Christmas is supposed to be a time of rejoicing, but for many, it can be a time of sadness and loneliness. There are also those who will not let this special time of the year get in the way of their pursuits. It was also to be the last christmas for 17 year old Sherrall Cartwright. A jilted boyfriend saw to that Her crime? Ending their relationship. This tragic occurrence took place in 1965 in the small Welsh town of Bargoed. Sherrall offered to babysit for her sister and her husband. She was not fussed at what time they returned, as she was looking forward to watching the night`s television. It was approaching midnight when she fed the baby and put her to rest in her cot. She then went down to make herself a hot drink. To her horror, she found herself face to face with Raymond Oliver, 21, the boyfriend she had finished with. He was then said to have slapped her around hard around the face. She started screaming at him to get out of the house. His response was to grab a pair of scissors and stab her in the chest. She staggered into the lounge, where she heard him rummaging through a drawer in the kitchen. He then came into the lounge and tarted stabbing her with a knife. He then strangled her.
Her sister and brother-in-law came home to a scene of horror. They immediately summoned an ambulance and the local doctor. The doctor arrived quickly, and examining her injuries, injected morphine into her and kept giving mouth to mouth until the ambulance arrived. Sherrall died on route to the hospital. The local Detective Inspector, Glyndwr Evans, went to the home of Oliver immediately, who stayed silent but later gave a statement of his movements and denying any knowledge of the murder. His clothes were taken for examination and his alibi checked. DI Evans knew there was an important omission from his statement. Sherralls`brother-in-law, David had spoken to Oliver earlier in the evening and during the conversation, had mentioned that Sherrall was babysitting for them.
Later, Oliver made a second statement that told a different story. He admitted going to the house to see Sherrall. He said the rear door was open and pon seeing him, Sherrall screamed, so he slapped her to shut her up but she did not. Losing his temper, he grabbed the scissors and stabbed her. He then put the scissors under the tap, put them in a rawer and left, returning home. He made no mention of getting a knife and carrying on the attack. He stood trial at the Assizes in Cardiff in February 1966. He pleaded guilty in a hearing that lasted less than ten minutes. Sentenced to life, he served just eight years. Eight years for the brutal murder of a teenage girl.
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Saturday, 20 June 2015
Was Elizabeth Short a Victim of San Diego Serial Killer?
The Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth Short on January 15th 1947 is one of the great murder mysteries in the USA, along with Lizzie Borden & The Zodiac. But it has been speculated that the killer of Elizabeth could have been the same man who committed eight murders between 1931 and 1936. The inclusion of Elizabeth, eleven years late, only arose because she spent some time in San Diego. A very tenuous link, but the sheer sadism and brutality of the killings brought the possibility of the perpetrator being the same man. The eight murders began in February 1931 and escalated in violence with each murder. Police and Psychiatrists believed one man was responsible for all of them.
The first victim was 10 year old Virginia Brooks. She was enticed into a vehicle and then not seen for months. Her body was found trussed up in a sack. Then two months later, in April 1931, widow Dolly Bibbens was found dead in her home. She had been sexually assaulted and then brutally beaten to death. But the killer (if it was the same man) did not let up. Two weeks after the murder of Mrs Bibbens, telephonist Hazel Bradshaw was discovered in Balboa Park. Hazel had been attacked in a frenzy, and stabbed a total of 17 times. Whilst cops frantically investigated these killings, another body popped up. Divorcee Maud Detwiler had been killed in a sadistic fashion. But the series of killings stopped. There were no more murders marked by sadism. For three years. March 1934 saw a Mrs Adams murdered, and her body showed the hallmarks of the earlier killings. Authorities believed the man was back.
Now the killer upped the shock on San Diego. April saw the nude body of Louise Tueber, hanging from a tree on Black Mountain. The autopsy concluded that he had been murdered, then transported and hung from the tree. Then, a couple of months later, another young girl, 17 year old Celia Cota, was found very close to her family home. She had suffered rape, torture and then was strangled. The last victim was Ruth Muir, a Riverside YWCA secretary. It was in September 1936 that she went for a walk during the night along La Jolla shore. She was found near the Casa Manana Hotel. She had been sexually assaulted, slashed and stabbed. Then everything seemed to stop. Because Elizabeth Short spent time in San Diego, did her killer spot her and follow her to Los Angeles? In deed, could it have been the same man? Did one man commit the eight murders? We`ll probably never know.
