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HEAD ROLLING ON THE LINE

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HEAD ROLLING ON THE LINE A VICAR'S DAUGHTER TIRED OF LIFE. Dr. Statham, deputy-coroner, held an in- quiry at the Woolpack Inn. Banwell. with respect to the death of Miss Kathe- rine Woodforde, daughter of the rector of J-ocking. whose mutilated body was found on the main line of the Great Western Railway near Puxton Station on Tuesday evening. The Rev. Alexander John Woodforde, father of the deceased, who was accompanied in court hy his son and the Rev. W. F. Rose ,rector of Hutton'. deposed: The deceased, Katherine Cecilia Woodforde, was my daughter. She was 26 years of age. and lived with me at Locking Vicarage. I last saw her at one o'clock on Tuesday. She had dinner with us. I lay down after dinner, and she left home about three o'clock, I think. She had been shopping at Weston in the morning- buying winter clothes—and was as bright and ss cheerful as possible. She did not aay where she was going when she went out after dinner. In the spring she had a severe attack of influenza, and she had subseciuently puffered from despondency, which I regarded as hysteria. She had not previously suffered from despondency. Whilst we were at Dfracombe. in June. she caught a chill in sitting out on the rocks, and since that her attacks of despondency had been more pro- nounced. During some of these attacks I had heard her imply—although not actually pay—that she was tired of life, but between these attacks she was bright and cheerful. I do not know that she had been in the habit of crossing fields and going across the line; I do not think she had. There hat; never been any insanity in the family. She had not had a quarrel with any- one—she was the loved one of the family. Richard Chidzey, ganger, in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, said: — On Tuesday, the 13th inst., I was working on the line near Puxton Station, towards Yatton. About four o'clock I saw a train coming down. and crossed over out of its way. As it passed the level crossing (Hicks's) I saw some- thing roll along the 10ft. way. It was about the size of my hat, and I thought at first it waa a piece of paper. After the train had I passed one of my men said to me, "What's that lying up in the road," and I told him I thought it was paper, and then we also saw something lying in the 4ft. way. On going up to see what it was, I found the smaller object was deceased's head. It was 28ft. distant from the body. I got assistance, and had the body removed to the side of the line. I after- wards went back to the crossing, and there I found a lady's hat placed down by the gate on the line side. This would be 100ft. from where the body was found. There were four hatpins which had been taken out of the hat- three close by the hat and one in the field. Before the accident I did not see anyone on the line. Other evidence showed that Miss Wood- forde's clothing was wet through, as though ehe had walked through some water. A constable said he traced footmarks across several fields to the railway, and the marks corresponded with the young lady's boots. After reviewing the evidence of the father of deceased, which the coroner observed had been given in a most open and fair manner, Dr. Statham expressed it as his opinion that. in view of the fact that deceased's clothing was wet up to the waist, she bad gone on to the line in a fit of depression of which the father had spoken. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity," and expressed their deep sympathy with de- ceased's parents and family in their bereave- ment.

ROMEO AND JULIET,

WOMAN'S ADVENTURE.

DESTITUTION AND SUICIDE.

TIRED OF HER LIFE.I

A COURTSHIP EPISODE. !

"MADAME VENUS" IN TROUBLE.

TRIED TO TAKE LIBERTIES. j

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THEFT OF NELSON RELICS .

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A WIFE'S ELOPEMENT.

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