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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-02-02 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

REST OURS TOO LAT,E.  LISOARD MAN'S SAD *ND.  The suicide of Thomas Uy. Leah aged 37, assistant cashier to Messrs. Smith. Rathbone, _ vid Co., cotton brokers, Lirerpooli 'was the subject of an burliest by Mr.. Ceoil Holden, at the I.iirkeubead Town Hall on Monday. Deceased's private addreee. wee 22, Kimberley-road, Discard. Dr. Wan. Bobt. Dahell, Birkenhead, 11 said: The deceased has been ander - my' I care for about three seeks before hie death. 11. e. was soaring from nervous breakdown caused probably from overwork. There was no disease. lie told me be had had a similar attack some years ago, which only Mated about a couple of months. On l my. ady.lee he entered a home on January 1 Uth. for a rest cure. I saw the deceased almost daily, and on Friday, the 23th Januvy, I limited- him, when he told Me he was feeling better, and had slept better. He bad been troubled with sleeplessness. He did not seem despondent, and I learned that be had been doing little jobs about the grounds. I had advised him to occupy Ina time with physical work. The following {1.4.7 (Satuitituy) about 3.15 p.m. „.•I 0. tended at the home in response to a telephone raseeage. In the cceob.boiii tam the body of the decanted lying in the row. Ale of the Soot on his back, bin houd refit. %Ds on some ,straw. There wee .4 ballopened bloodetedued resor lying tbe on goer (Agee to his right knee. There wits fk "clean cut wound trtretc.bing from ear to ear en rpletely Solvarilig all .. the bawd vesnAs in. tlO nuiab bonsioq, Life }Vila quite extinct. The muse of death Was through severance of the neck. In these cases the depreesion sometimes opines on verY QuieklY and acuteór a short period. I bay° Do doubt ftat one of those fits of depression sue. den came on on Saturclay aftsmeee• . After other evidence as tc.. the circumstances of the sad event the ragz retgaleed the usual verdict of temroorary unian.lty.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-07-27 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

BIRKENHEAD BREWER'S  DEATH. ' INCREASED TAXATION" SEQUEL.  A PISTOL SHOT IN THE NIGHT.  The tragic death of William Harding, a Liverpool brewer resident at el. Bamfordtoad. Birkenhead, was inquired into at the Towu Hall on Monday. The Coroner (Mi. Cecil Holden) told the jury, of whom Mr. William Sparks was foreman, that deceased was 52 years of age, and (he understood) a member of the firm of Meesrs. Harding and Farrington, brewers, Liverpool. It appeared deceased had been very much worried over business mstters for some considerable time, anl del:reseed as the result of those anxieties. It wonld appear that Ales. Harding spoks to Dr. Blood about his condition on Alb' 20th, but tho doctor did not see deceased, who went to bed at eleven o'clock, sleeping by himself. Nothing unusual was heard during the night, but at 7.30 in the morning Mrs. Harding tried the bedroom door and found it locked. Further investigation showed that the deceased was not in his bedroom at all. Tho facts were that at about five o'clock the same morning a policeman who was in the vicinity of Parkroad West saw deceased lying on the footwalk, with blood coming from the right wide of the face—the temple. As be lifted the man up a pistol dropped from his hand. The policeman conveyed him to the hoe. pital, where deceased lay unconscious till Saturday evening, when he died at 11.30. Mr. Harding, deceased's son, was the chief witness. He said he lived at his late father's address. His father was managing director of the brewery firm, whnee =wee were in James-etreet, Liverpool. During the past three or four years deceased bad been very much worried over business matters, but there was no actual financial difficulty.  The Coroner: And particularly of late he has been worrying over the orgairiaation and the management of your grandfather'a etate, of which he was trustee?--Yes.  I suppose you mean the class of seenntty in which the funds were invested had something to do with brewing?—Yes. The funds were inve.ted 4 n the brewery itself ?—Yes.  The anxieties, I suppose, that were connected with that business were to some extent due to the increased liabilities in the shape of taxation?—Yes. Then for about three weeks past he suffered from acute insomnia, though he was attending to btusiness?—Yes. Ho was greatly depressed in spirits too?— Yes, very much. You had been sway for a week prior to July 30th, but you came 'home on the evening of that day ?--Yes. Then Mrs. Harding informed you that f hes had seen Dr. Blood, unknown to your father, and it was your mother's intention to get him to see Dr. Blood next day ?—Yes. _  You all went to bed about the IMMO tame? T. On account, of th+ uucuanla he had been ale Aping In a room by himself E- —Yes.  Your father had for some wears been eollectang gnim and firearms of all descriptions a 6 a hobby ?—i"' P.C. Jermyn and Dr. Strathtr6 b,,are ert. dente of ths discovery of deceaEedand his being 'received at. the hos-pftal. . .  Tie Coronet and the itrri expresaed their sympathy, returning a rcrlict of "Suicide whilst ef unsound mind."
