The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-10-20 00:00:00

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SiIuCKIY; PATALIrr.

tINYII. 1/144.1.0•41 11E4.

Ori Thorr.lay.a..; wr:ir 11.-M 'at the fluil,ll.
hy Mr. li. Symonds, co,..ner for the diedrict. on th.•
I.ly .1 Mr. Kidgwin 110.kiiis Fryer, .1 Maid:m.l
1f..,... ill...wester, formerly town cork .1 that tit 1,
Who, wi. 111.1)W11.4 MI ler painful eireitindancer on
Wednesday night.
Thu jury conroded of Nlersrs. C. .f. W.
Gov, W. .1. Bake, %V. Ilagley, E. W. le ttttt Mg, .1.
W, Sutton, W. Itidey. 11. Bartlett. $. S.
Stedman. 11.. Fowler. :ind W. Painter. Mr. Fromn in
was ripp (OMM:tn.
Mr. It, TII..1113•,, Mayor of weymoutli, *Si pre.s.nt
uluring the inquiry.
Ilary Ann tlelfs of Morton, nen- Evi•rliam,
tiod th.• Kely, adding that the .I,c-3,4c:one t• Wey.
mouth ..n Wednesday afternoon ale .ally after four
anti 41•• MaW him bet live ..,e1
141311.14 Wlir•ACl•Ofti at wait.r at th • It tat 11.4,1,
raid deceasod:irrive.l at that hotel at I. ilf.j.vg four .et
Welneelly afternoon, awl at six o'clock with
his wife. At about eight o'clock Il'• entered ti,'
prom for Isis overcoat, whirl, witster. holpod him to
put .0.. fle left the hotel shortly afterwards. In
anrwer to the jury witne iii 1,7,1 i, I %v.v. quite
sols.r. Whilst at dinner he inquinrl what tier. the
I. .rt a. Ist ...it, and he might lime intended going t 3
although le. did nut ask where it MK
II wa4 a rtranger to withers,
Thomas !tr., fi,linionger, depoul that at lialf.past
eight Wednesday night 1.0 was .in the Nod... ii.aay,
:war Trinity Iletrelt. in c luny with a Mall minerl
Wirt, whom lie hoard a plunge as thattjrhm soelowly
ILA fallen overt...m.l 'at,the th.• harbrir,
topir.titt. St. E 1111.111,1.411, t. It art At rel.. 1
.• tiii.ro is a hem OV.TIF lard." They I. j 1..1
into a steel went num. ti,' water to the plc'.
Th.y folind tho tow or five yard. from the
quay W Ali. in an upright le4ition. H., had
no hat. Th.• top tort a 1114 limed was just above the
water, hut 116 ItioiSti and It•INIV were under. Witnorr
lifted 1 into the boat, and landed I at Mr.
Penny... ..teps. When lli.,14•0,1 IY:141 WWI into the
boat II" loraithing. lIU wad laid on his
stomach. Dr. Ryan war in attendance
deceased WA, lancle.l, as, before starting, witness cried
out —"Send for a doctor,- but by the. time deer:wed
was deal, although not five minutes had clapso.l from
the time witnesr heard the spbudi in the water ti his
being got int., the 1..4, MIA not ere he war
Deceased did not rpeak, but breathed " goggled"
when taken out of the water. Ti,.. night was a very
dark one. There WAY no lamp near the place, and the
only thing witness could distinguish was the
deceased's white head. th•ceassal war attired in a
lung overcoat.
Dr. Ryan d.issied to examining the body after it
Val landed. He then ordered it to be taken to the
Police.station, so that he might be better able to
H treat him. o, however, then found that nothing
could he done, life being extinct; in fact, witness
conridered deceased was dead when he first saw him.
There wets no marks if violence in the body.
The Coroner : Are there any appliances at the
dation for the treatment a dniwising person!
Witness: There was nothing done, as the man was
dead.

The Coroner: To all appearances. Was nothing
lon - with a t of restoring animation
Witness: The man had beer dead 20 minutes or
half-an hour before I ease him.
The C .roner: Wad no application and no attempt
of any kind snails to restore animation? Is it to go
forth to the world that no attempt whatever was
mole? You know you, a. a m.:dical man, could hare
stig,,poited anything.
Witness I did nothing, becalm, the man was dead.

er : If niVemide had beon made to
re.tore life, and had to,.ved ineffectual, I think they
onzlit to have been made.
Wan... 4: I know this pinch—the man wan deal.
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The Coroner : That id no reason why Rome attempt
shied' not have been made. I do not know whits
oth ir intile think. I diniiii.se then: id plenty of
water at the otation.__

Sergeant Mosso : es, plenty of liikewarni orator.
Witness: Anything I had asked for would have
bee:l 161,11 one.
Mr. Ismning : Ii it n it a fact that when a body is
hosted it ought to he taken to the nearest hisuee
awl efforts for resuscitation made
Witness: alit the man Wll.l dead.
Mr. grinning: Tisat is not an answer to my
question.
Witness : I thought this (the poliewstation) was the
lies,t place to bring him to.
Mr. Laming: That I lin not saying.
The Coroner: r.:. glace is no better than any
other to hiring a man to if nothing waa done.
Mr. I g: I have known of cases of resitscita-
tii es front drowning sifter bodies had been in the
water 20 minutes..

