The Haslingden Gazette. — 1910-10-01 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

Accrington Daughter's Discovery.  FOUND FATHER lIANG.INU.  ILL-BEALTII AND SUICIDE.  On Monday morning on inquest was hold in the Court Room of the Accrington Town Hall, tounhing the death of James Smith, labourer, aged 50 years, of Back Burnley-road, Accrington, whose suicide was fully reported in the last issue of the "Gazette." It appeared that the deceased had been out of work four or five weeks through rheumatism, and had got low-spirited in consequence. On Friday morning at 5-45 his daughter Nancy took him a cup of warm tea upstairs before she went to her work at Hillock Vale, and did not NCO him again until twelve hours later, 5-45 in the tiening, when she returned from her work. She then found her father hanging at the top of the stairs. She gave the alarm, and a man named Edward John Cane, Burnley-road, went into the house and found the deceased hanging by a rope that had been tied over a doorway at the top of the stairs. Near by was a chair, which, apparently, had been used to stand upon and then kicked away. Cane at once cut deceased down, but he was quite cold. At the inquest Nancy Smith. daughter of the deceased, said her father had suffered from rheumatism for somo time, and had been off his work on that account, but had not improved any. That had made him very low-spirited. She took him some tea upstairs before going to work on Friday morning, and when she returned at night and went to look for him she found him hanging at the top of the stairs. Edward John Cane, of 42, Burnley-road, said he was called on Friday evening to cut deceased's body down. It was hanging on a rope fixed on a rail across a fan light at the top of the stairs. Deceased's feet were off the ground and ho was cold. A verdict of "Stdoido whilst of unemmd mind, caused through ill-health," was returned.  The People State. Mrs. A. Wilkinson, of Nelson. says "My sister, who suffered from weak kidneys, took one box, and it has done her more good than pounds spent on medical men" Mr. W. F. Warren, 32, Melbourne-road, Tilbury Dock., Essex, writes: "I can aisuro you the first box I took did me more good than all the medicine I have had from any club doctor for six week.."— Holdroyd's rah are a positive cure for Backache, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Dropsy, Wind, Bright's Kidney Disease, Gout, etc.; Is. 11d. of all chemists: post free 12 stamps.—HOLDROYD'S Medical Hall, Cleckheaton, Yorks.  The Rev. T. Walker. formerly vicar of Bamber Bridge, was inducted new vicar of Salesbury, Blackburn, on Tuesday night. by Archdeacon Fletcher. Mr. Boyd-Carperder. son of the Bishop of Ripon, on Tuesday opened his campaign as one of the prosix,orive Conservative candidates for Blackburn. Me visited is number of wards, and was well re oeired It will ho remembered that owing to illne=s tho Eight Hon. A. .1. Balfour was unable at tho kit moment to te preeent at the luncheon given by the Scottish Conservative Club, Edinburgh, en the 20th December last. Mr. Balfour has now accepted an invitation to luncheon at the club on Wednesday. the sth October. We understand that lc. 13alfoutis expeoted to make a speech of ,orne length. 

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