After he had left home, at 9.20a.m. on Tuesday, the body of Mr. Harry Tomlin (71), of 9 Carnegie-street, Rushden was recovered from the River Nene, near Wharf Bridge, Higham Ferrers, at noon the same day. Mr. Tomlin was for very many years the esteemed foreman of the lasting room of Messrs. Jaques and Clark, Rushden. At the inquest held at the mortuary, Higham Ferrers, on Tuesday evening, a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was recorded. The Divisional Coroner, Mr. J. C. Parker, conducted the inquiry, and P.C. Wager was Coroner’s Officer. Evidence of identification was given by the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tomlin, of 9 Carnegie-street, Rushden, who said her husband was 71 years of age. He was a foreman in a boot factory. Witness last saw him alive that morning about twenty minutes past nine when he left home to go for a walk as usual. He did not say where he was going and never said anything about what he was going to do. “I expected him back for his dinner at 12.30, but he didn’t come,” said witness. She did not inform the police as there was not time. Mrs. Tomlin said her husband had been suffering with his head since the beginning of May. Dr. Davies had certified it as nervous debility and deceased had frequently complained of pains in his head, spreading into his arms. He had not worried about not being able to go to work. The deceased left no writing, and had never threatened to take his life. Coroner: Do you know any reason why he should?—No, not at all. In answer to the Coroner Mrs. Tomlin said her husband was receiving the old age pension and club money. Guarded by Dog P.C. Wager, of Higham Ferrers, said that about 11.55a.m. that morning he received information that a man’s body was seen floating in the River Nene near the Wharf in the parish of Higham Ferrers. He proceeded to the spot and saw there was a walking stick stuck in the bank with a cap on top of it, and both were guarded by a dog. With the assistance of men on a barge he revered the body. There was no writing, but witness found a watch and chain which had stopped temporarily, 1s. 2d. in money, a pair of spectacles and case, and a handkerchief. There were no marks on the body and the hands and feet were free. Death was apparently due to drowning. There was no footpath at that point. The constable said he eventually caught the dog and found the owner’s name on the collar, and accordingly communicated with the relatives. Mrs. Tomlin identified the hat and stick as the property of her husband. The Coroner recorded a verdict to the effect that the deceased drowned himself in the Nene and that he was temporarily insane at the time. “This illness of the head affected him,” added the Coroner, “and no doubt he had a sudden attack.”