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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-07-12 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE IN ROTTEN BOW.  On Monday evening Mr. St. Clare Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquiry at St. George's Hospital, respecting the death of Alexander John Ritchie, aged thirty years. Mr. Robert Ritchie, an engineer, residing at Edinburgh, said that the deceased was his brother. He was a wood engraver, and had been in America during the late war. While living in St. Louis he was arrested by either the Federals or the Confederates. The arrest took place so suddenly, and he was so soon afterwards thrown into a prison, that lie did not know which party took him in charge. When he returned to Scotland he was greatly excited, his imprisonment appearing to have affected his mind. His family thought latterly he was not quite sane, and a doctor agreed with them, but said that he was not bad enough to be sent to an asylum. Mr. W. J. Bishop, an engraver, carrying on business in Northumberland-street, Strand, said that he engaged the deceased, who arrived in London from Scotland on the lot inst. As he appeared very nervous, witness told him to rest until the next day. On Tuesday at dinner time he left, and witness did not see him alive after. Mr. Flanagan, 10, Denmark-place, Soho, said that at a quarter to seven o'clock on Friday morning he saw the deceased standing in the ride at Rotten-row, nearly opposite the Knightsbridge-barracks. Some person cried out that a man had cut his throat, and witness then saw the deceased lying on the ground. There was an open razor close by. He was carried to the hospital, where he died in a few minutes.  Police-constable Harris, 621 A, said that a neckcloth was tied round the deceased's throat as be was being carried to the hospital. Four shillings were found on him, and he had no lodgings. He slept at coffee. houses. Mr. F. Fisher, surgeon, said the wound in the throat was very deer, and it had been inflicted with the left hand. All the principal arteries were cut. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned • verdict of "Suicide while in a state of Temporary Insanity."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-07-12 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DREADFUL SUICIDE THROUGH LOVE, AT DEBBY.  A most shocking suicide was committed at Derby on Sunday evening. A girl, 16 years of age, named Maria Smith, residing with her parents in Duke-street, it would appear had been keeping company for some time past with a young man in that town, and fro.n some unexplained cause a slight disagreement had arisen between them. The result was that the unfortunate creature had been in a low state of mind, and early on Sunday evening called upon a female companion to take a walk. She showed an anxiousness to walk by the river side, and it was accordingly agreed between them that they should stroll up Dailey-grove—an outakirt of the town—and enter the fields surrounding the Derwent. There they remained till between nine and ten o'clock, when several boys came up, and noticing something peculiar in the girl's conduct, kept their eyes 'Ton her, although she and her friend went into the next field. In a few minutes afterwards they noticed deceased take her hat and cape off, and upon her rolling her dress sleeves up the boys ran to the spot and heard Smith requesting the other young girl to take them home, adding, "she did not intend to go home that night." The youths then urged her to go home' but she refused, again remarking that if " she did go home they would have to carry her." Becoming excited, the lads seized hold of her, and declared they would take her home, but just at this moment the unfortunate girl rescued herself from them, and jumped into one of the deepest parts of the river, screaming, "You're —," and was drowned in their presence. Alarm was immediately raised, and twe police sergeants attended with the drags and soon recovered the body.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-05-03 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER.— and consequently was in his 68th year. After leaving The second engineer of the North German Lloyd's the army he retired to Park-place, Englefield-green. To steamer Union which left Southampton, on Tuesday, Captain Seymour the racing public are largely indebted with the United States mail, was killed on board the for the prosperity of Ascot Races, although, as a strict steamer, on Saturday, while she was coming from Bremen. rule, he never betted. He was the chief promoter in the A screw came out of the machinery, and the second erection of the Grand Stand at Ascot, at the time that engineer went below to find it. He was desired by the Lord Erroll was master of her Majesty's buekhounds, chief engineer not to do so, as there was not the and all the later improvements in and about the stand slightest necessity for running any risk. While groping are the results of his ideas. about to find what was lost the machinery began to DEATH OF A rEIBONER.