Penistone, Stocksbridge, Hoyland & Chapeltown Express, etc. — 1898-10-28 (Penistone, South Yorkshire, England)

SUICIDE AT HOYLAND COMMON.—On Monday afternoon the inhabitants of Hoyland Common wire considerably agitated by a rontnut that one of their number had nut an end to lt:s existence. The rumour. unfortunately, turned nit to be correct. and transpired that Jompb Sint,*on Arnold, • miner. residing in Chapel Streot. Hot'and Common. had deliberately cut abort the the" 14 of life, by suicide. Arnold was very wellknovo throughout the dirtriet. and bore such a good 0., lee that the r.t st surprix was expressed with regard to the sad occurrence. For some time. the deceased. who has been a widower for about eight years. has hen in failing health, 'tad during the out month had been attended by Dr. Norton. As our of his most intimate friends informed our tepresentative. the deceased was one of the most hamlet, and well-dispoterl men in the district. sod en: • ',los was never known to be intemperate in his habits. Deemed, it is further stated, had never fully recovered from the shock occasioned by the loss of hitt wife, and as apparently brooded considerably over his misfortune. On Monday afternoon be went for • walk, and oh returning home was seen be his datight•r, wbo wet in the kitchen. Soon afterwapiti she bad occasion to go upstairs. and bearing • noise in one of the bedrooms, she went in to the apartment where she found the deceased kneeling bv the bedside. She noticed a quantity of blood, steel at once went for sasisaanee. On returning sir fottuel that life was extinct. An examination of the bade revealed the fact that the throat was very *verelt rut from ear to 'sr. while a pocket-knife was 't inr•• by the vide of deceased. An inquest was held ttli Wednesday. at the Hovlstal Common Wesleyan S.,lttel. before Mr. Ft. Wirldman Mistriet ('oront r), end a jolty, presided over hy Joseph Utley.—The principal witness was Mary Elisabeth Arnold. daughter of deceased, who said that her father was 40 years of age. and had lion ailing for several tears. He had been attended by Dr. Norton. during the last mouth. Ile, fouler 64 woik,td at Wharoclife Silkstonc Colliery, inn to about a month ago. sore when be had tern unable to du eu. H had never threatened to cointiiit suicide. On the night previous to his death he cututtlainesl that he bad not slept well. and during the day be was very low-spirited. She mo not 0,11 that he way in any Ihisticial difficulty. Witness bit met hint Bike about half an hour hrfore lie was found dead, at about half-past two in the aftentoon. Iler father was la the kitchen, and she event up.tairs to do some work. aftermath hearing her fat, r come upstairs. sod go into the back chantfor. Wont. soon Afterwards beard s noise. and on mt., the room, where she ona deceased kneeling hv the hi-abide. Witness then went to her aunt, who lived chew be. for assistance.. and they then (mind that her fatter hal cut his throat. Deceased had in-ured foe about eight yearo. Witness thought deceoed bad euturtittol suicide Iseause of trouble. which had itroduced town,* of spirita.—The foreman of the pay iaiel that no one in the neighbourhood had leen Mon. rctil• Ut with respect to hi. private •ffain• lle had. however. loot his wile about eight years ago. and had olet lost a grow-it-up ROO, and had appeared to trouble a lot about them. He had oho been told last Stinday by a doctor that be would lose his Rene otr It acing .11together before long. and as that would mean that he could no longer work at the colliery. ht. Wolliti naturally be very much troubled.— The Ct,tonte said it was quite evident. in his opinion, that the mind of deceased had Meow unsettled by it complication of troubles. and be did not think there wa• nod for any further evidence.-11w jury concorreel in that view. and • verdict wan rendered to ilo tffiel that decemed comniitted suicide on Monday,