PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1925 Interesting News from The West Indian Islands BARBADOS TRAGEDY.
New Year! New Year!
Disturbed Over Telegram From Wife DO YOUR NEW YEAR SHOPPING AT THE BRANCH STORE OF THE AMERICAN BAZAAR Situated at Central Avenue and Corner Street FOOTWEAR of Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD had happened and accounted for the tragedy. The deceased sent a cablegram to bis wife. saying Ask again. Will you go CornHARRISON COLLEGE MASTER COMMITS SUICIDE wall? And the reply he received to this was No. Plans unalterable. They did not know what had led Mrs. Pilkington to refuse to go to Cornwall, but the refusal seemed to upset the SHOOTS HIMSELF ON RIFLE RANGE deceased to such an extent that he lost his mental balance, went to the armoury and procured CORONER VERDICT OF TEMPORARY INSANITY rifle and then went to the rifle range and shot himself. There was no question in this case of The death of Mr. Pilk father cow he had seen a white any third person being implicaington, one of the Assistant man lying dead on the ground ted. He would suggest therefore Masters of Harrison College, with a gun between his legs.
that they return a verdict to the Barbados, occurred at the Gen. went with Hewitt to the spot effect that the deceased shot eral Hospital shortly after a. and found the ceceased lying bimself wbilst in an unsound on Wednesday 9th Dec. last from on his left side close to the state of mind.
self inflicted gunshot wound on target wall on the range, with The jury unbesitatingly returnhis head.
the rifle produced, between bis ed a verdict of suicide during CORONERS INQUEST.
legs and the muzzle pointing temporary insanity.
away from his body. Wallat At the General Hospital, Mr. looking at the deceased notice Jackman, Coroner for that his leg quivered and JAMAICA.
District A, held an inquiry remarked that he was not dead.
into the circumstances attend. did not interfere ant upon the death of the de. with the body butįwent to the Prisoner Saws ceased.
College and reported the matter The following is the list of the to Mr. Haskell. Dr. Bannister FOR jury: William Franklin was called up, Captain Lindrop HIS WAY OUT OF JAIL (foreman) Percy Burton, was notified and an ambulance Women Misses Gentlemen Henry King, Arthur Griffith, was procured, in which we took In its issue of the 9th ulto. the Frink Nicholls, Lurence Fields, the deceased to the General Gleaner reports the following Fitz! Butcher, James Straker Hospital. Before removing the and Murcot Wiltshire. deceased took the rifle from Buy at The Branch Store of The AMERICAN BAZAAR and from a correspondent: between his legs and extracted Hope Bay, Dec. 16 Quite a The first witness called was the empty cartridge case now sensation BE SATISFIED Mr Haskell, who deposed: produced The muzzle of was caused in this town yesterday morning when it am Headmaster of Harrison rifle ad a strong smell of gunwas learnt that Ernest Lewis, College and deceased was an powder.
who was placed in custody on assistant master there. He had been at the College just over two posed: am an assistant master Rinald Morseley Lapton de Sunday, cut through the iron bars of his cell and lescaped. It years. He was a classical master was a mystery to everyone and an exceedingly good one at Harrison College, and was well especially to the police, when the On the 27th November last, he acquanted with the deceased.
received a cablegram offering. Mrs. Pilkington was SOMOSXOS SOMOCUS manner of bis escape was dishim post at SIR covered. The bars were fixed out to Barbados with her husschool in vertically about seven ches Cornwall, which he wished to bani but returned home on 29th apart May of this accept. He discussed the mat that deceased appeared to ha much in an opening year.
noticed nearer the roof than the ground.
ter with me and he asked the How Lewis proca ed his savGoverning Body of the College considerable agitated for about becan e that was the instrument to accept short notice of resigna rence and on last Tuesday be a week previous to the occursupposed to have be used, tion. They accepted, and exand it was known that ne propressed appreciatia bis was more 80. believe the Cause of his agitation was due cured one and how he managed services.
to cablegrams passed between to use it from his position inside About the 1st Dicember, the bimself and his wife. do not the cell, where he had tairs deceased wired bis wile the know what these cablegrams on which to stand, and how ha following cablegram: Accept: contained. On Tuesday last, desubsequently reached terra If you agree, wire Barreu. ceased rang up both cable of firma on the outside withou: Mr. Barrett is the Headma ter tices in the city several times breaking bis neck or hurting of the school in Cornwall. On asking if there were any telebimselt considerably, seeiog the 5th December, the deceased grams received for him. About be must showed me a cablegram which 6:40 in, he received a reply in through the narrow think was from his wife. It the affirmative and subsequently Recommended for Removing the Humors of only one bar being repeu read: Sending clothes. This the cablegram was brought.
Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, the deceased understond to man aske deceased it he had re.
go to make up the mystery.
But three was still somthing that his wife was sending warm ceived his cablegram, and be Tetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic more. It was soon dicovered clothing for use on the royaze re lied in the affirmative, and home. On this, cabled that telegraphic and telephonic for went out in the direction of the Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Discommunication between here another master, thinking this College buildings went up eases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
and Buff Bay on one side, and was definite. On Tuesday after stairs to dress and about five Port Antonio on the noon was the last time saw minutes later, heard deceased cut off. Some five Wier, deceased alive and well.
