He was an agent for the Prudential. On the evening of 19th January, 1931, a telephone message had been left for Wallace at the Liverpool Central Chess Club, of which, he was a member. It involved an appointment with a possible client in the nature of business. The message was for Wallace to call at 25 Menlove Gardens East at 7.30pm the following evening.
Wallace left his home in Anfield at about 6.45pm and took three trams to Allerton. After searching the Menlove area and asking several people it appeared that there was a North, South and West, but no East. Wallace returned home to find his wife Julia brutally murdered in the front parlour of their home in Wolverton Street.
During the investigation the police were convinced that the whole thing had been an elaborate plan by Wallace to murder his wife. Wallace was duly arrested, charged and sentenced to death but was released after the Court of Criminal Appeal thought that the verdict could not be supported with regard to the evidence. Wallace died of uraemia and pyelonephritis at Clatterbridge hospital on 26th February 1933 and was buried with his wife Julia.
Wallace left his home in Anfield at about 6.45pm and took three trams to Allerton. After searching the Menlove area and asking several people it appeared that there was a North, South and West, but no East. Wallace returned home to find his wife Julia brutally murdered in the front parlour of their home in Wolverton Street.
During the investigation the police were convinced that the whole thing had been an elaborate plan by Wallace to murder his wife. Wallace was duly arrested, charged and sentenced to death but was released after the Court of Criminal Appeal thought that the verdict could not be supported with regard to the evidence. Wallace died of uraemia and pyelonephritis at Clatterbridge hospital on 26th February 1933 and was buried with his wife Julia.
He was an agent for the Prudential. On the evening of 19th January, 1931, a telephone message had been left for Wallace at the Liverpool Central Chess Club, of which, he was a member. It involved an appointment with a possible client in the nature of business. The message was for Wallace to call at 25 Menlove Gardens East at 7.30pm the following evening.
Wallace left his home in Anfield at about 6.45pm and took three trams to Allerton. After searching the Menlove area and asking several people it appeared that there was a North, South and West, but no East. Wallace returned home to find his wife Julia brutally murdered in the front parlour of their home in Wolverton Street.
During the investigation the police were convinced that the whole thing had been an elaborate plan by Wallace to murder his wife. Wallace was duly arrested, charged and sentenced to death but was released after the Court of Criminal Appeal thought that the verdict could not be supported with regard to the evidence. Wallace died of uraemia and pyelonephritis at Clatterbridge hospital on 26th February 1933 and was buried with his wife Julia.
Wallace left his home in Anfield at about 6.45pm and took three trams to Allerton. After searching the Menlove area and asking several people it appeared that there was a North, South and West, but no East. Wallace returned home to find his wife Julia brutally murdered in the front parlour of their home in Wolverton Street.
During the investigation the police were convinced that the whole thing had been an elaborate plan by Wallace to murder his wife. Wallace was duly arrested, charged and sentenced to death but was released after the Court of Criminal Appeal thought that the verdict could not be supported with regard to the evidence. Wallace died of uraemia and pyelonephritis at Clatterbridge hospital on 26th February 1933 and was buried with his wife Julia.
Inscription
'In Loving Memory and affectionate remembrance of William Herbert Wallace, who died 26th February 1933, aged 54 years. "At rest"'