The first victim was 10 year old Virginia Brooks. She was enticed into a vehicle and then not seen for months. Her body was found trussed up in a sack. Then two months later, in April 1931, widow Dolly Bibbens was found dead in her home. She had been sexually assaulted and then brutally beaten to death. But the killer (if it was the same man) did not let up. Two weeks after the murder of Mrs Bibbens, telephonist Hazel Bradshaw was discovered in Balboa Park. Hazel had been attacked in a frenzy, and stabbed a total of 17 times. Whilst cops frantically investigated these killings, another body popped up. Divorcee Maud Detwiler had been killed in a sadistic fashion. But the series of killings stopped. There were no more murders marked by sadism. For three years. March 1934 saw a Mrs Adams murdered, and her body showed the hallmarks of the earlier killings. Authorities believed the man was back.
Now the killer upped the shock on San Diego. April saw the nude body of Louise Tueber, hanging from a tree on Black Mountain. The autopsy concluded that he had been murdered, then transported and hung from the tree. Then, a couple of months later, another young girl, 17 year old Celia Cota, was found very close to her family home. She had suffered rape, torture and then was strangled. The last victim was Ruth Muir, a Riverside YWCA secretary. It was in September 1936 that she went for a walk during the night along La Jolla shore. She was found near the Casa Manana Hotel. She had been sexually assaulted, slashed and stabbed. Then everything seemed to stop. Because Elizabeth Short spent time in San Diego, did her killer spot her and follow her to Los Angeles? In deed, could it have been the same man? Did one man commit the eight murders? We`ll probably never know.
The Violent World of the Bluesman
A personal favourite form of music to me, is that of the blues. My first real immersion into this genre, although I never realised it, was towards the mid 1970`s, when I purchased the Greatest Hits of Fleetwood Mac. The guitar solo that Peter Green ripped out in "Black Magic Woman" had a very profound effect on me. It felt like my heart had been torn out! But towards the end of the 70`s, I started looking deeply into the world of the blues, and discovered just what truly appalling lives they led and it reflected in their music. Some of the bluesmen were extremely violent, and met violent ends. So where do we start off? How about one of THE most influential; Robert Johnson. The man who made a pact with the devil at the crossroads. This tale is firmly entrenched in blues legend, and with the superstitions that ran through black people for generations, many actually believed it. His prowess as a musician could only have come through a deal with Lucifer. His soul for talent. He married a couple of times, travelled all over the south, played at parties, in juke joints but had a great weakness for womanising. The tale goes - well, one does - that he was poisoned by an irate husband or boyfriend in 1938. His 29 recorded songs are amongst the most influential in blues and rock.
Pat Hare was a singer and guitarist in the highly influential band of Muddy Waters - real name McKinley Morganfield - in the late 1950`s and had recorded a song that was later to prove deadly accurate. "I`m gonna murder my baby" was recorded in 1954 for Sun Records, the label run by legendary producer Sam Phillips. Hare was by nature, an extremely jealous man, and in 1963, this proved fatal when he murdered both his girlfriend and a Minnesota Police Officer. He was jailed for the rest of his life.
Huddie Ledbetter, otherwise known as "Leadbelly" personified the wild man. He once had his throat cut during a brawl. He was big, tough and had a furious temper. A man to avoid in a desperate situation. His first serious brush with the law was when he was 15. (in 1904) He shot a man. The victim was said to have been the father of a newly impregnated girl! Ledbetter already had two children by then! He was fined and told that it would be better for him to leave town. By 1915, he had shot and wounded another man. He was fined and jailed for a month!! But he actually escaped and vanished. He then committed a murder. He killed his friend Will Stafford and received 20 years. He behaved himself in jail and after so many years, he actually sang a song to the State Governor, in order to win parole. I believe it was one of his most famous songs "Goodnight Irene" but some stories say that this Governor did not parole him but the next one that came into office. After a five year period of good behaviour when he was paroled, he then stabbed a man, a white man at that! and jailed for between 6 & 10 years. He was incarcerated in one of the toughest jails in the country. Angola, in Louisiana. It was in the 30`s that he came to the attention of field producer Alan Lomax, where he recorded him and set him on a path to a much wider audience. But there was trepidation, after his release, wherever he went, as his violent reputation preceded him. One nickname he was given was "The Murderous Minstrel." Ledbetter died in 1949.
