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The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1894-09-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

STRANGE LOVE STORY.  THREE ATTEMPTS AT DOUBLE SUICIDE. The Romford police are investigating a most extraordinary story told them on Monday morning by Emily Spooner, aged 21, daughter of Mr Thomas Spooned., of Heath learnt °nett, Essex. Miss Spooner was engaged as mother's help at 1, Clifton-terrace, Southend, and she went out on Saturday evening, but did not return. On Monday morning her parents found her at the house of a married sister, 1 ivingat 19, Waterloo-road, Romf ord. She had gaping wounds on the left of her neck, left breast, and left arm. To her sister she gave no explanation, but to the police she made a remarkable confession. She said that a solicitor's clerk to whom she was engaged had written to her last week, saying he felt despondent, as he had failed in an examination. and intended to commit suicide. She met him at Southend on Saturday, and they promised to die together. They went into the country and took chloroform, which did not prove fatal. They fell into a ditch, and got soaked in dirty water. The young man nulled her out, and she then consented to let him kill her, after which he was to kill himself. He then inflicted she woueds on her and cot his own throat. They lost math blood, but did not die. After wandering about all day, he took the train for Ilford and she came on to Romfont. The doctor states that the girl's wounds I are not serious. It has been auertained that the young man named Arthur Roland Hill lives at , F'keleabourne, Clement's Wood Estate, Ilford. He is in bed, and the police are keeping awry's' tion on the house. On Sunday evening Hill appears to have sold his coat at Chadwell Heath. for sixpence to pay his railway fare. On hionday afternoon a young lady's cape was found in a field at Dagenham, where Mint Spooner alleges the attempted suicides took place, and the cape has been identified as belonging to her.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-07-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT DURHAM. • The returns for Juno mshowed that the numbers on trophy given by the North of England Qnoit Club I which Auckland had bitem the only place at which I —At the Durham City Police Court on Wednesday, 1 the reeister ranged from 12,605 in the week ending Association, with the result that Ayreemne won by . the train did not call. One particular instance was I Ellen Smith, a disorderly character, was charged i June *5 to 12,1i57 on that ceding June 26, the 131 po' nts to 108. ,___ I highest being in the third week-12,074. MC • the recent trip to London in coanection with the I with baying attemptedshuicide by drowning in Site BUILDING OPERATIONS AT MIDDY/IMRE° ~ Lin • I Handel Fes'ieal, when the traiu called at Seenny- (Wear, and also with having attempted to strangle ' actual attendances 111117,0 i from 11,422 to , —At Tuesday afternoon's meeting of the Streets 11.512, anl the average attendance from : moor and other places in the neighbourhood, but• ilierself while in the Police 6 t . 'II a ion —The Head Committee of the Middlesbrough Corporation,: 10,214 to 10,167-3. A leteer was re- (those for Auckland wishful to tale advantage of 1 Constable said the woman was still suffering from alderman Bulneer presiding, the Surveyor (Mr E. 1 ceived iStorn Mr Isaac Filler, the lately appointed 1 the excursion were put to the expense and incon- :the ielluence of exceesi i c drisking, and a remand D. Latham) submitted twenty sets of l p 9:05' j Clerk of the Works to the Board for the new schools sentence of going to Darlington.—The Clerk wee I for a week was granted. Severed of these were rejected owing to their not lon Ciraneemoad. The letter contained a medical instructed to write to Mr Smith, asking that AuckI 1110 P 510015 TO
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-11-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL BOARD PROSECUTION AT REDOI3. now appeared at the Court for the first time since At Guisborough Petty Sessions on Tuesday Miss the %limy, and gave kis evidence with much dintHannah Smith, of Redcar. was summoned by the cult', he etra being very weak 'mad e e4xhanit' '''' io, '' Recker r.... 3. Board for having allowed a nuisance spoke to Lynn hawing stabbed him in the Nortln to exist on premises belonging to her.—Mr Sills, road, Durham, and evidence having been celled in Clerk to the Local Board, said that on the 17th tuPPort of his statement, he was committed to take July last there existed a nuisance at 55, Highbis trial at the Assizes. street, Redcar, through the privy and aahpit THE THIRD Anrktifen ON HIS Lins.