Hunt to be defrauded and bilked of all the joys of
life which fifty-two years service in the world had
earned.

Temporary insanity ! Oh, these cursed phrases,
these lies of language, under which people with
meat in their bellies and whole shirts on their backs
shelter themselves, and evade the responsibility of
their brothers and sisters, empty of belly and with
out whole shirts on their backs.

From one issue of the Observer, an East End
paper, I quote the following commonplace events:

A ship s fireman, named Johnny King, was charged
with attempting to commit suicide. On Wednesday
defendant went to Bow Police Station and stated that he
had swallowed a quantity of phosphor paste, as he was
hard up and unable to obtain work. King was taken
inside and an emetic administered, when he vomited up a
quantity of the poison. Defendant now said he was very
sorry. Although he had sixteen years good character, he
was unable to obtain work of any kind. Mr. Dickinson
had defendant put back for the court missionary to see
him.

Timothy Warner, thirty-two, was remanded for a similar
offence. He jumped off Limehouse Pier, and when res
cued, said, " I intended to do it."

A decent-looking young woman, named Ellen Gray,
was remanded on a charge of attempting to commit
suicide. About half-past eight on Sunday morning Con
stable 834 K found defendant lying in a doorway m Ben-
worth Street, and she was in a very drowsy condition. She

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