The Sun. — 1851-05-21 (London, England)

HORRIBLE OCCURENCE ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon, shortly after one o'clock, a most painful degree of excitement pervaded the vicinity of the terminus of the London and North-Western Railway by a report that a gentleman had a few minutes before deliberately committed suicide by placing his neck across the rails a short distance up the line at the time when the Liverpool day mail was coming down the incline from Camden station into the terminus. Inquiry proved that the statement was, unfortunately, too true, and the fol., lowing are the authentic particulars:—Shortly after one o'clock a lady named Norton, residing at No. 2, Gothic-, cottages, Park-village, Regent's-park, was standing on the Stanhope-street or No. 6 bridge, which crosses the railway near Mornington-crescent, looking at the Liver-. pool portion of the day mail coming in down the incline, when she suddenly observed an elderly gentleman cross from the up line and deliberately lay his neck across the down rail on which the incoming train was approaching, and which instantly passed over him. The screams of the lady, who fell fainting, instantly brought several persons to the spot., and the body was then seen from the bridge decapi-1 tated, and the head lying about two feet away from it, in the centre of the line, between the rails. The distance of this spot being scarcely a quarter of a mile from the! Euston terminus, not more than two or three minutes had elapsed before the railway authorities of the station were informed of what had happened by the guard of the Liverpool mail, who saw the unfortunate man crossi from the up line and commit the act at the same moment as the lady on the bridge, but the train was too close to render either the application of breaks or any other means effectual in stopping its progress. Immediately on the receipt of the information, Inspector Sibsey, of the railway police, proceeded up the line, and the decapitated body was found as described. The unfortunate gentleman's cloak was torn off and carried by the wheels of the train, which consisted of twelve carriages, some distance, and the hat of the deceased was several yards from the body. On searching the pockets of the unfortunate man, a receipt for the payment of poor-rates for 11, 18s. from Mr. Murphy, the collector of the northern division of St. Pancras, was found in the name of Mr. Young. Applications to Mr. Murphy immediately led to the identity of the unfortunate gentleman, who turns out to be Mr. James Young. of 35, Augustus-street, Regent'spark, a gentleman of fortune, and possessing a large  c_ „ y 7 Z---te',."'---7e--..."- cl--, -z-- —z., ' --- 2 f___----1 , • - , . „:,,„„ ~,. 4 , ..,..__.. c 'Air-115.._ • 1 \*: c‘itqte: ' 8..1 16.4 Urr *'--.1 . • f,---4* -4‘ ('' ------- \ ----4. ..-i‘ Aer -' st ', -•.- i , --• ' • 4.;,',-- :4,-&- :e.. *-_., i Jr--Cl4l I: - ..:,:-, i -•'.,1 1 1 .t,'' '.1%, - ~e 4 , ---' i, ,•,> -; .---- -t? "--1 '`A--- z--,,,4 .L ''' ' It/ - -,' .• :' '' ''''' -a--...5t. . :://' 7 ':,,1, L, 'N-.- tffq rA' Av ' - ,N.l:, , :-. _ „ t-,, ,_ ,- , L.'' , 15, j • '"'''' ''k.-7,.. - iiZ) ---74'*- "4,.-:, L„,' 4 -------+ sW' 4•=l- 4."'" ' * • ,-.- '''' i I -,s, • - /' '' ...,_-,--;-- - tcp.,% *; „ - ..„-- -...iw,-.., ZT. f V Mfg . ,Cs' • ll ' 4 ~, .-„,;)Wlttrt -Ea •4 ', ii,l4 Tvr V ‘,., ~ •• Z ~,o, • - .1, , ._,-, ... 14 '. .....-. ....... , 5--7., . I'll ,N7.. fn' r 1,,,..t.r...70.e,-,,,1--" -It 0I T ' . (''''''*." ..•