Gave All Her Money To Vagrants—Then Death Dive
MIDNIGHT DRAMA OF EMBANKMENT BUICIDE. A woman walked at midnight among the “down and outs’’ on the Albert Embankment gave away all the money she had, tnen climbed on to the parapet and threw herself into tho river. This story as told at the Camberwell inquest on Kathleen Watts (46), whose body was identified by fingerprints. Richard C. Mowley said: ‘‘l was sitting on the Embankment just after midnight. I saw a woman come down e steps. “She gave some money to a man sitting on a„seat and he hurried away, looking well pleased. She gave some cigarettes and more money to other Suddenly she threw her hat into the river and jumped on to the parapet. “I rushed towards her and was able to grab her. “I saw some well-dressed people standing on the bridge watching us, and I shouted to them to come and watch her while I went for a policeman. They just walked away. “The woman gave me her word of honour that sho would not do it again, and I went for a policeman. Just as I was turning away I heard a splash, and I found that she had jumped in.” Verdict—Suicide while of unsound mind.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 3
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