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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1869-11-27 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE IN HULL.- A distressing Probate and Divorce, on 'Tuesday morning, the muse case of suicide occurred in Hull on Monday morniug. of "Sir Charles Mordaunt v. Lady Mordaunt (by her Shortly after nine o'clock a woman was observed to vitol,uomtheeofmfoeestbmieenriift;nt Guardian ad litern.), Viecount Cole and Sir. F. John- CEOStI the line of the North-E astern Railway, and as the dfS• hb yen o camerae, whoa wit y EntßitThe a a new set Of stone," was again before the Court. Serjeant Hellen- 925 train from Withernsea was coming up she was ' tine and Mr. Inderwick applied on behalf of Sir Charles seen by the driver to lay herself across the rails. The waltzes, straightway the critical gentry of their ac' • ' •Mot daunt for the appointment as of two additional train wat this period only some 15 yards from tine quamtance who pewees the means and the will to in' trodbi g• I medical inspectors (Dr. Forbes Winslow and Dr. woman, and of course it was useless to uce these artists attempt to sc eere,j. e of their to the baln sever flr s beui to refer to the iends. It is doubtful Tyler Smith), to report upon the present state of Lady bring it to a standstill, and she was picked up quite „e ete er the word ehoultl not be kept altogether for Mordaunt's mind. Mr. Searle (fur the respondent) dead. The body was fearfully mangled, one of the „ • said Inc had no opposition ane offer to the proposal. muse being found some distance eff. The lifeless form bee service, and when employed in any other it should a, bold mela h t to be j Lord Penzance asked if twice 9.'1" not be often was then conveyed to the dead house, where it was geniusyof Shakespeare, P Ll.' aaLifi Melton, Raphael, or 'dbythe Mozart; enough to see the lady? Ssrjeant Ballantine thought identified as that of Miss Rowlett 62 years of age. but when we come to versemougers, peel): ding ,it would; for lie did not regard the case so much a dog- The deceased, who was very. reepectably attired at the painters, and retired b i s aw masters who deeign dance Itoe's as one that would ultimately have to be tried time, held a good position in life. music in their decline, we should pause before attach. upon its merits. His client's opinion was that Last DEMAND OF MINERS FOR A Ali DVANCE IN ing to their respective performances a word that should Mordaunt was now saue, lett it was impossible to tell WAGES -The Amalgamated Miners' Association f „ be studiously reserved for the works of great me 1 • il,if t how long elm might remain so, it the espis•nage to Lancashire, emeeei„ e - a • - ' be d • ' ' which she was eul jected was to last. Lord Peezance following circular to their employers :granted the order as prayed.FRUSTRATE Ulna
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-04-05 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDES IN PARIS.—The list of suicides in Paris in one day is appalling. A lady in the Rue de la Bapiniere strangled herself with a cord at eight o'cleck in the morning, leaving every one in ignorance of the cause of her fatal determination. At the same hoar a man precipitated himself from the Austerlitz bridge into the Seine. A printer followed his example later on in the afternoon. Then a young man adopted the strange method of throwing himself under the feet of omnibus horses, and was, of course, mortally injured. Two cases of death by deliberate guff( cation took place, one being by a young man croesel in love. The saddest of the eight deaths was, however, that of two girls, young and poor, who, after dancing all night at the ball of the Parisian "Florists," agreed quietly to put an mid to their existence. One of these, Ange. lique Lachenly, died f.,r the very ample reason that she was tired of life. The other, Eugenie Hardy, committed suicide from chagrin caused by &disappointment in love. Both these girls were only fifteen years old. INCLINING TO THE MERCIFUL !