The Maryport Advertiser March 10, 1882 Suicide At Leegate & Sudden Death

Suicide At Leegate & Sudden Death

The Maryport Advertiser - March 10, 1882

SUICIDE AT LEEGATE.    On Friday morning an old man named Thomas STUBBS,  aged 82 years, was found hanging in an outhouse at Leegate House, where he had  been residing for some time past with his wife. He was quite dead when found,  and it is said that he had first attempted to cut his throat. The poor man had  lost his only daughter a few weeks ago, and his wife was buried on the day  previous, and this seems to have caused him great grief.    An inquest was held on the body on Saturday before  Mr. J. B. LEE, deputy coroner for the Eastern Division of Cumberland, and a  jury, of whom Mr. Moore PARK was the foreman. A verdict was returned that  "deceased had committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity caused  by grief." ****** SUDDEN DEATH AT WIGTON.    On Friday evening, Mr. MANDUELL, clerk to the  Wigton Board of Guardians, was found sitting in his chair quite dead, at the  Hare and Hounds Inn, Wigton, where he had been lodging for some months past. It  seems he had been working until a late hour on the previous night, preparing the  Union books for the Auditor, and had complained of feeling much wearied on  Friday morning.    He went to his office but came back after a short  time and went into his room. He was reading a newspaper when last seen alive.  This was after mid-day, and the room was not entered again until about five  o'clock. Dr. MITCHELL was sent for, and was soon on the spot, but it was evident  that Mr. MANDUELL had been dead for some time. A bottle containing laudanum  (sp?) and labelled "poison" was found in the pockets of Mr. MANDUELL. He had  been in a somewhat weak state of health for some time past, and had frequently  complained of being unwell. He had been much harassed with his work, which has  fallen into arrears.    An inquest was held on the body on Saturday, at the  Hare and Hounds Inn, before Mr. J. B. LEE, and a jury of whom Mr. Joseph  BOUSTEAD was the foreman. A verdict of "Died by the visitation of God" was  returned.

 

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