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Thrower, Shaun
Shaun Thrower was a post man working in Kings Lynn in Norfolk He was
23 years old and obsessed with weapons. He idolised Arnold Schwarzenegger
and had even been given the nickname Arnie. In February 1994 he split up
with his girlfriend Amanda Wagg. She had ended their relationship which
had been punctuated by violence, just a month before she died.
Shaun Thrower had turned up at her house in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, and
the police had to be called. He threatened her in phone calls and Amanda
was so upset that she went to stay with relatives in Warminster, Wiltshire.
While she was away Thrower phoned her father and 'uttered the threat that
he was going to get her'.
When Amanda returned 11 days later she gave in her notice at the local
Woolworths, intending to live with her aunt and uncle in Warminster. Thrower
still pestered her and was seen near her house several times.
On March 23 last year he went to the store twice. After talking to her
for 15 minutes he went to a shop and bought a knife described as a camouflage
Special Forces knife, the court was told. He returned and spent 45 minutes
talking to Amanda. A colleague heard her say: 'I am not going to change
my mind.'
Witnesses heard a bang and dialled 999 as Amanda was dragged away to
her death. Shaun Thrower dragged 17-year-old Amanda Wagg from where she
had been serving customers and plunged a knife into her back so hard it
came out at the front of her body. As he fled through the shop, staff followed
a trail of blood up the back stairs and found Amanda lying in a pool of
blood outside the rest room. Thrower told police Amanda had been 'blowing
hot and cold' over the relationship and he could not handle it.
Prosecutor Jeremy Gompertz said: 'He was jealous and took the attitude
that if he couldn't have her, nobody else would.'
He was tried for the murder at Norfolk Crown Court and found guilty.
He was duly sentenced to life imprisonment.
Thomas, George
George Thomas was hung on 13th February 1894 for the murder
of Mary Jane Jones. Thomas was only 25 years old and was an army reservist.
He had been going out with Mary for several weeks even though she was ten
years younger then he was. It was in fact Mary who decided to end the relationship
but instead of telling him she tried to avoid him whenever possible. They
were out walking on the 19 November and Thomas decided it was time that
the relationship advanced to something more serious. When he met resistance
he tried to force himself on her but she tried to push him away. A struggle
followed and in a fit of rage he cut her throat. He gave himself up to
the police and confessed all.
Thomas, Donald George
In April 1948 Donald George Thomas was tried at the Old Bailey for the
murder of PC Nathaniel Edgar. He was found guilty and sentenced to
death but this was later commuted to life imprisonment.
Police Constable Nathaniel Edgar was only 33 when he was murdered by
Donald George Thomas on 13 February 1948. PC Edgar was investigating
a spate of burglaries and was questioning a suspect when he was shot
three times. Donald George Thomas was trying to cover his tracks.
Teasdale,William
No details listed for this case at this time
Titus, Stephen
No details on this case at this time
Traynor, Thomas
Thomas Traynor was hanged on the 25th April 1921 for the murder of temporary
cadet James Farrel who was shot dead in a Dublin ambush on the 10th January
1921. He was tried and convicted by court martial and hanged by John
Ellis. He went to the gallows leaving behind ten children.
True, Ronald
Ronald True was charged with the murder of 25-year-old Olive Young.
She was a prostitute and her real name was Mrs Gertrude Yates. Her naked
body was found by her cleaner in the bathroom. She had been asphyxiated.
A dressing gown cord was tied around her neck and a towel had been stuffed
down her throat. True's trial opened at the Old Bailey on Monday 1st May
1922. His defence was one of insanity. Four days later the jury decided
that True was guilty and he was sentenced to death. An appeal was dismissed
but a re-examination of True was ordered and three medical experts declared
him to be insane. He was reprieved and removed to Broadmoor. He died there
in 1951.
Turpin, Dick
Dick Turpin was hanged on the 10 April 1739 at York. Turpin is probably
one of the most famous of all highwayman and is often thought of in romantic
terms. Highway robbery was often very different from this.
For Turpin Highway robbery was something he tried after being involved
in most other forms of crime such as burglary and smuggling. He had
started life as a butcher but it was not long before he was stealing cows
to supply his shop.
