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Catherine WEBSTER
 
 
 

 

Kate Webster

 

 

Webster's appearance (depicted here by The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times)
 was a topic of comment in the press.

 

 

Kate Webster (left) and Julia Martha Thomas (right)

 

 

Mayfield Cottages, Julia Martha Thomas' house in Richmond. She lived in the left-hand portion
(number 2) of the semi-detached villa.

 

 

Webster boiled Thomas' dismembered body in a laundry copper such as this.

 

 

The Thames river bank below Barnes railway bridge, where a box containing Thomas' remains was found
on 5 March 1879 after being thrown into the river the previous day by Webster.

 

 

A depiction by The Illustrated Police News of the trial and conviction of Kate Webster.

 

 

An anonymous broadside published ca. July 1879 commemorating the trial, sentence
and execution of Webster.

 

 

Webster's execution, as depicted by a souvenir illustration in the Illustrated Police News.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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