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The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit

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The year is 1845 and a murderer is caught by the first Electric telegraph, installed on the Great Western Railway. John Tawell, an upright citizen, a Quaker who had erred and been sent to Australia for his pains came back a rich man. So – did he then go on to murder Sarah Hart, poisoning her with prussic acid? It was a case that electrified the country- people following every step of the investigation and subsequent trial. From our point of view there is much to fascinate, the telegraph, a first step to mass communication, the burgeoning science that was beginning to identify poisons and the trial itself. Carol Baxter is very good on the small details, John Tawell’s story is well told.

 

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