The last person to be featured is a man rated one of, if not the best, blues harmonica player: Little Walter Jacobs. He was born in 1930, and in the 50`s he found himself in Muddy Waters` band. He had a good voice and the most exquisite harmonica playing. But in the tradition of many bluesman, he drank a great deal and had a volatile temper. Not a good mixture. Strangely enough, despite many bluesmen who found that the white audiences truly appreciated their music, and people like the Rolling Stones and Clapton ensured they received royalty payments for covering their songs, and bringing them to a much wider audience, Jacobs hated performing to whites!! His volatility whilst in drink, resulted in him being beaten to death by some men in 1968. A real waste.
Pat Hare was a singer and guitarist in the highly influential band of Muddy Waters - real name McKinley Morganfield - in the late 1950`s and had recorded a song that was later to prove deadly accurate. "I`m gonna murder my baby" was recorded in 1954 for Sun Records, the label run by legendary producer Sam Phillips. Hare was by nature, an extremely jealous man, and in 1963, this proved fatal when he murdered both his girlfriend and a Minnesota Police Officer. He was jailed for the rest of his life.
Huddie Ledbetter, otherwise known as "Leadbelly" personified the wild man. He once had his throat cut during a brawl. He was big, tough and had a furious temper. A man to avoid in a desperate situation. His first serious brush with the law was when he was 15. (in 1904) He shot a man. The victim was said to have been the father of a newly impregnated girl! Ledbetter already had two children by then! He was fined and told that it would be better for him to leave town. By 1915, he had shot and wounded another man. He was fined and jailed for a month!! But he actually escaped and vanished. He then committed a murder. He killed his friend Will Stafford and received 20 years. He behaved himself in jail and after so many years, he actually sang a song to the State Governor, in order to win parole. I believe it was one of his most famous songs "Goodnight Irene" but some stories say that this Governor did not parole him but the next one that came into office. After a five year period of good behaviour when he was paroled, he then stabbed a man, a white man at that! and jailed for between 6 & 10 years. He was incarcerated in one of the toughest jails in the country. Angola, in Louisiana. It was in the 30`s that he came to the attention of field producer Alan Lomax, where he recorded him and set him on a path to a much wider audience. But there was trepidation, after his release, wherever he went, as his violent reputation preceded him. One nickname he was given was "The Murderous Minstrel." Ledbetter died in 1949.
The last person to be featured is a man rated one of, if not the best, blues harmonica player: Little Walter Jacobs. He was born in 1930, and in the 50`s he found himself in Muddy Waters` band. He had a good voice and the most exquisite harmonica playing. But in the tradition of many bluesman, he drank a great deal and had a volatile temper. Not a good mixture. Strangely enough, despite many bluesmen who found that the white audiences truly appreciated their music, and people like the Rolling Stones and Clapton ensured they received royalty payments for covering their songs, and bringing them to a much wider audience, Jacobs hated performing to whites!! His volatility whilst in drink, resulted in him being beaten to death by some men in 1968. A real waste.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Toni Jo Henry - The Woman Who went To The Chair With a Smile
There were a number of women who faced execution without fear, and it has been said that they faced up to the ultimate punishment with more courage than their male counterparts. Some spat death in the eye. Irene Schroeder, faced it with a Cagney-like demeanour. Lynda Block - the last woman electrocuted - went with the contempt she held for authority and the law. Toni Jo Henry went with a smile on her face. Her downfall started in the late 1930`s when she was working in a San Antonio brothel. She was also a chronic drug addict despite her good looks. She met Claude Henry whilst working as a prostitute and was so smitten with him, she quit the brothel and married him in 1939. The problem was that he out on bail awaiting a retrial for murder. His first task was to help her withdraw from drugs, which he achieved by forcing her to cold turkey. Then he was summoned back to court for the new trial. He was convicted of killing a Police Special, Arthur Sinclair, and received 50 years. Toni Jo publicly vowed to set him free.
