Thompson-Bywaters

In memoriam

I was going to post something else, then I saw the date and decided that I must instead release this, somewhat expanded, from behind the paywall…

Today, 102 years ago at 9am, Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters were hanged simultaneously for the murder of Edith’s husband, Percy. Edith, who had turned twenty-nine on Christmas Day, died at the now-demo…