—An inquest has been move, and before the chief engineer could possibly stop held at the Weetminster Hospital, respecting the death the motion his unfortunate fellow-officer was crushed to of Arthur Leach, aged 67 years. The deceased was foredeath. He was a fine strong man, a Swede by birth, man to a confectioner of Piccadilly. On last Thursday He was buried in Southampton cemetery. . . night, at 10 o'clock, he was found leaning against the SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GENTLEbIA.N.A suicide shutters of the British Hotel, in Cockspur-street. On of a very extraordinary character was committed at the Friday morning he was charged with being drunk, and Trent Railway station, near Nottingham, on Sunday placed in a cell. He was visited several times during the night. A young gentleman named Beckon, mid to be morning, and at nine o'clock Inspector Jones found him in the son of a clergyman in Warwiekshire, arrived at the a fit, and atnnoe called in the police surgeon, who ordered station, and was observed to enter one of the water- him to be removed to the hospital, where he expired on closets. A short time after one of the porters went to Saturday. Dr. Summerville said that the cause of death the place and found him in a dying state, he having was apoplexy, and that death had been accelerated by inflicted a fearful gash in his throat with a knife. He excessive drinking. Martha Barrington, daughter of the was at once conveyed to the General Hospital at Not- deceased, said that her father lived in Catherine-strett, tingham, where he died on Monday night. It is stated Lambeth. He was a very sober man, and was never that the deceased had been greatly depressed in mind given to drink. He was in the habit of having fits, and for some time past, the reason being that he had failed he sometimes remained in them for fo,ur hours. She be, to pass an examination for the medical profession in lieved that if a doctor had been sent for while he WB9 at London. the police-station his life might have been saved. He SUICIDE oN
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-05-24 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SUICIDE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.  Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest on the body of the workman who on Thursday jumped from the North Water Tower of the Crystal Palace. It was testified that the deceased Thomas Jennings was 43 years of age, and had been employed as a workman by the Crystal Palace Company, off and on, during eleven years. His occupation on Thursday was with a gang of men collecting the broken iron, so that it could be weighed, from the ruined end of the Palace, next Rockhills, where the great fire had been. They were working at the base of the Water Tower. Jennings, after making some ordinary inquiry of a man with whom he was engaged, walked away from the gang. In a few minutes his voice was heard from the top of the tower. He shouted loudly, "Goodbye, chaps." He was standing on the rail that surrounds the gallery at the base of the great tank, and was waving his cap. Instantly heethrew his 'cap up into the air, and sprang from the gallery. As he descended the body turned once round, and it struck the ground shoulder foremost. The height from which he had fallen was 220 feet. His corpse was horribly mutilated. He had for some days previously been very desponding, and had "been on the drink," one witness said, on Monday night, and had remarked that it would be the death of him, that he never intended to have drunk again, and that he could see "all manner of colours." On Tuesday night he was very low spirited, and said to his wife that he thought "something would happen" to him. On Thursday morning when he left home his wife remarked that he particularly kissed her and the youngest of his five children to whom he said" Good-bye." This was unusual with him. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict— " That the deceased destroyed his own life by leaping from the top of the North Water Tower of the Crystal Palace while in a state of sudden temporary insanity, and the jury requested, that as the act committed might be an incitement to others of a similar character, that the Crystal Palace Company should take the precaution of so closing the tower that no other workman should be able to go up there without having first obtained the leave of some person in authority." Mr. Edwin Rose, the Crystal Palace Company's Clerk of Works, said that instant arrangements would ho made to prevent the possibility of any similar occurrence for the future.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1883-02-17 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

