The Telegram. — 1901-06-04 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

THE CORONER S INQUEST.  A painful eennaiion vial created in Minuteness on Wedneoday, by the news that oue of the tilletters an elderly man, had committed suicide. Deceased was welleknown. He was a widower, hl years of age. He became possessed of a little money Collie time ago. is is understood, and shwa thou he had done only odd jobs, assisting oecaaioir ally in slight capacities at the Brewer's Arias the village. lie Caine to the last of bia money, as it wan elated at the coroner's inquest, a few days ago. Re bad Lem "in little low" for some time, moody and dejecrit and a certain inaobriety, together with the oda. nutty of his positiou, had apparently weighed on and affected his mind. He Man seen at hall-pa's J tan on Monday morning to take a pony to she I field from the "public." His daughter, I aged 18, who lived in the house, rv. turned home about half-past 12 to find the body of her father suspended from a beam in the front pars of the house. lie had evidentiy houghl himself by • bit of thin rope, and his feet bad dropped, one on each nide of a low stisdi on which he had stood. The girl rushed in great dears's to a neighbour, and Mr. Jolliffe, who was at set in his garden, was aide to proceed at once tri lbS house and cut down the body with his gardening knife. The borly was then cold. It must IWO been hanging, it is supposed, for over an high The police at Winterbourne were comnenticated with. Dr. Good, the police surgeon,saw the body, The Coroner, Sir R. N. Howard, Leiden inquest at the Brewer'. Aline. on Wednesday. Mr. W. E. Hawkins was foreman of the jury. William Bowring, labourer, said he had knows Salisbury for the lost 10 or 12 years. Some tether three months ago deceased fell in his house and cut his face, but appeared to get over •iti. 115 would stand in t " stud " ontnetinies, Edith Maria Salisbury, daughter of rincear stated that tier father went to berl iso MO, on Sunday night, but she did not sees his on Monday until about ii quartet past 12, when she found him inside the ghat hanging from a beam. She immediately called Mr. Jolliffe, who cause and cut him down. DuriM the last two or three days her father had hers rather quiet, and bid been strange ian his manner, sod would not speak to her. She thought lie bal been troubling lately about lain in•gthey, which le had "come to the mid of." He had no work vigil the pressen, Friday. She called him at half.pssi 7on Monday moruing, but got no shower. rho found he had gone out. She did not, however, know where. Sue had done nothing reoffered biro. Robert Joliiffe, a Milder on the Rue e-tate, linos one door from deceased, corroborated the gear uncut of the daughter al SO his Wing hilted in sad outlaw the holy clown. The body Wail hargiag trim the beaus by a cord, arid war dead and ceseed had a little stool about nix inches front j the ground beneath him, on which he must have stood. rdey sent ion Caster and for the twit sons of deceased. Salisoury had been dull Ms Of last fortnight, as it he were low spirited. He Mid bad Home money, which wituena believed to be gone, and he thought that must have pried on bio mind. Dr. William Ernest Good, police surgeou, Duo ehent.ir, ntateil that about 1 o'elook on MOU•lav b. received a telegram from Salisbury's daughter:sad went over ais soon an he could, lie found the ghat dead. There were marks of something very tight having been drawn round his neck, and the cause of his death Wag avipoysia feels hanging. Ile questioned the daughter, and came to the concha. ston that the man was of uneound tread. He ago came to the conclusion that &mewl wit sot s steedy man, hut the deughter did not tell him OA be was a bard drinker. Sarah Mitcham, landlady of the Brewer's Arm. also gave evidence. Stle said Saliohury came to lice house about 7.30 on Mondty morning sni asked for a bottle of "mild," with which she served him. Ile left just after 10 with a pony to put it la the plot. She did not see him af t.-TWarti.,, but her grand-daughter told her that he hal another bottle of " The jury found that death was caused bl asphyxia from hanging whiist the man wan in I state of temporary insanity.