Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-05-26 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

ALL.—}l. N, Howard, Esq., coroner for Portland, last Thursday afternoon held an inquest at the Priron on the body of John Jones, • young convict, who was found on the previous clay hanging in an infirmary call.—Geor.so Clifton, Esq., Governor, said the prisoner was brought to Portland from Woking, and re °rived on March 4th, 1882, under sentence of seven years' penal servitude; his age was 26; his charaoter sac convict fair. He had been 56 days in the hospital, under observation, as he was considered to t e felening insanity ,and, as a precaution, WAS left in the cell by himself. He was found dead in his cell at 8.4.5 a.m. on Wednesday.—Assistant.Warder David Roomy, at 5.20, was on duty on the landing in the hospital, where deceased was conliced di one of the cellos. He unlocked the door and gave prisoner water to wash with; went to other cells, and did the acme; returned to prieoner and gave him his breakfast, 8 ora, of bread and one pint of tea, and deceased was then washed and dressed. Witness went and served the other prisoners, end then went to his own broakfast, but returned at 6.40 and visited deceased to serve him with some median., when he found him hanging behind the cell door with I pieoe of his towel, which he had tern eff, and fastened round his neck, the other end being slipped over the top bar of his door, and with this he bad harged himself. Witness at once out the towel from the binge, and called Mr. Anderson, the principal warder, who came and found the prisoner still warm, but quits dead. The assistant-warder unfastened the towel ftom deceased's neck, and, being called, Dr. Lilley come almost immediately. Jones had drunk his tea, but slid not seem to have touched his bread; it appeared be had waste! himself arid then torn up the towel to bang himself. f. r no one else could get in.—The assistant medical officer, Dr. G. H. Lilley, said when he was sent fcr deceased was quite dead; he had evidently hanged himself with s piece of his towel on the top bar of his door. Deceased's sanity hod been doubted, aid he had been examined by the late supsiintendent of the County Lunatic Asylum, who pronounsed him sane. He was strange in his manner, and said "Yes" taa everything asked' f him. AM a precaution he was placed under observation, and was so when he committed the act. On the 14th, wits«, reoommeaded diseased eitoald be transferred to perichurst Prison, on osedieal grimed', that being an Invalid pariaon.—The jury returned • verdict of "Suicide whilst of Unnoined Mind." The names of the jury wen—lasears. W.'A# 0011, W. domben, R. ' Moon, f. Rsiklr. Toms, I. T. Ednatnfis, W. Pride, LiDoention. /, gannet!. F. Flew, B. Pearce, B. mri I, rpm,  Ous °RANSIL NUADEOS on Monda_y_ left Portland for Plymouth about two o'clock. They had been delayed owing to the dense fog prevailing at the time, the intention having been to leave on the arrival of the morning mails. The fog now hang* over the destination of the Fleet. It had been supposed the Sultan would joie here ; but she had not made her appearance in the Roads before the Fleet left. •