Painful affair at Dawlish

PAINFUL AFFAIR AT DAWLISH. An invalid, named James Knapman, was found with his throat cut yesterday morning. He had been confined to his bed for nearly a dozen years, and lately had shown signs of depression. His wife left the bedside temporarily, and on her return found her husband leaning over the bed, bleeding profusely. …

Suicide at Dawlish

Context Note: The widow was first-cousin of Ann (Hall) Loram. SUICIDE AT DAWLISH. James Knapman, of Old Town-street, Dawlish, who was formerly a packer on the Great Western Railway and has been bedridden for 11 years with paralysis of the spine, made a determined attempt to commit suicide on Monday. He cut his throat from …