Title: The Romford outrage
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.
Subjects: Death and burial, Murder victims, Murder, Police murders, Investigation, History
Places: England, London
People: Thomas Simmons (1844-1885)
Time periods: 19th century