Margaret Allen died at the age of 42, at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. She was hung for killing Nancy Chadwick, age 68, 5 months after the crime. She battered her neighbor lady, Nancy Chadwick, with a Coal Hammer, just because of her dislike of her. She was born the 20th of 22 children. She was a proclaimed Lesbian and preferred to be called Bill, dressed up in men's clothing. Tho they made her wear a Prison Dress at the Prison and at her execution, which she hated. She met her end bravely.∼
Margaret Allen of Rawtenstall was a lesbian who dressed in men's clothes and preferred to be called 'Bill' - she worked as local bus conductor. On the 28th August 1948 she battered Nancy Ellen Chadwick to death with a hammer. Mrs Chadwick was an elderly neighbour who had come to borrow a cup of sugar. The neighbours had apparently never enjoyed the best of relationships and Allen found her irritating in the extreme. Allen confessed to the police that she was "… in one of my funny moods."
She was convicted after a short trial held on the 8th December 1948 and was hanged on the 12th January 1949 by public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the first female execution in Britain for 12 years and only the third at Strangeways Prison.
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Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Cross-dressing who considered herself to be a man
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 28, 1948
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1906
Victim profile: Nancy Ellen Chadwick, 68
Method of murder: Beating with a hammer
Location: Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Status: Executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison on January 12, 1949
Margaret Allen of Rawtenstall was a lesbian who dressed in men's clothes and preferred to be called 'Bill' - she worked as local bus conductor. On the 28th August 1948 she battered Nancy Ellen Chadwick to death with a hammer. Mrs Chadwick was an elderly neighbour who had come to borrow a cup of sugar. The neighbours had apparently never enjoyed the best of relationships and Allen found her irritating in the extreme. Allen confessed to the police that she was "… in one of my funny moods."
She was convicted after a short trial held on the 8th December 1948 and was hanged on the 12th January 1949 by public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the first female execution in Britain for 12 years and only the third at Strangeways Prison.
Manchester2002-uk.com
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Cross-dressing who considered herself to be a man
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 28, 1948
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1906
Victim profile: Nancy Ellen Chadwick, 68
Method of murder: Beating with a hammer
Location: Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Status: Executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison on January 12, 1949
Margaret Allen died at the age of 42, at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. She was hung for killing Nancy Chadwick, age 68, 5 months after the crime. She battered her neighbor lady, Nancy Chadwick, with a Coal Hammer, just because of her dislike of her. She was born the 20th of 22 children. She was a proclaimed Lesbian and preferred to be called Bill, dressed up in men's clothing. Tho they made her wear a Prison Dress at the Prison and at her execution, which she hated. She met her end bravely.∼
Margaret Allen of Rawtenstall was a lesbian who dressed in men's clothes and preferred to be called 'Bill' - she worked as local bus conductor. On the 28th August 1948 she battered Nancy Ellen Chadwick to death with a hammer. Mrs Chadwick was an elderly neighbour who had come to borrow a cup of sugar. The neighbours had apparently never enjoyed the best of relationships and Allen found her irritating in the extreme. Allen confessed to the police that she was "… in one of my funny moods."
She was convicted after a short trial held on the 8th December 1948 and was hanged on the 12th January 1949 by public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the first female execution in Britain for 12 years and only the third at Strangeways Prison.
Manchester2002-uk.com
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Cross-dressing who considered herself to be a man
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 28, 1948
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1906
Victim profile: Nancy Ellen Chadwick, 68
Method of murder: Beating with a hammer
Location: Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Status: Executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison on January 12, 1949
Margaret Allen of Rawtenstall was a lesbian who dressed in men's clothes and preferred to be called 'Bill' - she worked as local bus conductor. On the 28th August 1948 she battered Nancy Ellen Chadwick to death with a hammer. Mrs Chadwick was an elderly neighbour who had come to borrow a cup of sugar. The neighbours had apparently never enjoyed the best of relationships and Allen found her irritating in the extreme. Allen confessed to the police that she was "… in one of my funny moods."
She was convicted after a short trial held on the 8th December 1948 and was hanged on the 12th January 1949 by public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the first female execution in Britain for 12 years and only the third at Strangeways Prison.
Manchester2002-uk.com
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Cross-dressing who considered herself to be a man
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: August 28, 1948
Date of arrest: 3 days after
Date of birth: 1906
Victim profile: Nancy Ellen Chadwick, 68
Method of murder: Beating with a hammer
Location: Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Status: Executed by hanging at Strangeways Prison on January 12, 1949
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