Minnie Lawson

Age: 58

Sex: female

Date: 11 Aug 1935

Place: Rose Cottage, Ogle, Morpeth, Northumberland

Minnie Lawson was beaten to death with a hammer and a poker in her one roomed cottage from which she ran a general shop.

A farm labourer was charged for her murder but later released after it was stated that there was insufficient evidence against him.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see Western Morning News - Monday 19 August 1935

see Morpeth Herald - Friday 06 September 1935

see Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 20 August 1935

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 12 August 1935

see Morpeth Herald - Friday 23 August 1935

see Western Daily Press - Monday 19 August 1935

see Western Daily Press - Tuesday 20 August 1935

see The Scotsman - Wednesday 14 August 1935

see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 19 August 1935

see Unsolved 1935