From the Sheffield Evening Telegraph, September 16, 1896 [corrections and clarification noted]:
THE STRANGE DEATH OF A WORTLEY TRADESMAN
Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at the Wortley Arms, touching the death of Anthony Handlin [Handlen], tailor, of Wortley, 76 years of age, who was found helpless on the road near his home on Friday night last. The evidence of [his son] Anthony Handlin [in error - should be William Handlen], horse dealer, proved that the deceased left his home between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night, apparently in good health. He went out by the front door, and five minutes later witness was told deceased had been knocked down, and he was shortly afterwards brought home in a helpless condition. Dr. Swallow was fetched, and did not at that time think a wound on the forehead of the deceased was a serious matter. Deceased rambled in his speech, but went to sleep until early morning, when he became much worse, and died. John Golding, labourer, said he, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins were in the street when they heard a trap leave Mr. Kilner's (grocer) yard, at a trot. A minute later they crossed the road, and found deceased lying in the road and insensible. They took him home, but he neither moved nor spoke. A verdict that deceased was accidentally knocked down by a spring cart was returned.
From the Barnsley Chronicle, September 19, 1896 [correction noted]:
STRANGE FATALITY AT WORTLEY
An old man, Anthony Handlin [Handlen], 76 years of age, of Wortley, died at his home on Saturday, under strange circumstances. He went away from his own door shortly before eight o'clock on Friday night, in his accustomed health, and a few minutes later was found lying insensible at the side of the highway by John Golding, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins, labourers, all the appearances being such as if he had been knocked down by a conveyance. He was removed to his home, from which he was only a very short distance away, and Dr. Swallow was called, and attended him until his death on Saturday. Inquiries since made show that after deceased left his house a conveyance belonging to and driven by William Kilner, grocer, Wortley, passed along the road, but the driver never saw the old man, though in passing the very dark place where deceased was afterwards found he did appear to run against the curbstone.
WITNESS TESTIMONIES TRANSCRIBED FROM WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, COUNTY CORONER NOTEBOOK
At the house of Thornton Stringer, The Wortley Arms Inn, Wortley, on Tuesday the 15th day of September, 1896, on view of the body of Anthony Handlen, dec'd.
WILLIAM HANDLEN, sw [taken to mean Spot Witness] says, I live at Wortley and am a horse dealer. Dec'd was 76 years old and a tailor (master) and my father. He was very active and healthy. Last Friday he was working as usual. He went out about 8 o'clock and in five minutes or so somebody ran in and said somebody was run over. The sky was overcast and dark. When I got to our doorway, I found two men bringing dec'd in. He said "What have you been doing with me?" Dr. Swallow of Little Huthwaite soon arrived and sewed up a wound on dec'd nose and applied a plaster over it. He had been partly undressed and put to bed before the doctor's arrival. He seemed to be sleeping comfortably toward morning but he died last Saturday morning about 5 o'clock. W HANDLEN [Signature]
JOHN GOLDRING, sw says, I live at Hermit Hill Road, Wortley, and am a gardener's laborer. Last Friday evening about half past 8 o'clock I and Edward Copley and Edward Roberts were standing at the corner of the Church Yard. I then heard a trap come up the village as if out of Mr. Kilner's yard, at a trot. We stopped about a couple of minutes and then I noticed something on the road about ten yards from dec'd house. I went to it and struck a match and then found it was dec'd who was lying about a yard and a half from the road side and on his back. He neither moved nor spoke. I went to his house and saw his son and Copley and Roberts carried dec'd home. JOHN GOLDRING [Signature]
HANNAH, the wife of WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Wortley, stationary engine man, says, I have known dec'd a long time. He has been deaf for the last few years. Last Saturday morning, about a quarter to 6 o'clock I went to his house and helped to wash and lay out his body. There was a wound on the nose. The only other injuries were discoloration of the right shoulder and a scratch on the right leg. HANNAH HOYLAND [Signature]
VERDICT Accidentally knocked down.
