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Where were the convulsions?
Did someone else arrange his body afterwards to appear as if he had just lain down to nap? If so, was this an "assisted suicide"?
Yet, the man had no "life-threatening illness" according to the autopsy reports.
Is it a case of espionage or terrorism? How and why?
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"His head was uphill and his legs were straight downhill - perfectly straight. His arms were across his chest.”
Does this sound to anyone like strychnine poisoning?Leave a comment:
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Actually fascinating mystery here. One minor point - in the section trying to link the death to recent cases of interest (Brady and Hinkley and the Moor Murders, the 1949 plane crash, the avalance), there was a reference to an unsolved murder of a father and son in the early 1800s. In my copy of Guy B. H. Logan's "Guilty or Not Guilty?" (London: Duffield, 1930), there is a chapter on this case: Chapter X, "The Bill-o-Jack's" Murder". Bill-o-Jack was the name of a wayside inn on the road between Greenfield and Holmfirth in Yorkshire, run by William Bradbury (whose father Jack Brackbury founded the inn years earlier) and his son Tom. The two were found murdered by William's granddaughter Mary on April 3, 1832 (they were last seen alive the previous day). Tom had seriously injured his leg falling down a gully while getting provisions, and was in no condition to defend himself and his father. They were bludgeoned to death. probably by an instrument like a hoe. The inn was plundered of money and other items of an unknown nature. It was assumed that more than one person was involved, William was still barely alive when found and managed to only say the word "Pats", or somethng that sounded like that to the doctor who was brought in, named Higginbottom (it was later suspected he may have meant a local named "Platt" who was suspected). A local alcoholic ruffian named Red James Bradbury had been arrested for poaching on the land owned by the two victims, and had boasted that Tom (who witnessed the poaching) would not live to appear against him. As a result he was arrested for the double murder with his son Joe. But the evidence was weak. Moreover Reuben Platt (the local whose name sounded like the weak "Pats" heard by the doctor) said he saw some Irish laborers seeking instruction to go on a route to Holmfirth passed the inn the night before - and there were such laborers in a nearby field. The result was that James and Joe Bradbury were acquitted. But public opinion condemned them anyway. The younger man left the district and Red James remained with his wife and children, but acted very circumspect from then on - including giving up drinking. Saddleworth Churchyard is where the two murder victims were buried together, and it has a memorable poem carved on the tombstone regarding the killings. Logan says he visited the area of the murders and the grave in 1899.Originally posted by Joshua Rogan View Post
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The Body on the Moors
Another Moors Mystery;
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