The Mount Stewart murder
Subtitle: a re-examination of the UK's oldest unsolved murder case
By: Chris Paton
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780752482170
Subjects: Death and burial; History; Murder; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology
Description: In March 1866, Janet Rogers travelled to the Perthshire-based farm of her brother, William Henderson, to help with chores while he looked for a new domestic servant. Three days later she was found dead in the farm kitchen, killed by multiple blows from an axe. Ploughman James Crichton was suspected of the atrocity, and after a lengthy investigation was arrested and tried in Perth, with the case duly found non-proven. Was Crichton the guilty party? If not, why did William Henderson try to frame him? Why was the previous servant on the farm sacked, and why did she wait eight months to accuse Crichton of being responsible? And what led to Henderson being driven insane, ultimately to end his days in a Perthshire lunatic asylum? The murder investigation remains the UK's oldest unsolved murder case. Just who was the killer at Mount Stewart Farm?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of Main Characters; 1. Market Day; 2. Murder at Mount Stewart; 3. Investigation; 4. Betsy Riley; 5. Handbills and Interviews; 6. The Funeral; 7. Manhunt; 8. The Blairingone Killer; 9. A Questionable Witness; 10. The Hangman's Noose; 11. The Key; 12. Silence is Broken; 13. Her Majesty's Pleasure; 14. Trial for Murder; 15. The Second Victim; Afterword; Bibliography; About the Author; Plate Section; Copyright.