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The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-06-20 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE OF A PATIENT BY HANGING AT GARLANDS.  On Friday, William Newton, 33 years of age, a patient at Garlands Asylum with suicidal tendencies, committed suicide by hanging himself. He, with an attendant, had been out walking, and on his return he went to his ward. Attendant Mitchell followed him into the room and found him hanging dead.—Mr Gordon Falcon, Coroner for West Cumberland, held an inquest on the body on Monday.—Dr Campbell, medical superintendent of the Asylum, deposed that he last saw the deceased on the forenoon of Friday, the 13th inst., when he seemed to be in his usual condition. Shortly after four o'clock, in consequence of a report, he proceeded to No. 2 ward, where he found the deceased lying on the floor apparently dead. Artificial respiration and other means were used, but without avail. A piece of linen with which deceased had hanged himself was part of a bed sheet, and belonged to the bed-clothes of the ward in which deceased had committed suicide. A stick on which he had fastened the linen was lodged in the window sash—James Mitchell, attendant, deposed that he found deceased hanging from the window sash, with the piece of linen produced tied once round his neck. He believed that deceased could easily have touched the ground where he was hanging. Witness immediately cut him down, and despatched a messenger for Dr Farquharson, who arrived immediately and was followed by Dr Campbell. Witness could not say whether deceased was dead or alive when he cut him down. He had shut the window at which deceased had hanged himself, and he could not explain how deceased had succeeded in opening it.—Dr ROBB then gave a detailed account of the deceased's mental condition and treatment.—The CORONER, in summing up to the jury, said that it was marvellous that, during the existence of the Asylum, with nearly 600 patients, most of whom had suicidal propensities, there had only been three cases of suicide.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane."  HAVE You TRIED BEDDEN'S BALSAM OF HOREHOUND AND COLTSFOOT ? It is the best known remedy for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, or any affection of the Chest and Lungs. For any of these complaints, it stands unrivalled. One dose relieves; one bottle cures. Don't be persuaded to take anything else. Bottles, is. id. and 2s. 9d. Sold by all Chemists.  A
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-07-25 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN APPLEBY GENTLEMAN AT OXENHOLME.  A suicide of distressing character was committed on the railway near Oxenholme early on Friday morning. The deceased was Thomas Howson, a gentleman of independent means, who, up to recently, had resided with his sister at Appleby. A few weeks ago they removed to Natland, taking the house near the Parsonage, with the intention of remaining a few months for a change. Mr Howson had shown signs of being in a depressed state of mind for some time past, and as late as Saturday forenoon week made an attempt upon his life. This occurrence caused the family to keep a vigilant watch over the deceased, a female attendant being obtained specially to wait upon him, while a male attendant was secured for the night. On Friday morning the deceased jumped out of bed, overpowering the female attendant, escaped from the house, and threw himself under the 4-10 a.m, goods train. He was killed instantly. The deceased was about 39 years of age, was educated at the Friends' School, in Kendal, where he displayed great ability. From Kendal he proceeded to Cambridge, and, after arduous study, came out twenty-seventh wrangler of his year. He then entered the office of Messrs Little and Lamonby, of Penrith, with a view to studying law, but after a short probation he considered the confinement prejudicial to his health, and he for some time subsequently followed the calling of a timber merchant, in which he had , large trapatetions. Deceased was a very estimable young rim- 9f amiable disposition, made friends wherever he went, and took a lively interest in all the current topic, of the day. Politically, he was a staunch Liberal, and tJok great interest in public matters. The inquest was held at Oxenholme Railway Station in the afternoon. From the evidence of Eliza Bell, a professional nurse from Newcastle-on-Tyne, it appeared that the deceased jumped out of bed, and, as she tried to prevent him opening the door, he pushed her askle, which staggered her. The deceased jumped out of the kitchen window, and she was unable to trace him.—Dr Manning, with lir Illiffe, deposed to attending deceased last Saturday, when he found he had cut his throat with a table knife. He found symptoms of insanity.—A verdict of "Suicide whilst insane" was returned.  The remains were interred on Monday in St. Lawrence Churchyard, Appleby. There was a large attendance at the funeral. The burial service was performed by the Rev. Canon Mathews, and many beautiful wreaths were placed over the grave, when the coffin, which was of polished oak, and bore the simple inscription, • Thomas Howson, aged 39 years, died July 18, 1690," had been hidden from view.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-08-28 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