—lt seems im• possible to get • murderer hanged in New York (remarks the correspondent of The Times). Foster, the " cer-hook " murderer, has been reprieved, and such a strong pressure has been brought to bear upon the Governor that his sentence will probably be con:invited. Stokes, !sentenced to be hanged also, ha. hsol his execution stayed, and hie neck will be saved by legal quibbles. Scannel was tried last week for one of the neat brutal murders of the time—he butchered Loma:tie, his foe, in the street in a manner that has made him notorious on both sides of the Atlantic. lusaeity, as usual, was the defence; and, as usual, the Jury would not agree. Ifere are three murderers, guilty. of notorious crimes, whose lives at the tires of their commission of the offence seemed tel be tontine monody demanded as the only atonement for the out !aged law, and whom wilful intent to kill their victims is not even new doubted, yet none of them is to Ins hanged. In I'oster's cam, the widow of his victim is among those suing for mercy at the feet of Governor Dix. The New York Tribune has been urging the abolition of capital punishment in New York. Some People think it is already abolished. AN F. e n su wom see 's EXPERIENCE IN AN A eleTtledti
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-07-05 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE OF A MILITARY OFFICER.  An inquest has been held in Loudon, at the "Bank of England " Tavern, on the body of Lieutenant Arther Lionei Le Vert, aged 29, late of her Majesty's 56th Regiment, who had committed suicide under very singular circumstances. The eviden's &owed that the deceased was the mon of a distinguiehed officer in the Imperial French Army. He had entered the British army, and had served in India, returning home about heir years ago. He had subsequently visited the Diamond Fieidd of S uth Africa, where. whilst smoking after dinner with some friends, he met with a severe accidett by an explosion of gunpowder, which was under the table, and which, it was supposed, was ignited by some of the lighted label of one of the pipes or cigar,, This accident was supposed to hare caused • severe shock to the system, winds resulted hi African fsver, and this, conr- led with • sunstroke in India, aflrcted his brain. He returned to England is very had health, and the doctor who attended him for the fever, b.-lieving that be was not responsible for hi actions, enjoined his friends to cloth the windows and keep sharp instruments out of his way. On Tuesday r igut, in last week, at half - past ten, deceased t,o k a hanas,m cab in Jermyn stre-t for Joho'd-wood. At North Bank the driver beard the report of a pistol, and, on looking through the trap, saw that his fare had shot binned. Tee deceased was taken to St. Mary's Hreiditsi, but died shortly after hi. admission. In his pocket was found a paper with the following written upon it :—" I em Lionel Arthur Le Vert, late lieutenant of the 56th Regiment and Fellow of the Geographical Society. My reason for taking this step is of an entirely domestic nation." The jury returned • verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-10-25 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

VERDICT OF FELO-DE-SE.  Mr. Malin, one of the coroners for Surrey. bat held a inquest at the " Waterafield" Hotel, Coliiaimlilt am, to the circumstances attending the death of Witham nttick, aged 33 year', who threw himself before an tprese train on Saturday last. The deceased w.is a older, and resided at Waltham-park. On Satur• iy afternoon he was found beating his wife, ith whom he was constantly quarrelling. She taken away from him, and he became very mate, saying he would go out and never yeagain, It appeared that he had a very violent per, and had quarrelled with his wife becatoie she , a spate to one of her neighbours; he had told her to lend his spade to any one. Thomas Cheeseman, latelayer on the Lond,,n and Brighton Railway, that on Saturday he woo engaged on the line at lwaltham when he saw the den:named walking along seen the " six-foot way "of the down line. When 1.30 pro, passenger train was panning he .w . deceased deliberately tliraw himaeif ac-roes the line front of the engine. W'ittleas went to the spot after 'train hart panned and found him lying in the "four • way" quite dear!, his b..dy having been cut am. ly in two. William Hewett, the driver of the stated that he was travelling at about 30 miles hour at the time of the occurrence. Witness saw iterated cross the line about 150 yards ahead of Ile got upon the line at a level crossing, and zthe engine was about a dozen yards from him he up Lis arms and threw himself in the " fonr-foot I." When witness was some yards from him he tided his whistle, and deceased then stood still at the of the line. Witness thought he was going to stand till the train had named.  Samion,
