PRETTY JANE AND THE VIPER OF KIDBROOKE LANE: A Victorian Murder Mystery Solved

In April 1871, a police constable walking a remote beat near Greenwich stumbled upon a brutalized girl. The girl was Jane Maria Clouson, maid to the Pook family. And she was two months pregnant. When the police interviewed 20 year old Edmund Pook, they found blood on his trousers, shirt and hat. The case seemed open and shut. Photos.