GAMBLING AND SUICIDE.  A black felt hat and several articles of clothing were disoovered on Sunday afternoon on the banks of the Thames near Ileswortb, together with the following letter, written in peuoil, in a good bo!d hand: —" Good-bye to friends and euentie.t. I have ome to the end of my journey at last, and life illtB no further charm for me. Before Igo let me give one word of warning, especially to young men. Avoid betting and the racecourse as ou would avoid poison. Four years ago I was a riot man, possessed of something like £20,000 from one souioe nlotie. My fortune reverted to me suddenly, and I lost my bead over so much gold, and immediately launched into a fast life. The oompany of bad Women—how horril4ly bad some of them are—and low and illiterate men was my delight almost as soon as I set foot in Loudon, coming straight from the peaceful village of Upwey, in Dorsetshire, where I had resicild for years amid good surroundings. My gay companions quickly introduced me to the gamb,ing- table and the turf. Intoxicated with pleasure, I did not consider for one moment whither they were leading me. . . . There are thousands of low, cunning ,blackguards frequenting the racecourse who live upon the stupidity of men like myself. They live to lie, and cheat, and blaspheme, utterly regardless of a hereafter. I have lunched with princes, dukes, and lords, and have assisted to swell their ill-gotten gains. The racecourse is a veritable hell upon earth, and betting is England's curse, and will ruin her in the end. lam about to do as scores of others in their desperation have done before me. Poverty and starvation have taken the place of affluence and comfort. My friends have forsaken me, and life is no longer worth liviug. Please communicate with John Dawson, of 247, Darden Street, Bristol. He knows all. When lam picked up, perhaps Dick Dunn and his pals will subscribe towards the burial of poor Jscx Scarviuma. Farewell."
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-09-25 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

THE TERRIBLE EFFECTS OP GAMBLING. He read a suicide's letter, in which the writer said that four years before he was a rich man, with £20,000 from one source alone, but he lost his head over so much gold; and advised young men to avoid gambling and the racecourse as they would poison. The other day the speaker visited a hat shop, and asked the shopman the meaning of the immense crowd outside. " Oh!" said he, " don't you know? There's been a race, and these people are waiting for the result." But evidently those he saw did not thrive upon gambling; they had not got fat upon the race-course. It was terrible to think that boys and girls should ,be tempted to club together and put sixpences and shillings upon horses that should go towards the household expenses. They knew that THE CHPRCHES WERE AT FAULT in regard to this matter. At many bazaars there was gambling to make up the curate's or parson's salary. They knew very well that people did not go to a bazaar for the purpose of making money, and that kind of gambling could not be regarded as such a criminal, dastardly thing as ordinary betting upon the race-course. At a church bazaar, perhaps nine out of ten did not care whether they won or not; perhaps they were all the better pleased if they got nothing. Their only object was to swell the proceeds of the bazaar. At a recent church bazaar a young lady was very much congratulated upon having won a horse and trap, but it turned out that the " trap" was a mouse-trap, and the " horse " a clothes' horse. (Laughter.) He strongly deprecated such trickery as that. Everybody could do something to mitigate if not eradicate the evil. If every man in a workshop were to clease his hands of it, it would soon be swept away.