Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-06-14 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ANOTHER TEES MYSTERY.  On Thursday evening the body Of steelworker named Michael Feeney, of Carlton-street, Stoett who mysteriously disappeared four months ago, was found in the Tees at Stockton, shockingly decomposed. Feeney was a man of about 35 and was earning excellent wages at the Moor Steel Works. About one o'clock on the morning of February 16 (fl.panday) be left the Plicenix Inn, Mill-street, in company with James Powell and Elias Jones. Those two parted with him near his home, and he was not, again seen alive, as far as is known. Carlten-street is nowhere near the river, and his die- 1 appearance was always regarded by the police as very mysterious. The body was found on Thursday 1 evening near the ferry-lauding by Robert Mitchell, 1 having evidently been brought to the surface by some disturbance of the water. Deceased's watch and chain and 1.1 13s lid in money were on the body. The watch had stopped at 2.30. Deceased' was married, but without family. When he left the Phcenix Inn he had a small bottle of brandy in his pocket, which, the landlord explained, had been supplied on the pretext that Feeney's wife was ill. This bottle was still in his pocket when the body was found.—Mr Coroner Settle held the inquest yesterday at the Police Court. The body of the deceased was lying in the mortuary, in a fearfully decomposed stato.—Deceased's widow, ELzabeth Feeney (who is now living at Spennymoor), although quite hysterical with grief, and needing to be supported, gave evidence of identification. She recognised, too, a silver watch and gold albert, gold pin, purse, tobacco pouch, and silk handkerchief found on the body. The purse contained £.l 13s 11d. The watch had stopped at about , 2.35. Witness last saw deceased alive about 6.30 ' on Saturday night, February 15.—Jauaes Powell, contractor at the Moor Steel Works, deposed that he and Elias Jones parted with the deceased at the door of the Phcenix Inn, Mill-street, about 12.35 on the night in question. Deceased was then quite capable of taking care of himself and in a perfectly good humour, and he made no particular remark when they parted. Replying to Inspector Gould, witness said the landlord of the house was tined for allowing them to be on the premises during prohibited hours Deceased's house was only a short distance from the Plicenix His way home lay in the same direction that witness and Jones went, but he did not go with them. Witness could not say why he did not.—Evidence of finding the body was given by Robert Mitchell, ferryman. It was floating with the ebb tide.— Inspector Gould spotre to searching the body and finding the articles enumerated. There wete • kid glove on one hand; the other had dropped off when the body was taken front the river.—lt was shown that deceased frequently wore kid gloves—The jury gave a verdict of Found dead in the River Tees, there being no.eyidenee to show how deceased came there."  At Boston, U.S., Mrs SUM] Ney, wishing to poison her husband, made two glasses of lemonade, putting strychnine in his. The tumblers got mixed by accident, and the would-be murderess drank the potic and died in great agony while confessing.