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The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1880-05-15 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

PAINFUL SUICIDE IN COVENTRY.  A painted sensation was created in the neighbourhood of New-street, on Thursday last, by the discovery that Mrs. Emma Neale, the wife of William Neale, baker, of that street, had committed suicide. An inqueet was held in the evening by Mr. Coroner Dawes, at the Livery Stables Inn, New-street, when the following evidence was taken :—The husband of the deceased said that his wife had complained of pains in the head for the last six months, and from observations she had made to him, he was of opinion that she was not responsible for her actions. Last week her mental rowers were yew feeble, and on Wednesday he did not know what to make of the deceased. Both retired to bed, as usual, and on Thursday morning she appearel the same and nothing led him to suppose that she contemplated committing suicide. He went out that morning about ten o'clock on an errand, and on returning to the house about twenty minutes to eleven he found the doors locked. He obtained possession of a key and got into the house, and thinking that deceased had gone out on an errand proceeded about his business. His wife was subject to fainting fits, and finding that she did not come to him in the bakehouse, as usual, he went upstairs and then found her in the bed-room lying on the floor with her throat badly cut. He gave an alarm, and Dr. Fenton quickly arrived.—Lncy, wife of David Grimmett, market gardener, said she had known the deceased for some time, and of late she had complained of pains in the head. Deceased was not responsible for her actions. About half-past eleven that morning, she (witness) was called to Mr. Neale's house, and then saw deceased, in a sitting position on the floor, quite dead, and a large knife by the side of her. The throat was fearfully cut.— Dr. Fenton said he knew the deceased. The last time he visited her was about two months since. She was then in a low, desponding state of mind, and he was not surprised that morning to hear what had happened. He was called to Mr. Neale's house about half-past eleven and on proceeding to the bedroom found deceased quite dead. Her throat was out very deeply, more so on the left side—in fact she had divided all the structures right through to the spine.—P.C. Carpenter said that he was called to the deceased's house about 11.30 that morning, and found the knife he produced lying by the left side of the deceased. It was covered with blood, and she was quite dead.—The Jury returned a verdict that deceased " destroyed herself by cutting her throat, and that there was no evidence to show the state of her mind at the time."
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1875-06-05 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SHOCICINO SUICIDE OF AN OLD WOSIAN.—On Tuesday morning Mr. T. Dewes, coroner, held an inquest at the White Horse, East-street, on the body of Elizabeth Golby, an old woman, 73 years of age in last April. It appeared from the evidence of Mary Arm OtiWill, daughter of deceased bye first marriage, that deceased was the widow of Thomas Golby, weaver of Coventry. She last saw her alive at a quarter. past seven, when she went to work. She was then in her usual state of health. About twenty minutes past three in the afternoon witness new her in the bedroom sitting on the box with a carving knife in her habil. She thought deceased had fainted, and she laid her on the floor, and then saw deceased had cut her throat, from which blood was flowing. She called for assistance immediately. Deceased was at the Workhouse about ten years ago, in consequence of being afflicted in the head, and latterly she had  been rather curious in her manner. On Saturday she appear to have threatened to drown herself, and asttlettlYwedt to the water with th.tt intention, but did not de so for the sake of hr daughter she said. Witness was gniie sure deceased was out of her mind.—ltrejainin Hendly, boatbnilder, Reid deceased was. lying es the floor in a pool et blood, and a 1,:t.f0 about four inches from her tight band. She was, be felt sore, not in her right mind.—Dr. Shorter haying deposed to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide while in a state of unsound mind. OUR Wednesday contemporary in its last week's issue has a paragraph npon the resignation of a Nonconformist Minister of this city, and amongst other eulogistic sentences states—" During the residence of the rev, gentleman in our midst he has always exhibited an earnest and genial spirit." Again, " Ontside the sphere of his pastoral work, he always evinced a general sympathy with all social and phihmthropic movementa." Now we wish to ask our Nonconformist contemporary if it is not a fact that he has exhibited towards at least one sect of his congregation a little too much of an "earnest and genial spirit ; " and, also, if all movements have been thoroughly grounded on social and philanthropic principles. The rev, gentleman is said to have been very energetic in carrying forward the repairs of the Chapel. It is greatly to be deplored that he did not stay to see them entirely finished. It is sad to see a newspaper of any claims to respectability tending its aid to drag the sacred cause of religion through the dirt by writing such a panegyric upon such a person.