The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1904-01-06 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. ening what was known as tion attracted by screams Mating from _ .ristmas tree" was held at downstairs, and proceeding down she found unitive Methodist Senday- the deceased child in flames. She extin- At the Cherthire' Quarter Sessions ce children sat down to Ma fixst, guiehed the fire, and the deceneed was after-• Monday,- a•gariener named 'catch Hughes,, a numerous oonrpany of adults wards taken to the hospatal. Iflaored. aged.-42, pleaded guilty to baying e•ttempted .ani . The Rev. W. Spedding Questioned, witness said she thought the ti oommatenande at Po-alton-eam-Spihal on pastor) presided over the m tine deceased had strayed &eel:retain, again. the 22nd Center. .terwes-cla, and 31r. Copenll- read .an There was no fender or guard in front ef Mr. Trevor Lloyd prosecuted, and. stated Ating datort of the year's work, which the fire-place. that on the-date named a man who was pro. ead that there had been a slight in- The Coroner: Have you not heard of the needing along the Nesten road 157.1 c the,, ace in the number of scholars. Mm, number of cases we have had. We have tad prisetfnettptutrhCOM.3 On g out ot:log to him h. s fieldandco arietopherson presented a number of vale, three during the last two weeks. on able prizes to the children who had earned Agnes Whyte Robinson, aged five, said that _prisoner had out his throat. He oou. them by their good • conduct and regular that she saw her brother come downstairs. veyed hun to a smithy ekes by, and medical 9' attendaace, and a distribution of useful He took some paper and lit it, and his pinasaid .he articles from a Christmse tree was made to fore caught fire. lin the children. Detective Lees said that he went to Mrs. that if be had not atoomptished the deed by aid he intended intdedter summoned. rake his lifreri6mie, afterwards and added anti= Robin's house at 3.15 on Thursday, when cutting his throat he would have jumped . Revol- Sescial services were held at the Whiffey he saw Mrs. Robinson bathing the deceased into a pcmd. Prisoner was all right in his r tuililea, Primit_ yi e Methodist Church Sunday, child's face in flour. He told her to put oil mind .now, but was not too when he mods Aiwa. were w M hon r. John Kendall, of Blackburn the on the burns, and immediately telephoned the attempt-on his life. Prisoner's father, . number of .00nitexieual examination 'secretary, deli- for the ambulance. it appeared, =remitted suicide in 1678 by _ _,-alfaan C, rose. vered two e'eque t discourses to crowded Dr. Pemberton, house surgeon at the Chil- cutting his threat. `e°„..,_°,ey a '''UArm- gatherings. Remarkably generous offertories dren's Hospital, said that the deceased chill A.:laughter-of the prisoner said her father as Della Robbie. were divided between the Connexional was admitted about 4.20 on Thursday after- had attempted to commit suicide by .droee. Orphans' Home and the Aged and Worn-out- 'noon, suffering from buena to the face, arms, ing biereself fourteen :seam ago. and s Local Preacher& road. In tho afternoon and eroduction to the -ch day, 250 cnildren Mr. Kendall visited Coe Ellesmere Port Sue- shock consequent on burns, but developed Fleetly depressed him. Seamen's Orphanage left fingers. Et recovered from the wife was in a Innate° asylum, and that led day School and delivered n interesting and pneumonia from which it died on Saturday. Primmer was cent to prison for two Motherland." 'iraricras much-appreciated trackboaard leeson. In his ' arks to the jury the Coroner months with hard labour, in order that he .actions are also arrauged. SI the only thing to refer to was the fact might be medically eacemned, and thuthar Last evening the Primitive Methodist Lits- that these children, as he had repeatedly rangementa might be made to have has vary Circle and Reading Class met under the said before, were left in positions of great .taken care of in the future. , IZEN SOCIALS chairmanship of the pastor (the Rev. W. danger by the parents. In the present ease Spedding). There was a good attendinee, it was just as had to leave a child of five . and Mr. J. W. Ellis gave an address on years in such a position, without any regard