Age: unknown
Sex: male
Date: 3 Apr 1909
Place: Northamptonshire
Matthew Bede Hewerdine was found dead on a railway line.
He was a cartoonist and had just been to the Manchester Dog Show and was returning to London for an important meeting that would have been of considerable advantage to him.
He had travelled in a first class compartment and the door was intact at Leicester.
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see Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 03 April 1909