Widnes Examiner. — 1902-09-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE.  A Big Dose of Carbolie Acid at Warrington.  The circumstances attending, the death of Patrick Kelly, forty years of age, a puddler, residing at 65, Foundry-street, formed the subject of an inquest conducted at tne Warrington Police Station on Thursday last week by Mr S Brighouse,County Coroner. Margaret Kelly, deceased's wife, said she last saw her husband alive on Monday, August 25th, when he turned her and the children out of the house. She next saw him when he was dead at eleven o'clock last Tuesday .aight. Deceased had for some time past been strange in his manner, but had never threatened to take his life. He had been drinking very heavily and " horse-betting." ' Witness beard that last Monday he broke all his furniture and threw it into the street. She thought he must have been completely out of his mind. I Ann Tooley, 63, Foundry-street, deceased's next door neighbour, said deceased came into her house at a quarter to one on fuesday afternoon and said "Go and see Maggie (his wife). I shall be dead in two minutes." She did not take any notice of his remarks, although the thought it was strange of him. kp the evening she went into the back yard,and on passinX the door of deceased's house, saw him lying on the kitchen floor. She sent for the police. James A Baine, chemist in the employ of Messrs Hill and Company,Buttermarket-street, said that at 11.30 on Tuesday morning deceased came into the shoo and asked for three pennyworth of carbolic acid. He produced a whisky bottle, bat witness told him they did not put carbolic acid into that kind of bottle, but they sold sixpenny bottles of the acid. Deceased purchased a bottle, and when witeeis asked him what he wanted it for he said' To kill bugs in the house." . _ _  P.C. Hasp eared that at 10 15 on Tuesday night he went to deceased's house and found deceased lying dead on the floor of the back kitchen. Witness searched the house and found on the kitchen slopstone a bottle and a jug, both of which contained carbolic acid.  —Dat Smith, police surron, said he made a polt meet era examination of the body. Toe lips were slightly corroded and the mouth a little more so The gullet and stomach were very much corroded and the stomach was half-full of almost pure carbolic acid, which was so strong that it caused a sense of burning to the fingers on handling it. The cause of death was shock produced by the coProsive effect of carbolic acid of which a large quantity had been swallowed. In answer to the Coroner, witness said deceased must have swallowed about five ounces of the acid. As the jury were in some difficulty as to deceased's state of mind, Detective Barlow. coroner's officer, WBB called, and said he had known Kelly for the last ten years. He should aay that deceased was completel y mad when in drinking bouts. A verdict of " ouicide whilst of unsound mind " was returned.  More Reservists from South Africa. On Saturday evening, a strong body of reservists of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) arrived at the depot—Orford Barracks—from South Africa, under the command of Lieutenant A K Kyrke Smith. Accident to an Old Cabdriver. On Monday afternoon, Patrick Ciough, aged 72 years, who resides at 9, Factory-yard, was admitted to the Infirmary on Monday afternoon, suffering from broken ribs and various contusions. Clough, who is said to be one of Warrington's oldest cabdrivers, was driving his cab up Winwiek-road when it skidded in the tram line and threw him off.