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Sheffield born actor and author Geoffrey Howse delves into his files covering over 200 years of Sheffields criminality. In Murder & Mayhem in Sheffield he takes a look at some of the events that took place during a period of enormous growth within Sheffield; including a failed plot to murder some of Sheffields officials, take control of the Town Hall and set fire to the homes of prominent citizens; the series of incidents known as the Sheffield Outrages are also mentioned, as are the notorious Sheffield Gang Wars of the 1920s. Murders from the eighteenth century through to 1947 are covered, including he fascinating case of one of Britains most notorious murderers, Charlie Peace. The gruesome Shelf Street Hatchet Murder of 1881, is also included as are the Woodhouse Murder of 1893 and the Chinese Laundry Murder of 1922. Two Sheffield murderers who bore the same name, William Smedley, and who were both hanged for their crimes, committed murder in 1875 and 1947 respectively,...

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Table of Contents Acknowledgements Keith Atack Vera Atack Michael Barber - photo 1
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Acknowledgements

Keith Atack, Vera Atack, Michael Barber, Susan Barber, Tony Briggs, Robert (Bob) A. Dale, Kathleen Dale, Iris J. Deller, Joanna C. Murray Deller, Ricky S. Deller, Tracy P. Deller, Brian Elliott, Ann Howse, Kristin J. Finney, Doreen Howse, Kathleen Howse, Dr Hidayat Hussein, Matt Jones, Heather Law, Kevin McGovern, Susan McGovern, Brenden E. McNally, Linne Matthews, Raymond Mellor-Jones, Pam Mott, Eleanor Nelder, Stanley Nelder, Anthony Richards, David J. Richardson, Rose Vickers, Adam R. Walker, Anna Walker, Arthur O. Walker, Christine Walker, Darren J. Walker, David Walker, Emma C. Walker, Ivan P. Walker, Jenny Walker, Paula L. Walker, Polly Walker, Suki B. Walker, Thomas Walker, Helen Weatherburn, Clifford Willoughby, Margaret Willoughby, the staff of Barnsley Central Library Local Studies Department, the Staff of Sheffield Central Library Local Studies Department, the staff of the British Library Newspaper Archive at Colindale.

Also thanks to John D. Murray, who has assisted me over many years. And finally, not forgetting my ever-faithful walking companion, Coco.

Sources and Further Reading
Chapter 1: Sheffields Broad Canvas for Murder and Mayhem

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 25 June 1879; 30 May 1881.

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 16 August 1802; 13 January, 18 November 1868; 8, 10, 19, 26 March 1869; 3, 6, 14 June 1872; 14 December 1876; 25 June 1879; 25 August 1890; 14 June 1892; 19 July 1893.

Barnsley Times, 6 August 1859.

Chapter 2: Murders in Sheffield 1782 to 1800

Hull Advertiser, 23 July 1796; 22 March 1800.

Hull Packet, 18 March 1800.

Sheffield Iris, 19 December 1799; 17 January 1800.

Sheffield Local Register, 7 March 1800.

York Herald, 15, 22 March 1800.

Chapter 3: Murders in Sheffield during the Nineteenth Century

The Times, 16 June, 1, 12 August 1817; 30 March 1829; 4, 6 April 1835; 17 July, 16 August 1837; 19 March 1842; 22 December 1852; 1, 10, 14, 17 January 1853; 3 December 1875; 6 August 1884.

Sheffield Independent, 23 March 1822; 29 November 1828; 4 April 1829; 8 April, 8, 22 July 1837; 24 December 1841; 19 March, 16 April 1842; 22 August, 24 December 1852; 15 January 1853; 30 August, 1, 4 September, 3, 22 December 1875; 12, 14, 15, 26, 29 July, 9, 27 August 1884; 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 July, 6, 23 August 1887.

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 11 September, 24 December 1852; 1, 15 January 1853.

Sheffield Iris, 10 June 1817; 28 March 1829.

Sheffield Mercury, 11 April 1835.

Sheffield Telegraph, 28, 30 August, 1 September, 3, 22 December 1875; 11, 12 July, 6, 27 August 1884; 23 August 1887; 26, 27, 30 July, 6 August 1887.

Star, 28 August, 2 December 1875.

York Herald, 2 August 1817; 9, 16, 30 March, 13 April 1822; 11 April 1835; 12 August 1837.

Chapter 4: Murders in Sheffield during the Twentieth Century

The Times, 2, 16 December 1913; 1, 19 August, 22 December 1925; 22 October, 30 November 1927; 8, 9, 10, 14 August, 10, 11 October 1945.

