THE MIDHIRST SUICIDE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 80, 24 May 1911, Page 6

THE MIDHIRST SUICIDE.

At Ijlie'.Mount Egmoni Hotel, |\lid-' hirst, this mi n ing, an inquest * was held regarding tho death of Hugh j Kennedy, which occurred yesterday, j Mr. 8. Ward acted as Coroner, and 1 the following jury was cinpanuellel-1 R J. Hogg, W. H. Ryan, V. Edwards, A. J. Goodwin, R. W. Mac- | Donald, and W. White. Sarah Small, wife of Samuel Small and sister of deceased, gave evidencej that between half-past eleven and j twelve she hoard deceased making a ! peine in his bedroom as if ho was j in one of his fits. She looked in the! door and saw that ho was lying on his | bed, on which there were signs of j blood. She took her two children and j went, for her husband, who retur nod j lo the house with her. Deceased was! 23 years of ago, am! was single.- Me had boon under medical treatment for fils ever since he was seven years of ago. Dining the pact throe years deceased's health had not been so good as formerly. Ho resided with witmss, and worked with her husband at Ids chop. .At break fact deceased said ho was, not too well, and was not going to work. About eleven o’clock he went up to tho township, returning soon afterwards. Dr. Monzics gave evidence that on arrival about half-pact twelve lie found deceased lying face downwards on the lloor in his bedroom. On turning deceased over witness found an extensive wound on the upper part of the .neck, extending practically from car to ear, ami dividing all strictures down to the spine. In addition to toe wound in the nock there was a clear ! incised wound across tiro lower part j of tho left wrist, In Ids opinion death,! was due to locs of blood and asphyxi- j atiou due to tho wound in the neck. | Witness saw a blood-stained razor.and | a looking-glass covered with blood at the bedside. To the best-of Ids knowledge the wounds were self-inflicted with the razor, while deceased was in a kneeling position. Samuel John Small, plumber, said that at a quarter to twelve his wife came running to him and informed him that there was something wrong at tho house. He returned with her and went into deceased’s bedroom, finding him lying face downwards across the bed in a pool of blood. Ho turned deceased over and saw that his throat was cut, though he seemed to he alive. Witness immediately went to the telephone office and rang up the police and doctor at Stratford. Ho then returned to tho house, and, with the help of some friends, ascertained the extent of the wounds. Deceased appeared then to be dying. Of lute deceased had been subject to fits, ami had been under Dr. Wyllio, New Plymouth. When deceased came out of his fits he always seemed very worried and depressed. So far as witness knew deceased had no other trouble on his mind beyond his bad health, i The jury returned a verdict that I death resulted from wounds self-in-flicted while deceased was .temporarily insane, as a result of continued illhealth. \