Widnes Examiner. — 1880-11-06 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

STRANGE SUICIDE OF A WARRINGTON YOUNG MAN. THE INQUEST. it the White Hart Inn, Sankey-Street, on WedneednY afternoon lest, Mr.C. E. Driffiald,the county coroner, opened an inquest OW the body of George Jobe Dean, 21 years of age, who died at the Warrington Infirmary, on the let of November, from inguriee inflicted with a revolver. Mr. U. Elinston acted as foreman of Ole jury. The first witnesa called was: Edmund Hughes, 41, Winwick-street, foreman porter at the Central Station, said be was on the platform when the 6-60 train, on the 26tb ult., arrived from Manchester. Ile ear, the deceaaed turning the handle of a third-elass compartment, previoue to getting out of the train. He wart smoking at the time and got out himself, when witness saw a wound on the right aide of the temple, from which Mood wait dropping. Wilmette thought be saw hint place a revolver in his side pocket as he was coming out, and said to him.. What have you been doing S Have you alma yourself 1" and he replied, 'Ye,.' It. was then handed over to Inspector Thompson. There watt blood on the tloor of the , vgriage. Inspector Thompson, of 30, Hopwood-etreet, Warrington, said hewas an inspector at theWarringtou Cemral Station. On Tuesday evening, the 26th ult., he received the 6-50p.m. express from Manchester, when his attention wee called by the last whores to the deceased. He was walking along the: platform, bleeding from a wound in the right temple. Witness heard Hughes ask the deceased if he had shot himself, and he replica yes. Witness saw decesteed'e hand in his pocket, and pulling it oat found that he was clutching a : revelver,•everal of the chambers of which were loaded. Its also took out from him pocket a box containing slumber of pistol cartridges. Witness then rent for a polieernan, and took the deceased in his office when he was asked what he had done it for. Deceased maid he had been on the racecourse, adding that he shot deliberately to kill himself. Alfred Cokely, a constable, said he was on duty at Bewsey road end, when • porter from the station said that hie services were wanted at the Central Station. Wilneas proceeded there and found the deceased In the office of Mr. Thompson bleeding freely from a wound in the right temple.. To hie questions the deceased replied that be shot at himself with a revolver as he was coming from Manchester to War-1 rington. Witness searched him and found two small ; memorandum books in his pocket containing a number of I entries of bete apparently of horse races. H,. asked him if be had been betting heavily on tile" Cambridge," and he raid, "I have a little." Witnees aleo saked him if he Was led to attempt to commit suiaide by anything relating to hie duties, and he said, No, its something worse than In one of his coat pockets he had a nnmber of cartridges. He woe then taken to the infirmary, the deceased walking all the way. Charles E. Richmond, house surgeon at the Warrington Infirmary, said that a little after seven o'clock on the 26th ult. the ;leceased was brought to the infirmary. He hull thorn a bullet wound ia his right temple. In reply to queelions, he said he was • telegraph clerk and lived in Cairo-st. He mid he had shot at himself with intent to kill, and the first ,hot had gone onto! the window. The brain was extensively injured, and on there mortre examination being made witness found a bullet lodging in the left half of the brain, front which death had resulted. It was marvellous how he had lived as long as he did. Witness questioned him on several occasions as to the reason why he shot himself, hut could gain no satisfactory reply. E. B. Bowser, the master of the Warrington Post Office, and the deceased had been employed for the last five years in the telegraphic department. Ile was always steady and well-conducted, and his attempting to commit suicide was not on account of anything connected with the office, as he had no connection with mosey matters. The Coroner said he had no hesitation in cooing that tbe deceased died from wounds inflicted by himself. Yet they had no evidence of sanity or insanity, and lathe absence of such he ehould direct the jury to bring in an open verdict. 'The jury, therefore, upon that recommendation, brought in a verdict that the deceased died (roma pistol shot inflicted by himself, but there was no evidence to show what state of tninti hewn. in at tbe time.  PERSONATIoN AT