Widnes Examiner. — 1901-07-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DARIANOTON. Look out in the evening paper." The Coroner said the letter seemed to suggest that witness's treatment of deceased was not right. He asked witness whether there was any ground for such a suggestion? Witness : Quite the contrary. I have had to keep him and his wife and family for the last four or five years. I have refused to see him ,on some oceasions,lowing to his conduct. The Coroner: Have you heard him threaten to take his life Witness: Several times. When be has been in drink it has been a common cry. We got used to it, and ceased to regard it as a serious threat. Drink was at the bottom of it all. That was the reason be had to leave me. The Coroner : Allow me to express my personal regret, as a brother in the profession with you, in the very sad loss you have sustained and the necessity for holding this inquest. It is painful to me, and I know it must be more painful to you. Witness thanked the Coroner. He said his son's death came to him as a very great shock. Charles Griffin, assistant overseeer, Urmaton said he had known the deceased for 17 or 18 years. He had heard him threaten to take his life. He gave as a reason that he had nothing to live for, and people seemed to be all against him. Deceased called at his office on Saturday at noon, and stayed a quarter of an hour He was quite cool and collected. He asked for the loan of a sheet of notepaper and envelope and witness gave them to him. (fie identified the notepaper and envelope produced and which bad been used for the purpose of writing to Mrs Smith.) On leaving, he said," You are the last to see me that I know of alive, and you will be subecenael at my inquest, I wish you good day." He then went away. Witness called him back and said " Harry, do you understand what you are saying?" He replied " Yes, perfectly.' Witness said he appeared sober and he replied that he was. Witness then said " I attach no weight to what you are saying, as you have repeatedly made use of similar statements." Ile also asked him why he had told him an untruth when last he saw him He then said he was going abroad. He (witness) advised him to see the gentleman he then mentioned, and pull himself together. Deceased said he would try. He would see if the gentleman would assist him, and turn over a new leaf. He asked witness for a loan of 24 6d. Witness told him he was afraid be wanted it for drink, and consequently declined to give it to him. The Coroner : Very wisely too. Witness (continuing) said deceased thanked him and said he had always been a sincere friend to him He added that he had always been a trouble to his father and family. He again thanked witness for his advice, and left him. The Coroner: Do you know he was given to drink? Witness : Yes, unfortunately: He has usually been under the influence of drinte when he has come to see me, but on Saturday he was cool and collected. Sophia Smith, 4, Oldfield-grove, Sale, said the deceased lodged with her. He had been with her about three years and six months. He left the house at half-past nine on Saturday morning. He said he was going to the Stretford Library to look at the papers, and that he would be baele for dinner. She received the letter at half-past five in the afternoon. The postmark was " Urmston, 2,15 p.m." She had heard him threaten to take his life many times. Edwin White, porter on the Central Station, said he was on duty at 8.25 on Saturday night and saw the Derby and Liverpool express arrive. He was on the down side, and when the train went out, he was at the rear: He saw a body on the line. The head was in the four foot, and the body in the six foot. The head was almost separate from the body. 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