Brutal murder at St. Helens : As police sergeant Sewell. of the St. Helens police force was on duty, he met a man who answered the description of a person for whose apprehension a warrant was out, he spoke to the man and after a few words the stranger drew a revolver and shot the officer thro' the head causing his death in a few minutes after.
[Liverpool] : Printed by John White, Rose Place, Scotland Road, Liverpool,
[1878]
First line reads: A terrible deed in the town of St Helens.
In two columns with an illustration above the title.
Sergeant Sewell was shot on Friday Nov. 1 1878 - information from the 'Times Digital Archive' in an article dated Tuesday, Nov 05, 1878.
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