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On 13th July 1945, 3 boys playing on a blitzed site in Liverpool discovered a steel cylinder - a shoe was poking out of one end... with a human bone inside.
Police arrived and found a full human skeleton inside the cylinder - in a full suit of clothes.
#WyrdWednesday
On 13th July 1945, 3 boys playing on a blitzed site in Liverpool discovered a steel cylinder - a shoe was poking out of one end... with a human bone inside.
Police arrived and found a full human skeleton inside the cylinder - in a full suit of clothes.
#WyrdWednesday
The cylinder.
It appeared that the man had crawled into the cylinder and he had a pillow made of a brick wrapped in sacking.
The items discovered on the body included a diary, keys and papers. The diary was from the 1880's.
The items discovered on the body included a diary, keys and papers. The diary was from the 1880's.
After investigation by a pathologist - and some research of the papers - the mans' identity was given as Thomas Creegan Williams. He had owned a paint works on Tithebarn St in Liverpool.
Further digging showed he had been declared bankrupt in 1884.
Further digging showed he had been declared bankrupt in 1884.
It was concluded that Williams had crawled insjde the cylinder as a sort of hide out from his creditors; and somehow been sealed up inside and suffocated.
Relatives would have assumed he had absconded from his debtors.
Relatives would have assumed he had absconded from his debtors.
I contacted the Uni where his skeleton was examined last year. But there appears to be no records of it.
More info can be found here:
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/skeletoncylinder.html
More info can be found here:
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/skeletoncylinder.html
