WendyPusey
25-02-10, 16:07
I'm helping a friend research her tree and we have found that her Great Grandfather Robert Fyfe, a gamekeeper, and another gamekeeper were shot dead and two men were found guilty and hanged. See article below.
Martin Scott & Henry Mullen
In February 1883, a farmer's wife taking a short cut home through a field at Port Glasgow, discovered the bodies of two gamekeepers. They had been shot dead at such close range that there were powder burns on their faces. Many local poachers were questioned before one. a man named Kyle, turned informer. On his evidence Henry Mullen and Martin Scott were soon arrested and charged. They were convicted at Glasgow Circuit Court on 25th April, and sentenced to be hanged on 17th May. The executions had to be put back until 23rd May because Marwood had an engagement in Dublin with the Phoenix Park murderers. They were the first men to be hanged in Glasgow at Duke Street prison. The sentence was carried out on the 23rd May 1883.
I've tried looking for more info but haven't managed to find anything.:(
Can anyone find anything for me please.
Martin Scott & Henry Mullen
In February 1883, a farmer's wife taking a short cut home through a field at Port Glasgow, discovered the bodies of two gamekeepers. They had been shot dead at such close range that there were powder burns on their faces. Many local poachers were questioned before one. a man named Kyle, turned informer. On his evidence Henry Mullen and Martin Scott were soon arrested and charged. They were convicted at Glasgow Circuit Court on 25th April, and sentenced to be hanged on 17th May. The executions had to be put back until 23rd May because Marwood had an engagement in Dublin with the Phoenix Park murderers. They were the first men to be hanged in Glasgow at Duke Street prison. The sentence was carried out on the 23rd May 1883.
I've tried looking for more info but haven't managed to find anything.:(
Can anyone find anything for me please.