The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-18 00:00:00

HiBSTON.

FOCND Suodey evening the body of
Howard Cold.* sac found ii. en old bou.e belongii.g
to the femilY. 1 hthugh fetidly dittpuim the r of of
the ii. u e bed been take. off, and the door and w Jo& w•
taken out sod b•ocked up, but. as he claimed p...--
pion
to, I 'mull avd father, he atili defied hi. enemies.
The body eras taken to lb. Gioia leo, Remit. a, to
await an inqueiL—The i goal. on the bo. y Mae held
n Tuetday U 1 tie t.O.ontr for Wareham and les of
Purba k. whet. the foi ion log Were suionioned 1.. atta d
on the jury :—/Idessie illoorge Emil h, Robert Hardy,
Wiliiem lo•rweli, Wsli,aw Ejer., Edmund Woodrow,
George limbo., E 'win 0.,u iney. Wit tam Linoing-
too, Giouge Wilii.us Cour, mi.
Frederick Bills t, sod Taylor. Sir. Will, m
Eyere was chosen ler. ma.a. klaisoah :Mickley
(sworn) geld I knew WM d,-ceased, and saw
him slice ou Saturday night. He came into toy
house retweea ume aol ten p.m., awl itajeo there
tall quarter hat eleren ;he swell Le was add, ••no hie
h. al pained hm. He U •u•Lt • cak• and.. i•oon I ot
coroed beef. I told hdzi to go in th,, mbar
tbe fire awl 01•1111 nim-0.1, rod eat big •upper. He
did. and, ailln • b •of 11116.01 1,6 h.. we •o fie lea
b.t.r. ite bad •taii io .4- f‘orote. tol : house.
ahoch a.. ate t ot me he we. g••iug
theftslo U sap that slight. He is .iti be ..01 been
aubjeot U. fit. tor over 20 j ems. H.- aisited for G&1011.0,
but 1 told bem I 40.0 r. awl ff ed him a temp.
Ho did not lake it, but ...id hit would go up In the ,
dark ;i,. noUt.i find hi. way. I haste known bins for
18 years, and his 11.01 wee &bout 41. He we. qud• ,
...awe when 11,- I,l‘ mos ki• paid for what li• ha l.
—Thomas Seym.,ur, .-f Hoi•ton, stone niaasa
(*wort.) said: I have seen the body, mid ideutified it
as th- body of Collin... I here know. him well for
over 80 yews. I fuand the body ou Suoday,
five p.m., at hie house in iliolootieet. He wee lying
on Me face. I put my Mimi under hoe
and he telt warm, but stiff. There wee • little I
blood o toung frsin id. mouth and now ; he
was kaiakel ab at, and big bead was lying under this
door that Wll4 ploCod aituu.tt the well. itaike were
on tn. 8 or, sa if he ha • ktiocke I himeelt +Mout.
knew he bail been •übje, t to fit-, but 00V0r sew him
in •de. Tbe house hal uo to-t 00 0, but he ittes lying
n• he fir t fl.our with the c aliog o cchim. La.. -as
host •b-at • ...k or • • so; b. WV. btoell c twos from
hi. ark. H.- mewed au tight then. H. .11/ 0
cu, arid to the weather ; the wind...te and .10.. r we. I
pulls I ••ut and blocked up situ ethos, —Mr. God...
Delemottis, eurgo.u, of. SW•uage.seid : I weal
celled ou dun lay at hen-pest bee to ..es dimmused. and
w.-nt to his bourne. I (mud deoeased lying dressed on
the floor on hie face. I examine I him, and found
him quite dead ; should think he bed been dead about
five or ea hours. He appeared much swollen shout
the bead and face ; there were no wounds, but •
fvskt ire of the skull. He as., subject to fits ; bad
sect him in toree ; there was w.•• 1 in the reput ; if be
fell on one • I thows pieces it would have been eufficiet•t
t • have c.used the iojuriee. In epile,tic fits he was ,
line • /12111mau ; q.site . mthisa when iii be for hours.
Toe frecttire woe, us my opinidu, the immediate chows
of death, (lauded by failing whilst iu the fit. I h•ve
sem fire six men bolding him when in • fit. His
age wits about 40.—P.C. Griseastock having given
evidence, the jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the medical evidence.