When James White battered his 67-year-old wife Margaret to death with a poker, one newspaper reported the case under the headline: ‘Warnings for “nagging wives” and brutal husbands!’. This inaccurate summary could never explain why their 41-year marriage ended in murder. The couple had raised a son and a daughter… You must be a paid …
Category archives: 1888
Year of the Ripper: Mary Newman
Mary Newman was 50 when she was stabbed to death by her partner in front of their 13-year-old daughter.
Year of the Ripper: Mary Sandford
Mary Sandford was not the victim of a sudden or brutal attack. Instead she suffered a long, slow death from starvation and neglect.
Year of the Ripper: PC Michael Lewis
The death of a 48-year-old police constable results in two men being charged with murder.
Year of the Ripper: Maria Rider
Maria Rider was 67 when she was knocked down by a horse-driven van in Borough, south London, on Thursday 19 January 1888. She was trying to cross the busy Borough end of Great Dover Street at the junction with Long Lane and had made it to the middle of the… You must be a paid …