[English] BOY SCOUT WITH £100 IN HIS POCKET. MOTHER WITH £2,800 WORRIED OVER HER MIND.

BOY SCOUT WITH £100 IN HIS POCKET.

MOTHER WITH £2,800 WORRIED OVER HER MIND.

A Boy Scout named Doyle, aged 11, was romping with his friends for a whole evening with £100 in notes in his pocket.

They were in an envelope which his mother, Mrs. Isabel Doyle, aged 41, a widow, of Pall Mall, Leigh-on-Sea, had asked him to give to his sister when she returned from her work in London.

With the money was a note stating that there was £2,800 in War Loan to Mrs. Doyle's credit.

When the daughter returned from work she found her mother dead, with her head in a gas oven.

At the inquest it was stated that Mrs. Doyle worried because she thought that her money would not last out.

Verdict: Suicide during temporary insanity.

Source:

1. Page 9, "China Mail", Friday, 6th June, 13th Year of the Republic of China

   • 5th Day (Corn on Ear), 5th Lunar Month, Jia-zi Year

   • Friday, 6th June, 1924 Common Era