The Romford outrage
Subtitle: the murder of Inspector Thomas Simmons, 1885
By: Linda Rhodes and Kathryn Abnett
Contributors: Abnett, Kathryn
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Barnsley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845630768
Subjects: Death and burial; Murder victims; Murder; Police murders; Investigation; History
Description: Inspector Thomas Simmons was murdered near Romford in 1885, and the search for his killers culminated in a second police murder, this time in Cumbria. In tracing the course of the crime, the characters and methods of Simmons and his fellow officers are revealed, as are the desperate criminal careers of the killers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.