--James being too near the dwelling-house. Notice was Grant, a miner, Durham, was brought up at the ;__ , served to abate the nu sauce by the substituDurham City Police Court, On Monday morning,1 tion of an ashpan and water-closet, but the , en a charge of having attempted to conswork had not been done. The privy and ashsuit suicide, by cutting his throat, on the pit was close under the window of a sleeping room, 15th of- November. It was stated that prisoner land he submitted that it was injurious to health. had twice previously attempted to take his life, i —Mr Armitage, Inspector of Nuisances, and Dr. Imam by throwing himself over the High Level ! staiatharpe corroborated.—Mr Turnbull, solicitor, ' Bridge at Gateshead, and once by cutting his I in defence, Submitted that the buildings had been tbroati.—Dr. Plummer, of the County Hospital, said i in existence forty-five years, and it was a singular Ithe roan was not of unsound mind, and he would I fact that no nuisance had been complained , sot say he was a fit subject to send to the lunatic! f bef Jul , 1 o ore y last, The Surveyor and the 1 alsylum.—Prisoner expressed his sorrow for what 'Medical Officer to the Redcar Local Board were 'he lid done, and promised that it would not occur ; the only persons who had cmplamed of there ' again.—He was diseharged. I having been any nuisance. The occupiers had never complained of any nuisance. He called Mr , A PICT:MLLE Lass OF
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-08-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE PERILS OF MINERS.  On Monday afternoon at the Coach and Horses Inn, South Church, ne,r Ilishop Auckland, Mr J. T. Proud, Coroner, held au enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a miner named Thomas Duncan (36). On the 20th ult. the • deceased man, in company with& fellow-miner named Joseph Bowes, left the " face " in Auckland Park Pit to make for the shaft. When they had travelled about 150 yards, and when the deceased was about three yards in front of Bowes, one of the roof baulks " canted " out in the waggon-way, and the stone coming away caught the deceased. They did not hear the timber creak, nor the stone give any warning. The deceased was taken to his home at South Church, and died on Saturday morning from the result of his injuries.—Bowes, who gave evidence, was cross-questioned by two of the jury. men, and said so far as he could see the whole of the waggon-way was timbered well enough to prevent any accident. So far as he could see none of the bans had been previously broken.—Albert Ogden, a putter boy, war 3 called, and denied that his tube which were just before Bowes and the deceased on that date had touched the timber in any way. In answer to questions from two jurymen, he denied ever having seen any broken or bent props or baulks, and said he looked upon the place as gaits safe.—John Garbutt, master shifter, was next called, sad said he examined the place the morning of the accident, and found it all right so tar as he could judge.—The jury returned a Tar, Aioi of "Accidental deistla"  Mr Arthur Robt. Nichols, F.R.G.S., journalset, and member of the Banda; Lecture Society, oommitted suicide on Thursday at Watford by shooting himself through the head with a revolver whilst in bed. He was discovered by his wife, who slept ia an adjoining mom, and who heard the report of ths revolver. yoti value your wife's health see that she uses "SUNLIGEtT
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-03-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

INGESTS AT DARLINGTON.—MT COPOTIer Settle held two inquests in Darlington last Saturday afternoon, touching the deaths of William Dobson (23), of 10, Wessoelane, on the 25th ult., and Hannah Emmerson (73), residing at 36, EaeonWM* Darlington. The inquest on the former was held at the Rig. Carr Hotel, and a verdict returned of "Death from peritonitis," in soetiadance with the medical evidence. Dr. Eastwood said it was an exceedingly rare case, a cancer of the largest size he had ever seen having formed ,in the stomach, while a large aperture in the stomach prevented its contents from being retained. ' —The second inquest was held later, at the Burns Hotel, Northgate. Mrs Lyall, daughter of the decemed, stated that shelast attended her mother, who was lying ill in bed with rheumatism, at about 3.30 p.m. on the 27th ult. Twenty minutes after she went upstairs again, and saw the deceased Imeelini at the bedside and the whole hangings on fire. She ran for assistance to Mrs Laverick's, who on reaching the chamber threw a rug over the flames with the object of putting them out. She failed, however, and the smoke was so overpowering that she ' could stay no longer, and it was left for Mr Laverick and Mr Mountford to quench the fire. Deceased was burnt severely on the left arm, chest, and face, and must have been dead on the first alarm being raised.—A verdict of " Accidental death by burning" Wa. returned. PROPOSED TREPRRANCR HALL AND Ramannow Boons FOB Dmumurrox.—On Tuesday a meet- ' ing was held in the Central Hall, presided over byl 'Mr E. Mounsey.