Dark skies over School Wynd
Subtitle: the true and fascinating story of the Wemyss murder of February 19th, 1909
By: Dominic J. Currie.
Publisher: D.J. Currie
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Wemyss
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Murder -- Scotland -- East Wemyss -- Case studies.
Description: A true and fascinating account of one of Scotlands most brutal murder's on a young fifteen year old boy who had the unfortunate task of taking the factory wages from the local bank to the factory two miles away. The young boy is late for his dinner at his home in Wemyss, Fife and his mother grows increasingly nervious as the rumours of a murder grow in the little village of east Wemyss on the Fife fishing coast. Just seventeen weeks elapse between the murder and the hanging of the 23 year old murderer in Perth prison. The local public toilet is the scene of the crime and its brutality is not lost on the local and national police aa well as the local coal-miners who will not sleep until the brigand is caught and delt with. The £100 REWARD money for the apprehension of the murderer adds to the intrigue!
Compelling! Spellbinding!! Brutal!!! Tragic!!!! Fascinating!!!!!
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