6 August 1914

Fenny Compton Reading Room

 Inquest into death of Mary Padbury, 56 suffering from cancer, slit throat with a razor to relieve breathing. Dr Elkington said that death was not due to the injury caused by the wound and his opinion was in any circumstances the deceased would not have lived more than two or three days. She died two days after the wounds was inflicted. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence.

Banbury Guardian, August 1914