The Whitehaven News September 7, 1905 Suicide of a Schoolmistress

Suicide of a Schoolmistress

The Whitehaven News - September 7, 1905

SUICIDE OF A SCHOOLMISTRESS FROM CARTMEL.        The death of Miss. Edith ALLANBY, headmistress of St. Anne's Girls School, Lancaster, has caused a profound sensation at Cartmel, where she belonged.        At the inquest Elizabeth ALLANBY, St. Mary's Lodge, Cartmel, sister of the deceased, said deceased spent a holiday with her at Cartmel. The Coroner produced a long letter, addressed to witness in deceased's hand writing, in which she said she had done what she had, knowing quite well it was the most honourable and reverent course to pursue.        "I have written a  book," she said, "containing the truth or page upon page of blasphemy. The world will hardly recognise it as the truth while I live, and I give them a chance to read and discuss it. It will appear different when I am dead. I have spent money in trying to get the fulfillment published, but I am as far off as ever. It was given out of great silence, and is the simple, honest truth. I should like to give it to the world. If I live many will read, but not take me seriously, but otherwise they must of necessity do so."        Witness said she did not know anything about the book.        The jury returned the verdict of "Died from carbolic acid poisoning, self administered."        The Coroner said there was no need to inquire into the state of the deceased's mind. ******

 

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