The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-02 00:00:00

MAIDEN NEWTON.
FATAL .400IDIINT.

An inquest V/1111 held at the White Horse, Malden
Newton, on Wednesday last, before Henry Look,
Esq., deputy.coronor, on view of the body of Williem
Henry Cox. Richard Waygood fiwatridae, son of W.
Swat!.'due, was the first witness examined. He said
—I was playing with the doused William Henry Cox
ths whole of yesterday; about 6 o'clock the deceased
struck me on my back, and mid," Now Dick, I have
paid you what I owed you." Hs then ran away. I
did not follow him, but stood still; his younger
brother Edward Cox WM standing by, and caught
hold of Edgar, and told him to all his brother bank.
"Call him a coward," said I, "cod he will be sure to
come back," I saw nothing more of him, and directly
after I heard the sound of the wheel I it appeared
like the whole breaking down, and dragging on the
foundation. I immediately went to the wheel and
Edgar Cox followed ins. I observed that the wheel
was stopped and I found out afterward' it had
stopped of its own aooord. I directed Edgar Cox to
go round to the other side of the wheel, which he
did. I went round and looked into the cockpit, and
obeerved nothing at all. After that my father oune
out and examined the wheel, and we found one of
the stays of the buckets broken and protuding
through the wheel. Mr. Champion looked at it, and
we found we could not do anything, and we sent itn.
mediately for the millwright. We then went into
the house, intending to leave the matter till this
morning; we all went to tea, but I did not sit down,
but went round the street and in the street I met
Edgar Cox, and he asked in. if William was in our
house, for I had asked him that night to drink tea
with us. I had my suspicions there wee something
wrong; and I said, "I dont believe he is, but I sup-
pose he has gone home to dress." This was about
an hour and a half after the wheel stopped. I then
went into the house and Galled out my brother, inti.
mating my suspicions, upon which they went out to
examine the wheel, and after some time they found
there was a body under it. I then went into the
house.

Edgar Cox, brother to the deceased, William
Henry Cox, deposed that he was playing with him
and Richard gwatridge yesterday evening about 5
o'clock, when his brother gave R. Swatridga a push
and ran away. Directly afterwards he heard the
wheel crash he went round to the other side of the
wheel, but could see nothing he then went home.
Mell Champion, a builder, said he was at Mr.
Swatridgo's yesterday afternoon and examined the
wheel, which was stopped by something, but he did
not know what. He made an examination after.
wards, when be found there was some soft substance
as that of the clothing of* human body, and he &her'
wards satisfied himself there was a body there. He
waa present when the wheel was turned and the body
taken out, _

li7beWidarsh Randall, surgeon, of Maiden New
ton, said that yesterday evenrag, About haltpast ix
ore quarter to seven, he went to the mill of Mr.
fiwatridge, and the wheel being turned the body of
the doomed was brought into view. He took it up
and examined it, and lad it removed to the mill.
The body was in an extremely mutilated state i the

right leg 'and portion of the drawers were owol.
plotaly soveniilJust below the knee•Joilit the integu•
inside Anil part of the inusoular portion of the thigh
were oleo attached to I. Every portion of the skull
woe fraotured into minute swill bits The left leg
and both arms were also fractured, His death mud
have been instantaneous, I recognised the body as
that of William H. Cox.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally
killed by Ming between a water.whoel and a
hatub."