When finally brought to justice he was tried on two counts of murder
for which he received the death sentence. He died well determined
to show no fear to the crowd that had gathered.
Taylor, William
On 31 July, twenty four year old William Taylor, a Birmingham born private
in the 57th Rifles Regiment stationed at Raglan Barracks, Devonport, was
among several soldiers told to report for extra drill by Corporal Arthur
Skullen who was thirty five. . Taylor came onto the drill square without
his knapsack and the Corporal told him to go and fetch it. Taylor put down
his rifle and walked off, but Skullen bawled at him to pick up the weapon.
which he then did. When he reached his room he loaded the rifle, walked
out onto the parade and shot Skullen in the head. He was disowned by his
relatives, including his wife and young son. and received no visitors in
his cell before being led to the scaffold in faltering steps and sobbing
loudly. He was hanged by William Calcraft on the 11th October 1869 at Exeter..
Tooth, James
James Tooth was a Royal Marine sentenced to death for the murder of
drummer boy George Stock who was seventeen at the time, at Marine Barracks,
Chatham. Tooth had been in the army for twenty years and had risen to become
an NCO, but had been downgraded after a drunken incident at the barracks.
He had made an attempt to reclaim his former rank but his fondness for
drink let him down. One day during the spring, Stock was asked to search
for a ring that had been lost by one of his corporals. He was unable to
find the ring but was seen with a half-crown, which, when questioned, he
said he had been given by Tooth. Tooth was then suspected of stealing the
ring and carpeted by his superiors. Realising that he had lost any hope
of regaining his promotion, he went out and got drunk. On the following
morning, he spotted Stock emerging from church and crept up behind him.
Before the boy could do anything to defend himself, Tooth took out a knife
and cut his throat. He was immediately detained and when he stood trial
later that month, he pleaded guilty through insanity. After conviction,
he wrote a letter to Stock's older brother, who was a corporal in the same
regiment, and asked for forgiveness, which was granted. He was hanged on
the 13th August 1872 at Maidstone aged forty two.
Thompson, William
Twenty six year old William Thompson was a pitman convicted of the
murder of Mrs Jane Thompson who was only twenty, with whom he lived at
Anfield Plain. They had travelled into Newcastle during the afternoon of
4 October and began to argue after he saw her talking to another man. They
returned home and got ready to go out that night. When her father, who
lived with them, went on ahead to the pub, he again started an argument
over the man he had seen her talking to earlier. They made up and went
out drinking, but later whilst drunk he accused her of being unfaithful
and cut her throat. Thompson was hanged along with two others by the names
of Dawson and Gough in a triple execution carried out by William Marwood
on the 5th January 1874 at Durham..
Taylor, Robert
On 23 November, fifty seven year old Mrs Mary Kidd and eight year
old Sarah Hollis, were returning from the market at Yoxall, near Burton.
On approaching Coppice Wood, near Hoar Cross, they spotted Taylor, a Wigan
born miner, sitting on a gate. Mrs Kidd asked Taylor if he was going to
sleep, to which he answered 'No.' 'Why don't you go home then,' she replied,
with Taylor answering that he had no home to go to. Mrs Kidd and the girl
walked on and soon they were followed by Taylor who asked for half-a-crown.
She told him she didn't have that much money and gave him tuppence. Angered
at the small amount, he told her he would cut her throat, then took out
his knife and chose to stab her in the neck instead. A passing cart caused
him to flee but he was later picked out by Sarah Hollis in an identity
parade. Taylor was tried at Staffordshire Assizes and admitted his guilt
under questioning. He showed no fear in the condemned cell and ate a massive
last breakfast which included over a pound of meat. He ate his meal with
a wooden spoon and scratched upon it a drawing of a man hanging on a gallows.
He was hanged by Williiam Marwood at Stafford on the 29th December 1874
aged just twenty one.
Turner, Walter Lewis
On 6 June, Barbara Waterhouse, a young girl of six, disappeared while playing
outside her house at Horsforth, Leeds. Despite a frantic search of the
area, police could find no sign of her. Four days later her mutilated body
was discovered in a tin trunk left outside Horsforth Town Hall. The body
had been wrapped in a shawl and had its throat cut. On 12 June, a Mrs Turner
was questioned after the shawl had been traced to her and she confessed
to helping her son dispose of the body. He denied murdering the child and
claimed that a quarryman called Jack had asked him to dispose of the trunk.
