Bridgend & Neath Chronicle, and County of Glamorgan Advertiser. — 1893-03-03 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SUICIDE OF A PENCOED FARMER.  THE INQUEST.  On Saturday Mr Llewellyn Grover, deputy coroner, held an inquest at Pencoed on the body of Mr William Griffiths (69), of Groes Farm, who committed suicide on Wednesday, last week. The first witness was Sarah Griffiths, a sister of the deceased, living at Maesteg. She said she heard her brother had been unwell, and on Wednesday morning she came down to see him. He seemed as usual, but weak, and he did not say anything particular. She had not seen him for about four years, and they specially sent for her. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon deceased went out of the house. Sometime afterwards she heard the servant call out and she went to the orchard, where she found the deceased lying on the ground with his throat cut. She did not notice the knife at the time. She called to her other brother from the field, and he helped to take him into the house. He breathed once or twice as they got him into the house.  Elizabeth Williams said she had been living with the deceased as domestic servant for the past fortnight. He had not been looking well, and had been in rather low spirits, but she had not heard him threaten any harm to himself. On Wednesday afternoon she beard deceased scream from the direction of the orchard, and she went and told them in the house. She and :11 rs Griffiths, the last witness, went to the orchard and found deceased lying on the ground with bloc,d on his hands. She had seen the knife (produced) in a box of tools in the house, but did not remember ever having seen her master use it.  Police-constable Hamens said he heard of the occurrence at Bridgend in the afternoon. On returning to Pencoed at about five o'clock, he went to the farm and found -Mr Griffiths lying on the floor in the kitchen quite dead,the throat being cut. His nephew said he had found the knife in the orchard close to where deceased was lying. William Griffiths, a brother of the deceased living at Maesteg, said he came down to stay with him for a few days about a week before the event. Deceased complained of weakness of the heart, but seemed in very good spirits, and he said nothing out of the way. On Wednesday afternoon he went out with his brother. They were talking about the cattle, and deceased asked him to go and look for them, and he did so, leaving dec,eased standing in the yard. Shortly afterwards he was called by Mrs Griffiths and went to the orchard where lit found the deceased as described. He only lived for two or three minutes afterwards.  Dr Na,unton Davies, Bridgend, said he had been attending deceased professionally since the preceding Sunday fortnight. He was very nearly dying the previous Tuesday fortnight from heart trouble. This heart trouble gave ' rise to what was scientifically known as cardiac delirium. The disease was characterised by great faintness and exhaustion, and when these troubles were marked there was always more or less delirium, and until convalescence was well established the patient wanted closely looking after. Deceased was a very heavy smoker, and no doubt that had something to do with the production of the disease. t; e was getting very much better, but got up too soon, and exercised himself too much. He saw him after death. Be died from the effects of the wound in his throat which could have been inflicted by his own hand. The wound appeared to have been inflicted rather by the knife produced than by a razor. The exercise deceased took produced such an effect on the heart as to cause a return of the delirium, and when he committed the act he must have been more or less unconscious of what he was doing. The delirium might be suppressed and show itself suddenly in some abnormal act. During his illness he sometimes imagined he was not in his own house. 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