Determined Suicide at Conisborough

On Saturday afternoon a suicide of a most determined nature took place at Conisborough. The deceased, William Handley, aged 29, has lately held a good position at Walkers Tile and Brick Works.

The deceased had been having a glass of beer in the Star Inn, Conisborough, and over this glass a discussion arose on politics, it which he took part, but in a most agreeable manner, and no quarrelling ensued.

He shortly afterwards left the house and proceeded to his own home a few yards away. He seemed quite responsible for his actions then, and his wife made no remark when he went to the back of the premises. After being away for about half an hour his wife went to look for him, and the neighbours were startled by hearing a succession of screams. When they went to ascertain the cause, deceased wife was seen in the closet screaming, and the deceased suspended from a beam, having attached to his neck a stout piece of rope.

He was immediately cut down, but life was extinct.