... During his period as hangman Ellis officiated 203 executions Among those who paid the extreme penalty the law at hands were Dr Crippen Major Armstrong George Smith the Brides in the Bath case) Sir Roger Casement Airs Edith Thompson Six Hanged Before Breakfast ...

... House Wirral Mayor Liverpool 1854 Sir Alfred first sprang into national prominence in 1910 when he defended the murderer Dr Crippen and it on the recommendation of Lord Birkenhead too that was chosen to conduct that defence He also defended Ball in the ...

... great fire of London 1925 which no respecter persons carried off kings statesmen philosophers and poets but left unscathed Dr Crippen and Mr Peace am looking at postfire effigies I have no preigneal catalogue But I am bound to suppose that some who had their ...

... books, an impression I found a prominent London bookseller sharing with me to-day. The case’s only rival on recount was Dr. Crippen’s. In Crippen’s case no mysterv remained; there it is the story, all told, that has for some reason or other embedded itself ...