The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1885-04-10 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

XIXIICY C., wane., I acloxl him whew/el- induced him M 11. Ile AllnWerell, "1 &PIA k114.1‘." That woe all that pawed beta..r to. then. Ile had alwaye lawn very etrange in hie manner, and sniwared to he much w..r. during the [wet week. Ili.. father --Robert (trier- had been confined in Immtic aerliun before Ilk death lot some time, although he died at home. Charity Martha New, wife of holt witnesa, &lamed I knew the de/waxed William Brine. Iwe him alive elect W minute,. twat lour o'clock tai Nlondly morn. ing, I eac ale/ping with Nit... Brine, win had lawn IN.CIICIIIII recently a•l,eel FritiAV. Hu came through the 1•41-1,4,111 then. le,-rtwnel,ieltlerr lee tee tacit live o'clock Cr, hie ...lollop. Ile wae on the tio.ir 111 a re 0111116.114 110,41011, In kllic. reelhiCid /11111(111111113 bared., There wee a huge TtatddY around himandenliWhand,andachoppernearotiloheal Ike flu I or. npoke to him, etti Will, 01, Bill, what been'you dime?" /I, intialnd • n.ply, but .01.1 not Trak, Ile had bOVII Worried shout Irewife'a tion, and mon. eXpecially about the nurae—a. Nltw. Smith—ha, Mg left Ilk wile suddenly on the Saturday evening following bed Friday, Ile tried to get another intro. en the Sunder, MA failed, which r 41.111 him more worry st4l, and he wad very nett.. about it. When ho left the bodnaan lie went to get Miller COICI, end re ho del 11(1 mt 4.111 tie eau grew avoq, COil witage  went to look for loi,u end found him ae at•ted. nese went back to his wife, and told her Ise had a ht, as ohe did not like to toll her tb• facts theft. Witnem called a neighbour nanied Stickley, who came at once, and liOn she carted the baby loves, end wnst snahsr person to quiet fire. (trine, who had an idea he tea 1,111111444 .icide, from remarks made prior too her confinement. By a Juror The nurse, Mrs. Smith, wan previous to this et smother 'due, and on. not toi go there when required. During the Sundey he hond n.criptod bill in the garden, mid wan efraid the children had made away with some, and that upset Henry Stickky, labourer, stated he was calltd toy the hoot witness about ten minutes not for o'clock. He went into Mr. Itrine's shop, talc] found William Brine with blond ell over his hands end clothes. He was on the floor, when, there wan also a lod of 1,1,5. d. lie tried to, lift lino up and slot°. to him, tooth. did not answer, lie nished mit and called Nir. Co., Pr, roenter, a neighbour. He then lifted him up, end saw that ho, throat was cut. He called another man mend RA., 140 they sent for 1/r. Spooner. Ile stayed with Brine till the policeman and Dr. Spos.ner came. Edward Morin, Spooner, OttO., 51.H.C.5., living and practising at Blandford, 'oi,to I was wnt low yesterday morning at hall-past live o'clock, awl at omee went to, the hotioe of William Brine. lb,,nodhoto lying Middkel ?mon the flour of hie irerknhap. Hirt hand+ and clothes were bloody, and then. was blood on the floor. flood him placed upon his back, hi+ collar and necktie removed, and found a deep gash scree lon thromt, laying open the wind Mpe, but bad non coot the arteries or the jugular vein Tilt bleeding had stomped then. lot in two. stitches, WA him a little niilk and brandy, which he swallowed. but he could not speak. (them thought be would die from low of Wood mod lmek ho the nervous system. lie 0000 in 4. wask • position to • be tnoved, HO they covered him well with blanketo and placed hot water baths to his feet. (loft two pernde to winch him, with din-ctions to give him • teaspoonful of milk and brandy every five minutes. Witne..s saw him again at nine clock • lie was then wimewhat reimvered, and was able Po be moved Im to mattre,m nearer the tire in the same workshop. I saw him again at two o'clock. lie then oppeared hate reeovered greatly from the shock, and MIA able to speak. Ile then 101 d Witllo,ll hoot. sorry fon' what he hml done, hut he had been soo worried, and must have been mad to have done it. At that time I thought there no, every chance of his recovery, till about five o'clock in the mening, when he hod Chree or four oon• veinier fin, in the last of which he died. Thwie to,. in his opinion, were brought on by the injuries he had receiv4 which were self•infiicted, and et the time he was not aware of what he mlal doing, or responoible for his ections. The knife produced by P.C. Churchill was probably the instrument used, and might have inflicted the wounds. P.C. Churchill deposed to being went for just before flilt o'clock, and at once went to the hinine of decemed, where, in the worloshop attachtd, he found Brine lying on his side, end immediately bellied him the knife DOW produced. He helped the doctor to partially undress hint, as dimmed. He stayed with him shout three hours, and gave him fluids according to Dr. Spinner's directions. He kept muttering, nun. plained of the odd, and said—" I eouldn t help of, the Lord above knows." , Mr. J. C. Polden, upholsterer, woe called took. requent of the pity, and he related Of one . venation with deceased during the day, with whom , he stayed till death, and whom he had lumens from , childhood. The gest of this was that deceased repeatedly mid he mold nut help it, but appeared , cheerful and renMned to his fate. = The Coroner having briefly summarised the evidence, = the jury returned • verlict of "Suicide whilst in • state of temporary insanity."