He wasn't believed, and both he and his mother were charged with murder.
They were tried at Leeds Assizes with the conclusion that Turner was sentenced
to death, his mother to life imprisonment. Thirty two year old Turner was
hanged by James Billington on the 18th August 1891 at Leeds.
Taylor, James
Sixty year old James Taylor was an army pensioner who was convicted of
the murder of his wife at Westminster on 14 June. Both were addicted to
drink, and he beat her to death with a mangle roller while drunk. Sentenced
to death by Baron Pollock at the Old Bailey on 28 July, and hanged by James
Billington on the 16th August 1892 at Newgate.
Twiss, John
John Twiss was a native of Cordal, Castleisland, Co Kerry. On 21 April
1894 he was convicted of the murder of James Donovan, the caretaker of
an evicted holding on Lord Cork's estate at Glenlara, Haymarket. Another
man named Keefe was acquitted at the trial. Donovan had been dragged from
his bed and beaten to death by Twiss, who was identified by the victim's
son. He put on over two stone while in the condemned cell, and broke down
saying: 'Oh my poor sister, she will be so lonely.' He regained his composure
and walked firmly to the scaff'old where he was hanged by James Billington
on the 9th February 1895 in Cork.
Taylor, Frank
On 10 March, May Lewis, a young girl of ten did not return home after
school and all enquiries failed to trace her whereabouts. Early next morning,
some workmen passing by land adjacent to the Taylor house found a child's
body with its skull battered in. Police searched the house and after finding
evidence that the crime had taken place in an upstairs bedroom. arrested
Mr and Mrs Taylor but later released them after their son, Frank, confessed.
Witnesses came forward to say they had seen Taylor decoy May Lewis into
the house while his parents were out for the night. It was later discovered
that Taylor had tried to drown himself on the night of the crime by throwing
himself into a canal, only to be pulled out by a passer-by. Taylor was
hanged by James Billington in Birmingham on the 18th August 1896.
He was only twenty three when he died .
Torr, Elias
Fifty two year old Elias Torr was a farmer convicted of the murder of his
eldest daughter. Margaret Ann who was twenty one. Torr was a violent man
addicted to drink, and his family were constantly afraid of him. They lived
in a farmhouse beside the main Nottingham to Melton railway line. At the
end of April. there was a fierce family quarrel after which his wife and
daughter went to stay with a neighbouring farmer. Torr went to the farm
to try and pacify his family but was refused entry. In a rage. he battered
the door down with the butt of his gun and as his family fled through a
back door, he opened fire and fatally wounded Margaret. He was convicted
at Nottingham Assizes and hanged by James and William Billington on the
9th August 1899.
Toole, John
John Toole was a married man with children who was convicted of the murder
of Lizzie Brennan whom he lived with at Dublin. They frequently quarrelled
and on the night of 2 December, 1900 he cut her throat as she slept. He
then turned the razor on himself but only managed to inflict a minor wound.
He was hanged at Mountjoy prison by Thomas Scott and Bartholomew Binns
on the 7th March 1901.
Thompson, John George
John George Thompson was an engine fitter convicted of the murder of Maggie
Ann Lieutand at Gateshead in September. She had left her husband and gone
to live with Thompson, but after several weeks she decided to end the affair
and went to find new lodgings. Thompson tracked her down and after failing
to persuade her to move back with him, he shot her dead. He was hanged
by William and John Billington in Durham on the 10th December 1901 at the
age of thirty eight.
Taylor, Joseph
Twenty five year old Joseph Taylor was sentenced to death for the murder
of John Daly at Clonbrack, Queen's County, in June 1902. Taylor became
friends with the Daly family, and soon after began an affair with John
Daly's wife, Mary. One night, Daly's son saw Taylor standing over his father
and savagely kicking him as Mary Daly looked on. Daly was then dragged
over a stile and into a field where he was later found dead. He was hanged
by William Billington in Kilkenny on the 7th January 1903.
