The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1901-06-08 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

DISAPPEARANCE OP A TRANMERE GENTLEMAN.  INQUEST ON THE Dom  Aa reported in Wedtreaday's eke. tba "Newe," the body of Mr. W. R. thaw,* WILE; found in the Morpeth Dock day evening. It will be remembered that the deeetaed gentleman had an attack ce influenza about seve.n mouth/. tlito. It rim not thought to be v..ry serious then, hir. turned to insomnia, with the ensereaaing solt that he commaittNl suicide i,y s'amaile himself. He had probably fallen in thedoc, after shooting himself, for the post.izort.,, examination proved he was ;44—`03 reaching the water.  The inquest wws held bafere M... Holden, the borongh coroner. es afternoon. •..ay Mi. holden st:id William Henry Itutt.eq, lived at Whitfield-street. in Traohere. „ the circuzw,tancea connected with the ;s4 were probably known to nearly_all men. It would appear that Mr. P.ttfa,l; bad been suffering Dem iIISOMUII6 or siderable time, and bad had pra.r.t.eady-, sleep for many w,eks paw. He have got up about five o'clock ezi T'te May without the kubwled2e of the house where he rec.ded. in the neighbourhood of Niorpf.t., half-past five that lour by in the borough foroe, staading rat ocificeM°rrPelietmilorj°C.llllted6. hrs'hbeicyen hr. anstr.Ohe'2l447::',! over one of the bridges. The not attach much importance ro. IT, ledge's action, there beiug not.r.tv Mous about them. Subsequently :Ls was found iculaing against the .1, On Tuesday the body was foitu.l man in the Morpeth Dock. It a,„ to the tuortual^i. A builet viss head, and sim ball cartridges it ' of the deceased man's clothes, . description to the other one. fie thought the jury would find deuce to prove that the &res.., of unsound mind a.. the in..•:. death. After the juiv had view,il 1.. evidence waa heard.  _ Dr. Preece, police suraet4... -ing made a postmortein exarin body. It was in • re ,T ton. On the right ehle et large lacerated wound, about a-crown. The bullet had g.%. the brain, an.d. death had • . .  ous. The right hanJwe, were grasping the stock 42" a !. was due to hemorrhage of zh. • Isaac Rontledge, of 2s, 'bV;, Tranmere, brother of the dcc,.i. formal evidence of . _ . .  3,Lies Annie Routledge, •-•. Wiatfy.:tl. street, said that hot brother, man, had lived with kr. in ueiemi ta he had an attack of innuenzs. tis-h his health consideralily. 1.4, to the fed ef March he followed hi wo. het 'bat time he had not gone to hie eiuploymcn: at all. He suffered very umeh' from ii-mnia consequent upon the imiuenza. threatened to take 4:1 11.0. bit ra., re:y  despondent in his manner. She saw on -soturday evening, May 25tii, &yet. i• past eleven. Be seetaA fairy well. :is went to his room next ntor.uic, virr nine o'clock. She found tee %via sal empty, and his bicycle has gone. did not think much about it ti.e taut, believing that her brother boi gone set xr a ride. Later on, however, the rasa .w tion to the police al his disappeatua,. P.C. 10 iDaviesl said that ii? rata dety in the neighbourhood of Murpsti the 25th inst. He went ou •le:y the eight before at ten o'clock, and ses r..;•.-.  _ six in the morning. About niv c.c.ca ha saw the deceased man (shwa tu, eight) going down oue of the st -tria leading to the Morpeth Doe rail. Pow, ledge looked up and saw Lim. ths: up the steps, got his bicycle, ask: 1.4: sorts the bridge which leads to the Walls,ey ages. There was nothing strange sts,ut ..s manner, and neithn witness nor itentilcge spoke to one another. David Wardle, mate on toird Early. and resident in Lanbridze, deposed to having seen the body toating the Morpeth Dock. Re attached . it, and it was afterwards conveyed mortuary.  P.C. 4Alsopl said that at tivo put ten he was informad that the Way la floating in the water. With assistaa:tis got it out, and conveyed it to the morma:v. There was a hole in the rhtetemple. h the pockets Were six , e 7.1 money, and some letters. e wai6 vii stopped at 5-42. The jury returned a verdict of su.cida tempoisrilT insane.