Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781845631031
ISBN-13 : 184563103X
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Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire written by Geoffrey Howse and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Howse explores the darker and sinister side of South Yorkshire's past in this diverse collection of crimes and foul deeds, taken from Victorian to modern times. Read about a shooting and 'mob rule' in Doncaster, sensational murder in Darfield, Mexborough, and Attercliffe; trade outrages in Sheffield and Rotherham, highway robbery at Wentworth, embezzlement in Barnsley and arson at Thorne. Unusual cases include a Doncaster elopement and robbery, burglaries by girls in Rotherham, the shocking killing of a police constable at Swinton and 'coal' riots and lawlessness in Wath-upon-Dearne and Hoyland. A dramatic event in Thurnscoe, a Wombwell stabbing affray and a variety of long forgotten tragedies and crimes are also explored in some detail.


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