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Survivors' Tales of Famous Crimes Prcsoitcd to the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY b\f the ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY 1980 Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witii funding from University of Toronto littp://www.arcliive.org/details/survivorstalesofOOwood SURVIVORS' TALES OF FAMOUS GRIMES i 3' SURVIVORS' TALMi; OF FAMOUS CRIMlifei EDITED BY WALTER WOOD Author of " Sunrivors' Tales of Great Events," "Soldiers* " Stories of the War," Men of the North Sea," etc. fVith Eight Plates /^^Ca'^sell and company, ltd •H "Lonjdoijvj New York, Toronto and Melbourne S*>i.r . f First published 1916. 6 INTRODUCTION Many volumes are in existence which deal entirely with records of crime, but I believe that none amongst them is composed solely of narratives related by persons who were actually associated with famous criminal cases. Personal records have a peculiar fascination and interest, because they bring us into intimate touch with the subject dealt with ; and such stories have an added attraction when they relate to murder mysteries, for they involve the most violent passions of human nature—love, hatred, lust, and greed of gold. These narratives illustrate the working and effects of such emotions. They are concrete, and may be full}^ relied upon as accurate accounts of the cases dealt with, because I made myself responsible, when necessary, for verifying state- ments which were made on the strength of time- dimmed memories. The occasional uncertainties which were met with related mostly to dates; as for general facts and impressions, I discovered that each case was indelibly stamped upon the vi Introduction mind of the particular informant interrogated. Nevertheless, to assm-e accuracy in detail, each completed story was submitted to the teller for approval. In several instances a tale was told to me either on the scene of the crime or in some room which was closely connected with the event, so that one became linked as intimately as it w^as possible to be with the atmosphere of the case. I have had no wish to dwell on horrors, or to pander to any morbid taste. I desired to give a collection of stories which should be very human documents and also remind us that grim and stealthy deeds are inseparable from our daily life. I believe that I have been able to secure many interesting little sidelights on the character and acts of notorious evildoers which have not been previously published. Much patient and willing help has been given to me by my informants, and I gladly acknowledge it ; while I am under very special obhgations to Dr. George Fletcher, J. P., for putting at my disposal much of his unique and unrivalled material relating to the Palmer and Tichborne cases. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1. The Moat Farm Murder . 1 2. Henry WainWright's Crime 22 3. The Sham Baronet . 48 4. The Pence Mystery 66 5. Kate Webster's Revenge 83 6. The Master Criminal 102 7. The Brighton Railway Murder 118 8. Palmer's Poisonings 135 9. The Southend Murder 160 10. The Reading Baby-Farmer 174 11. The Mystery of Yarmouth Beach 191 12. The Ardlamont Riddle . 208 13. The Newcastle Train Murder 226 14. The Lamson Case 246 15. Crippen's Callous Crime . 262 16. Seddon's Greed of Gold. 283 17. The Hooded Man 303 18. The Vauxhall Train Tragedy 322 19. The Tottenham Outrage . 337 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Wainwright Relics in the Black Museum . 40 The Inquest on Harriet Staunton . 80 The Shrewsbury Arms Hotel, Shrewsbury, WHERE Cook Died ..... 152 The Moat Farm Murder : Trench where the Body was Found ..... 172 Plan of the Grounds of Ardlamont : where the Body was Found .... 212 The Newcastle Murder : the Colliery Shaft where the Stolen Bag was Found . 210 One of Lamson's Prescriptions . 