Murder On The Derwent. Traditional Cache
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On the night of Saturday 7 October 1911 the sixty-year old stationmaster, Joseph Wilson was shot when returning home after closing his office at the station.
Although he did not die instantly,when questioned, Wilson was unable to communicate who had shot him.
The motive for the killing was probably robbery as Wilson ws in the habit of carrying the days takings from the booking office to his house, a trip of 50 yards, when he left for the night. On the day in question, however, he had transported the money earlier in the day.
Although murder hunt , still one of the largest in the North East, involved two hundred officers nodody was convicted of the crime.
The prime suspect was relief porter Samuel Atkinson who was arraigned at the local court for the murder and sent for trial at the Assize Court in Durham. At the opening of the trial Chief Constable William Morant appeared and offered no evidence against Atkinson, who was released.
There are rumours locally of a ghost of a tall man with a lantern who wanders around the disused station.
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