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-11-01 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDI IN LONDON. —A shocking suicide has been committed by a man named Peacock, residing in Trafalgar-street, Wa'worth, who has been for some time in • state of semi-lunacy. The house has been inhabited by him for a non.ber of yearn. Peacock, who was by trade • eloper, was • member of a sect called Scuthcotiane. Be, with his family, formerly occupied premises in Merrow.street, and the cooperage is said to have been the place where Johanna Southcote and her followers held their meetings. Peacock, it appears, had boon in very bed health for • lon g tune pant and certain delusions had been gradually taking possession of his brain. Owing to the illness of Peacock the shop had been shut up for sometime past, and it is stated that the man had kept to his bed under the idea that the devil vas seeking him and if he left It be would fall into his clutches. On Thursday evening his wife prevailed upon him to get up, and as be was coming downstairs he met an old woman who resided in the houee. audit is supposed that he imagined her to be Satan come to seize him. 3 seems that be knocked her i 0 RD by a blow in the face with hi- fist. and then ran into a cloeet, where, with a penknife, he scabbed himself in various parts of the body, and cut his throat. An alarm was immediately given, and medical assistance was sent for, but Peacock died on Friday morning. A verdict of "Temporary insanity" hive been returned by the jury. As an indication that l'-ecock's insanity may have been rather more than upcmevy. it We. given In evidence that the deceased I t I..trept his hel for some months because he was &trill "'".•n would carry him away it he got up,
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-11-08 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE BY POISON.  In London, last Sattirday, Br. C. St. Clare Bedford hold an Logout at the Board-room, Ibury-brisigo, Pimlico, on the body of Markin Louis Barium 'courier. who ocionnittod eld• by taking laudanum as his house, It, ittanim-streat : Mr. Joseph Dean, living at Croydon, identified the deoseeed am his brother In law who was • ootirier, and had been through the frana:-Germati war with Dr. Russell, The Tunes' correspondent. Throughout that period die latigue was very great, and deoemed had often to go twenty miles on horseback in the night with a letter to catch the mail. No doubt the anxiety had worked on his health and also on ids mind, for he wail different after he returned. He had been very dull, and there were many 'signs he IFNI not recently in his right mind. bin. Herpes mid that her husband had been different for some time past. On Tuesday he went to Clapham, and on hie return after nine o'clock behaved unkindly to her, and shut himself up in an anteroom Where he eccamionally slept, making up • bed on the door. On the following morning, as she oould not gain admittance, she broke open the door with a Mapper and found him lying on the door insensible and moaning. On medical aid arriving he was found to have taken laudanum, and • Paper was on the table on which he bad written, " Oh ! Annie, forgive me for all my peat faults. My bast wishes to William and all Ws family." William wee her brother. The deceased was • most kind and affectionate husband. . .  1)r. Hartley, of 31, Warwrick-tenam, deposed to being called in on Tuesday morning. Dammed was suffering from the fleets of laudanum. He rallied id ter vigorcus treatment, and said he had bought threepenny worth at five different shape on the previous day. A chat go came on late in the day, and he died about 18 how, after witnees was called in. Mr. A. Vert. chemist, Warwickstreet (whom label wee on a bottle found in the room), remembered selling • penny worth of laudanum to • tall person on the Monday for toothache. He properly labelled the bottle Laudanum—poison," and eh mid not have mold a large quantity to any one without inquiry. A juror remarked that poison ought not to be mold to any one except in the presence of • witness The Coroner saidithe Ant required certain precaution. in the sale of certain poisons, inch es strychnia, aconite, and others, hut not landansm, except such as the chymist had in the present case adopted. The daughter of the deceased wished to say that her father latterly would cry for hours, and at times burst inte tears during the meals in great apparent di.tr.at of mind, for which there was no cause. The jury, after a lengthened inquiry, returned a verdict of "Suicide by taking landanum while he • state of unsound mind."
