The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Murder
News of the Times Episode 368 | 1889
Manchester 1889 and in the foggy cold gloom of a damp and windy February, a cabbie roams the streets hoping for a fare.  A gentleman calls out, requesting taking to an inn and two men enter the cab. 
With the loud sound of the horse’s hooves on the cobblestone streets, the cabbie is abruptly alarmed when a voice calls out that the cab door is open and that a young man is running down the street.
Alarmed, the cabbie jumps down only to find the older gentleman insensible.  He dies shortly afterwards.
It is dark and there are few about.  The description given to the police is generic and could pass for almost any young man in Manchester. 
What follows is a show of incredible investigative determination with one of our detective heroes commended by Scotland Yard as one of the greatest detectives.
We take a look at the background, the crime and the incredible capture that we believe, without cc tv, would have been difficult to solve in our day and age.  The mysterious hansom cab murder is today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays.
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