The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-09-11 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

FATAL OCCURRICICCZ AT • BAZWIRY. —A MAN DROWNED. —Oll Wedneeday morning the 3rd inst., great excitement was crested in the vicinity of Mears. Reid and Co.'s brewery, Liquorpond-street, in consequence of a report that • man, named Robert Staines, had been found drowned in one of the immense vats. It appears that Staines bad been missing from his work since Monday. One of the workmen in cleaning • large tank used in the proms of brewery, and which was being purified with lime liquor, struck his rake against • large and soft substance at the bottom of the vessel. Finding it too heavy to get out assistance was procured, and the body of the miming man was discovered. How the unfortunate man got into the tank cannot be explained, as he -had no business in that part of the premises. He had been in the employ of Messrs. Reid for upwards of twenty years, and has left a widow and two children.  811101 Di 07 ITO COLNZ Merantairs.—At an early hour on Saturday morning, Walker Moore, upon whom sentence of death was permed at the late Lancer amines, for the murder of his wife at Colse in April last, committed suicide in Lancaster Cards. The murder, it will be recollected, was committed with great coolness and determination, and the prisoner, during his trial and at the time sentence of death was passed upon him, showed no .Ig.. whatever of compunction, and heard his fate pronounced with the utmost composure and hardihood. Saturday was the day fixed upon for his execution. After Moore received his sentence, and when removed from the court, ha did not seem to core the least about kis impending fate— indeed, he laughed and at times joked; sod it was thought by many that the jealous passion to which he had given way when he eut his wife's throat would buoy , him up, and delude him to the end. At the beginning of last week, however, a consciousness of his sad career began to show itself, and Moors more than once regretted deeply what he had done, and devoted him time to religion. On Friday night Caleraft arrived In Lancaster and the gallows was erected at the northwestern side of the math, ready for the business of the following day. On Saturday morning, at six o'clock, Moore awoke after pawing a tolerable night. Shortly afterwards be went to the water-closet, where, strange to say, it seems he was allowed to go alone. As, however, he did not make his appearance again in • reasonable time, one of theAurnkeys who had been in charge of him went to the closet, and there to his horror, found Moore lying with his bead in the pan quite dead. He had evidently first Inserted his bead into the closet, and than with one hand opened the water valve. Moore up to that time bad been regularly attended by two gaol olacish, and why they permitted him to go alone to the closet is • mystery. Their conduct will form the subject of a magisterial inquiry, Moore, if he tad not than put an end to his life, would have received the sacrament at eight on Saturday morning, and have been hanged at noon. A large number of persons had arrived in Lancaster, in anticipation of the execution, before the suicide became known, and in consequence of the event both they and Werth were deprived of the horrible mane of a public strangulation.