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Jeffrey Bloomfied
Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 180
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 8:37 pm: | 
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Hi all,
I have discussed the fact that prior to 1902, Inspector Frederick Abberline did a last minute appearance in a crime to identify an arrested murderer as the unidentified killer in an earlier crime. In 1902 he identified Chapman as the Ripper. In 1886, in the wake of the arrest of the Netherby Hall Murderers of P.C. Byrnes, he identified one John Martin as the "third man" and murderer of Chief Inspector Simmons in January 1885, at Romford. Despite some exciting details about the Netherby Hall crime and pursuit of the gang involved, it is not as well remembered as the Whitechapel Murders. I have tried to find details on the internet regarding any part of the Netherby Hall Case or the Murder of Inspector Simmons. I have found a site for the ESSEX POLICE: History Notebook (which is interesting in its own right). The site is http://www.essex.police.uk The issues that are dealing with the crime are issue number 4
("The Rise and Fall of Alfred John Marden" by Martyn Lockwood) and issue number 16 ("The Amateur Hangman" by Fred Feather).
Best wishes,
Jeff |
Robert Clack
Inspector
Username: Rclack
Post Number: 177
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 5:41 pm: |
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Hi Jeff
Thanks for posting this link. There are some interesting articles.
All the best
Rob |
David Andersen
Sergeant
Username: Davida
Post Number: 26
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 4:24 pm: |
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Hello Jeffrey. If you can find the book 'Murdered on duty' by Belton Cobb, published by- Brown Watson, London 1961 you will find therein a very comprehensive account of the Netherby Hall Case. Since the action took place in Cumbria you may find some info there. 3 men - Baker, Rudds, and Martin were executed for the murder of Constable Byrnes in the village of Plumpton. Abberline identified Martin as one of two men wanted for the murder of Chief Inspector Simmons at Romford.
Regards
David
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John Savage
Inspector
Username: Johnsavage
Post Number: 202
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 9:31 pm: |
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Hi Jeffrey,
There is an article in The Times of December 30 1885 concerning this case, if you follow this link given a few days ago by Robert Charles Linford and search under inspector abberline you will come to it
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/free4_tda
The password is "trial".
Best Regards
John Savage |
Carlo
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2004 - 7:41 pm: |
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Thans for the link to the times news archive.
It is cool to read articles from those murders as they happened.
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