Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1866-05-04 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ATTEMPTED PRIZE FIGHT.—On Tueiday, at the y„te, petty sesames, hetbre Mr T. W. Wally and Capt. E. U. Walely, Thos. Brady and Paul Dillon. Irish furnacernen, were charged with being drunk and fighting at South Stockton on Sunday night. Sergeant Wilson and P.C. Stainsby ha I theie attention drawn to a crowd of people at the end of Darlington-stieet, when the people were le tering church. There were between 30 and 400 persons pn-seut. and the combatants were in a state of nudity, except the belt won on such occasions. They had their seconds, and the police were inf Trued that the fight we, for 1 eshle, The police proceeded to apprehend the tiers, when R. C lw,ty, Dillon's second, set upon P.C. Stainsby and assaul,ed him severely. On being brought up, each of the coenbatents was fined £l, and Colway 30s tor the respective charges.  INQuEsT —An inquest was held at the Windmill Inn on Friday lak. before J. C. Soryerby, Bag., coroner, touching the death of a man unknown, who was fund hanging to a tree in !Wandale Bottoms. It was oepo,e.l by John Barker that he was taking a walk on Weoneaday night, and saw the body suspended from the limb of a tee about seven o'clock. He gave an alarm, aod several men came and cut the body down. It was dead and cold. The tree was about thirty yards from the road, and could not be seen from the road. He had hanged himself with a silk handkerchief. He was dressed in a  ark pu tci tii suit 7 liii Cup awl stick were lying at the  f iot of the tree. About 150 yards from the tree where he was hanging there was a bracer hanging from the limb of a tree which was broken. He did not know the in.tn.— Sergeant Wibion said when he saw the body it was lying in the field where it had been taken from the tree. Ile _  had it brought to the inn. He produce I part of the bl .ck silk handkerchief which was on tlte tree. The brace he  took from the body corresponded with the one which he took off the trett. In the pockets were a small black leather memorandum hook, a tobaccit box, pipe, a knife. and two haniiketehiefs, but no money, also, a p uir of spectacles. There were several addresses written in the book. lie hail tried to find out who tlimea-ed was, but had not succeeded. There were no marks upon his linen.— L tidier, surgeon, was called to see the body on Wednesday. It was dead, but warm. It had been dead for several hours. There was an indentated mark upon the neck. His hands were delicate, and not like thwe of a working man, his age about fifty, and Ids head bath. Death had been caused by strangulai ion.— Verdict : " Decease i committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree."— ... .. . . . . .  We add the following p,tracularS, ts-hich way lead to the identifying of the deceased by his friends :—lt is supposed he came f,om Sunderland. A part of the Sunderland Times was found in his pocket. The book coot iined the a hiress of " Tho.Nas flivdcastle, Cons itution Close also, of Messrs. Bolckow and Co., Gilkes and Co., DunMug and Co. and Brentnal, of Middlesbro' ; also, of a man named liter/ell, Portrack-lane Iron Works, who says he has a son in Sunderland, who he thinks must have given his address to deceased. These par ieul,ri, t0g..1 g..1 her with the p trticulars in the inquest, may lead to a knowledge of who the deceased was.