Widnes Examiner. — 1899-03-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DEPRESSED MIN COMIEIN SUICIDE.  Mr. J. E. Won; ley. corontr, held an inqusit at the Loadon and North-West;ern Raslway Hotel, Runcorn, on Tuesday afternoon, on the by of Mr. Joseph Jackson, 12, Cinal-street, Runcorn, wh3 V 713 found hanginz by a rope frou a ho3k,in an uo.t sirs roma of his house, on Monday morning about half-past ten o'clock, by his wife.  Mrs. Emma Jaction sail the deceased 0713 her hueband, and residsd at 12, Canal:street. He V 7 ig 52 years of age and a flatman. about seYela o'cloc'r on 51 mrily morning he got up anl had hi breakfast. at which time he seemed q lite right. About ten o'clock she re: quested him to go into tee front room whilst she washed the breakfast things. Subsequently from what her daughter told her she went upstairs and found her husband hanging by a rope suspenled from a hook. She had previously made a fire in the sitting roo:n for her husband, and sent her daughter up to clean tee hearth. When her (laughter Cial.'2 down she asked her " W father there ?" She said "Ni." It was then she went upstairs and fsunl her husbanA hanging. She sent for the doctor, but it was 90i719 time before the dortor came. Constable) Gregory was first to come. Her husband had been ill for the last nine weeks. He hal been ha, in his mind and the doctor put mental dePression on his club 130t3. She thought it was the Morpeth Ducks disaster that uoset him, for ia that disaster a young man named ArApir Williams, svhe.had worked wi!sh him fo: the last 121 years, and of whom deceastd was very fond, was drowned. _  Miss Eva Jaeicsfol corroborated Err mother's statemeat. Se did no see the b3dy hanging as her m )thee asked her to kiep downstairs. There was n 3 one in the house except the mother and father and daughter. Ole of th 3 jurymen said it was al o!l-fashiened house with three storeys and he belicvlii Mr. Jackson used to go up to that room for the purpose of seeing the traffl3 on the canal, as it had a commanding view of the canal.  Police-Constable Gregory stated he went b the house and took the deceased down. He was warm but quite dead. anl his heart had stopped beating. Afterwar is D. Robinson came in and said Mr. Jackson must have beea dead when taken down. It would be abut 10 minutes past elevea when the doctor earns. Witness knew Jackion well. Frans the atata of the roam he should think that deceased had colloc:ed a bundle of old clothes upon which he stood, and when he had adjusted the rope he must have kicked them away. The Coroner, in summin.c,, up, said it seemlii that an honastoespectable mart wnilst suffering from denressiqh of mini had committed suicide. Upon reviewing the evidence, he could but recommend the jury to bring in a verdict " that the decelsod met his death.by baning; himself at Runcorn, on the 20ta of March, whilst of unsound mind."  Th Foreman: That is the c.r.nefal opinioa sir ; there was no more decent man in Runcorn, and he was very highly reaDectid. Daring his lifetime the deceased was connected with the Birkenheal trade.  Toroughout the town grett empathy is expreesed with the widow and daulntet and other relatives of the deceased, and his lois is grestly felt amonot a large circle of friends.