Age: unknown
Sex: male
Date: 1 Jan 1894
Place: Barnes Common
James Robert Wells was murdered on Barnes common.
In 1903 a painter confessed to his murder but was later found to be an eccentric and his confession untrue. On another occassion he had also confessed to having been Jack the Ripper.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Gloucestershire Echo - Wednesday 10 June 1903
