Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1885-03-21 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ADOLF SKROHOFSKY, THE INQUEST.  . . The inquiry, touching the death of Adolf. Skrollofsky, was held at the King's Head Jun,. Dobcross, on Tuesday afternoon. .before .Mr Bsratow, coroner. The first witness, „. I William Woodhead, ssid : I reside at Gatehead I Farm, near Delph... Deceesed bed :lodged at any, house for the last two years. About 330 on Sunday afternoon nay wife told 111 e she heard a • noise. upstairs, and asked me to go and listen. ' did so, and beard a kind of moan. Knowing my ,1 lodger was inclined to the Romeo Catholic to. ligion, I jocularly a i "Oa, it only Siiroboteky saying his prayers. ' Not feelieg satisfied, iq a few minutes I went tipsinirs, and korteked it the ; door of the room occult, ..1 by BM Ll•n-ased. ReI ceiving no .newer, and finding it fist, T'went out side and got Li !add,. cud itirmigh t window. From whet I a tv I askel guy ueigt,bong., William Bendier& to go Unleash the Min dOW and unrest •u the door, cud let me is. This being done, I entered, awl found the deceased stretched on the bot frothing at the mouth. On • chair by the bedeide ease glass. It had a tooth brush in it, the wrong way up, as though it had been used for milingeomething. There was also • bottle ne Cr committing a little brandy. I was in the company of the deceased part of Sunday forenoon, and saw nothing uncaual in him. Ile was writing Fist before dinner. I don't kuow whether he was writing the lettirs produced, as I took very little notice. Mr wife, who was pre paring dinner, requested us to go iuto the parlour a little until it was ready, and we did so. After dinner I. went into the sitting room, awl Skrobofsky came after. He made • coup!e of cigarette', and smoked one anti gave see the other. He remained with me until about ten gnittatom past two, mid dm Waint out. 1 bad ow  dee where he had gone until my wife drew my attention to the noise in his route. I saw him every day. lie was naturally of an excitable temperament. I saw nothing different from usual M him except that he appeared a little excited since a couverattion which he had ha.l with Mr. Shaw, at the office, in the mid Ile of last week. I have never seen deceased have isny liquor at home except that I saw in his room on Sunday. In conversation, some time since, I heard him any in a joking manner, that lie knew how to make sway with himself at the easiest possible way. This was after a coeval-946mi he hal had with Dr. Rarneden, several months ago. From remarks which lie made, I helimve he had poison in his possyssiou at the time. aueased was 29 last birthday, and we a foreign corrermondent for Messrs. Joseph Shaw end Coo Delph• Da left behind, on the drea.ing-table, a note which all, died with fall senses, knowiug what I was do iug. GA help Inn. Ti Hid mercy I recommeud my soul. Pray for ut-t and forgive me.—Yours, A DOLIP SILIt..ROYAKY " d was lainpertain its his lodate, ho WA+ well educated, and knew English, French, Gertund, and ltaliah."  Jl/11Apli Shaw said : I am managing director of Abe firm with which the degmsed cam engaged. Doceased hod n.t had notice to lesve, lint 1 had Auld him to look out for soother place, end thou gnu. notice to the secretary, because of his negli gouce. Deceased's mother lived at Bosun, in Adheinid LI, hid an uncle in Denton named tAiphitrd,Ptuiner, and and-her that re,idod oi laythaw. Ile hod bees at btoping Mills over two genre; and was enga.,ed there up to Lie death It was on Thursday last I told him to Ickik ow Ld.consed hod aeveral tin: 5 egproAsed against guiug hick to Aiddria. L spike with him 141 Siturday. and ho appeared to b 0 all vigil, and of di HJUiI I mud.  D". 1k insden said: I saw decoaled about-4.45 ah Sunday afternoon last, He was Icing on his bed, sod perfectly insensible.. Ho exhibited symptoms of poisoning by prussic acid. Prussic acid, in this country, wit acidly sold in blue b mine, bat the bottle from which deceased had taken the fatal era* a white one, without shy label. The bottle wee broken to pieces. This tMeithel to liens been dune by the dece unhl with pair of scio.oro, becaum th 3 stopper w fast. In a, tuaOlos, by the bedide. woe a mixture of brandy anal pi Lassie acid. I was with hint nearly the whale time till lie died. On the Friday night previrfus I travelled with hint from Stalybridge to Saddlewortb, and we lied • loug convert' ition. lie appeared in his right mind then. Prussic acid win a quick poison. The reason deceased survived several hours was because of the goal dinner he had eaten and the brandy acting as an antidote. On two OCCliiiollB be appeared to be gettiog batter, and once, •116.1 he recognised me, tie said, "No uee, Dr. Ramadan ; no use." The Coroner reviewed the evidence, and said there was no proof whatever that the deceased was of unsound mind. He would leave the mat• ter with the jury. After name dtocussiion a verdict of felo de se was • returned.