The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-11 00:00:00

DEATH OP MAR WOOD.

The death of Harwood, be common hangmen, took I
place at two o'clock on Tueslay. and terminated • some-
what remarkable career. fie had held the Aire for some-
thing lito twelve yous, his first engagement being at
Liao 4n in Hill, and be I it about • fortnight ago in
London. %lin, ii to w. ..pp i..ted to the ;sat he was
or 31111 iliaC In ksep Dll the fact from ths
knowledge of his neighbour., but when it became known,
his pros-nos in the utile town of Hormiastle was not
appreeleted. and he wee continually booted at and hissed.
Tale practice gra lually ernre if. and when not engaged
on his prufesi mal duties, or " on circuit "—as he cad to
term it—he srent in and out as an ordinary mortal,
and biomass time was occupied as a cobbler in • little
shop doss to the pariah church. He took much pride in
the manner in which be performed his executions, and
was weary of recounting hi. experiences and of
speaking of the KKKKK improvement of the long drop over
all other syreres previously adopted in Ibis country or
hiewhere. He had amassed • fair amount of property,

having sever-a-c
Magee of hia use, besides several other
investment..—a marked cnitrest tibia former days, when
be tel a most penurious life. Ho had for some time past
c attracted rather dies Ala° habits, and this circumstance
eggravatert his illness. and without doubt heatmed hie
death. He leaves • widow, but no son, the statements
made from time t • time tat he was •CCOM pat. ia d by hi"
eon being incorrect. Nothing in known in Horricest • as
to Harwood's succees ; but the inhabitants unanimoualy
hope be will not 'veld* there.
An inquest on the body of William Harwood took Km*
at norm:agile on Thursday aft •rnoon before lir .13harp1e1.
district coroner, who, in his opening remarks, referred to
the unusual circumstances or the case. The death had
not been unexpectwl, and two medical men had been in
attendance on the deceased for emits days prior to death.
He had rec-ived a communication from the Chief of the
County Police informing him of certain vague rumours
that were afloat t i the effect that the Irish Invincible*
were in some way connected with** matter. Under these
circumstances he thought it desirable that the true fiche
should be made public, ard the cause of death made
known. The Jury having viewed the body, Sarsh Hood
was called. She hod been in regular attendance on
since the previous Thursday, during which time he bad
been eeriously 111. Or. Haddon had attended him regu-
larly since then. It never entered into witness's mind
that 'moiling of an unfair kind had been administered.
and so far as her knowledge went nothing of the
kind had occurred. She had heard of the rumours.
but she did not believe there was any foundation
for them. Mrs. Harwood, wife of deceased, said
Harwood went to Lincoln on Friday weak, and he had
never been well sinew She silted deceased on Sunday if
anything of an injurious kind bed been given to him, and
.
he said 'No," and made light of the matter. She did
not believe he had received any threatening letters since
the one published • year &du He had no fiat Or expecta-
tion of violence at the hands of the Irish. Dr. Haddon
deposed that he bad lived at Homemade eleven years, and
bpi attended deceased from August 30th till the day of
his death. lie suffered from congestion of the lenge when
first he saw him. The symptoms were more of • gastric
nature, and jaundice set in afterwards. He was prepared
to give a certificate of death from pneumonia. Kr. Jailer&
surgeon, had made • poet mortem examination, and wee
of opinion that death resulted from acute pneumonia,
accelerated by the diseased condition of the liver and
kidney', and that no evidence existed of death from any
other than natural causes. Verdict accordingly. Mar.
wood was afterwards interred in the Trinity churchyard.