Upset by Husband's Death Rushden Woman Took Her Life How the death of her husband so upset a Rushden woman that she took her own life was revealed at an inquest at Rushden Police Station on Monday. The East Northants Deputy Coroner (Mr A. Norman Groome) decided that Mrs Flora Watts, who was found dead on Monday morning, died from coal gas poisoning. The balance of her mind was upset. Dr. W. A. McKendrick, of Church Street Rushden, said that he had been called to Mrs Watts' house on Monday morning and she appeared to have been dead for some hours. She appeared to have died from coal gas poisoning probably between five and six that morning. He had seen her earlier in the week since the death of her husband and she had been rather upset although normally she had fair health. Took It Hard Her son Mr Thomas Watts, of 30 Highfield Road, Rushden, an engineer, said Mrs Watts was 73 and the widow of George Thomas Watts, a shoe worker, who died on Sunday July 17th. His mother had “taken it very hard” for they had been married for 47 years. A next door neighbour, Margaret Evelyn Sail, of 6 Pemberton Street, said that when she did not see Mrs Watts about she looked through the kitchen window and saw Mrs Watts lying in the kitchen with her head in the oven. Mr Roy Davis, of 180 Wellingborough Road, called by Mrs Sail, said one gas tap was on. P.C. F. Smith said the gas tap could have been turned on accidentally but the position of the body ruled out the possibility of accident.