Title: The Ordeal of Philip Yale Drew
Description: An examination of the murder of Reading tobacconist, Alfred Oliver and the inquest into his death. Popular opinion was that the prime murder suspect was Philip Yale Drew, a flamboyant, eccentric actor but Whittington-Egan suggests that his hounding was the result of dubious evidence and motivation.
Subjects: true crime, Murder, great britain
People: Alfred Oliver (d. 1929), Philip Yale Drew (1880-1940), Alfred Oliver, Philip Yale Drew