Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1905-07-14 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

THE INQUEST.  The inquest was held at the Royal riotel, Bownens, on Monday afternoon, before Mr. J. B. Wilson, Coroner. Mr. James; Dewhirst, of Bradford, YorkAire, manufacturer, identified the body as that of Percy Dewhirst, his MOIL Dt.enasol was an electrical engineer, and resided at Birley Street, Blackpool. He was 35 yearn of age. Witness last saw Lim on the Monday before Whit-Monday, at Bowncas. He then said he felt rather run down, and the doctor thought it would do hint good tonpend the weekend at Windermere. Witnens put in a letter which the &vaned had written to his mother, in which he spoke of being at Winderni.‘re and hiri intention to visit them. Within: knew of no circumstances likely to VaAINO the deceased to commit suicide: there wan nothing in bin pecuniary circumstances to cause him to do no.  Joseph Saul, boatman at the Ferry Hotel, deposed that deceased was staying at the Ferry Hotel, Windermere, during the week.end of the 25th June. He arrived on the 24th. Ho slept out at the Ferry Nab, on the opposite (Westmorland) side of the lake. On Sunday morning, the 25th, deceased had a boat out on the hike, going out at 10 o'elock and returning at 1 p.m. He again went out. after four o'iskok, and came in at seven. He went out again at ten minutes past nine, amil never returned. Ho seemed slistreassd awl melancholy all day. He never spoke. When he came in at 7 o'clock, he asked witness if he could have the Ramo boat, " Minnie," for half an hour after dinner. That was all he said. When he went out the hest time, he shinned dull, and witness watched him. He saw witneas watching and threw down his head. Deceased was a gocel sculler, and witness watched him go round the Ferry and in the direction of the place where the body was found. Re watched him nearly to Ramp Holme. They expected deceased back in time to cross to Ferry Nab. He never gave witness a chance to get into oonversition with him, or to see his face. Deceased was a stranger to him. He was sitting in the boat when he sculksi away. From the appearance of deceased's hack, witness thought deceased had been lying on his back on the grass the whole of the day when he was away from the ferry,. in the sun.  "leoerated's father, re-called, said his son was very rea-retsl. Though he had been in business for himself over 14 years, he never explained his tasition to witness, or consulted him or said anything of his work. The servant (list witness) would be the last person for deeeneetl to speak to. He wa, kind to them, but would make no observation to them. That was his manner.  Louis Herbert ,photographer, Bowne,a, said he wan on the lake on the Sunday named, June 25th, and found the boat " Minnie No. It "drifting It was a single /run boat. The boat had nortainly not been upset. The oars were pot in neatly, as n person not used to a boat would place them. They were not pat where witness would have put them. A person could have jumped out without unsettling the boat. He found the boat between a quarter and twenty pant ten, below Lingholme, near the centre of the lake, , about 100 or 150 yards from the island. They took the boat to where they landed their own boats, and took it to the Ferry next morning. There was nothing left in the boat. The butt ends of the oars, were in the li' at, and the blades were projecting over the boat, not on the pins. !Naar Thompiirm, joiner, flowneiss, said he wan out dragging on the previous day (Sunday) in marsh of the body of the deceased. There were four on the steamer. They were about 250 yards above Liugholme, in the direction of Storrs, when they found the body in 60ft, of water. The body was removed to where the jury had ran it.. _ .  P.C. Forsyth, M reply to the jury, said the watch of &rens.] wa.s Mopped at ten minute. past twelve. P.C. Forsyth deposed that he examined the bcdy of the deceased, and found no marlor on it, except drag marks—on the 'hands and lip. The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned."  The funeral will take plaoe at Bmrnene The funeral t,ok plaro at BOW IlefiS on Tuesday afternoon.  LTOWIvE S " ThnPILLS "TO OE AI 0 °PALI arvesnav awes . 01f460! SEA T ANYIMPE car maw IZMIR PHIS SI EZTOWIn I C116.1011CM7111 NOI7IIWASII