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-09-25 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. William Evans, a wheelwright, attempted on Mondiy morning to murder his wife, and afterwards committed suicide, in his house at Richmond Street, Nuth. The neighbours heard screams about eleven o'clock, and immediately afterwards Mrs. Evans appeared at the door of the house only partly dreeud, and with blood flowing abundantly Rfrom a wound in her neck. Her head was also .badly injured. Some men went into the h.ouse, but :Evans rushed at them and threatened them with a 'drawing-knife (a tool used by him in his trade), so .that they drew back for a few yards. On again advancing they found Evans in the back kitchen dead, he having inflicted a terrible out across his throat with the drawing-knife, completely severing the windpipe. The polies were promptly on the seen% ands medical man attended to the wife, who still lives, though she is in a very critical condition. She says that her husband attacked her first with a hatchet, which, however, she prevented him using. He then struck her heavily on the head with a hammer, and afterwards out her on the back of the nook with a drawing-knife. The deceased had been greatly straitened in circumstances owing to hinhaving suffered four months from rheumatic fever, and he had become much depressed.—A desperate attempt at murder at the village of Cantleton, near Rochdale, toot place on Monday morning, about seven. Ernest Charles Williamson, a commercial traveller, who has been residing with his mother at Caatleton Cottage, Caatleton, attacked his mother with a oarving-knife when she was standing outside the back door, and stabbed her several times in the head until the blade broke. She screamed, and her son Thorns. came to her assistance. The attempted murderer escaped, but was smartly captured at New Barn Lane, near Roohdale. Mrs. Williamson is in a weak state. In the afternoon the prisoner was taken before the magistrates at Rochdale. Superintendent Heywood stated that prisoner had recently become derauged in his mind, and the members of the family looked after him and looked him in his bedroom on Sunday night. On Monday morning his mother let him out; he tried to escape, and stabbed her with the knife until his brother struck him with a stick. He was remanded.—A farmer named William Jones, living on Lord Fitzwilliam's estate near Rathdoun, has attempted to poison his wife and family by putting a quantity of strychnine into the milk at breakfast. He then struck a workman on the head with a billhook, and afterwards, when he saw a policeman coming to arrest him, he swallowed some strychnine, from the effects of which he died on arrival at the pollee tarracks. The workman is in a critical colid,tion, bra the others elle% el death, as the etijuiiiiiee did not diuolve.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-09-25 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

BISHOP HANNINGTON'S BONES. The story about Bishop Hauningtou's bones, which was first received with some incredulity by the general public, is fully corroborated. The Rev. R. H. Walker's private teams confirm all the details which have found their way into pr nt. It need hardly be said that the news has re-opened the sorrow of the late Bishop's widow as well as of his parents. It is now thought that the reinaitte will be brought home to England and buried in the churchyard near his parent's country home.  An extraordinary explosion occurred on Monday morning on board the 'lento, of Christiana, at present lying in Aberdeen harbour. The vessel was loaded with coal, and when the men wdre proceeding to open the hatches an explosion occurred, blowing off the hatches and se.iously injuring three men. It transpired that the mate had gone with a naked light to a stove where foul gas had accumulated. -  An extensive post-office robbery is reported from Middlesbrough. Cheques from Middlesbrough firms, amounting to £15,000 are said to have beau stol-u during transit to Loudon. Mr. Smith has much improved in health by his stay at La Bourboule. He is now in Austria, where he intends to remain until his return to London to prepare for the coming session. On Monday morning Private Salton, of the King's Royal Rifles, aged 24, committed suicide in the Richmond Barracks, Dublin. He left his bedroom, and in the corridor outside shot himself in the left breast with his rifle. Daring the past year more than £25,000 has been raised in the Bible Christian denomination for chapel purposes, and more than L 201,000 during the past ten yours. A return presented to the Royalties Commission shows that the Loolesiastical Commissioners are LOW receiving more than £13,000 yea•ly from royalties on Lead tre obtained in Durham.  AN
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-09-25 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING ASSAULT AND SUICIDE.  Mr. Alfred Hodgkineon, Deputy Coroner for North-East Loudon, held an enquiry on Saturday afternoon, at the Vestry Hall, Bethnal Green, concerning the death of Emma Collis,aged forty-seven, the wife of • labourer, residing at 1, Eastman Street, Bethnal Green.—Richard Collis,the husband, said his wife was caretaker of the buildings in which they lived. Throe weeks last Monday witness went out, leaving her at home in the best of health, but soon after he was sent for and found his wife unconscious. A policeman was there, and a doctor arrive I soon after. When the doctor had left the deceased regained consciousness, and said that soon after he left home a man came to the door,aud asked if the governor was in. She told him "No," and then he sprang at her, knocked her down, and almost strangled her. Her eyes were swollen and her cheek bruised. The man beat her till she was unconscious. The rent of the tenants lay on the table reedy for the collector when he called, as was his custom, in the evening. The man cleared all the money, am:unting to £3 lfis., ott the table, and then went out, fastening the door from the outside. On his wife recovering consciousness she rattled at the door, and one of the neighbours hearing her, came and let her out of the room. From that time deceased had never been in her right mind. On Wednesday, while witness was at work, his child told him that her mother had left Rouse money in a glass, and he was to use what he wanted. He went home to see his wife, but failed to find her and thinking that she had gone to her sister'a be went on there, but could not glean any tidings of her. On his return, however, the deceased vas found in the wash-house dead. She had fixed a poker in the wall and then thrown a rope over it and hanged herself. Witness said that he and his wile had always lived happily together, and there was nothing but this cowardly attack to cause her to take her life.—Elizabeth Nesbett deposed that on Monday, the 25th ult., she heard a knocking in Mrs. Collis'. room, and went to see what was the matter. She found the deceased in a terribly agitated state, and with her face much bruised. Witness saw that she had been almost strangled, for the marks of fingers and nails were quite distinct on her neok.—lnspeotor Fielding, J Division, stated that the deceased could only give a very meagre description of her assailant, owing to the suddenness of the attack.—The jury returned a verdict that, the deceased committed suicide while insane, such insanity having arisen from an attack made upon her at her house by some person unknown.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-11-13 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ARCHDUKE'S FATE.  The Austro-Hungarian Ceneul at Manta Video (tables that Herr Johann Orth, ci-devant Archduke John Salvator, did not take the overland route to Valpariso, u has been believed, but went on board the St. Margaret°, of which he was captain, and that his vessel was probably lost in a cyclone. Other reports state that unusually severe storms were prevalent in the Atlantic at the begiutiingof August, when the St. Margaret° should have rounded Care Horn, and that several vessels foundered about that time. A letter from Valparaiso, dated Sept. 13th, and received in Hamburg last Wednesday, states that the Swedish barque Roberts Form had passvd three wrecks near Staten Island, but wts not able to learn their names. All these repot Is give rise to great anxiety as to the fate of one of the most talented Princes of Austria, and it is only possible to hope that the St. Margaret°, wi,li the Prince on board, took some other course. But it is hardly probable that all is well, sines it is as long ago as July 11th when the vessel left Monte Video. If, as is to be feared, the worst has happened, no more melancholy story can be imagined. The Prince, who was the youngest brother of Ferdinand IV., ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, was born at Florence on November 25th, 1852. He never married, and resigned his rank, with the ooneent of the Austrian Emperor, in November last. He was a handsome man, well read, an excellent soldier, and very amb:tiotts— more so, indeed, than was becoming in the scion of a dethroned House, who ranked as an Austrian Archduke only through membership of a minor branch of the Hapsburg family. His diffeiences with the late Crown Priori° Rudolph, and also with Field Marshal Archduke Albrecht, the victor of Cnztozza, both of whom he tried to overrule on military matters, were sufficiently notorious. The Prince also caused great inconvenience to the Vienna Foreign , Office by first offering himself for the Bulgarian Throne after Prince Alexander's abdication, and, when he despired of the Emperor's consent, furthering the candidature of Prince Ferdinand of Coburg, thereby exposing Austrian policy to the repioach of insincerity, and nearly causing very serious consequences. Such escapades could not be overlooked, and the reproofs he received roused his sense of pri,e—of which he had all too much—itud he resolved upon a career of private adveutur.. It eau be understood with what a heavy heart the Emperor consented to make the scandal publie,and how deeply the Archduke's untimely end will affect the kind-hearted Sovereign whose brother Wild was shot and whose son committed suicide. His Majesty went to Meyerling to pray at the apt where Prince Rudolph died, and must have been more than ever borne down by the misfortune of his family.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-10-02 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