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-05-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE INQUEST.  Mr. J. C. Bate (the West Cheshire Coroner) and a jury, met in the Hoylake Police Stitiorl on Wednesday afternoon to arrive at Come reason for this distressing death. It .was," said Mr Bate, "for them to decide whether the unfortunate man, Sydney John Farrell (43) bad met his death purely through an accident or otherwise." Washington Edo Farrell, 22, Eaton-road, Vit .1)14:41/er., _of dedeitied, had not beim -on- very Monate terms with his brOthers but. hibd .seen Win kit about a week &gó. He did not know that he was short ot money, that he had haditny trouble, and he was generally sober. James Sword, of Banks-road. West Kirby said he was with Sydney Ferrell iti the West Kirby Hotel at about 9 o'clock on Mondey night. Ha could not say that deceased was sober, he just seemed "jolly." He left at 10 o'clock telling witness that he was going to Haswell. " Sn. 1 don't know why he went." replied witness to the Coroner's enquiry. The Coruner : 1 think you can really ten ub More about it, you know, and the man. is dead now 80 it does not matter.  Witness denied knowing anything about Farrell with regard to poaching. George Booth, 20, South Viet, West Kirby, said he wee going through the old village on Monday night walking quite ebbe to Farrell. Ile said "Good.nlght " and passed him, noticing that he seemed to be affected by drink and wee muttering to himself. He saw deceased go through the wicket gate on to the station.  , Oliver Cr, a foreman platelayer on the ILondon and North Western Railway, of 4, Railway Cottages, Thurstaston, related the disoovery of the body as be was going his rounds at about 6-30 on Tuesday morning. lie found the body lying right across the " four-foot way " about 300 yards beyond Kirby Park Station. Four yards nearer to West Kirby Station he found his hand cut off on the metals. There was a deep wound across his head, a cut below the right knee, and his leg was broken. The body was quite cold. The last train the night before was at 11-46 p.m., and although all the engine wheels had been examined no trace ot the disaster was cliscovered. William Adams, police sergeant of Weet Kirby, hod had the body removed to the mortuary, lie knew nothing against the deceased, for poaching or anything else. About a fortnight ago Farrell lost his permanent situation, but he wet earning money on odd Jobs. A distress was levied on his furniture for rates on Monday. Farrell knew of this, but k did not seem to trouble him.  The Coroner thought there was not sufficient evidence to show whether it was • ease of suicide or simply accidental. The jury returned an open verdict, Adding sympathetic condolenee with the widow, and &gliding to peas their fees on to her.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-06-25 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE AT WEST KIRBY.  Much consteniation and excitement was eegaitir in the viepity of Orryedale.road, Waist 144113-, last Monday evening. when it wee, di/answered that Arthur Gittens, aged 43; of 13; firryadale-road, a labourer, whO "IP 7' • ' • 714111 WALTHAM watom cwx 3,44..409. every 1V511441111 %tab Mint 11111anreal Wen. WWl' Oa, Wattlwo We at oat ai.taam asseelee Memento tavotah eaohloat, war tad leaa or ely ether sum If rill Win 06414 t 01014erld to 410 vleititot watch ollet. 10. Chiteawetail. Whoahetd. SWI4*4 wlisEle tOoleott I, Miaow ow *ma mot. ottsatat r wo4iall4a4lWc win ra. tan tip IPA" Is VIM days or mid, lei 1-'"'-"""""'""w--oil domed se av toed w 941 104 Volk wmomme NiDuoTION OP RATall. wpm Am 44111111110 i. t• the INA 5" "*".." " 90" le 6" IN.' 1°04.011 We •Imo else Vseauir tsimAiinsi for Clean. wo"0-low 1" molasoloi -••er Icomatiel ilia Corpse, Purlieu's. walk. see., 0. usSS get ow ammalit, derattlitm, oceataaa... greatly reellteed ettialt‘ttl. aid u .very watc 'went. Sone. 13,13, Oxton-road. Birkenhead. a  actuated bw selfish motives, end will assuredly do hie utmost in the interests of the rateptyera. He therefore has the fullest justification in asking for support froth all classes. and there ie not much doubt that he will be returned.  