Toni Jo - real name Annie Beatrice McQuiston - recruited a man to help her in her plan. His name was Harold Burks, a serviceman who was AWOL, but wanted to be known simply as "Arkinsaw." He was confident they could spring Henry and acquired some guns. They started by stopping a car and taking the driver hostage. Joe Calloway was forced to drive into the countryside and told to strip naked. Toni Jo told him to kneel and then shot him in the head. Burks was horrified at this unwarranted murder and whilst stopped at Camden in Texas, he drove off, leaving her stranded. She made her way to Shreveport in Louisiana, where she visited a brothel madam she once worked for. The madam told her to get in touch with relatives living locally but inexplicably, she went to the Police. She was so calm and matter-of-fact that they disbelieved her. Until she took them to where the body of Joe Calloway still lay. Then she handed her gun to cops. Who was her partner she was asked. She did not know his true name or decided to stay quiet. She now refused to say anything about him. They set to work and soon discovered his real name; Harold Burks. He was soon arrested without incident. He kept saying "She is nuts!"
On trial for murder, Toni Jo blamed Burks for the murder of Joe Calloway but she was convicted and sentenced to death. Burks later received the same sentence. Toni Jo altogether had two retrials over technicalities but still she was sentenced to death. But when her D.O.E. was set for November 28th 1942, she came clean and admitted that she alone was responsible for the murder. Five days before her execution, Claude Henry escaped from prison, intent on saving her from death. He was captured 66 miles away from her prison. Authorities allowed them a final phone call. There is a photo of a priest leading her to the death chamber. She has a pleasant look on her face and a scarf around her head, covering where her hair had been shaved off. The death chamber guards where stunned by her casual and cheery approach to her death. She was the only woman to be strapped in the Louisiana chair. Burks was despatched in March of the following year.
Toni Jo - real name Annie Beatrice McQuiston - recruited a man to help her in her plan. His name was Harold Burks, a serviceman who was AWOL, but wanted to be known simply as "Arkinsaw." He was confident they could spring Henry and acquired some guns. They started by stopping a car and taking the driver hostage. Joe Calloway was forced to drive into the countryside and told to strip naked. Toni Jo told him to kneel and then shot him in the head. Burks was horrified at this unwarranted murder and whilst stopped at Camden in Texas, he drove off, leaving her stranded. She made her way to Shreveport in Louisiana, where she visited a brothel madam she once worked for. The madam told her to get in touch with relatives living locally but inexplicably, she went to the Police. She was so calm and matter-of-fact that they disbelieved her. Until she took them to where the body of Joe Calloway still lay. Then she handed her gun to cops. Who was her partner she was asked. She did not know his true name or decided to stay quiet. She now refused to say anything about him. They set to work and soon discovered his real name; Harold Burks. He was soon arrested without incident. He kept saying "She is nuts!"
On trial for murder, Toni Jo blamed Burks for the murder of Joe Calloway but she was convicted and sentenced to death. Burks later received the same sentence. Toni Jo altogether had two retrials over technicalities but still she was sentenced to death. But when her D.O.E. was set for November 28th 1942, she came clean and admitted that she alone was responsible for the murder. Five days before her execution, Claude Henry escaped from prison, intent on saving her from death. He was captured 66 miles away from her prison. Authorities allowed them a final phone call. There is a photo of a priest leading her to the death chamber. She has a pleasant look on her face and a scarf around her head, covering where her hair had been shaved off. The death chamber guards where stunned by her casual and cheery approach to her death. She was the only woman to be strapped in the Louisiana chair. Burks was despatched in March of the following year.
Monday, 15 June 2015
Huffey White - Highwayman
We are well used to hearing the romanticised tales of Dick Turpin & Jack Sheppard, plus the deceitful career of Jonathan Wild - he planned and committed robberies, was the leading criminal and fence in London but was also a thief taker. He sent many of his cohorts to Tyburn without the slightest trace of conscience. But a notorious highwayman you will never hear of was Huffey White. He operated throughout the country, but one of his abilities, was to escape from the prison ships, time and again, after he was sentenced to transportation. He robbed banks, waylaid travellers on coaches and his notoriety grew. He was arrested in 1809 and sentenced to be transported for life. He escaped from the prison hulk before it could sail. He returned to his criminal career but was arrested again, this time in Stockport, in 1810. He was to be transported yet again. But as before, he escaped from the ship. Then he was arrested for robbing the Paisley Union Bank, but as usual, he escaped yet again. (Amazingly, exploits like this would have received the usual Hollywood bullshit with truth the perpetual loser!) He then set off around the country, robbing at will.
