STRANGE HOUSEHOLD

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 71, 24 March 1926, Page 9

STRANGE HOUSEHOLD

MAD DAUGHTERS AND DEAD , MOTHER

EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. (United Pres* Association.—Copyright.) (Au«tralian-New Zealand Cable Assn.) (Beceived 24th March, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd March. The strangest evidence was heard , at the inquest on Mrs. Nixon, aged 80, ' . whose body, guarded by three insane daughters, was found in a locked house at Nantwich, Cheshire. Neighbours attested to noises which; suggested tUat the daughters were screaming and quarrelling. A constable gave evidence that one of the daughters declared that her mother was not dead, but that God was looking-after her. i ; Another-said: "She was never ill; God took her and told us to leave her alone." . ..." . A doctor gave his opinion that the woman probably .died in the chair near to which the corpse was found fastenc-d with a belt. The daughters were firmly convinced that their youngest sister was a prophetess and heard God's voice. The others obeyed her implicitly. The youngest told him that a bird whistling in a tree was God's way of telling her. what to do. The witness found all three daughters in a completely ecstatic condition. ... .. A verdict was returned that there was insufficient evidence to phow the cause of death.