Benson John:
The Wolverhampton Tragedy
Death And The Respectable Mr Lawrence
Carnegie Publishing Ltd (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 176 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9781859361955
ISBN-10: 1859361951
List price: £8.95
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The Wolverhampton Tragedy
Ruth Hadley, a young Wolverhampton woman, died in 1908 from a gunshot to the head. Her lover Edward Lawrence was acquitted of her murder, though many thought he was lucky to get away scot-free. Despite heavy drinking, disreputable behaviour and bankruptcy, Lawrence still lived in apparent respectability. Victorian attitudes to crime laid bare.
