Suicide.
A quarryman, fifty-six years of age, who had been worrying because he thought he was suffering from cancer, was the subject of an inquest at Mynytho on Thursday.His name was Owen Jones and he had been found drowned on Wednesday, morning in the river Soch. Griffith Jones stated that his brother had been depressed for the last nine months, thinking he would die soon, though his doctors had told him he was not suffering from cancer.
The brothers were sleeping together, and about three o'clock on Tuesday morning Owen Jones got up and went out. Griffith Jones followed at once, but soon lost him in the dark. Every possible search was made, and on Wednesday morning the body was found in the river Soch, about two miles from his home. His two hands were tied with his handkerchief.
The jury returned a verdict of Sucide while suffering from temporary insanity.