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The Foremin : There are invtancea in which anima-
tion 1134 re-tore•l even after an hour ham
Witne“ . • But !Lig man WWI dead.
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Th. C rn.r: I den't ...ay so.
Th. Ferientn : I d ni think yen can may he
WA4 dead if he hail "illy been in the water a kw
minutec

There were symptom.
The Cortmer • Then let us have them.

%dews. : The heart had costeed beating. The
hetrt might conti 111 l its action after death to all
external app,rane.., although the aution of tho
lungs, front being blocked-. might he totally
"eun nled.
The Foreman : I shluld like to know what time
deoesi,d's watch stopped. That may be of import.
awe in this vise.
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The ;;;;;;; 7 113If•1riet eight ntaetly,
Thu Mayor : A friend of tho decvaaed'a Wi,11..4 to
know if the doctor think.' Mr. Fryer had a tit, and
OM. (PH overboanl?

Wittman : t able to Nty. Drcesoel n..g
ain.4l .4 air '64. I did mit ace anything Montt 111111
tO IMO 1111 l t 1, a fit.

Th.: Foreman : Th. jury w..uld like to know who her
anything at all w.ts restore life, as only 20
fr..in thu tiltin tit:Collodi fell into the
water until lie wuo brought to the l'olice-station.
The Coroner: The doctor my. nothing whateter
was done.

The Foremen: The probability in that the deceased '
had only sunk otlee or twice. and not the third time.
A. something has been auggedt.l about lit., we winli
to know whether the d. C../.t. I was suil j et t u them.
Witnenn : There was n ithing t, in+ !a:r. that fol
rdc-aned hell, el a fit. T.1..e.. Were /I eolltlisiolll or
1111/101 if any kind.
1 Mr. Lanning : Does a dead holy foam at the
in-eith ,
1 Witnes. : Almost alway.. It i. quite common.
I The jury having expre..ed an otimi,o to the effect
that they would lie more . dinged if .1. • leely wet,
et ripped, WitllePil Ptatot he IlYtetal, • 4 the arm. all
Iwnerotehiing.,..k.z the in titer w.th
' til.i.4-I.n, ai nI ,:1" thata' na ....kr! risi
The (*.ironer, approving of the errurention of the
Joey, ineructed Dr. Ryan to luau • the liode '4611,4
to examine it. Thin haver: le m .1 e 1.,. th • ulos,r
said he did not tied any in Irk. of vi..loil-o whatever,
Th.. Ray, .1. V. rayon, yient of the paridi in which
the deceased hat lived, stated that he had known Mr.
Fryer a very long time. Witne.s thenglit he hail
pn•viounly vented Weymouth, but wan wit cure. For
several monthn past he had lieen in failing health, and
on two or throe nceanion had had Plight giublineni in
thr• head, so that he wa. ..Illige.l to keep .116.4.
l)ecessell intended returning to i i1011t.....ter on
November let for the municipal election. A ....A ago
witn.....aw cloceamel at hi. re.idence, awl tleeight he
looked very weak and poorly. Ile comelier...l he was
then in a 1,..ry procareen. condition. I h.e..5....1 wan
al...it ;I years old. The leason witnenn wi.heul the
free ion to be salted an to whether decea....l hail a fit
we. to 1t.......rtain whether the doctor thonght ulecumeed
haul walked overboard, nr haul a aught attack of
gi.10.1...... and fallen Into o..lu:einem
Dr. Ryan : An examination would not show that
eonelunively.
Witne", continuing, aubled that wh,n dorevied
enterel a town he was IP thPIIIIIPL Of g.iiiig out in the
tinning.
nroman : ere he went we. a 111.1. 11111 l MIA
The -I? Where 1 t I
Ow". If, however, he wan a stranger. that would
necount for it. The place in very unimutected, and
without light.
The Coroner : Is there icily evidence to show
de..eaned wait seen in ally part .1 the town at all?
The preemption from what the waiter nap, in that
Mr. Fryer loft the le eel to go to the Poo ...Mee, milt
ill none. ionnensintable manner wanulete,l to the op 4
where he full lido the harinew.
F.S. Harvey waist he haul made every inquiry, led
th it Is' e1..11.1 it. find any triuN. of the deeemicul lieVing
1,.. 11 ill the etreidn.
The Jury return...l a verdict I, the effect that the
dee %wed wan 61 1111 l 1 Illrowmtd, with a rider that collie
measures should havo hewn taken for restoring atiims•
tin. They also alluled that a lamp might tole. placu.l
at Ferry.o corner for the better !protection of ntrangera,
tin they considered deernanal walked into the harbour
a ithont knowing whore hit PIP. going.
The Cermet. : I quite agree with the verdict and
...g.w.tiona of the jury. I shall ollicially umuniunicate
Ow.. to the Town eminoil.
Thu. Mayor : I have convened a meeting of the
Lighting Conatnitte.,, and will take can. that the
recommendations of the jury Cr.' submitted to the
Mimmittee.
Thu. Jury expreased an opinion that great credit
w,..1,10 to the witnent. Lest, for the tiromptitodu with
which he rescued the doonseed.