Years old Mystery finally Solved

As a teenager I lived in a block of flats. One of the more flamboyant inhabitants was a Mr W, whom I knew well. He worked in the Middle East and came back to the flat from time to time on leave. He was married to a hospital Matron who worked out there. After many years, he suddenly returned to England and never went back. His wife did not return with him but came back years later. He categorically refused to talk to anyone about the reasons why he had returned so suddenly and they remained a mystery, even after his death. Many years later my husband and I were drinking in a bar in Ireland in a small country village called Durrus, near Bantry when a man came in gasping for breath. We got talking and I asked about his breathing problem. He told us that, whilst working out in the Middle East he had been in an accident with a lorry and had suffered severe chest injuries. He said his life had been saved by the Matron of the hospital, who had looked after him when he was in intensive care. Out of curiosity I asked the name of this Matron and he gave the name of W which matched that of the person I knew in the flats. I then asked if he had ever heard of Mr W? He said that everyone had known Mr W, as he was such a larger- than -life character. I then asked if he knew why Mr W had suddenly returned to the UK? He said that Mr W had , for many years, been running hard liquor into a "dry" state and the police had warned him that if he did not get out immediately, he would be arrested, with dire consequences. He left the country that evening and apparently only just got out in time, as they came to arrest him the following day. The mystery was finally solved for us by a man whom we had never met before and never met again even on subsequent visits to the bar.