An Alterative recommended for purify.
He Soon after going to his room.
then discussed the school math left again and cut, apparently by the same sew, did not see ters with me and noticed he him again until next morning.
ing and enriching the BLOOD.
this being in all probability tbe work of the fugitive, who oked worried. Next morning did not hear the report of any thought that by doing so be about 30, was awakened by firearm. think the mental conwould delay all communication Detective Sergt. Jones who told dition of the cessed was such For Sale at all Drug Stores concerning himselt.
It was me there was a man lying on the as would probably cause him learnt that a man answering his fle range, that he was not dead, commit suicide, as he was description was seen at Buff Bay and that be thought the man was considerably over wrought.
And in Large Quantities by yesterday morning, but nothing one of the masters at the more has been heard College.
of him went out Rupert Barker deposed: am wiub Sergt.
since.
Jones and found the butler to the assistant masters JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy deceased on the part of the at Harrison College. On TuesLewis was tried recently on a charge of larceny of money, College grounds used as a rible cay evening about ten minutes AGENT between thirty and forty range. He was lying on the to seven saw deceased come pounds, the property of Jacob leit side and a miniature rifle from the direction of the College was close to bim. did not ex go into his room where SX Lee at St. Margare Sosios 00 Bay.
amine the rifle. The deceased he mained for about five Ably defended by lawyer Groswas not then dead, but seemed minutes. He then sett, he was discharged, but was Went out to be unconscious. did not again in the direction of the re arrested on Sunday by Cornot touch the ceased, but armoury.
poral Miller after news came notice unalterable. understood that from the Manchioneal police that phoned for Dr. Bannister who whether the deceased was car the information in this cable.
a man found there with three cacne at once. Captain Lindrop rying parcel. That was the gram had been telephoned to also arrived on the scene soon not hear the discharge of any also learnt that deceased bod pounds, all in a nickel coins, is last time saw deceased. did deceased soon after its arrival.
CALL IN AT alleged to have said be had been after. police ambulance was sent early on Tuesday morning given them to exchange for then obtained, and the deceased firearm during the night.
was removed to the General other coins by Ernest Lewis.
Joseph Griffith deposed: a cable addressed Pilkiagon, pital. In the armoury at the am watchman at Harrison Col. 5 Dayah, Cosbam. This mesCollege there is an outer door lege. About halfpast twelve on sage read: Ask again. Wil which is kept locked. The rifles Taesday night was sitting you come Cornwall! Syd.
For a State Bank are kept in a locked cupboard near the cricket pavilion when inside the armoury. The key to heard the report of Dr. Mortimer Johnson, a firearm.
Government Bacteriologist and MR. H, ROWLEY IS ASKED TO the cupboard was kept by the The sound appeared to me to be Pathologist, deposed that deDRAFT PROSPECTUS IN CONdeceased, who also had a key to in the direction of Queen Park he the outer door. Toe au munition ich is not far from the College ceased was admitted to No. 93, Central Avenue NECTION WITH PROPOSAL.
was kept in the same cupboard. rifle range, did not make any wound in the region of the righ from bu let suffering The the unable The Herald of the 20th ulto, of the same type as is kept in the report, bave frequently temple. He was states that an important meetthe armoury at the College. After heard reports of the discharge speak. Ray photograph ing relative to the establishment deo ased was removed want to of firearins in the same direc was taken which disclosed a foreign body in the brain on the ASSORTMENT OF of an Agricultural State Bank the room in the Masters Quartion at eixbt.
left side about three incbes from for the colony was held at the ters occupied by the deceased Capt. Reginald Lindrop, the other skin. He extracted a office of the Jamaica Agricultural and found an unopened cablegram pury, Inspector General of leaden bullet of 22 calibre from GOOD STATIONERY Society on Wednesday of this which opened. It read: No. Pulice depused: la consequence the brain Plans unalterable. do not o intorm. tonieceived at Head Deceased remained unconsciou of deceased.
week.
know the cable to which this was quarters on Wednesday morn up to the time of hi death SOUVENIRS, Those who attended the meet an answer.
ing went to Harrison College which accurred in the afternoon ing analyzed the report of Mr. Detective Sergt. Jones de poned: ab ut 10 o clock. received Death was dus to shock and Dale the Financial Expert who recently visited the island am Sergeant attached to the farther information the hemmorrhage caused by a bullet and made obse vations on this Detective partment. Yester College. which led me wound in tbe brain.
matter.
day morning, 10 instant, was to interview the Officials of at my home at Weymouth when the Pacific Cable Board Tele The Coroner, in summing up In some of the instances the a boy named Kenneth Hewitt graph fice. There learnt to the jury, said he thought the gentlemen present did not came to me and reported that that wire had been received last cable sent by the deceased agree with Mr. Dale views.
whilst he was on the Harrison for deceased about 30 on and the answer which They were all unanimous that College rifle range tethering bis Tuesday reading: No Plans received told them exactly what (Continue on page 7)
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