The Executions

The Executions W. T. Stead (The Northern Echo, January 5, 1874) This morning, before most of our readers see these lines, three murderers will have ceased to exist. The New…

The West Auckland Poisonings: Execution of Mrs. Cotton

The West Auckland Poisonings: Execution of Mrs. Cotton Prisoner in the Condemned Cell W. T. Stead (The Northern Echo, March 25, 1873) p. 3 The conduct of the unfortunate woman…

Mrs. Cotton

Mrs. Cotton W. T. Stead (The Northern Echo, March 24, 1873) pp. 2-3 Strangled! Yes. It might have been worse. She might have been boiled alive! In the weird old…