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1875-08-28 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LEAMINGTON.  At the Leamington Police Court on Wednesday, before the Mayor (Alderman Wackrill) and Messrs. E. Whe'er, J. P. Gabbing, G. Unett, and Captain Pennington, Harriet Sheffield, wife of John Sheffield, joiner, working in Birmingham, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide. The defendant had thrown herself into the river Loam, but was rescued by Mr. Wright Carlisle, the engineer at the Pu. ping Station, and was subsequently seen by Drs. Thompson and Tompkins.—Superintendent Lund said the defendant had stated that she committed the act on account of trouble and distress.—Mr. Gabbing asved .v it was that the woman could be in trouble and distress with such a well-dressed husband as she now had by her side ?—The defendant's husband, in reply to the court, stated he was sorry to have to state that his wife was addicted to intemperate habits, and that his life had, for seventeen years, been that of a martyr. His wife had pawned his tools and everything upon which she could lay her hands. HI had allowed her 15s. a week.—Mr. Lund said Mr. Sheffield was a member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, and a very roe Sc ,table man.—Mr. Gubbins : Bo he appears. —The Be-eh asked Mr. St airfield what he suggested should be done with his wife.—Sheffield said he wished her put somewhere where she would be taken care of, but he wished to leave the matter in the hands of the court.— The Mayor told the defendant that a week ago, when she was before him, she said that she should again attempt to destroy herself—The defendant said that while she had been in gaol she had thought better of it.—Mr. Gabbing strongly advised the defendant not to indulge in drink.—The defendant I have done without drink for a week, and I fancy I am better.—Mr. Gubbirui : If you will do the same of your own accord you will be all right.—Mr. Sheffield stated that his wife had four times been the cause of breaking up his home, the most recent occasion being in February last.—The defendant told the Court that she would not again lay violent hands upon herself, but she added other remarks, showing a very bad state of mind.—The Mayor told the defendant that she would be remanded for a week, when the Court hoped she would be in a better frame of mind than that in which she was now.—Mr. Gubbins : It will do her good, and she will get nothing to drink in prison.—The Mayor told a boy named Harry Smith, who had called Carlisle to the woman's help, that he deserved praise, and also commended the conduct of Carlisle, the engineer, in rescuing the woman. —Prisoner was then removed in custody.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1875-09-18 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.  Dr. Wybrante, Coroner for East Somerset, held an adjourned inquiry at the Chough Hotel, Yeovil, touching the death of Mt. Henry Turberville, a gentleman of fortune who committed suicide at the house named. Deceased, who was about 11 years of age, lived at Bradiford, near Barnstaple, but travelled a good deal. While staying at Yeovil, a few months ago, he became acquainted with a young lady, to whom he proposed and was accepted. Fe executed a will in her favour, leaving her hbout 419,000, and naming her father (who was the custodian of the document) sole executor. On the 17th Wt. Mr. Tnr. berville took about a drachm and a half of cyanide of potassitrm whilst ill in bed at the Chough. A medical man whp been tailed in, saw him almost intmediately; an judging from appearances that the deceased had taken poison, charged him with so doing. He confessed at once, anti said he fully intended to commit suicide. When asked how he obtained the,poison .he declined to tell, but said he had carried it dhoti With him fora considerable-time. An Inquest was opened on the 19th ult., when evidence was taken as to the deceased's eccentricities and illness. An adjournment was granted in order that as post-mortem examination might be made. When the Jury met again on Monday, the, 30th ult., they were in,formed that the stomach otthe deceased had beet/ du/ to London for analysis, and an adjournment VMS agreed upon. The first witness called was Dr. Aldridge, of Yeovil, who described deceased's symptoms and treatment. Professor Heritage, of St. Thomas's Apopka], London, produced a lengthy analysis of the stomach, and gave it as his opinion that death did not result from the cyanide of potassium. Dr. Wills, of iliewkerue, gave an outline of tdm result of the pout,morteta examination, and Mr. T. C. Magus, ehemiss, Yeovil, stated what medicines deceased had ordered at his shop. Tho verdict of the Jury, which was delivered at about ten o'clock at night, was that Death resulted from the deceased having, while in an unsound state of mind, taken cyanide of potassium; thereby increasing previous exhaustion, which resulted in death." The deceased gentleman was a brother of Mr. R. D. Blackmore, the author of .