The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1888-07-21 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A GIRL AT BEDWORTH.  Dr C. W. It Si on riXt;iTlay opened an inquiry let Bedworth into the cdcomstancee attending the death of • girl nemed Fanny Taylor (IS). whom body wax found in the Coventry Canal on the previous night. The affair hm mewed coneiderable ...bon in the neighbourhood various reports having been circulated.—Evidence tam firat given by a labourer named Lowe, who wm haymaking near the canal on Wedimeday at midday, when he rtaw toe dandified grinding against the bridge. Noticing that she appeared to be in trouble, having teare in her eye, he aeked her what was the matter, and received a reply to the effort that she wae waiting for her brother. Luwe thought the wanted food, and offered her hie dinner, but ea she declined to acerpt it the man went away. Later in the day he ayam saw her nem the canal, bet did not speak to ben—John Carding, miner, of Chitty. Coten, stated that deceneed, who had neither father nor mother. lived at kW Imam, and worked at Nuneaton Fie a cotton spinner. She had behaved in e very odd unmoor at vadove times, bot he was not aware thee the waa in any trouble. She attended the Sunday achool treat at Chilvere Cotoo on Monday week, and on the mme evening went to Attlaborough Wake, returning home at hall.pmt eleven eoloek at might. There eras no row when ahe came home, but witneee told her he would not have her going with young men at that time of night. Since the wake she had talked • good deal about a certain young man, with whom she rani Me had been, but witnem had no belie that there svail any undue familiarity between them The girl had left home on five previona occasione She waa entitled to mine money when she came o age' and witnem Immerly received the intereat of bmt the payment had been stopped by the tenet. Queationed aa to the way In which the aid had been treated, Carding denied that One had hAd to do part of the housework before going to the factory at six o'clock in the morning. It wae untrue that the woe expected to clean all the hoet• She het never left home to consequence of being treated, and they had oever eent her out to beg food She was not ordered on Monday evening to get a load of cod, but on SWurdey the amieted he aunt to hoe. • load.—Tre Coroner said in come quence of the report which he had receised to the effect that the dee mod had been eubjected to ill treatment he had requeetad Dr Ortou to make an examination of the body, and report the result t the jory.—Dr Ortonj before explaining the resit' of hie examination' informed the jury that the girl sod her bet; bee were during their early life brought op in a moat precarious way, aod when taken to by the Cardinge had becom mere waifii. Coder them eircumetancee gr. dtfficulty had been experienced by these people in thrir management. The deceamd, he knew from personal experiencee, eras a morore, eullen, And obstioate girl, and he believed Me bad committed , suicide in one of theee sulky fite, which eh I geoerally este bited after being rebuked. He ha examined the body, which was extremely well nourished, aod promoted no marke of violen. whatoven—Mrs Carding wag Oleo examined, and bore out her huebentiki datement that there had been no unpleaeanmeas with Ike deceaeed, whom the had only advieed for her good.—The prey eventually recorded a verdict of •' Suicide while, in eMte of Mroporary imanity."