SUICIDE.

Evening Star, Issue 3827, 31 May 1875, Page 2

SUICIDE.

An inquest was held at the Hospital at noon to-day, on the body of Robert Jenkinson, widower, who committed enicide on Saturday. The Coroner said the case was another illustration of the effects of drink. Deceased was well off but his children were in the Industrial School. He had been in the Hospital three times suffering from delirium tremens, and once in the Lunatic Asylum. The jury having viewed the body, which presented a horrible appearance half the face and head being completely blown away and the’ nose smashed, the following evidence was given Henry Good, carpenter, knew the deceased, who was about 37 years of age, a native of Pennycook, near Edinburgh, and a carpenter by occupation. Witness had known him for tie last ten years, during the whole of which time he had been addicted to drink. Deceased had had several attacks of delirium (semens. and had been in the Lunatic Asylum. When witness last saw him alive some eight days ago he was very drunk. Deceased lived alone in Fuleul street, and when witness was returning from us work, at about half-past twelve on Saturday, he found the front gate of deceased’s house open. He walked in and found deceased lying on the floor dead in a large pool of blood. His rifle, with which he had shot himself, was lying across his legs, and witness immediately gave information to the police. Charles Rainton, contractor, who had known deceased for fourteen years, and spoke of him as being frequently delirious from the results of drink, said that he saw deceased on Friday, and though witness did not converse with him, he appeared perfectly sober, and looked better than for a long time, Robert Blackadder, merchant, residing in Filteul street, next to deceased, deposed that he did not hear any explosion of firearms or noise of any kind on Friday night. Witness some time ago reported to the police tbat deceased bad been in the of levelling firearms at his children, and exptesseda wish that the rifles might be taken from deceased. He, however, received a reply that the police could not do so. [This witness maintained tbat deceased’s was Jenkins.] The jury found “That deceased committed suicide whilst suffering from temporary insanity.”