The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1881-02-15 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

CURIOUS ATTEMPT TO COMMIT  SUICIDE.  A ratitet curious attempt to commit otitclde WU made On Titoregoi by a rural postman, named Edward Bushred. The pertimalars will be learned from the evidence given before Mr. Alderman Gregory. at the pelice-court, on Friday morning lad lobn ',WOW Vincent said he was a watchmaker readdlne in Pew-lane. On Thursday evening. between seven and eight o'clock. be wee walking on the London. road, when he saw • man in Mr. Marvin Lock's field. He was wades about. Witness did nit stop, but after he bad pee en a little distance he looked back, and then saw ppus= either jump or fall into the water. There was • coming along at the time, and withers 'eked him to cense and help him. as there wee • man trills to drove hhimelf. The soldier said " Oh 111 her' and walked en. By this time the primmer had got out of the water. Me weaved out of the field into the road, and after getting Into the road he again got over into the field and walked Is the direction of the water that he had been in. Bofors, however, he get very far be turned round and came beck Into the reed again. He then walked up to the town and Into ofeautuFes Persage, where he lived. Witness went with P.S. Kitchell to prisoner's house and pointed him out. P.& Mitchell said, in consequence of information received he went with the lest witness to prisoner's house about nine o'clock. Be went into his bedroom, sad Vincent pointed the prisoner out to him as the man he had seen in the water. Witness asked to see the clothes be had been wearing that evening. They were produced by his wife, and be found them to be dripping with wet. He than charged the prisoner with attempting to commit suicide, lie replied 4 It's all • reistake—it's all wrong." After a little Plinnalliell witness induced him to get up and go downstairs. Ile was about to make • statement, but witness cautioned hiss, and told him what he said wooldbesssltin uukteuue against him. He did not say earthing that. On the way to the police•station he caid "I bury my clothes are wet. but I walked into the water' I had no intention of doing that." He was locked up, andt witness lad remained with him all night. Gregory: Do you wish to ask the wittier any gaieties* f Primmer t It is quite true what the sergeant has said. Mr. Amiss Parsons. postmaster. said the defendant was • tersi Wee carrier. On Thursday evening he had mesa empend him for irregularities. After he had spoken to Lim with regard to the irregularities. and told him he weisit be seepeoded. he replied. "You won't see me any He repeated these word' two or three times derMelhe eenvemeition. Witness told him not to talk sonemest sr weeds to that effect He then left witnem's Pima. and baWllat me him again till the evening, when las_swer skthe pollorstation. ,Mideeenr. ~lf be had anything to say in regard to Pliffewe's evil/WOO% said: "I won't my I didn't Oaf it, \I am wit • were I did. I was a little excited. and I know - I said." =mateibireming prisoner): Prom the d es wetbarecianialoti wdealdiubiwithytheml Widow some now, !emended till Monday moreleg. no Intention to commit mica& any I sever bed in nqr *might& Momnar.  110 W.  Dr. Aldridge, Yr. N Dee* eadlL Demi&  . Durbin. Albinos&