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and eVllrybody el~ wronK:.! She tho;ght
which Constable Blanch said amounted to
a mo t eccentrio man, w.~itne s c.qn1d nev,er savings of _~lI'ard of £100, should lie inhold-Itny conV'&8&tion w th. him. Shelast "Ve8~ed in War Bonds. The bote was lid·
saw him }lbout three mon h9 8ilo, when she dre8sed to the nieCe of the deceaaed.]
was walliing in the village. She beld no
Dr. Hosford lIIlid/ ..he bad made a Wtit.
eOlWerllatien 'With h-lDl then. HiI' husband mortem examination. He found thJ't 'de·
wa~ in the habit of ke~p~ loaded revolvers rceru.ed' brain had been lacerated by the
anj guns all over the hou . 'he~ould not bullet produced, whfeh. lie found neal' the
id.entify the gun ROO r olver prod ced, but top of the brllin,. lIemoqhage and hock
iIle "knew Ihe had imilal' ....eapo
always would have cilused death. He was of -"Pinion
about.; 1\0
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that the wounds were sell·inJlicted. Wit.nl!ll
By a ll juror ~ She had great di1ll hlty in had
n the two women Broolt and Body.
getting the deceased to leaTe her hoqse some ;Each was shot severely, and both were in
fonr years ago.
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' ~ !L serious condition when he saw them. ~
POUCE-OONSTABLE'S DISCOVERY.
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M!\ry .Broeb. cousin of the
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BllInGh, 8tation~d at Tilehurst, inju.red ro~n Broek!" ~'Villg at Laurel
at at 9.W a.m. on Mond.!!I he was Gottage, TilehlltHt•. !\aId ~ 88,W tbe de!!1~. un",6<l
trag dy. He saw ¥-ary ' Ann lCeal!ed OD the. mornlD of ~ .e traged~, w~en
near a · chair. She had )leen JU;I was carrYlnJt: 0 b cket 1JI the ctirect~on
in the fa~e. left 1arm and of the well. Wltne II thou!{ht he was go~ng
sh.)ui,dpr.
Body, a married wootan, to draw lip 80~ wa~er, Instead of whIch
on a be{l in her house which ad· he plaeed 80methmg In the well, and the"
occupIed by thl de~ased. 'She had lt~ sin~.:::t b; -to.drink t~ W"~E.
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from l!evere shot wounds in Bpe- dill not
1d "riKltl:. Delther Qid
tbe lower part of the !!tl]er o~ the .the
~ ""'Brooke or Mt'8.
Abo~t tha.t time the 1Jix.Iy-with "'hom
talkillg as deBerkshire Hos- l!ftI\Soo Jl:II-8Sed dowD t/le p1'den. Just ~fte.rr;~=f~~oh~Wilt~h::el~:~ womeu ~rd. 'Wltnel!tl ebtetM hefO'bouse. and WlthUl
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Jl:nlduceclU' mInute fit two
~ 80 h1iard two
rtports of a gwL.;ift !lalclr 8~. 8h.
htard both WQJIleL, .",re.IiI, "He. has bee.
ne." Wttn_J~OIJ~ that both had

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other notes of similar pJia~­
which deceased had _t to
.--:".... ~'u. said tbat Mml'One ltad hrobn
h~\88 and had to1en ionie of hi~

the deeen d. The.decea.d ..aM
with a~ his neijf~bours, andwantinll et' to 'let, rid of the
times sh • thoul\'ht he wn ollt
She bllsed th is opillion on
Mid and d~'d' HI! Mid the moet
Atrange I thi~; bdt; she h'ad never lieard
him Ulle threa~
• Hnrry Body, of Tile
t, a labourer, saId
li3 saw ,the decensed u the dny befoN the
tragedy. He never s ke to him, neithel'
did any (If ihe other eighbour8. ' The, had
had Dothing fu do wi h him for 80me ti ...
They all I iporri hilfl. The deceased was
a most q .. rrell!Ome /!lan lind wa alway
mnking false accusati U8 against his !leigh.
bout;\'. Thll deqeased had often threatened
h~ and otherSl 'and od thrown n bdck at
w~tnel!8.
He nad p aced witn
in the
COunty Court. It
a put·up job en·
tirely. As far' back 8 1917 the deceased "
had .accused witll8lls 01 ' trying to PwDP
" ' poiaon !(IlS" tllroll h hi walls into h'
hou!!8. Witne . wa t reatened by deceased
at Ithi ime; h.. said ,. I h ve a gun you
how, 8!1d ,oli mi/(ht be brought out dead,
fur I might aa 'W~U
hung 1\ poisoned."
There were IJO gronn
for any of the aoell8atio:ns made by tb deoe&aed .
The ju ry retllr.n@d a verdict of .. Died
of wou.. self·iB8io
hor i)OlJlmitting lIui.
<:ide wliilst of n,8O miod."
.The fo~ of The jury Vr l\(a\J!4'y
said they desin!d to eofnJllim~lP.C. .Blanch
~d he ~8~net he
pl't!pued the evi.
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near
revolver pUKluced lira lying:.
was bf the bu\lAog pattern.'
that lhe cylinder contailJed
spent
fonr loaded cartridi/es. In II.
earnet" by the firepll1-Cf and..leahing 8l1'ail\8t
t)19 table ••hfl found the dO\lb1e-:barreUed finn
produced. The IfUn waS \Iruollded. Ip tpe
fi\'tlpJaC8 he found two pent cartridl/ ; the}'
we~ On the top ' of the. oven. On the helf
over the fireplace he di co-rnred two llve
cartridge. '1'hey werl! of a simiJa... make
b the oth,.r~, - anq cont.l\inOO .. Nd. IS shot."
I1l' the bedroom occupied by th" deceasM
witneSl! found the notebook produCfld. I It
contained Beveral note, fl'om "1fhich the
COl'(lner 1'ead the f\lllowinlt extracts: •
.. Please talce care of my. good ; thel'e are
thieve all around me."
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"I all) not 'nQowl'd to live here through
the intedelllnce of the two woroen -= ond
who are attempting to blackmail mfl.
. ~ threatened. to have mJ. 1l8DJ1ion
n Ilray fl'8111 DIe manr times beooU98
" SoeJ,Iis.t, and Ml'Ii. hAS done the
sampJ\nd Jim +-- is' as bad as {hl'Y a1'('l"
.. lit'll, ~ often \I ed . to. eJll{uire where
ltll.d left my monev a~ llAid fo DIe, • I
want 80m" mone\·.' I lIa..e mi~S4!d IIOme lots
of times n.nd 1 think tney had it."
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. Anotlte"r exhact Mel h.v the CoroDI'F WRS:
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livi1!'{ in II • dog's hom.e, surrounded

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twO of his
ing, a nd thell
revolver.
At 9.30 in the
B rock~, ag,eq
53, were talkin
th at run s past
was seen by
bour, walking
a bucket to a
house, picke?
minute 1at
at the rwi()- ,.,OIDen..
in the'
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