Above: Both suspects were incarcerated within the grim walls of Manchester’s New Bailey Prison. The previous post covered the arrest of one of the murder suspects, 17-year-old Charles Taylor, in a Manchester pub. And the escape of his two co-accused,...
Above: Chestergate is one of Macclesfield’s oldest streets. It was here that witnesses reported seeing the youngest of the three accused purchasing ‘three complete suits of cloathes’. Before moving on to buy ‘shoes &c’ from Mr....
Above: William’s body was taken on the back of a cart to The Cock public house. And this is where the inquest was held, just three days later. By the time this photo was taken it had been renamed The Jodrell Arms. The pub has been in a very sorry state...
Above: Public executions once attracted huge crowds of ghoulish spectators. The last one in England took place in 1868, some 45 years after 17-year-old Joseph Dale met such a fate. Following on from the recent post about the Murder Stone lying beside the back road...
Above: The Murder Stone was erected in memory of William Wood at the very spot his brutally mutilated body was discovered, back in 1823. Above: The stone isn’t easy to find. This shows its position on my phone’s map app (click to enlarge). It’s on...
Above: This photo taken at the Cat & Fiddle probably dates to the 1910s – around the same time Fredrick found himself in trouble with the law – and shows various forms of transport, including an early car as well as some horse and traps. Another gem...
Above: The Braddock brothers were gamekeepers on the Errwood estate in the early 1900s. I wouldn’t have fancied any burglar’s chances faced with these two with their shotguns and gun dogs! Mike has sent me another press clipping...
