Another victim of the long-term effects of enteric fever?
Morlais Edwards was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the parish of Ammanford Urban about 10 p.m. on the 2nd of August.
P.C. James said he found defendant drunk. He spoke to him as to a window he had smashed in Wind-street, Ammanford, when he became very violent, and struck witness.
Inspector Davies said he had known defendant about 18 yers. He would spend about 18 months at a time in the district, and would then go way. He had been a soldier in the 2nd WElsh.
Fined and costs.
The Journal, Carmarthen, Friday 10th August 1906
An inquest was held at Tycroes on Wednesday, before Mr. Martin Richards, coroner, on the body of Morlais Edwards, collier, Tycroes (late of Tirydail), who was found drowned in the River Llwchwr, near Rhos Colliery Bridge on Sunday. - Mary Edwards, Tycroes, mother of the deceased, said that her son had not been well for some time. Deceased served with the 1st Welsh Regiment in the South African war, and he had been ill since his return. - Dr. D. R. Price attributed death to drowning. - The verdict was "Suicide whilst temporarily insane."
Evening Express, Thursday 23rd April 1908
The dead body of Morlais Edwards (33), collier, Ammanford, was found in a pool of water in the river Loughor on Sunday night.
A piece of iron, weighing over 60lbs., was fastened to a scarf, which was tied around his neck. The affair points to a case of determined suicide. He had been missing since Wednesday, and search parties had been out daily.
His brother-in-law noticed something resembling a man's leg near a pool in the river, near Rhos railway bridge.
Inspector Davies as sent for and what turned out to be the body of Edwards was brought to bank and subsequently removed to the home of his parents in Tycroes.
Deceased was at one time in the 1st Welsh Regiment, and had served in the South African campaign. He was well-known in the regiment as a good football player.
The Cambrian, Friday 24th April 1908
On Wednesday Mr Martin Richards held an inquest at Tycroes on Morlais Edwards, who was found with a piece of iron rail fastened to the scarf around his neck in the river Loughnor on Sunday. Jane Edwards, his mother, said deceased came home from his lodgings at Ammanford on the 13th and said he was going to die, as he did not feel well. He had been strange in his manner. He was a soldier at one time and served in the Boer War, and since then had not been the same. A verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was returned.
The Cardiff Times, Saturday 25th April 1908