• Lorna Drone," but who had changed Lis name in consequence of family unpleasantnees.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-06-06 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A GROCER.  An inquest was held 134 Monday afternoon at Coventry, before Dr. C. W. fife, on the body of George Bell (54 grocer, 128 Gosfordstreet, who committed suicide on Saturday, May 30th.—Mr. Matthew Brown was foreman of the jury. The first witness was Thomas Shirley, carpenter, Sc. sh. Jordan-well. He disposed that on SaturLday morning, Mr. Williamson, chemist, also of Jordan. well, called his attention to the fact that deceased's shop was not open. In consequence of this, witness procured a ladder and rapped at the bedroom window of deceased's house. Receiving no answer he broke a pane of glass and entered a room. The bed had been slept in, but the clothes denoted the hurried departure of the occupant; the washing utensils had been used. Witness than went downstairs and found dowelled hanging from the toprail of the bannister by a piece of cord, about the size of a clothes' line. He was quite dead and cold, and the right side of the nook was much swollen. From appearances, witness judged that deceased committed suicide about 3.80 a.m. Dammed was f a very peculiar man, and lately had seemed to be more despondent than previously. He had never said he was tired of life. .  Thomas Timbers Williamson, chemist, living near to deceased's house, said he was related to Mr. Bell through his wife. He also spoke as to deceased's depression of mind owing to business affairs. He last saw him alive on Thursday, bat heard from hist on Friday. Deceased had suffered from pecuniary embarrassments. Inspector Golby spoke to visiting deceased's house on Saturday afternoon. The noose was still round his neck. He had no doubt that deceased had been in money difficulties • recently distraint ton his goods had been issued. Deceased lived alone, except on Saturdays and Sundays, when he boarded with Mr. Williamson. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane "was returned.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-06-20 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE AT LONGFORD.  On Thursday evening, an inquest was held at the Holly Bush-inn, Longford, before Deputy-Coroner Masser, on the body of William Knibbs (35), who was found in the canai on the previous Tuesday. Mr. T. Courts was foremen of the jaty. The first witness was Sarah Ann Bnibbs, of 4 Swanswell-place, Coventry. She stated that she saw deceased, who was her husband, and a loom builder, the lost time alive on Tuesday morning at 9.30; he did not speak to her before going out On Saturday afternoon deceased had a little beer, and after she had returned from an errand, he was very violent, and picking up a poker threatened to knock her brains out. She stepped out of the way and he doubled tne poker on the floor. Subsequently he broke all the crockery belonging to witness. On the advice of a constable she took out a summons (returnable for Wednesday) for threats, on Monday, and after it had been served in the evening, he again destroyed a quantity of goods; two constables had to interfere. He also took out of witness's pocket a purse containing all her money with the exception of a penny. He had been very strange in his manner of late, and had created many disturbances. He had had a sister who suffered from insanity, and his mother had informed her that before marriage he attempted to drown I himself en three separate occasions. Deceased bad never threatened to take his life in her presence. Mrs. Lenton, wife of George Lenten, of Hawke& bury-stop, said she was walking along the towingpath of the canal on Tuesday at noon towards Longford, when she noticed a body in the water; the deceased's hat was 80 yards away. The body was floating in the middle of the canal. She gave inforniation to P.c. Reader, who was on the bridge. P.c. Reader deposed to the recovery of the body with assistance. Artificial respiration was resorted to, but with no success. On the towing path close to the edge of the water there were footmarks which corresponded with deceased's boots. There was a tin box, a comb, an old pipe, and a portion of a box of matches on deceased ; no signs of a struggle could be discovered. A verdict of" Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.  To Omni Bias lneumme.--Balpholine Lotion drives sway all Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Redness, and Disfigurements, leaving a clean spotlees skin.—Bottles sold everywhere. Goesnan's Rrmarr or Mem AND Maim Wron.—A b. 9d bottle of tkis eelebrated Wino sent free by parcels poet for 1111 steal Oyer 1,000 testimonials received fr e• men. 110LBIUX , Lamm, Druids, Soli everywhere
