What the records say
- When
- 2 Mar 1879
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 51.46° N, 0.30° W
- Description
- notorious murder from March 1879
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
Notorious murder from March 1879
The murder of Julia Martha Thomas, dubbed the "Barnes Mystery" or the "Richmond Murder" by the contemporary press, was one of the most notorious crimes in the Victorian period of the United Kingdom. Thomas, a widow in her 50s who lived in Richmond, London, was murdered on 2 March 1879 by her maid Kate Webster, a 30-year-old Irishwoman with a history of theft.
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