Foul deeds and suspicious deaths around the Tees / Maureen Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Maureen, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homicide--England--History.

Homicide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Wharncliffe Books, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths around the Tees - True Crime BookFoul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around the Tees, contains over sixty terrible and gruesome tales, that are set in the locality including; Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and many of the surrounding villages.In the nineteenth-century, Victorian industrialists built their empires in the beautiful scenery and charming villages of the Tees area, using the river for transport of the commodities that were produced. Small, cramped houses were built to accommodate the rising population and often three or more fami

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Punishment of Mary Nicholson, 1799""; ""Chapter 2 The Changed Will, 1822""; ""Chapter 3 Death on the High Seas""; ""1855: Mutiny on Board""; ""1857: The Torture of Andrew Rose""; ""1859: The Murder of Captain Barker""; ""1866: A Rather Suspicious Tale""; ""1884: Tragedy or Murder""; ""1892: The Cargo""; ""Chapter 4 The Middlesbrough Mystery, 1855""; ""Chapter 5 Watery Graves""; ""1855: Carr Sands""; ""1867: Seaton Carew""; ""1873: Swainson Dock""; ""1878: The Slake""; ""1883: The South Pier""

""1890: The North Pier""""Chapter 6 Suffer the Little Children""; ""1857: John Stephen Cooke""; ""1857: A Gruesome Discovery at Freeborough Hill""; ""1867: Michael O�Brien""; ""1871: Little Jemmy""; ""1878: Elizabeth, John and William Barret""; ""1885: Bertha Dunn""; ""1885: Metcalfe""; ""Chapter 7 The Defenceless and the Innocent""; ""1857: A Tailor�s Intent""; ""1873: Mary Butterwick""; ""1874: The Rape of Mary Ward""; ""1882: Sins of the Flesh""; ""Chapter 8 A Murder at Barnard Castle, 1860""; ""Chapter 9 The Pennyman�s Arms, North Ormesby, 1860""; ""Chapter 10 God�s Truth, 1861""

""Chapter 11 The Hart Lane Murder, 1864""""Chapter 12 The Hermit of Seaton Snook, 1866""; ""Chapter 13 Conflicting Evidence, 1866""; ""Chapter 14 A Fatal Affray, 1866""; ""Chapter 15 The Shootings at Darlington, 1869""; ""Chapter 16 She Killed Her Husband, 1870""; ""Chapter 17 Did He Fall or Was He Pushed? 1870""; ""Chapter 18 The Foreign Sailors, 1870""; ""Chapter 19 Infanticide""; ""1873: West Hartlepool""; ""1876: Eston""; ""1883: Middlesbrough""; ""Chapter 20 Mary Ann Cotton, 1873""; ""Chapter 21 The Ginger Beer Seller, 1873""; ""Chapter 22 Until Death Us Do Part""

""1873: Mary Ann Kennedy""""1881: Catherine Chambers""; ""1887: Margaret Louigi""; ""1889: Grace Hartley""; ""Chapter 23 The Triple Execution""; ""1875: William McHugh, Barnard Castle""; ""1875: Elizabeth Pearson, Gainford""; ""1875: Michael Gilligan, Darlington""; ""Chapter 24 Robbery and Assault on the Highway, 1876""; ""Chapter 25 Her Father�s Daughter, 1876""; ""Chapter 26 The Child in the Park, 1884""; ""Chapter 27 A Violent Robbery at Stranton, 1886""; ""Chapter 28 The Woman in the Flue, 1888""; ""Chapter 29 Annie, 1890""; ""Chapter 30 Murder in John Street, Stockton, 1891""

""Chapter 31 The Linthorpe Policeman, 1893""""Chapter 32 Rough Justice, 1894""; ""Chapter 33 Murder at Newport, 1894""; ""Chapter 34 Neglect, Dirt and Drink""; ""1894: The Horans""; ""1894: The Smiths""; ""1898: The Mahoneys""; ""1898: The Midgleys""; ""Chapter 35 A Jealous Frenzy""; ""Sources""; ""Acknowledgements""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78337-897-2

OCLC:

854975038