Case Summary
Crime Scene
Witness Notes
Suspect File
The Prinny Hill Lane Murder
Opened: October 12th, 1905
Detective Sergeant Edmund Cryer was summoned to Prinny Lane
shortly after dawn following reports of a woman's body discovered
near the old mill road.
Initial observations suggested no signs of robbery. The victim, as of yet is still not known, was found arranged carefully, with a single white rose resting close to her right shoulder.
The body has since been transferred to the mortuary where a post-mortem will soon take place.
A parcel was delivered to the police station by William Kershaw, 18-year-old. He was paid one shilling by person unknown. Kershaw also has a criminal record for petty theft.
Initial observations suggested no signs of robbery. The victim, as of yet is still not known, was found arranged carefully, with a single white rose resting close to her right shoulder.
The body has since been transferred to the mortuary where a post-mortem will soon take place.
A parcel was delivered to the police station by William Kershaw, 18-year-old. He was paid one shilling by person unknown. Kershaw also has a criminal record for petty theft.
“The positioning was deliberate. Whoever carried this out wished
for the body to be discovered.”
— Sergeant Cryer
— Sergeant Cryer
Crime Scene Photographs
Prinny Lane — 6:12am
Prinny Hill, location of victims body.
Artist sketch of victim.
Witness Statements
Recorded by Inspector Mercer
Joseph Shaw, age 47, labourer:
“Just after four in the morning, I were heading toward the dairy route before daylight. I saw a bundle laying on the ground. I thought it were old blankets dumped in the mud. I got close and first saw a hand. Never touched the body but I noticed the white flower on the ground.
“Just after four in the morning, I were heading toward the dairy route before daylight. I saw a bundle laying on the ground. I thought it were old blankets dumped in the mud. I got close and first saw a hand. Never touched the body but I noticed the white flower on the ground.
I quickly left and soon found Constable Briggs near the square and told him what I had found."
Suspect Notes
Restricted Material
No formal suspects identified.
On-going interviews with people who were in the public houses on the evening of 11th October and early-morning of 12th.
On-going interviews with people who were in the public houses on the evening of 11th October and early-morning of 12th.
“The killer appears organised. Educated perhaps.
There were signs of a struggle at the scene.”