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-04-04 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

XII. of Sweden, Felix Syne. Mohammed the Second, Haroun Al Rescind, Alexander the Great, and the Sultan Bajazet were subject to uncontrollable ate of rage. So were Dr. Francia and the poet Landor. Mozart died of water on the brain; Beethoven wee morbidly sensitive and eccentric; Mollere was liable to cataleptic fits; Chateaubriand to attacks of darkest melancholy; George Sand to suicidal temptations; while Chatterton, Gilbert, and probably Rousseau, yielded tothose temptations. Alfred de Musset and Poe died a drunkard's death, and Donizetti ended his days in a madhouse.  . '`' - „a- tr ' ; -At* P  FACTS Erb. _ it Art 4', r avavra I sever knew aleirilatekle Raid esAVII ing condition by marriage with aweemft knew to be his superior. Vim which parades id the panoply °Mhos le honoured and apTlfaesited when 111-clad Vietkas Bet. self is oonteuiptoosedy hooted by Pherississ 41.4 Morels no denying that "Roast Beal and lipgit liaidseic,it" are both good. And both, I bop*. offer something In the way of proof that life l worth living. I have many times observed the superior toot with which woman adapts herself to her environment. Indeed her impalas in that direction is instinettive. The Creator endowed birds with a knowledge el the time to migrate. I assume that the creatioa theory is equally applicable to woman as explanatory of her natural desire to fly from base surroundings. The worshipped idols of the stage are incarnate commonplaees. Their utmost achievements ars inevitably and grotesquely dwarfed when brought face to face with the 141,44 that the meanest of us recognises.  ON A BUItHE. I shall meat you in the sweet buy and buy, In the Lad where no slaughter is rife. A butcher you see in his turn has to die Wheu Death comes along with • knife  I shall meat you in the land of the shade Where man for his sins must atone. You for the bills you have left unpaid, And I for the excess of bone.  HE
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-07-18 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE ON THE RAILWAY.  Dr. D. It. Wynter (district coroner) held an I inquest at the Engine-inn, Kenilworth, on Saturday,touching the death of James Allen (40), I labourer, living at Castle-end, who was knocked down by the 6.3) passenger train from Coventry on Thursday night and killed, near Wainbodywood. —Hannah Allen, wife of the deceased, identified the body as that of her husband. Site last saw him alive in the afternoon of Thursday. She had not lived with him for twelve months. He had been in the army, and bad served 21 years in India. When he received his pension he spent it in drink. The last time he received it was on the Ist of July. She had never heard him say he would commit suicide, but when he was in drink he acted like a madman. Deceased had complained to witness of his head paining him at times.—John Robbins, enginedriver, living at Nuneaton, said on Thursday afternoon he was driving the 6.10 train from Nuneaton to Leamington, and when approaching Wainbody-wood he saw a man come from a farmer's level crossing on to the line. The train was ,then about 50 yards distant, and running between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Witness blew the whistle as soon as he saw the man, but he walked on is the four feet way and faced the engine. Be made no attempt to clear the metals. Witness applied the automatic and steam brakes and stopped the train about 60 yards beyond the spot where the deceased had stood. He and the fireman immediately went back and found the body, and the guard and the fireman removed it to the aide of the line. The whole train passed over the body. On arriving at Kenilworth he reported the circumstances. He was quite sure the deceased saw the train coming, and there was plenty of time for him to get out of the way. Michael Baxter, fireman, Nuneaton, corroborated the evidence of the last witness.—P.c. Sloss, on hearing of the occurrence, went to the Kenilworth station and accompanied the stationmaster to the spot where deceased had bean knocked down. He found the body lying about thirty yards on the Kenilworth side of the crossing. He examined the rails and found the body had been dragged by the train some distant*. He had known the deceased since he returned from the Army, and he did not think he was compos mantis after he had given way to a drinking bout. —By the Coroner : You have not heard anythina to the effect that he gave some men some drink before and said it would be the last 7—No; I don't think it is true.-The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane."  THROAT Tasmanian
