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Child

Age: 0

Sex: male

Date: 24 Jan 1901

Place: Back Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown, Leeds

A child was found in a cardboard boot box in a back lane.

A string was tied around its neck and death was by strangulation. Several feet of edging had also been tied tightly around its neck.


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

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Leeds Times - Saturday 02 February 1901

see Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Monday 28 January 1901

see Unsolved 1901