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SAD SUICIDE BY I DROWNING…

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SAD SUICIDE BY I DROWNING AT NE u'TOWN TKACKED IN THE SNOW. On Tuesday, at tne Montgomeryshire Intirmary, Newtown, Mr Richard Wdiiams, coroner, opened ail inque-t.up■•n the body of Thomas Dearrdey, a. facto;y operative employed at the Cambrian Mills. ewtClw.i. who was found drowned in h., Ktyer Severn on tee p -evious evening. The foreman of the jury was Mr Cornelius Morgan. The jury having viewed tas body, the following evidence wa." tendered Mrs Dearulev, the widow, said sue lived at 10, Dysart-terrace, Llanllwchaiarn. The deceased, vyr.o < was about 408 years ot age, was her husband, and irai a foreman twister at the Cambrian Milla. She last saw him aiive about 1-30 on Monday, when he left the house after dinner. For the pant three or four w eks he had been rather low spirited, probably in co se- quence of ill-health, and up to the previous Wednes- aay he had been taking medicine from Dr. Gotvan. The doctor aDd the manager of the mills wished him to stay at home, as he complained of pains in his head and back, but he only stayed at home nan a, day occasionally. On Wednesday the doctor pain ed his cheat. She did not know the precise natur3 of his illness, but he seemed very low spirited. Wh^n- ever there was a little noise in the house he w )u;d say, Do try to stop that noise I cannot bear it." They lived happily together, and were nut shoriof money. On Wednesday night he requested he to get up to stop the clock, as it was making a q le"r i sound, whicn prevented him from sleeping. He was very restless, rambling a good deal in his sleep, ai-d complaining of pains in the head and back. lie never said anything which led her to think he won id do anything to himself. Hismemory was also a g J'd deal worse than formerly. When he left the housi ou Monday afternoon she thought he was goin? to work. His last words were, Is Maggie going to work this afternoon?" She replied, No," and lie. then said, All right; I will put some one els) 1m; her work." As deceased did not come to tea at the usual time she became a little uneasy; and about! seven o'clock she asked Theodore Scott had he been: at work. He said be was not sure, but he had net; seen him. He promised to try to sea him, and did S°Thomas Bartlett Webb, assistant to Dr. Go wan, said that Dr. Gowan had been attending the d", ceased for some time. Last Wednesday the deceased came to the surgery, where witness examined him, and found him suffering from insipient consumption of the left lung. He did not complain of pains in the head, but after hearing the evidence of the last witness he thought it oossible that consumption of the brain was eommsi'cing, which would have a de- pressing effect up m the spirits and micrht affect the reason. Deceased was vpry low spirited, and was quite unable to go to work. Dr Go wan and witness advised him to cease work and go 011 the club but he would not do so. He heard nothing further unt,il he was told of his death on Monday night. There was no r a-oti when he saw him to suppoee that his mind was aff -cted. William Parry, of 27, Bryn-street, said he was em- ployed at the Kymric Mills. He knew deceased wdl. and la^t saw him alive about 1-10 on Monday at dinner time. He was going towaras the Canal Bridg- As he passed witness said, You are going round to the gardens, Dearnley," and ho replied Aye, la11. A.s he turn5d the corner to go round the lime-kilns, ho lookei back, and that was the last witness saw of I him. There was noth ng unusual in his appearance, and he believed that he and his wife lived very com- fortably together. fortably together. Evan Evans, loom tuner, Creseont-s'reet. Newtown, said on Monday morning he saw the deceased at work, and he apoetred very low spirited. He had complained to witness previously of having been vt ry poorly, but had never said anything to show that h? contemplated suicide. About half-past seven on Monday evening, at the request of Theodore Scott. witness commenced searching tor the deceased, who i had been missed from home by his wife. They fir-t went to the Bell Inn, and afterwards to other public- j bonses, but failed to find any information about him. Witness afterwards went to search behind the lime-1 kilns, and found footprints which led down to the j bank of the river, bilt there were no indications of the person having returned. Thinking that possibly the deceased bad drowned himself he went back for assistance. Thomas Hnmphreys, Fred Davies. and Richard Jones came back with him. and they saw an objec: in the w..ter, *hich, upon examination, proved to be the b-dy. The part of the river in which the body wa-i bund wa-i called tiie Fonn lry Pool. With the j-snst-nce of Me-s-s Bny 8,y:tt, Humphreys,, and Murray, he got the body or-t of the water, and waited for the -rrivitl of the poliee. who then bC)'- charge £If it. The body was quit" stiff At the point' wh"t"e the footprints) reached the water the Rnow: was t rodden down as thonrrh ho had stoM. Th? foot- t r>»• 'iCtm" from the rii eetion of the c iiai^Un lorn, aod, so far as he knew, no one bad sorn decease:! after W. Pari v. # Pre 1 Davies, beamer at the Camb-ian and r aiding at 37, Commercial-street, stated that he firot detecte i the ohjec* in tho water, and eorroboraW generally the evidsnce of the last witness. The ground se mod to have t?iv<?n way at the river-side, i as thoneh tie deceased bai slippe 1 in. This would: be about four va d-i awn-v from wh;jre the body was | found. The bank was rather precipiVms, and had ■ anyone falpn in :,t ,(,nld have been ditneuit to get out. The deceased had been a great sufferer, but he hid never ho .rd him make any threat as to his own liff.. P S Morsran, Newtown, said that oiormog he examined the spots where the dec»asod was supposed In have gone into the river, and where he was drawn on". The land slop d down from the road for about two yards, xnd then close to th < water's edge WIS, about two feet of lAvel ground, on wmcu t)ere were nurks as if a person had hesitated a good deal.; Tli-ra wer- no marks on the body Ivyond a aag it bruire on the nose and fo'ehoad. Upon searcning the b dy they found 5s 6Jd, a small p mkuife, an ordinary poekft-knife, and a pocket-bonk with sonie corre-pondence. He wore a watca i'hain, but no wl'ltc:l.-By the Foreman There were na signs of a, fall. The Coronpr. in addressinsr the ]u-y, saii there wpfo thre=? methods by wb^cli the body mignthave got into the water:—(1) The deceased might have been pushed in (2) he might have thrown himself in; or (3)' he mig-ht have sipped in aceidenrjy. There was no evidence to show that he hid b e i pushed nor iufact, thatany one had beei n^ar the water at the time be sent in exeep^intr himseif. Theoniy question, therefore, was whether he slipped in or turew hlm;olf I in. There was some little conflict upon this point, on" of the witnesses say;ng th: t there we e indr-a tioas of the g.-onnd having srivn way underneath him, while the police sergeant was of a contrary or. inion, and thought the deceased must h.ive gone in without any fall or slip. If they were ot opinion t^athe fell ia. or if they had any iotibt, or the point, they might bri g in an open v rdict cf Found deowne 1. li, oi,, tli,, other hand, 1-y thought he had done it purposely it WHS their d,i,-v to biinr in a verdict of which, however thty might qualify by addii'g that it was done dirii g temporary insanity. I The iury, aftf-r a few minute's cousultaHon,returned a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity."

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