Tuffin, William Joseph
Twenty three year old William Joseph Tuffin was a motor mechanic who murdered
his wife, Caroline who was twenty two, at Thames Ditton. Tuffin began an
affair with their housemaid, twenty-two year old Mary Stone shortly after
she had taken up her post at the Tuffin household. A few weeks later, Caroline
disappeared, and for several weeks Tuffin and Mary Stone lived together
at the house as man and wife. The beaten and strangled body of Caroline
was later found at the house and Tuffin and Stone were arrested. At their
Guildford Assizes trial, he was convicted of murder, she a an accessory;
both were sentenced to death by Mr Justice Darling. Mary Stone was later
reprieved, while Tuffin was hanged by Henry Pierrepoint and John Ellis
at Wandsworth on the 11th August 1903. It has been claimed that this crime
may have influenced Dr Crippen seven years later.
Tattersall, Thomas George
Thirty one year old Thomas George Tattersall was a plasterer who murdered
his wife, Rebecca, by cutting her throat with a razor at their home in
Wakefield. At his trial at West Yorkshire Assizes, it was claimed that
he was suicidal and was suffering from homicidal mania. Tattersall confessed
that he attacked her with a hatchet, then cut her throat, but had no idea
he was doing wrong. Following conviction, he was hanged by John Billington,
whose last execution it turned out to be, and William Warbrick who had
been recalled to the list due to a shortage of assistants. Billington fell
through the open trap door while preparing the drop, and although he seemed
well enough to carry out the execution the following morning, he died a
few weeks later at his home in Chorley. The cause of death was stated as
dropsy but it was probably as a result of internal injuries sustained in
his accident. Before his arrest, Tattersall had been working on a contract
at Wakefield gaol where he had helped with the preparation of the execution
chamber. He was hanged on the 15th August 1905.
Thompson, Henry
Henry Thompson was a powerfully built, hard drinking sailor who strangled
his wife Mary who was forty seven years old at their Liverpool home. Thompson
was as much feared by his workmates as he was by his family, for he had
a terrific temper, especially after a drink. One night in the summer, he
returned home from the pub in a foul mood and callously strangled his wife.
He then climbed into bed next to her and went to sleep. Her body was discovered
the next morning by her son, a handkerchief covering her face, while her
husband lay asleep beside her. When asked by the Judge if he had anything
to say before being sentenced to death, Thompson leaned his big body against
the dock rail, looked the Judge in the eye, and replied in a conversational
voice: 'No, I've nothing to say. Sentence away and be done with it.' He
later told relatives that he had been miserable with his wife and he was
certain that he could not be more miserable in the next world. On learning
that CRIPPEN was to be hanged the day after him at Pentonville, Thompson
said to a warder: 'I'll be waiting to sing for him.' Turning his gaze on
the Governor, he added: 'I'll sing for you too, when your time comes.'
He was adamant that the suit he was to wear to the gallows should not be
damp, as he did not want to shiver and then have people think he was afraid.
He was hanged at Walton prison by John Ellis and William Willis on the
22nd November 1910 at the age of fifty four.
Thomas, Frederick Henry
Thirty eight year old Frederick Henry Thomas was a commission agent, with
a wife and family living in Poplar, who was convicted of the murder of
Harriet Ann Eckhart, the unfaithful wife of a German. Thomas cut her throat
in a jealous rage. He was hanged by John Ellis and Thomas Pierrepoint in
Wandsworth on the 15th November 1911.
Tarkenter, John Edward
John Edward Tarkenter was a spinner from Heyside, Oldham, who murdered
his wife Rosetta, by cutting her throat as she lay in bed following a fierce
quarrel. After committing the crime, Tarkenter went to a public house where
he asked his brother to buy him a drink, saying it was his last as he had
just killed his wife and would be arrested very soon. Her body was discovered
and the police caught up with him later that day. He pleaded provocation
as the motive for the crime, but Mr Justice Avory informed the jury that
nothing Mrs Tarkenter was alleged to have said could be construed as provocation.
The prosecution contested that it was another crime brought on by drink
and jealousy. Sentenced to death on 22 November, he was hanged at the age
of forty one in Manchester on the 12th December 1911.
Thornley, John James
John James Thornley was a railway lamp-man from Macclesfield who was convicted
at Chester Assizes, of the murder of Miss Frances Johnson, his ex-fiancee.
