Widnes Examiner. — 1896-07-11 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE OF LOVERS.,  Mr. Thomas Taylor. held an inquest on Wedn.egcleelgl;(l the Dewsbury and District General Infirmary, In %raja to the deaths of Florence Kilburn (15) and Berll-410 Brooke (18), by drowning in the Calder and Einef Canal.—John Kilburn, hand-loom weaver, of nt'ar ang Carr, father of the girl,deposed that he saw bisdu,a alive for the last time on Thursday,the 2nd hist:, dm; the dinner hour. She was in depressed spirits in %Peso quence of her mother speaking about Brooke. "I,7ita had remonstrated with her about her acquaintance no the youth,but he gave up doing so about seven Wee ago. He said to her then that she was too In„glijrare think about" sweethearting," and ought to OM' .41. of her parents and the younger members of the fact, The last time be saw Brooke was a svere„o fore last Monday, on returning to Battey tad cricket match at Bradford. His daughter wag v;lti, old lad, and he said to them, "You are on with ycnrA.... game again. They simply smiled, and did not sner Mrs. Brooke, widow, mother of the youth, nat,ga husband, Josiah Brooke, committed suicide faniera years ago. He drowned himself near the placer/pd. the bodies of her son and Florence Kilburn were le ffis, She had told her son he was too young to court tin> and that he would have witness to keep when abe, sed not work ; also that she had had trouble enougur tO did not want any more making,nor did she waet, „11„11130111 trouble anyone else. She saw him with the gin evening of the 2nd inst., near the Clothiers' Arms, nip% ford-road.—Police-sergeant Musgrave deposed to finudir the body of Brooke. Upon searching the clothesb!ter covered a piece of paper, upon which was vi1;;.00 "Good-bye, mother. God bless you and the baby: to baby referred to was one belonging to the girl's sior,44 which he was very much attached.—Ellen day der44 that she was employed at lugs Mill with the den7os girl, and on the 2nd inst., she told witneis that strng had some words with her mother about Brooke, au alt that if she could not live with him she would die:ita him. Witness told her not to be silly, and parting .0, her saw Brooke join her.—A boat haul4,named Mar,rl r proved finding the body of the girl, and Detective tilico shaw said that in ber pocket was found a piece of Pio° bearing the words, "Good-bye mother • God bless 9,4 —The Coroner then summed up, and, 0011 the girl's remark to her companion in the go. said it aypeared to suggest that there had bee...n conversation between the unfortunate lovers beflxv pot on the subject of suicide. Brocke was the son 0f!.60 who had put an end to his own existence, but ic,nntie heredity affected him could not be sai I. As woos/ parents, they had only exercised their rightful antkl., al and neither of the young people had been ill-treateuo any way. Probably the young man had influenetal girl, and was not responsible at the tine, f•-r his —A verdidt of suicide whilst temporari:y insane 974' .turned in each case.  On Monday morning a night watchman narneili.ntt?, coran,employed at a lead works in Rotherhithe, s" killed a man named Derbyshire, wounded anotheraf named Custer'on,and then shot himself,buc not Corcoran bad had some slight quarrel with DerbYP  •,.."-.......  MA