Suicide at Newton Abbot: On Wednesday morning a waggoner named Skinner, in the employ of Messrs. Pinsent and Sons, brewers and spirit merchants, hung himself in his employers’ waggon-house. The unfortunate man rose about six o’clock and went to the stable to feed the horses, and two hours later his lifeless body was found by a fellow-worker suspended from one of the high beams by a piece of strong tarred rope. The act must have been very deliberate, for the beam could only be reached by standing on one of the carts, and the rope being properly adjusted, he probably made a spring from the cart. He leaves a widow and several children. Some months ago the poor fellow was under treatment for an affliction of the head, and several times since he has shown symptoms of a return of the malady. Later on in the day an inquest was held when these facts were deposed to, and a verdict returned accordingly.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901