Posted on 07/06/2023 7:39:51 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1961, Edwin Bush was hanged at Pentonville Prison. On March 3 of that same year, he’d stabbed to death an assistant at a Loondon antiques shop just off Charing Cross, using a pair of antique daggers from the shop’s own stock. (The scene of this long-ago crime is presently a bookstore.)
Although a small-time criminal, Bush was an important milestone in the evolution of the panopticon.
Poor Elsie May Batten had been attacked early in the morning, and nobody witnessed the crime. The killer/robber (he stole a sword that he later sold for 15 quid — nothing else) hadn’t left behind any usable physical clues.
“It could have taken weeks to identify the culprit,” notes this MyLondon.News profile, “but luckily a change in police technology would be of great assistance.” This new system, called Identikit,....
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Kid looks like he’s saying “Watch me frame my mom!”
Four months from murder to execution. Impressive by today’s standards.
LOL - Good one.
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