Richmond and Twickenham Times
United Kingdom
5th January 1889
SUICIDE WHILST INSANE
Dr. Diplock on Wednesday held an inquest at the "Lamb Tap" on the body of Montague John Druitt, aged 31, whose body was recovered from the Thames off
Thorneycrofts' Wharf, on Monday, by a waterman named Henry Winslade. The pockets of the deceased, who was a stranger to the district were found filled with
stones, and after a letter had been read in which he wrote to the effect that "what he intended to do would be the best for all parties," the jury returned a
verdict of "Suicide by drowning whilst temporarily insane."