The Welsh battalions 04 Territorials are still enioying-eanip life in ,the•lbild 12gal Parkgate Station, and the excellent and courteous behaviont of the men is generally admired. Lt•V week firing • practice was commenced. w 'lst there arrived over the week-end a fresh contingent from Wales. 'Drills have been participated in, and the camp life has been greatly enjoyed by the -.TTrriers."  At Thornton Rough Parieh Church on Wednesday the vredding toqk place of !Oen Louis* Catherine Thomas, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Thomas, of Parkgate, and Mr. Li. W. Martin:•son of Mr. J. G. Martin, Rock Ferry. A report of the ceremony appears in another column.  The duties of Parish Clerk have been allotted by the church officers to 31. r. James Joneb, of Righsitreet. The post was held for many years by Mr. W. Grundy. Ur. Jones was formerly a servant of the Joint Railway Company, and ib now in business.  On Tuesday the annual picnic in connection with the Presbyterian Sunday School took place. The scholars were taken to lioylake, and had a pleasant day in the kindly charge of the Rey. J. Towert. The picnic of the Congregational -Mother.' Institution took Place at Southport, and a large ,zirilliber of mothers had an enjoyable' time theri4.,  The Bolt puoitini 'Club can. conarena ..titemselres on Peabeioinei Member who has:auceeeded in beating the 'piefeasional champion of the North of Mnip land. Mr. T. Oston, the amateur chainpion.' iceeinplithed the deed laat Saturday. when Mr. J. Hood played for Seaconibe againsi 'Ness• Molt. Play sae very keen. but Nees Molt lost by 30 allots.- The gams were, however, hurried, 60 that the player*, might wltnee4, the play •between the two champion., Mr. T. Oxton web loudly applauded by both clube.  BlBigraliAD
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-10-22 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CURSE..  • ' WILL CROOKS AND A NATIONAL  1 • -7T" ' • Op Monday eveniog a largely. atteMied. Aati-Gambling DemonstratiOn *as httld at. Hope Hall, Liverpool, under 'the auspices of the Liverpool; Birkenhead and District branch of the . National Antitilanabling League.. The Lord 'Mayor reetided. tus supporters including the Mayor. of Birkenlead (Mr. A. U. Arkle). the Mayor of Bootle. Mr: Will Crooks, the Rey. J. Wakeford; Spa Mi. S. M. Dodd.e(htia. sec.). In the coihrie Of a motet-Ty 'speech, delivered iii his SeuttoMed homely style, Mr. Will Crociks declared that a slum often ex;• eased himself for his-betting habits by saying that: he was master in kis awn house bud could do what beliked with Itiiiinciney. He forgets," said Mr. Crooks, "there cannot be in any happy hinne one master at all.- It is' a partnerobip,- and, husband and wife have to shoat."' The speaker went on to condemn the prominence given to betting mattera•in the newspapers, and keid it was sorely not unreasonable, for a man to desire to have in his house a-posPer that did not iioataia _betting tips. He tez-: Preesed the opinion that if it could be made a...11,111.01kMae to. gablish 'news :the' papers who had to: irife up the practice ?could. soon get bablOany circulation they .might..lope. To imader to the Wisest inititi*tit of our Ituman nature was not to the I-advantage of the conivnunity. The great-, !neas Of Owe Mnirsire seoithi depend not upon our ai•Mies or our naviev;. but Ilion time hapPitiese, contentment, and' sobriety of our people. - . •• " We who opiate, lsetting,!` Ite mid, ' will Mote the couktry from end to mai 'until we have cleared mit :tbat blackguard • tinterPity .which pollutes our'streets, running dovieeds;„ and football fields, 'and shall at lila be able to take oar wires ,and•daughters to see honest conrigptitions , The Rev. John Waheford- declared that gamtilineled to embezzlement, theft; bankruPteyt ineamitY. and: Suicide. .Incident, ally ',Mr. Wakeford condemned the prietice of cigarette smoking ameng youths and young men. "In thee, days," he 'aid, "boy.' are scarcely of the bottle before they are on the Cigarette." . _  vote of thank; was accorded' the speakers on the motion of the Mayor of firIrmhead. seconded by the Mayor of Bootle.