TRAGEDY IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.  A tragic affair occurred near Manchester on Monday afternoon, which may turn out to be either a murder and an attempted suicide, or a double attempt at suicide, or an extraordinary accident. On the arrival at Radcliffe, shortly after three o'clock of the express pasiezigee train leaving Duciebridge, Manchester, for Ramp, at 2-40 p.m., the door of one of the first-class compartments Was found open. There was no one in the compartment, but it had been recently occupied, as an overcoat and two umbrellas were lying on the seat. There was no clue to the ownership of the articles, nor was there any further indication that anything extraordinary had happened, but about three o'clock some platelayers, who were at work in the tunnel which passes under Lord Wilton's estate, between Dampen and Heatou-park stations, and about two miles from Victoria, Duciebridge, found scrambling along the line a respectably-dressed, middle-aged man, who was afterwards ascertained to be Mr. James Kay, a retVed tradesman residing at Radcliffe. Ile was suffering from severe injuries, and was removed to Heaton Park Station. A surgeon who was sent for found that his skull was fractured, and his face bruised and his clothes soiled, as if he bad been dragged along the line. He appeared to be sober, and said that he had hal nothing to drink. He also said he had lost Some ' articles, but gave no explanation of how he I came to be in the tunnel, nor did he mention any second person. He was sent on to hie home, and was there asked what had become of his wife, who had accompanied him to Manchester. He declared that he had never seen her. Another surgeon who was called in found him rambling, and said his mind was deranged. He was put to bed and ordered to be closely watched. About an hour after Mr. Kay had been sent on, some railway servants, who went into the tunnel to look for things he said he had lost, found the mangled body of a woman laid across the rails, along which the trains from Manchester to Radcliffe pass. Her legs had been run over just below the knees and were nearly severed from the body. She was still breathing, and in that condition was removed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where she died shortly utter admission without hiving regained consciousness. The woman was afterwards identified as Mrs. Kay. It appears that Kay and his wife had been to Manchester to transact some business at Bruoksbank and left by the 2-40 train. They were in a compartment by themselves, and, although several passengers were in the next compartment, no disturbance was heard by them in the tunnel. After reaching home, Kay only gave rambling replies to every question put to him. 'When asked how he came to Open tee carriage door, he said be did not know, but he thought he was going to see his lad at school." It is said that six or seven years ago both he and his wife attempted to commit suicide. The deceased was fifty-one years old, and her husband a little older. Tile silair remains a complete mystery.  THE MARQUIti OF
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1883-12-29 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN CHURCH.  The Rev. James Jones, ornate of St. Catherine's Church, Ventnor, having been appointed to a curacy at Birmingham, was to have preached a farewell sermon on Sunday night, and a very large congregation assembled to hear him. The vicar in charge, the Rev. J. W. Willen, not Likiog that the presence of so many people should testify to the popularity of the curate, atm sed signs of great Anglia, shouted for the keys of the vestry, and uied to lock the door to prevent more people from entering. He then went into the vestry, gesticulating in an extraordinary manner. and told the curate he had sold his goal, like Judas, for 30 pieces of silver, to popularity,- and otherwise insulted Mr. Jones, who left the church. Nearly the whole of the ;congregation also left. Mr. Willau proceeded with the service, but announced that as he had not prepared a sermon there would not be one. Mr. Jones had promiscd to lead off the Psalms, but in his absence this • was done by Mr. Petherick, the organist. Mr. Willan immediately shouted down the church, "Petherick, shut up." When Mr. Within left the church he was greeted with groans and hisses, by a large crowd, who followed him to the vicarage, where he arrived safely under the protection of three constables. When inside his own grounds Mr. Willan waved his bat and shouted to those outside, " such is religion." The crowd replied " such is hypocrisy." The conduct of the vicar in charge will immediately be brought to the notice of the Bishop of Winchester. [tie suicide of a highly-esteemed merchant of Vienna, Herr Mathias Stricker, the head of an ironmongery firm, has caused a deep impression in the Austrian capital. The Bishop of St. Albans has appointed the Rev. W. J. Lawrence, rector of St. Albans Cathedral, to be archdeacon of St. Albans, in place of the late Archdeacon Grant.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1883-05-26 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

