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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A POLICE…

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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL. Edwin Worthy, a wood-cutter, was placed in the Wandsworth police dock, charged with being a luna- tic found wandering abroad, and also with attempting to commit suicide in a police cell. Poljce-oons table Clark said he was on duty on Thurs- day afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, in the Rich- mond-road, Putney, where he heard the prisoner sweat- ing, and throwing his arms about. He was in a. very excited state, and witness took him to the station Witness thought he was drunk at the time, as he had been drmidmr. Sergeant Dudley, the acting inspector, explained to the magistrate that the prisoner was known. He had been an inmate of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum, and was et out on a temporary order. He was, however, again removed to the asylum at the instance of the Hon. Mr. Wrottesley, one of the local magistrates, who took an interest in the case of the family. The prisoner, however, escaped, and having been away over fourteen da.ya, he i {th£ sergeant) understood the authorities would not receive him again without a fresh order. For the safety of himself and the public he thought it better to detain him. The prisoner, who spoke very rationally and not at ,all inawandering manner, said that he was glad to wl £ 1S ,^caPe> as he had a large family at home. Vvnenne did escape he was afraid to return home from rear of being taken again. Sergeant Dudley said the prisoner's wife informed him tliat, noman behaved better than her husband did when sober. Sergeant Keenan was sworn, and he said, at a quarter °ne o Ciook m the morning his attention was called to phe prisoner in the cell. He found a handkerchief twisted round his neck, and the prisoner pulling tightly at both ends. He was very excited, and exclaimed, "Oh, death! oh, death! rather than be this way." Witness took the handkerchief and everything away with which he could destroy himself. ° Mr. Dayman remanded the prisoner for a week for 3 report of his state of mind. Shortly afterwards Mr. Taylor, the relieving officer +•„ T1 ?/' and mentioned that the authori- ties at the asylum would receive the prisoner on the same order. j. then revoked his former decision, and aanaea the prisoner over to the relieving officer, and the prisoner was removed to the asylum.

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