WORRIED TO DEATH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7119, 7 June 1901, Page 2

WORRIED TO DEATH.

A NORTH LO|«K^||^>Y. INQUEST AND! Vpßlfe Dr Eugene Yarrow. heiiT an enquiry at Stoke Newington iespecting the death* of William Alfred Adams, *iged «ixty-tw®, » commission, agent, and, Emma Adams, agad , sixty-eight, : jus wife, who .were foundpdead; at their residence; . Stoke, Newingtoir. ; • '.'.... Mr" Henry Edwin Glenn, a ;olrck> r of 71, De Beauvior Road, Kingsknd, said he had been an intimate friend of, Mr- Adam* for many, years. Lately wihe had.- seemed de» pressed, and often. said v he wished he wa* dead. He was troubled about- his inability to pay the last quarter's rent. When wit* ness. last saw hintf alive he appeared^ mow depressed than usual. The next day & xe^ ceived a letter asking ham to go to 46* Fair bole , Road, which .he did, and found the police in possession, 'and learned of aha tragedy. In the letter deceased said: — t ■ "We are worried, to death, and I-. feel I cannot do .what is required of me. I^dread- . Ed to . go and leave myv dear wifeito-hwafc her heart." -.-i.:/- '.*■■ :.--.■ '-- The Coroner .jeadvthe- following -letter, addressed -bythei^deceased -to $xa btofcier ;at Leicester :— ■» .'-. ->... - • .••■. : "~kr . : "Dear Harry,— My: poor-->wife>aaid2l:a»* .simply worried'to deathy and I' "am -"driven mad!' Ohv?dx> .forgive onei fo*l~eoulii not vleasrB l iheu behind, I did love her 'so. >I aim out of my mind^ and driven ittad by less nights. ■ Oh,- do forgiye me, my dear brother. — Your affee^onatebrotiter,"-' .■-..■•■" " ATjnaap." The jury returned^^ a verdict that "WH^am Alfred Adams murdered hii wife, and afterwards committed suicide, and that at the time he wag of unsound mind.