Thornley cut her throat in her bedroom on the 18th September after she
had called off their engagement, and he left a note beside the body admitting
the crime. He was arrested after trying to drown himself in a canal. He
pleaded insanity at the trial but it was rejected and he was sentenced
to death. Whilst in the condemned cell he said to a warder: 'I know Ellis
the executioner, I saw him in Manchester once. I expect he will be the
one to do for me.' . Thornley should have been hanged at Knutsford gaol
but it had been closed and handed over to the military. Thornley submitted
calmly to the pinioning on the scaffold, but as Ellis approached Hill he
called for a warder to support the American. As the noose was adjusted,
Hill let out a spine-chilling yell and Ellis darted to the side and pushed
the lever as the prisoner began to collapse. He died at Liverpool on the
1st December 1915 aged twenty six.
Thompson, Harry
Harry Thompson was sentenced to death at Leeds Assizes for the murder of
twenty three year old Alice Kaye, who was found dead near Huddersfield,
on the 6th November. Alice Kaye was the wife of a soldier who had
enlisted in 1914. Since then she had lived alone at Honley, Huddersfield.
Thompson had met Alice before the war, and she told him that her husband
was her brother. While her husband was overseas, Thompson and Alice grew
intimate, and he started giving her money in the form of a weekly allowance.
He remained unaware of her marriage but eventually learned in November
1915. On the night of the 6th November, Alice failed to turn up for a meeting
with her aunt. The next morning, she was found fully clothed on her bed
with a cut throat. There was no sign of a struggle or a break-in. Two days
later, Thompson stopped a policeman in the street and confessed to him
that he had murdered Alice. He claimed that he had hoped to marry her but
had lost his mind and attacked her when she said she was already married.
Standing before Mr Justice Sankey on the 29th November, he pleaded not
guilty and retracted his confession, but was convicted. He was fifty five
when he was hanged by Thomas Pierrepoiat and Edward Taylor in Wakefield
on the 22nd December 1915.
Thompson, John William
John William Thompson was a forty three year old shepherd who was convicted
of the murder of thirteen year old Lily Tindale, who was found
with a cut throat in a stack yard at Beverley, Yorkshire on the 15th
February. He was sentenced to death by Mr Justice McCardle at York Assizes.
He confessed to a priest in the cell and was hanged by Thomas Pierrepoint
and William Willis in Leeds on the 27th March 1917.
Tonbridge, Edmund Hugh
Thirty eight year old Edmund Hugh Tonbridge was a warehouseman who
was convicted of the murder of twenty four year old Margaret Evans, with
whom he had been having an affair. A police sergeant saw them larking around
on the banks of the River Lea, then heard a splash. Later, the girl was
discovered drowned. Tonbridge, who had already fathered a child by the
girl, claimed that she told him that she was pregnant again and demanded
that he obtain a divorce from his wife and marry her. When he refused,
he said that she took a small bottle of cyanide from her handbag, gulped
the poison down then staggered into the water. A search later recovered
the phial which was found to contain traces of poison, although the actual
cause of death was never determined, despite the presence of Sir Bernard
Spilsbury on the case. Sentenced to death by Mr Justice Darling and hanged
by John Ellis and Robert Baxter at Pentonville on the 18th April 1922.
Thompson, Hyram
Fifty two year old Hyram Thompson was a Preston labourer who brutally
kicked his wife to death at their home at Bamber Bridge. On many occasions
over the years, Ellen Thompson had applied for a separation order against
her husband but each time he successfully managed to persuade her to change
her mind. Thompson had a violent temper and his wife was not alone in bearing
the brunt of his anger for he just as often turned on his three children,
who had discovered early in life that it was wise to stay out of their
father's way, especially when he had been drinking. On 25th April, Thompson
came home from work and sat down at the dining table. He was already in
a foul mood after a hard day at work so when his wife asked him to prepare
his own tea as she was looking after a neighbour's child, he flew into
a rage. Tired of his abuse, Ellen walked over to the table and struck her
husband across the face. He rose from his chair and punched her to the
floor, then, as she lay stunned on the carpet, he brutally kicked the last
breath from her body. His anger still unsatisfied he went to the bathroom,
gathered up his cutthroat razor, then returned to his wife and coldly slit
her throat. The children found their dead mother when they returned home.
