Widnes Examiner. — 1906-10-13 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

BOOTS. Advt.— Coal Merchant's Suicide. An exceedingly sad case of suicide was investigated at Warrington on Wednesday evening when Mr. S. Brighouse, County Corouer, held an inquest an Olbin Emmess, coal merchant, 3, Roman-road, Stockton Heath. Mary Emmess, deceased's wife, said that for the past three weeks her husband had complained of being unwell but would not have medical aid. He had been very much depressed owing to the death of his favourite brother. One day last week he told witness that he wished he was dead.—Albert Buckley, a carter employed by the deceased, stated that after going with witness to a coal yard in Gee.street on Tuesday morning, deceased told him to take the horse and lurry to Parr-street. Witness did so and afterwards went to the stable in the Norton Arms hotel yard where he found deceased hanging by a rope attached to a beam. Witness called for the ostler who came and cut the deceased down. Dr. Smith was sent for but life was extinct. Deceased had complained recently about his back being bad and he had been unable to lift anything.—A. verdict of " Suicide whilst of unsound mind "was returned. Junior 'Liberal Association. There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Warrington Junior Liberal Association on Monday evening when the proceedings took the nature of a debate on Mr. Birrell's Edecation Bill. The lead in the affirmative was given by Mr. H.W. Guest. It was, he said, entirely impracticable for the children during certain school hours to receive instruction in accordance with the religions beliefs of their parents. Not only was it impractical but to attempt it would be to increase the feeling between the different Christian churches. Mr. Guest car9fully reviewed the history of education in England which had created the necessity for the introduction of the Bill. The only solution of the difficulty lay in a compromise and be thought that as a compromise the Bill would be satisfactory ta the nation as a whole. (Hear, hear.) —lt was nnfortunate that the gentleman who bad been deputed to lead the opposition was unable to be present but his place was taken by Mr. H. Gray who, despite the shortness of the notice, succeeded in making out a good case. —ln the, debate which I followed, the general feeling expressed favoured Secular education. Farm Labourer's Shocking Death. A farm labourer named James Burke (23),employed by Alfred Cook, Cherry Tres farm, Cow-lane, Sankey, met with a shockinr, death on Wednesday. The circumstances were re'lated at the inquest which was conducted by Mr. S. Brighouse the same evening.— Mr Qook stated that unknown to him deceased went with a horse and cart to fetch a load of cinders from the Mersey White Lead works. witness went to Warrington with a lurry-load of potatoes and on returning he was overtaken in Cow-lane by a butcher's cart. The vehicle passed him but shortly returned , and the driver told witness that something was wrong I and asked him to jump into the cart. He did so 1 and dris)ing a little further down the lane they found the horse and cart which deceased had taken out standing still and deceased ling in the roadway , in a shocking state. The near cart wheel had passed over his head. Deceased was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary but was dead on arrival there.—PC. Wood said the doctor at the Infirmary stated that deceased's brain was crushed.—lt was also stated that deceased had been seen riding on the shafts and it is presumed that he fell off and sustainnd the terrible injuries which resulted fatally.—A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. ,