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-06-01 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

BOCDOYVEORFEDLIVFE-R---ROPOOmbod.r:Hy:iwvetruimiaturpoonnAßeocis.sraeNl:dloo-Et:nrfttel!ttrriedhe.s. On Monday afternoon Mr. J. C. Ba ee the Coroner for West -Cheshire, an inquiry at Searombe relative to he kifderooausemtfitiefc.irGeorierr,rgseweyhlorovningBi,inadLa eons. POSed state. s-omHoebetirtme,li‘risas-inglas, last seen n42b,y Liverpool, spoke to having identified tj;',. body at the Mortuary. Dee,tesed who had been worried about kis situatio'n for 11th inst. He had been out of emplo meat for several weeks as a result of aY. injury he bad sustained to ore of his leg:, On the 12th inst. witness was sent for horn deceased's residence, 13 Fiticlarelme street, Liverpool, but when, he arrived at the house deceased had left by Lhe hack door and was not again seen alive. ne,, ceased had never, SO far as witness wse aware, threatened to take his life, but he ..was a bit worried with regard to his situ. ation.. The servant told witness that de, ceased had putt a dog collar round his neck on the morning of the 12th inst. r. collar had beeu worn by a do,, which ha, died-and of which deceased dog Which bees fond. He (witness) did not think forrYa moment that he put this round his neck with a view to coinmir Ling suicide. irn„ ness denied haying informed the poli„ that his brother was of suicidal tendencr. Deceased was "rt,t particularly shore •uf ms.smeon rtey ndeoev yclawouss4(khuaf p to h from fonolf thhis; ioanike)l.shaperi obreot: • Helen Irving, wife of the deceased, said her husband had 'been away from work for 'enraie 'weeks suffering from injuries sus tamed to one of his legs while dealing, some cases at his work. She did not think he was. worried about his injuries or that lie -.was " worried particularly about -anything." He was rather upset about a dog which- had died, and when sle et, claimed, with regard to the animal: -poor Jack, you have gone!" he said: ye; b:a; master won't ke long after hint. jam going very thin." She was not awned,, ceased's. brother informed the police that the deceased was of a suicidal tendency. 'She had not given the police any informs. tiom. It was not correct to suggest that deceased had threatened to take hi' life. She could not suggest how he got into the water except that he was very fond of looking at the sight, anti there might ham been a particular ship in the ricer. - William Henry Hill, an employee of the Wallasey Ferries, spoke to recovering the body from the Mersey and having it re -moved to the Mortuary. The Coroner alluded to the evident re 'lnotance with which the two first witnesses ' had given their evidence. It was wery probable that the man committed suicide but, for want of definite evidence, they could -not state that he did so. From the he ectwasmrtedoPf9suicidtalo tendency, police, endency. "Pealed  The jury returned an open verdict,
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-12-24 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CHIMNEY SWEEP'S TRAGIC  ACT.  FATAL SEQUEL TO A 'QUARREL. -Mr. A. F. Cotton, Deputy Borough Corotier, held an inquiry on Thursday afternoon into the circumsta.nees preceding the death of Thomas Walter Murray, aged 44, a chimney-sweep, of ffo, Mill-street,  From the report of the Coroner's' otheer ' it appeared that for the -past felt,- weeks de- ceased had been drinking heavily, but on Tuesday he had not taken much drink dur--ing the:Any. _kbont eight o'ClOtk in : the-: evening lie "went to Liverpool to 'ineet man from whom he received Sotho monq, Shortly before 11 p.m. his wife Went -out to look fcir him, and found" him in a house, and he tame home with her. On arrival at the house his wife asked-hitit for some money, and upon his refusal to give 1 her any they" had a low words." Deceased . then went to his son's; house next door and returned shortly ' before midnight,' His • wife advised him to go to bed, and made a ' further request for money, and after reins 4----ing to give her any he said "I'll finish it: I'm in the way," and, getting up, he took -a razor from his pocket and opened it. His 1 step-son, who wasin the kitchen, ran t wards him to take the razor from hitu, bul before he could do 60 clecbased drew th ' razor across his throat. He then made A , blow at his stepson with the razor, and, ' drawing it aerobe his throat again, stag-. gered into the lobby and fell near the front _ door. P.C. Gerrard was called, Dr. Wyse came to he house, and deceased was con-;,' ' veyed to the Borough Hospital in the traria . ambulance. At the bovital be was detained by Dr. Struthers, and there liN diel, , about four hours after admission, _ -- ...  _ Mrs. _Murray Wab able to-Afxe-ellitrobere... jive evidence of the above facts.. She dij. not think that her hubandwajj bis -right mind when be committed the act. --P.C. Gerrard btated that When he -went: into the-house deceased strut* him in the .'••••,:t lace. He (witness) visited deceased In hospitaf, Unil be snit( to him ".ITWaut:fo.  Th. Ileputy Coroner said that Ake euicide woo one of the most deterwined lie had- cowe across. He thc. -would be charitable for tlie jury to.eayjde.. ceased was not of boued wind when ht,cotu-_ witted the act. _ . A I,giviit of Suicide tiOlittg *lnaatilty7- lvate retuxued •
The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1910-03-02 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.  TERRIBLE RESULT OF (wartWORK  The house of Mr. R. P. Watley, a well known farmer, of Cotton Abbots, near Chester, was the scene of a very-sad tragedy' on Sunday morning. About 110..30 .an ea-, plosion Was heard, and in the place from where the-sound came the-dead body' of Mr. Stephen M. Walley was found, • The dead gentleman, who was only 25 years of age, had shot • binaself in the head with a gun, death being instantaneous.  Mr. Stephen -Walley was-r-a- solicitor. practising in Chester and Ellesmere Port. In Ellesmere Port he was a most fAmiliar figure and was present at, the last sitting of the Ellesmere. Port justices.- He was highly respected both in.his business capacity and in I:citrate life. The great regard with. Which he has been held is evidenced'by the widespread sorrow which his tragic death has caused. , Great sympathy is fett for the, family and relations of the deceased gentleman. ,  Deceased's fattier has been standing as Liberal candidate for the Tattenhall division Of the Cheshire County Council, and deceased had acted as election agent for his fathei; In additioh to .this wOrk and his own astral business, Mr. Walley had practically taken over the whole of his father's business in consequence of the latter having become ill. It is firmly 'believed that the additional worry which young Mr. Walley encountered was the cause of tin tragic end. , . _  In an interview wit il the hoosekeeper,, our repmseatative was told that this- was her opinion. She saw him last on Friday morning and noticing something .strange in his manner remarked that.he looked worried. 'and overworked. . Mr. J. C. Bate, the Coroner for 'West Cheshire, held- an inquest on the body bf' the deceased gentledan on Monday. It was statedtbat Mr. Welley-wasepending, the week-end with his parents. OnSaturday night heccomplained that he was wry tired,' as he had stayed At-the office until 6.45. p.m. He stayed -late in bed on Sunda), morning, and at -about 10.30 a.m, a report was heard in-the office at the farm. A maid and dirs. WaUey entered the office, and found Mr. Ntrl alley, on the floor with a gunshot wound in his liead. Death followed quickly. Dr. T. Moreton said Me. Walley must-ha held the muzzle of the gun in his mouth. - A brother said Mr. Walley bad been working hard, and was acting as -election agent for his father, who is contesting the Tanen, hall division for the County Camdi. _ . _ _  ' Mr. C. H.- Pedley, of Crewe, with whom Mr. Walley was articled, said he had. gone through Mx. Walley's hooks, and.eve.rything was in pFfect-order...  A veidict of suicide duriiig temporal y insanity. was returned..,. _ .  It is rumoured that MI consequettee of the, terrible tragedy Mr. R. P. Walley will with-.j draw .from the Comity C,ounail.conteist. I