| Description Of Item | Includes five press cuttings. The first, published in The Scotsman in March 1868, describes three murders committed by Miles Weatherhill after the servant girl he was romantically interested in was relocated by her employers. The second press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the murder of Jane Jones by Pierce Jones, who she had rejected romantically to marry someone else. The third press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the attempted murder of a woman who had rejected the romantic attention of a significantly older man in Montrouge, France. The fourth press cutting, dated 1867 but from an unknown source and which is incomplete, describes the murder of Jane Sax by James Longhurst near Guildford, England. The fifth press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the execution of James Longhurst. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |