Policeman-burglar gets 10 years
Pleading guilty to six charges of burglary, George MARTIN, aged 42, a constable in the Liverpool City Police force was sentenced by Mr Justice RADLEY to ten years penal servitude. MARTIN had been in the force for 17 years and had a good character. Being detailed to watch houses whose occupants had given notice to the police before going away on their summer holidays, MARTIN gained an entrance at night by means of duplicate keys, over 200 of which were found in his possession. In this manner he stole property valued at £1,500. Most of the booty was pawned by his wife, who, it was stated was under his influence. At one establishment an Indian shawl was pledged worth £120 for 7s-6d. MARTIN took all the blame upon himself an exonerated his wife.
The Penny Illustrated Paper, February 20, 1904
The church of St Nathaniel at Windsor Liverpool was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Originating in the pipes of a heating apparatus the fire spread with such rapidity that the edifice was soon a mass of flames. In less than a couple of hours only the clock tower which is 60ft in height was standing. The Communion plate and the church registers were fortunately saved.
The Penny Illustrated Paper, September 23, 1905
A smart detective
Chief Inspector STRETTELL, the head of the Liverpool police detective force has resigned after 42 years service. He did excellent work his department managed on one occasion to get a man into the chimney of a room where conspirators were meeting and the man heard the details of a plot to blow up the town hall with dynamite. A bomb was subsequently discovered near the west door of the town hall. Another criminal enterprise which the detective helped to suppress was that of a band of garrotters who disguised as women used to waylay persons in the suburbs.
The Penny Illustrated Paper October 28, 1905
Sherlock Holmes in court
Sir A. Conan DOYLE, who is understood to be gathering material for a new series of Sherlock Holmes stories dealing more especially with bank frauds, caused some surprise in the Liverpool Police Court last week by unexpectedly walking up the steps leading from the cells to the dock.
Accompanied by the chief constable he had been going through the under-world of the police buildings in order to gather local colour. As it happened the court had just finished its business and the stipendiary was busily signing documents before departure for the day.
"Sherlock Homes" and the magistrate were introduced. Thereupon the stipendiary, Mr STEWART, expressed his regret that the famous story writer had not appeared a little earlier.
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The late Ex-superintendent R. H. GRETNEY
The funeral took place at Anfield Park cemetery of the late Mr Robert Henry GRETNEY ex-police Supt. Mr GRETNEY who, retired from the police force 13yrs ago was a native of the I.O.M having been born at Laxey 75yrs ago, where as a boy he worked in the mines. He came to Liverpool and joined the police force in 1854 as a constable and soon received promotion, For some years he acted as confidential clerk to Major GREIG. The service was conducted by the Rev J. D. STEWART. B.A, of St Brides Ch, Percy St.
Liverpool Mercury, January 1907
Children appearing on the children's page
A. JACKSON, 79 Cantsfield St, Liverpool
Harold J. MACKAY, 5 Clare St, Islington, Liverpool
Olive CHIDLEY, 118 Salisbury Rd, Anfield
Robert DUNNE, 189 Marsh Lane, Bootle
Gladys Resarda, GEARING, Odessa
Norman HEWSON, 8 Rockfield Rd, Anfield
W. G. A. OWEN, 17 Spellow Lane, Stanley Park, Liverpool
Mabel WISE, 33 Selbourne St, Liverpool
Jessie ELLIS, 24 Sandringham Rd, Tuebrook
Willie LEAK, 23 St Andrews Rd, Anfield, [poor little fella]
Elizabeth KELLY, Clay St, Liverpool
Eva BLACKLEY, 63 Shiel Rd, Kensington, Liverpool
Ivy BLACKWELL, 4 Severn Terrace, Watchet
Maggie COOK, 22 Avondale Rd, Sparkhill, Birmingham
William GREGSON, 10 Hahnemann Rd, Walton, Liverpool
Florence M. DYALL, Birkenhead
Elsie WATKINSON, Field Lane, Kirby
Annie BLOWER, aged 12, Elm Grove, Hertford, Northwich, Cheshire
Ella FRASER, 5 Balchraggan Buildings, Reay St, Inverness
Catherine SHAW, 39 Hughson St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool
Lily DEMPSEY, 6 Moorgate St, Great Crosby, Liverpool
Lily CHILDS, aged 14, 15 Knowsley Rd, Bootle
H. WOODS, aged 10, 2 Bangor St, Liverpool
May EVERSFIELD, aged 11, Post Office, Stavely, Alberta, Canada, N.W.T
Sidney SMITH, 87 Vandyke St, Liverpool
Eric MACLEAN, Mayfield, Church Rd, West Kirby
William O'NEILL, Pensby Rd, Heswall
Marion SUMNER, 13 Sefton St, Litherland
Nellie WATKINSON, Fields Lane, Kirby
Esther E. MEEK, 31 Canterbury Rd, Somerville, Seacombe
Queenie SPENCER, 6 Alma St, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Willie BAKER, 24 High St, Woolton
Rose BERRY, aged 12, 4 Napier Rd, New Ferry, Cheshire
Charles BERRY, 4 Napier Rd, New Ferry, Cheshire
Alec R. FOWLER, 59 Sheil Rd, Liverpool
Florence ELLIS, aged 13, 12 Castleford St, Wavertree, Liverpool
Mona JONES, aged 10, 17 Kinmel St, High Park St, Liverpool
Ada LLOYD, 4 Victoria Terrace, Rose Vale, Liverpool
Elizabeth A. KELLY, 2 Clarence Terrace, Clay St, Liverpool
Gladys JOHNSON, 84 Arkles Lane, Anfield
Edith M. VOCE, 25 Somerville Rd, Waterloo
Maggie GILLESPIE, 15 Winstanley Rd, Waterloo
Ivy POTTER, Gores Lane, Freshfield
Elizabeth ARNOPP, Higher St, Kinsale
Doris GOTTSCHALK, aged 13, 1 Hope Place, Liverpool
Eva L. ALEXANDER, 125 Lisburn Lane, West Derby
Sidney SMITH, 87 Vandyke St, Lodge Lane, Liverpool
Gladys ROBERTS, Barmouth Villas, Winnington Lane, Northwich, Cheshire
Nellie EVANS, 23 Hampden St, Walton
George RUSHBY, 32 Whithorn St, Liverpool
Ruth WALKER, 48 Duke St, Whithaven
Helen WOODS, aged 10, 2 Bangor St, Liverpool
Herbert M. WARD, 132 Northbrook St, Liverpool
Madeline JONES, 65 Gardiners Hill, Cork
Lucy STONE, aged 12, 51 Wellington Rd, Liverpool
Lilian GRAHAM, aged 12, 8 Argo Rd, Waterloo
H. CANDELAND, aged 13, 55 Whitford Rd, Birkenhead
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Liverpool Mercury, Jan 12th 1907
On Thursday a violent explosion occurred in the confectionery shop of Mr RICHARDSON, Aigburth Rd, the, whole of the glass in the front of the premises was blown out, no one was injured.
The New York correspondent for the Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury writes:-
Mrs COXE, the aged widow of a millionaire coal merchant, who recently declared her intention to marry a young physician of Liverpool, has been placed in an Asylum at the insistence of her sons.
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