ROMANTIC SUICIDE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 972, 3 December 1880, Page 3

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.

A romantic case of unrequited love and suicide, showing the extent to which a man’s unhridloa pas-don mav h-ad him. was on Wednesday subjected to the dry details of a coroner’s inquiry. A young man aged 24, a gardener, named Henery Foreman, was some time ago employed at Lady DeasThonipson’s residence, Hamm, in Bourkestreet, Woolloomooloo, and fell is l ive with a ladies' maid named Alice Eager, and they were considered to he engaged. Ho subsequently removed to Mr Webb’s, at Ashtield, hut continued his visits to Barnaul. He was thereon Monday evening about 5 o’clock, and had an interview with Mias Eager, and shortly aftepwards two pistol shots were heard in tho garden, and Foreman was found in the shrubbery shot through the breast, and in the agonies of death. The first evidence taken was that of Alice Eager, a raiher plain unsophisticated looking girl, who gave her statement in a quiet way, and without evincing much emotion She stated that deceased came to see her on Monday afternoon, to hid her good-bye as he was going away ; she asked him it he was going te England, and he replied that he had not sufficient money, adding, “ I shall be happy where T am going, and I hope yon will be happy when I am zone.” He then began to cry, and rushed into the garden, am shortly afterwards she heard two pistol shots, and, in company with a servant named Murphy, she went into the garden and found Foreman lying on his face, and on tnrirng him over he died in a few minutes. Tin y ha-1 been on gooit terms, and there was no cause for his being jealous. He was very pale when ha came to see her on Monday, and *here was a strange appearance about his fa,o. Patrick Murphy, gardener, to Lady PeasThompson, said ho saw Foreman on Mon-

day evening at Banniru, who told him that ; lie hail left his employment, as ho had no j pleasure in this country, and lie was about i to leave it. He did not notice anythin" unusual in his appearance. He went with him to the gate ami left him there and returned to the house, and shortly afterwards he heard two shots fired, and went out with Alice Gager, and they found Foreman lying in the' shrubbery. He was nut aware that deceased was jealous of him, j and ho had given him no cause for jeal- f uusy. Constable Stewart produced a revolver and several oavtidges which had been found on deceased, also, two pieces of paper on which wore written, “Henry Foreman, born May 17, ISSG, in the parish of Islington, London. Brother residing at 23, Oxford-street, Barnsbury Islington. A aunt, Mrs Stevens, ironmonger, 20, Bethnal Green Hoad.” “Daniel Robinson, I send you the L 3 I had in my care belonging to you. From your friend, Henry Foreman ” Other evblouee having been given, the jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death from two pistol shot wounds, self-ii flicted.