TRAGEDY IN FRANCE.  Victoria Terrace. Mrs Stead 2 Cartwright G Esq Harrogate Cartwright Mrs& fern Miss Thompson 5 Wake C S Egg Hull Wake Mrs and num • • Mrs Stephenson 6 Moor Mrs London The family of W M Hutchinson Egg ..  Fort Terrace. Miss Dales 3 Mosely Mrs  Miss Hagyard 7 Lady Campbell London Miss Cauipbell • •  Regent Terrace. Lind= Cottage Brice Mu. Manchester  Esplanade. Mr J Harrison  Newbald .J C rbq Beverley Newbald Mrs& fam .. Mr 0 Champlin 3  Halden H K Esg Hull Mrs Hobson 7 Hunter Mrs it baby Goole Jackson Miss . . Mrs Atkin Bay View Rayment Mr Hull Rayment Mrs .. Rayment Miss • • Armytage Miss Bath Mr W Atkin Musgrove House Hunt Keg Newark Hunt MTh . • Hunt Miss .. Twist Mrs Wakefiaa TWilt Mile ..  Marlborough Terrace Mrs Wright (Marlboro House) Jackson Mrs& fern Thearne Hall nr Beverley Parry Bev Howden Parry Mrs &fam ..  - Mrs Allanson 4 McClintock James Beg Barnsley McClintock Master  A suicide coupled with an attempt to murder has been committed at Charenton, Paris. A tailor named Pauly, a drunken, worthless fellow, had been de,erted, on account of his bad habits, by his wife and daughter, who earned their own living, though he extorted a share of their profits from them whenever he was in want of money. His persecutions becoming intolerable, the two women determined to give him the slip and seek their fortunes elsewhere: He, however, suspected their design, and when they set forth to carry out their purpose, they found him awaiting them. He seized their bundles and on their refusing to tell hint where they were going ha drew a revolver, fired at them, seriously wounding both, and then blew his own brains out.
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1880-05-08 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

SUICIDE BY AN OLD MAN AT  BEBSINGBY.  An inquest was held on Friday morning at the Manor Home, Bessingby, near this place, before J. M. Jennings, Esq., Bast Biding coroner, on the body of John Clifford, who had been found suspended to a tree in a plantation at Besaingby, called " The High Wood." He was a woodman to Wm. Wright, Esq., of Bessingby Hall, and was 69 years of age. He had been in failing health some time, and was in a deeponding state of mind, feeling unable to do his work, On Wednesday forenoon he went with another Inall named Michael Farthing to cut sods for Mr. Wright's garden, and when they got to the place, he said he felt unable to do the job. Farthing took his place, and when they got a cart load, Farthing told deceased to walk down to the garden and meet the cart, but he never made his appearance and was not seen again alive. He was found suspended in the wood at four o'clock the following morning by. two of his sons and a neighbour named Stephenson. The following evidence was given : Michael Farthing said deceased was working with me on Wednesday forenoon, we were taking up sods for the garden. I said he understood taking them up better than I did. He said he was not able to do the job, so I did it, and when we had filled a Nat I told him to go down to the garden, and I would meet him, but when I got there he had not arrived. It would be about a quarter peat ten o'clock when he left me. He had to go about a quarter of • mile. pi wee about eleven o'clock when we gut there. I heard nO More ofhim until about sight o'illeek ow the following morning, when I was told that he had ikon found hanging in the High Wood. I did not observe that anything was the matter with him. He had been low a day or
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1880-05-08 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