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1875-10-09 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

AMERICAN HUMOUR.  In A rkansas, when a man walks into a house and shoots the proprietor and others he is styled "an intruder." Every woman is in the wrong until she cries, and then she is in the right immediately. There are six girls to one young man at Niagara Falls and Saratoga. Young men do not go to such places any longer, or it they do, they never marry anybody they see there. A New York gentleman has discovered that a new sealskin jacket will effect an instantaneous cure upon his wife when she is troubled with a prolonged tit of mental de pression. A Western editor insists that he wrote the word " trousseau "as plain as a pike-staff ill connection with certain bridal presents. The printer, however, vulgarly put it " trousers.' get along with general deAn officer in the army laughed at a timid woman because she was alarmed at the noisepoicfnaicc:ann_,oGnirwhhewnitah salute was fired. He subsequently married that timid esaotmae in climbing trees or committinghhis obituary woman, and six months afterwards he took offt, hishobwoomtsucinh the hall when he came in late at night. The New York Mail is much puzzled to know how it Is a woman, who is twisting up her back hair and has her mouth lull of hairpins manages to key on talking. New York young ladies lace tight to show economicalorresemiengthlyt,obcceurforien squeezingf o rAyao uhn philosopherugs t hbfeal lenyod husband. a ns Ah stand. tsiwror eiotentnl et a theirwct at htee 0 wuf otheyuoa ewCO:: small lofoese tfraronei the es most observationsvee t ta wading swamps." of hAismhisantoiryn,is:dthaia7n:elirrs suicide, interviewed a reporter, and dictated the particul notice.  A lady being asked by a gentleman to be his wife, wrote the word "stripes " Ile was startled at first, and took it as a hint what he was to expect in married life; but -being a man of letters he worked the word about and produced "persist." At this hint he spake. A Massachusetts man is currying favour with the fair sex by a tract in which he seeks to show that there are two heavens, one for men and one for women. The latter are to pass into their heaven without discrimination, but the men are to be sifted before admission- lie is surprised that his tract is not a success, and thinks now that the girls don't like two localities,
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1888-02-04 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN SALFORD.  A FAMILY OF EIGHT FOUND DEAD.  MURDER OF THE WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN.  SUICIDE OF TEE #USBAND.  One of the most awful tragedies which has ever occurred in the Manchester district 11118 been discovered in Salford yesterday. Sonic mystery prevails as yet in connection with •• it, but the essential facts are as follows. A man named Derby, his wife, and six children, ranging in ages from 3 to 13, lived in -Gar' field Street. He Wag a chemist and herbalist. Islothing.was..heard of the family sine° Sa day, wen the next door neighbour • heard a slight scuffling. Yesterday morning the father' of Derby tried to gain admit- ance, and failing, got a ladder and mounted to a back bedroom a window. Through the window he saw the • wife and two children were dead; and becoming alarmed, he went into the lionse. The wife and two children " were dead; in an adjoining bedroom were! four other children, all lying dead in bed, and.,'' down stairs on the parleur sofa was the boaf of the father. A 1 ha!! , the appearance of having .died.in their -.sleep, and there were' no marks of violence on any.. The theory that the father used his. chemical knowledg to administer-poison,-iiitt,then killed humse by the sane means. Intense excitement' • prevails, and the hone is surrounded by,, crowds of people. Vile pact:Are in posses The children vary in ag3 from Gladr, aged 3, to Ernest, the eldest, aged 11 The father was 35. A large Uumbdr of chemical and drag bott'es were found in a cupboard. Enquiries of the police have brought out further facts bearing on the motive of the terrible crime. The man Derby had recently much anxiety in conneetion with will, under which a relative had left him a•  a considerable sum of ruoiwy About this will a disputa lia:(1 A letter Niyas found by the _polic.l, written by Derby, in which he stated that he, was resolvA. to ' commit suicide, and th.it his wife was willing to did with him.  AN A3174:11714 , COMINDItOf The fol!ol‘ in 4 Conundrum ii sett to Ilessrs. Pants diiry as SODAtrii,),s, new." It ,p-0,,r.b!,}-, hotievei., dates from the e3tahlishavqat of thlqr 100 years ago : What is t 3 difference 'Litwn Pears Soap a,n Arab iforsel ANawga—Oau whes the b •sutifnl and the other scoura rise plAig  ICING PlT,if,s—SYMProirs AND CURL The symptoms are-natisture,lileperpiratin, intent.* itchingoncrea3ed by scratching ; very Aimee-ADP ' particulari; et nt; Feerci as if pih-arernis vro" crawling in sq,-/ ahr,nt the rec:nat ; the private puts are sometimes alfe,tetL if allowtrl to continue've-.7 seriotis results way ft w, "
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-10-06 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