HORRIBLE ACTION OF A LUNATIC. A groom named John Rollit„ 40, who was only a week ago released from Manama .Luintlie Asylum, and has since lived with his wife and live children at Industrious Row, near the town Gad of Thornton Road, Bradford, inflicted terrible injuries on his wife and youngest child on 6tittuthiy morning. About six months ago, Rollit, who had neon drinking heavily, bad his leg brekeu in a public-hums brawl. lie was for some time in the Bradfoid Infirmary, and after he letut lied home he obtained an impression that his wife had been unfaithful to him. This belief led to a good deal of trouble, and he several times threateued to kill her and the youngest two children. About two mouths ago lie broke out iu a furious manner at miiinigut, and ViiB only prevented from committing suicide by tim intervention of neighbours and the police. lie was removed to the workhouse, and afterwards to a lunatic asylum. A week ago he was discharged from the institution. On datuiday morning, as his wife was kueeliug at the firellaue ho made some observations about her supposed unfaithfuluess, and seizing the coalrake, struck her a ter.iole blew on the head with it. bile scrambled, on her hands and knees, to the door of their cottage, and he followed, dealing four more blows on the back of her head, each of which inflicted a severe saalp wound. Their female child, three years old, was subsequently found in his arms with its head covered with blood, which wax Ito w rug from three terrible gashes, and he said that he meant to " fiuivh them." The police and doctors were sent for, and Itollit was arrested. The mother and child are in a very pre. carious condition.  A handsome brasa tablet, presented by theofficers of the 2nd Battalion Queen's Royal West Stun, Regiment, has just Leen plaomi in the Queen's chapel of Holy Tiinity Church, Guildford, to commemorate the services of the eorps iu the Burmese War. Two men have been instantly killed at Winehendon, Massachusetts, in consequence of an electric wire coming in contact with an inaandesceut circuit. A Board of Trade inquiry was held at Sunder. boil on Saturday, into the twat of the steamer Amy, ot.o of the Westmeath fleet, oft Whitby, ou Sept. 12th. The Court suspeuded the certificate of the mate, Hew Chapmen, for twelve months.  I  •1  gusiness Announcements.  F
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1890-08-15 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

BETTING AND SUICIDE.  A GAMBLKII:B LAMT IMRE.  On Sunday a shrimper named Horne was walking along the shore at Seaforth, and at low water mark found the dead body of a man, face downwards. On searching the body at Waterloo a pocket-book was found, which contained some papers including a list of betting transactions. It was found that the deceased was John Colbeck, thirtyfive, a compositor, lately employed at a printing office in Redcross Street, Liverpool. Mrs Colbeck and family were in great distress, and handed to the police a letter which they received on Sunday morning. It bore the Bootle post-mark, and was dated 9th August, 1890, and was as follows :—" My dear Wife,—Before this reaches you, I shall have gone to that mysterious bourne from whence no traveller returns. In fact I have come to the conclusion that it is better for me to live no longer lest I might bring more disgrace upon you. A fortnight ago I borrowed 1.1 from Sarah, which I promised to pay back to-day, but I am sorry to say I have not kept my promise, and what is worse, I told her a lie when I borrowed it. I told her it was to pay my brother's debt, whereas it was all through betting. The latter has become an infatuation to me that I cannot resist it, although I have promised to do so over and over again. I may say that William has paid 12s. I have only paid lOs into court, besides which I owe several pounds, all through the same cause. To-day I went to try and win something; instead of that I lost all I had. Whatever you are going to do in the future I know not. I trust you will have strength given you to fight the battle of life both for yourself and my dear children with far greater success than I have done. Do, please, try to induce them never to follow in their father's footsteps. You may think this a cowardly way of getting out of my difficulties, but it is the only one I can see. I hope you will forgive me for all the misery and disgrace I have brought upon you.—l remain, your dejected husband,