How an unsolved murder in 1888 played a part in bringing about the end of slavery
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IT WAS half-past three in the morning when the police commissioner heard the crowd approaching. He got out of bed. His wife sent a child out to get help but it was too late. They kicked his door in. He jumped from an upstairs window towards the safety of a neighbouring house but missed his footing and fell. A gang of 200 men in the street below seized him and beat him with clubs while his wife hid inside, cowering in an oven.
This article appeared in the Christmas Specials section of the print edition under the headline “Dr Warne and the cockroaches”
From the December 21st 2013 edition
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