Widnes Examiner. — 1898-09-23 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

FRODSHANE.  ahmelir an inquiry npem A MAN FOUND DEAD IN STNArGhOuGrBU4 yeers of age, brickWm E 0 rLULItAiz ih re. JP o.of el i v r.c Be aCi toi eau, ar C,GlFar ror onndee srr b: 6 4 the body layer, of ToWnfield-lane, Frodellam, who was found drowned in a well on the previous 'rues lay.— Sergeant Clays represented the police. io opening the case the Coroner said that from the sowage works at Five Ole:isles. On Tuesday facts it would appear that this man had beea engaged ulapsotnhe was told by the foreman that be would not be required any longer. He returned borne and complained to tiis wife that the contractor considered his we-A incompetent and that he was gaing to see Mr. DsviL‘S and try to get work wi h hire. Shirtly afterwards he was seen going in the direction of " Synagogue 'r Well ; whe.e he was ulcdnately fnaud by a marl named Robinsea, dead in the well. 01 LW, face of it, the task of the jury would be to decide wheih.ir it was a case of suicide or not. bar w sriinanisa yeGaarrasere: wife of the decoesel, said her husband f age. On Tuesday in irning he complained to her at them finding fault wit i hie work. Be teen left the house in good spirits, telling her teat he was going to try and get a job at ;dr. Dives'. 611 a ' did not eee ner husb ind alive a4ain,bat never suspected ; that he as going to cad his life, as he never said anything suggestive ot sucii a course during Ms lifetime. John TeyJor, labourer, Maliestreet,Frodsham, testified to geeing the dtceased going in tee direction of Synagogue Well. Witness wno was only about 100 yards away noticed that the deceased carried no can or veseel and had not the appearance of being on the way to the Well to fetch water. Tile well was a public cn-,end was a di ep one. It was quite possible for him to get a drink at tee well by stooping a little. William Robinson, Kingsley, said on Tue:dty be went to Synagcgue Well for a drink, abous nom, and found a man inside, in an upright positiin, as if he had gano irs feet first, but the min was completely covered with water. He then went and told the police.—By the Coroner. There was no can or vessel of any son in the viciniey of the Well, and no clothinz except the man's cap. He had net teen the man before. Mr. William Diggle, surveyor, tden stated that the deceased man Garner, was employed by the contractor upon the sewage works at Five Ceoises as a brick. layer and had to construct the manholes. lairnediatAy be commenc.d the work, witness found that 110 was building the manholes in an uncycekminlike manntr, and consequently he wrote to Mr. Bennie on the 13th of September calling his attention to the fact. On the following morning Mr. Bennie came down and they had an itterview, whoa Mr. Bennie said he was going to I etop ttie man. Witness then said " give him a further trial' and he (Mr. Diggle) would try and devote a little  more time to supervising hint. This was dine but subsequently i was fauna necessary 'to diipinsj with Garner' services. The Coroner, in summirising, It seems a question of whether this man fell into the water, or did he ess; himself iato it. Toe evidence semi to point to saicide ; but, unless yoa are Tette satisfied teat it is and as as t lereio a tern Elsalle dolt,: as he miy hive gone th-re for the purpose of getting a drink,like the witness RebinEoe, they coil] bring is an open verdict. After a few minutes deliberatton, the jury, or. which Mr. Thomas Fletcher was foreman, brought in a verdict of "Found drowned,"aiding that there was no evidence to show how deceased got iat o tie well.