Paid by George Jagger [amount unclear]
THE STRANGE DEATH OF A WORTLEY TRADESMAN
Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at the Wortley Arms, touching the death of Anthony Handlin [Handlen], tailor, of Wortley, 76 years of age, who was found helpless on the road near his home on Friday night last. The evidence of [his son] Anthony Handlin [in error - should be William Handlen], horse dealer, proved that the deceased left his home between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night, apparently in good health. He went out by the front door, and five minutes later witness was told deceased had been knocked down, and he was shortly afterwards brought home in a helpless condition. Dr. Swallow was fetched, and did not at that time think a wound on the forehead of the deceased was a serious matter. Deceased rambled in his speech, but went to sleep until early morning, when he became much worse, and died. John Golding, labourer, said he, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins were in the street when they heard a trap leave Mr. Kilner's (grocer) yard, at a trot. A minute later they crossed the road, and found deceased lying in the road and insensible. They took him home, but he neither moved nor spoke. A verdict that deceased was accidentally knocked down by a spring cart was returned.
From the Barnsley Chronicle, September 19, 1896 [correction noted]:
STRANGE FATALITY AT WORTLEY
An old man, Anthony Handlin [Handlen], 76 years of age, of Wortley, died at his home on Saturday, under strange circumstances. He went away from his own door shortly before eight o'clock on Friday night, in his accustomed health, and a few minutes later was found lying insensible at the side of the highway by John Golding, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins, labourers, all the appearances being such as if he had been knocked down by a conveyance. He was removed to his home, from which he was only a very short distance away, and Dr. Swallow was called, and attended him until his death on Saturday. Inquiries since made show that after deceased left his house a conveyance belonging to and driven by William Kilner, grocer, Wortley, passed along the road, but the driver never saw the old man, though in passing the very dark place where deceased was afterwards found he did appear to run against the curbstone.
WITNESS TESTIMONIES TRANSCRIBED FROM WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, COUNTY CORONER NOTEBOOK
At the house of Thornton Stringer, The Wortley Arms Inn, Wortley, on Tuesday the 15th day of September, 1896, on view of the body of Anthony Handlen, dec'd.
WILLIAM HANDLEN, sw [taken to mean Spot Witness] says, I live at Wortley and am a horse dealer. Dec'd was 76 years old and a tailor (master) and my father. He was very active and healthy. Last Friday he was working as usual. He went out about 8 o'clock and in five minutes or so somebody ran in and said somebody was run over. The sky was overcast and dark. When I got to our doorway, I found two men bringing dec'd in. He said "What have you been doing with me?" Dr. Swallow of Little Huthwaite soon arrived and sewed up a wound on dec'd nose and applied a plaster over it. He had been partly undressed and put to bed before the doctor's arrival. He seemed to be sleeping comfortably toward morning but he died last Saturday morning about 5 o'clock. W HANDLEN [Signature]
JOHN GOLDRING, sw says, I live at Hermit Hill Road, Wortley, and am a gardener's laborer. Last Friday evening about half past 8 o'clock I and Edward Copley and Edward Roberts were standing at the corner of the Church Yard. I then heard a trap come up the village as if out of Mr. Kilner's yard, at a trot. We stopped about a couple of minutes and then I noticed something on the road about ten yards from dec'd house. I went to it and struck a match and then found it was dec'd who was lying about a yard and a half from the road side and on his back. He neither moved nor spoke. I went to his house and saw his son and Copley and Roberts carried dec'd home. JOHN GOLDRING [Signature]
HANNAH, the wife of WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Wortley, stationary engine man, says, I have known dec'd a long time. He has been deaf for the last few years. Last Saturday morning, about a quarter to 6 o'clock I went to his house and helped to wash and lay out his body. There was a wound on the nose. The only other injuries were discoloration of the right shoulder and a scratch on the right leg. HANNAH HOYLAND [Signature]
VERDICT Accidentally knocked down.