TRESPASS.—Geo. b'entrick, Bridlington, was charged with using a dog for the purpose of taking game on land at Bridlington, on the 25th ult. John Robinson, farmer, Huntow, said on the 26th ult he was on the Scarborough road in company with another person, when he saw Fenwick in a certain field with a lurcher dog. He was leading it round a hare which* was laid down. When the hare got up he set the dog on to it. It ran towards a fence but not being able to get through it turned and ran for a plantation, when the defendant turned it off. It again ran at a fence and it got away, the dog being unable to follow. Defendant did not appear. The service of the summons having been proved, the Bench fined him £2 and lls. costs.  two. I had not been working with him lately until mall*. I deal believe there WAS any tter gag troubled him. I never heard ot of the kind. Thorium  matter  Stepheruon, ellehigh), said—two of &messed's sons asked ma to go with them to BOOlth for him as he had not been seen since the previous de,. I went with thorn to the High Wood wham we found the deceased about four o'ekick in the morning suspended from e tree. He WOO hanging by a piece of garden cord, and his feet were about four feet from the ground. He was quite dead and we cut him down He had been low and queer • good bit. I believe h; had been poorly. He said he did not know what was ooming to him. I have known hirn throe years. He appeared queer for about a mouth. He had lost his memory. Ho wika • steady man. He wee not able to work. Be had no family troubles that lam aware of.  Wet. Wright, Big., of Bessingby Hall, said : The deemed bad been in my employ about fair or five Years II Woodinees. I had noticed a change in him for the lan three or four months. He WOO low and taciturn, and eometimes even morose in his manna. Hie health appeared to be gradually failing. When told linle things that he had to do he entirely forgot them. I hale told him about them but I never spoke unkindly 10 him. I believe he was not in his right mind. He was a steady and moot trustworthy man.  The Column, in summing up, aaid the question thourrrhag ic eousider,WlPA did the deceased commit sude, and did he do it while in a right state of mind? it he had done the act in s state of ti porky mental derangement then the only verdic; the Jury could return would be that he committed aikido under such circumstances, and the verdict of the Jury was that, "The deceard committed suicide, being at the time in astute of temporary mental derangement." 'The Jury kindly gave their fees to the deceased's widow.  bedowitftnell-' • -. 'Y. Lao " DT • Gasaunonsa.— I "'Oiling ier to Lieut.-001. Pease, summoned charged with B Lawty, of Him_ nit.--11.r. Ledger complainant. John
Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1880-02-28 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

THE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE NEAR BEVERLEY. The adjourned inquest on the body of George Henry Butler, aged ten years, whose death was caused by poison administered by his mother, Elizabeth Butler, on the 12th inst., was held at Dalton-Holme on Monday—before Mr. J. M. Jennings, coroner.—Police constable Buttle, of the East Riding Constabulary, stated that he handed a jar containing the stomach of the deceased to Mr. Baynes, jun., of Hull, analytical chemist, in the same condition as he received it from Dr. Wood.—Mr. Baynes stated that he had submitted the contents of the stomach (which was chiefly composed of livid) to analysis, and found unmistakable signs of stryohnia, both by chemical tests and the taste. A small portion of gooseberry jam was also found amongst the contents. What had been absorbed had caused the death. As a rule Battle's vermin killer consisted of strychnia, starch, and Prussian blue, and there was generally one grain of strychnia in a threepenny packet.—Dr. Wood, of Middleton, stated that, having heard Mr. Baynes' evidence, he had no doubt the child's death was caused by strychnia. =The- jury found a verdict that the death of the child was caused by poison administered by his mother. They also expressed their opinion that the mother was not in her sane mind at the time, and thought the promptitude exercised by the witness Christopher Lazenby in the matter was very commendable.—The Coroner bound over the witnesses to give evidence against the mother at the next assizes, the verdict being one of wilful murder. Elizabeth Butler (48), wife of Joseph Butler, head gardener at South Dalton Rectory, was on Tuesday charged before MT. R. Wylie, Mr. D. Burton, Mr. W. H. H. Broadley; M.P., and Mr. Ferguson Fawcitt, with the wilful murder of her son, George Henry Butler (10), on the 12th, inst. It will be remembered that prisoner, while labouring under religious mania, administered a quantity of Battle's vermin killer to deceased, and then cut her own throat. At the adjourned inquest, on Monday, a verdict of "Wilful murder " was returned; and prisoner was found sufficiently recovered to be removed to the East Riding Court-house. After hearing three witnesses, the prisoner was remanded until Saturday—Prisoner is a woman of very respectable appearance, and has always been looked upon as rather above the ordinary run of village residents.