Squire Kynston

Squire Kynston was found dead in the cellar of an empty house in Ancoats.

His body was found by a workman who had been engaged in the demolition of the house in Chapel Street behind London Road Station. The house had been unoccupied for about a year. The workman said that as soon as he entered the ground floor rooms he thought that the stench that pervaded the place could not have arisen from mere dampness. He said that the smell attracted him to the cellar and that as he descended the steps he stumbled and nearly fell over Squire Kynston's body.