Sheffield Independent, 22, 23 October, 2 December 1913; 1 January 1914; 22, 23 October, 2 December 1913; 1 January 1914; 28, 29 April, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 May, 17, 18, 20 June, 29, 30, 31 July, 1, 17, 19 August, 1, 3, 8, 9 September, 2, 22, 25 December 1925; 1 January 1926; 22, 24, 27, 29 October, 3, 5, 30 November, 7, 21, 22 December 1927.

Star, 20, 22, 23, 28 October, 1 December 1913; 28, 30 April, 2, 6, 20, 21, 25, 27 May, 28, 29, 30, 31 July, 1, 18, 20 August, 1, 3, 4 September, 1 December 1925; 4, 29 November 1927; 7 January 1928; 9 August 1945; 10, 13, 24 March, 14, 22, 30 May, 10 June, 23 July, 14 August 1947.

Sheffield Telegraph, 22, 29 October, 2, 15 December 1913; 19, 26, 27, 29 May, 29, 30, 31 July, 17 August, 1, 3 September, 2 December 1925; 22 October, 3, 5 November, 21, 22 December 1927; 9 January 1928; 9, 10, 14 August 1945; 10, 12 March, 11 June, 22 July 1947.

Chapter 5: Charles Peace and the Banner Cross Murder, 1879

The Times, 20 November 1878; 25 February 1879.

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 30 November, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 December 1876; 17, 18, 23, 29, 30 January, 1, 2, 5, 24, 25, 26 February, 5 July 1879.

Illustrated Police News, 1, 8, 15, 22 February, 8, 15, 29 March, 5 April 1879.

The Trials of Edward Charles Peace, Notable British Trials Series, Edited by W.T. Shore, Wm Lodge, London, 1926.

Murders and Murder Trials 1812 1912, H.M. Walbrook, Constable, 1938.

King of the Lags: The Story of Charles Peace, David Ward, Elek Books, 1963.

The Romantic Career of a Great Criminal, N. Kynaston, Gaskell, London, 1906.

Chapter 6: The Shelf Street Hatchet Murder, 1881

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 28, 29 30, 31 March, 1 April, 7, 10, 24 May 1881.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 28, 30 March, 7, 24 May 1881.

Illustrated Police News, 9 April 1881.

Chapter 7: Murdered in a Caravan, 1889

The Times, 14 December 1889; 1 January 1890.

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 14 December 1889; 1 January 1890.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 19, 20, 22, 24 August, 14 December 1889; 1 January 1890.

Chapter 8: The Woodhouse Murder, 1893

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25 February, 16 March, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 April 1893.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 17, 20, 23, 25 February, 16 March, 4, 5 April 1893.

Chapter 9: Murder at Christmas Time, 1905

Sheffield Independent, 26, 27, 29 December 1905; 5 January, 24 March, 11 April 1906.

Sheffield Telegraph, 26, 29 December 1905, 5 January, 24 March, 11 April 1906.

Sheffield Star, 26 December 1905; 4 January, 24, 27 March, 10 April 1906.

The Times, 28 March, 11 April 1906.

Chapter 10: The Chinese Laundry Murder, 1922

Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 18, 22 September, 2, 21 December 1922.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 23 September, 2 December 1922; 5, 6 January 1923.

Star, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22 September 1922.

Chapter 11: The Walkley Murder, 1923

The Times, 31 July, 29 December 1923.

Sheffield Daily Independent, 30, 31 July, 4 August, 8, 28 December 1923.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 30, 31 July, 1, 6, 11 August, 8, 28, 29 December 1923.

Sheffield Star, 31 July, 6, 11, 22, 27 August, 7, 8, 28, 29 December 1923.

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in SHEFFIELD, Geoffrey Howse, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley, 2009.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in SOUTH YORKSHIRE, Geoffrey Howse, Wharncliffe Books, Barnsley, 2010.

The Sheffield Hanged 1750 1864, David Bentley, ALD Design & Print, Sheffield, 2002.

The Sheffield Murders 1865 1965, David Bentley, ALD Design & Print, Sheffield, 2003.

The Sheffield Gang Wars, J.P. Bean, D & D Publications, 1981.

Sheffield Troublemakers, David Price, Phillimore & Co Ltd, 2008.

A History of Sheffield, David Hay, Carnegie Publishing, 1998.

CHAPTER 1 Sheffields Broad Canvas for Murder and Mayhem A band of young men - photo 2
CHAPTER 1
Sheffields Broad Canvas for Murder and Mayhem

A band of young men numbering
from 100 to 200, armed with sticks,
brooms and rolls of bills torn off the
walls, began parading the streets at

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