--The Rev, Jos. Gray, town min- I sionary, first addressed the meeting, soliciting the I help of the Temperance Society to form readint' rooms and places of amusement on Albert Hill sail' Harrogate Hill. The proportion of pnblicdtauses, to population' was, in the former 1 to 120 inhabitant; and in the latter Ito 950. The most. suicides, and those mainly through drink, occurred on Albert Hill, while 3-sths of the cases taken to Sedgeteld and 4-sths of the Fever Hospital patienfs came from the north end of the town. He considered they ought to adopt an intermediate platform, and provide healthy -Christian amuse- , meats and coffee rooms for the working classes, as a counter-attraction to the public - houses.—Nr Lucas recommended the erection of a Temperance Hall in the centre of the town, which should to • very large extent serve social purposes. He advocated taking the plot of land opposite the Foes Library and building a hall that should seat from 200 to 300 people, and have connected with it s; large number of class-rooms. Be had been pampered to do something three years ago ESUOSis Me. erection when he first proposed the scheme, madam was still prepared to contribute to the £2,000 which, ' in his opinion, would be amply sufficient to meet the cost He urged upon the Society to take the' matter seriously into consideration.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-10-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. A roost painful sensation was created last Saler. day at Pelt= Fell, near Cisester-le-Street. by the discovery that the village had less made the scene of • most shocking domestic issareda The event 1 occurred in a litida cattege--ors of two or three wretched old boons, little better thes bevels, known as Batters Green. Oee of items% was men, pied by a navvy named Benjamin Kerrison, his 1 wife, liebeoca, end a son, Benjamin, seas Jean of age lierrison was employed upon the arm Wee Durham Railway in course of consteni,tiori and was . forty-seven years of age. No unusual sounds were ; heard that morning or the previous night. by the neighbours, but it was notimd last Saturday morning that the window shutters were not opened lat Kerrison's house. During the forenoon ! Ann Watson, a neighbour, heard moans from Kerrison's, and going to the 4outte,, fouled the door unlocked: -9he went An,' and- was ' horrified to fed Mrs Kerr eon 1 en the bed ' Idenclingifrosn teseiblevicends sid seek While beside her his hassiend lay dead, his throat euttrom ear to ear, and in his deacT hand, he held a knife. The boy Benjiniin was also,lying on the bed, uninjuresi, hut -Gal, ' t awebseena. Medieret ' assists:ate Nas at eeOsT.sZe* Tbe man appeared to have hese dead SO- some tame. The woman and child were at. 6nea conveyed to the Chester-le-Street Workhonse. It is stated in the neighbourhood that deceased and his wife lived an unhappy life, and tint Ma.. aziressaiy jealetazof her.  lila I  Donnas, Defendant  park's',  - • inter -I;.id I  tenant,  Will  Praia  e.nd  -Tl;ey  made  Lugust  .110 w  interview  aommis -defendant  defendant, should  itness  defendant  —sisia  ttiey  hoses.  Aril  give.=  Would  given acted  -se-11 era.  found  VBTia.  that  1311lt from  A man named Patchell was on Monday sentenced et Eretbourea to five weeks' imprisonment for *violent assault on the Folios in Sandy's So.luationist disturbance. 'CIiZZUROUS GIFTS TO LN Isturnttrartv.—Mr AI Lees has presented to the Oldham Infirmary the slim sof £10,0(* suatisig altogether £24,000 nabeeniked4 iris family towards that Motitatiou. Tandgmen. Mrs Fanny Dismandstorre, living in 29, Pelham-street, Brick-lane, last Saturday gars birth to triplets—two boys and I girt; • firrise well. The parents are Jewish, and in way .bnenbleminestrostaaem , PsZaTillarilT TO PARNELL'S Gs/Arr.—What 'is described as a " pilgrimage " wile mode on Sunday to the grave of bfr Parnell in Glasnevin. I Shortly after noon a large number of pantie lol't the city, onoompaniei by 426214 arta nuktoneal to We cemetery, When they remained for some time * the side of the grave. They afterwarae returned te the city. Ito incident of Key importance oaten:red. . A Puzaaata,Sasz, awl ittaamaix Madiaine are litsisuosiirs
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-12-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ASSOCIATION.- beetthane, and be ae • ai meeting was held on Monday, Mr George Hood, ! la gan ,ipre up a immediately afterwardsaairt "Now I'm off,"mal thi Meg cyan 9 ' ' cl ' h 'd the s one ' about the 'oulYgstilitil'uti Mandit Ism their large espendi- of tar works, and proceeded to my that the a A-mutest entertaimunt wee given in the Tem- lof his wag „to his father to eave for • chairman, p . residing -A discussion took pinto on 'at the same time shot himself in the temple with. a con eaten, e sai re wa testedbay othearisalwontd. 