Just found this via British Newspaper Archive, from IoM Times - dated Saturday 26 Feb 1898
Death of Mr Crook.— This gentleman, proprietor of the Saddle Hotel, who has been ill for a long time, died last night. Coming from Macclesfield, he rented the Richmond Hill Inn about (even years, and afterwards the house in which he died. He was a member of the Isle of Man Licensed Victuallers' Association, and was a member of the Committee of Management for several years. Tbe funeral is at Brooklands, near Manchester, on Monday