The Weekly Gazette for Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Cleveland District. — 1880-08-14 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION THE FUNERAL. Being dissatisfied with the inquest, at no cause of death was stated, the of the deceased gentleman resolved the funeral should not take place without -4 being made to learn the reason of The funeral was fixed for four  o'clock on Sunday afternoon, unreasonably early, F eemg that Mr Draudt only died the day before. Many of his friends will have learnt this with regret, as they would have liked to have paid a 16,st tribute . .  _ of respect by fnilowing his remains to the grave It was, however, deemed advisable to bury the body on Sunday, but not until a post-mortem had been made. Mr Baselow, Mr Theodore Hornung, and several other friends represented to Dr. Walker, who had attended the deceased, that they were not at all satisfied with the inquest. The jury had returned a verdict of death from natural causes without having any evidence to that effect. The only medical evidence they had was that death might have been natural or unnatural; or deceased might have been murdered, or he might not have been murdered. No one supposed foul play had taken place. but there were ugly stories afloat as to a " row " having taken place early on Saturday morning, and it was only right these should be set at rest and the cause of death ascertained. A number of gentlemen from Middlesbrough arrived in Redcar at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and about half a dozen of them, including Dr. Walker, called on Dr. McKinley and expressed themselves strongly in favour of a post morterti. Pr. McKinley said that he agreed with them, and thought the jury ought to have ordered such an examination, as without it he could not state the cause of death. Both Dr. Walker and Dr. McKinley s t once went to the Red Lion Hotel, where the corpse was lying in the coffin awaiting burial, and held a post-mortem examination. At the expiration of a couple of hours Dr. Walker informed the anxious and enquiring friends that death had arisen from inflammation of the kidneys and urasmio poisoning. For some time y rior to death deceased must have suffered from inflammation of the kidneys, though he thought it was something else. The kidneys gradually be. came useless, and the urte which they should have excreted got into the blond, poisoned it, congested the lungs, and produced a kind of apoplexy. It is probable that for a few moments deceased lost consciousness when he staggered and fell down stairs in the Exchange. The doctors are dubious in believing he was dead when found by the policeman. If he were not, putting him on a hand-cart aggravated his case. The heart was the healthiest organ in the body. The funeral procession started from the Red Lion at a quarter-past four. The coffin, which was drawn in a hearse, was of polished oak, with brass mountings. On the breast plate was—" Frederick Draudt, died August 7th, 1880, aged 33 years." Among those who followed were:—Mr Henry Baselow, Mr Theo. Hornung, Mr Dyckeroff, Mr T. W. Stevenson, Mr T, C. Davison, Mr J. V. Cooper, Mr T. F. Ward, Mr Councillor Collingwood, Mr Councillor J. A. Jones, Messrs Lee, Watteu, Paula, Wintersohladen, ' Jteger, Oberman, Horden, Rounebeck, Hogg, Forsyth, Robson, T. 'meson, Nelson, Albrecht, &c. The ooffin lid was covered with wreaths and a cross of choice hot-house flowers, silent and loving offerings from Mr Baselow, Mr Theo. Hornung, Mr and Miss Nelson, Mrs Howcroft, and Miss Pringle. The beautiful burial service of the Church of England was impressively read by the Rev. A. T. Wheeler in the Cemetery Chapel and at the grave. Rain fell in torrents, and there was a heavy thunderstorm, lasting from the time of leaving the hotel until after the service.  Mee& that the edart