The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1883-09-25 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

BOURNEMOUTH. ATTEMPTED BUICIOE FROM THE BOURNEMOUTH PIER.  Oa Friday, et cepocisi pe.ty session, held in the hovel. ro on of the Town II ow...mouth, b .forei Kr. it. Step-iota. J•l11 II 0 orre B ..cti we brought up on r.m end charged with h .ving :etterripted to commit euicide on Monday, tae 17,11 inst. The prisoner resided In Oxf ord-rio I. B .urnetno ith, with Ma wife, but has since b•on reduce' to e stew ut great deprivatioe.— rorge fivrnor, boatman, stet that on Monday sitarnoon about helf-ptat two he wrn• to the steps of the landing etre to tako three blob., and a gentleman into his boat. Jtut sa the iedies were about to step in, he saw the prieoner deliberately junp from the uppor deck of the pier into tho era. Witness law another roan with • boat nearer to bin, and called out to him to remite the mao. Hs Boccie let in doing so —Jueph Rockford, another boatmen, rid b. saw the pleoner jump or fall from the upp.r dock .of the Mil% lout teo yule from the landing unite. Wan,ee was at ending on the beer at the time. He rushrd into the water. and se he was empire othing the ruin he saw • men named Mundy coming through from the other side of the pier. Witaess called out to Mandy, and Ow latter palled the primmer Into the bat. Witness afterwards took him in his arms, carried him ashore, and loid him on the sands. Witmer asked prisoner 'whether he hiel had a fit " and he replied " no fit at all, I did it intentionally." Witmer afterwards took him up to On, of the bows, and p-lsoner then limit: " I should like to see • policeman; I want to be taken care of' Witness said to Mos : " I think • drop of brandy would do you more good than • policeman Joel now, and sent for some, which prisoner drank. Afterwards, he said that if. policeman was not sent for he should go and do it again. He had not had anything to eat (he added) for four days, and he had been tensed out of his lodgings that ammo, b, his landlady, who had ben very unkind to him. wit..o thou took Mm to the c tbmen's shelter, and ordered some coffee end bread and meat for him. He then again asked him if he wanted to sae • policemen, end as he still meteald idiot utheahac —ndeß;i thihme porivserontio. Amyirget:i whhom he ove sell that be had hsd no "moat' for four days:but he understood him to eay "nothing to eat."—Sorgt Ayres stated that inunedlately he went to the cebrosn's shelter prison,r hands I him • pmer, c attaining the following: " Mrs. J. G. Beech. 9, Burlisld.street. Hammersmith : Mr it., wife.. aims.e.. Through starvation and the terercution of my landlady I hoes committed suicide. Witmer mid him it .Me vary seriona offence, and took him into custody. After allowing him to finish iii. food las he appeared to be in an rzhauated stem), he called a cab ant tam him to the police-dation. Ott the way be said ho had had no food Sr two days.. Subsequently at the policeatetion ii.i. in money was found on him also an unsettled bill from his landlady for th. SI. Prisoner stated that he had • shilling given him In the morning, and that the Ilia. was the change out of It. —On being Irmo, mimed. end asked if he had any statement to make, the prisoner at first said that he hod. lintordietaip aitarmanta becoming aware that he would be onimitted to the sessions) he got very excited, declared that it we. a gross cruelty, that he was half starved, and that he hati only 111 In the world and his wife nothing to take her home, and that it was " barbarous treetment." At this point he eat down, violently and then, turning to his wife (ielio was sired labial), helenne still more excited than boron.. and—pointing to her—saked" what wait, become eofvehn'rt; Lihkoe whaler tolck.."t!'"Tisri hrest°r—lingh.hhadls honalCiurothais.f."wahonuris: he a.mtinord, in • rapid and rxlited manner to condemn the "cruelty •• of the course about to 13. adopted, and having again deolarei it'' harbuout," exclaimed t 00l that :41 such on vestries were swept off the bench I" Too polr,men taus supported the prisoner out of oourt.—He askod that be might be allowed to kies kis wife, but was informed that he wonkl be MISIre4 tO re her at the polloretatice.