248 " " " Dr." Hawley Crippen : Ethel Le Neve 276 SURVIVORS' TALES OF FAMOUS GRIMES CHAPTER I THE MOAT FARM MURDER [A FORGER who was dramatically arrested at the Bank of England was found to be a murderer also. This felon was Samuel Herbert Dougal, a man of undoubted ability, who had served in the Army for twenty years and had reached the rank of sergeant. He lost his position through forgery, and was sent to prison. Afterwards he lived by his wits, and proved to be a callous libertine and an unscrupulous villain. A well- to-do lady named Miss Camille Cccile Holland became infatuated with him, and as Mr. and Mrs. Dougal they went to live at the lonely Moat Farm in the heart of Essex. Miss Holland vanished, and not until four years later were her remains foimd in a ditch at the farm. It was proved that Dougal had murdered Miss Holland, B ! Famous Crimes and he was hanged at Chehnsford Prison on July 23, 1903. Before going to live at Moat Farm, Dougal and Miss Holland resided with Mrs. Wisken, a widow and well-known inhabit- ant at Saffron Walden. Mrs. Wisken became the principal witness for the Crown, and this is her story of the famous crime.] It was in this very room where we are talk- ing that Dougal and Miss Holland, as man and wife, spent a good deal of their time when they were living with me. At this very place where I am sitting I put a fur cape, which I will show you, on Miss Holland, and here, with tears in her eyes, she said " Good-bye " for what proved to be the last time. She was driven away in a trap by a man we called "Old Pilgrim" to the Moat Farm with Dougal, and I never saw her again till four years later, when I was taken to do my share in identifying her and to send to the gallows one of the biggest scoundrels that ever lived. Ah If I had but known then what he really was and what he must have had in his mind to do, Miss Holland, one of the sweetest, kindest, and gentlest of women, would not have gone; I should not have let her leave me, and she might have been alive to-day. But I had not the 2 — The Moat Farm Murder slightest suspicion that there was anything amiss all the time—three months they were with me and, of course, I had not the remotest idea that they were not married. To me they came as Mr. and Mrs. Dougal, and as such they drove away to live at the Moat Farm, seven miles from here. The Moat Farm is a very quaint old place, dating from the time of Elizabeth, and as lonely a building as you will come across in a day's walk. It was an extraordinary place—great changes have been made since the murder was done—and the house was full of all sorts of odd corners and nooks and queer rooms and recesses. I have known it well all my life, and my dear father and grandfather knew it well, too, for they had often done work at it. You could weave many mysteries and romances around the farm, where plenty of strange things were lying about, amongst them a grinning skull, which was used as a candlestick. The house and garden were on a perfect little island. They occupied about half an acre, and were completely surrounded by a wide moat, which was about five feet deep. This moat was supplied with water from springs, and was crossed by a bridge leading to the house. Sometimes the water, in which there was fish, 3 Famous Crimes flowed very quickly when the discharges from the springs were heavy. In addition to the moat there was a ditch in front of the house, or, rather, a drain, because all the drainage of the farm went into it. At the time I am speaking of the ditch was being filled up, and " Old Pilgrim " and one or two more men were doing the work. We shall come to that dreadful ditch again by and by. Dougal had been negotiating for the purchase of the farm, and had made inquiries about rooms. Miss Parnell, a relative of the lady from whom Dougal bought the farm, knew me and recommended me, and he came and arranged that " Mrs. " Dougal and himself should live here until the farm was ready. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon of January 26th, 1899, just as darkness was setting in, that they came to my house. Miss Holland, as I shall call her, had travelled a great deal, and she brought a lot of luggage and clothing with her. Dougal and she used this room as a dining- and sitting-room. They had a bedroom upstairs. Dougal was a big, fine man, five feet ten and a half inches high and weighing sixteen stone—but he had shrunk to twche when they hanged him. He was remarkably pleasant 4 The Moat Farm Murder spoken, and often enough he would come down in the cold winter mornings and warm his hands at the fire there and chat away as I did my duties; and often enough, too, he would go to the window and talk to a canary which I had in a cage at the time. Yes, as pleasant as you like. Sometimes he would take Miss Holland's breakfast upstairs, and she would have it in bed, and then take her bath and dress and come down. She had been used to a good deal of society, and I loved to listen to her talk. She had had a love affair earlier in her life, and she told me all about it.
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