STOURBRIDGN.  Summit AT MarLoen.—it young man mimed John Townsend, of Park-street, in this town, sad whoae father had ken for *event years Boots at the Talbot Hotel, met with his death on the Midland Railway, sear to the Matlock Bridge Station, on Tharsday, the 11% id% under very distressing circumstances. The deceased, *to was 14 years of ego, has for some time been waployeil aa the driver of a carriage at one of the Matlock Beak east). lishments. Be mos lad seen by sparse. nomad Buckley, us the line war to the plate where ke met his death, little after nine o'clock on the evening of the above day. The porter at the station, as is his custona.went down the ' line to extinguish his signal light, when be observed the deceased lying between the rails, with his bead severed Ernie his body and lying mane short distance from it The 9.58 train for Buxton having passed between the time Buckley spoke to him end the time the porter discovered the body, it is supposed he was killed by it. The (aniline were removed to the Boathouse Inn, where an ingamit was held on Saturday afternoon last, before Mr. Bepsity•Coroner Bennett, and • verdict of "Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity " was returned. Itevonx.—The weekly committee meeting of this society VIAN held in the Wolhuiton Sehool-room, on Mon. toy last ; Mr. Akroyd a the chair. 'rho seerg•tary read the wei kly report. ahiels showed that twenty new men. bees bed joined mince the last meeting. HOARD or GUAl:llllAse.—The weekly meeting of this Board was Lehi yesterday, Mr. Greinger in the chair. there were also present Mt. re. Richeirdson. II he, Nash, Illoodes, flint, nolo rts, and Hal bokild. Admitted into the house dining the week, 21; di.. charged, 37; dead, 1; horn, I; remaining. 337. Corresponding week last year, 305. Outdoor relief, King. swinford district, 135 46 Id; Stourbridge district, 119 12a liii; Ilalesowen district, 137.' td ; total (68 is 2id, against 135 1.14 10.1 hist year. V.onrncv.—kt the Petty Session.. on Tuesday lest, before It. L. Yreer, Sag., William Burley and Thomas Hatton were charge with being found on premises Wong
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-12-29 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SCANDAL PROM THE PACIEIC.—The Honolulu correspondent of the N'elc York Herat,' sneaks of a tiff between Queen Emma and her husband. "Hi, Majesty had left for Hawaii, for cause beet known to himself, and rumours were prevalent that all salutes and receptions by the military had been prohibited by him before his departure. Various storiee are told regarllol the conduct of him Majesty. One i., that her Majesty and party had been negligent in the matter of correspondence, having failed to notify him personally of their arrival in San Francisco and of their expected movements. Another, not quite as creditable, is to the effect that a certain woman, of coarse, who holds a remarkable influence over him, had told him that, should he be on this island when the Queen arrived, he would surely sicken and die. I give the stories for what they are worth." • •  WHO OCORT TO WEAR IT ? —The honorary surgeon in the Ituh Surrey CADA attention to a point of great importance to volunteer officere. Having proved himself the best shot in the battalion, he was publicly presented with the badge, and wore it last year. Ile afterwards learned that a sergeant in the name battalion, whose score was next in merit, had also been wearing the badge, having been instructed to di so by the adjutant, on the ground that otlkers are not entitled to wear such decorations. This year the writer again beat the sergeant, and in order to test his right to wear the badge, Colonel Erskine wan appealed to. His reply was, that badges for good shooting were net to he worn by cazers. Taken in any way, the order is an absurd one. If based upon the army regulations it is absurd, because officers in the regular army do not shoot; but if volunteer ottisere do not render themselves efficient with the rifle, the corps loses the benefit of the Government grant. Shooting is the piece do reairtunce of the *hula business, and it s volunteer, whether Le be an uttl:er or a private, wins a badge, he surely ought to be allowed tll wear it.  JUSTIFIABLE SUICIDE! —IS suicide ever justifiable? A Pittsburgh paper state.; that a melancholy cane of self-murder occurred on Sunday, near Timeville, Pennsylvania. The following schedule of mhdortunes wan found in the victim's left boot : I married a widow who had a grown-up daughter. My father visited our house very often, felllll love with my stepdaughter and married her. So my father became my son-Inlaw, and my stepdaughter my mother, teem's, she was my father's wife. Sometime afterwards my wife had a son—he we my miler'. brother-In-law and my once, f 'rho was the brother of my step-mother, My father's wile—so, my stepdaughter, had ale, a son he was, of course, nip brother, and in the meantime my grandchild, for he was the son of my danahter My wife Wog my grandmother, because she was my mother's mother. I ivis my wife's husband and grandchild at the same time And as the bmhand of a person', grandmother is Gls grandfather. I was my own grandfather.