His crimes included robbing the Leeds Mail coach, then heading south out of the way. He became well known to the authorities in Birmingham, so he ventured to the south west, to Bristol. But he was lucky to evade capture, as the Post Office offered a huge reward for his arrest. This brought informers and criminals out in force, looking to cash in. He decided in 1813 to head for Liverpool. But the authorities received word and were waiting for him. He teemed up with a villain called Richard Haywood. But the forces of Law & Order closed in, after informers gave word to constables that they were in a house in Scotland Road. A number of officers went to the house but the occupants refused to let them in until they identified themselves. The reply was that the door will be kicked in unless it was opened. It duly was, and a search found the two in the cellar, where a furious fight broke out before the two were subdued and arrested. They found plenty of evidence of their crimes in the house and were jailed. Huffey White continued his long criminal career but eventually, his time ran out when he was hanged at Northampton in 1841.
His crimes included robbing the Leeds Mail coach, then heading south out of the way. He became well known to the authorities in Birmingham, so he ventured to the south west, to Bristol. But he was lucky to evade capture, as the Post Office offered a huge reward for his arrest. This brought informers and criminals out in force, looking to cash in. He decided in 1813 to head for Liverpool. But the authorities received word and were waiting for him. He teemed up with a villain called Richard Haywood. But the forces of Law & Order closed in, after informers gave word to constables that they were in a house in Scotland Road. A number of officers went to the house but the occupants refused to let them in until they identified themselves. The reply was that the door will be kicked in unless it was opened. It duly was, and a search found the two in the cellar, where a furious fight broke out before the two were subdued and arrested. They found plenty of evidence of their crimes in the house and were jailed. Huffey White continued his long criminal career but eventually, his time ran out when he was hanged at Northampton in 1841.
Bodysnatchers
Hands up if you have not seen any of the Peter Cushing Hammer films as Baron Frankenstein, or any of the subsequent films. Let us not forget the first two films about the most infamous body snatchers Burke & Hare - "The Flesh & The Fiends" 1959, with Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasance & Billie Whitelaw. There was "Burke & Hare" 1971, with Harry Andrews, Darren Nesbitt & Yootha Joyce. But the gruesome trade of the "Resurrectionists" went on all over the British Isles. Wherever there was a medical school, there would be resurrectionists going about supplying the schools with freshly interred bodies, for the doctors to teach their students about anatomy, with the real thing. Despite the high social standing of these doctors, they had no qualms about paying for nice, fresh bodies, for dissection. Burke & Hare operated in Edinburgh, supplying Dr Alexander Knox.
Bodies that were legally allowed to be taken to medical schools were those were executed, children who died before they were baptised, and children who were not in any apprenticeship. Another source of "trade" was the local workhouse. These were institutions where the homeless, destitute and ill, went because there was nowhere else for them, except begging and starving on the streets. Because of the state and desperation of the people in there, there was also a nice supply for the dissectionists. Not all in charge of workhouses were philanthropists! The price paid for bodies was high, so this outweighed the consequences of being caught. In many areas, grave robbing was so frequent, watchmen were employed to keep guard at night. As long as they did not kill, the resurrectionists would face very heavy fines and jail. Two caught in Liverpool, William Stewart and a baker by the name of Armstrong, were fined £50 - a fortune to most people -and six months in Kirkdale Jail. This was in 1824.
Another case of the 1820`s in Liverpool concerned a huge discovery of bodies of men, women & children, stored in sacks in a cellar in Hope Street. The bodies of the children were pickling in brine in barrels. There were three barrels of "salt" waiting at George`s Dock, to be shipped to Leith, stunk. The captain of the ship had the barrels and discovered eleven bodies of men and women, and a couple of children. The captain immediately summoned the Dock Police. At that time, Liverpool had three Police divisions; The Night Watch, Dock Police & Corporation Constabulary. The task fell to Robert Boughey of the Dock Watch. He soon had two of three men in custody. A man named Donaldson was jailed for one year, the second man, Gillespie, was released without charge but the third man, Henderson, was never found. After this horrific discovery, local people were asked to check the cemeteries to ensure their loved ones had not been disinterred. Gruesome!
