A ROMANTIC CASE.
An inquest was held at Malden Abbey, England, recently, on the bodies of Ellen Maria Peacock, aged 18, and Charles Robert Blaokmore, 19, who had committed suicide by drowning themselves in a pond. The girl’s aunt, Mrs Knox, said the deceased had been staying with her some time, but as witness found she stayed out late, and was often with Blackmore, she communicated with tho girl’s parents, and it was arranged to take her home to Wales. Blaokmore was a respectable youth, but she considered they were too young to form an engagement. The following letter in the handwriting of the girl was found after the discovery of the bodies : —“ Dear friends—No doubt you will be surprised to get this ; but Charley and self have arranged mutually to drown ourselves, and you will find our bodies in Mr Oliphant’s pond in Abbey lane. I did not wish to be parted from Charley, and I prefer to die with him. Please to give my clothing and locket to dear Polly (her sister), and I trust wo shall meet above.—Signed, Ellen M. Peacock, C. R. Blaokmobb.” Yerdict —“ That the deceased both destroyed themselves while of unsound mind.”
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2035, 1 September 1880, Page 3
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198A ROMANTIC CASE. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2035, 1 September 1880, Page 3
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