 10-30 on Thursday morning and cutting de• ceased down, and the jury then returned a verdict of •• Suicide uld!st of unsound mind."