Posted on May 4, 2018 by robertwalsh1975
When Frederick Parker and Albert Probert mounted the gallows at Wandsworth Prison, they died never knowing they’d taken a singular place in Britain’s chronicles of crime. Theirs would be last execution in British prison to be witnessed by a gentleman (or lady) of the…
Category: History, Press And Politics, True Crime, UncategorizedTags: Albert Pierrepoint, Associated Press, Barlinnie, Bernard Spi;sbury, black cap, capital punishment, condemned, cop killer, death, death penalty, death sentence, executed, execution, executioner, gallows, hanged, hanging, hangings, hangman, hangmen, John Caldwell, journalism, journalist, Justice Roche, media, Murder Gang, Pierrepoint, press, prison, reporter, reporters, robbery, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, Spilsbury, Stanley Cross, Syd Dernley, Thomas Pierrepoint, Ton Phillips, trial, W G Finch, Wandsworth
Posted on April 28, 2018 by robertwalsh1975
All in all, a sorry fate for a man who'[d once shown such promise.
Category: True CrimeTags: addict, America, American, American Ambassador, black cap, cold meat shed, condemned, condemned cell, Court of Criminal Appeal, crime, crime and punishment, criminal, death, death penalty, death sentence, drug, drug addict, drug addiction, drugs, George Henry lamson, H L Mencken, History, Home Secretary, London, morphine, Mr Justice Hawkins, murder, Old Bailey, poison, poisoner, poisoning, punishment, trial, USA, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Prison, William MArwood
Posted on March 28, 2018 by robertwalsh1975
For most crime buffs the name ‘George Kelly’ inspires memories of rattling Tommy guns, bank robberies and the kidnapping of Charles Urschel, all attributed to American crook George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. Kelly, a second-rate gangster at best, was made out to be far…
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