Paid by George Jagger [amount unclear]
From the Sheffield Evening Telegraph, September 16, 1896 [corrections and clarification noted]:
THE STRANGE DEATH OF A WORTLEY TRADESMAN
Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at the Wortley Arms, touching the death of Anthony Handlin [Handlen], tailor, of Wortley, 76 years of age, who was found helpless on the road near his home on Friday night last. The evidence of [his son] Anthony Handlin [in error - should be William Handlen], horse dealer, proved that the deceased left his home between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night, apparently in good health. He went out by the front door, and five minutes later witness was told deceased had been knocked down, and he was shortly afterwards brought home in a helpless condition. Dr. Swallow was fetched, and did not at that time think a wound on the forehead of the deceased was a serious matter. Deceased rambled in his speech, but went to sleep until early morning, when he became much worse, and died. John Golding, labourer, said he, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins were in the street when they heard a trap leave Mr. Kilner's (grocer) yard, at a trot. A minute later they crossed the road, and found deceased lying in the road and insensible. They took him home, but he neither moved nor spoke. A verdict that deceased was accidentally knocked down by a spring cart was returned.
From the Barnsley Chronicle, September 19, 1896 [correction noted]:
STRANGE FATALITY AT WORTLEY
An old man, Anthony Handlin [Handlen], 76 years of age, of Wortley, died at his home on Saturday, under strange circumstances. He went away from his own door shortly before eight o'clock on Friday night, in his accustomed health, and a few minutes later was found lying insensible at the side of the highway by John Golding, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins, labourers, all the appearances being such as if he had been knocked down by a conveyance. He was removed to his home, from which he was only a very short distance away, and Dr. Swallow was called, and attended him until his death on Saturday. Inquiries since made show that after deceased left his house a conveyance belonging to and driven by William Kilner, grocer, Wortley, passed along the road, but the driver never saw the old man, though in passing the very dark place where deceased was afterwards found he did appear to run against the curbstone.
WITNESS TESTIMONIES TRANSCRIBED FROM WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, COUNTY CORONER NOTEBOOK
At the house of Thornton Stringer, The Wortley Arms Inn, Wortley, on Tuesday the 15th day of September, 1896, on view of the body of Anthony Handlen, dec'd.
WILLIAM HANDLEN, sw [taken to mean Spot Witness] says, I live at Wortley and am a horse dealer. Dec'd was 76 years old and a tailor (master) and my father. He was very active and healthy. Last Friday he was working as usual. He went out about 8 o'clock and in five minutes or so somebody ran in and said somebody was run over. The sky was overcast and dark. When I got to our doorway, I found two men bringing dec'd in. He said "What have you been doing with me?" Dr. Swallow of Little Huthwaite soon arrived and sewed up a wound on dec'd nose and applied a plaster over it. He had been partly undressed and put to bed before the doctor's arrival. He seemed to be sleeping comfortably toward morning but he died last Saturday morning about 5 o'clock. W HANDLEN [Signature]
JOHN GOLDRING, sw says, I live at Hermit Hill Road, Wortley, and am a gardener's laborer. Last Friday evening about half past 8 o'clock I and Edward Copley and Edward Roberts were standing at the corner of the Church Yard. I then heard a trap come up the village as if out of Mr. Kilner's yard, at a trot. We stopped about a couple of minutes and then I noticed something on the road about ten yards from dec'd house. I went to it and struck a match and then found it was dec'd who was lying about a yard and a half from the road side and on his back. He neither moved nor spoke. I went to his house and saw his son and Copley and Roberts carried dec'd home. JOHN GOLDRING [Signature]
HANNAH, the wife of WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Wortley, stationary engine man, says, I have known dec'd a long time. He has been deaf for the last few years. Last Saturday morning, about a quarter to 6 o'clock I went to his house and helped to wash and lay out his body. There was a wound on the nose. The only other injuries were discoloration of the right shoulder and a scratch on the right leg. HANNAH HOYLAND [Signature]
VERDICT Accidentally knocked down.
