MURDER ON THE NORTH AND LOWES BRIDGE                                LLOFRUDD AR BONT GOGLEDD A LOWES
Channel: A48 Theatre Company
Date: 2021-03-31

Winifred Ellen Fortt's father ran a lodging house for Greek Sailors in Cardiff Bay. She became the girlfriend of a lodger, Alec Bakerlis, 24, a fireman, who became jealous every time his 19-year old girlfriend spoke to any of the other residents. This got so bad that Winifred's father gave him notice to quit and Bakerlis moved to other lodgings. Winifred broke off the relationship and asked a friend to return the ring and some letters Bakerlis had given her. Bakerlis refused to accept them from the friend and insisted Winifred returned them herself. On Christmas evening 1916 Bakerlis approached Winifred and her friend in Bute Street and asked her for the ring. Bakerlis then knocked her over and stabbed her repeatedly, seven or eight times on the head and body. A nearby police officer, Arthur Moss, saw Bakerlis running with a bloodstained knife and apprehended him. Bakerlis admitted to stabbing Winifred. Winifred died 3 days later from Blood Poisoning. Bakerlis was charged with wilful murder, found guilty and executed at Cardiff Gaol on 10 April 1917 by John Ellis.
 https://cathayscemetery.coffeecup.com/winifredfortt.htmlCapital Punishment UK: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Cardiff.html

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kathy is a retired English teacher living in South Wales who writes purely as a hobby. She is a Director of A48 Theatre Company and Coordinator of the writers’ group ‘Living Lines’. She recently published a documentary drama based on the life of Andrew Crosse (1784-1855)  - ‘The Thunder and Lightning Man’:
https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Lightning-Man-Docu-Drama-1784-1855/dp/B08SB9M59W

Rhedodd tad Winifred Ellen Fortt tŷ llety i Forwyr Gwlad Groeg ym Mae Caerdydd. Cwympodd mewn cariad efo letywr, Alec Bakerlis, 24, dyn tân, a ddaeth yn genfigennus bob tro y byddai ei gariad 19 oed yn siarad ag unrhyw un o'r preswylwyr eraill. Aeth hyn cynddrwg nes i dad Winifred roi rhybudd iddo roi'r gorau iddi, a symudodd Bakerlis i lety arall. Torrodd Winifred y berthynas i ffwrdd a gofyn i ffrind ddychwelyd y modrwy ac ychydig o lythyrau roddodd Bakerlis iddi’n gynt. Gwrthododd Bakerlis eu derbyn gan y ffrind, a mynnodd i Winifred eu dychwelyd ei hun.Noswyl Nadolig 1916 aeth Bakerlis at Winifred a'i ffrind yn Bute Street a gofyn iddi am y fodrwy. Yna curodd Bakerlis hi drosodd a'i thrywanu dro ar ôl tro, saith neu wyth gwaith ar y pen a'r corff. Gwelodd heddwas cyfagos, Arthur Moss, Bakerlis yn rhedeg gyda chyllell gwaed a'i ddal. Cyfaddefodd Bakerlis iddo drywanu Winifred. Bu farw Winifred 3 diwrnod yn ddiweddarach o Wenwyn Gwaed.Cyhuddwyd Bakerlis o lofruddiaeth fwriadol, ei ffeindio’n euog a'i ddienyddio yng Ngharchar Caerdydd ar 10 Ebrill 1917 gan John Ellis.

https://cathayscemetery.coffeecup.com/winifredfortt.html
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/Cardiff.htmlAm Yr AwdurMae Kathy yn athrawes Saesneg wedi ymddeol sy'n byw yn Ne Cymru. Mae hi’n ysgrifennu fel hobi hwylus yn unig. Mae hi’n Gyfarwyddwr ar gyfer Gwmni Theatr A48 ac yn Gydlynydd y grŵp awduron ‘Living Lines’. Yn ddiweddar, cyhoeddodd ddrama ddogfen yn seiliedig ar fywyd Andrew Crosse (1784-1855) - ‘The Thunder and Lightning Man’:
https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Lightning-Man-Docu-Drama-1784-1855/dp/B08SB9M59W