'Their gespit teachers 'tress might he e mooted to continuelor some tia emeansellallellidellebrugh, en Wednes ay inlaid t. e pistol' -A verdict of suicide -while of unsoand • remit proposals which was novel, and that was ' :The plaintiff.afterwards Mil the parental roof,. and the Railway Staticle PMPeeed eniergemen• Ta - - • ' that th f the mplo ers He vetted -111,ta4 • 81, 4800 neat af their Same .they nater day - and even inteneity. Be alluded to of the Nesse Home. d'hare masialgalsie ;ems& amended his in on,y , hat the defendant emd he Chairman said he had heard the station was likely Mind Wail sutural& oy cense Mel e y . • liallaeleing ake-whilelese, and then same Milo their . -TM IrOOD-CHOlernspEspLUFWErr to be removed near to lied Barns but could not , nine.* arm Na' Whetlarddlwa Kew" ars emdfi• had put it in the banksand he would not give it ap • very meth anything iwhieh (pea be isarned osedy t between both park., W ben samessesteifirly 41 the morning orlase in the _My ;Wheel =by the Chanty Organisation Society 15....delebara,, °Paned with • td.rM fed thedreemen riefid= :until uoh term as tine plaintiff could take care of give credence to such an unlikely proposal.-Mr 1 A
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-07-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE SUICIDE OF A BRANCEPETH TIMEKEEPBII.—In inquest was held at Wellington resolution, and in doing so argued that labour dieon Tuesday on William Stuart, timekeeper for mites should be settled by reason rether them by Straker and Love at Breneepeth Colliery, who force. Trades unions enabled men to obtain rea.son In dealing with their questions.—Councillor .1. committed suicide by drowning in the colliery pond Smith (secretary of the Middlesbrough Trades on the 13th inst.—Deceased's son said his father Council) spoke in favour of the strength' had been very much depressed of late and his suing of existing societies in preference to further work appeared to be too much for him. He multiplying trades unions, which were already frequently complained of it. He went to work at more than sufficiently numerous. He argued for five in the morning, and left off at six o'clock at more consolidation of labour interests, and for night. He had, however, half an hour for breakmom vigour and energy among all their nudes. He test and half an hour for dinner; lee had no holidays.—The Coroner, in 'lemming up, said it then proceeded to argue that this Federation was d working on lines hostile to other associations, and seeme strange that in these days a man should resorted to coercive tactics of which he could not have to work thirteen hours a day; if it were se, approve. If a man was already a member of some there need be no surprise at his mind giving way.—• , tredes union, he thought it was a wrong principle Several jurymen also expressed themselvas Ithat any other &meaty should endeavour to force strongly, and a verdict of "Committed suicide by drowning whilst temporarily insane" was returnA itim to join theirs also. It often occurred that the , rules of men's unions precluded them from joining
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-01-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE.  There are also numerous cases where attempts to defraud the insurance companies are made by means of suicide.  There nr3 n3any notable ca-es of this nature. The C(184 of Captain Colvocoressae, • retired officer of the United States navy, is quite eel.. bested, and at the time created a profound sensation. The captain was found in a dying candition in the streets of Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the night of June 3, 1872. The captain had, within the course of the proved:. year, =weeded in insuring his life for £39111, distributed between twenty companies. When found in the street at 11 p.m. by an officer, attracted bye pistol shot, the shirt front of the capta:u was on lire. He was lying on his back, with his left hand pressed to the wound in the corresponding breast. Diagonally across the street, in the gutter, lay an old-fashioned percussion-lock horse plata The stock was broken, the detached fragment lying upon the pavement some two yards further on, in • line with the pistol and the body. It was evident that the pistol had just been discharged, and the exploded cap we. on the nipple. His sword cane lay at his feet, about two yards distant towards the gutter, and his umbrella parallel with it towards the fence. The sword blade was unsheathed, and considerably bent, but showed no stains of blood. Upon the bamboo of the cane where it had been split was a dent.  The invethgation of this supposed murder furnishes one of the most interesting chapters ever written on circumstantial evidence, but it resulted in the conclusion that the captain had Lroieu the cane, torn ilia clothing to give the appearanca of a snuggle, and then shot himself. A satchel which he had carried was found under & wharf, with the end cut open. In a safe-deposit box at Lichfield memoranda were fonni that would inircate that the captain was the owner of securities valued at £20,000.
