Drops from Window: Open Verdict at Ashby: Night Tragedy at Institution: The mystery of how a 71-year-old man fell from a second story window at Ashby Poor Law Institution on Saturday night was investigated by the Coroner, Mr. H. J. Deane, at the Institution today. The inquest was on William Wright, of Hillside, Donisthorpe, who died in the early hours of Sunday morning. … discussion … John Wright, a colliery deputy, of Hillside, Donisthorpe, the dead man’s son, said his father was a retired miner …
SEEMED RESTLESS … Answering the Coroner, Mr. Wright said that some time ago he found his father dripping wet beside a water tank and when questioned about it he told him that he had slipped in. James Riley said that he was in the same ward as Wright on the second floor of the Infirmary. Wright’s bed was in a corner near a window. On Saturday night Wright seemed very restless and at about midnight he asked the witness to fetch him a glass of water. “I had not gone a minute” the witness said, “but when I came back Wright had gone. The window was open. I called a nurse, and we went outside and found him on the ground underneath the window.” Arthur James Ernest Pinsent said his bed was in a ward on the first floor directly underneath the window of the second floor through which Wright fell. During the night he heard a tapping on the window by his bed and looking up saw a naked foot on the window feeling about for a foothold. The man broke the window and fell back. He heard him strike a form on the ground. … (open verdict) …
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GRO0079 Tiverton: Arthur Ernest Pinsent: 1899 – 1969 (?)