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-07-18 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

VESSRS. HILLOCK & CO., 41, BERNER'S-STREET, OMPORD-13TRIZT, LONDON, W  According to a report just issued, the total • number of persons killed on railways during the first three months of the present year was 322, and 3101 were injured in the same period; of these 22 were suicides. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, with all the members of their family, attended a special service in Hawarden parish eburch on SunUy,in oommemotration of Mr. W. H. Gladstone's death. Nearly all the congregation wore mourning. Two ladies who were bathing at Bundaran, near Londonderrf, on Sunday, were carried out to sea by the ebb tide and dr6weed. Two men who endeavoured to save them were themselves rescued with great difficulty. A despatch from Nansimo, Vancouver, states that a woman and forty Indians were killed by a landslip on the banks of the Skeena river on the 7th inst. A young Swedish woman was carried with the avalanche hundreds of feat, and dashed to pieces. Thirteen bodies have been recovered. Owing to the ineessant rainstorms which have been experienced at Melbourne during the past few days, the Yarns Yarra has overflowed its banks, inundating the city to an extent which has . not been equalled since the disastrous floods of 1868. The railways are blocked, and many etreete in the suburbs are submerged. The German Emperor, attended by Lord Cranborne and several equerries, went for a ride in Hatfield Park, on Monday morning. At the grand luncheon the Emperor sat on one side of Lady Salisbury and the French Ambassador on the other. Lord Salisbury sat next the Empress, and the Prince of Wales on the other side. The Emperor and Empress left Hatfield for Windsor Ishortly before three o'clock amid the cheers of the other guests and crowds. The Getman Emperor end Empress took farewell of the Qireen at IWindsor on Monday afternoon and returned to London. Shortly before six o'clock they drove direct from Paddington to Liverpool-street Station, where the Emperor took leave of the Empress, who left by specie& train an the Great Eastern Railway for Felixstowe to join her children. The Emperor returned to Buokmgham Palace.
The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-01-24 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE THROUGH WANT AT COLESHILL.  The painful intelligence spread through neighbourhood on Friday afternoon, in last w that George Linforth, a native of Cokehill (wh parents, now deceased, resided for many years the Angel-yard, High-street), had commit nuclide by hanging himself.— The body was moved to the lied Lion-inn, Coventry-road, await an inquest, which was held on Monde) before Dr. Lige, coroner, who was aocompar' from Coventry by the Vicar of St. Michael's, Dr. Mlle (brother of a former curate of The jury comprised Messrs. Thos. Gold Lavine, Thos. Smith, Jcleeph Paddy, Thos. W. Stroud, Thos. Dabbs, David Cliff, Jahn A. Wellington, Chas. Palmer, A. Bush, and /1 Penn.—Mr. Stroud haying been chosen forams the following evidence was adduced :Richard Cobden Linforth, blaoksinith, Y; said deceased was his brother, George Lin age 29, married, a labourer, living at Yardley. was rather dull and depressed at times, and been out of work a good deal, only having a da) and-half s employment in five weeks. He was v him on Sunday, 11th inst., and he left at minutes to ten that night, and he lent him soi. tools to go to work with. He seemed °heed then. He lived close by, and the last time he I, him was at a quarter to nine on Monday cm following. There were two children, and he 1 his brother was badly oft.—George Skidmore, .. goner, Coleshill, deposed that he found deceased PrWay, 16th inst., about half-past one at 7 Burbidge's hovel in the Hall-fields. He was hr ing by-the neck to a beam, dead. He must got up the manger and swung out. '1 was no stool or ether means of reaching the . close to hill feet. Resent for the police. He not cut him down nor touch him. He oould he was dead.—Joseph Hastings, residing near lied Lion, said he saw the doomed alive a' half-past twelve that day, the 16th, in Mr. biage's ground. He was in conversation with ..me ten minutes, and then one went one way t the other anOther. He was talking as well anals passed the time of day, spoke of i  committed  soconvanied  Cole hill)  Goldby, Barlow,  foreman,  1 ardley, Linforth,  about our. and  - MOW