The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-07-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

INQUEST ON SCOTTON, THE CRICKETER. At the Ifarylebone Coroner's Court, on Tuesday morning, Dr. George Danford Thomas, coroner for Central London, held an inquest on the body of William Henry Scotto's, aged 37, the well-known Nottingham professional cricketer, who committed suicide on Sunday morning by cutting his throat with a razor at his lodgings—Mr. John Scotton, • licensed victualler, of Nottingham, stated that the deceased was his brother. He came to London to fulfil an engagement at Lord's in April last. Be bad not seen him lately, but had always known him as • temperate man.—Mrs. Ellen Lansdowne, lie landlady at the house in St. John's WoodArrace in which the deceased lodged, said the 'eceased was very well until Thursday, when lie teemed rather strange. On Friday he left home, as 'llll said, to go to Lori's. But it was afterwards tscertained that he never went there. On Saturday ne did not get up at all, and seemed very quiet ind depressed. He was at times rather rembl‘ng in his conversation. For instance, he . . .  talked about Lord's and said they were not just to him there. However, he went to tied in a more cheerful mood about a quarter to 12 at night. At half-past Bon Sunday morning aim took up his breakfast and knocked at the door, and, retting no response, walked into the room. She found the deoeased lying on the floor and clutching a razor in his left hand. Life was extinct. She believed that of late the deceased had given way to drink, but not at home. He bad suffered from delusions and seemed to think that people were coming after him.—James Chandler. a cricket bathandle maker, who lived in the same house, corroborated as to finding the deceased lying dead on the floor with his throat cut. On Friday night Scotton came to his room in a wandering state of mind, and, going to the window, exclaimed, By God, there is my brother John's voice below." He thsn went to the sofa and wept for 10 minutes.— Dr. Carter testified that death resulted from a wound inflicted in the jugular vein in the throat with a razor. Life had been extinct for some hours. —Police-inspector Ross produced letters found in the deceased's rooni,one of which was from a friend at Lord's telling Scotton not to be a fool and to pull himself together.—George F. Hearne, the wellknown cricketer, stated that the deceased had always been a most abstemious man until Lately, when he seemed to have been drinking on the sly, and the effects of the drink were very noticeable. Scotton had taken very much to heart being left out of the Notts Eleven two years ago, and he believed it was that that had caused him to commit suicide.—The jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity.  The Cannes correspondent of the Dix-Neuriione &eels telegraphs that a young lady, aged 29 years, and of French nationality, after having lost £ll,OOO at the gaming tables at Monte Carlo, has committed suicide. Before killing herself she strangled her two children, who were aged live and four years respectively. From Topeka (Kansas) comes a report that while William Wadnell, his wife, and four children were last night awaiting in their camp, on the land they had marked out for themselves, the formal opening of a strip which had formed part of the Cherokee reservation at Englewood, they were swept away by the floods and drowned.  "Baptiste, look at this furniture. It is at least six months since it IVILI wiped." "Well, I have only been in madame's service three months, so it can't be my fault."  A countryman visits the seaside for the first time. "Well, what do you think of the sea P Is it beautiful enough P" "Yes, but what a lot of laud lost to cultivation!"  Jones: "I bear your next-door neighbours have a very food organ. Do you know how many stops it has 1 Brown: "Only about three a day, and awe est very len ow.*