Paid by George Jagger [amount unclear]
THE STRANGE DEATH OF A WORTLEY TRADESMAN
Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, held an inquest yesterday at the Wortley Arms, touching the death of Anthony Handlin [Handlen], tailor, of Wortley, 76 years of age, who was found helpless on the road near his home on Friday night last. The evidence of [his son] Anthony Handlin [in error - should be William Handlen], horse dealer, proved that the deceased left his home between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night, apparently in good health. He went out by the front door, and five minutes later witness was told deceased had been knocked down, and he was shortly afterwards brought home in a helpless condition. Dr. Swallow was fetched, and did not at that time think a wound on the forehead of the deceased was a serious matter. Deceased rambled in his speech, but went to sleep until early morning, when he became much worse, and died. John Golding, labourer, said he, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins were in the street when they heard a trap leave Mr. Kilner's (grocer) yard, at a trot. A minute later they crossed the road, and found deceased lying in the road and insensible. They took him home, but he neither moved nor spoke. A verdict that deceased was accidentally knocked down by a spring cart was returned.
From the Barnsley Chronicle, September 19, 1896 [correction noted]:
STRANGE FATALITY AT WORTLEY
An old man, Anthony Handlin [Handlen], 76 years of age, of Wortley, died at his home on Saturday, under strange circumstances. He went away from his own door shortly before eight o'clock on Friday night, in his accustomed health, and a few minutes later was found lying insensible at the side of the highway by John Golding, Edward Copley, and Edward Robins, labourers, all the appearances being such as if he had been knocked down by a conveyance. He was removed to his home, from which he was only a very short distance away, and Dr. Swallow was called, and attended him until his death on Saturday. Inquiries since made show that after deceased left his house a conveyance belonging to and driven by William Kilner, grocer, Wortley, passed along the road, but the driver never saw the old man, though in passing the very dark place where deceased was afterwards found he did appear to run against the curbstone.
WITNESS TESTIMONIES TRANSCRIBED FROM WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, COUNTY CORONER NOTEBOOK
At the house of Thornton Stringer, The Wortley Arms Inn, Wortley, on Tuesday the 15th day of September, 1896, on view of the body of Anthony Handlen, dec'd.
WILLIAM HANDLEN, sw [taken to mean Spot Witness] says, I live at Wortley and am a horse dealer. Dec'd was 76 years old and a tailor (master) and my father. He was very active and healthy. Last Friday he was working as usual. He went out about 8 o'clock and in five minutes or so somebody ran in and said somebody was run over. The sky was overcast and dark. When I got to our doorway, I found two men bringing dec'd in. He said "What have you been doing with me?" Dr. Swallow of Little Huthwaite soon arrived and sewed up a wound on dec'd nose and applied a plaster over it. He had been partly undressed and put to bed before the doctor's arrival. He seemed to be sleeping comfortably toward morning but he died last Saturday morning about 5 o'clock. W HANDLEN [Signature]
JOHN GOLDRING, sw says, I live at Hermit Hill Road, Wortley, and am a gardener's laborer. Last Friday evening about half past 8 o'clock I and Edward Copley and Edward Roberts were standing at the corner of the Church Yard. I then heard a trap come up the village as if out of Mr. Kilner's yard, at a trot. We stopped about a couple of minutes and then I noticed something on the road about ten yards from dec'd house. I went to it and struck a match and then found it was dec'd who was lying about a yard and a half from the road side and on his back. He neither moved nor spoke. I went to his house and saw his son and Copley and Roberts carried dec'd home. JOHN GOLDRING [Signature]
HANNAH, the wife of WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Wortley, stationary engine man, says, I have known dec'd a long time. He has been deaf for the last few years. Last Saturday morning, about a quarter to 6 o'clock I went to his house and helped to wash and lay out his body. There was a wound on the nose. The only other injuries were discoloration of the right shoulder and a scratch on the right leg. HANNAH HOYLAND [Signature]
VERDICT Accidentally knocked down.
Paid by George Jagger [amount unclear]
Inscription
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF
ANTHONY HANDLEN
WHO DIED SEPTR 12TH 1896,
AGED 76 YEARS.
ALSO OF ROBERT, THE SON OF
ANTHONY AND ELLEN HANDLEN
WHO DIED JULY 8TH 1868
AGED 15 YEARS.
ALSO ARTHUR EDWARD SON OF THE ABOVE
ANTHONY AND ELLEN HANDLEN
BORN JULY 9TH 1867
DIED SEPTR 21ST 1867
ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED ELLEN HANDLEN
WHO DIED JANUARY 15TH 1900
AGED 65 YEARS.
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