The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1890-09-27 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A INMATE AT HATTON ASYLUM.  THE INQUEST.  On FM, morning in leat week Mee. Una reelts, wife of Charlee Perks. wheelwright. of IP, Jury Street, Warwick, who for the last rive monffie has been •n mina. eqrramtVlareelf 7•111°:' c=ttte lavatory, at., having herself. An impieet was held at ffie aeyluin on Monday morning before ffie district coroner. Or. Wynter. Mee. Ann Hob.. charge nurse of female A ward in the amlion, 'laid that on Friday morning between ten minutes and a ,4119. rter to seven, the deceased, who wan lan inmate, came down in charge of the ...id name of the ward, with another ptient named Anne Freeman, to arist in peeping and deeting the large day room. which she had leen in ffie halnt of doing for the last month or sic weeke. The mime opened ffie nnomarde for them te, get the brooms and austere out and then left them and went to her breakfast. At five minutem. +even Anne Freeman went . witne. and ea. that woman had tied Impel, up in the lavatory leading out of ffie large day motn. Wan. rushed to the lavatory and found the de...d in a standiag position. impended by the cord prodtmed from abeam over ffie doorway. She raised deceased from the ground. and the second nurse cut the cord with a pair of sciesore Wit.. at once sent for Dr. Miller. She cauld not form any idea where the deoaseed got the co. from. She hal never had anything to do which req.. the oue of the cord. and wane. was certain there teas nothing of the hind in the cupboard. Witneee had never heard dep.. threaten to take Mr I,le in any way. Deceseed was • to go out noon. She often tallied to witnese about going away, .na e.d how pleased else nihould be to go home to her huffiand end family. Wi easy her when she came down mt., morning. and she •ppeared to be as bright ffirl cheerful as she ha ever been for ffie Fait thr. month.. In reply to • juryman ae to how the dep.. f.tened the cord to the beam, witne. eaid ehe had an idea that the dem.. had • blk.tth stand on because she heard one roll when ffie raised deceased. She did not tee thie at M. beeffine Peep.. clothes Pre ooverimi it ZYtte d s':•.b.""eivnl'ytfttr 'abal.srdor @even minute,. at the most. Being oonedered quite convalescent eke was not under epeeial otwervabon. Dr. medical superintendent of the asylum. eaid the deceased had been an inma. since March I Ith of this year. When she was admitted 'she was eoffering from acu. Por about sis wee. .e remain. in a maniacal condition. but the end of that time she commenced to improve, and on hlsy affi ffie we. removwl to a part of the building where My ,je, Xen'tcadlitrial7t:lnnoWri:P=rilf welTZ•etit fully • monffi, woalrlpshortly have bet. .n genn"Tietom'et eller Intetian'd had never presented any suicidal tendencies while I, the asylum On Friday iagwitness wat pent for by MM. HObbilahOrtly after wean o'clock. He went immediately to the lavatory, where he found the deceased lying on the moiled He commenced artificial respiration. and (entitle. it for Penty-bve minutes, but without avail the woman was perfectly dead There were marks on ttrhar'ara".7iVt.."'vra. obiolin?ordn that demise. atrium. hymen while standing on the bucket. The knot in ffie opt war, not an ordinary elip-boot, and from the marks on the emit tne deceased must have pelted it tight at the MP of the neck before ehe put her weight on ffi Witne,s saw deceased on the previous afternoon, and she then •pneared to be very cheerful. Some friends from Warwick and her husband had visited her • few dap before. arid they oon• gratulated her on how well ehe appeared to be Wan. wee at opinion that 1n,...,. of death was strangulation completed by banging, and he believed the .t was committed under enicidal 'll?Bormer. in souping uP. opinion that no blame wha.ver yr. affirffintable to the asylum officials.  71'17;eZ;;;Zi a verdict in accordance ainh the medical teetnnony. and ooncarred  tn.*. a.. lloahig oecupied her position for 17 years, and during the whole of that time there had not been the slightest auepicion against her of neglecting the patients in any way. The under nurse had held Wilco for eight year.. sad her coadost hsd aleo been moat satiefactory.  C.0•011104TMN41, Cnuare.—On Butiday Mat the harvest thankegiving eerviom were held in the above place of worship. Two eiermone were preached by Mr. Jenkins, of Learning., There wee a large Mtendanee. especially in the evening, when Mr. Jenkins took for his text Exodue aii„ 26 vane, What ripen ye by this serviceT• The chapel was beautifully and tastefully decorated with !mite. vegetable., and flower., which were forwarded, with collections amounting to XI to the Warneford Hospital, Leamington.  Tuexusolvied Seavcces.—The annual thanksgiving cervicesf the aufe ingathering of the harvest were held in Cobbington Church on Sunday. There were services morning arid evening. and a special address th children in the afternoon.  COMM' eOOlll., Monday (before Hie Honour, Judge S Richard Harington.Bartd—The cause lint contained 23 new pie... ewe moneee (defended), one adjourned cause. one •pplication for a new trial, three jadgment ernunnirintlf%le a=e, 'l=7l,ri the judgment summons. the following w. the only bueineee WhiCh Cann, before His Honour ! Henry Pearson. Wolverton, farmer, Bead Thoe. GriMn, Biehore Itchington. labourer, fnt or pay• ment of £1 5s being a quarter's re a • cottage. frmn the 24th of 1.0. M. lest to the 95th of Mar. last. His Honour adjourned the ca. till the next court. to enable plaintiff's wife taint:SaVga"malt mthteTine.atry"ellott cease on the 24* a lleenemner.--An Edmit tftherpoet itr and costs obtained egeinst Iri7ll Sharpe, sen., and William Sharpe, jun.. aind wee ref... The case had been referred to the Registrar neveral months ago, who hut gone into the fecte and given hie award . the Court as required by law. This having been done hie Honour uid he coald not for a tnoment tain the application.--C. E. Sharpe (son of the above-named defendant), Prior, Rerdericlii sued W. Rharpe, jun., of the sante plaee, for payment of SI es. 10d. for wagee due. After a patient hearing his Honour .V. 5 judgment for the amount claimed, payable by inetalmenta of a month, Qcorre.—A match was played et Southern on Saturday le. between the bloothatn and Bei-ford clubs, resulting in an easy vrin for the hornet team by paints. Some:—