Bodies that were legally allowed to be taken to medical schools were those were executed, children who died before they were baptised, and children who were not in any apprenticeship. Another source of "trade" was the local workhouse. These were institutions where the homeless, destitute and ill, went because there was nowhere else for them, except begging and starving on the streets. Because of the state and desperation of the people in there, there was also a nice supply for the dissectionists. Not all in charge of workhouses were philanthropists! The price paid for bodies was high, so this outweighed the consequences of being caught. In many areas, grave robbing was so frequent, watchmen were employed to keep guard at night. As long as they did not kill, the resurrectionists would face very heavy fines and jail. Two caught in Liverpool, William Stewart and a baker by the name of Armstrong, were fined £50 - a fortune to most people -and six months in Kirkdale Jail. This was in 1824.
Another case of the 1820`s in Liverpool concerned a huge discovery of bodies of men, women & children, stored in sacks in a cellar in Hope Street. The bodies of the children were pickling in brine in barrels. There were three barrels of "salt" waiting at George`s Dock, to be shipped to Leith, stunk. The captain of the ship had the barrels and discovered eleven bodies of men and women, and a couple of children. The captain immediately summoned the Dock Police. At that time, Liverpool had three Police divisions; The Night Watch, Dock Police & Corporation Constabulary. The task fell to Robert Boughey of the Dock Watch. He soon had two of three men in custody. A man named Donaldson was jailed for one year, the second man, Gillespie, was released without charge but the third man, Henderson, was never found. After this horrific discovery, local people were asked to check the cemeteries to ensure their loved ones had not been disinterred. Gruesome!
Pervert & Thief Locked Up
A reoccurring theme in court cases here in Bradford is that of sex crimes. Perverts, groomers, sexual assault, the whole list! The latest case is the jailing for eight years of Anthony Simpson. He stole around half a million pounds from Hammonds Direct, a finance company located in the Little Germany district of the city. The company went bust in 2009 and stored up a cash pot to pay all liabilities. Unfortunately for the firm, Simpson, a chartered accountant, had access to this cash pot. They were not to know that Simpson had a very serious addiction to cocaine, and a predisposition for women, in particular prostitutes, dressed as schoolgirls! Simpson found himself being dismissed for very poor work, but then the firm discovered that he had withdrawn £107,500 in cash, had forged a number of cheques, and also carried out a number of internet transfers. Hammonds brought in the Police.
Police investigations revealed that he had used the money to rent an exclusive apartment in Leeds, and much money on an escort agency. This totalled £107,000!! He had used the rest of the money to fuel his chronic cocaine addiction, bought a house in Heckmondwike and paid for a young woman to have cosmetic surgery. But whilst on bail, the Police caught him in the act of downloading child porn. He had over 300,000 pornagraphic images of very young children. And I mean very young!!! He told the judge he did not know why he downloaded child porn and kept the images stored on computer. Would it have something to do with a fetish for school uniforms? He said he was attracted to adult women. So what was it about adult women dressed as schoolgirls? Getting pictures of children by-passes having to persuade women to dress as schoolies. Prostitutes will do what the client pays for, but ordinary women would think that he as a bit on the strange side. Well, I think most would. Plus, to me, any man who wants a woman to dress like that, has to have paedophilic tendencies. Damn, there I go again with my trouble stirring guesswork!!
Police investigations revealed that he had used the money to rent an exclusive apartment in Leeds, and much money on an escort agency. This totalled £107,000!! He had used the rest of the money to fuel his chronic cocaine addiction, bought a house in Heckmondwike and paid for a young woman to have cosmetic surgery. But whilst on bail, the Police caught him in the act of downloading child porn. He had over 300,000 pornagraphic images of very young children. And I mean very young!!! He told the judge he did not know why he downloaded child porn and kept the images stored on computer. Would it have something to do with a fetish for school uniforms? He said he was attracted to adult women. So what was it about adult women dressed as schoolgirls? Getting pictures of children by-passes having to persuade women to dress as schoolies. Prostitutes will do what the client pays for, but ordinary women would think that he as a bit on the strange side. Well, I think most would. Plus, to me, any man who wants a woman to dress like that, has to have paedophilic tendencies. Damn, there I go again with my trouble stirring guesswork!!
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