SUICIDE OF AN EMINENT SCULPTOR.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 251, 29 July 1872, Page 3

SUICIDE OF AN EMINENT SCULPTOR.

A DETERMINED act of salf-destruction (says the European Mail) as been perpetracted by Air Edward Alitchell, the wellknown sculptor, at his residence in Camden Town. The unfortunate gentleman had been for some time past engaged upon eight colosstl stone figures, under commission from Sir Arthur Guinness, and intended for the fortlicommiug Dublin Exhibition, About twelve months sonce Mr Alitchell, who is but 41 years of age, lost his life, and was left with five children. This was knowe to have preyed upon his mind ; but during the last few days ho he had exhibited a great amount of anxiety in reference to the works upon which lie was engafed, and expiessed doubts of uis own ability to get them completed in time for the exhibition for which they were inteuteu. The other morning the domestics in the lower part of the house were alarmed by hearing a tremendous crash in the back yard, and on nulling out to see what had caused it, the bo ly of Air Alitchell was found lying on the flags of a partly demolised conservatory. He had, it appears, thrown himself from the window of a fourth story, a depth of 40 or 50 feet. Medical ade was at once sent for, and Air 0. C. Claremont promptl. attended’ Tlw unfortunate gentleman was still alive, but wholly insensible. The body was at once eariied into the lious. when the extraordinary discovery was made that that prior to throwing himself out of the window, Mr Mitchell had stabbed himself with a sharp-pointed instrument sescinbling a dagger, being a tool used in the finer points of sculpture. This instrument was still sticking in the to a depth of upwards of six inches, and was so firmly embedded between the ribs that it requied inunence force to remove it. Although dying at the time of discovery, deeased lingering nearly three hours before he expired. At the inquest a sister of the deeased said that ho was ill on Good Friday, and on a medical man seeing him he said it was brain disease. She wen out for awalk with him the other evening, when lie would insist upon it that some man was foiling him, although there was nothing of the sort. He said strange thiugs. The jury returned a verdict of “ Suside while of unsound mind.”

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