Beside her, the young child she had been minding was screaming in its cradle.
Thompson was apprehended in a nearby bed and breakfast, and just eighteen
days after he had committed the offence, he stood in the dock accused of
wilful murder. His son told the court that his father was a most drunken,
lazy, wicked man, and that the family lived in fear of him. The whole proceedings
took less than an hour and the jury did not even have to retire before
they delivered a verdict of guilty. Thompson was sentenced to death by
Mr Justice Branson. Less than six weeks after committing the murder, he
was hanged by John Ellis and William Willis in Manchester on the 30th May
1922.
Thomas, George
George Thomas was a miner from the Rhymney Valley who was convicted of
the murder of his sweetheart, Marie Beddoe Thomas (no relation), whom he
stabbed to death outside a church in Pontlottyn. Sentenced to death at
Glamorgan Assizes by Mr Justice Fraser on 16 February, and hanged by Robert
Baxter and Thomas Phillips in Cardiff on the 9th March 1926 aged twenty
six.
Thompson, Henry
Henry Thompson was a Welsh coal-miner who, in January 1926, left his wife
and five children in the valleys having secured a better job at Chatham,
Kent. He intended to send for his family once he had settled into his new
employment. He took lodgings with Mrs Rose Smith and soon found that he
had much in common with his new landlady. Her husband was away from home
serving in the Royal Navy, and she enjoyed a drink. They cured their lonliness
by becoming lovers and even her young children took to him, affectionately
calling him 'Uncle Harry.' Before long, Thompson learned that he was not
the only man sharing Mrs Smith's bed, a discovery that made him mad with
jealousy. They had a quarrel during which she made some comment that drove
him to pick up a razor and cut her throat. He immediately called for the
police. He was convicted after a short trial at Maidstone Assizes before
Mr Justice Horridge on 21 February and hanged by Thomas Pierrepoint and
William Willis in Maidstone on the 9th March 1926 aged thirty six. Thompson
had shown no fear while in the condemned cell, and on the eve of his execution
he was playing cards with his warders whilst singing 'Show me the way to
go home!'
Thorpe, William Henry
Forty five year old William Henry Thorpe was a one-legged watchman sentenced
to death by Mr Justice Wright at Manchester Assizes on 24th February for
the murder of his former sweetheart, thirty nine year old Mrs Frances Clarke,
at Bolton. On Thursday evening, 19th November, 1925, a couple of days after
discovering that Frances had got married, Thorpe went out and got very
drunk. In the early hours of the following morning, he waited outside her
mother's house, where the couple were staying. After his former love's
husband had gone to work, he entered and cut her throat as she lay in bed.
Frances's mother heard the scream followed by the sound of Thorpe fleeing
the house. She recognised the sound his wooden leg made on the staircase
because he had lodged with her several years earlier. A search was made
for Thorpe and he was later arrested at his home just as he was about to
draw the razor across his throat. He was hanged by William Willis in Manchester
on the 16th March 1926.
Toal, Gerard
Gerard Toal was an eighteen year old chauffeur and odd job man who was
convicted of the murder of thirty six year old Mary Callan, a housekeeper.
Miss Callan and Toal were both employed by a Father McKeown, an Irish priest.
On 27 May, 1927, the priest returned to the house and found that Mary had
vanished. Her bicycle was also missing, and it was assumed that she had
cycled home. She was never seen alive again and although it was well known
that she and Toal did not get along, he was not immediately under suspicion.
The police searched the farm and discovered part of a woman's bicycle in
Toal's room which he claimed he had found. There was nothing to suggest
that Toal was responsible for her disappearance and he was released but
kept under observation. The following year, in April, Toal left the farm
with the intention of emigrating to Canada but a couple of days later he
was arrested in a neighbouring town and charged with stealing. The police
then made another, more thorough search of Father McKeown's farmhouse and
found more bicycle parts and some burnt female clothing. The search was
intensified and eventually Mary Callan's decomposed body was discovered
in a nearby quarry. Toal confessed that he had strangled her after a quarrel
and then thrown her body into the water filled quarry. He was convicted
at Dublin Assizes in July and hanged by Thomas Pierrepoint in Dublin on
the 29th August 1928.
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