| Description Of Item | Collection of pasted press cuttings describing instances of suicide, homicide, and murder-suicide. The first press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the suicide of Thomas Bullock in Birmingham. The second press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the suicide of a woman in the Marne River, and the case of her brother-in-law who was accused of murdering a servant. The third press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the murder of two children by their mother in Liverpool and the subsequent suicide of the mother. The fourth press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the case of Sydney Pearse, who attempted to murder his sister-in-law and commit suicide, and who reportedly suffered from delusions. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |