Lines on the sad condition of Gaffney's wife, and orphan children.
[Liverpool? : s.n.,
1873]
Dated from internal evidence - James Gaffney was stabbed on 11th August 1873, at Toxteth, Liverpool by James Connor, a local boxer. Gaffney died the following day and Connor was later found guilty of his murder and executed.
First line reads: A poor widow'd mother now lies in distress.
In one column with an illustration above the title.
Ballads, English
Murder