On September 21, a box covered in light paper was sent by rail from Manchester to Carlisle, addressed to 'Mr. Newson, County Hall, Carlisle, To Be Left Till Called for'.
On December 10, as it was still uncollected, the stationmaster at Carlisle sent it down to the Lost Property Office in Euston. There it was opened, and proved to contain the decomposed bodies of two children, wrapped in a copy of the 'Manchester Guardian'.
Dr. Josheph Hill, surgeon at the St. Pancras Workhouse, carried out autopsy examinations, and reported that the children appeared to be twins, a boy and a girl, approximately nine months old at the time of their death. Their faces and heads are horribly mutilated, probably with a hatchet. But their deaths were caused by violent suffocation. They may have also been given chloroform or some other volatlie poison.
This dreadful overkill of two innocent babes cannot, it seems, be brought home to any person. The railway's latest contribution to crime as a dumping ground for murder victims, seems even more horrible than their exploitation by violent robbers.
source: The Chronicle of Crime
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How dose some one do this!!?? These poor little babys this just makes me want to cry.
QUOTE(ASOP @ Aug 28 2006, 01:18 PM) [snapback]1325346[/snapback]
How dose some one do this!!?? These poor little babys this just makes me want to cry.
Agreed
Whoa. That is truly horrible. And really, really, bizarre.
gawd, people are twisted 
what the point of this murder ?? kidnaped ? revenge ? thats so sick
When was this?
God !!! thats awful 
them poor children
them poor children
QUOTE (ShadowLady @ Aug 29 2006, 04:05 AM) 
On September 21, a box covered in light paper was sent by rail from Manchester to Carlisle, addressed to 'Mr. Newson, County Hall, Carlisle, To Be Left Till Called for'.
On December 10, as it was still uncollected, the stationmaster at Carlisle sent it down to the Lost Property Office in Euston. There it was opened, and proved to contain the decomposed bodies of two children, wrapped in a copy of the 'Manchester Guardian'.
Dr. Josheph Hill, surgeon at the St. Pancras Workhouse, carried out autopsy examinations, and reported that the children appeared to be twins, a boy and a girl, approximately nine months old at the time of their death. Their faces and heads are horribly mutilated, probably with a hatchet. But their deaths were caused by violent suffocation. They may have also been given chloroform or some other volatlie poison.
This dreadful overkill of two innocent babes cannot, it seems, be brought home to any person. The railway's latest contribution to crime as a dumping ground for murder victims, seems even more horrible than their exploitation by violent robbers.
source: The Chronicle of Crime
On December 10, as it was still uncollected, the stationmaster at Carlisle sent it down to the Lost Property Office in Euston. There it was opened, and proved to contain the decomposed bodies of two children, wrapped in a copy of the 'Manchester Guardian'.
Dr. Josheph Hill, surgeon at the St. Pancras Workhouse, carried out autopsy examinations, and reported that the children appeared to be twins, a boy and a girl, approximately nine months old at the time of their death. Their faces and heads are horribly mutilated, probably with a hatchet. But their deaths were caused by violent suffocation. They may have also been given chloroform or some other volatlie poison.
This dreadful overkill of two innocent babes cannot, it seems, be brought home to any person. The railway's latest contribution to crime as a dumping ground for murder victims, seems even more horrible than their exploitation by violent robbers.
source: The Chronicle of Crime
Ok,that tops most depressing story of the day!
Poor babies! This just made me sad.
This just made me sad.
A very sad case indeed.
QUOTE (Saint @ Aug 31 2006, 03:23 PM)
When was this?
That is exactly what i am trying to figure out too!
Did this happen in 1870?
QUOTE (ShadowLady @ Aug 28 2006, 09:05 AM)
source: The Chronicle of Crime
This is a book, published in Feb 2000, written by Martin Fido
The Chronicle of Crime provides an authoritative and compelling account of the history of the world's most infamous murderers and villains, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the nineties.
http://www.amazon.com/Chronicle-Crime-infa...s/dp/1858688531
This *sounds like* it was more likely written in the late 1800's - this particular crime mentioned.
JMO for those wondering why it isn't in the news anywhere today,
NS
How could anyone be so heartless? I hope there is a karma and that whoever did that suffered greatly for it!
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