Joseph Wilson

Joseph Wilson was shot dead at Lintz Green Railway Station in a suspected robbery.

He was shot through the heart whilst on his doorstep which adjoined the station buildings. Joseph Wilson usually took the takings home with him at about 8pm and it was thought that his killer had waited until he had seen the last train to Newcastle off and then followed him back to his home next to the station. However, the days takings were still in the safe in the railway station and were left untouched. He had crossed the railway line and gone into his garden where sand was thrown in his eyes and an attempt to gag him with a linen cloth was made before he was shot in his breast. The shot went through him and became embedded in the woodwork of the door.