Stunning the Punters

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Sacred to the memory of Alexander Brown, mariner, who died 22nd March 1834, aged 52 years. A man who had seen much of mankind.

Fact 13 - 1783: Congress officially declared the end to the American Revolutionary War on April 11, 1783Sacred to the memory of Hugh Stewart Campbell, Commander of the ship ' Ranee' of Liverpool, who died at Louis, Mauritius, on the 1st of August 1851 in the 34th year of his age. For what is your life, it is even a vapour, that appeareth, for a little time and then vanisheth away. James IV Ch., and XIV. v. A week later, the police arrested De Melker and charged her with the murder of all three men. Public interest in the De Melker case grew, and the newspapers gave the story a great deal of coverage. The Turffontein chemist from whom she had bought the arsenic that killed her son, recognized De Melker from a newspaper photograph as being "Mrs D.L. Sproat", who had signed the poisons register, and went to the police.

The title piece by Robert Sproat is a jaunty account of the outbreak of racism on an estate in North London. Dillon is an ex-skinhead with an engaging but forced grin. Sproat just lets him tell his story, about a graffiti spree which ends in the death of a skinhead, without comment. We are left to try to account for a monstrous hatred which seems almost unconnected with the people who express it, but which, Sproat suggests, is better expressed than expunged. Rear) Also of Janet Maizland, postmistress, Borgue, daughter of the said Douglas Maizland, who died 15th Nov. 1920, aged 61 years. Daisy de Melker was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central Transvaal (now Gauteng), and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. She is historically the second woman to have been hanged in South Africa. Fast, fun facts about Scottish Immigration to America and the first migrants in the 1800's and 1900's He said: “He was strange. He was flamboyant in one sense. I have the impression he was actually quite a private man and quite a troubled man. I mean, he was intriguing.

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The De Melker trial lasted thirty days. Sixty witnesses were called for the Crown and less than half this number for the defense. To present the forensic evidence, the Crown employed the services of Dr. J.M. Watt, an expert toxicologist and Professor of Pharmacology at the Witwatersrand University. In summing up, before giving his verdict, the judge pointed out that the Crown had been unable to prove conclusively that Cowle and Sproat had died of strychnine poisoning. "It does not convince me, nor does it convict the accused," he said.[3]

Interesting, brief, short, fun facts about Scottish Immigration to America for kids, teachers and schools In loving memory of Agnes, daughter of William Dalziel, who died at Brighouse Bay, 13th April 1879, aged 1 year and 10 months. Also William, his son, who died at Kempleton, 15th June 1895, aged 22 years. Also Mary Stevenson, wife of William Dalziel, who died at Twynholm Village, 17th February 1917, in her 76th year. Also John, his eldest son, who died at Twynholm Village, 22nd Feb. 1921, aged 50 years. Also the above William Dalziel, who died at Twyholm Village, 30th March 1928, aged 82 years. Also Jane Robertson Dalziel, his elder daughter, who died 10th April 1956 aged 85 years.

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First murder: William Cowle (first husband)Early on the morning of 11 January 1923, William Cowle become ill soon after taking epsom salts prepared by his wife. The first doctor who attended him did not consider his condition to be serious and prescribed a bromide mixture. But, Cowle's condition deteriorated rapidly. Not long after the doctor had left, he took a turn for the worse. His wife summoned the neighbors to help and called for another doctor. Cowle was in excruciating pain when the second doctor arrived. He foamed at the mouth, was blue in the face, and screamed in agony if anyone touched him, until he died. In March 1909, about eighteen months after Fuller's death, Daisy married William Alfred Cowle, a plumber in Johannesburg. She was 22 and he was 36. The couple had five children, four of whom died. The first two were twins who died in infancy; their third child died of an abscess on the liver; and the fourth suffered convulsions and bowel trouble and died at fifteen months old. Their last, and only surviving child, Rhodes Cecil, was born in June 1911. [ citation needed] First murder: William Cowle (first husband) [ edit ]

Erected by Robert McLellan, in loving memory of his only son Robert, who died at Burnfoot, Borgue, 14th May 1907, aged 40 years. Also the above Robert McLellan, who died 7th February 1913, aged 78 years. Also Elizabeth, his daughter, died 25th Feb’y 1921, aged 58 years. Also Mary Carson, his wife, who died 15th March 1921, in her 91st year. Aye fond remembrance of the McLellan family, by the McLeod family. Important facts about the history of Scottish Immigration to America and US laws that effected the migrants from Scotland are contained in the following Facts Sheet and history timeline. Rear) Elizabeth MacMillan, wife of Robert Sproat, late in Lennox Plunton, died 1 2th April 1908, aged 54 years, interred at Boise Cemetery, Idaho. And the above Robert Sproat, who died at Idaho on 26th March 1923, aged 78 years. In memory of Margaret J McClelland, wife of Thomas A Sproat, who died at Brighouse, 21st October 1934, aged 34 years. Also the above Thomas A Sproat, who died 12th March 1946, aged 51 years.Dillon’s virtuosity made other on-man shows appear narrower in range. Randall Stevenson, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, 31 August 1990 Brief Facts about Scottish Immigration to America - dates, numbers, law, history, reasons, impact and effect