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-01-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WHILST IN PAIN. A news agency learns that the circun come/Asa with the death of the Duke of . neoessitated en enrpairy by Dr. Troutbeek, trict Coroner. Ms Grace, while suffering r pain and in a condition of extreme prostr .hot himself evidently while he was, owing 'Flail and weelniers, labouring under tempi insanity. The Coroner's jury, of whom Baxter, of Einnerton-street, S.W., was for' returned a verdict to that effect. The . was held early on the morning of the day that body was cremated. The Press Aasociation has sines obtained a ot the certificate of death, which fully and elusively shows that the unfortnnate Duke dir his own hand. The entry is as follows of death, ballet wound in the heart; suicide temporary insanity daring pneumonia."  Haulms cur PARLIAMENT BURNED The -Ji House of Parliament at _ _ was A  RAN,. sokv,-.A qrl•  ;D Or • Saw^ w. attraeti servimo Igt .o knerfor performance , dsiti eve • -.-vt Met, . ICollingw„ • the ('. Lt, • Of Sao% tetty-0040, o ^ I; sueteie, roe re-, hese, a Cali the . families amity 0( , ea 4. fund. . I a Audi ii to t. dieing `o the ' Situ PCO, during what , committee may land Jreli to add commiti ate, eon, : Robin , twos her.. liasaed. ' thee, ions Kirkwall d the f ' were no. 111 -in liter. two pa. for SIR rushing Jac▪ k it of Edin y despatched Council to ' intervene recei ' tike 6119, year, £66,1 pi Polmeile t one dri 'a report mitten there If ord fl os sa t. ;Id they e g eeoc Oiled 48IA 4 Glasgow eat to rbn olul en Citizena Thu ho.; reg:, c-mcess: In Amalgam tad sea▪ ct country, am, in tease' ti f; ' wort lat.., r,nople )I,SAST , aged . :ed from §VortleY, Inarate de ITO C 33 circunaste. : 13 Jeck, aring prostra ;to npo nom fete.' 104" .4 4 • died C, , d Dowl• • , Moot° ' .11,8134 nrl iing I/I v
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-03-28 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THN HARTLEPOOL WONNITOPSE.— lir Settle held an inquest at West Hartlepool last Saturday night on the body of James Griffiths, aged 50, whose death from poison in the Hartlepool Workhoiess has already been reported to these columus.-IThe evidence showed that deceased, who became an inmate of the Workhouse some weeks age, was employed as wardsman in the Infirmary. On Wednesday last he complained of pain in one of his knees' and Dr. Ainaley gave instructions to the nurse to supply deceased with • liniment. Hewlett, the superintendent nurse, gave him • bottle of belladonna, and on Thursday she was informed that Griffiths had swallowed the contents of the bottle, instead of using it outwardly. She at once had an emetic administered, but deceased died on Friday. The bottle was labelled " poison," and It was understand that deceased could read.—A verdict ot," Suicide whilst ismporszily insane" was returNed. How TEI CAPTAIN LOST HIS ral7oolGll. TheWestHaTtl•poo!Benehwere onWednesday onsetpied some time hearing a charge of robbery preferred against a seaman named Wm. Poulesy, who was accused of stealing wearing apparel of the value of , about £45, belonging to Captain Haag, of the steamer Stsinellffe, of West Hartlepool. The ' property bed been peeked into a large tin box and two canvas bags, and left at the Wein Hartlepool ' Railway Station by Captain Hoag, who intended pro. ooeding with it on Monday morning to Myth, to join a ship there. Just before the train started, however, the prisoner went to the passel* elks and &Antal the luggate as his, snail that he was Captain Boag, awl was going to Middlesbrough. His ant' thalami air disarmed suspicion, and the hew sad awe rierreped by a porter to the to* bg 'Ad to Ki&lieslateeilt, Boss went to shim" aseertained *Men fia, i.wed ea Ile 111111110111 ihr rallona _ _  ,prsalised Gina Med, .of